Neville Goddard on 2 Samuel 23:3-4 - Mystical Bible Interpretation

Read 2 Samuel 23 in context

Scripture Focus

3The God of Israel said, the Rock of Israel spake to me, He that ruleth over men must be just, ruling in the fear of God.

4And he shall be as the light of the morning, when the sun riseth, even a morning without clouds; as the tender grass springing out of the earth by clear shining after rain.

2 Samuel 23:3-4

Biblical Context

The God of Israel says a ruler over people must be just, living in the fear of God. Such rightful rule is like the morning light—clear, renewing, and free from clouds.

Neville's Inner Vision

Consider the verse as a description of your own inner government. The God of Israel and the Rock of Israel represent the unshakable I AM within you. When it says, 'He that ruleth over men must be just, ruling in the fear of God,' it is not about external kingship but the alignment of your consciousness with inner justice—letting your thoughts, choices, and responses be governed by conscience and reverent awareness of your higher self. To imagine someone ruling 'with justice' is to imagine your thoughts obeying a law of integrity; to fear God is to honor that law rather than yield to mere impulse. And the second image—the ruler 'shall be as the light of the morning'—speaks of how awareness dissolves clouds of confusion, revealing a grassy renewal after rain: a fresh, clear springing of life when the old weather of limitation passes. Thus the text invites you to dwell in the assumption that you are governed by inner justice, whose dawn dispels clouds and renews the ground of your life.

Practice This Now

Close your eyes, assume the feeling of being a just ruler over your inner world, and affirm, 'I rule with justice in the fear of God,' until it feels natural.