Neville Goddard on 2 Samuel 24:14-16 - Mystical Bible Interpretation

Read 2 Samuel 24 in context

Scripture Focus

14And David said unto Gad, I am in a great strait: let us fall now into the hand of the LORD; for his mercies are great: and let me not fall into the hand of man.

15So the LORD sent a pestilence upon Israel from the morning even to the time appointed: and there died of the people from Dan even to Beersheba seventy thousand men.

16And when the angel stretched out his hand upon Jerusalem to destroy it, the LORD repented him of the evil, and said to the angel that destroyed the people, It is enough: stay now thine hand. And the angel of the LORD was by the threshingplace of Araunah the Jebusite.

2 Samuel 24:14-16

Biblical Context

David faces a dire crisis and asks to fall into the LORD's mercy rather than human judgment. The LORD sends a pestilence on Israel, and just as the angel is ready to destroy Jerusalem, the LORD repents of the evil and tells the angel to stay.

Neville's Inner Vision

I am David's I AM; his choice to fall into the LORD's hand is your choice to surrender to the God-state that is always present. The pestilence is the inner movement of fear and guilt when you forget who you are; it becomes outward as circumstance. Mercy is not granted from above but arises from the awareness that you are not separate from the I AM. The 70,000 deaths symbolize the price paid when belief in separation drains life; the angel at the threshing floor stands for thoughts that threaten your peace until you refuse to identify with them. When you recall that God repents of harm—i.e., you stop identifying with it—the destroying hand is stayed. The inner shift is your true victory: you change your consciousness, and the outer scene follows. So in your daily life, practice the same: align with the I AM, release fear, and feel the mercy that already is your reality.