Neville Goddard on 2 Samuel 24:15-17 - Mystical Bible Interpretation

Read 2 Samuel 24 in context

Scripture Focus

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.

17And David spake unto the LORD when he saw the angel that smote the people, and said, Lo, I have sinned, and I have done wickedly: but these sheep, what have they done? let thine hand, I pray thee, be against me, and against my father's house.

2 Samuel 24:15-17

Biblical Context

Israel endures a sweeping pestilence until the appointed time, then the divine hand is stayed when repentance arises. David's plea shifts the scene from judgment to mercy.

Neville's Inner Vision

Within me, the pestilence is a storm of belief sweeping through my consciousness. From Dan to Beersheba I see the reach of fear I have allowed to color my inner weather. The angel’s outstretched hand is the judgment of my former thoughts; yet the I AM—God within me—repents the severity by waking me to a deeper truth: I am not at the mercy of an external fate, but the ruler of my inner scene. When I, like David, acknowledge I have sinned in believing the 'sheep' have harmed me, I take responsibility for the whole dream. I intercede for the collective by blessing it with mercy, and I feel the hand stay. The threshing floor is my inner threshold where I separate fear from faith, noise from quiet, time-bound trouble from timeless peace. If I dwell in this I AM and renew my imagination toward mercy, the image of destruction dissolves into love and restoration becomes my experience.

Practice This Now

Imaginative act: Close your eyes, assume the state of 'I AM' as your living reality, and revise the scene by declaring, 'It is enough; stay thy hand.' Feel mercy settle you into peace.