The Stopping Hand Within

2 Samuel 24:16-17 - A Neville Goddard interpretation

Read 2 Samuel 24 in context

Scripture Focus

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 24:16-17

Biblical Context

An angel is poised to destroy Jerusalem, but God relents and tells the angel to stop. David, seeing the coming harm, confesses his sin and offers himself and his house as the fault and the remedy.

Neville's Inner Vision

Let this scene be read as a drama within your own consciousness. The 'angel' at Jerusalem is the immediate sting of consequence that follows misalignment with the I AM, the awareness you are seeking to possess rather than to possess you. The LORD's 'repenting of the evil' is the turning of mind back toward the truth of being, a softening of judgment when you choose to identify with the I AM rather than with the problem. Jerusalem becomes the inner city where you once believed danger and guilt could reach you; repentance means turning to the I AM as the sole power. David's words, 'I have sinned,' name the false self and invite a higher discernment to rule. The 'sheep' are the precious things you guard, not as scapegoats, but as life you still cherish, now offered to align with love rather than fear. To shift is to revise: declare in the quiet of imagination, 'It is enough; stay thy hand,' and feel the mercy arise as reconciliation within. The inner governor, when touched by imagination and the I AM, dissolves the sense of separation and restores harmony.

Practice This Now

Imaginative Act: Stand on the threshing floor of your awareness and whisper, 'It is enough; stay thy hand.' Then feel the shift as mercy flows through your mind and body, dissolving the sense of threat.

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