Neville Goddard on 2 Samuel 5:6 - Mystical Bible Interpretation

Read 2 Samuel 5 in context

Scripture Focus

6And the king and his men went to Jerusalem unto the Jebusites, the inhabitants of the land: which spake unto David, saying, Except thou take away the blind and the lame, thou shalt not come in hither: thinking, David cannot come in hither.

2 Samuel 5:6

Biblical Context

David and his men approach Jerusalem; the Jebusites mock that only if you remove the blind and the lame can you enter.

Neville's Inner Vision

Here, the city is your inner state of consciousness. The king is your I AM, the stabilizing awareness that governs your thoughts. The attempt to enter Jerusalem represents the moment you claim your rightful dominion—the Kingdom of God within. The Jebusites who dwell there are the old attitudes that doubt your right to possess your inner city. Their taunt—‘Except thou take away the blind and the lame’—is a projection of fear: you cannot come into your own mind while you are focused on deficiency. Yet the line also reveals that the limitation exists only as a belief. In Neville's way, you do not fight the belief by force but revise it by feeling and assumption. Picture the inner city not as conquered by removing creatures, but by your awareness that you already reside there. The implication is you can enter in spirit before the body steps through; you already are the king of your thoughts, and Jerusalem is the harmony of settled power in your mind. When you assume the truth of your kingship, the image of the blind and lame dissolves into the radiant present.

Practice This Now

Imaginative Act: Assume, with full feeling, that you are already in your inner Jerusalem as the king of your mind. Revise the belief of limitation by declaring: I am here now, I am the I AM, and I enter.