Neville Goddard on Isaiah 36:3-4 - Mystical Bible Interpretation

Read Isaiah 36 in context

Scripture Focus

3Then came forth unto him Eliakim, Hilkiah's son, which was over the house, and Shebna the scribe, and Joah, Asaph's son, the recorder.

4And Rabshakeh said unto them, Say ye now to Hezekiah, Thus saith the great king, the king of Assyria, What confidence is this wherein thou trustest?

Isaiah 36:3-4

Biblical Context

In Isaiah 36:3-4, emissaries come to Hezekiah while Rabshakeh taunts their trust. The passage invites you to notice how the outer voice questions your confidence in God.

Neville's Inner Vision

Imagine the scene as a dialogue within your own consciousness. The 'king of Assyria' and his Rabshakeh are not armies marching in history; they are the voices of external pressure trying to unsettle your inner certainty. Eliakim over the house, Shebna the scribe, Joah the recorder represent the inner faculties guarding the temple of your mind—perception, memory, and narration. When Rabshakeh asks, 'What confidence is this wherein thou trustest?' he is asking you to identify the state you rely on as reality. Neville would say: your true power does not come from outward kings, but from the I AM, the awareness that you are. The solution is to revise the sense of self: affirm that you trust not in appearances, but in the unassailable presence within. Begin to feel the trust as a present tense awareness; let it quiet the taunt; let the imagined reality of the I AM set the tempo of your thoughts. In feeling-real terms, you act as if the inner kingdom stands firm regardless of outer claims. Your confidence thus becomes not a defense against threats, but an inner declaration of God-state.