Neville Goddard on Isaiah 39:1-4 - Mystical Bible Interpretation

Read Isaiah 39 in context

Scripture Focus

1At that time Merodachbaladan, the son of Baladan, king of Babylon, sent letters and a present to Hezekiah: for he had heard that he had been sick, and was recovered.

2And Hezekiah was glad of them, and shewed them the house of his precious things, the silver, and the gold, and the spices, and the precious ointment, and all the house of his armour, and all that was found in his treasures: there was nothing in his house, nor in all his dominion, that Hezekiah shewed them not.

3Then came Isaiah the prophet unto king Hezekiah, and said unto him, What said these men? and from whence came they unto thee? And Hezekiah said, They are come from a far country unto me, even from Babylon.

4Then said he, What have they seen in thine house? And Hezekiah answered, All that is in mine house have they seen: there is nothing among my treasures that I have not shewed them.

Isaiah 39:1-4

Biblical Context

In Isaiah 39:1-4, Merodachbaladan sends gifts to Hezekiah after his illness; Hezekiah shows all his treasures, and Isaiah questions what was seen. The moment reveals the danger of equating security with outer wealth and foreshadows prophetic judgment.

Neville's Inner Vision

Imagine there is no external security. The 'house' of Hezekiah's riches is the stage of your own consciousness. The visitors from a far country are thoughts from the future, testing your trust. When you claim riches as protection, you treat a temporary projection as eternal. In Neville's reading, illness healed becomes awakening to the I AM, the awareness that creates, sustains, and withdraws all form. The question 'What have they seen in thine house?' becomes a mirror: what belief about security do you keep secret from yourself? If you answer with attachment to gold, you have handed your power to time. Yet you can turn inward: the moment you assume 'I am the treasury,' the outer display loses its grip on you. Your wealth is your state of consciousness, and you may revise any scene by changing the assumption behind it. Practice lines up your inner state with the truth that you are the living demonstration of abundance, independent of the old forms.

Practice This Now

Assume you are already the I AM, the keeper of all wealth as consciousness; revise any fear of loss and feel it real that your security rests in awareness, not in outward treasures.