Neville Goddard on 1 Chronicles 13:3-6 - Mystical Bible Interpretation

Read 1 Chronicles 13 in context

Scripture Focus

3And let us bring again the ark of our God to us: for we enquired not at it in the days of Saul.

4And all the congregation said that they would do so: for the thing was right in the eyes of all the people.

5So David gathered all Israel together, from Shihor of Egypt even unto the entering of Hemath, to bring the ark of God from Kirjathjearim.

6And David went up, and all Israel, to Baalah, that is, to Kirjathjearim, which belonged to Judah, to bring up thence the ark of God the LORD, that dwelleth between the cherubims, whose name is called on it.

1 Chronicles 13:3-6

Biblical Context

The text recounts gathering the people to restore the ark of God after neglect during Saul, signaling a return to proper worship and the divine presence.

Neville's Inner Vision

Let us read this as the inner movement of consciousness. The ark, not a relic of wood, is the living Presence you consent to entertain within your own I AM, the space between the cherubim where the Name rests upon it. When Saul neglected inquiry, consciousness wandered; now, the community—your whole being—decides to bring the Ark back into the center. This is not geography; it is a decision to align your life with a single, inner premise: God is present as your awareness. To gather Israel from Shihor of Egypt to Kirjathjearim is to collect all your faculties—memory, desire, will—under one state of consciousness. The LORD who dwells there is the feeling of certainty and gratitude that says, I am in covenant with my own I AM. The outward restoration of the ark mirrors an inward revision: you stop seeking externally and assume the reality of inner Presence here and now. Begin from this moment to act as if the ark has already come home, and your world will follow.