Neville Goddard on 1 Chronicles 17:4-6 - Mystical Bible Interpretation

Read 1 Chronicles 17 in context

Scripture Focus

4Go and tell David my servant, Thus saith the LORD, Thou shalt not build me an house to dwell in:

5For I have not dwelt in an house since the day that I brought up Israel unto this day; but have gone from tent to tent, and from one tabernacle to another.

6Wheresoever I have walked with all Israel, spake I a word to any of the judges of Israel, whom I commanded to feed my people, saying, Why have ye not built me an house of cedars?

1 Chronicles 17:4-6

Biblical Context

God declares that David will not build a house for God to dwell in. He has not dwelt in a fixed house since bringing Israel, moving from tent to tent and tabernacle to tabernacle.

Neville's Inner Vision

God does not dwell in stone; He dwells in the I AM that you are aware of in this moment. The story of tents and tabernacles becomes a map of consciousness: each movement of attention is a new dwelling, a new 'house' formed by your awareness. The phrase 'I have walked with all Israel' is an invitation to notice that wherever you are truly attentive, God is present. The outer temple is a symbol; the true temple is the inner state of being loyal to the Holy Presence within. When you seek a fixed temple, you presume separation from God; when you realize the inner covenant—that I AM is present here and now—the sense of lack dissolves. You are not a seeker of a shrine; you are the I AM whose dwelling places itself wherever awareness is active. The king and judges symbolize the authority of your own mind to feed your people—your beliefs and choices. The call is to honor the ongoing pilgrimage of consciousness until one home remains: the awareness that you are I AM.

Practice This Now

Assume now that I AM is already dwelling within as your own true home. Feel that Presence, and revise any sense of lack by realising the divine presence is here, now.