Neville Goddard on 1 Kings 1:11-12 - Mystical Bible Interpretation

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Scripture Focus

11Wherefore Nathan spake unto Bathsheba the mother of Solomon, saying, Hast thou not heard that Adonijah the son of Haggith doth reign, and David our lord knoweth it not?

12Now therefore come, let me, I pray thee, give thee counsel, that thou mayest save thine own life, and the life of thy son Solomon.

1 Kings 1:11-12

Biblical Context

Nathan tells Bathsheba that Adonijah has claimed the throne and that David does not yet know; he offers counsel to protect Solomon’s life, highlighting the urgency of securing rightful succession.

Neville's Inner Vision

Within me, Nathan's counsel to Bathsheba becomes a whispering I AM: the inner recognition that Adonijah's claim is merely a background note in the mind, not the truth of who I am. David our lord stands for my awake awareness, yet he does not yet perceive the change in season. The real action is inner: a decision to revise the scene until the throne is seen as Solomon, the wisdom-born son of my consciousness. When I acknowledge that Solomon's kingship is already present in my mind, the apparent coup dissolves into stillness. This is not political drama but a shift of states. The "saving of life" means preserving the life of the higher order of thought—the life of wisdom, of discernment, of the creative imagination that rules my world. Nathan's counsel invites me to align with the inner decree, to choose the inner king over the old king, and to dwell in the certainty that the inner kingdom has always reigned.

Practice This Now

Close your eyes and declare, 'I am the king of my inner kingdom; Solomon sits on my mind's throne now.' Dwell in the sensation of that reality for a moment.