Neville Goddard on 1 Kings 1:24-27 - Mystical Bible Interpretation

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Scripture Focus

24And Nathan said, My lord, O king, hast thou said, Adonijah shall reign after me, and he shall sit upon my throne?

25For he is gone down this day, and hath slain oxen and fat cattle and sheep in abundance, and hath called all the king's sons, and the captains of the host, and Abiathar the priest; and, behold, they eat and drink before him, and say, God save king Adonijah.

26But me, even me thy servant, and Zadok the priest, and Benaiah the son of Jehoiada, and thy servant Solomon, hath he not called.

27Is this thing done by my lord the king, and thou hast not shewed it unto thy servant, who should sit on the throne of my lord the king after him?

1 Kings 1:24-27

Biblical Context

Nathan confronts David about Adonijah’s claim to reign, highlighting a public display of power that clashes with the quiet, rightful order awaiting its turn inside the kingly mind.

Neville's Inner Vision

Here the narrative is not about a crown in the palm of a king, but about a consciousness that pretends to reign while another lord remains unacknowledged. Adonijah’s feast and the loud acclaim are the movements of a mind that hopes to sit on the throne by human show. Yet the true king—the inner Solomon—awaits the calling of the heart, the moment when the I AM reveals its choice beyond noise. Nathan’s question is your inner call to recognize the existing monarchy within: the throne is not won by slaughter or ceremony, but by alignment with the one I AM that animates all. When you hear the inner voice asking, 'Is this thing done by my lord the king?' you are being invited to silence the crowd and acknowledge the rightful rule of awareness. The events in the outer chapter mirror the inner resistance to be ruled by fear or approval; your task is to revise the scene by accepting the inner decree: you are the king in consciousness, and the throne is yours to inhabit in this moment.

Practice This Now

Assume the throne in your mind now; whisper within, 'I am the I AM, and I sit on the throne now,' and feel the quiet sovereignty settle into your chest as if the verdict has already been rendered.