Neville Goddard on 1 Kings 12:26-31 - Mystical Bible Interpretation

Read 1 Kings 12 in context

Scripture Focus

26And Jeroboam said in his heart, Now shall the kingdom return to the house of David:

27If this people go up to do sacrifice in the house of the LORD at Jerusalem, then shall the heart of this people turn again unto their lord, even unto Rehoboam king of Judah, and they shall kill me, and go again to Rehoboam king of Judah.

28Whereupon the king took counsel, and made two calves of gold, and said unto them, It is too much for you to go up to Jerusalem: behold thy gods, O Israel, which brought thee up out of the land of Egypt.

29And he set the one in Bethel, and the other put he in Dan.

30And this thing became a sin: for the people went to worship before the one, even unto Dan.

31And he made an house of high places, and made priests of the lowest of the people, which were not of the sons of Levi.

1 Kings 12:26-31

Biblical Context

Jeroboam fears the kingdom will turn back to David and kill him if the people sacrifice at Jerusalem. To prevent this, he creates two golden calves and appoints non-Levite priests, turning worship away from the temple and into images, which the text calls sin.

Neville's Inner Vision

This passage is not about calves, but about a mind in fear of losing its throne. Jeroboam’s heart represents a state of consciousness that would rather substitute outward forms for inner alignment. The instruction “It is too much for you to go up to Jerusalem” mirrors a belief that the inner life cannot reach the fullness of worship, so the mind crafts substitutes—two golden images, high places, and priests of the lowest order. The sin lies in relying on appearances rather than the I AM within; the kingdom is endangered by attachment to externals. When you awaken to the inner king, you revise this fear with the certainty that the I AM is always reigning in you. The calves dissolve as you claim your true sovereignty, and the inner temple outshines any outward symbol. Your task is to return to the one temple within, not to recreate it in the world’s image; the true altar is consciousness, and true priests are the thoughts aligned with truth.

Practice This Now

Close your eyes, place a hand on your chest, and declare, 'I AM the King within my mind'; revise the belief 'It is too much to go up to Jerusalem' to 'I ascend now in consciousness, and the inner temple shines' and watch the substitutes dissolve.