Neville Goddard on 1 Kings 12:32-33 - Mystical Bible Interpretation

Read 1 Kings 12 in context

Scripture Focus

32And Jeroboam ordained a feast in the eighth month, on the fifteenth day of the month, like unto the feast that is in Judah, and he offered upon the altar. So did he in Bethel, sacrificing unto the calves that he had made: and he placed in Bethel the priests of the high places which he had made.

33So he offered upon the altar which he had made in Bethel the fifteenth day of the eighth month, even in the month which he had devised of his own heart; and ordained a feast unto the children of Israel: and he offered upon the altar, and burnt incense.

1 Kings 12:32-33

Biblical Context

Jeroboam establishes a feast in the eighth month, like Judah’s, and sacrifices at Bethel. He devises the calendar in his own heart, appointing priests for the high places and signaling a departure from true worship.

Neville's Inner Vision

To the awakened reader, Jeroboam is a state of consciousness that seeks security through new forms rather than touching the living I AM. The eighth month and the invented feast symbolize a mind that tries to fix life with external rites, a calendar carved from fear rather than insight. The calves on the altar are not mere images; they are trusted results of belief in separation—substitute powers that pretend to protect the self by what it can make with its own hands. The priests of the high places are inner authorities that govern loyalty to appearances instead of truth. When he offers on the altar and ordains a feast 'in his own heart,' we witness the ego's covenant with autonomy, not with divine unity. The healing is simple: return to the one reality—the I AM—where true worship is a recognition, alignment, and living from that presence, not from forms. Revise the inner calendar so that days are measured by quiet, gratitude, and the felt reality of divine union. In this inner shift, the external rites fall away, and you awaken as the temple of God within.

Practice This Now

Close your eyes for five minutes and assume the feeling of the inner feast already present; repeat 'I AM' as your daily rhythm and imagine your day following that inner calendar.