Neville Goddard on 1 Kings 15:4-5 - Mystical Bible Interpretation

Read 1 Kings 15 in context

Scripture Focus

4Nevertheless for David's sake did the LORD his God give him a lamp in Jerusalem, to set up his son after him, and to establish Jerusalem:

5Because David did that which was right in the eyes of the LORD, and turned not aside from any thing that he commanded him all the days of his life, save only in the matter of Uriah the Hittite.

1 Kings 15:4-5

Biblical Context

David's faithfulness kept God's light alive in Jerusalem, and God set up his line and city for him. The verse underscores obedience as the key to a lasting inner kingdom.

Neville's Inner Vision

Let us read this as a statement about states of consciousness. The lamp in Jerusalem is the awareness that God, the I AM, keeps alive when I do not turn aside from the inner commandments. David's fidelity is the inner habit of obedience, a steady feeling of rightness that establishes a city of order within me. The son set up after him is the manifestation of my own center – the new form, the idea that will rule in my life, given time and faith. The Uriah episode is not a disproof but a human note reminding me that flaw does not erase the law; the law endures as I return to the center and continue the practice. Therefore, my kingdom, my crown, and my Jerusalem arise as I persist in the right mental attitude, imagining the outcomes as already present, feeling the truth of the I AM here and now, and allowing the lamp to illuminate the inner city.

Practice This Now

Imaginative_act: Assume the state of inner kingship for five minutes. Close your eyes, feel the I AM as ruler over your mind, and imagine the lamp burning steadily in your Jerusalem.