Inner King and Jezebel
1 Kings 16:31 - A Neville Goddard interpretation
Read 1 Kings 16 in context
Scripture Focus
Biblical Context
1 Kings 16:31 records a king who, like Jeroboam, takes Jezebel into his house and serves Baal, embracing idol worship over true worship.
Neville's Inner Vision
Viewed through the lens of the I AM, the scene in 1 Kings 16:31 is not a history about a ruler, but a map of consciousness. Jezebel is the image you invite to sit upon the throne of your mind, promising power through alliance; Baal is the ritual you perform when you give your attention to that image. The words ‘as if it had been a light thing’ reveal how easily a soul slips into idolatry when the true worship of God—awareness itself—drops from center. Remember: God is the I AM, the living awareness that creates; every god you serve in imagination becomes your circumstance. So the king’s outward act mirrors an inner decision to yield to a rival idea, to substitute the reality of I AM with a counterfeit image. Neville’s teaching invites you to reverse this by assuming a different ruling state: that only the I AM is real, and that true worship is obedience to inner truth, not external forms. By choosing holiness and separation from idol images, you re-anchor consciousness in the inner temple where the real God dwells.
Practice This Now
Imaginative act: Assume the I AM as your ruling consciousness and revise the image of Jezebel/Baal as illusion. Feel the truth that true worship flows from inner awareness alone, not from external forms.
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