Neville Goddard on 1 Kings 3:2-4 - Mystical Bible Interpretation

Read 1 Kings 3 in context

Scripture Focus

2Only the people sacrificed in high places, because there was no house built unto the name of the LORD, until those days.

3And Solomon loved the LORD, walking in the statutes of David his father: only he sacrificed and burnt incense in high places.

4And the king went to Gibeon to sacrifice there; for that was the great high place: a thousand burnt offerings did Solomon offer upon that altar.

1 Kings 3:2-4

Biblical Context

Worship occurs at high places because a temple has not yet been built in the mind; Solomon loves the LORD and offers sacrifices at elevated sites, including at Gibeon.

Neville's Inner Vision

In Neville's terms, 1 Kings 3:2-4 reveals consciousness in transition. The people sacrifice in high places because the house of the LORD is not yet built in the mind. Solomon loves the LORD and walks in the statutes of David, yet his devotion expresses itself in sacrifices on elevated altars—at Gibeon, the great high place—an intensified outward rite. This is not rejection of worship but a psychology of ascent: worship exists where the heart is oriented toward God, while the temple of consciousness is still under construction. The I AM, the awareness you call God, is not dependent on the building, only on the posture of attention. Your inner temple may be incomplete, but your love and obedience can still operate within it; the high places symbolize provisional practices that prepare the soul for the true sanctuary. Neville would invite you to revise inwardly: imagine the temple built in your mind, and align every act with that imagined presence. The true worship emerges as alignment of feeling, belief, and action with the conscious I AM.

Practice This Now

Close your eyes and imagine the inner temple completed. Declare 'I am the temple' and offer your distractions as a burnt offering to the altar within; then rest in the steady feeling of the I AM dwelling in your sanctuary.