Inner Timing of Sacred Building

1 Kings 6:1 - A Neville Goddard interpretation

Read 1 Kings 6 in context

Scripture Focus

1And it came to pass in the four hundred and eightieth year after the children of Israel were come out of the land of Egypt, in the fourth year of Solomon's reign over Israel, in the month Zif, which is the second month, that he began to build the house of the LORD.
1 Kings 6:1

Biblical Context

Solomon begins the physical construction of the temple in a specific historical timeline, marking the start of a sacred project within the nation.

Neville's Inner Vision

To Neville, the dates are not history but the inner weather of consciousness. The four hundred eighty years since leaving Egypt symbolize the long habit of an old self, a background of memories you are ready to release. The fourth year of Solomon’s reign represents a decisive shift from fear to sovereign awareness; the month Zif, the second month, marks a present-time door: you stand in the moment, not dragging past losses or future worries. "Building the house of the LORD" is not stone and timber but the erection of your inner sanctuary where the Presence of God—your I AM—dwells. When you accept that you are the temple, you acknowledge that true worship is the alignment of your inner state with that Presence, not external rites. The outer chronicle recedes as you feel your inner royalty and covenant loyalty with God within. The act of building is the daily assumption that you already possess the temple, and the world of effects follows from that assumption. This is the foundation date: the moment you declare, 'I am that temple.'

Practice This Now

Imaginative act: Sit quietly and declare, "I am the temple of the Living God." Feel the Presence expanding through your chest; dwell there for a few minutes and hold that state as you move through the day.

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