Neville Goddard on 1 Kings 6:15-22 - Mystical Bible Interpretation

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Scripture Focus

15And he built the walls of the house within with boards of cedar, both the floor of the house, and the walls of the ceiling: and he covered them on the inside with wood, and covered the floor of the house with planks of fir.

16And he built twenty cubits on the sides of the house, both the floor and the walls with boards of cedar: he even built them for it within, even for the oracle, even for the most holy place.

17And the house, that is, the temple before it, was forty cubits long.

18And the cedar of the house within was carved with knops and open flowers: all was cedar; there was no stone seen.

19And the oracle he prepared in the house within, to set there the ark of the covenant of the LORD.

20And the oracle in the forepart was twenty cubits in length, and twenty cubits in breadth, and twenty cubits in the height thereof: and he overlaid it with pure gold; and so covered the altar which was of cedar.

21So Solomon overlaid the house within with pure gold: and he made a partition by the chains of gold before the oracle; and he overlaid it with gold.

22And the whole house he overlaid with gold, until he had finished all the house: also the whole altar that was by the oracle he overlaid with gold.

1 Kings 6:15-22

Biblical Context

Solomon builds the inner temple with cedar and fills it with gold. The oracle is prepared to house the ark, and the whole house is overlaid with gold.

Neville's Inner Vision

Within me I build the temple as Solomon did—cedar walls that stand for steadfast thoughts, a cedar floor, and a ceiling that meets the light of awareness. The cedar is carved with knops and open flowers, yet its meaning is simple: I am choosing beauty and order in consciousness. In the inner oracle I place the ark of the covenant the deepest truth I know about God and myself, where it can be tended by stillness. The forepart of the temple, the place of revelation, is overlaid with pure gold, and the altar beside the oracle shines with gold as well. By overlaying the entire house with gold, I declare that divine substance fills every corner of my mind. The partition by chains of gold before the oracle marks my clear boundary of attention, separating holy intent from mere noise. When I dwell here, I am aware that the I AM is present, and worship is the continuous felt reality of this truth. The temple is complete when thought, substance, and presence are unified in gold.

Practice This Now

Assume I am already the gold-walled temple. In stillness, feel the cedar of my thoughts and the gold of divine presence covering every room, until the I AM rests in the oracle within me.