The Inner Cedar Temple
1 Kings 6:18 - A Neville Goddard interpretation
Read 1 Kings 6 in context
Scripture Focus
Biblical Context
The verse describes the inner sanctuary where the cedar walls are carved with knops and flowers, and there is no stone visible. It points to an inner, living substance rather than an external, immutable structure.
Neville's Inner Vision
Within the text, the cedar of the house within is not a mere physical wall but your state of consciousness. Its knops and open flowers symbolize a living pattern, a field of growth issued from your I AM awareness. To imagine the inner sanctuary as all cedar, with no stone seen, is to declare that your reality is formed from the substance of awareness, not external matter. The cedar’s uninterrupted presence implies wholeness: every feature you perceive is a manifestation of an inner life, and there is no outer rock to disturb your sense of being. The knops and flowers reflect cycles of manifestation—stir, pattern, reveal—ordered by your imagination. God is not distant but within, the I AM that you are, guiding form through revision and the feel-it-real habit. If you dwell in this inner temple, you invite the divine to work from within, aligning outer events with the inner state you affirm. You are the artist of your inner room; by bright imagining you restore life as continuous cedar, untroubled by stone.
Practice This Now
Imaginative act: Close your eyes and declare, 'My inner temple is all cedar, carved with knops and open flowers; there is no stone.' Then feel the truth of this in your heart for a minute, carrying the fragrance of living cedar into the next moment.
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