Inner Temple of Awe
1 Kings 6:23-30 - A Neville Goddard interpretation
Read 1 Kings 6 in context
Scripture Focus
Biblical Context
Within 1 Kings 6:23-30, Solomon erects two golden cherubim in the inner sanctuary, flanked by carved walls and a gold floor, symbolizing sacred order and divine presence guarded by beauty.
Neville's Inner Vision
In the inner sanctuary of your mind, the two cherubim are not distant statues but steadfast attitudes of awareness—attention and reverence—lifted to ten cubits height as the centerpiece of your consciousness. Their wings span the walls, touching one another in the middle, signaling that true worship is the unity of perception and belief at the I AM's center. The gold overlay announces that your nature is radiant, not earned; by imagining gold on the walls and floor you declare that the inner realm is already sacred and fully saturated with divine life. The palm trees and open flowers carved upon the walls symbolize growth and beauty sprouting from quiet expectancy; they exist inside you as thoughts that bless and cultivate, not as ornaments to seek outside. The separation between holy and ordinary dissolves when you realize God is within—the still, aware I AM that never leaves you. Your covenant loyalty is to remain seated in that awareness, to let your daily decisions be born from it, not from external rites. Practice the assumption that the inner temple is complete and that you, as I AM, reign there with calm, golden light.
Practice This Now
Imaginative act: Assume the inner temple is your mind; align the two cherubim—steady attention and reverent stillness. Feel a golden light saturate every thought as you bless the I AM within.
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