Neville Goddard on 1 Kings 6:29-32 - Mystical Bible Interpretation

Read 1 Kings 6 in context

Scripture Focus

29And he carved all the walls of the house round about with carved figures of cherubims and palm trees and open flowers, within and without.

30And the floor of the house he overlaid with gold, within and without.

31And for the entering of the oracle he made doors of olive tree: the lintel and side posts were a fifth part of the wall.

32The two doors also were of olive tree; and he carved upon them carvings of cherubims and palm trees and open flowers, and overlaid them with gold, and spread gold upon the cherubims, and upon the palm trees.

1 Kings 6:29-32

Biblical Context

Solomon's temple is described with carved round walls, a gold-overlaid floor, and olive-wood doors to the oracle—an inner sanctuary rendered in symbolic form.

Neville's Inner Vision

Within 1 Kings 6:29–32, the carved cherubim, palm trees, and flowers on the walls, and the gold over every surface, signal the inner architecture of consciousness. The carvings are the habits and virtues you continually engrave upon the mind’s walls; what appears as doors and lintels became your beliefs shaping perception. The gold is the radiance of the I AM—the Presence that fills every corner of awareness. The olive-wood doors entering the oracle represent humble, open entry into your deeper listening; to enter is to acknowledge that the oracle is already within, awaiting your impression. When you align with the image you are shaping, you stand inside a sacred temple of mind, and imagination gilds thoughts into reality. Thus true worship is the steady practice of re-perceiving yourself as this I AM presence, and covenant loyalty is the inner commitment to keep the consciousness aligned with divine reality.

Practice This Now

Close your eyes and assume you stand inside Solomon's temple as your own mind. Feel the gold of divine awareness coating every thought; hear the oracle within say I AM here now.