Neville Goddard on 1 Kings 7:1-6 - Mystical Bible Interpretation

Read 1 Kings 7 in context

Scripture Focus

1But Solomon was building his own house thirteen years, and he finished all his house.

2He built also the house of the forest of Lebanon; the length thereof was an hundred cubits, and the breadth thereof fifty cubits, and the height thereof thirty cubits, upon four rows of cedar pillars, with cedar beams upon the pillars.

3And it was covered with cedar above upon the beams, that lay on forty five pillars, fifteen in a row.

4And there were windows in three rows, and light was against light in three ranks.

5And all the doors and posts were square, with the windows: and light was against light in three ranks.

6And he made a porch of pillars; the length thereof was fifty cubits, and the breadth thereof thirty cubits: and the porch was before them: and the other pillars and the thick beam were before them.

1 Kings 7:1-6

Biblical Context

Solomon spent thirteen years building his own house and the cedar forest palace, with pillars, beams, and windows designed to let light enter from every angle. The text highlights craft, wealth, and governance as outward signs of inner order.

Neville's Inner Vision

In this vision, the house Solomon builds is your inner temple—your state of awareness. The cedar beams and pillars are the durable habits and noble qualities you erect in consciousness. The four rows of cedar pillars symbolize the steady supports of character you attend to; the cedar beams that crown them signify enduring truth you choose to inhabit. The height, length, and breadth reveal the scale you are willing to inhabit in mind and life; the three rows of light through the windows show how perception can be ordered by inner alignment, so that light answers light rather than chaos answering you. The porch before the halls marks the threshold where imagination becomes action—where you step from mere wish into deliberate construction. Thirteen years of work remind us that the Kingdom of God is not an external conquest but an inner building project. Wealth and provision arise when your inner state mirrors divine order; you remember your Imago Dei, the I AM within, and rule with calm authority. Practice: envision your inner temple, revise until it feels true, and dwell there in the certainty that you are indeed constructing reality from consciousness.

Practice This Now

In a quiet moment, assume you are the builder of your inner temple; close your eyes and imagine placing cedar beams of virtue, lining three rows of light-filled windows, then step through and feel the space already complete.