Neville Goddard on 1 Kings 7:23-30 - Mystical Bible Interpretation

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Scripture Focus

23And he made a molten sea, ten cubits from the one brim to the other: it was round all about, and his height was five cubits: and a line of thirty cubits did compass it round about.

24And under the brim of it round about there were knops compassing it, ten in a cubit, compassing the sea round about: the knops were cast in two rows, when it was cast.

25It stood upon twelve oxen, three looking toward the north, and three looking toward the west, and three looking toward the south, and three looking toward the east: and the sea was set above upon them, and all their hinder parts were inward.

26And it was an hand breadth thick, and the brim thereof was wrought like the brim of a cup, with flowers of lilies: it contained two thousand baths.

27And he made ten bases of brass; four cubits was the length of one base, and four cubits the breadth thereof, and three cubits the height of it.

28And the work of the bases was on this manner: they had borders, and the borders were between the ledges:

29And on the borders that were between the ledges were lions, oxen, and cherubims: and upon the ledges there was a base above: and beneath the lions and oxen were certain additions made of thin work.

30And every base had four brasen wheels, and plates of brass: and the four corners thereof had undersetters: under the laver were undersetters molten, at the side of every addition.

1 Kings 7:23-30

Biblical Context

Verse 7:23-30 describes a large circular molten sea supported by twelve oxen and set on brass bases, with a lily-decorated rim and a capacity of two thousand baths. It stands as an ornate image of sacred order and worship in the temple.

Neville's Inner Vision

All the details in this vision are inward symbols for your life of consciousness. The molten sea is the circulating state of awareness you possess, a vast inner ocean that you can fill and measure by your attention. The twelve oxen denote the twelve fixed faculties or habitual centers upholding your inner image, each looking a different direction yet all under your command. The rim, lilies, and the two thousand baths signify the generous, pure life your inner state can hold and pour out into experience. The ten brass bases, with their borders and the lion-ox-cherubim motifs, reveal the patterns you’ve erected to frame and guard your perception. The four wheels at the corners point to life’s movement within the frame you’ve chosen. The entire scene is a map: your inner order creates your outward form. By treating the sea as your own awareness and inhabiting its reality, you begin to feel it real here and now.

Practice This Now

Practice: Close your eyes and revise your state by imagining the sea as your own awareness, supported by your inner foundations. Feel the realization that you are the I AM, and let that sense of reality flood your present moment.