Neville Goddard on 1 Kings 7:25 - Mystical Bible Interpretation

Read 1 Kings 7 in context

Scripture Focus

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.

1 Kings 7:25

Biblical Context

The verse pictures twelve oxen bearing a great sea, arranged three to each cardinal direction, with their hind parts inward. This image points to inner order and worship arising from consciousness rather than outward ritual.

Neville's Inner Vision

Picture the twelve oxen as the twelve faculties of your consciousness—attention, memory, imagination, perception, feeling, will, faith, reason, choice, breath, speech, stillness. They stand in four faces, three to north, west, south, and east, bearing a sea of awareness. The hind parts inward teach that every movement of life must be anchored in inner stillness, holiness, and separation from appearances. The sea upon them is not outside you but the I AM that fills your being, now present as your own awareness. When you dwell in this image, you are practicing true worship: you align your inner dispositions so that your outward world arises through covenant loyalty to the I AM within. The four directions map four quarters of consciousness, each guiding perception toward the same center. God is not distant; God is the I AM you awaken to as you assume. By assuming the sea already resting on these oxen, you revise lack and let your life be governed by divine order.

Practice This Now

Close your eyes, breathe, and imagine the sea of awareness resting on twelve oxen inside you. Assume the I AM is the steady center and feel this inner order guiding every thought, feeling, and choice today.