Bases of the Inner Kingdom

1 Kings 7:27-36 - A Neville Goddard interpretation

Read 1 Kings 7 in context

Scripture Focus

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.
31And the mouth of it within the chapiter and above was a cubit: but the mouth thereof was round after the work of the base, a cubit and an half: and also upon the mouth of it were gravings with their borders, foursquare, not round.
32And under the borders were four wheels; and the axletrees of the wheels were joined to the base: and the height of a wheel was a cubit and half a cubit.
33And the work of the wheels was like the work of a chariot wheel: their axletrees, and their naves, and their felloes, and their spokes, were all molten.
34And there were four undersetters to the four corners of one base: and the undersetters were of the very base itself.
35And in the top of the base was there a round compass of half a cubit high: and on the top of the base the ledges thereof and the borders thereof were of the same.
36For on the plates of the ledges thereof, and on the borders thereof, he graved cherubims, lions, and palm trees, according to the proportion of every one, and additions round about.
1 Kings 7:27-36

Biblical Context

The text records ten brass bases, with exact dimensions and borders, decorated with lions, oxen, cherubim, and palm trees, each mounted on four wheels. It details how they are crafted for the laver and topped with a round cap.

Neville's Inner Vision

All this description is the language of your inner temple. The brass bases are fixed states of awareness you choose to inhabit, foundations large enough to hold the life you intend to live. The borders between ledges and the carved figures—cherubims, lions, palm trees—are the images your mind repeats to decorate and guard a solid assumption. The four wheels and molten axles show the faculty of movement within consciousness: imagination turning, probabilities aligning, and form being drawn toward you by steady attention. The undersetters at the corners bind the parts to a coherent whole, just as your beliefs hold psychic energy in place. The round compass atop the base hints at a wholeness without beginning or end; the entire structure is an outward sign of an inward state. When you dwell in the feeling that your desire is already present, you begin to hear the work of the wheels, feel the brass cool beneath your attention, and sense the divine Presence standing between you and your imagined form. The inner bases turn as you live from the I AM, and life follows your true assumption.

Practice This Now

Imaginative act: Close your eyes, assume 'I AM,' and affirm that the inner bases are formed within you now. Feel the wheels turn and your desired state coming into visible form as you hold the feeling it is so.

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