Altar Judgment Within

1 Kings 8:31-32 - A Neville Goddard interpretation

Read 1 Kings 8 in context

Scripture Focus

31If any man trespass against his neighbour, and an oath be laid upon him to cause him to swear, and the oath come before thine altar in this house:
32Then hear thou in heaven, and do, and judge thy servants, condemning the wicked, to bring his way upon his head; and justifying the righteous, to give him according to his righteousness.
1 Kings 8:31-32

Biblical Context

If a person sins against another and swears an oath at the altar, heaven is invoked to judge; the wicked receive consequence and the righteous receive vindication.

Neville's Inner Vision

Imagine the temple of Solomon as the inner sanctuary of your own consciousness, with the altar as the spotlight of your attention. When you trespass against a neighbor and lay an oath to swear, you bind a movement of imagined consequence upon your awareness. Heaven—the I AM within—hears and acts as the judge, not to punish you, but to reveal the inner condition you hold. The wicked are the unreconciled patterns within you; the righteous are the steadfast acts of alignment with love and truth that you decide in your heart. The 'bring his way upon his head' speaks to the natural outcome of the state you harbor in imagination. Your world will mirror the quality of your inner assumption. Therefore, the only genuine law is your consciousness; change the assumption, and the outer becomes its echo. Practice: revise any harmful oath into a vow of mercy, forgive, and affirm that you are already what you seek to see, until feeling follows belief.

Practice This Now

Assume you have already settled any trespass within you; in your inner temple, declare: 'I am reconciled, justified, and in right relationship with all.' Feel the reality of this new state and let it radiate outward.

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