Temple Finished, God Appears Within

Neville's Inner Vision

Today I view the verse as a mirror of my own inner architecture. When Solomon finished the temple and the royal house, the outer completion makes space for an inner visitation—the I AM awakens to itself again, the Lord appearing a second time as if to remind me that God is within my own consciousness. The 'house of the LORD' is my temple of awareness; the 'desire' is a thought I have pleased to think until it becomes living reality. The second appearance signifies that every time I sustain the state of awareness that I am, God reappears, not as a rumor from without, but as the natural continuity of my being. This is true worship: not ritual, but allegiance to the unchanging I AM. The covenant loyalty is simply remaining in the assumption that the presence fills all rooms of my mind. Practically, I choose to dwell in this inner sanctuary, knowing that imagination creates reality and that the visitation is mine to sustain.