Neville Goddard on 2 Chronicles 2:3-10 - Mystical Bible Interpretation

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Scripture Focus

3And Solomon sent to Huram the king of Tyre, saying, As thou didst deal with David my father, and didst send him cedars to build him an house to dwell therein, even so deal with me.

4Behold, I build an house to the name of the LORD my God, to dedicate it to him, and to burn before him sweet incense, and for the continual shewbread, and for the burnt offerings morning and evening, on the sabbaths, and on the new moons, and on the solemn feasts of the LORD our God. This is an ordinance for ever to Israel.

5And the house which I build is great: for great is our God above all gods.

6But who is able to build him an house, seeing the heaven and heaven of heavens cannot contain him? who am I then, that I should build him an house, save only to burn sacrifice before him?

7Send me now therefore a man cunning to work in gold, and in silver, and in brass, and in iron, and in purple, and crimson, and blue, and that can skill to grave with the cunning men that are with me in Judah and in Jerusalem, whom David my father did provide.

8Send me also cedar trees, fir trees, and algum trees, out of Lebanon: for I know that thy servants can skill to cut timber in Lebanon; and, behold, my servants shall be with thy servants,

9Even to prepare me timber in abundance: for the house which I am about to build shall be wonderful great.

10And, behold, I will give to thy servants, the hewers that cut timber, twenty thousand measures of beaten wheat, and twenty thousand measures of barley, and twenty thousand baths of wine, and twenty thousand baths of oil.

2 Chronicles 2:3-10

Biblical Context

Solomon proclaims that he will build a great temple dedicated to the LORD, with continual offerings and worship. He asks Huram for skilled craftsmen and abundant timber from Lebanon to complete the work.

Neville's Inner Vision

Solomon’s vow to build a house for the LORD is your inner declaration that you will set aside a sanctuary for the I AM within. The temple is not a building with walls but a state of consciousness you cultivate through worship, sacrifice, and daily devotion. The line that heaven cannot contain Him invites a humbling realization: you are not the Source, yet you are the instrument through which the Source manifests. The materials and skilled craftsmen—gold, silver, brass, purple, cedar, and timber—mirror the qualities you assemble in awareness: value, beauty, strength, and order. When Solomon asks Huram for help, hear the inner counselor within your mind agreeing to supply the means: disciplined thoughts, clear perception, and obedient habits. Your generosity is the promises you lay before God, the continuous offerings of praise and gratitude that keep the temple alive. Though you cannot fully encompass the All, you can maintain a fixed posture of worship so that the Presence has a dwelling place in your life. Your temple, imagined in consciousness, becomes real by the sacred act of assumption.

Practice This Now

Imaginative act: Close your eyes and feel as if you have already built the temple of God in your mind; silently declare, 'I am the temple of the Living I AM,' inviting the inner craftsman to supply all you require. Then rest in the felt sense that the temple is real now.