Doors of Inner Worship
2 Chronicles 23:4-5 - A Neville Goddard interpretation
Read 2 Chronicles 23 in context
Scripture Focus
Biblical Context
2 Chronicles 23:4-5 prescribes a threefold order for worship: a third of the people serve as door porters on the Sabbath, a third stand at the king's house, and a third at the gate of the foundation, with all the people gathered in the courts of the house of the LORD.
Neville's Inner Vision
I read this outward order as a map of inner life. The doors are the thresholds of awareness; the king's house is the I AM within you that rules your experience; the gate of the foundation guards the root beliefs from which your life arises. The Sabbath role of porters trains your attention to stand vigil at the mind's doorway, keeping wandering thought at bay so true rest can enter. The guards at the king's house embody the ruling sense of self—the I AM that witnesses every scene with calm sovereignty. The gate at foundation protects the core beliefs and memories that feed experience, ensuring they serve consciousness rather than bind it. When these three streams align, every circumstance unfolds within the courts of the LORD, and your awareness remains centered, peaceful, and fully present. This is not external ritual but the inner arrangement by which consciousness is kept in the presence of God within you.
Practice This Now
Imaginative act: sit quietly and revise your mental scene by declaring I AM, the I AM; mentally allocate one third of your attention to the doors, one third to the king's house, and one third to the foundation gate, then feel the LORD filling the courts as your natural state.
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