Neville Goddard on 2 Chronicles 3:3-9 - Mystical Bible Interpretation

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Scripture Focus

3Now these are the things wherein Solomon was instructed for the building of the house of God. The length by cubits after the first measure was threescore cubits, and the breadth twenty cubits.

4And the porch that was in the front of the house, the length of it was according to the breadth of the house, twenty cubits, and the height was an hundred and twenty: and he overlaid it within with pure gold.

5And the greater house he cieled with fir tree, which he overlaid with fine gold, and set thereon palm trees and chains.

6And he garnished the house with precious stones for beauty: and the gold was gold of Parvaim.

7He overlaid also the house, the beams, the posts, and the walls thereof, and the doors thereof, with gold; and graved cherubims on the walls.

8And he made the most holy house, the length whereof was according to the breadth of the house, twenty cubits, and the breadth thereof twenty cubits: and he overlaid it with fine gold, amounting to six hundred talents.

9And the weight of the nails was fifty shekels of gold. And he overlaid the upper chambers with gold.

2 Chronicles 3:3-9

Biblical Context

Solomon’s instructions lay out the temple’s size, its porch, and the lavish gold overlay that adorns every beam and wall. It culminates in the most holy place, all prepared for divine presence.

Neville's Inner Vision

To Solomon’s plan I invite you to read it as a map of your own consciousness. The length and breadth are the boundaries you have accepted for your awareness; the porch is the entrance you allow to your senses, and the gold overlay is the radiance you clothe your thoughts with until your entire being shines with the Presence. The cedar, gilded with gold, and the cherubim etched on the walls symbolize the purified images you permit in your mind—guardians of reverence that keep your mind clear of profane uses. When the temple is overlaid with gold, the inner room—the most holy place—becomes your realized state: not a distant shrine, but the I AM, the awareness that simply is. The building is not a structure in time but a structure in consciousness, built by your assumption and felt as real. As you dwell in this inner house, holiness separates the ordinary from the sacred, and true worship arises as gratitude for what your imagination has already completed within you.

Practice This Now

Close your eyes and assume the temple already stands within you. Walk its gold-lit halls, feel the Presence, and declare, 'I am the temple; I am the Presence that dwells here.'