Inner Temple Of Golden Consciousness

2 Chronicles 3:5-9 - A Neville Goddard interpretation

Read 2 Chronicles 3 in context

Scripture Focus

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 3:5-9

Biblical Context

Solomon overlaid the temple with gold, decorating it with precious stones and cherubim, to show a sacred space set apart for God.

Neville's Inner Vision

In the Neville lens, the temple is not a building but the abiding I AM within you. The gold and gems are not external stuff; they are the value you place upon your present awareness. When you imagine the temple crowned with gold, you are rehearsing the act of turning ordinary perception into a holy sanctuary. The outer walls signify your current state of mind; the gilding is your deliberate assumption that you are, now, the house wherein God dwells. Cherubim on the walls symbolize guardrails of beauty—habits of thought that keep consciousness aligned with the divine Presence. The Most Holy Place is your innermost I AM, a quiet center that remains untouched by outer appearances. To apply this today, reverently revise any sense of separation or lack by declaring you are already there—the gold is your natural expression of awareness, not a future achievement. Let the nails’ weight remind you of the steadfastness of your intention. In this view, transformation is inner consecration, and true worship is alignment of feeling with the truth that you, as awareness, are the temple.

Practice This Now

Close your eyes and declare I AM the temple; see gold overlay gilding your inner walls; stay with the feeling that you are already in the Most Holy Place, watching divine presence.

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