Neville Goddard on 2 Chronicles 4:1-9 - Mystical Bible Interpretation

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Scripture Focus

1Moreover he made an altar of brass, twenty cubits the length thereof, and twenty cubits the breadth thereof, and ten cubits the height thereof.

2Also he made a molten sea of ten cubits from brim to brim, round in compass, and five cubits the height thereof; and a line of thirty cubits did compass it round about.

3And under it was the similitude of oxen, which did compass it round about: ten in a cubit, compassing the sea round about. Two rows of oxen were cast, when it was cast.

4It stood upon twelve oxen, three looking toward the north, and three looking toward the west, and three looking toward the south, and three looking toward the east: and the sea was set above upon them, and all their hinder parts were inward.

5And the thickness of it was an handbreadth, and the brim of it like the work of the brim of a cup, with flowers of lilies; and it received and held three thousand baths.

6He made also ten lavers, and put five on the right hand, and five on the left, to wash in them: such things as they offered for the burnt offering they washed in them; but the sea was for the priests to wash in.

7And he made ten candlesticks of gold according to their form, and set them in the temple, five on the right hand, and five on the left.

8He made also ten tables, and placed them in the temple, five on the right side, and five on the left. And he made an hundred basons of gold.

9Furthermore he made the court of the priests, and the great court, and doors for the court, and overlaid the doors of them with brass.

2 Chronicles 4:1-9

Biblical Context

Solomon furnishes the temple with a brass altar, the sea supported by twelve oxen, lavers, candlesticks, tables, and the priestly courts. These vessels establish a sacred order for worship and separation unto holiness.

Neville's Inner Vision

Everything described in 2 Chronicles 4:1-9 is a picture of inner architecture. The brass altar is the fixed I AM, your undeniable assumption of the wish. The molten sea, carried on twelve oxen, represents the vast but contained stream of feeling you steward by attention; the oxen point to the four compass directions, encircling every aspect of life. The lavers are the cleansing acts of revision and feeling your prayer as done, while the sea serves as the place of inner washing for the priests—the keepers of awareness within you. The ten candlesticks and ten tables show how light and nourishment are distributed in consciousness, balancing faith and form. The court and brass doors mark boundaries you respect in imagination, not separation but order. If you dwell in the sense that this sanctuary exists here and now within you, your outer world will reflect that order. Practice: persist in the feeling of the fulfilled temple, assuming the state of described work as already complete, and watch as conditions rearrange themselves to match that inner architecture.

Practice This Now

Close your eyes and enter the temple in imagination; feel the brass altar before you, the sea beneath twelve oxen, and declare, 'I AM the temple; my desire is already mine.' Stay there until the sense of completion remains.