Exodus 31:8 Inner Sanctuary
Exodus 31:8 - A Neville Goddard interpretation
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Scripture Focus
Biblical Context
Exodus 31:8 names the sanctuary's furniture—the table with its furnishings, the pure candlestick with its fixtures, and the altar of incense. This points to an inner sanctuary within your own consciousness.
Neville's Inner Vision
Viewed as consciousness, the outer tabernacle is but the screen on which inner life plays. The table and its furniture speak of nourishment—beliefs, thoughts, and ideas that feed your sense of reality. The pure candlestick and its fixtures are the light of awareness, the steady illumination by which you see yourself and your world as you intend. The altar of incense represents the rising fragrance of prayer and feeling—combined longing and gratitude that ascends to the present I AM. When you attend to these inner faculties, you are not reviving an ancient building; you are reviving your own state of consciousness. God, or the I AM, is not somewhere out there; it is the awareness that animates you. By assuming you already possess the table, lamp, and incense within, you acknowledge that your inner world is fully furnished for the life you are choosing to experience. Thus, the verse invites you to shift from mere observation to conscious revision: you dwell in the sanctuary of your I AM and let your inner furniture align with your declared reality.
Practice This Now
Close your eyes and imagine entering your inner sanctuary; place a bread-laden table before you, light a pure candlestick, and light the incense altar. Then affirm: I AM the presence that nourishes, illuminates, and prays; feel it real.
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