Neville Goddard on Exodus 37:6-9 - Mystical Bible Interpretation

Read Exodus 37 in context

Scripture Focus

6And he made the mercy seat of pure gold: two cubits and a half was the length thereof, and one cubit and a half the breadth thereof.

7And he made two cherubims of gold, beaten out of one piece made he them, on the two ends of the mercy seat;

8One cherub on the end on this side, and another cherub on the other end on that side: out of the mercy seat made he the cherubims on the two ends thereof.

9And the cherubims spread out their wings on high, and covered with their wings over the mercy seat, with their faces one to another; even to the mercy seatward were the faces of the cherubims.

Exodus 37:6-9

Biblical Context

Exodus 37:6-9 describes a pure gold mercy seat with two cherubim at its ends, wings spread over it, symbolizing the divine presence resting between guardian figures.

Neville's Inner Vision

To the inner ear, this scene declares that God is not outside you, but the I AM that you are awake to. The mercy seat is a state of consciousness, a golden throne where mercy and covenant meet. The two cherubim, cast from one piece of gold, symbolize the unified faculties of awareness—the gaze and the breath—the mind’s two wings guarding the sanctum of your attention. When you turn your face toward the mercy seatward, you refuse the projection of judgment and invite the presence that covers all thoughts. The wings over the seat teach you to let love shelter every thought, so that even the most charged memory rests in quietness. The dimensions speak of proportion: you are the space in which God resides, not a place to seek but a state to be realized. Rest in the sense of I AM here and now, and the presence that you seek is your own awareness already awake.

Practice This Now

Imaginative act: Sit quietly and assume you are seated on the mercy seat inside, feeling your awareness as gold, with love-wings sheltering every thought. Revise the sense of separation by silently affirming 'I AM here, I AM present, I AM.'