Neville Goddard on Exodus 39:38-39 - Mystical Bible Interpretation

Read Exodus 39 in context

Scripture Focus

38And the golden altar, and the anointing oil, and the sweet incense, and the hanging for the tabernacle door,

39The brasen altar, and his grate of brass, his staves, and all his vessels, the laver and his foot,

Exodus 39:38-39

Biblical Context

Exodus 39:38-39 lists the tabernacle's golden altar for incense and the bronze altar with its vessels, oil, and laver.

Neville's Inner Vision

Observe that the verses do not describe distant places, but the inner architecture of your being. The golden altar, with its oil and sweet incense, is the fragrance of prayer rising within the I AM you are conscious of; it speaks of desires that are already seen in the light of awareness. The bronze altar, its grate and vessels, and the laver represent the disciplined acts of mind and the cleansing of belief through repeated inner practice. When you dwell on these images, you are not seeking God outside; you are inviting the awareness of God as I AM to inhabit your entire temple. The door hanging marks the boundary between opinion and the stillness that receives; true worship is separation from fear and attachment, not conflict. By aligning your feelings with the reality that all that exists within you is God in action, you awaken the Presence of God within your own consciousness. The two altars are but different aspects of your one I AM: one perfumes thought with prayer, the other purifies act and belief. Your life becomes the tabernacle where divinity dwells.

Practice This Now

Close your eyes and imagine you are standing before your mind's tabernacle; feel the golden incense rising from your inner I AM and declare the wish already real. Then revise any lack by dwelling in the presence.