Inner Altar Cleansing
Numbers 4:13-14 - A Neville Goddard interpretation
Read Numbers 4 in context
Scripture Focus
Biblical Context
The verses describe removing the ashes from the altar and covering it with purple cloth, then placing the vessels of ministry on it, symbolizing a purified mind prepared for worship.
Neville's Inner Vision
Your mind is the altar; the ashes are the lingering remnant of past acts and fears that do not belong to your present I AM. By removing them, you clear a space for awareness to stand in its own royal presence. The purple cloth is consciousness clothed in authority, a recognition that you are not ruled by hunger or habit but by the sovereign I AM within. As you lay the cloth over the altar, you declare that your inner sanctuary operates under divine order and purpose. The vessels—censers, fleshhooks, shovels, and basins—symbolize your inner faculties and the acts of service you perform. Place each tool on the cloth, organizing your mind so that discernment, purification, action, and receptivity serve the same goal. The badgers' skins covering the altar protect the sacred space from projection and disturbance, a barrier that preserves integrity. The staves set and steady the altar, a reminder that discipline and memory support ongoing worship. This is true worship: imagining and living from the I AM, until the world is felt as your inner kingdom.
Practice This Now
Close your eyes and assume you are already standing in royal awareness. Imagine sweeping away the old ashes, then draping the purple cloth of consciousness over the altar and placing your inner faculties—discernment, service, will, and receptivity—upon it, feeling the shelter and authority of the I AM.
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