Profaning Sanctuary, Inner Strength
Ezekiel 24:21 - A Neville Goddard interpretation
Read Ezekiel 24 in context
Scripture Focus
Biblical Context
The Lord announces that the sanctuary and the things you prize will be profaned, and neglect of inner sanctity leads to weakness and loss, including what you hold dear.
Neville's Inner Vision
In this verse, the house of Israel stands for your own consciousness. The Lord GOD speaking as the I AM reminds you that the sanctuary—your state of awareness—can be profaned when you surrender its primacy to fear, habit, or external idols. The “excellency of your strength” points to the vitality and precision of your inner powers: attention, discipline, and faith in possibility. The “desire of your eyes” reflects what you relentlessly seek outwardly, while “that which your soul pitieth” signals your cherished attachments; when you neglect the inner ground, these pursuits and loves falter, and the inner sons and daughters—your aspects of self—may fall by the sword of neglect, manifesting as loss or upheaval in your life. Yet this is not a doom but a summons to reclaim your inner authority. You are the I AM; by turning fully toward the truth that your inner state creates your world, the profane act becomes a waking call to rebuild the temple within. The restoration comes through deliberate imagining and feeling the reality of a sanctified mind here and now.
Practice This Now
Imaginative act: Assume the sanctuary within is intact and holy. Feel the presence of the I AM dwelling in you, and declare quietly, 'I AM the temple of God in me.' Sit with this until strength and reverence rise as your lived experience.
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