Neville Goddard on Ezekiel 40:20-23 - Mystical Bible Interpretation

Read Ezekiel 40 in context

Scripture Focus

20And the gate of the outward court that looked toward the north, he measured the length thereof, and the breadth thereof.

21And the little chambers thereof were three on this side and three on that side; and the posts thereof and the arches thereof were after the measure of the first gate: the length thereof was fifty cubits, and the breadth five and twenty cubits.

22And their windows, and their arches, and their palm trees, were after the measure of the gate that looketh toward the east; and they went up unto it by seven steps; and the arches thereof were before them.

23And the gate of the inner court was over against the gate toward the north, and toward the east; and he measured from gate to gate an hundred cubits.

Ezekiel 40:20-23

Biblical Context

The passage records the north outer gate’s size, the three chambers on each side, and the link to the inner gate, showing how outer form mirrors inner order.

Neville's Inner Vision

From the standpoint of consciousness, the gate is not a brickwork but my state of awareness. The north outer gate with its measured length and breadth becomes how I have arranged attention in the outer world—my habits, my responses, the openings through which light can enter. The three chambers on each side and the arches show that my life is built of patterns: three beliefs here, three there; arches of habit that hold them up. The seven steps invite a disciplined ascent of awareness, rising from surface appearances toward the inner sanctuary. When I, the I AM, turn toward the inner gate that faces both north and east, I am not moving stones but reordering consciousness. The distance between gates — a hundred cubits — marks a belief that separation is real; I dissolve it by feeling the Presence as already mine. True worship, then, is the aligning of outer form with inner intention; holiness is purity of consciousness where God's Presence inhabits me and moves through every gate.

Practice This Now

Imaginative Act: Quietly assume I am the Presence now here, and feel the inner gate opening; imagine stepping from outer into inner sanctum as if the hundred cubits have collapsed into one breath.