Neville Goddard on Ezekiel 40:3-4 - Mystical Bible Interpretation

Read Ezekiel 40 in context

Scripture Focus

3And he brought me thither, and, behold, there was a man, whose appearance was like the appearance of brass, with a line of flax in his hand, and a measuring reed; and he stood in the gate.

4And the man said unto me, Son of man, behold with thine eyes, and hear with thine ears, and set thine heart upon all that I shall shew thee; for to the intent that I might shew them unto thee art thou brought hither: declare all that thou seest to the house of Israel.

Ezekiel 40:3-4

Biblical Context

Ezekiel is brought to a gate where a brass-appearing man holds a flax line and a measuring reed, instructed to look, listen, and set his heart on what will be shown, so the vision may be told to Israel.

Neville's Inner Vision

That gate is your own consciousness. The brass figure and tools symbolize your fixed, substantial self belief and the precise instruments of perception you carry. To be brought there means awareness is gathered into a focused state; to set your heart on what you are shown is to commit your inner attention to the images imagination will reveal. The command to declare all that you see to the house of Israel is an instruction to speak your inner vision into the kingdom of your own mind—the Israel that is faithful to truth. Thus, prophecy becomes a present practice: you measure your life, describe its truth to yourself, and thereby enact a future by revision and belief. The scene asks you to align perception with intention, to act as the witness who carries the record of your state from inner seeing into outer faithfulness.

Practice This Now

Assume the end: stand in the gate of your inner state, take the brass guide as your fixed belief, and hold the reed as your tool of measurement. Quietly declare to your inner Israel that you have seen the truth and will report it faithfully.