Inner Temple Architecture
Ezekiel 41:1-26 - A Neville Goddard interpretation
Read Ezekiel 41 in context
Scripture Focus
Biblical Context
Ezekiel 41 describes a precisely measured temple, detailing its posts, doors, walls, and holy spaces, symbolizing a sacred order that guards divine presence.
Neville's Inner Vision
Rendered in Neville's voice, Ezekiel's measured temple becomes your inner state. The posts, doors, and chambers are not mere bricks but the boundaries you place in imagination to hold a clear field of awareness—what you admit, what you keep out. The most holy place is your inner sanctuary where the I AM, your dwelling Presence, rests. The successive rooms show how consciousness can be organized: a widening path upward, a steady ascent from lowest to highest in the mind, yet always aligned toward the Presence that fills all. The cherubim and palm trees, with two faces on each, symbolize the need to balance two aspects of yourself—man and lion, perception and desire—so that every doorway leads toward sanctity rather than distraction. When you treat the temple as your state of being, and declare the altar and the table before the LORD as your lived life, you enact the order Ezekiel observed: holiness, purity, and unwavering awareness. Imagination becomes the builder and the governor of your reality, shaping a sacred space by which God is perceived within.
Practice This Now
Close your eyes and enter the inner temple. In your imagination, measure and align your thoughts as if lining a sanctuary: declare the presence, feel the I AM fill the spaces, and stay there until ordinary chatter cools to a quiet, holy stillness.
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