Neville Goddard on Ezekiel 44:11-14 - Mystical Bible Interpretation

Read Ezekiel 44 in context

Scripture Focus

11Yet they shall be ministers in my sanctuary, having charge at the gates of the house, and ministering to the house: they shall slay the burnt offering and the sacrifice for the people, and they shall stand before them to minister unto them.

12Because they ministered unto them before their idols, and caused the house of Israel to fall into iniquity; therefore have I lifted up mine hand against them, saith the Lord GOD, and they shall bear their iniquity.

13And they shall not come near unto me, to do the office of a priest unto me, nor to come near to any of my holy things, in the most holy place: but they shall bear their shame, and their abominations which they have committed.

14But I will make them keepers of the charge of the house, for all the service thereof, and for all that shall be done therein.

Ezekiel 44:11-14

Biblical Context

Those who served idols are assigned to gatekeeping service in the sanctuary, performing outward offerings while kept from the Most Holy Place. They bear the consequences of their former iniquity, and their role is limited to guarding the outer house.

Neville's Inner Vision

In Ezekiel's vision, the ministers at the gates are not enemies but your older beliefs and feelings that once served the ego at the altar of appearances. They still serve the house, but now their work is boundary-keeping at the threshold: they prevent the sacred mystery from being profaned by memories of idols. When you recognize this as a law of your inner temple, you stop condemning and begin reorganizing. In your true I AM, holiness withdraws from anything that would desecrate the Most Holy; thus these energies are not banished but reassigned to guard the outer precincts. They carry the memory of past idolatries, so they stay outside the inner chamber, yet they can help maintain order at the gates. Your task is to keep the inner sanctuary pure by aligning thoughts and feelings with the divine presence, while extending mercy to yourself as you turn away from idolatry. The result is an intact inner temple and the freedom to minister to your true self from the throne of awareness.

Practice This Now

Imaginative act: Stand before your inner sanctuary, declare, 'I AM the gatekeeper; I slay the old burnt offerings of fear at the gate, and invite only holiness into the Most Holy Place.' Feel this shift as if already real, and rest a few breaths in the new state.