Neville Goddard on Ezekiel 44:2-3 - Mystical Bible Interpretation

Read Ezekiel 44 in context

Scripture Focus

2Then said the LORD unto me; This gate shall be shut, it shall not be opened, and no man shall enter in by it; because the LORD, the God of Israel, hath entered in by it, therefore it shall be shut.

3It is for the prince; the prince, he shall sit in it to eat bread before the LORD; he shall enter by the way of the porch of that gate, and shall go out by the way of the same.

Ezekiel 44:2-3

Biblical Context

The passage describes a gate that is shut because the LORD has entered; the prince sits there to eat before the LORD. Access is by the porch, and the same path is used to enter and exit.

Neville's Inner Vision

The gate in Ezekiel is not a stone door but a symbol of your inner boundary. When the Lord, the I AM you are, enters into your temple of awareness, the gate is shut—external concerns lose their claim to entry. The prince who sits in that gate to eat before the LORD is your conscious I AM ruling from within, feeding on the presence itself. He enters by the porch and leaves by the same way, teaching that your attention moves through familiar channels; your inner world circulates between entrance and exit by habit, not by chance. To make Ezekiel live, claim a sanctuary that is now: the sanctuary of your awareness where God is already present, and you are the prince in charge. The gate's closure is a state of mind you sustain by persistent assumption and feeling it real. Practice turns the imagination into reality.

Practice This Now

Imaginative act: Assume the gate is shut in your inner temple and you, the prince, sit feeding on the LORD's presence. Feel it as real and continue in that state for several minutes, letting it govern your moment-to-moment awareness.