Neville Goddard on Ezekiel 44:25-27 - Mystical Bible Interpretation

Read Ezekiel 44 in context

Scripture Focus

25And they shall come at no dead person to defile themselves: but for father, or for mother, or for son, or for daughter, for brother, or for sister that hath had no husband, they may defile themselves.

26And after he is cleansed, they shall reckon unto him seven days.

27And in the day that he goeth into the sanctuary, unto the inner court, to minister in the sanctuary, he shall offer his sin offering, saith the Lord GOD.

Ezekiel 44:25-27

Biblical Context

The verses outline rules about defilement by contact with the dead, the seven-day cleansing, and the sin offering required before ministering in the sanctuary. The emphasis is on purification before service.

Neville's Inner Vision

In Neville’s tone, the defilement is a belief that you are separated from your true nature by the memory or emotion you cling to. The seven days symbolize a deliberate inner recalibration, a pause where the mind withdraws from old identifications and prepares to hold a holy atmosphere. The 'sin offering' becomes an inner act of revision, not an external ritual: acknowledge the mistaken thought as transient, then reaffirm the truth that you are one with God. When you 'enter the sanctuary' inwardly, you are not crossing a boundary of stone but shifting into your own I AM—the ever-present sanctuary of awareness. By choosing this inner state, you minister to your life from that consciousness, and purification occurs as you align with your divine nature rather than chasing ritual purity.

Practice This Now

Imaginative act: Assume the state of the fully cleansed I AM now, and feel it real. Visualize stepping into your inner sanctuary and offering the old thought as a sin offering, then affirming I and my Father are one.