Neville Goddard on Ezekiel 44:5-9 - Mystical Bible Interpretation

Read Ezekiel 44 in context

Scripture Focus

5And the LORD said unto me, Son of man, mark well, and behold with thine eyes, and hear with thine ears all that I say unto thee concerning all the ordinances of the house of the LORD, and all the laws thereof; and mark well the entering in of the house, with every going forth of the sanctuary.

6And thou shalt say to the rebellious, even to the house of Israel, Thus saith the Lord GOD; O ye house of Israel, let it suffice you of all your abominations,

7In that ye have brought into my sanctuary strangers, uncircumcised in heart, and uncircumcised in flesh, to be in my sanctuary, to pollute it, even my house, when ye offer my bread, the fat and the blood, and they have broken my covenant because of all your abominations.

8And ye have not kept the charge of mine holy things: but ye have set keepers of my charge in my sanctuary for yourselves.

9Thus saith the Lord GOD; No stranger, uncircumcised in heart, nor uncircumcised in flesh, shall enter into my sanctuary, of any stranger that is among the children of Israel.

Ezekiel 44:5-9

Biblical Context

God instructs Ezekiel to mark all the ordinances of the temple and warns Israel that outsiders, uncircumcised in heart and flesh, pollute the sanctuary. It declares that any stranger uncircumcised in heart or flesh cannot enter the sanctuary.

Neville's Inner Vision

Within this ancient boundaries narrative, you are called to recognize that the sanctuary is not a building but the consciousness you inhabit. The prohibitions against the uncircumcised are reminders that thoughts, desires, and conditions not aligned with your I AM—your true self—cannot have freely access to the temple of your awareness. The entering in and going forth of the sanctuary mirror the movements of your own attention: to keep the holy things, you must insist on harmony, covenant fidelity, and inner cleanliness. When you name a state as 'stranger' or 'polluter' in your mind, you are projecting onto your inner sanctuary a separation that actually exists within your own consciousness. Yet the decree is not punitive but protective: it empowers you to guard the boundary with a reliable inner law. By aligning your imagination with the truth that you are the Lord God in you, you make room only for states that uphold your covenant with your I AM.

Practice This Now

Imaginative act: Sit quietly and imagine a radiant sanctuary within your chest. Declare, 'Only I AM enters this temple,' and feel the boundary settle into your bones; after a moment, revise any lingering unaligned thought as if it were removed from your sight.