Neville Goddard on Ezekiel 47:1-6 - Mystical Bible Interpretation

Read Ezekiel 47 in context

Scripture Focus

1Afterward he brought me again unto the door of the house; and, behold, waters issued out from under the threshold of the house eastward: for the forefront of the house stood toward the east, and the waters came down from under from the right side of the house, at the south side of the altar.

2Then brought he me out of the way of the gate northward, and led me about the way without unto the utter gate by the way that looketh eastward; and, behold, there ran out waters on the right side.

3And when the man that had the line in his hand went forth eastward, he measured a thousand cubits, and he brought me through the waters; the waters were to the ankles.

4Again he measured a thousand, and brought me through the waters; the waters were to the knees. Again he measured a thousand, and brought me through; the waters were to the loins.

5Afterward he measured a thousand; and it was a river that I could not pass over: for the waters were risen, waters to swim in, a river that could not be passed over.

6And he said unto me, Son of man, hast thou seen this? Then he brought me, and caused me to return to the brink of the river.

Ezekiel 47:1-6

Biblical Context

Ez 47:1-6 shows a guide leading Ezekiel to the temple door where waters pour forth and rise from ankles to a river too deep to cross. It presents an inward ascent of life, moving from shallow awareness toward a radiant, expansive flow.

Neville's Inner Vision

Your temple is not a distant cathedral but the field of your own awareness; the waters that issue from its threshold are the living movements of I AM, your true self expressing as feeling and form. The waters begin at the ankles as a delicate recognition that life is in you now, and your imagination—your inner man with the line—measures your willingness to descend. As the waters rise to the knees, the hips, and then to the loins, you are not entering something outside you; you are surrendering belief to the current of consciousness that you already are. When the guide says, 'Hast thou seen this?' you glimpse that the river is never separate from you, only a shift in perception. The river you cannot pass over is your own sense of limitation dissolving into the wider life that you are. The final return to the brink is not withdrawal but incorporation: you return to ordinary sight with a new interior landscape—an inward temple where the I AM flows free, and the world you see is the outward sign of an inward river. Your practice starts here, in feeling it real, and ends in a life that cannot be crossed by the old self.

Practice This Now

Close your eyes and imagine stepping into ankle-deep waters flowing from the temple. Hold the feeling as it rises to the knees, then the loins, until you know you are the river itself.