Neville Goddard on Ezra 1:3-6 - Mystical Bible Interpretation

Read Ezra 1 in context

Scripture Focus

3Who is there among you of all his people? his God be with him, and let him go up to Jerusalem, which is in Judah, and build the house of the LORD God of Israel, (he is the God,) which is in Jerusalem.

4And whosoever remaineth in any place where he sojourneth, let the men of his place help him with silver, and with gold, and with goods, and with beasts, beside the freewill offering for the house of God that is in Jerusalem.

5Then rose up the chief of the fathers of Judah and Benjamin, and the priests, and the Levites, with all them whose spirit God had raised, to go up to build the house of the LORD which is in Jerusalem.

6And all they that were about them strengthened their hands with vessels of silver, with gold, with goods, and with beasts, and with precious things, beside all that was willingly offered.

Ezra 1:3-6

Biblical Context

The passage invites all of God's people to return to Jerusalem to rebuild the house of the LORD. Those who stay are supported by others' gifts, and those stirred by the Spirit rise up to aid the work.

Neville's Inner Vision

All the world of Ezra is a symbol of your inner state. 'Who is there among you' is the question you ask of your own consciousness: is there a God with me now, or am I wandering in exile? The answer is not outside, but within: the I AM, the Presence of God, calls you to 'go up to Jerusalem' in your own mind—up the hill of awareness to rebuild the inner temple. The materials offered—silver, gold, goods, beasts—represent your thoughts, energies, and beliefs you pledge to the purpose of true worship. The freewill offering is your choice to refuse lack and to give with joy. Leaders rise up by the Spirit God has raised in you—your higher self, your renewed dispositions—who help you gather and organize the inner resources. Those around you strengthen their hands, not with coins alone, but with the willingness to support your intention. This is not a history lesson but a law: when you align with the divine current, exile ends and a radiant temple of awareness is erected within.

Practice This Now

Assume you are already back in your inner Jerusalem. Feel the gift of support flow from your own resources into the rebuilding of the temple as you stand in the awareness 'God is with me.'