Inner Council Alignment

Ezra 10:12-14 - A Neville Goddard interpretation

Read Ezra 10 in context

Scripture Focus

12Then all the congregation answered and said with a loud voice, As thou hast said, so must we do.
13But the people are many, and it is a time of much rain, and we are not able to stand without, neither is this a work of one day or two: for we are many that have transgressed in this thing.
14Let now our rulers of all the congregation stand, and let all them which have taken strange wives in our cities come at appointed times, and with them the elders of every city, and the judges thereof, until the fierce wrath of our God for this matter be turned from us.
Ezra 10:12-14

Biblical Context

Ezra 10:12-14 records the assembly's agreement to follow a plan, acknowledging the vastness of the people, the need for time, and the appointment of rulers and elders to address the transgression until divine wrath is turned away.

Neville's Inner Vision

Your inner state is the congregation; when you say, 'As thou hast said, so must we do,' you commit to a plan that your entire mind can execute. The large number and the rain symbolize the multiplicity of beliefs and the emotional weather that keep you from standing firm in your true nature. The call to appoint rulers and elders mirrors summoning your divine faculties—higher awareness, disciplined imagination, and clear judgment—to review patterns and revise them. The 'strange wives' are attachments to stale beliefs; their removal is the purification of your covenant with the I AM. The 'fierce wrath' is not punishment but the pressure you feel when you resist alignment. By consenting to an inner council acting as one, you invite the God within to turn disruption into renewal. You are not changing history; you are changing your inner states, and the outer world will reflect your renewed imagination.

Practice This Now

Practice: Assume the inner rulers are already united; revise the belief that you are many; feel it real by visualizing the council in one accord and the old beliefs dissolving.

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