Neville Goddard on Ezra 2:1-2 - Mystical Bible Interpretation

Read Ezra 2 in context

Scripture Focus

1Now these are the children of the province that went up out of the captivity, of those which had been carried away, whom Nebuchadnezzar the king of Babylon had carried away unto Babylon, and came again unto Jerusalem and Judah, every one unto his city;

2Which came with Zerubbabel: Jeshua, Nehemiah, Seraiah, Reelaiah, Mordecai, Bilshan, Mizpar, Bigvai, Rehum, Baanah. The number of the men of the people of Israel:

Ezra 2:1-2

Biblical Context

These verses name the people who returned from captivity to Jerusalem, signaling a fresh start for the community. It marks the inner turning from exile to inner homeland.

Neville's Inner Vision

Say to yourself: I am the returning consciousness. The chapter speaks not of geography but of states returning to the inner kingdom. The captors are fear, doubt, and the lure of the outer world. Nebuchadnezzar is the ego’s march, but I am free to return. Zerubbabel, the governor, represents the discipline by which I govern my thoughts; Jeshua, the priest, embodies salvation—the I AM that speaks within me. Nehemiah, Seraiah, and the others are the diverse faculties I enlist to repair the inner temple: the memory, the intention, the longing, the courage, the action. They come back to Jerusalem—my inner city—each one returning to his own station, each one counted in the census of consciousness. The revival is not a historical event but a present-tense creation: when I acknowledge these parts as mine, the internal exile ends and a new creation begins.

Practice This Now

Imaginative act: Close your eyes and assume you are back in your inner Jerusalem; name the parts (Zerubbabel, Jeshua, Nehemiah) as quietly assisting you, and feel it real.