Neville Goddard on Ezra 2:1-7 - 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:

3The children of Parosh, two thousand an hundred seventy and two.

4The children of Shephatiah, three hundred seventy and two.

5The children of Arah, seven hundred seventy and five.

6The children of Pahathmoab, of the children of Jeshua and Joab, two thousand eight hundred and twelve.

7The children of Elam, a thousand two hundred fifty and four.

Ezra 2:1-7

Biblical Context

These verses describe the return of the exiled people to Jerusalem and Judah, led by Zerubbabel and Jeshua, with the families listed and numbered.

Neville's Inner Vision

Ezra 2:1-7 speaks of a company of souls who left captivity and now come home to their city. In Neville’s coin, the exile and the return are not geographic events but inner states: a belief that has wandered, and a consciousness that recognizes itself. The names listed—Zerubbabel, Jeshua, Nehemiah, and the rest—are not merely genealogies; they are expressions of faculties awakening within you: foundation, worship, memory, courage, order, and discernment. The census of the people marks a re-creation of your inner community, a gathering of your scattered powers into a single center. Each family member stands for a quality you claim in the I AM, and Jerusalem stands for the living city of your awareness. The phrase 'went up out of captivity' becomes a revision to a present-tense truth: you are not exiled but returning, not scattered but aligned, not muted but proclaiming a new future. This is renewal, not a historical event, but the daily resumption of your dominion in mind. As you imagine these movements, you participate in a deliberate act of creation, the inner consequence of belief materializing as life.

Practice This Now

Assume the inner exile has ended; feel the return to an inner Jerusalem now. In the next minute, repeat quietly, I AM returning to my center; let that realization settle as your new normal.