Neville Goddard on Ezra 2:59-63 - Mystical Bible Interpretation

Read Ezra 2 in context

Scripture Focus

59And these were they which went up from Telmelah, Telharsa, Cherub, Addan, and Immer: but they could not shew their father's house, and their seed, whether they were of Israel:

60The children of Delaiah, the children of Tobiah, the children of Nekoda, six hundred fifty and two.

61And of the children of the priests: the children of Habaiah, the children of Koz, the children of Barzillai; which took a wife of the daughters of Barzillai the Gileadite, and was called after their name:

62These sought their register among those that were reckoned by genealogy, but they were not found: therefore were they, as polluted, put from the priesthood.

63And the Tirshatha said unto them, that they should not eat of the most holy things, till there stood up a priest with Urim and with Thummim.

Ezra 2:59-63

Biblical Context

Ezra 2:59-63 records people who returned but could not prove their Israelite lineage or priestly status, and thus were excluded from the priesthood.

Neville's Inner Vision

Ezra's register is a map of your inner states. The names who cannot prove their line show how you may live by appearances, feeling unworthy and thus separated from your true priesthood. In Neville's language, these are states of consciousness that have not acknowledged the I AM as their source. The Tirshatha you hear is your current dominant thought that holiness must be earned; yet the inner priest, armed with Urim and Thummim, shines within to certify your sacred status. When you affirm you are already of the true lineage, you revoke the sense of pollution and exclusion. The outer decree cannot touch your essence; it is only the movement of your mind. The moment you assume the I AM, the register becomes found, the holy things become accessible, and your inner life aligns with the divine noonday. You are not waiting for proof from without; you are proving it within, now.

Practice This Now

Close your eyes and assume you are already in the inner lineage. See Urim and Thummim light within you, and feel the certainty of your sacred priesthood as you revise any belief of exclusion.