Neville Goddard on Ezra 2:68-69 - Mystical Bible Interpretation

Read Ezra 2 in context

Scripture Focus

68And some of the chief of the fathers, when they came to the house of the LORD which is at Jerusalem, offered freely for the house of God to set it up in his place:

69They gave after their ability unto the treasure of the work threescore and one thousand drams of gold, and five thousand pound of silver, and one hundred priests' garments.

Ezra 2:68-69

Biblical Context

Chiefs gave freely to fund the temple’s house, offering gold, silver, and garments according to their ability. The act models true worship as inward provision made manifest.

Neville's Inner Vision

In Ezra 2:68-69 the chiefs come to the house of the LORD and offer freely for its setup: gold, silver, and priestly garments, according to their ability. Remember, the inward I AM is the source; you are that giver. Neville’s reading sees that as a map of your inner life: the house of the LORD is not a building but your state of consciousness; the gold and silver are radiant moods and ideas, the garments your orderly forms of presence. When you acknowledge that imagination creates reality, the act of giving freely becomes an inner decree: you provide for the temple you dwell in by supplying your current disposition with abundance. Each offering mirrors a state you are willing to accept as true now—the spaciousness to receive, the order to express, the faith to persist. The money and garments are symbols of inner trust made visible by your assumption. The moment you choose to give to your temple, you set the foundation for building what you next wish to inhabit.

Practice This Now

Imaginative act: Close your eyes and assume the feeling of already possessing the wealth your inner temple needs; see yourself freely placing it on the altar of awareness and feel it real.