Neville Goddard on Ezra 3:6-7 - Mystical Bible Interpretation

Read Ezra 3 in context

Scripture Focus

6From the first day of the seventh month began they to offer burnt offerings unto the LORD. But the foundation of the temple of the LORD was not yet laid.

7They gave money also unto the masons, and to the carpenters; and meat, and drink, and oil, unto them of Zidon, and to them of Tyre, to bring cedar trees from Lebanon to the sea of Joppa, according to the grant that they had of Cyrus king of Persia.

Ezra 3:6-7

Biblical Context

On the first day of the seventh month they began offering burnt offerings, though the temple's foundation was not yet laid. They also funded the masons, carpenters, and provisions per Cyrus's grant.

Neville's Inner Vision

All that happens on Ezra's page is an outward sign of an inward state. The people offer from a deep I AM awareness, though the physical foundation remains unset; you must see that the foundation lies first in consciousness. The funds given to the masons and carpenters are your inner resources—thoughts, feelings, and certainty—set in motion to bring forth your dream. The cedar from Lebanon represents the sturdy authority of your imagination meeting the sea and land of your life; the grant of Cyrus is Providence moving as your own consistent assumption. When you accept that the temple exists in you already, you align the outer world to its likeness. Do not chase result; revise your state, feel it real, and allow the foundation to become visible as you hold the image of the completed temple in your mind. The present offering precedes the structure; the inner certainty precedes outer creation.

Practice This Now

Sit quietly and assume you have already laid the temple's foundation in consciousness; feel the resources arriving as if Cyrus's grant is yours now, and bless the work as already complete.