Neville Goddard on Ezra 3:7-8 - Mystical Bible Interpretation

Read Ezra 3 in context

Scripture Focus

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.

8Now in the second year of their coming unto the house of God at Jerusalem, in the second month, began Zerubbabel the son of Shealtiel, and Jeshua the son of Jozadak, and the remnant of their brethren the priests and the Levites, and all they that were come out of the captivity unto Jerusalem; and appointed the Levites, from twenty years old and upward, to set forward the work of the house of the LORD.

Ezra 3:7-8

Biblical Context

Ezra 3:7-8 describes the community funding the temple project and appointing Levites to oversee the work, signaling covenant loyalty and divine guidance in rebuilding the sanctuary.

Neville's Inner Vision

Ezra 3:7-8 reveals the inner economy of a rebuilt temple, not a distant ledger. The money, meat, and cedar are not 'out there' but the state of your own I AM choosing to inhabit the mind with purpose. The masons and carpenters symbolize disciplined thoughts forming structure; the levant vendors and the cedar represent resources your awareness gathers when it is serious about its aim. Cyrus's grant is the inner decree by which you authorize your house of God, releasing the captive self into service. In the second year of returning to consciousness, you appoint the Levites—your active faculties—twenty years and upward, to lead the work. Each beam laid is a correction in perception, each notch a revision of habit, until the house of the LORD stands within you as present reality. Providence and covenant accord with your steady assumption that you are already building and inhabiting that temple now.

Practice This Now

Close your eyes and declare: I AM the builder of my inner temple; the resources of imagination now flow to complete the structure. Visualize beams of awareness rising and feel the presence of God dwelling there.