Temple Within Ezra 4:1

Neville's Inner Vision

Notice that the 'adversaries' are not people outside you but the vibrations of fear and doubt within your own mind. When you hear that the exiles are rebuilding the temple to the LORD, you are not predicting a future event; you are acknowledging a new state of awareness coming into being. The captivity symbolizes your former bondage to limitation; the temple you build is the inner alignment with the I AM, the God of Israel within. The outward opposition Ezra records is merely the old beliefs resisting the inauguration of a sacred dwelling. Your work is not to confront those beliefs but to assume the state that makes the temple real: feel the I AM as the steady throne of awareness, and let your worship be a continuous loyalty to that I AM. Every act of faith, trust, and devotion strengthens the inner sanctuary, gradually dissolving the adversaries by the creative power of imagination. In this way, the temple is real in you before it appears outwardly, and opposition loses its claim as you dwell in the truth of who you are.