Neville Goddard on Ezra 4:14-16 - Mystical Bible Interpretation

Read Ezra 4 in context

Scripture Focus

14Now because we have maintenance from the king's palace, and it was not meet for us to see the king's dishonour, therefore have we sent and certified the king;

15That search may be made in the book of the records of thy fathers: so shalt thou find in the book of the records, and know that this city is a rebellious city, and hurtful unto kings and provinces, and that they have moved sedition within the same of old time: for which cause was this city destroyed.

16We certify the king that, if this city be builded again, and the walls thereof set up, by this means thou shalt have no portion on this side the river.

Ezra 4:14-16

Biblical Context

Ezra 4:14–16 records officials warning that rebuilding Jerusalem would invite royal displeasure, labeling the city as rebellious and risky, with consequences tied to the king’s records.

Neville's Inner Vision

In Neville’s psychology, the king represents the I AM, the inner awareness that governs what you accept as real. The 'maintenance from the king's palace' and the 'book of the records' are your habitual thoughts and memories you carry as the supposed authority over your life. The claim that the city is rebellious and that rebuilding would wither away your portion on this side of the river is the inner story of limitation you have accepted. Yet the I AM does not condemn; it reflects your dominant state. To rise above, you must revise the inner record: affirm that the city already exists in harmony with your purpose, that the walls stand as guard of your fulfilled dream, and that the river of life now carries abundance to you. When you consistently inhabit this new decree, inner movements align, old fears dissolve, and external conditions begin to bend to your renewed consciousness.

Practice This Now

Close your eyes and revise the record in your mind: 'The city is rebuilt; the walls are up; the king approves.' Feel the certainty seeping through you and carry that feeling into sleep.