Neville Goddard on Ezra 4:9 - Mystical Bible Interpretation

Read Ezra 4 in context

Scripture Focus

9Then wrote Rehum the chancellor, and Shimshai the scribe, and the rest of their companions; the Dinaites, the Apharsathchites, the Tarpelites, the Apharsites, the Archevites, the Babylonians, the Susanchites, the Dehavites, and the Elamites,

Ezra 4:9

Biblical Context

Ezra 4:9 lists a variety of nations and companions who are depicted as opponents writing against the project. The passage centers on a chorus of external names that mirror internal resistance.

Neville's Inner Vision

In Neville's view, the names Rehum, Shimshai, and their companions are not distant enemies but inner dispositions of your own consciousness. Each group—Dinaites, Apharsathites, Tarpelites, Archevites, Babylonians, Susanchites, Dehavites, Elamites—maps to a habit of thought, a fear, or a memory that opposes your present act of imagining. When you decide to build a new temple in your life—whether healing, success, or renewal—the mind will summon this caravan to remind you of limitation. These “opponents” arise as inner voices and dialogues that feel real because they are anchored in the I AM that you are. The revelation is that God, the I AM behind consciousness, can revise any scene. You are the writer of the decree; you can reverse the list by affirming that these inner dispositions serve your goal rather than block it. Your awareness is the sovereign power that can convert opposition into energy for realization, simply by sustaining a new assumption until it feels real.

Practice This Now

Imaginative Act: Sit quietly, affirm I AM as the writer of the decree, and revise Ezra 4:9 in your mind so the list becomes allied energies. Then feel the realness of your goal as already accomplished.