Neville Goddard on Ezra 5:1 - Mystical Bible Interpretation

Read Ezra 5 in context

Scripture Focus

1Then the prophets, Haggai the prophet, and Zechariah the son of Iddo, prophesied unto the Jews that were in Judah and Jerusalem in the name of the God of Israel, even unto them.

Ezra 5:1

Biblical Context

Prophets Haggai and Zechariah deliver a message to the Jews in Judah and Jerusalem, speaking in the name of the God of Israel. The verse presents divine guidance as a present, living commissioning to the community.

Neville's Inner Vision

Here the words are not history but your own inner reality waking. The Jews in Ezra’s record are the two principal patterns of thought dwelling in your mind, Judah and Jerusalem—perhaps doubt and longing—still awaiting a word from the God of Israel, which in this system is the I AM that you are. The prophets Haggai and Zechariah are not outside men but inner voices of conviction, stirring your attention to a forgotten covenant. When they prophesy 'in the name of God,' they are declaring that the authority behind your thoughts is not circumstance but the very presence of God within your consciousness. The message arrives to remind you that you are already chosen, already free, and that the decree comes from your own awareness. The act of hearing them is the moment you align with your true self, the God of Israel, the I AM who sustains all. Your inner community—your states of faith and loyalty—responds as if the temple of your heart is rebuilt and filled with light.

Practice This Now

Imaginative act: Sit quietly, declare within, 'I am the God of Israel within me,' and revise any doubt as if the inner decree has already come to pass; feel the Presence filling your mental city as the temple is rebuilt.