Neville Goddard on Ezra 5:14 - Mystical Bible Interpretation

Read Ezra 5 in context

Scripture Focus

14And the vessels also of gold and silver of the house of God, which Nebuchadnezzar took out of the temple that was in Jerusalem, and brought them into the temple of Babylon, those did Cyrus the king take out of the temple of Babylon, and they were delivered unto one, whose name was Sheshbazzar, whom he had made governor;

Ezra 5:14

Biblical Context

Ezra 5:14 describes the return of the temple vessels from Babylon to Jerusalem under Cyrus, with Sheshbazzar established as governor.

Neville's Inner Vision

Consider Ezra 5:14 as a mirror for consciousness. The vessels of gold and silver are the temple’s true faculties—faith, vision, memory, worship—taken away when you believe you are poor, exiled, separated from God. In your inner story, Babylon is the wandering mind governed by fear and lack. Then a decree comes: Cyrus, the king, the higher state of consciousness, commands the return. He does not fight the exile; he moves the vessels out of its reach and places them with one who is a governor—Sheshbazzar—an inner administrator who can direct the energy of your renewed worship. The outer event mirrors the inner: your attention is re-aligned, your inner temple is restored, and the true worship becomes not ritual out there but an inner loyalty to the I AM. Providence and guidance appear as the steady hand of awareness, reordering your inner world so that divine goods are returned to their rightful place. The lesson: when you accept that the I AM governs, your inner governor will arrange the faculties, restoring order and enabling you to live from the essence of your temple rather than from its absence.

Practice This Now

Close your eyes and imagine the gold and silver vessels returning to your inner temple; feel their weight and glow, then declare, 'I AM the governor of my inner temple,' and rest in that state.