Neville Goddard on Ezra 5:16 - Mystical Bible Interpretation

Read Ezra 5 in context

Scripture Focus

16Then came the same Sheshbazzar, and laid the foundation of the house of God which is in Jerusalem: and since that time even until now hath it been in building, and yet it is not finished.

Ezra 5:16

Biblical Context

Sheshbazzar laid the foundation of the house of God in Jerusalem, and the building has continued from that day but remains unfinished.

Neville's Inner Vision

Ezra 5:16 speaks of a foundation laid for the house of God and a building that is not yet finished. In the Neville Goddard sense, the house of God is your inner temple—a state of consciousness you can claim and dwell in. Sheshbazar, the name-symbol of the inner builder, places the foundation in awareness by a decisive act of belief. What you see as a physical structure in Jerusalem is parallel to the inner arrangement of your life: the foundation exists, the work goes on, and completion is a function of your ongoing assumption. The unfinished state is not a flaw but an invitation to persist in turning imagination into reality. When you live from the finished temple, true worship ceases to be ritual and becomes the consistent alignment of thought and feeling with the I AM presence within you. Presence of God is not external; it is the awareness you are already. Each moment of revision—choosing a different state and feeling it real—is a brick laid toward completion, a renewal of covenant loyalty to your inner truth.