Neville Goddard on Ezra 5:8-12 - Mystical Bible Interpretation

Read Ezra 5 in context

Scripture Focus

8Be it known unto the king, that we went into the province of Judea, to the house of the great God, which is builded with great stones, and timber is laid in the walls, and this work goeth fast on, and prospereth in their hands.

9Then asked we those elders, and said unto them thus, Who commanded you to build this house, and to make up these walls?

10We asked their names also, to certify thee, that we might write the names of the men that were the chief of them.

11And thus they returned us answer, saying, We are the servants of the God of heaven and earth, and build the house that was builded these many years ago, which a great king of Israel builded and set up.

12But after that our fathers had provoked the God of heaven unto wrath, he gave them into the hand of Nebuchadnezzar the king of Babylon, the Chaldean, who destroyed this house, and carried the people away into Babylon.

Ezra 5:8-12

Biblical Context

Verse records workers reporting the temple is being rebuilt with strong stones and timber, progressing rapidly under divine direction. It also recalls that past generations provoked heaven and were carried away, now tempered by renewed loyalty to the God of heaven and earth.

Neville's Inner Vision

To the inner ear, the king is the conscious mind and the house of the great God is the temple of awareness within. The stones and timber stand for thoughts and feelings you have laid in the walls of your consciousness, and the speed of progress mirrors your alignment with the I AM that you are. When you ask who commands this work, you hear the inner voice of your higher self; your answer I am the servant of the God of heaven and earth declares that your state has claimed sovereignty over fear, doubt, and old limitation. The removing of past provocation and its ruin is the turning of attention away from old habits, allowing a new order to arise inside. Thus the work prospers in your hands not by force but by belief that the temple is already complete in imagination, and the outer world must reflect its reality.

Practice This Now

Close your eyes and imagine your inner temple fully built, bricks of certainty and timber of calm placed by your I AM. Assume the completed state now and feel it real in your chest.