Joyful Separation Feast

Ezra 6:21-22 - A Neville Goddard interpretation

Read Ezra 6 in context

Scripture Focus

21And the children of Israel, which were come again out of captivity, and all such as had separated themselves unto them from the filthiness of the heathen of the land, to seek the LORD God of Israel, did eat,
22And kept the feast of unleavened bread seven days with joy: for the LORD had made them joyful, and turned the heart of the king of Assyria unto them, to strengthen their hands in the work of the house of God, the God of Israel.
Ezra 6:21-22

Biblical Context

Israelites who separated themselves to seek the Lord eat and keep the unleavened bread with joy; the Lord makes them joyful and turns the king of Assyria's heart to strengthen their hands for the house of God.

Neville's Inner Vision

What you call faith here is not a decree about distant events, but a transformation of your inner state. The act of separation signifies turning away from the filthiness of worldly thought and surrendering to the consciousness that you are the I AM—the source of all joy. When you align with that inner state, the feast of unleavened bread becomes a disciplined reverie in which seven days of imagined thanksgiving condition your atmosphere with joy. The statement that the Lord made them joyful is the recognition that joy is your essential nature, waiting to be acknowledged. Turning the heart of the king of Assyria is the outer world yielding to your inner decision; obstacles appear as mere appearances when your inner posture is established. Your work—the temple of God within—receives support as the world rearranges to match your inner conviction. Practice is the disciplined repetition of this state until it feels inevitable that your surroundings confirm your inner joy and purpose.

Practice This Now

Tonight, close your eyes and imagine you are sitting at a seven-day feast of inner nourishment, feeling joy as your natural state. See a symbolic king turning toward you with support, and affirm, 'I AM the source of all joy and strength; my work has divine backing.'

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