Neville Goddard on Ezra 6:6-7 - Mystical Bible Interpretation

Read Ezra 6 in context

Scripture Focus

6Now therefore, Tatnai, governor beyond the river, Shetharboznai, and your companions the Apharsachites, which are beyond the river, be ye far from thence:

7Let the work of this house of God alone; let the governor of the Jews and the elders of the Jews build this house of God in his place.

Ezra 6:6-7

Biblical Context

External powers are told to stay far away, so the Jews may rebuild the temple. The instruction is that the sacred work should proceed without interference in the inner life.

Neville's Inner Vision

Your true self reads Ezra 6:6-7 as a private decree: the outside governor and noise must stay at a distance, so the inner temple can be built. The work of God is not something happening to you but a state of consciousness you inhabit. In Neville’s voice, this scene becomes a shift of attention: the 'house of God' is your awareness itself, and the 'elders' and 'governor' are your higher faculties coordinating thought and feeling to complete the temple in present time. The command to let the work alone is a command to trust the I AM within, to ignore interruptions and to maintain a faithful image of the temple finished. When you assume that the inner altar already exists, you empower its construction with unwavering conviction. The external decree dissolves in the glow of your awareness, and what remains is a clear, holy present tense in which worship and presence are the daily experience. Thus, the text invites you to practice obedience to the inner truth, separated from the clamor of the outer world.

Practice This Now

Close your eyes and assume you are the governor of your inner Jews and their elders, and that the temple work is already underway, uninterrupted by any noise. Feel it real by repeating, 'The work of God unfolds within my consciousness' until it remains your natural state.