Neville Goddard on Ezra 7:25-26 - Mystical Bible Interpretation

Read Ezra 7 in context

Scripture Focus

25And thou, Ezra, after the wisdom of thy God, that is in thine hand, set magistrates and judges, which may judge all the people that are beyond the river, all such as know the laws of thy God; and teach ye them that know them not.

26And whosoever will not do the law of thy God, and the law of the king, let judgment be executed speedily upon him, whether it be unto death, or to banishment, or to confiscation of goods, or to imprisonment.

Ezra 7:25-26

Biblical Context

Ezra commands appointing wise magistrates to enforce the laws of God and the king. He also instructs them to teach those who do not know them; those who refuse the law face swift judgment.

Neville's Inner Vision

Within the temple of mind, Ezra’s charge becomes the ordering of my inner life. The 'wisdom of thy God' in my hand is the discerning I AM, appointing inner magistrates—judgment, memory, and compassionate reason—to govern every thought beyond the river of habit. The 'laws of thy God' and 'the law of the king' are the inner and universal orders that govern conduct and feeling; to obey them is to align with the steady, creative power of awareness. When a thought or belief declines to heed this law, swift inner correction follows: the old self dies, fear is banished, and false meanings are confiscated or imprisoned in the light of truth. The call to teach those who know them not becomes the practice of reintroducing the law to overlooked corners of mind, until every idea rests in harmony with the I AM. As I do this, my life moves with quiet authority, because I am the magistrate and the judged, and the law I stand upon is God within.

Practice This Now

Close your eyes and envision yourself as Ezra in the inner temple, appointing a panel of inner judges aligned to the laws of God within you; then revise any obstructive thought by declaring, 'Only what accords with the divine law in me shall govern my mind now.'