Zeal for the Inner Temple

John 2:17 - A Neville Goddard interpretation

Read John 2 in context

Scripture Focus

17And his disciples remembered that it was written, The zeal of thine house hath eaten me up.
John 2:17

Biblical Context

Disciples recall a scripture declaring zeal for God's house as a consuming force. The 'house' is the temple of the mind where true worship is maintained by inner devotion.

Neville's Inner Vision

I am not speaking of a building, but the living temple of your own consciousness. When the disciples remember the script, they are reminded that zeal for the house is a state of intense inner appetite for holiness. The 'I' within you, the awareness that you are, is the zeal itself; it consumes any outer compromise and any belief that you are separate from the sacred. You are asked to let that inner fervor govern your thoughts until purity becomes your ordinary atmosphere. The zeal is not anger; it is steady clarity, a refusal to tolerate anything less than integrity, order, and true worship in the mind. As you dwell in the I AM, the inner temple shines with that heat, revealing false beliefs as shadows and leaving only the constant Presence. This inner consumption purifies without violence, aligning desire with truth and preparing you to act from reverent awareness rather than impulse.

Practice This Now

Imaginative act: Assume the inner temple is entirely pure and mine to guard. Revise any sense of lack by silently declaring, 'The zeal of my house is mine now,' and feel a cleansing light illuminate my mind.

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