Neville Goddard on Nehemiah 12:1-7 - Mystical Bible Interpretation

Read Nehemiah 12 in context

Scripture Focus

1Now these are the priests and the Levites that went up with Zerubbabel the son of Shealtiel, and Jeshua: Seraiah, Jeremiah, Ezra,

2Amariah, Malluch, Hattush,

3Shechaniah, Rehum, Meremoth,

4Iddo, Ginnetho, Abijah,

5Miamin, Maadiah, Bilgah,

6Shemaiah, and Joiarib, Jedaiah,

7Sallu, Amok, Hilkiah, Jedaiah. These were the chief of the priests and of their brethren in the days of Jeshua.

Nehemiah 12:1-7

Biblical Context

This passage lists the priests and Levites who returned with Zerubbabel and Jeshua, naming the chief priests and their brethren in Jeshua's days.

Neville's Inner Vision

These names are not mere antiquities; they are states of consciousness returning to order within your mind. The exiles become the parts of you that have wandered from sacred work, and their return with Zerubbabel and Jeshua represents the awakening of the inner priesthood—your discernment, memory, faith, humility—reconsecrated to true worship. Seraiah, Jeremiah, Ezra, Amariah, and the rest are not persons so much as faculties being aligned under one Director: the I AM that you are. The phrase 'in the days of Jeshua' marks the present moment: you now stand at the altar where God is acknowledged. To embody this, assume you are already united with the divine Presence; imagine your thoughts, motives, and actions ordered as if serviced by a holy cabinet. When this inner census is accepted as real, your sense of exile dissolves and your inner priests rise to guard your heart, your words, your choices. The sanctuary within becomes your daily life, and God—your I AM—dwells there, empowering every perception and act.

Practice This Now

Close your eyes and step into your inner temple; assume you are already the chief priest of your life, serving the One. List your inner faculties as priests (discernment, memory, faith) and feel them gathered in sacred service to the I AM.