Neville Goddard on Nehemiah 2:17 - Mystical Bible Interpretation

Read Nehemiah 2 in context

Scripture Focus

17Then said I unto them, Ye see the distress that we are in, how Jerusalem lieth waste, and the gates thereof are burned with fire: come, and let us build up the wall of Jerusalem, that we be no more a reproach.

Nehemiah 2:17

Biblical Context

Nehemiah 2:17 points to Jerusalem's ruin and calls for rebuilding the wall so the people are no longer a reproach. It marks a moment of collective choice toward renewal and renewed purpose.

Neville's Inner Vision

Your inner Jerusalem is not a place in time but a state of consciousness. The distress Nehemiah names is the felt limit you currently accept as real; the burned gates are the beliefs you have allowed to govern your life. When you hear, 'let us build,' you are being invited to turn imagination into action, to redecide who you are at the level of awareness. The wall stands for the boundaries of your self-conception, the measure by which you define what is possible. To rebuild is to refuse the reproach of a worn story and to covenant with your I AM, the ever-present awareness through which events are crafted. If you imagine the wall rising, you align with the future you desire and discover that the outer world follows the inner image. This is renewal, a new creation within the same life, guided by faith in your creative power and loyalty to the divine idea of you.

Practice This Now

Assume you are the wall-builder; close your eyes, feel the bricks of a renewed self, and declare, 'I am the builder of my life.' Let that feeling saturate your awareness until your next ordinary perception adjusts.