Neville Goddard on 1 Peter 1:20 - Mystical Bible Interpretation

Read 1 Peter 1 in context

Scripture Focus

20Who verily was foreordained before the foundation of the world, but was manifest in these last times for you,

1 Peter 1:20

Biblical Context

Peter declares Christ was foreordained before the foundation of the world and revealed in these last times for you. Neville Goddard reframes this as the I AM within awakening now, turning inner foreordination into present living by grace.

Neville's Inner Vision

Peter's claim is not a distant prophecy but a map of your inner life. The foreordained Christ is the I AM within, the ever-present state of awareness that begat your being before any appearance. The 'foundation of the world' points to the permanent ground of consciousness, while the 'last times' mark your waking moment when you recognize that ground as your own. In Neville's register, Providence is your inner, intelligent attention guiding you; Redemption and Grace are not future favors but the coming to life of your true state. As you revise your assumptions and feel it real, you invite that foreordained plan to surface as experience—health, doors opening, relationships, purpose—because your world is a faithful image of your inner state. Do not seek proofs outside; let the inner sight govern the outer scene. You are not waiting for God; you are the I AM expressing the foreordained design through everyday events, and grace meets you where you dwell.

Practice This Now

Imaginative act: Sit quietly, place your hand on your chest, and declare, 'I am the foreordained Christ manifesting now.' Then revise any sense of delay, imagining a simple scene already fulfilled and holding it in the feeling of it-real.