Field of Destiny

Acts 1:16-20 - A Neville Goddard interpretation

Read Acts 1 in context

Scripture Focus

16Men and brethren, this scripture must needs have been fulfilled, which the Holy Ghost by the mouth of David spake before concerning Judas, which was guide to them that took Jesus.
17For he was numbered with us, and had obtained part of this ministry.
18Now this man purchased a field with the reward of iniquity; and falling headlong, he burst asunder in the midst, and all his bowels gushed out.
19And it was known unto all the dwellers at Jerusalem; insomuch as that field is called in their proper tongue, Aceldama, that is to say, The field of blood.
20For it is written in the book of Psalms, Let his habitation be desolate, and let no man dwell therein: and his bishoprick let another take.
Acts 1:16-20

Biblical Context

Peter states that Judas’s betrayal fulfilled scripture, that he was counted in the ministry, and that his death and the field of blood led to another to take his bishoprick. Thus, these events are shown as prophetic fulfillment tied to inner choices.

Neville's Inner Vision

Judas is not a distant historical figure but a state of your own consciousness—an aspect that chose profit over service. The “Holy Ghost” speaks through the memory of David as inner law, reminding you that an old pattern must run its course before a higher function can awaken. The field purchased with the reward of iniquity is your present emotional landscape stained by fear and attachment, a desolate Aceldama within whose dust the vitality of life bleeds. When the instruction Let another take his bishoprick arises, it is a practical law: the governance of your life passes from the lower self to a higher consciousness, if you are willing to vacant the old dwelling. Scripture’s fulfillment becomes a mirror of your inner state becoming aligned with a new possibility. So you do not battle externals; you revise your state until it harmonizes with your I AM and the new ministry begins to operate through you. The I AM affirms the shift; the old field becomes the classroom you have passed through, and your life is now steered by your higher Self.

Practice This Now

Imaginative Act: Assume you are now seated in the new bishoprick of your inner life; feel the authority of the higher ministry guiding your next step.

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