Neville Goddard on Acts 12:15-16 - Mystical Bible Interpretation

Read Acts 12 in context

Scripture Focus

15And they said unto her, Thou art mad. But she constantly affirmed that it was even so. Then said they, It is his angel.

16But Peter continued knocking: and when they had opened the door, and saw him, they were astonished.

Acts 12:15-16

Biblical Context

The believers prayed for Peter and expected deliverance. Peter miraculously arrives at the door, and they are astonished.

Neville's Inner Vision

To me the scene is not about a man at a gate but a state of consciousness knocking at the door of my mind. The prison of old fear and the voices of disbelief are but habits of mind trying to keep me from the door of deliverance. When they call it an angel, they reveal how my symbols may be misread; yet the simple truth remains: the I AM, my living awareness, is here, and the door opens whenever I persist in the assumption that what I seek is already done. Peter is the anointed presence within me, the indwelling I AM, arriving not by something outside but by the revived conviction that the reality I desire is now. The knocking is my imagination acting as if the thing is real, not someday but now. The astonishment of others is the mind's surprise when belief finally aligns with experience. Providence and guidance are not distant events; they are the felt sense of Being guiding me into alignment with my true state. Deliverance is a shift in consciousness, not a change of scenery, and it appears as soon as I choose to believe.

Practice This Now

Imaginative_act: Tonight, sit quietly and place the scene in your mind where you are at the door of your desire and it opens. Stay with the feeling that the answer is now, and persist for a few minutes, revising any doubt until the scene is real to you.