Neville Goddard on Ephesians 2:14-16 - Mystical Bible Interpretation

Read Ephesians 2 in context

Scripture Focus

14For he is our peace, who hath made both one, and hath broken down the middle wall of partition between us;

15Having abolished in his flesh the enmity, even the law of commandments contained in ordinances; for to make in himself of twain one new man, so making peace;

16And that he might reconcile both unto God in one body by the cross, having slain the enmity thereby:

Ephesians 2:14-16

Biblical Context

Paul states that Jesus is our peace, breaking down the wall between peoples, abolishing enmity through his flesh, to reconcile both to God in one body by the cross. The verse invites you to see unity as your present state, not a distant hope.

Neville's Inner Vision

View these lines as a teaching about consciousness, not history. Christ is your peace, the I AM in you recognizing itself as the only reality, making both 'sides' one. The middle wall of partition is the mental barrier you have erected between yourself and others, a habit of judgment that keeps you separate from the life you long for. When you awaken to the truth that you are one with God in the same living body, the enmity dissolved in flesh becomes your inner revision: the old statutes and every sense of lack lose their authority because you now rule from the presence that is all of you. The cross is not an event outside you, but a turning of attention—an acceptance of unity as your present state. In that state, Jew and Gentile, believer and skeptic, inner self and outer appearances are simply two descriptions of the same I AM. Peace ceases to be a future payoff and becomes the immediate atmosphere of your daily life.

Practice This Now

Imaginative act: Sit quietly, close your eyes, and assume the feeling I am one with all in God until the sense of division dissolves. Then revise a current disagreement by imagining the outcome already as harmony in the one body.