Inner Resurrection of Faith
Hebrews 11:35 - A Neville Goddard interpretation
Read Hebrews 11 in context
Scripture Focus
Biblical Context
The verse presents two faithful outcomes: some experience a life-giving restoration, while others endure persecution without surrender, all aiming at a higher, inner resurrection. The true miracle is an inner awakening the mind can envision and inhabit.
Neville's Inner Vision
Hebrews 11:35 invites a reader to see that faith’s victories are not confined to outward miracles but begin in the mind. The 'dead raised' symbolize the old, limiting images of self being dissolved by the awakening I AM that you are. When some would accept deliverance from hardship, their choice reveals a deeper allegiance—to a larger scene the mind imagines and accepts as real. The 'better resurrection' is not a future event to chisel in time, but the inner rebirth of consciousness that makes the present life feel renewed. In Neville's language, God is the I AM within, and imagination is the instrument by which your life is formed. Therefore, you do not fight the external world but reinterpret it by assuming the state of the risen self, feeling the reality of that life now, and letting the outward experience fall into line with your inner conviction. The verse asks you to endure not as a martyr to suffering but as a student of the higher self, whose resurrection by inner means already is.
Practice This Now
Assume the state of the higher self now: close your eyes, feel the inner life you seek, and imagine a scene where that life is already yours; repeat 'I am the risen self' until the feeling is real.
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