Neville Goddard on Hebrews 5:1-4 - Mystical Bible Interpretation

Read Hebrews 5 in context

Scripture Focus

1For every high priest taken from among men is ordained for men in things pertaining to God, that he may offer both gifts and sacrifices for sins:

2Who can have compassion on the ignorant, and on them that are out of the way; for that he himself also is compassed with infirmity.

3And by reason hereof he ought, as for the people, so also for himself, to offer for sins.

4And no man taketh this honour unto himself, but he that is called of God, as was Aaron.

Hebrews 5:1-4

Biblical Context

The passage describes the high priest as chosen from among men to serve God, offering gifts and sacrifices for sins; he must have compassion for the ignorant and is himself subject to infirmity, and he must offer for his own sins as well; this honor is conferred by God, not self-attained.

Neville's Inner Vision

Think of the high priest not as a distant office but as a state of consciousness you awaken. The priest is taken from among men—your human self—ordained to minister to the inner affairs of God, which is your awareness. The gifts and sacrifices are not external rituals but the acts of imagining and choosing in your mind: forgiveness, reconciliation, and peace. Compassion for the ignorant and for those who wander arises because you share in human frailty; you are not gazing on others from a pedestal, but from the same vulnerability, which grants you mercy on yourself. The honor of priesthood is not seized; it is granted by God, the inner calling that you are the I AM in expression. By affirming you are the called, you place yourself in the God-state where you perform the sacred acts toward yourself: release of guilt, acceptance of forgiveness, and renewed communion with the divine. When you believe you are this inner priest, you become the priest you serve.

Practice This Now

Close your eyes and assume the state: 'I am the high priest called by God within me.' Feel a compassionate stillness flow toward your own ignorance and infirmities, and revise your self-concept by granting yourself forgiveness as if you were performing a sacred sacrament within your mind.