Neville Goddard on Hebrews 5:2-3 - Mystical Bible Interpretation

Read Hebrews 5 in context

Scripture Focus

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.

Hebrews 5:2-3

Biblical Context

The passage speaks of a priest who pities the ignorant and the wayward, yet acknowledges his own frailty and thus must offer for sins.

Neville's Inner Vision

Notice how the author speaks of compassion as a quality residing in consciousness itself. The ones 'who can have compassion' are the states of awareness that do not condemn but observe the ignorant and the wayward as parts of a single mind. 'Infirmity' is not a physical defect but the habitual belief in separation from wholeness. Therefore, the priest’s duty to offer for sins is not a ritual act external to you, but an act of revision within: to acknowledge your own mistaken notions and to replace them with a state of forgiveness and unity. By recognizing the same weakness in yourself and in others, you awaken the inner mercy that reconciles all parts of you to the One I AM. When you refuse to cling to fear and correction, you release the sense of distance and allow the awareness that you are already chosen, already forgiven, already fed by love. The outward rite points to the inward shift: a consciousness that regards every error as a signal to return to fullness.

Practice This Now

Imaginative act: Sit quietly, assume the role of the inner priest who approves and forgives, not judges. Repeat 'I am mercy; I forgive and restore myself,' and feel the wholeness dissolving the sense of error.