Neville Goddard on John 1:29-34 - Mystical Bible Interpretation

Read John 1 in context

Scripture Focus

29The next day John seeth Jesus coming unto him, and saith, Behold the Lamb of God, which taketh away the sin of the world.

30This is he of whom I said, After me cometh a man which is preferred before me: for he was before me.

31And I knew him not: but that he should be made manifest to Israel, therefore am I come baptizing with water.

32And John bare record, saying, I saw the Spirit descending from heaven like a dove, and it abode upon him.

33And I knew him not: but he that sent me to baptize with water, the same said unto me, Upon whom thou shalt see the Spirit descending, and remaining on him, the same is he which baptizeth with the Holy Ghost.

34And I saw, and bare record that this is the Son of God.

John 1:29-34

Biblical Context

John proclaims Jesus as the Lamb of God who takes away the world’s sin. He testifies that the Spirit rests on Him and that He is the Son of God.

Neville's Inner Vision

Notice how John points beyond outward events to a revelation inside: the Lamb of God that taketh away the sin of the world is the inner state when I stop identifying with lack and limitation. The one who was 'before' all my thoughts is my higher self, the I AM that precedes the ego and now manifests as my awareness. John baptizes with water outwardly, but the true baptism is the Spirit descending and remaining on me—an inward inflow of knowingness that settles on my life, transforming my sense of separation into unity. As I acknowledge this, I bear witness, not to some distant event, but to a present realization: the Son of God within me is awake. The 'world' I seek to save is my own dream of separation, now dissolved by the conviction that I am the observer. Let this awareness rest; let it abide; let it act in every moment as my every decision and feeling.

Practice This Now

Close your eyes and assume you are the Lamb of God now. Revise any sense of sin as forgiven, and feel the Spirit descending and resting on you as awareness.