Inner Christ in John 7:25-27

Neville's Inner Vision

From the Neville lens, the scene is not about a man in dispute but about your inner states. The 'Jerusalem' is the mind clinging to familiar names and outward appearances. The question 'Do the rulers know indeed that this is the very Christ?' becomes: Do you, in your present awareness, recognize that the Christ is already here as your I AM? The bold voice of Jesus is the audacity of consciousness refusing to be defined by external origin. The claim 'we know this man whence he is' reveals a habit of relying on origins and pedigree to validate truth; the Christ does not require such markers. When it is said that 'when Christ cometh, no man knoweth whence he is,' Neville would say the Christ manifests when you stop hunting for origins outside of you and turn your attention to the inner state that you are. The Christ is not a future coming; it is the present awareness that you are. Your task is to revise your sense of where Christ comes from and dwell in the recognition that I AM is the source.