Bethlehem Mind, Christ Within

Neville's Inner Vision

John 7:42-44 speaks of the Christ arising from David’s line and Bethlehem, and yet the crowd is divided by his presence. I read this as the inner drama of a soul claiming its true birthright: the Christ within who cannot be secured by outward hands or political decree. Bethlehem marks the birthplace of consciousness—the place in me where I, the I AM, acknowledge that the Word is incarnate here and now. The division among the people becomes the tension between old belief and the new state of awareness; some would seize him, others fear or resist. Yet the Christ remains untouched by human action. When I accept that the Christ is the seed of David within my mind, I stop chasing signs in the world and begin to inhabit the reality I seek. The prophecy and promise are fulfilled not by history's events, but by my inner recognition that I am the Christ, the life that cannot be divided from the One, the Kingdom of God that waits in quiet within me.