Inner Atonement Leviticus 4:14-21
Leviticus 4:14-21 - A Neville Goddard interpretation
Read Leviticus 4 in context
Scripture Focus
Biblical Context
When the sin is known, the congregation offers a bull, the elders lay hands on its head, and the priest sprinkles blood and makes atonement; the bull is burned outside the camp, signifying forgiveness and reconciliation. This ritual culminates in the forgiveness of the people for their sin.
Neville's Inner Vision
Picture the Levitical ritual as a mirror of your inner laboratory. The 'congregation' within is your whole state of consciousness; the known sin is a moment you choose to acknowledge rather than deny. When the elders lay hands on the bullock, you are not enacting punishment but consenting to a shift of state—identifying with a higher version of you. The priest’s blood is your imagination applied to the threshold of awareness, sprinkled seven times before the veil, a symbolic cleansing of stubborn thought until it is no longer the ruling sound in you. The horns of the altar and the pouring of the blood represent directing life toward the center of your being and releasing the old pattern to completion outside the self. Burning the fat mirrors transmuting dense desire into holy idea. This rite, while outwardly ceremonial, is an inner act: when you make the decision to be aligned with the I AM, forgiveness appears as the natural memory of wholeness. And since the act covers the whole congregation of your mind, your renewed state radiates to every part of your life.
Practice This Now
Imaginative practice: sit quietly, assume the feeling I am forgiven now, and picture the minds elders laying hands on your head; feel the shift as your awareness becomes atonement and old guilt dissolves into light.
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