Neville Goddard on Luke 13:31 - Mystical Bible Interpretation

Read Luke 13 in context

Scripture Focus

31The same day there came certain of the Pharisees, saying unto him, Get thee out, and depart hence: for Herod will kill thee.

Luke 13:31

Biblical Context

On that day, some Pharisees told Jesus to go away, claiming Herod would kill him. The verse shows an outer threat from religious authority and political power.

Neville's Inner Vision

That moment is not a history lesson about men named Pharisees and Herod; it is a script of your own consciousness. The Pharisees' warning and Herod's threat are the inner voices that say depart, hide, or fall under mortal power. In Neville's terms, places are inner dispositions and events are movements of mind. If you identify with the thought I must flee, you have already obeyed the fear; if you identify with the I AM, you remain in the Kingdom regardless of appearances. The real question is who is listening: the ego that trembles at loss, or the eternal self that cannot be harmed. The Kingdom of God is not a future destination but the present awareness that you are the I AM, and that nothing in the outer arena can touch it. Suffering and trials become signals inviting you to revise your self-conception until fear yields to faith in your inner sovereignty. When you allow the inner governor to govern, the threat dissolves as a projection. You are not being killed; you are being invited to deepen your recognition of the one life within.

Practice This Now

For 5 minutes, sit quietly and declare, I am the I AM; no outer threat can touch the Kingdom within. Then feel the calm assurance flooding your body as you imagine moving forward under inner guidance.