Neville Goddard on Luke 2:15-16 - Mystical Bible Interpretation

Read Luke 2 in context

Scripture Focus

15And it came to pass, as the angels were gone away from them into heaven, the shepherds said one to another, Let us now go even unto Bethlehem, and see this thing which is come to pass, which the Lord hath made known unto us.

16And they came with haste, and found Mary, and Joseph, and the babe lying in a manger.

Luke 2:15-16

Biblical Context

The shepherds hear the heavenly message, decide to go to Bethlehem, and hurry to find the child; they encounter Mary, Joseph, and the baby in the manger.

Neville's Inner Vision

Here the events are not distant history but the drama of your own consciousness. The shepherds represent a waking state of awareness that has heard a divine notice—the angels—and is moved to investigate. 'Let us now go' is your assumption, the moment you decide to step out of complacent mediation and enter Bethlehem, the inner house of bread where needs are fulfilled. The journey with haste mirrors the speed of imagination when it has recognized a truth as truly present. To 'find' Mary, Joseph, and the babe is to meet the living presence of your own Christ within—your awareness fully aware of itself, where the ordinary world ends and the sacred birth occurs. The phrase 'the Lord hath made known unto us' is the recognition that such revelation is not outside you but within your I AM. Worship, then, is not ritual but alignment—acting on the inner decree and acknowledging the newborn state that has always waited in your consciousness.

Practice This Now

Close your eyes and assume the end: you are in inner Bethlehem, the Christ within fully present. Feel it real now for 60 seconds, and in imagination go to the manger to greet the babe.