Purification by Inner Sacrifice
Luke 2:24 - A Neville Goddard interpretation
Read Luke 2 in context
Scripture Focus
Biblical Context
Luke 2:24 records the purification offering required by the Law—Mary and Joseph presenting a pair of birds. It signals obedience to sacred order and humility in Jesus’ early life.
Neville's Inner Vision
Within Luke's scene, the law is not a distant statute but an inner decree your consciousness can claim. The offering is the symbolic act of renouncing a false self and inviting the truth of I AM to stand as the sole governor of your life. The two birds point to the two faculties you must align—imagination and faith—so that purification is not mere ritual but a shift in awareness. When you assume the inner work as already done, you consent to the order that your awareness is the law; the world rearranges to reflect that alignment. The old self vanishes in the bright stillness of this sacrifice, and you awaken to a life that mirrors the divine plan. The holiness is separation from the belief that you are separate from God, and the purification is the clear recognition that you are the I AM, here and now, governing your day.
Practice This Now
Imaginative Act: Assume you have already offered the inner sacrifice; feel the calm of purification as an inner reality. Rest in the I AM, imagining the birds set free, and let that conviction govern your day.
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