Neville Goddard on Luke 2:36-38 - Mystical Bible Interpretation

Read Luke 2 in context

Scripture Focus

36And there was one Anna, a prophetess, the daughter of Phanuel, of the tribe of Aser: she was of a great age, and had lived with an husband seven years from her virginity;

37And she was a widow of about fourscore and four years, which departed not from the temple, but served God with fastings and prayers night and day.

38And she coming in that instant gave thanks likewise unto the Lord, and spake of him to all them that looked for redemption in Jerusalem.

Luke 2:36-38

Biblical Context

Anna, a mature prophetess, lived in the temple, praying and fasting; she gives thanks and proclaims redemption to those who waited in Jerusalem.

Neville's Inner Vision

In the Neville Goddard key, Anna represents a fixed state of consciousness—gratitude, attentiveness, and expectancy—that remains in the temple of awareness day and night. Her long service through fasting and prayer is your disciplined inner work: consistent mental focus, quiet receptivity, and the refusal to let the outer world unsettle the inner assured state. When she comes in at that instant, she is the moment you suddenly remember your true nature and give thanks for the fulfillment already present. To 'speak of him to all them that looked for redemption' is to broadcast the truth of your inner victory to every part of your awareness that awaits it, not as future hope, but as present fact. The redemption spoken of is the realization that the kingdom of God is within, created by your own imagining and maintained by your ongoing confidence in the I AM, here and now.

Practice This Now

In a quiet moment, assume the state of redemption now; sit in stillness and feel it as true. Then softly declare, 'I am redeemed,' letting that feeling saturate your being.