Neville Goddard on Luke 2:4-5 - Mystical Bible Interpretation

Read Luke 2 in context

Scripture Focus

4And Joseph also went up from Galilee, out of the city of Nazareth, into Judaea, unto the city of David, which is called Bethlehem; (because he was of the house and lineage of David:)

5To be taxed with Mary his espoused wife, being great with child.

Luke 2:4-5

Biblical Context

Joseph travels from Nazareth to Bethlehem with Mary. Mary is great with child.

Neville's Inner Vision

Notice that Luke records a journey from Nazareth to Bethlehem that seems outward and practical. Yet in truth, every journey is a movement of consciousness. Joseph stands for the disciplined state that moves the mind from the Nazareth of limitation to the inner city of David, Bethlehem, where the royal line of awareness is recognized. David’s house speaks to a throne of perception—the realization that you are not separate from the birth you seek. Mary, greatly with child, is the living idea longing to be born in you—the Christ within waiting to arise as your next state of consciousness. The census, the tax, is life’s law testing your identification. Do you still think you are the doer of the old story, or do you consent to the new internal scene where the birth occurs? When you align with the I AM and assume that the birth is already accomplished in you, the outward world rearranges to reflect that inner birth. The kingdom you search for is the kingdom you awaken within by accepting this new state and moving from fear to faith.