Neville Goddard on Luke 3:23-38 - Mystical Bible Interpretation

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Scripture Focus

23And Jesus himself began to be about thirty years of age, being (as was supposed) the son of Joseph, which was the son of Heli,

24Which was the son of Matthat, which was the son of Levi, which was the son of Melchi, which was the son of Janna, which was the son of Joseph,

25Which was the son of Mattathias, which was the son of Amos, which was the son of Naum, which was the son of Esli, which was the son of Nagge,

26Which was the son of Maath, which was the son of Mattathias, which was the son of Semei, which was the son of Joseph, which was the son of Juda,

27Which was the son of Joanna, which was the son of Rhesa, which was the son of Zorobabel, which was the son of Salathiel, which was the son of Neri,

28Which was the son of Melchi, which was the son of Addi, which was the son of Cosam, which was the son of Elmodam, which was the son of Er,

29Which was the son of Jose, which was the son of Eliezer, which was the son of Jorim, which was the son of Matthat, which was the son of Levi,

30Which was the son of Simeon, which was the son of Juda, which was the son of Joseph, which was the son of Jonan, which was the son of Eliakim,

31Which was the son of Melea, which was the son of Menan, which was the son of Mattatha, which was the son of Nathan, which was the son of David,

32Which was the son of Jesse, which was the son of Obed, which was the son of Booz, which was the son of Salmon, which was the son of Naasson,

33Which was the son of Aminadab, which was the son of Aram, which was the son of Esrom, which was the son of Phares, which was the son of Juda,

34Which was the son of Jacob, which was the son of Isaac, which was the son of Abraham, which was the son of Thara, which was the son of Nachor,

35Which was the son of Saruch, which was the son of Ragau, which was the son of Phalec, which was the son of Heber, which was the son of Sala,

36Which was the son of Cainan, which was the son of Arphaxad, which was the son of Sem, which was the son of Noe, which was the son of Lamech,

37Which was the son of Mathusala, which was the son of Enoch, which was the son of Jared, which was the son of Maleleel, which was the son of Cainan,

38Which was the son of Enos, which was the son of Seth, which was the son of Adam, which was the son of God.

Luke 3:23-38

Biblical Context

Luke presents Jesus' lineage from Adam to David, anchoring his life in a human line while affirming his divine sonship. It grounds his identity in a long line of ancestors while affirming his divine sonship.

Neville's Inner Vision

Viewed through the I AM, the long list of names is not history but a map of states of consciousness. Each name is a habit of mind, a quality of perception you entertain as real. The ‘began to be about thirty years of age’ marks a shift in your inner timeline—the moment consciousness decides to awaken to its own authority. The statement that Jesus is the son of Joseph, and Joseph the son of… is the outer form of a spiritual sonship already completed in your inner being. When you feel the line ‘the son of God’ at the end of the genealogy, listen for the truth that you, too, are the line—your awareness holds both the human story and the divine claim. The genealogy demonstrates that identity is not created anew at the moment of ministry, but arises from a settled state of consciousness that extends back into timeless I AM. Your task is to revise the sense of self until you inhabit that lineage now, as the present, not as a distant memory.