Neville Goddard on Luke 3:3-6 - Mystical Bible Interpretation

Read Luke 3 in context

Scripture Focus

3And he came into all the country about Jordan, preaching the baptism of repentance for the remission of sins;

4As it is written in the book of the words of Esaias the prophet, saying, The voice of one crying in the wilderness, Prepare ye the way of the Lord, make his paths straight.

5Every valley shall be filled, and every mountain and hill shall be brought low; and the crooked shall be made straight, and the rough ways shall be made smooth;

6And all flesh shall see the salvation of God.

Luke 3:3-6

Biblical Context

Luke 3:3-6 records John the Baptist proclaiming a baptism of repentance for the remission of sins and a call to prepare the way of the Lord, with promises that valleys will be filled, mountains leveled, and all flesh will see God's salvation. It points to an inner transformation as the path to true salvation.

Neville's Inner Vision

Picture the country about Jordan as the clear field of your own mind. The baptism with water is a symbol, the surface gesture, but the real baptism is the washing of belief in separation. When Luke speaks of repentance, he invites you to revise your sense of self from limitation to presence. Valleys of doubt and shame are not punished; they are filled by the rising awareness of the I AM. Mountains of fear and pride are not hammered down, but softened by the recognition that you are the consciousness that births both rise and fall. The 'path' is not a road to travel; it is the alignment of every thought, a straightness of your inner disposition toward the truth that God is the I AM here and now. 'All flesh shall see the salvation of God' becomes your lived experience when you practice this inner seeing—salvation as consciousness, not distant event. In this moment, you are the voice crying in the wilderness for yourself: Prepare the way by turning inside, and you will witness the Lord made plain in your own awareness.

Practice This Now

Sit quietly and declare, I am the way; I am the straight path of God in this moment. Then visualize valleys filling, mountains lowering, and the rough ways smoothing as you experience salvation here and now.