Neville Goddard on Luke 3:32-38 - Mystical Bible Interpretation

Read Luke 3 in context

Scripture Focus

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 3:32-38

Biblical Context

The passage lists generations from Adam back to God, showing identity as rooted in a lineage of consciousness rather than history. It invites you to see your inner self as the bearer of these divine states.

Neville's Inner Vision

Read Luke 3:32–38 as a map of your inner ancestry. The long list of fathers is not history; it is the procession of states of consciousness you entertain in the mind. Jesse, Obed, Boaz, Judah—these names stand for loyalties kept, hopes maintained, promises kept alive by imagination. Each 'son' is a movement of the I AM: an inner decision, a covenant loyalty, a quality you consent to in awareness. The chain ends in Adam and—most profoundly—in God, the I AM that you are. When you dwell in that awareness, the entire lineage calls forth the Kingdom of God from within. The genealogical form asks you to revision your sense of self: see yourself not as the product of external lineage but as the consciousness that generates it, the source that makes every appearance possible. Your job is not to perform, but to believe—feel it real—that God is your origin, that the line of life runs from you to creation, and all these 'sons' appear as aspects of your inner being, culminating in the living Christ within.

Practice This Now

Imaginative act: Assume, right now, that you are the I AM at the root of this lineage; revise your self-identity to feel-it-real as God within, letting the entire genealogy unfold from your inner awareness.