Neville Goddard on Luke 5:33-35 - Mystical Bible Interpretation

Read Luke 5 in context

Scripture Focus

33And they said unto him, Why do the disciples of John fast often, and make prayers, and likewise the disciples of the Pharisees; but thine eat and drink?

34And he said unto them, Can ye make the children of the bridechamber fast, while the bridegroom is with them?

35But the days will come, when the bridegroom shall be taken away from them, and then shall they fast in those days.

Luke 5:33-35

Biblical Context

Luke 5:33–35 shows a contrast: Jesus' followers fast, but He says His presence as the bridegroom means joy and celebration; the 'days' of absence will come later, when fasting may resume.

Neville's Inner Vision

Luke 5:33–35 arrives as a gentle map of consciousness. The bridegroom represents the I AM— the living presence that animates you right now. To fast while the bridegroom is with them is to pretend a hunger the inner reality already satisfies; joy, not deprivation, is the rightful response to the awareness that God dwells as you. The disciples are invited to dance with the immediacy of being rather than to measure holiness by external rituals. Yet the prophecy of His absence—the days when the bridegroom shall be taken away—signals a shift from feast to discipline, a turn of consciousness toward inner awakening. For Neville, the entire scene is not about historical acts but about states of mind: your life follows your inner assumption. When you inhabit the bridegroom now—in the I AM you are—lack dissolves into gratitude, and prayer becomes a living felt reality. Faith is not chasing after God but recognizing God as the very act of awareness you are. In that recognition, fasting’s air of denial yields to a steady feast of presence.

Practice This Now

Imaginative Act: Close your eyes, assume the feeling that the bridegroom is with you now, and silently declare 'I am the presence of God.' Stay with that fullness for 60 seconds, then act from that certainty in your next moment.