Neville Goddard on Mark 1:1-3 - Mystical Bible Interpretation

Read Mark 1 in context

Scripture Focus

1The beginning of the gospel of Jesus Christ, the Son of God;

2As it is written in the prophets, Behold, I send my messenger before thy face, which shall prepare thy way before thee.

3The voice of one crying in the wilderness, Prepare ye the way of the Lord, make his paths straight.

Mark 1:1-3

Biblical Context

The passage announces the gospel as the birth of divine awareness, with a messenger who prepares the way.

Neville's Inner Vision

Mark 1:1-3 speaks of the gospel entering the world as the awareness of the Son of God within. The messenger is not a man distant in space but the state of consciousness that precedes action—the I AM that announces, 'Prepare ye the way.' The wilderness is your unsettled thinking, memories, and doubts. When you revise by assuming the Lord already appears in you, you straighten the path by aligning feeling, belief, and image with that truth. The prophetic voice awakens your inner senses to the undeniable fact that the divine order is within you now, not in some distant future. As you hear this call, refuse to define yourself by past conditions; imagine a scene in which your life flows in harmony with the Lord's presence. In Neville's terms, this is not history; it is the inner thesis of your consciousness, demonstrated by present feeling and assumption. The 'gospel' thus begins in the mind and becomes your lived reality as you dwell in the I AM.

Practice This Now

Close your eyes and rest in the I AM as the inner messenger. Revise any sense of lack by assuming the Lord is already present, and hold that feeling until your path feels straight.