Neville Goddard on Mark 1:14-15 - Mystical Bible Interpretation

Read Mark 1 in context

Scripture Focus

14Now after that John was put in prison, Jesus came into Galilee, preaching the gospel of the kingdom of God,

15And saying, The time is fulfilled, and the kingdom of God is at hand: repent ye, and believe the gospel.

Mark 1:14-15

Biblical Context

John's arrest precedes Jesus' message; he proclaims the gospel of the kingdom as near and invites repentance and belief.

Neville's Inner Vision

To Mark 1:14-15 I bring you into the consciousness where the 'kingdom of God' is not a distant event but the very fabric of your awareness. John’s release of an old order signals the shedding of limited self-concepts; the prison is the habit of thinking you are apart from the I AM. Jesus travels Galilee not to bring a future rescue but to awaken you to the present reality that the kingdom is at hand—the moment you turn your attention inward and choose to unite your awareness with the truth of your being. When you accept this gospel, you do not appease an external ruler; you revise your inner state to one of sufficiency, safety, and creative power. Repentance becomes a change of mind from deficit to abundance, from fear to faith in the I AM who animates you. Belief is not assent to doctrines but the living conviction that your imagination is the agent through which God manifests.

Practice This Now

Assume the feeling of the kingdom now: close your eyes, repeat 'The kingdom of God is at hand in me now,' and imagine one specific area flourishing as if it already were so.