Neville Goddard on Mark 13:20 - Mystical Bible Interpretation

Read Mark 13 in context

Scripture Focus

20And except that the Lord had shortened those days, no flesh should be saved: but for the elect's sake, whom he hath chosen, he hath shortened the days.

Mark 13:20

Biblical Context

Time is shortened by divine hand so that the elect may be saved. Providence guides when and how salvation comes.

Neville's Inner Vision

To Neville, the 'Lord' is your I AM, the indivisible awareness that creates. The 'days' are not calendar pages but the outward conditions of your life; when you accept yourself as the elect, you shorten those days by one choice: you assume the end and live from it now. 'No flesh should be saved' whispers that without the inner state, the outer scene cannot reach its destiny; with the elect, the daily drama bows to the eternal present. The elect are not distant people but the part of you that has chosen to know God as your I AM, your source, your reality. When you affirm, 'I am saved,' 'providence governs my life,' you unlock grace and mercy in your waking moments. Time becomes pliable because you cease resisting your divine creation. The verse invites you to practice a revision of memory and a feeling of certainty: that the days are shortened to fit the speed of your inner most conviction. In this light, salvation arrives not by fate but by awakening, right now, inside your consciousness.

Practice This Now

Imaginative act: sit quietly and assume the end—feel that you are saved and led by the I AM; declare, 'The days are shortened in my life to the pace of my inner divine reality' and feel the truth now.