Neville Goddard on Mark 16:9-14 - Mystical Bible Interpretation

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Scripture Focus

9Now when Jesus was risen early the first day of the week, he appeared first to Mary Magdalene, out of whom he had cast seven devils.

10And she went and told them that had been with him, as they mourned and wept.

11And they, when they had heard that he was alive, and had been seen of her, believed not.

12After that he appeared in another form unto two of them, as they walked, and went into the country.

13And they went and told it unto the residue: neither believed they them.

14Afterward he appeared unto the eleven as they sat at meat, and upbraided them with their unbelief and hardness of heart, because they believed not them which had seen him after he was risen.

Mark 16:9-14

Biblical Context

Jesus rises and appears first to Mary Magdalene, then to two on the road and to the eleven. He rebukes their unbelief and hardness of heart for doubting those who had seen him.

Neville's Inner Vision

To Neville, the risen Jesus is not a distant event but the awakening of your own I AM. Mary Magdalene’s encounter embodies inner purification: the seven devils symbolize old identifications you release by the light of awareness. When she tells the others and they doubt, you recognize belief as a habit of mind, not a cosmic verdict. The episode of appearing in another form to two travelers represents thought taking new shapes as your inner talk begins to trust what the heart already knows. They report what they saw, yet the old consciousness resists; this is only the friction of a mind waking to a higher order. Finally, the eleven at table receive the risen presence, not to condemn but to awaken them to a truth that proof is inward, not outward. The resurrection, then, is a state of consciousness you enter, cultivate, and inhabit until it feels like the only reality. In that inner space, the Presence of God is the I AM itself, and belief becomes trust that animates your life, here and now.

Practice This Now

Close your eyes, declare 'I AM risen,' and feel the inner light warming your chest. Let that feeling revise doubt until it becomes your habitual sense of life.