Neville Goddard on Mark 2:19-20 - Mystical Bible Interpretation

Read Mark 2 in context

Scripture Focus

19And Jesus said unto them, Can the children of the bridechamber fast, while the bridegroom is with them? as long as they have the bridegroom with them, they cannot fast.

20But the days will come, when the bridegroom shall be taken away from them, and then shall they fast in those days.

Mark 2:19-20

Biblical Context

Jesus shows that the bridegroom's presence makes fasting inappropriate while he is with them. He hints that a time will come when the bridegroom is taken away, and then they will fast.

Neville's Inner Vision

Mark 2:19-20 invites an inner wedding, a presence that renders fasting unnecessary. The 'bridegroom' is the living I AM within you; when you sense his nearness, your attention is joy, not denial. Fasting arises only when you entertain a belief in separation, an appearance of lack within the consciousness that you are God-ward. In this reading, the days you 'long for' are simply moments of forgetfulness; the remedy is to hold the awareness that you are one with the Bridegroom, your I AM, here and now. When that awareness is strong, you live as if the feast were continuous; when it tempts to fade, you revise by re-affirming the truth of your unity. The verse also hints at future seasons when the sense of closeness recedes; yet even then, return to the certainty that the divine within you is unchanging, and let your imagination 'feast' on that reality, thereby turning fasting into a graceful discipline of remembrance.

Practice This Now

Assume the feeling that the bridegroom is with you now, and dwell in that awareness for a few minutes; if separation arises, revise by affirming 'I AM with you' until joy returns.