Neville Goddard on Mark 9:12-13 - Mystical Bible Interpretation

Read Mark 9 in context

Scripture Focus

12And he answered and told them, Elias verily cometh first, and restoreth all things; and how it is written of the Son of man, that he must suffer many things, and be set at nought.

13But I say unto you, That Elias is indeed come, and they have done unto him whatsoever they listed, as it is written of him.

Mark 9:12-13

Biblical Context

Elijah comes first to restore all things, and the Son of Man must suffer and be set at nought; Elijah has indeed come, and they have done unto him whatever they listed, as it is written.

Neville's Inner Vision

Mark 9:12-13, in the Neville mode, is a scene of inner drama. Elijah’s coming is the awakening of a faithful faculty within you—the I AM presence that comes to restore order in your consciousness. The Son of Man’s sufferings and being set at nought are not punishment so much as the trials of your own mind as it refuses to abandon its rightful authority. Elijah has indeed come; that inner prophet arrives as a revision of your sense of self, and the world will respond as you have always predicted they would—“they did unto him whatsoever they listed.” This is not defeat; it is the signal that you are living from a new level of reality. When you assume the feeling of Elijah, you are not seeking approval from others but aligning with the state of restored creation already within you. The outer world then follows, not by force, but as a natural expression of the inner shift. Suffering becomes the warm furnace in which renewal takes place, and renewal becomes your new creation—the outward sign of an inward awakening.

Practice This Now

Imaginative Act: Close your eyes and assume the state of Elijah arising within you—the inner restoration. Feel the I AM awareness renewing all things inside, and revise the idea that suffering proves your failure.