Neville Goddard on Matthew 1:3-4 - Mystical Bible Interpretation

Read Matthew 1 in context

Scripture Focus

3And Judas begat Phares and Zara of Thamar; and Phares begat Esrom; and Esrom begat Aram;

4And Aram begat Aminadab; and Aminadab begat Naasson; and Naasson begat Salmon;

Matthew 1:3-4

Biblical Context

Matthew 1:3–4 trace a genealogical line from Judah through Tamar’s offspring to Salmon, illustrating a long chain of ancestral generations. In Neville’s view, this is less a historical record and more an inner map of consciousness, showing how states of awareness beget new states.

Neville's Inner Vision

What you read is not distant lore but a spiritual map of your inner life. Each 'begat' is a birth of a new state of consciousness within the I AM. Judah points to an active attention; Tamar’s presence signals the surprising seed that enters desire and becomes a movement of realization. Phares, Esrom, Aram, Aminadab, Naasson, and Salmon are successive states that unfold as your imagination embraces a covenant loyalty to the Kingdom within. The lineage conveys that no inner state remains unfruitful when embraced by the I AM; generations of imagination can birth the next until the desired end—the Kingdom of God within—is manifest. In this reading, the external list becomes a symbolic flow: a continuous, nourished inner discipline yielding a lived inner realm.

Practice This Now

Close your eyes and dwell in the I AM. Assume a line of inner states flowing from today into tomorrow—covenant- loyalty guiding each birth—and feel the Kingdom forming within you as a natural outcome.