Neville Goddard on Matthew 19:27-29 - Mystical Bible Interpretation

Read Matthew 19 in context

Scripture Focus

27Then answered Peter and said unto him, Behold, we have forsaken all, and followed thee; what shall we have therefore?

28And Jesus said unto them, Verily I say unto you, That ye which have followed me, in the regeneration when the Son of man shall sit in the throne of his glory, ye also shall sit upon twelve thrones, judging the twelve tribes of Israel.

29And every one that hath forsaken houses, or brethren, or sisters, or father, or mother, or wife, or children, or lands, for my name's sake, shall receive an hundredfold, and shall inherit everlasting life.

Matthew 19:27-29

Biblical Context

Peter asks what they will gain for following Jesus; Jesus answers that in the regeneration they will sit on twelve thrones and those who forsake all will receive a hundredfold and eternal life.

Neville's Inner Vision

These lines do not demand external sacrifice so much as a switch of attention. Forsake here means detach from the sense that life is outside you and dependent on conditions. In the regeneration an inner renewal the Son of Man sits in the throne of your own glory, and you discover you are the one who sits. You are the I AM, the aware observer, and by dwelling in that awareness you invite the twelve judgments to govern your inner life: perception, memory, imagination, will, feeling, faith, choice, courage, order, mercy, purpose, joy. When you imaginatively assume you are already sitting in that throne, the outer world conforms to the inner royal posture; the hundredfold is a natural felt return of abundance, not a number but the vastness of realized life. Eternal life is not a future date but the conviction that life is God’s presence within you now. Therefore, the promise is fulfilled as you persist in that feeling-state, and you find yourself inhabiting the kingdom within.

Practice This Now

Sit quietly and assume you are already seated on the twelve thrones of inner glory; feel the hundredfold life circulating as your sense-key reality. Repeat, I AM that I AM, and let the feeling of fullness displace lack.