Neville Goddard on Matthew 2:3-4 - Mystical Bible Interpretation

Read Matthew 2 in context

Scripture Focus

3When Herod the king had heard these things, he was troubled, and all Jerusalem with him.

4And when he had gathered all the chief priests and scribes of the people together, he demanded of them where Christ should be born.

Matthew 2:3-4

Biblical Context

Herod's fear and Jerusalem's unrest are the outer response to news of a birth; the priests seek a place of birth as if outside oneself.

Neville's Inner Vision

From the perspective of Neville Goddard, this passage speaks of inner states rather than a geographic event. Herod represents the ruling thought that fears losing its throne within consciousness, the egoic sense of self clinging to separation. Jerusalem stands for the wide city of thought that trembles at any suggestion of change. The priests and scribes gathering to declare where Christ should be born symbolize your habit of seeking outward proofs, the impulse to locate truth through institutions and external authorities rather than in your inward awareness. Yet the birth of Christ is an inner birth, a recognition of the I AM waking in your own heart. When birth is announced, the old order grows loud to defend itself; this is only evidence that a new form of consciousness is arising. Your work is to revise the scene: declare that the Christ is born now in you; rest attention in the I AM and allow fear to dissolve. By treating this birth as a present fact, you dissolve the power of Herod and quiet Jerusalem, and the divine Presence becomes your living reality.