Inner Jerusalem Awakening

Matthew 20:17-19 - A Neville Goddard interpretation

Read Matthew 20 in context

Scripture Focus

17And Jesus going up to Jerusalem took the twelve disciples apart in the way, and said unto them,
18Behold, we go up to Jerusalem; and the Son of man shall be betrayed unto the chief priests and unto the scribes, and they shall condemn him to death,
19And shall deliver him to the Gentiles to mock, and to scourge, and to crucify him: and the third day he shall rise again.
Matthew 20:17-19

Biblical Context

Jesus explains that their journey to Jerusalem will include betrayal and death for the Son of Man, but that on the third day he will rise again.

Neville's Inner Vision

Let the inner meaning unfold: the Jerusalem Jesus speaks of is your own advancing consciousness toward a higher state. The Son of Man is your I AM, the living self that stands beyond appearances. When the text says he will be betrayed, condemned, and handed over to Gentiles, read these as the breaking of old scripts—the egoic beliefs that judge, separate, and fear. The betrayal dissolves the familiar self; the condemnation dissolves the old sense of limitation. The scourging and crucifixion represent the crucifixion of old life, the death of lack, the fading of identifications you once trusted. The Gentiles are the outward worlds of circumstance and thought that mock your new state. Yet the third day, the rising, is the conscious recognition that you are the I AM here and now, and imagination is the law through which you realize that reality. Do not seek it as a distant event; feel yourself already free, and let your inner narrative govern your outer experience. The path is simply the movement of your own awareness toward wholeness and resurrection.

Practice This Now

Imaginative act: Close your eyes and assume you are the risen you now. Revise a scene of your day to reflect wholeness, and feel it real.

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