Inner Choice in Matthew 27:20-22

Neville's Inner Vision

Matthew 27:20–22 presents not a history but a theater of your own mind. The chief priests and elders are the fixed opinions that rise up in you, persuading the crowd—the stream of thoughts and feelings that clamoring for a verdict. Barabbas is the image of your lower nature, the part of you that would be released when you refuse to identify with the crucifixion of your beliefs; Jesus who is called Christ is your indwelling Awareness, the I AM that remains untouched by the noise of men. Pilate's question to release either one is your moment of discernment: Which state are you entertaining as real right now? When the crowd cries for crucifixion, you must choose whether to hold onto the old self or to embrace the crucifixion of a counterfeit identity, which makes way for a waking to your true self. The power to judge rightly lies in your consciousness, and the 'redemption' comes as you silently revise the dominant belief into the truth of your I AM. In this inner act, suffering becomes the doorway to salvation through the renewal of belief.