Neville Goddard on Matthew 28:1-3 - Mystical Bible Interpretation

Read Matthew 28 in context

Scripture Focus

1In the end of the sabbath, as it began to dawn toward the first day of the week, came Mary Magdalene and the other Mary to see the sepulchre.

2And, behold, there was a great earthquake: for the angel of the Lord descended from heaven, and came and rolled back the stone from the door, and sat upon it.

3His countenance was like lightning, and his raiment white as snow:

Matthew 28:1-3

Biblical Context

At dawn after the Sabbath, Mary Magdalene and the other Mary come to the tomb; a great earthquake occurs as the angel of the Lord descends, rolls back the stone, and sits upon it, his countenance like lightning and raiment white as snow.

Neville's Inner Vision

Verse 28:1-3 speaks of dawn invading the inner world. As Mary Magdalene and the other Mary approach the tomb, the ground shakes—the earthquake—signaling a demolition of the old dream that life ends at death. The angel descending is your own I AM presence entering consciousness with authority, rolling away the stone of belief that you are only a mortal self. When the stone moves, you see that the tomb was never the end but a threshold your awareness crosses. The countenance like lightning and raiment white as snow symbolize the radiance and purity of a mind awake to its true nature. This scene is the inner drama of resurrection: not a past event, but a present shift in how you conceive yourself. In Neville terms, the external event is only a reflection of an inner state that you are free to revise. You awaken to a reality where death is swallowed up in life, and your consciousness is the lasting source of all appearing.

Practice This Now

Imaginative_act: Close your eyes and assume you are the I AM perceiver now; revise the old sense of separation into 'I am conscious life, freely expressing.' Feel the dawn and the present radiance as real in your body.