Neville Goddard on Romans 5:12-14 - Mystical Bible Interpretation

Read Romans 5 in context

Scripture Focus

12Wherefore, as by one man sin entered into the world, and death by sin; and so death passed upon all men, for that all have sinned:

13(For until the law sin was in the world: but sin is not imputed when there is no law.

14Nevertheless death reigned from Adam to Moses, even over them that had not sinned after the similitude of Adam's transgression, who is the figure of him that was to come.

Romans 5:12-14

Biblical Context

Sin enters the world through one man's act, and death follows for all due to that belief. The law reveals sin, but sin is not imputed until awareness exists; death reigned from Adam to Moses, pointing to the coming figure of Christ.

Neville's Inner Vision

Here the story is told in the language of consciousness. 'One man' stands for the moment you identified with a separated self—the belief you are apart from the I AM. Sin and death are not external actors; they are inner movements that arise when you forget who you are. In your mind, sin appears and is suspected to be real, and death seems to reign as the experience of limitation. The passage says sin existed in the world until the law, and sin is not imputed where there is no law—that is, where your awareness has yet to set up a standard of judgment. Death, however, reigned from Adam to Moses because the ego clung to separation across generations. Between the old consciousness (Adam) and the coming figure lies the inner preparation. The figure to come is Christ; not a distant person, but your awakened I AM who realizes that sin and death are only dream-thoughts, harmless and unreal when seen as such. When you know yourself as the I AM, the sense of separation fades and life flows as undivided divine being.

Practice This Now

Close your eyes, assume the I AM presence now. Silently revise any sense of sin as a mere belief, and feel the unity of life as your own; dwell there until the sense of separation is gone.