Neville Goddard on Romans 9:4-5 - Mystical Bible Interpretation

Read Romans 9 in context

Scripture Focus

4Who are Israelites; to whom pertaineth the adoption, and the glory, and the covenants, and the giving of the law, and the service of God, and the promises;

5Whose are the fathers, and of whom as concerning the flesh Christ came, who is over all, God blessed for ever. Amen.

Romans 9:4-5

Biblical Context

Romans 9:4-5 catalogs Israel's spiritual privileges—the adoption, glory, covenants, law, service, and promises—showing their privileged heritage. It also notes that Christ came from their flesh, and that He is over all as God.

Neville's Inner Vision

In the imagery of Romans 9:4-5, the privileges listed are not external records but inner states of consciousness. See adoption as the awareness that you are chosen by the I AM, a state your mind freely assumes. Glory becomes the inner radiance you consistently nourish, while covenants are your inner agreements with the truth of your being. The giving of the law represents the discipline your attention imposes on thoughts, aligning them with divine order. The service of God and the promises are ongoing inner assurances you refresh through imagination, a daily covenant with the I AM. The fathers signify the lineage of past states of consciousness, through which the Christ within arises—born not of outward flesh alone, but as your own awakening to the truth of your divine nature. When you affirm that Christ is over all, you acknowledge the one in whom God is the ruler of your entire experience. This verse invites you to inhabit the inner architecture of your being: privileges as inner dispositions, glory as inner light, and promises as inner certainties, all governed by the I AM present in you.

Practice This Now

Assume right now that you are adopted by the I AM and that the inner covenants, glory, and promises are already yours; feel this as your living state and revise any sense of lack until it is your immediate experience.