Metaphysical Meaning of 1 Peter 1:3

Read the Passage in Context

• 1 Peter 1:2 Elect according to the foreknowledge of God the Father, through sanctification of the Spirit, unto obedience and sprinkling of the blood of Jesus Christ: Grace unto you, and peace, be multiplied.
• 1 Peter 1:3 Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, which according to his abundant mercy hath begotten us again unto a lively hope by the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead,
• 1 Peter 1:4 To an inheritance incorruptible, and undefiled, and that fadeth not away, reserved in heaven for you,

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Key Metaphysical Themes

• Born Anew
• Resurrection
• Jesus Christ
• Mystical Awakening
• Sepulcher
• Skull
• Spiritual Birth
• Rising From Within
• Self
• Dreamer Of Life
• Phantoms
• God'S Mercy

Neville’s Reading in A Movement Of Mind

The experience of being "born anew" is a mystical awakening from a deep sleep within the "sepulcher" (the skull), leading to the realization of the Christian mystery, symbolized by the birth of an infant and witnesses. This is a spiritual resurrection.

Paul tells us that "We are born anew through the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead."

Source: A Movement Of Mind

Neville’s Reading in A Movement Of Mind

Being "born anew through the resurrection of Jesus Christ" is an inner experience where Christ rises from within as one's very Self, the true dreamer of life, rather than an external figure. The world's external worship is a "strife with phantoms."

Peter tells us: "We are born anew through the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead."

Source: A Movement Of Mind

Neville’s Reading in Eternal States

Being 'born anew' is an act of God's great mercy, specifically through the resurrection or awakening of Jesus Christ within us, which delivers us from a 'body of death.'

Peter tells us, “Blessed be the God and Father of the Lord Jesus Christ. By his great mercy we have been born anew to a living hope through the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead.” This is true, for only by God’s act of great mercy can we be born anew.

Source: Eternal States

Neville’s Reading in Eternity Within

Neville paraphrases Peter to state that being 'born anew' comes through the resurrection of Jesus Christ, then immediately links this to Paul's teaching that Jesus Christ is buried within man.

“We are born anew through the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead.” Well, Jesus Christ is buried in you as you are told in the 2nd letter of Paul’s to the Corinthians.

Source: Eternity Within

Neville’s Reading in He Wakes In Me

Being 'born anew' is a direct consequence of the resurrection of Jesus Christ within the individual. This experience reveals that Christ is not an external figure but one's own wonderful human imagination, leading to a profound shift in consciousness and identity.

and we are born anew through the resurrection of Jesus Christ within us.” If Jesus Christ is within, and I am born anew through his resurrection, and I do not see another but know I resurrected, then I have found him - not as another, but as my own wonderful human imagination.

Source: He Wakes In Me

Neville’s Reading in His Purpose

The resurrection of Jesus Christ is not a past historical event but an internal, present experience where the individual's 'True Being' (Jesus Christ) rises from the 'grave' of their own skull, leading to being 'born anew'.

As we are told in Peter’s First Epistle, “We are born anew ... through the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead.” Now you know who Jesus Christ is! It is your own True Being, which is that in you that will actually rise from the grave.

Source: His Purpose

Practical Reflection

• The spiritual rebirth is an internal event where one realizes their divine identity, leading to the fulfillment of all scriptural promises within their own experience.
• The spiritual awakening process is a personal resurrection from the limitations and illusions of the physical world, occurring internally.
• Focus on the internal experience of Christ's resurrection as the means to spiritual rebirth and transformation.

Authoritative Neville Sources

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• A Movement Of Mind (lecture)
• Eternal States (lecture)
• Eternity Within (lecture)
• He Wakes In Me (lecture)
• His Purpose (lecture)