Inner Pestilence, Inner Justice
1 Chronicles 21:14 - A Neville Goddard interpretation
Read 1 Chronicles 21 in context
Scripture Focus
Biblical Context
The verse describes the LORD sending pestilence on Israel, resulting in the deaths of seventy thousand; it images divine judgment as a consequence of collective misalignment. It presents suffering as a catalyst prompting accountability and a turn toward divine order.
Neville's Inner Vision
To Neville, this verse is not about a jealous God pouring plague on a nation, but about the inner storm that arises when a state of consciousness forgets its unity with the I AM. Israel stands for the whole of awareness; pestilence is the inner movement of fear, guilt, or separation that reduces life to scarcity and loss. The seventy thousand are not a barometer of history but a symbol for the parts of the self that must fall away to restore harmony with divine law. When you awaken to your true nature, you realize that God is not an external editor but the I AM that perceives. The pestilence shows what happens when you resist that truth; the cure is a shift in assumption: you revise the belief in separation, assume fullness, and feel it real now. Providence then guides you by turning your attention inward, inviting accountability and re-creation. The moment you stand as the I AM, the outer scene reorders itself, and suffering dissolves as consciousness aligns with the living truth within.
Practice This Now
Imaginative_act: Close your eyes and declare to yourself, 'I am the I AM; I am one with the divine order.' Place a hand on your heart and imagine the inner climate shifting from fear to calm until you feel wholeness as your present fact.
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