Restoring the Inner Altar

Neville's Inner Vision

When we read 2 Chronicles 33:16 through Neville Goddard's lens, the outer ritual reveals an inward act of restoration. The altar denotes your inner awareness; to repair it is to fix your attention on the I AM within, ending inner dissipation. The peace offerings and thank offerings are the felt sense of harmony and gratitude you allow to inhabit your mind as if already real. By commanding Judah to serve the LORD God of Israel, you are directing your inner faculties—Judah being your faithful perceptions and desires—to yield to the one sovereign in you, the LORD God of Israel—the I AM. This is not external obedience to a distant deity but the imagination obedient to its own ruler. When you acknowledge the Lord within as the sole sovereign, obedience becomes natural, and outward actions align with that inner order. The verse invites you into a waking of consciousness, a temple already prepared by your own awareness where true worship arises in response to your realized self.