Neville Goddard on 2 Thessalonians 1:4-6 - Mystical Bible Interpretation

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Scripture Focus

4So that we ourselves glory in you in the churches of God for your patience and faith in all your persecutions and tribulations that ye endure:

5Which is a manifest token of the righteous judgment of God, that ye may be counted worthy of the kingdom of God, for which ye also suffer:

6Seeing it is a righteous thing with God to recompense tribulation to them that trouble you;

2 Thessalonians 1:4-6

Biblical Context

Paul commends the believers for patiently enduring persecutions and tribulations. He says this endurance is a sign of God's righteous judgment and their being counted worthy of the kingdom; those who trouble them will be recompensed.

Neville's Inner Vision

Listen: the apostle's words describe the soul's real condition. Your patience and faith under pressure are not merely endurance; they are the acts by which the I AM confirms itself. Persecutions and tribulations are inner movements that reveal what you believe within. When you assume the state of being patient now, you align with the kingdom as a present consciousness, not a distant destination. The 'righteous judgment of God' becomes the inner order that your thoughts are governed by love, so you are counted worthy by the quality of your inner state. Recompense to those who trouble you is the law of return at the level of mind: as you refuse fear and retaliation, outer circumstances fall into line with your inner truth. So practice: dwell in the feeling of already possessing the kingdom, and let patience and faith saturate your days. The more you inhabit that state, the more the world will reflect your inner sovereignty.

Practice This Now

Close your eyes and repeat, 'I am patient, I am faithful, I am within the kingdom,' until the feeling settles; then carry that assurance into your interactions today.