Neville Goddard on 2 Thessalonians 1:5-10 - Mystical Bible Interpretation

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Scripture Focus

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;

7And to you who are troubled rest with us, when the Lord Jesus shall be revealed from heaven with his mighty angels,

8In flaming fire taking vengeance on them that know not God, and that obey not the gospel of our Lord Jesus Christ:

9Who shall be punished with everlasting destruction from the presence of the Lord, and from the glory of his power;

10When he shall come to be glorified in his saints, and to be admired in all them that believe (because our testimony among you was believed) in that day.

2 Thessalonians 1:5-10

Biblical Context

These verses present suffering as a sign of righteous judgment that confirms believers are worthy of the kingdom. They also say God will recompense tribulation to those who trouble you, and that the faithful will rest when the Lord is revealed.

Neville's Inner Vision

Here the inner reader is invited to see that the kingdom of God is not distant, but they are already the consciousness in which all events unfold. The righteous judgment of God becomes a clear measure of your inner state: you either align with the I AM or drift into fear, and that alignment makes you worthy to live the kingdom you already are. The tribulation mentioned is simply the friction of old self-images; by steadfast imagining, the mind is re-balanced and the sense of attack dissolves. When the Lord Jesus is revealed from heaven with mighty angels, it is your own awareness that awakens to rest and to strength, a quiet seeing of truth. In flaming fire, the passage says, he takes vengeance on those who know not God; this is the purifying fire within your mind that burns away separation and returns you to unity with the divine presence. The punishment of the unknowing is the release from the old story of doom; for the believer, that day comes when your testimony is believed because your inner conviction has become outward reality. You are the witness; the witness is the kingdom.

Practice This Now

Assume the kingdom now by feeling the I AM as your own awareness; rest in the realization that this inner state is your actuality, not a distant promise. Then revise any troubling scene by saying silently, 'I am the I AM, and this consciousness makes the kingdom present here and now.'