Inner Call to Repentant Joy

Neville's Inner Vision

To grasp this, remember that the 'Lord of hosts' within you is your I AM, the steadfast reality behind every thought. The call to weeping, mourning, and sackcloth is not a history lesson; it is the inner alarm bell that sounds whenever you cling to the old self. The 'joy and gladness' that follows points to the moment you stop feeding the dream of separation and align with the living presence that guides you. The oxen, sheep, wine, and flesh symbolize appetites that pretend to save you from fear; when you declare, 'let us eat and drink, for tomorrow we die,' you are embracing the ego’s conclusion that time and death are real. Yet the verse warns that no judgment can purge what you refuse to acknowledge in your mind. Purging comes through a change of state, not outer ritual; you must revise your assumption and dwell in the I AM until the old guilt collapses. Your consciousness becomes pure, and joy becomes a daily habit as you realize the purging has occurred in the light of awareness.