The City Within Purged

Neville's Inner Vision

From the Neville Goddard vantage, the 'city' is your current state of consciousness. When the text says 'I have set my face against this city for evil, and not for good,' it is not a historical judgment but a decision of your I AM to turn away from thoughts that sustain the old self. The 'face' is the focus of attention; the 'evil' is any belief that enlists fear, lack, or limitation. The king of Babylon appears as the outward circumstances that reflect your inward tilts; the burning with fire is the purification of your mental atmosphere, the removal of old patterns through a decisive interior shift. To receive this is to understand judgment as a clearing—not punishment, but the making space for a higher identification with I AM. You are invited to revise the inner weather: acknowledge what you truly are (already good); let the old image burn away; and stand in the unwavering presence of I AM as ruler of your mind. In this moment, imagination shapes reality; by consenting to this purification, you align with the good you are and observe external events reorganize to reflect it.