Neville Goddard on Joel 1:15-16 - Mystical Bible Interpretation

Read Joel 1 in context

Scripture Focus

15Alas for the day! for the day of the LORD is at hand, and as a destruction from the Almighty shall it come.

16Is not the meat cut off before our eyes, yea, joy and gladness from the house of our God?

Joel 1:15-16

Biblical Context

The day of the LORD is near and brings judgment. Outward sustenance and joy are said to be cut off from the house of God.

Neville's Inner Vision

Joel’s lines are not a warning about a distant doom; they map the inner weather of your life. The day of the LORD is the moment your awareness awakens to its own I AM. Destruction from the Almighty becomes the dissolving of old identifications that no longer serve your consciousness. Meat cut off and joy withdrawn from the house of God symbolize the belief that life’s sustenance comes from outside you. In Neville’s terms, external events are effects of your inner state. The “house of God” is your awareness; the feast you crave already attends your mind when you imagine from the end - fullness, gratitude, and celebration as if it were so. Allow the day of the LORD to collapse limitation and reveal your creative power. You are not waiting for rescue; you are awakening to the I AM that creates appetite, sustenance, and gladness from within.

Practice This Now

Close your eyes. Assume the feast is already spread in your inner temple; feel gratitude now and revise any lack by declaring, I AM the Lord of my own feast.