Neville Goddard on Joel 2:17 - Mystical Bible Interpretation

Read Joel 2 in context

Scripture Focus

17Let the priests, the ministers of the LORD, weep between the porch and the altar, and let them say, Spare thy people, O LORD, and give not thine heritage to reproach, that the heathen should rule over them: wherefore should they say among the people, Where is their God?

Joel 2:17

Biblical Context

Priests plead for mercy and ask God to spare His people lest they be reproached. The scene invites us to see inner states as the true stage of protection.

Neville's Inner Vision

Between porch and altar, I discover a state of consciousness, not a distant event. The priests are my conscious faculties—the inner petitioning Self that stands in the sacred corridor of awareness—crying, Spare thy people. The outer world—the sense that foreign powers oppress, the fear of reproach—appears as a projection in my mind. Yet the I AM, the ever-present God within, is not absent; I am not called to beg for favors but to assume a new inner reality. When I claim this inner petition, I redefine conditions by a changed state of consciousness. The plea to avert reproach becomes a pledge: the inner heritage is protected by the knowledge that God is present, here and now. The cry, Where is their God? dissolves as I dwell in the conviction that I AM, the Lord within, is intimate and directing every circumstance toward healing and a hopeful future. This is not history; it is the living drama of awareness choosing to recognize divine presence governing every outcome.

Practice This Now

Close your eyes and assume the inner posture of the priest between porch and altar. Speak to your I AM, 'Spare thy people,' and then feel the surge of God-presence filling your heart, dissolving fear and opening a future of peace.