Neville Goddard on Joel 2:25 - Mystical Bible Interpretation

Read Joel 2 in context

Scripture Focus

25And I will restore to you the years that the locust hath eaten, the cankerworm, and the caterpiller, and the palmerworm, my great army which I sent among you.

Joel 2:25

Biblical Context

Joel 2:25 promises that God will restore the years eaten by locusts; this is a sign of divine mercy and inner renewal. The restoration occurs in consciousness, not merely in external events.

Neville's Inner Vision

The years spoken of are the quality of your inner life, once thought wasted by fear and delay. The locusts, cankerworm, caterpillar, and palmerworm symbolize states of mind that gnaw at time itself; yet God’s promise to restore is a renovation of your inner climate. The phrase 'my great army' points to the disciplined movements of your thoughts awakening you to the I AM—the consciousness that creates worlds. When you realize you are the I AM, you claim back your time by assuming the end and feeling it real: you walk as one who has fully lived those years within now. Your memory of loss dissolves in the light of present imagination; the past becomes raw material for a renewed life. Do not seek restoration from without; imagine the end state in your mental room and dwell there until it feels real.

Practice This Now

Assume the end: you have regained the years; feel the relief now, and imagine yourself looking back on a season of renewal, dwelling in the certainty of I AM until it is real.