Inner Return and Spiritual Justice
Joel 3:19 - A Neville Goddard interpretation
Read Joel 3 in context
Scripture Focus
Biblical Context
Joel 3:19 speaks of Egypt desolate and Edom a wilderness as a consequence of violence against Judah's children, illustrating a theme of judgment and accountability. It frames righteousness and justice as a return to inner order.
Neville's Inner Vision
Egypt and Edom are not distant lands here but inner states of consciousness—bondage and pride that have hardened the heart against truth. The 'children of Judah' symbolize the innocent, alive impulse toward right feeling within you. To shed their blood is to deny life in your own mind; the desolation that follows is the memory of belief in separation. Yet the oracle speaks a practical law: the moment you recognize that you, and you alone, are the witness and the power, the inner lands begin to reform. In Neville’s terms, God is the I AM present as your awareness; it does not punish but reclaims by revision. When you affirm that you are the observer of thoughts, not their slave, you reverse the cause. Old violence falls away as you feel-it-real a new alignment—justice not as external verdict but as inner harmony. Return comes as you forgive the past you have lived within, and dwell in the certainty that the land of your mind is now fertile with unity and life.
Practice This Now
Imaginative act: Close your eyes, breathe, and assume 'I am the I AM' observing thoughts; revise aloud, 'Egypt and Edom within me are desolate no more; I forgive and restore the innocent within, feeling it real now.'
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