Inner Judgment Proclaimed
Jonah 3:4 - A Neville Goddard interpretation
Read Jonah 3 in context
Scripture Focus
Biblical Context
Jonah enters Nineveh and proclaims that within forty days Nineveh will be overthrown.
Neville's Inner Vision
In this simple verse, the city is the inner state of consciousness, and Nineveh is a bustling pattern of beliefs I have housed within. Jonah's cry—'Yet forty days, and Nineveh shall be overthrown'—is the I AM's declaring power, not a threat from outside. The forty days marks a finite, intimate window in which imagination is to re-choose the story I am living. When I hear that decree, I am invited to revise: to align my inner dispositions with truth rather than fear, to let the old structures topple before the living reality of spirit. The promised overthrow is not punishment, but the natural consequence of a turned mind; repentance here means turning toward the awareness that I am, and always have been, the I AM. As I assume the feeling of that reality—already true in the inner world—the outer world must adjust to reflect the new sense of being. The 'Nineveh' I fear is conquered by the certainty of my divine nature.
Practice This Now
Close your eyes and affirm, 'I am the I AM; this inner city is overthrown and a new, awakened state is established.' Feel it real now.
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