Joy in Heaven When You Turn

Neville's Inner Vision

In Neville Goddard's view, heaven is the current state of your awareness. The 'one sinner that repenteth' represents a single belief of separation within you that awakens; the 'ninety and nine just' are fixed identifications that feel secure but do not trigger awakening. When you revise that belief—refuse the idea you are separate from the I AM—you move into a new alignment, and joy arises in the inner heaven as your consciousness shifts toward its true divine nature. Repentance is not guilt but a reorientation: a deliberate re-interpretation of who you are in light of your unity with God. As you persist in this inner revision, the felt sense of being loved, forgiven, and complete expands, and the outer world begins to reflect that inner harmony. The passage invites you to trust the process of inner turning, knowing that your imagination (your I AM) creates this reality, and that heaven’s joy is the natural consequence of returning to your true self.