Inner Vengeance and Distress
Luke 21:22-24 - A Neville Goddard interpretation
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Scripture Focus
Biblical Context
These verses describe days of judgment and exile, when events appear to fulfill old prophecies. They speak of distress, captivity, and the city’s subjugation until a set time concludes.
Neville's Inner Vision
Luke 21:22-24 is not a history lesson but a description of your inner weather. The days of vengeance are the conviction that you are already judged by some external force; yet the scripture speaks to the reader: what you call event is only the outer form of an inward movement. The times of the Gentiles symbolize the long period your mind forgets that you are the I AM, the living consciousness that writes your life. When you feel distress, you are being asked to abandon the old, dependent self and step into the Jerusalem of present awareness—the city that cannot be invaded by wind or time, because it is within. The edge of the sword is the breaking of old stories by your decisive assumption. If you accept that these things must be fulfilled in your own inner door, you can end exile by returning to the one Power within. The promise is not future conquest but inner alignment: choose now to be the writer of your day, not its victim.
Practice This Now
Sit quietly and revise the sense of exile by assuming the I AM. Say silently: I am the writer of this day; this inner Jerusalem is awake now.
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