Neville Goddard on Matthew 24:15-22 - Mystical Bible Interpretation

Read Matthew 24 in context

Scripture Focus

15When ye therefore shall see the abomination of desolation, spoken of by Daniel the prophet, stand in the holy place, (whoso readeth, let him understand:)

16Then let them which be in Judaea flee into the mountains:

17Let him which is on the housetop not come down to take any thing out of his house:

18Neither let him which is in the field return back to take his clothes.

19And woe unto them that are with child, and to them that give suck in those days!

20But pray ye that your flight be not in the winter, neither on the sabbath day:

21For then shall be great tribulation, such as was not since the beginning of the world to this time, no, nor ever shall be.

22And except those days should be shortened, there should no flesh be saved: but for the elect's sake those days shall be shortened.

Matthew 24:15-22

Biblical Context

The passage speaks of impending upheaval and the instruction to withdraw from external security. It suggests true deliverance comes not through outward escape, but through a reawakened inner state.

Neville's Inner Vision

Think of the 'abomination of desolation' not as a distant siege but as a disturbance in the mind when belief in separation rises. The holy place is the consciousness that bears the I AM; to see desolation is to recognize the ego's impulse to cling to images and external idols. The command to flee to the mountains invites you to withdraw from the noise of habit and ascend in awareness. Do not cling to the clothes of the house or the field—do not anchor your security in outward conditions. Woe to those who confuse safety with possession; instead, pray that your flight is not hindered by winter or Sabbath, for the crisis is a birth-pain of a higher state. The great tribulation is the pressure that compels a shift of state, and the promise that the elect’s days are shortened comes from the sustaining power of consciousness, not from time's clock.

Practice This Now

Imaginative Act: Close your eyes, declare 'I AM' here and now, and imagine stepping onto an inner mountain peak, leaving behind every old identity. Do this for a few minutes, feeling the presence replace doubt with certainty.