The Inner Fire of Judgment

Neville's Inner Vision

Viewed through the inner-eye, Psalms 21:9 reveals not a punishment imposed from without, but a work of consciousness within me. The fiery oven represents the heat of awareness that exposes and burns away every state of mind that pretends to power—doubt, hatred, limitation, and fear. The 'time of thine anger' is the moment I stop bargaining with lack and instead stand in I AM as the sole reality. When I awaken to God as my consciousness, the apparent enemies dissolve, swallowed up by the radiance of the I AM, and the fire devours the old story that kept me bound. This is not violence but a transformation: the moment of inner separation becomes a unity, a decisive revision where the old self is consumed and the true state of abundance, peace, and wholeness remains. The verse teaches that the process is divine mercy, not punishment: through unwavering attention to my assumed state, I am the furnace and the outcome. I am the fire, the oven, and the feast of new being that follows.