The Lord's Inner Sacrifice
Zephaniah 1:7-9 - A Neville Goddard interpretation
Read Zephaniah 1 in context
Scripture Focus
Biblical Context
Zephaniah 1:7-9 presents a day when the Lord is near to purify, beginning with rulers and pride and exposing deceit in the life. It invites separation from idolatries and false worship in the inner life.
Neville's Inner Vision
Viewed from the I AM within you, the Day of the Lord is a movement of consciousness, not a future event. The sacrifice spoken of is the letting go of every self-image that binds you—pride, fear, the restless striving to prove yourself, and the masks described as strange apparel. The princes and king's children represent the governing ideas you accept as yourself when you identify with worldly roles. The threshold leap speaks of stepping into the unknown with violence and deceit in your mind; you still play out old dramas until you turn the spotlight of awareness inward. When you stand in the presence of the Lord GOD—your own abiding consciousness—these old conditions are exposed to the light and dissolved. Punishment becomes correction: the false states are removed, and you awaken to a single, sacred Presence that does not judge but reveals. The day is not coming someday; it is your awakening now, the inner feast in which you host facts of integrity, peace, and true being. Trust the revision and feel the truth until it seems real in you.
Practice This Now
Imaginative_act: Sit in stillness and revise your self-image by stating inwardly, 'The Day of the Lord is now; I am awareness.' Then feel your inner state of peace until your sense of self yields to it.
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