Continuity Of Inner Priesthood

Neville's Inner Vision

In the now of your consciousness, Nadab and Abihu are attitudes that burn without fruitful seed—desires without discipline—an old priesthood fading from the scene. Their mortality is not tragedy but mercy, clearing the stage for a higher function to arise in you. The line of Eleazar and Ithamar represents a steadier, trained faculty who serve the temple within; they execute the priestly office because the old branch has run its course and cannot birth new light. Notice that the verse makes no complaint of their departure; it simply states the shift in function. In Neville’s terms, when a state of consciousness dies, another state steps forward to perform its sacred work. Your inner God, the I AM, does not depend on forms; it imagines a continuous succession of states that serve holiness and separation, preserving the covenant in your mind. The death of one line is the birth of a more enduring priesthood in you, one that acts with fidelity to inner law and consecration, irrespective of outer appearances.