Inner Commandment and Obedience

Neville's Inner Vision

See the scene not as a historical incident but as an inner drama. The 'word of the LORD' is the I AM speaking within you, the ultimate reality. The prohibition against eating and drinking stands for your inner rule that outer indulgence cannot be attended to before the divine directive is honored. When the man of God defies the command and regroups at the table, you witness what happens when you yield to sense-pleasures before the inner decree is kept: your inner lifeline to reality is compromised. The harsh line about your carcase not joining your fathers’ sepulchre reveals that your outward life cannot bear witness to truth while you ignore the inner law; you sever the continuity between inner state and outer expression. The solution lies in consciousness: hear and keep the inner commandment, or your world will reflect the breach. Once you accept the I AM as sovereign, obedience ceases to feel like punishment and becomes the freedom that makes all things intelligible.