Invasion of Shishak: Inner Jerusalem

Neville's Inner Vision

Within this verse, Jerusalem is the citadel of your own awareness, and Shishak is not a conqueror abroad but a belief that would invade your peace. The fifth year marks a particular season in your mind when old patterns press in, challenging your sense of security and control. Do not take the invasion at face value as a history; hear it as a figure of thought arising in your consciousness. In Neville's method, kingship and authority represent the I AM within; the verse invites you to wake up and refuse to yield to the illusion that external power governs your state. The moment you recognize that God, the I AM, is the governor of your inner city, the invader loses its power and dissolves into light. You can revise by acknowledging that you already possess the protective order of spirit, and you can feel it as a deep, quiet reassurance. Practice the feeling that your Jerusalem remains intact under divine law, and through faithful imagination you enable a cause-and-effect reversal: from threat to dominion.