Inner King, Eternal Lineage

Neville's Inner Vision

Notice how the text places the outward reign in a specific year, yet the real kingdom lies in the I AM that watches it all. Abijam is a state of consciousness taking the throne in your mental Jerusalem; his three-year tenure reflects a fixed pattern you repeat until something within awakens. The mother Maachah, the daughter of Abishalom, signals the inner nurture that fed this state—the beliefs, memories, and loyalties you inherited from lineage of thought. In Neville's sense, the king is not a man in a political capital but an awareness you claim. The eighteenth year marks a matured moment of self-recognition: you are no longer a childish dream but a conscious ruler who suspends old judgments and establishes a new standard. The verse teaches that authority rests not on external power but on the inner alignment of lineage—your current sense of self and belonging. By reimagining Maachah as the shaping of your receptive mind, you acknowledge that your present authority arises from inner conventions you have inherited and can revise in imagination. Hold the feeling of the king now, and let it govern your entire field of awareness.