Gilboa Within Inner Kingdom

Neville's Inner Vision

Here in the Gilboa account, the outer catastrophe is only the stage for an inner shift. The Philistines are the pressures of the old self pressing upon your present state; the fleeing Israelites are the old thoughts that retreat when faced with a bigger possibility. The slain sons—Jonathan, Abinadab, Melchishua—are the cherished aspects of yourself that you believed defined the kingdom; their death signals a necessary relinquishment so a higher order can rise. In Neville's psychology, God is the I AM within you, the steady consciousness that remains when appearances fall. The ‘kingdom’ you seek is the inner government of awareness—not a political realm but a state of being fully conscious of your wholeness. When you dwell in the assurance that you are already the I AM, you stop identifying with the conflict and allow a new formation to take root. The moment you imagine and feel from the end, the battle dissolves; you wake to a sovereignty that ends the old narrative of defeat.