Jerusalem's Inner Defense

Neville's Inner Vision

In the Neville Goddard vein, the chapter teaches that the external war drum is the projection of a state of consciousness pressing upon your awareness. Sennacherib represents the habit of fear that would seize your fenced cities—your established beliefs, boundaries, and self-defenses—if you forget that the true city lies in the I AM. Hezekiah’s sight of the foe mirrors the moment you become conscious of a rival thought seeking to overturn your inner sovereignty. Jerusalem stands for the domain of your true self, the inner order governed by awareness rather than panic. The language of encampment and conquest is a metaphor for how doubt gathers its forces in the mind, testing the walls you have erected from conviction. The healing key is to recognize that you are not at the mercy of this external summons; the I AM is already ruler of the scene. By affirming your kingly status, you convert fear into a pivot for greater inward realization, not a call to battle but a reign in consciousness.