Inner Kings, True Worship

Neville's Inner Vision

In Neville’s psychological reading, the chapter is a map of consciousness: places and rites are inner states, and God is the I AM. Ahaz walking in the ways of Israel signals a choosing of external forms over inner truth. The act of making his son pass through the fire becomes a dramatic symbol of severing old identifications and attachments, not a literal sacrifice but a letting go of what you cling to for security. The high places, hills, and green trees reveal a mind cluttered with rituals seeking power outside rather than awakening within. When Rezin and Pekah besiege Jerusalem, it mirrors inner fear pressing against the city of your awareness—your sense of self under siege by what you fear most. Elath’s loss represents the displacement of a beloved inner state from its rightful home in consciousness. The lesson is clear: abandon outward idols and cultivate the I AM as the sole ruler of your inner kingdom, for true worship arises from within and redefines every circumstance as a sign of your inner reality awakening.