Inner Obedience and the King Within

Neville's Inner Vision

This passage is not about ancient politics but about the drama of consciousness. Shalmaneser embodies the unyielding law of the I AM, the truth that presses when you forget your true nature. Hoshea, the servant state, represents a mind momentarily yielding to appearances, paying 'tributes' to external powers. When Hoshea schemes with Egypt—an attempt to borrow other strength—he violates the inner law, and the outer consequence mirrors that internal rebellion by shutting him in. The imprisonment is not merely a dungeon but the constriction you feel when you resist alignment with your inner king. The Kingdom of God is the sovereign reality within, available when you cease chasing Egypt and accept the I AM as the sole ruler of your life. Your imagination is the instrument by which you revise this scene: by returning to the inner king, you dissolve the sense of exile and restore harmony. You are free when you revere the I AM as king and you as its faithful manifestation.