Inner Kingship in Exile

Neville's Inner Vision

In Neville Goddard terms, Nebuchadnezzar is not a distant king but a state of consciousness of external authority pressing upon the mind. Jehoiakim represents that part of you which yields to the belief in such power, consenting to bondage for a period—the three years being the rhythm of a habitual pattern. The subsequent rebellion is the inner decision to reclaim sovereignty. The outer scene mirrors your inner state: when you believe conditions govern you, you submit; when you revise this belief and affirm the I AM, you reclaim the throne within. The exile denotes the moment you forget your divine kingliness; the return is waking to it again by choosing to act from the inner governor instead of the circumstance. Your kingdom exists as a state of consciousness; apparent power dissolves when you identify with the I AM rather than the world. So the verse invites you to see that true power is within, and the sense of subjection is but a misalignment of consciousness with this inner authority.