Exile of the Inner Presence

Neville's Inner Vision

Viewed through Neville's lens, the exile is not a history lesson but a map of inner life. Jerusalem and Judah symbolize states of consciousness you inhabit and depart from. The LORD’s anger points to the intense energy you give to a belief that something is missing when you are not aligned with your deeper self. Cast out from His presence is the natural consequence of living as if you are separate from the I AM, not because God withdraws, but because your attention has wandered away from the inner center. Zedekiah’s rebellion becomes the ego’s stubborn refusal to accept the divine order within; the king of Babylon stands for the outer circumstances that arise when you ignore the governing presence inside. The apparent punishment is the tearing of energy from your sacred boundary until you revise your assumption and return to consciousness. The inner work is simple: claim the I AM as your constant governor, and imagine you are already within the inner kingdom where exile ends in awakening toward wholeness. In that posture, exile yields to a renewed sense of dwelling in God.