Inner Reform: Baal Vanquished

Neville's Inner Vision

The 'he' here is a state of consciousness inside you. When you forget your true self—as I AM—the outer acts reflect the old patterns of rebellion or fear. Yet the text marks a turning: the image of Baal is removed, not at once the entire temple, but enough to break the stubborn hold of that idol. The father and mother symbolize inherited pictures—old worship that no longer serves the true self. The act of putting away the image is a phenomenology of revision: you choose to withdraw your allegiance from the idol, and you claim your allegiance to the one God within. In Neville’s language, the action begins with an inner assumption: 'I AM the Lord of my life; I have laid down every image that stood between me and the divine.' Once this inner decision is held, the sense of separation dissolves, and life begins to bend toward harmony. This is not condemnation of the past but a purification of the inner altar, whereby you move from counterfeit worship to true worship, obedience to faithfulness becoming your lived experience.