Inner Flight of Kingship

Neville's Inner Vision

In this inner drama, the messenger announces a shift in the state of consciousness: the hearts of the people are drawn to an alternate authority. The city represents your present awareness, and Absalom symbolizes a counterfeit image rising within your mind to overthrow your true ruler. David’s command to flee is not mere escape but a strategic withdrawal from an outer scene so the inner king can regroup in quiet. To know that a state has been displaced is to acknowledge the power of the I AM within; it is not defeat but a repositioning of attention. The outer struggle—edges of the sword and hurried departure—mirrors the inward choice to detach identification from turbulent appearances and to safeguard the core of your sovereignty. When you perceive the kingdom of God as within, you allow the inner Jerusalem to endure until the moment of true manifestation, where the outer world can finally align with the inner ruling idea.