Saul and the Inner Church

Neville's Inner Vision

Saul, that fierce energy of judgment, is not a man so much as a state of consciousness that believes the old story of separation. The 'church' represents the inner assembly of faith, the conscious recognitions of God within. When you hear that Saul 'made havock' and dragged the believers to prison, you are being shown how a belief in fear and control moves through the mind, breaking into every chamber of your thinking. This is the night of bondage—the moment your attention identifies with lack and danger rather than with the I AM. Yet the Scriptures do not present a defeated foe; they present a stage upon which transformation is acting. The prison doors are mental endings, not external walls; the persecutor is simply the habit of thought that resists the light. In the true state, the I AM, your present awareness, remains untouched by the old tirades. As you refuse to feed the drama with fear, you release its power. The 'church' persists as your own faith in God within, reclaiming every room from fear by recognizing life is already free.