The Inner Inquiry Awakens

Neville's Inner Vision

Consider the scene not as history but as a description of states of consciousness. The elders are a collective habit of seeking from without. When the Lord says 'Are ye come to enquire of me? As I live, I will not be enquired of by you,' He is not withholding blessing; He is inviting awareness to rise from within. God is the I AM—the living Presence you are now aware of, not a distant oracle to be summoned by a crowd. The true inquiry is not petitioning a deity outside your skin, but aligning your inner life with the truth of being. The imperative 'As I live' pronounces the eternal now; to live is to acknowledge that the Presence is present as your very consciousness. Thus the prophecy becomes guidance: turn from the elders' outward question toward the inner man who speaks I AM. If you revise your posture—imagine and feel the I AM as your own ongoing presence—your world rearranges to reflect that reality. The chapter ends with a gentle invitation to recognize God within, rather than rely on a ritualized request from without.