Freedom From Fleshly Persecution

Neville's Inner Vision

The passage reveals that the so-called persecution arises within as the old, fleshly self clings to limitation. The 'bondwoman' embodies fear, law, and external appearances; the 'son of the bondwoman' is the fearful, constrained sense of self. The 'son of the freewoman' represents your awakened I AM—awareness that freely imagines and creates. In Neville’s psychology, you are not two natures fighting; you are states of consciousness you entertain. When you identify with the old bondage, you experience lack and struggle; when you align with the Spirit, you acknowledge a grace that has already been given. The command to cast out the bondwoman is a directive to revise your inner state and refuse to feed the old image. The inheritance is not external wealth but the immediate realization of your freedom as the I AM. By dwelling in the end, you make the free-born state your present reality, and the outer world follows the inner revelation.