Hosea 4:15 Inner Covenant

Neville's Inner Vision

Israel and Judah are not places but states of consciousness. When you hear the warning about Gilgal, Bethaven, and swearing, you are being invited to examine where you place your trust. The harlotry is not a woman but a habit of seeking life in outward signs. To play the harlot is to pretend the life of God lives somewhere apart from your own awareness. The line The LORD liveth becomes a symbol you chant while you still believe it is external; the cure is to realize the I AM behind all acts, the inner covenant that cannot be broken by rites or reputations. Let Judah not offend by letting external forms replace inner truth. The instruction asks you to separate from the false worship of appearances and to remember that true worship is alignment of your inner state with the life that gives you breath. Therefore, revise your assumption: you are the I AM, fully present, fully faithful to the inner covenant. When you feel that, what you imagine becomes your world, and the outward signs fade in significance.