Restored Jerusalem Within

Neville's Inner Vision

From the Neville lens, Isaiah’s desolation is not a geography but a state of consciousness. The holy cities, Zion, and Jerusalem stand for inner dispositions—the places you keep for God, the prayers you utter in awareness. When they become a wilderness and the temple is burned, it signals that your awareness has forgotten its own I AM and that your emotions align with loss. The invitation is not external rescue but inner revision: imagine the city restored, the temple intact, and know that the Father’s praise is your ongoing state. The question, 'Wilt thou refrain...?' is your habit of mind asking for relief while clinging to limitation. The answer is simple: assume the truth you desire until it feels like memory. Dwell in gratitude, pretend you are already in possession of the renewed house, and let that feeling saturate your nerves and thoughts. In that act, outer desolation dissolves into the light of your I AM, and the inner city is rebuilt.