Inner Decree Guarded Prophecy

Neville's Inner Vision

Think of this verse as a map of your inner kingdom: the 'king of Babylon' is the dominant, commanding energy of your mind that speaks a lawful decree, and the 'captain of the guard' is your inner guard—your disciplined faculties of attention and protection. Jeremiah, the prophetic you, stands in exile in a land not yet fully yours; yet the decree shows that you are not left alone, for the guard is charged to tend you. In Neville's terms, a decree from the higher self moves through your consciousness, setting walls and channels through which your imagination may act. Exile becomes a state of mind, not a place; protection becomes a felt reality when you accept it as already done. When you can feel that the guard is watching over your inner Jeremiah, you awaken to the kingdom of God within, where promise and return are astral movements of your own awareness. The key is to realize that authority and protection are not external but are the I AM declaring, 'Thou art guarded.'