Princes at the Inner Gate

Neville's Inner Vision

Within the teachable moment of Jeremiah 39:3, your city is your life, and the gate is the moment of decision. The princes of Babylon are not strangers at a wall but states of consciousness—fears, judgments, and the sense of external power that claims authority over you. When they sit at the middle gate, they declare that the center of your being is ruled by conditions outside you rather than by your inner I AM. This is not a historical invasion but a revelation that the mind has allowed certain thoughts to assume sovereignty. The true king, your inner I AM, is sovereign, yet your attention has hosted these princes and given them seat-of-power. The moment you notice this, you can revise: the gate belongs to you; the middle is where you choose what you permit to rule. By acknowledging that God is awareness, not a distant force, you discover that imagining different rulership—your kingdom within—shifts reality. The exiles are inner habits you brought into the city, and their power dissolves as you affirm your creative consciousness.