Inner Siege of Jerusalem

Neville's Inner Vision

Take Jeremiah 52:4 as a map of inner weather. Nebuchadrezzar's siege is not a history lesson but a symbol: the mind encircled by external concerns, the city walls raised by habit and fear. The army around Jerusalem is the chorus of doubts that tell you 'this is the way it must be.' The forts round about are your mental defenses—reasonings and memories—that seem to secure you yet imprison you in a story of lack. In the inner view, the I AM is the sovereign observer who never changes; it is the awareness that witnesses the siege and knows it can be dissolved by imagination. When you feel compelled to defend the old state, remember you are not truly invaded; you are simply aware that you have allowed a narrative to dominate. The moment you assume a different state, the siege loses its hold. Your inner Jerusalem can rise again by turning attention away from fear and toward the living I AM inside you, which renews and liberates all circumstances.