Inner Sanctity of Job 1:4-5

Neville's Inner Vision

In the story, the feast of the sons is a symbol of the many states of consciousness that entertain themselves in the house of thought. Job's response—sanctifying them and offering burnt offerings—is the inward act of cleansing the mind by acknowledging and releasing imagined sins. The phrase 'It may be that my sons have sinned, and cursed God in their hearts' is not a confession of factual guilt but a recognition that any inner belief can undermine the sense of divine reality. By rising early in the morning, by 'continually' performing the sacrifice, Job exemplifies the posture of consistent inner worship: the consciousness that is always aware of its oneness with God, always providing a corrective altar. In Neville's terms, the sons are not external youths but states of mind; the offerings are not animal sacrifices but the mental act of surrendering misbelief. When you assume the immutable truth of your own I AM, you begin to sanctify every thought and feeling that would question divine good. Your inner temple becomes a sanctuary where you dare to declare that God is within, and that this inner state creates your outward reality.