Inner Covenant Against Idolatry

Neville's Inner Vision

Judges 2:11-12 speaks of a restless turning—Israel’s consciousness clinging to outward images while forsaking the inner Lord. In Neville’s light, the children of Israel are not distant people but states of awareness that slip from the I AM when novelty, fear, or approval-seeking rise. Baalim represent imagined powers—habitual desires and idols of the ego shaped by the 'gods' of the surrounding nations. When these inner gods are bowed to, the true worship of the LORD within is displaced, and anger is provoked not by a stern deity but by the law of consciousness that cannot dwell where allegiance shifts. The remedy is not to fight the outward forms but to revisit the choice of identity; to refuse the illusion that you must be governed by appearances and to re–establish the inner covenant. See that the deliverer is not elsewhere but within, in your I AM recognizing itself as the sole reality. By reviving certainty of God as your source, you reverse the movement—from seeking safety in idols to dwelling in the one true temple of consciousness. In practice, you imagine yourself loyal to the LORD and feel the relief of that right relationship, here and now.