Deborah’s Inner Judgment

Neville's Inner Vision

Here, the 'children of Israel' are states of consciousness, wandering into a lower thought-feel when Ehud dies. The LORD selling them into the hand of Jabin marks the moment you identify with a power outside yourself, and the captain of Sisera—when you dwell on the oppressive pattern—dwells in your mind as a fixed circumstance. The 'nine hundred chariots of iron' are the habitual thoughts that seem invincible; the twenty years of oppression is the time you have believed you are governed by something other than your I AM. When the cry goes up to the LORD, you are turning attention toward the higher I AM, the awareness that cannot be conquered by appearances. Deborah, a prophetess, embodies inner wisdom clothed in practical discernment; she is the inner governor who judges Israel, i.e., who judges the old belief and appoints a new ruling idea. Deliverance is an inner rearrangement: you do not fight the external event, you elevate the state of consciousness that governs it. The moment you accept Deborah's authority as your own, the scene rearranges.