Inner Sacrifice in Leviticus 17:3-6

Neville's Inner Vision

Consider this law as a map of the soul. The slaughter in the camp or in the open field represents thoughts and feelings that have been acted out without the consent of your inner I AM. The door of the tabernacle is your present awareness; the act of bringing a sacrifice there is the aligning of intention with Gods I AM within. When blood is shed apart from the door, guilt arises - an old conviction that you must pay the price in the outer world. Yet the true offering is made when you acknowledge the act in imagination and place it at the altar of the I AM, inviting the inner priest to sprinkle that energy upon the altar. Then the fat burns as a sweet savour - the energy becomes offering, not a punishment. The open field becomes your daily life transfigured into a ritual of obedience and faithfulness: you choose to bring every outward act into inner alignment. This is not about ritual for its own sake, but about the inner economy: what you devote to the I AM becomes your life's fragrance.