Inner Temple: Nehemiah 13:4-5

Neville's Inner Vision

In Neville’s psychology, the temple is the mind and its administration reveals the state of consciousness. Here Eliashib’s alliance with Tobiah represents a subtle inner loyalty that rents sacred space to a foreign influence—an outer patronage that replaces true worship. The chamber becomes the symbol of how we permit belief structures or appetites to hold the offerings meant for the Levites, the singers, and the priests. When such an inner arrangement exists, the interior atmosphere shifts from holiness to compromise, and the I AM notices the misallocation of spiritual resources. The remedy in Neville’s method is a decisive revision: affirm that the temple is mine to steward alone, that no Tobiah may share the great chamber, and that all meat offerings, incense, vessels, and tithes are for inner service. By imagining and feeling that this is true—present tense, now—you reallocate your inner economy toward the sacred service and restore covenant loyalty.