Sheep Gate of Inner Worship

Neville's Inner Vision

Think of the verse as a map of inner action. The high priest Eliashib and the priests are not a mere historical crowd but states of consciousness stirring to order. The sheep gate is the gate through which perception passes—the threshold where innocence, sacrifice, and guidance enter your inner temple. They build it with purpose, sanctify it with awareness, and set up its doors; this is not external carpenter work but the revision of attention. When you sanctify a gate, you consecrate what you allow into your mind, and when you set the doors, you determine what is admitted or refused. The towers Meah and Hananeel symbolize vantage points of awareness—your highest attention surveying the landscape of thought. By consecrating the gate and placing firm doors, you create a sanctified boundary that preserves the presence of God, or your I AM, at the core of experience. Thus true worship arises not from ritual alone but from the steady discipline of inner boundaries, guarding the sacred space of consciousness where imagination becomes reality.