Sabbath Sacrifice Within

Neville's Inner Vision

On the Sabbath the outer ritual reveals a truth about the I AM you are. The two lambs, offered in first-year perfection, are not merely animals; they are the two steadfast states of consciousness you consciously inhabit at your inner altar. The flour mingled with oil and the drink offering signify the mental nourishment and emotional atmosphere you pour into your worship. The burnt offering represents the complete surrender of your small, separate will to the God-I AM that you are now aware of. The phrase 'this is the burnt offering of every Sabbath' marks a recurring return to this recognition, while the continual burnt offering points to an ongoing practice you keep alive beyond any calendar. In this view, the act is not a distant ritual but a present-feeling assumption: you live as if the I AM has already accepted your sacrifice. When you hold this, you awaken and dwell in a state of harmony where daily events bend to your inner posture, not the other way around. Your imagination is the altar; your feeling is the flame; your faith is the acceptance that you are already the fulfillment.