Born in Zion: Inner City Foundations

Neville's Inner Vision

Zion here is not a distant city but a state of consciousness fixed upon the holy mountains—the immutable foundation of your awareness. The Lord loves the gates of Zion because they are the doors through which perception enters and glory is spoken of as a present reality, not a distant dream. When the psalmist says this man was born there, it is your inner self declaring that your thoughts and capacities were born within the city of God. Rahab and Babylon symbolize old fears and memories you once entertained; yet the text also names Philistia, Tyre, and Ethiopia, signaling that even outward appearances are not barriers to birth in Zion for those who know God within. The Highest Himself shall establish her; your Most High Self inscribes the new birth as permanent. The Lord shall count, when He writeth up the people, that this man was born there—your inner record confirms the truth you have chosen to inhabit. Selah invites you to rest in the realization that you are already born in the holy city, and the foundation is yours to dwell in now.