Inner War in the Sky

Neville's Inner Vision

That which John sees as a child who will rule nations is your highest idea of truth taking command in your inner world. The rod of iron is the unwavering authority of imagination, not a sword pressed upon others but a ruling of your own consciousness. 'Caught up unto God, and to his throne' is your awareness rising above the chatter of sense and fear, entering the throne-room where you know you are already whole. The wilderness where the woman hides is the place in you where God has prepared nourishment—your imaginal acts—to sustain you for chosen days of testing. The war in heaven, Michael and his angels fighting, is the clash between old beliefs and the higher reality you claim in feeling and assumption. When the dragon and his angels are cast out, the old dream of separation falls away and salvation, strength, and the kingdom become your present conditions. Your imagination is the rod of iron by which you govern every thought, every circumstance, until the accuser speaks no more and you dwell in the certainty of Christ within.