Jealous Mercy for Zion

Neville's Inner Vision

In Neville's language, the verses translate into a claim about your inner states. The jealous God is the I AM that refuses to let any fragment of consciousness rest in limitation. When you read that God is returned to Jerusalem with mercies, hear that your inner city is being rebuilt by your own conviction; the house that shall be built is the structure of your awareness, and the line stretched forth upon Jerusalem marks the widening of your dominion of consciousness. The heathen at ease are not distant enemies but habitual thoughts and fears that assume authority over you. Yet the verse declares that mercy, not punishment, returns first; mercy is a felt presence in your being that reclaims time and space for your desired state. To the extent you accept this, your inner Zion awakens, your cities through prosperity spread abroad, and comfort returns. The promise to choose Jerusalem becomes the moment you choose a new state of consciousness and stand in it until it becomes your experienced reality.