Neville Goddard on 2 Samuel 2:26-28 - Mystical Bible Interpretation

Read 2 Samuel 2 in context

Scripture Focus

26Then Abner called to Joab, and said, Shall the sword devour for ever? knowest thou not that it will be bitterness in the latter end? how long shall it be then, ere thou bid the people return from following their brethren?

27And Joab said, As God liveth, unless thou hadst spoken, surely then in the morning the people had gone up every one from following his brother.

28So Joab blew a trumpet, and all the people stood still, and pursued after Israel no more, neither fought they any more.

2 Samuel 2:26-28

Biblical Context

Abner asks for an end to the sword and for the people to return from pursuing their brethren. Joab agrees that they would have stopped sooner, and he blows a trumpet to signal the cease of fighting.

Neville's Inner Vision

Within the scene, Abner’s challenge to the endless sword becomes a mirror for the mind’s stubborn wars. The sword is the stubborn belief in separation; Abner asks whether the sword devours forever, and the answer rises from deep I AM awareness: bitterness at the end is the proof of miscreation, the future you fear is already lived in the present as strain. When Joab says, as God liveth, he commits to the spoken order of your higher self; the trumpet he blows is the inner signal that you may return from chasing phantoms and reunite the mind to its source. The turning point is not the movement of armies but the inner decision to stop, to listen to the still small voice, to choose mercy over further strife. In Neville’s terms, you recognize the I AM as the sovereign, and the outward war ceases as you align with that awareness. The past's resentments dissolve as you dwell in the realized unity of God’s presence.

Practice This Now

Close your eyes, breathe, and imagine Abner and Joab stepping back; hear the inner trumpet sound within you and declare, I cease the fight within and return to peace.