Sword Drawn Within The I AM

Neville's Inner Vision

To interpret Ezekiel's verse through the Goddard lens, the sword is not external punishment but the decisive movement of consciousness. The LORD you worship is the I AM within, and 'drawing forth the sword' means you have cleared the stage of false self-images. Once the decree 'shall not return' is accepted in imagination, the old conditions cannot re-enter as before. Flesh represents appearances in your inner theatre; the sword's permanence marks your new state of being established in awareness. The Presence of God is not distant; it is the I AM who knows itself and acts in you. By aligning with this inner decree and feeling it as real now, you revise the mental script and the external world follows that revision. This is the birth of the Kingdom: a fixed, immutable stance of being where the old self cannot return and the new reality remains intact, even as situations change. Treat the decree as a truth you already inhabit, and watch how your life confirms that truth by law.