The Inner Sword Angelic Answer
Matthew 26:51-54 - A Neville Goddard interpretation
Read Matthew 26 in context
Scripture Focus
Biblical Context
One of Jesus' companions draws a sword and strikes a servant, but Jesus rebukes the action and notes that those who use the sword perish by it; He also acknowledges the possibility of angels being called, yet the scriptures must be fulfilled.
Neville's Inner Vision
Here the sword is not a metal blade but the impulse of assertion in your own consciousness. The man who draws the sword represents a crowded mind clinging to control, believing force can force reality to bend to its will. Jesus’ command to Put up thy sword points you to the deeper law: true power does not reside in external violence but in alignment with the I AM within. When He says He could call on many angels, He reveals that your state of being can summon divine faculties—inner love, discernment, patience, faith—to fulfill any moment. Yet the question, how shall the scriptures be fulfilled, asks you to accept a pattern larger than your personal plans. The scriptures are fulfilled the instant your inner disposition echoes the perfect pattern written in your heart: a trust that the Father’s script overrides fear and frenzy. The outer event then serves the inner law, mirroring your inner harmony. The “angels” are your own coherent powers moving in unison under the direction of I AM awareness. By surrendering the impulse to act through force and choosing alignment, you rewrite the story from within.
Practice This Now
Assume the I AM as your real self now. When the impulse to act from fear arises, revise by returning to stillness and feel the angels—your higher faculties—surrounding you until the imagined state is felt as true.
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