“Think not that I am come to send peace on the earth: I came not to send peace, but a sword.” Matt 10:34. On the one hand, He said He is the Prince of Peace and then made this statement.
What did Jesus mean by this statement? The time when He was on earth, the Romans were killing and maiming the Jews with the sword, so the sword was something his disciples and listeners understood.
In our time period, when swords are not common, how can we interpret this? Our study group discussed this at length, resulting in the following understanding:
What do swords do? They cut or separate, just like the knives we use to prepare food.
So, let us make this personal:
Let’s say you decide to change your life to live Jesus’ or another spiritual teacher’s teachings, or change your lifestyle to what you consider better. What happens? Certain activities are not as attractive any more and you may stop participating. This also means you may stop associating with people who may not be compatible with your new values. This would be using a symbolic sword to separate from those activities or people
When you practice prayer, meditation and love your neighbors, you raise your vibrations, When your vibrations are raised, your frequency is higher because the electrons are spinning faster, you feel different to others and your aura is lighter.
The other way around, your outlook and lifestyle may have changed, with some people separating from you, using the same symbolic sword, because you don’t have the same in common anymore. Some people may not be able to see you any more because of your higher vibrations. Some of lower vibration feel discomfort being around your higher vibrations and separate from you, again symbolically using the sword.
Personally, I have experienced this from teen years onward. Some former friends changed their behavior to what I did not want to partake in, so I separated myself from them, symbolically using the sword. At other times friends have just disappeared because of change in lifestyle, but that is normal. Some friends could not understand my values and criticized, resulting in them wielding the symbolic sword of separation. In most cases we just went our separate ways, with love and respect.
Look at times when people left your life, Can you think about and try to understand it may have been the wielding of the symbolic sword from either of you? Was it time for those relationships or circumstances to end?
Another way of looking at ended relationships can be that the relationship had fulfilled its purpose, with each of you needing to go your own way in order to begin a new venture in consciousness or awareness.
And their have been circumstances when I’ve been separated from and voluntarily separated from circumstances not relationship focused. It could be explained as the symbolic sword separating me from what was not good for spiritual growth,
How about a circumstance that you were separated from, either forcibly or voluntarily: could that have been the symbolic sword taking you away from a circumstance that would hold you back from your spiritual growth? This could be like some ended relationships: the reason for the circumstance has been fulfilled and you did not need it any more, hence they symbolic sword cutting it away
Your comments will be interesting and most welcome. Email me at maria@maria-grace.com. And I will answer via private email. If you indicate so, your question and answer can be put in email group so everyone can read and participate.
It has been a while since I’ve written. The hip replacement June 25 went well and many helped me recover, meaning there were friends in the house for several weeks. Now I am almost fully back to where I was before the cane and the pain. I am driving the car, but cannot dance yet, but hope to.
What did Jesus mean by this statement? The time when He was on earth, the Romans were killing and maiming the Jews with the sword, so the sword was something his disciples and listeners understood.
In our time period, when swords are not common, how can we interpret this? Our study group discussed this at length, resulting in the following understanding:
What do swords do? They cut or separate, just like the knives we use to prepare food.
So, let us make this personal:
Let’s say you decide to change your life to live Jesus’ or another spiritual teacher’s teachings, or change your lifestyle to what you consider better. What happens? Certain activities are not as attractive any more and you may stop participating. This also means you may stop associating with people who may not be compatible with your new values. This would be using a symbolic sword to separate from those activities or people
When you practice prayer, meditation and love your neighbors, you raise your vibrations, When your vibrations are raised, your frequency is higher because the electrons are spinning faster, you feel different to others and your aura is lighter.
The other way around, your outlook and lifestyle may have changed, with some people separating from you, using the same symbolic sword, because you don’t have the same in common anymore. Some people may not be able to see you any more because of your higher vibrations. Some of lower vibration feel discomfort being around your higher vibrations and separate from you, again symbolically using the sword.
Personally, I have experienced this from teen years onward. Some former friends changed their behavior to what I did not want to partake in, so I separated myself from them, symbolically using the sword. At other times friends have just disappeared because of change in lifestyle, but that is normal. Some friends could not understand my values and criticized, resulting in them wielding the symbolic sword of separation. In most cases we just went our separate ways, with love and respect.
Look at times when people left your life, Can you think about and try to understand it may have been the wielding of the symbolic sword from either of you? Was it time for those relationships or circumstances to end?
Another way of looking at ended relationships can be that the relationship had fulfilled its purpose, with each of you needing to go your own way in order to begin a new venture in consciousness or awareness.
And their have been circumstances when I’ve been separated from and voluntarily separated from circumstances not relationship focused. It could be explained as the symbolic sword separating me from what was not good for spiritual growth,
How about a circumstance that you were separated from, either forcibly or voluntarily: could that have been the symbolic sword taking you away from a circumstance that would hold you back from your spiritual growth? This could be like some ended relationships: the reason for the circumstance has been fulfilled and you did not need it any more, hence they symbolic sword cutting it away
Your comments will be interesting and most welcome. Email me at maria@maria-grace.com. And I will answer via private email. If you indicate so, your question and answer can be put in email group so everyone can read and participate.
It has been a while since I’ve written. The hip replacement June 25 went well and many helped me recover, meaning there were friends in the house for several weeks. Now I am almost fully back to where I was before the cane and the pain. I am driving the car, but cannot dance yet, but hope to.
