We know that the term "Jezebel' is in actuality the name of the wicked Queen Jezebel, who was the wife of King Ahab, in the Old Testament. Ahab's marriage to Jezebel led to the worship of Baal becoming widespread among God's people. She exercised control because of that, as well as the other tactics she used to exert both illegitimate and 'wicked' control over people, her name has become synonymous with the spirit of control.
Jezebel is a product of the flesh that opens the door to an evil spirit. It operates through a person in the form of manipulation, domineering or intimidating tactics. It is NOT restricted to women - a mistake I believe has cost many a church or church leader! You must recognize the spirit, not just the gender! Some people believe ti operates more prevalently in women because of the nature of it's origin, but there is no question that it function just as proficiently through men.
When it's functioning in women, the Jezebel spirit seems to serve as Satan's answer to a male -dominating world - giving false protection in a world where a women seems to never get her rights nor has the protective love of a father or husband. Out of lack of love, she may rebel against the whole 'unloving system' and end up becoming just like it. The one who felt 'controlled' now becomes the 'controller'. - the ' oppressed 'becomes the 'oppressor'.
Whether male or female, controllers are almost always motivated by insecurity.
One of the biggest ways Jezebel deceives us, is by doing religious things or being a religious person. The original Queen Jezebel converted her husband to follow Baal. ( Remember Ahab married her against God's command.)
The name Jezebel means ' without dwelling or habitation'. That's her true nature. She is independent; lives with no one. Her name can also mean; unmarried or uncommitted. It literally means she's not committed to any one's will except her own self-will. One book says that a 'true explanation of Jezebel can be clearly described as the worship of self-will'. Wow!
The clear battle with the Jezebel spirit is over people! That spirit desire to control and rule the people of God. Often you will see the 'power struggle' between a person with a Jezebel spirit and the true leader - the Jezebel spirit wants the leadership or control of the decisions that are made. To describe her agenda, you'd probably have to say that a person under the influence of a Jezebel spirit exalts position over character.
While Jezebel is religious, she will try to wield false power against the true prophetic flow from God. She hates the prophets and all prophetic ministry. What and see what an unleashed spirit of Jezebel spirit can do in a church that was once flowing or growing in the prophetic gifts and anointing. After a period of time, if Jezebel is not recognized and dealt with, there will be no true prophets or functioning prophetic gifts in that church. It will be either shut down...or controlled by the one functioning under the influence.
Specifically, she hates repentance, humility and intercessory prayer, because they destroy her strongholds of stubbornness and pride.
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