The Spirit of Jezebel

 What Is The Spirit of Jezebel?

Jezebel's sins:
2 Kings 9:22 (idolatry and witchcraft)
Revelation 2:20 (prideful and arrogant [called herself a prophetess though she wa not one]; false teachings which led God's people away from God)

Revelation 2:21 (sexually immoral; unrepentant)

Revelation 2:22 (those who follow her ways and hear her words will will suffer great tribulation unless they repent}

Revelation 2:23 (the fruits of her adulterous ways will be cut down and destroyed, meaning the people who have believed her lies and refused to turn back to God will be destroyed, killed)

2 Corinthians 11:14, 15 (wears righteousness as a costume: masquerades as a person of righteousness; Satan's servant)

1 Timothy 6:20, 21 (irreverent, empty chatter [BSB]-profane and vain babblings [KJV]

{Read 1 Timothy 1:9; 4:7; 6:20 for more details denoting an ungodly, unholy character}

**Irreverent, profane, words are not only immoral and ungodly, but "denotes whatever lies outside the sphere of what God calls “holy.” It marks conduct, speech, or persons that treat divine realities as common, trivial, or contemptible." (Topical Lexicon)

**Empty chatter "targets words that drain spiritual vitality because they are void of divine truth." {Topical Lexicon} Empty words feed vanity. If the words spoken do not persuade a person of the gospel message of salvation, then they are spoken in vain. If the words spoken do not edify, build up, another person or the church as a whole, then they are spoken in vain, too. If real, factual knowledge is not increased within the body of Christ, then those words, as well, have been spoken in vanity, in vain.

Matthew 7:15; Jude 1:4; 2 Timothy 3:5 - She is a wolf in sheep's clothing, allowed to be in the church for some ungodly reason, and spreads lies about God and God's Word. She lures people in the church away with doubts and questions, just like the serpent did in the garden. And then in Revelation 2:24 Jezebel's teachings are the deep things of Satan Revelation 2:23 In the warning to the church in Thyatira, the Angel of The Lord also tells them that ALL the churches will know that God knows the hearts of all and that He will repay each person for their own deeds.

    The spirit of Jezebel is evil through and through. It is evil-minded, evil-intentioned, evil-destructive. It destroys lives and churches wherever it is welcomed because of the lies which emanate from its mouth. Its beauty is deceptive, but like moths to a flame, many will flock to this evil spirit because they have "itching ears" and refuse to hear the Truth of God's Word because The Holy Spirit convicts their hearts and they do not want to be convinced of the Truth [2 Timothy 4:3, 4].

    This spirit is a thief and a liar and a murderer. It steals from God and lies about God's Word. It twists Truth to its own satisfaction. In 1 Kings 21 Queen Jezebel falsified important documents and paid false witnesses to testify against an innocent man, so that she could give her pouty, self-righteous, idol worshiping husband the land that he wanted but didn't need. This is the spirit of Jezebel, too.

    How do we prepare to fight this spirit? 2 Timothy 4:1, 2 By remembering verse 1 "
I charge you in the presence of God and of Christ Jesus, Who will judge the living and the dead, and in view of His appearing and His kingdom: (and doing verse 2) Preach the word; be prepared in season and out of season; reprove, rebuke, and encourage with every form of patient instruction (longsuffering and doctrine)."

    The spirit of Jezebel cannot, nor should it, be allowed in our churches. We must draw near to God with willing hearts, ready to hear and listen attentively to, what He is saying to us through His messenger: the pastor, the shepherd of His flock. We must repent of the wickedness of our hearts, whatever that may be. We must be prepared to reject and dismiss the people who exhibit this spirit from our churches and our homes before it gets a foothold in and refuses to budge. We cannot allow the spirit of Jezebel to insert itself into our conversations, distorting Truth and spreading lies.

    Jesus says, "I Am The Way, The Truth and The Life, no one comes to The Father except by Me."

    The spirit of Jezebel says there are many ways, many paths to life beyond the grave. It is the spirit of antichrist and it wants your soul. It says truth is not absolute, but variable.

    But The Holy Spirit of God repudiates any argument or vain debate which comes from the mouth of the spirit of Jezebel. Titus 1 describes righteous living in the church elders and warns against false teachers who try to infiltrate the church.

    We need to be alert, be aware: we need to watch and pray. Watch our own hearts and minds. Watch over our churches and the congregations within. Be alert to danger, but still testify of God's amazing grace through His only begotten Son Jesus Christ.             Pray for the glory of God to fill our churches leaving no room for anything or anyone who is ungodly and refuses to repent; who rebels against the Authority of God and His Holy Word. Pray that His Holy Spirit would tender men's hearts and make them ready to receive His testimony of saving grace through our loving witness.

    Pray that our pastors and teachers would be filled and strengthened by The Holy Spirit every day and into the night. Pray that our adults, young adults and children would begin to grow in the things of God and be transformed, as Paul wrote, by the renewing of their minds (Romans 12:1-2).

    Pray for each other. Encourage each other in The Word; with The Word. Start fighting this spiritual battle now, that our defenses would be built up and it cannot gain entrance.

No Revival Without A Death

 2 Kings 13:21

So it was, as they were burying a man, that suddenly they spied a band of raiders; and they put the man in the tomb of Elisha; and when the man was let down and touched the bones of Elisha, he revived and stood on his feet. 

    Scattered throughout the Bible are references where we see that several people have died and someone is there to speak life back into their bodies, or, as here, the mere touch of an anointed dead person speaks life to another dead person. Only God can do that. 

    In Matthew 27:52-53, after Jesus rose from the dead, all the dead saints rose, entered Jerusalem and spoke  with many people. How cool is that? Totally freak a body out! And by this event, we see that every saint from then on who dies before Christ's second return, only dies in body. The spirit of life is ongoing and the soul enters heaven. 

    But what about this thing called revival here? What is that? It's not like we die physically. No, we die a spiritual death. We give our hearts to Jesus Christ when we believe on His Name for our salvation. We surrender our lives to God's service after we believe on The Only Name under heaven for our salvation. 

    Revival happens when the old nature we lived in for so long is dead and the life of Christ within us takes the reins, directing our steps through the power of God's Holy Spirit. And when this revival takes place, a chorus of hallelujahs leaps from our hearts into our mouths and is instantly sung or shouted out loud from our lips. What an Amazing Grace God has given the sinner who repents! 

    To be revived is to give life where there was none. That's what Jesus does, when a person believes that HE IS LORD. Lord of Life. Lord of All. LORD OF LORDS. 

    That thief on the cross may not have had the opportunity to turn his life around, but he did have the opportunity to believe that the Man next to him was, indeed, Christ The Lord, because that is how he addressed Him in Luke 23:39-43. On his cross, his revival was both spiritual and physical, because after he believed Christ and received forgiveness (pardoned), his old nature died and his new nature was born. And, if he did not die soon after that experience, then the Roman soldiers would have broken his legs to hasten his physical death: John 19:32. 

    Jesus is Life! He tells us this throughout the Book of John: John 3:16/John 5:24/John 6:35/John 14:6. Romans 6:23 emphasizes the difference between life and life eternal: "For the wages of sin is death, but the gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord." 

    1 John 5:11-12 "And this is that Testimony: God has given us eternal life, and this life is in His Son. / Whoever has The Son has life; whoever does not have The Son of God does not have life." 

    It is The Spirit of God that gives life: Romans 8:11 "And if The Spirit of Him who raised Jesus from the dead is living in you, He who raised Christ Jesus from the dead will also give life to your mortal bodies through His Spirit, who lives in you." We need The Holy Spirit of God living in us, not only to guide us (mentor, disciple us), but to give us life after death. It is absolutely necessary to have God's Holy Spirit living in us to bring us into the living, holy presence of God in heaven after we die. In this verse we see that all three Persons in the trinity are not only real, but work together to bring new life to every believer. 

    If you need a revival, then you need to believe that Jesus Christ is Lord. No one can make you believe that Jesus Christ is Lord. No one can force you to become a Christian. No one can demand that you follow the rules in their religious dogma to become saved. Only you have the power of choice, free will, to surrender your hearts to Jesus Christ and your lives to the flow of God's Holy Spirit in your lives: directing your steps in God's Word and helping you to fill your minds with The Word of God. 

    But remember this: without Christ Jesus living in us through The Holy Spirit of God, we are not going to make heaven our home after we die. Why would anyone choose to go to hell, when hell wasn't even created for people? Is it such a hard decision to become a Christian? Yes, yes it is. It's a decision that will change the course of our lives when we believe. It's a decision that will affect our decision-making. If our faith in Christ's Name is real, then the people closest to us are going to see a remarkable change in us. And maybe, just maybe, they will want what we have: A close personal intimate relationship with our Lord and King Jesus Christ. 

    Lord, Send a revival. And let it begin in me. 

I NEED YOU NOW - Matt Redman

    

    

Yonder

 

Do you know where Yonder is? Did you know such a location exists in the Bible, too? In the KJV of the Bible Yonder is mentioned at least six times. It basically means a place where a person or thing currently is not. A distance within view.

Genesis 22:5 "And Abraham said unto his young men, Abide ye here with the ass; and I and the lad will go yonder and worship, and come again to you." Here in Genesis 'yonder' means to move ahead and up, because Abraham and Isaac went ahead into the land of Moriah and up a mountain God chose (verse 2). 

Numbers 16:37 "Speak unto Eleazar the son of Aaron the priest, that he take up the censers out of the burning, and scatter thou the fire yonder; for they are hallowed." Yonder, away from the camp. A man named Korah, along with several of his cohorts and 250 mighty men rose up against Moses' authority and refused to follow him; nor did they want to listen to the words God was giving him to speak. 

After Moses directed folks to stand away from the tents where Korah, Dathan and Abiram lived with their families, God caused the earth under them to open up and swallow all of the these three men and their dwelling places and their wives and families. But the 250 warriors who offered the incense to God were consumed by fire from God. But the firepans, the censers, were not destroyed by God's fire because these pans had been offered to God. The fire in them had to be scattered outside the encampment because it was unholy, but the pans themselves were holy. (Read Numbers 16).

Numbers 32:19 "For we will not inherit with them on yonder side Jordan, or forward; because our inheritance is fallen to us on this side Jordan eastward." Two tribes chose not to cross the river Jordan and settle; they chose to settle on the eastern side of Jordan. They would go and fight with the other tribes for the land which God had given them and then return to the land which they had chosen for themselves. Here 'yonder' is to cross over and move forward. (Read Numbers 32). 

2 Kings 4:26 "So she went and came unto the man of God to mount Carmel. And it came to pass, when the man of God saw her afar off, that he said to Gehazi his servant, Behold, yonder is that Shunammite:" Here in 2 Kings 4:26 'yonder' is some distance away: close enough to recognize a person but far enough away that one cannot have a conversation with up close and personal. (Read 2 Kings 4)

Matthew 17:20 "And Jesus said unto them, Because of your unbelief: for verily I say unto you, If ye have faith as a grain of mustard seed, ye shall say unto this mountain, Remove hence to yonder place; and it shall remove; and nothing shall be impossible unto you."

Matthew 26:36 "Then cometh Jesus with them unto a place called Gethsemane, and saith unto the disciples, Sit ye here, while I go and pray yonder." 

Therefore, we can conclude that Yonder is a place we are not but will be. Yonder is a destination. Yes, I know where Yonder is. I'm headed there now.

JEHOVAH ELOHIM TSABA

So, when I finished reading Jude, there was a cross-reference in verse 23 that took me to Amos 4:11, where I was compelled by the Holy Spirit to read through the end of Amos. And that's when this Name of Christ grabbed my attention.

JEHOVAH ELOHIM TSABA

THE LORD, THE GOD OF HOSTS

Amos 4:13

"For, behold, He Who forms the mountains,

Who creates the wind,

and reveals His thoughts to man,

the One Who turns the dawn to darkness,

and strides on the 

heights of the earth,

The LORD,

The GOD of Hosts Is His Name."

And I talked to The Spirit about how we were going to render this name pictorially. He reminded me that God's warriors are "flaming ministers". That's why each flame carries a sword. 

• Psalms 104:4
• Hebrews 1:7
• Genesis 3:24
• 2 Kings 2:11
• 2 Kings 6:17
• Ezekiel 1:13