Unmasking Jezebel & Ahab

 The first thing you should be aware of is that where there are true prophets, love, faith, service, and perseverance, you will find Jezebel and her counterpart, Ahab working to counterfeit God’s presence and turn people away from the living God to serve the god of flesh. The next thing you should be aware of is that this is an ancient spirit, operating for thousands of years and has more experience with human nature than you do. The third thing you should know is that Jezebel and Ahab spirit can operate in a man or woman.  They operate as a team to the detriment of peoples, nations, kingdoms, and churches. See Rev. 2:18 Church at Thyatira. So, this team can take the form of two men, two females, or male & female in a leadership capacity.

----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Comparison/Contrast Jezebel & Ahab Here are some characteristics of each taken from 1Kings 16-21, 2Kings 9-10, and Revelation 2. These characteristics are in no particular order and are by no means exhaustive.

Jezebel	Ahab
Manipulating people, circumstances	Manipulated by people; moved by circumstances
Controlling people, circumstances, outcomes	Controlled by people, circumstances, and outcomes
Sensual and seducing spirit	Easily enticed; will build monuments to whatever entices
Spiritual hit man- hit woman	Operates with a sense of false entitlement
Hedonistic; lover of pleasure	Covetous; lusts for another’s inheritance
Devoid of a moral compass	Inconsistent moral compass; can be led or misled
Master planner & organizer (works through letters and messengers	Poor planner; does not organize or take heed to warning
Behind the scenes operator of schemes &devices	Passive in leadership ; operates as a figurehead
Planter of false evidence & accusations in minds	Complainer; fault finder
Mass murderer	Acquiesces to evil plots
Operates in sabotage & legislated hate campaigns	Thinks everything and everyone has a price
Excellent writer and communicator of evil deeds	Poor communicator; internalizes issues; shuts down
Hates truth; the law of God or any truth bearer	At odds with righteousness and the messengers of it
Is generous and lavish with those who don’t question her authority & support evil causes	Wants what is not rightfully his at any cost; wants what is convenient and appeases vanity
Embodies the spirit of revenge & retaliation	Embodies the spirit of passivity and carnal appetite
The spirit of Ahab reports to it, submits and passively yields to its demands	Reports to the Spirit of Jezebel; gives away authority; does not do good when in his power to do
Seeks to kill/assassinate the messengers of truth	Allows the assassination of innocent people
Seeks to steal the  inheritance of God’s people	Pushed by the spirit of Jezebel to open defiance of God
Seeks to destroy the impact of the Word of God in any generation	Capable of repenting but will not live a sustained life of godliness or faithfulness
Takes authority given by default or passivity	Hands over any semblance of responsibility
Uses sensuality as a means of persuasion or to get off the hook for breaking covenant with God	Obtains through murder and force what is not theirs
Uses religion as a means to assassinate /sabotage	Fasts only because lusts are denied, not to crucify them
Gains by lying & assassinating (physically or spirit)	Allows others to prostitute his authority and abuse their leadership position
Instigates and initiates open defiance of God	Uses religion to get mercy for himself then returns to ungodliness
Emasculates men (priests were eunuchs dressed in women’s clothing)	Takes possession/ownership illegally

Other Facts to Note:

Ø  Jezebel means unmarried. This spirit is only in union with itself and serves its own purposes.

Ø  Ahab means father’s brother. It could denote that the wicked practice was his father sleeping with his own mother. This would make Ahab both son and brother to the former King. This would not be uncommon in the practice of idol worship and cold explain why God thought his father was detestable and why Ahab went on to perform worse and was noted as the wickedest king in Israel.

Ø  Jezebel was steeped in idol worship through her Father Ethbaal, King of Sidon.

Ø  Under Ahab’s rule Jericho was refortified (something God cursed in Josh 6:22) by Hiel, who sacrificed his first and lastborn sons to do so

Ø  Elijah hid out for 3 years in Zarephath,  in Sidon, right under her nose.

Ø  The drought was the worst in Samaria, Ahab’s headquarters, founded by his wicked father, and center of Baal and Ashteroth worship.

Ø  100 prophets were in hidden by 50 in caves and fed bread and water by Obadiah, Ahab’s servant who feared God

Ø  God said 7,000 had not bowed their knee and kissed Baal even though Elijah felt alone

Ø  The showdown at Mt. Carmel was pretty audacious that he would drench an altar in the time of drought. He had to believe that rain was on the way. God wants a saturated worship!

Ø  Prophets can get wearied by the war even after they’ve won a battle; watch out for depression and suicide and the woe is me blues due to revenge and retaliation they face

Ø  God will protect, provide for, strengthen, encourage, speak to, and give you a plan if you are his to keep you. LISTEN for His still small voice. You aren’t the only one serving

Ø  Prophets anoint kings and their own prophetic successors. They foretell and forth tell.

Ø  Jezebel was thrown to her death by what she was once empowered by: emasculated men (authority)

Ø  Jezebel spirit only gives a seat of honor if planning to target you for assassination

Ø  Sex is used as a means of ritual worship for Jezebel spirit.

Ø  Jezebel rebuked Ahab for not abusing his kingship authority and leadership role

Ø  David set this spirit in motion by operating in it before Kingdom split with his son (2 Sam 11:14-15) when he used sabotage, letters, and plotted to have Uriah killed so he could unlawfully possess Bathsheba as wife. Even in the New Testament, in Jesus’ lineage, she is still listed as Uriah’s wife, not David’s.

About the Idol Worship of the Day (Baal &Ashtoreth)

v  Baal – lord, possessor; sun god of Phoenicia; seen as lord of heaven; supreme deity of the Canaanites, equal to the Greek god Zeus. Human sacrifices were offered to appease Baal, particularly male children.

v  Ashtoreth; Asherah – totem pole god; female idol; worshipped in Sidon; wife  of Baal; queen of heaven; her priests were eunuchs dressed in women’s attire; they were responsible for regulating the ritualistic sex acts so they had to be sexless

v  Women devotees were prostitutes for male devotees whose orgies formed the main part of the worship carried on in temples, gardens, and high places- this was the beginning of the cult of the goddesses

v  This came from Babylon where Ishtar was worshipped with immoral rites by bands of men and women

v  Jezebel &Ahab saw themselves as Baal and Ashtoreth in bodily form most likely

v  Jehu came and completely wiped out all the followers of Baal left after Jezebel and Ahab’s death, but he did not turn back from following all other idols.

Lesson: As Next Generation Leaders we must utterly eradicate what God says and what offends God or it  will continue and strengthen and refortify itself in the next generation.

Blessings to you, and keep speaking the truth to the next generation!