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SO, if JESUS addressed ahab and jezebel and the horrible effects of allowing a woman to lead His church, should we not talk about it? (Revelation 2:20-24) How is discussing something clearly addressed in the BIBLE causing division? Simple: By divine design, truth only causes division between those who love it and those who reject it! (Matthew 10:34; John 8:47)

When this topic is discussed, one can notice exactly who it is that doesn’t want this discussed, and call it un-edifying and divisive. It’s those who are in violation of this truth who hate the light of truth shining on their own darkness (John 3:19-21).

Lots of people who are called out for their darkness and disobedience to the Word of God want to claim they are being “led by the Holy Spirit.” Basically, they are saying that they are not accountable to obey God’s Word because they are led by the Spirit. Well, we know they are being led by a spirit but it’s not the Holy Spirit of truth (John 14:26; 16:13-14, etc.). This is their way of smoke screening their own rebellion, their own lawless hearts against the LORD. The Holy Spirit only dwells in those who obey Jesus, obey the Word of God and the Holy Ghost will never contradict His own Word where He clearly sets the roles for men and women. God doesn’t use anyone, including a donkey to cast doubt on or deny His truth written in His Word.

LOTS OF PEOPLE CLAIMING TO BE LED BY THE HOLY SPIRIT: Jesus anoints His people with His Holy Ghost to put to death the deeds of the body! (Romans 8:13-14) If you are truly full of and led by the Holy Spirit, you are denying yourself, taking up the cross daily, and authentically following Him (Luke 9:23-24, etc.).

Duane Stewart writes: “Jezebel does not like this biblical message that exposes her! It exposes her. Real GODLY women are so content and seek to operate in their creation roles. God has different roles for men and women, but He loves them the same. But that’s not enough for Jezebel. She always wants more, just like Eve did…….Genesis 3:6 says: ‘And when the woman saw that the tree was good for food, and that it was pleasant to the eyes, and a tree to be desired to make one wise, she took of the fruit thereof, and did eat, and gave also unto her husband with her; and he did eat.'”

“Beloved, believe not every spirit, but try the spirits whether they are of God: because many false prophets are gone out into the world.” 1 John 4:1

HOW do we “try (test) the spirits”? (1 John 4:1) Simple: judge it against the written Word! (Acts 17:10-11)

Can you also tell us where even 1 women is seen as an elder over God’s people in the 27 books of the New Testament Scriptures?

These are some of the treacherous afflictions suffered when confronting this evil spirit that has possessed many today and is wreaking havoc (Revelation 2:20-24). And this pertains to the weak, moral coward men who allow (suffer) women to operate in a role of leadership God forbids (1 Timothy 2:12). Did Jesus not liken this jezebel and enabling ahab phenomenon to the very “depths of SATAN”? (Revelation 2:24) ONE of the things that makes Jezebel so seductive is that she will actually expose other false leaders. The fact that she exposes false teachers makes the game she’s running that much more seductive as she hides behind this feigned, supposed concern. Yet she herself is a lawless usurper and false. By exposing false leaders, the Jezebel is trying to appear to be the hero so she can set up her facade (cover, covert position) to operate from. Why would we be surprised since her father is the very master of deceit?

Jezebel can only function where there is one or more ahabs (Revelation 2:20-24).

Men failing to lead in no way justifies the sin of women elders. Jezebel. In fact, the men who failed to obey God in Thyatira allowed women to lead and it brought untold destruction to all. That’s what JESUS said. Revelation 2:20-24. Repent.

“I’ve never heard preaching about the Jezebel characteristics at Church!! ..thank God I know about the Jezebel spirit from my Bible study I go to!! the truth is heard and taught there! I was told alot of Preachers don’t Preach the truth because the members would chew them out! I believe if this post was preached in MOST Churches today…it would cause a storm!! and you’d see alot of empty pews!! I am so thankful for you Todd!! we need to hear the truth and you have no fear!!…this post is spot on!!” Gina Mondello

JEZEBELS will claim that those men who confront them “have a problem with women.” No! Jezebels have a problem with God and men! They are lawless, out of order, rebels. Jezebel, it’s an epidemic!

IF THE JEZEBELS DON’T HATE YOU YET, you haven’t yet penetrated too deep into the enemy’s camp. Keep plowing saints! And when you get persecuted and slandered and attacked by these wicked wolves, rejoice!

WOULD GOD LEAD A WOMAN TO CORRECT A MAN? There should be no question after reading this Bible verse. Women are not to teach NOR usurp authority over the man. There’s a stated order in God’s creation and in the Word for the family and the gatherings of the saints/church. The woman who argues doctrine with a man or seeks to rebuke/correct him is out of God’s order. Only a jezebel would dare so such while claiming to serve Jesus. There’s only 1 example of a woman ruling over men in the New Testament and it’s JEZEBEL! (Revelation 2:20-24; 1 Timothy 2:11-12)

ANY QUESTIONS? – “BUT I SUFFER NOT A WOMAN TO TEACH, NOR TO USURP AUTHORITY OVER THE MAN, BUT TO BE IN SILENCE.” 1 TIMOTHY 2:12

JEZEBELS ARE THOSE WOMEN WHO EVILLY (OUT OF AN EVIL HEART) DESIRE TO RULE OVER MEN AND THEY HAVE NO AUTHORITY TO DO SO FROM GOD. SO, THEY SPEND ALL THEIR TIME AND ENERGY SEEKING TO SELF-ASSERT THEMSELVES OVER MEN AND IN PLACES OF AUTHORITY RESERVED ONLY FOR MEN (BY DIVINE ORDINATION). REMEMBER THAT JESUS ADDRESSED THIS EXACT THING SPECIFICALLY AND TOLD US THAT JEZEBELS ARE SELF-APPOINTED (REVELATION 2:20-24). IN OTHER WORDS THESE ARE WOMEN WHO APPOINT THEMSELVES. GOD DIDN’T APPOINT THEM TO PLACES OF AUTHORITY, ESPECIALLY OVER MEN (1 TIMOTHY 2:12). TRUE, GOD-FEARING WOMEN ARE HUMBLY SUBMITTED TO THEIR MAKER WHO CALLED THEM TO THE VERY HIGHEST, MOST EXALTED PLACE IN HIS KINGDOM – SERVANTS! (MATTHEW 23:11) …

ANY QUESTIONS? – “BUT I SUFFER NOT A WOMAN TO TEACH, NOR TO USURP AUTHORITY OVER THE MAN, BUT TO BE IN SILENCE.” 1 TIMOTHY 2:12
AS HIS CREATION, WE MUST ABIDE EXACTLY WHERE HE HAS ORDAINED AND STATED WE ARE TO ABIDE AND IF WE DO OTHERWISE, WE REBEL AGAINST HIM BEFORE WHOM WE SHALL STAND TO GIVE FULL ACCOUNT.

—- I DON’T MEAN TO BE RUDE, SAINTS, BUT IF JEZEBELS AND THEIR ENABLING AHABS DON’T HATE AND LASH OUT AT YOU, YOU’RE STILL A POWDER PUFF SPIRITUALLY SPEAKING. YOU ARE DOING LITTLE OR NO DAMAGE TO THE KINGDOM OF DARKNESS. WHEN YOU BEGIN TO, YOU WILL KNOW IT BECAUSE THESE VILE DEVILS, WORKING THROUGH JEZEBELS WILL SEEK TO UNLEASH THE WRATH OF HELL UPON YOU. THEY ARE BASICALLY JUST SATANISTS OPERATING UNDER THE COVER OF “MINISTERS” FOR CHRIST. THIS IS EXACTLY AND SPECIFICALLY WHAT PAUL WARNED US ABOUT IN 2 CORINTHIANS 11:12-15. AGAIN, NO OFFENSE MEANT. COME ON IN, THE WATER’S FINE! … I’VE GOTTEN USED TO THE UNDILUTED, DIABOLICAL HATRED COMING AT ME FROM JEZEBELS AND THE AHAB PANSIES WHO DEFEND AND ENABLE THEM …. MAN THEY HATE ME AND I’D REALLY BE WORRIED ABOUT WHERE I STOOD WITH GOD IF THEY DIDN’T BECAUSE JESUS SAYS: “WOE UNTO YOU, WHEN ALL MEN SHALL SPEAK WELL OF YOU! FOR SO DID THEIR FATHERS TO THE FALSE PROPHETS.” LUKE 6:26 … 1 KINGS 18:4 TELLS US THAT “JEZEBEL CUT OFF (CASTRATED, EMASCULATED) THE PROPHETS OF THE LORD,” NOTHING HAS CHANGED: THESE EVIL SPIRITS WAR AGAINST THE TRUE SERVANTS OF THE LORD. THE ONLY REASON A JEZEBEL OR HER SISSY COUNTERPART AHAB WOULD SEEM TO BE GETTING ALONG WITH YOU IS BECAUSE YOU ARE NOT OF THE TRUTH.

THE COMPLIMENTARY BLESSING OF THE MASCULINE AND THE FEMININE IS A BEAUTIFUL TAPESTRY THE LORD DESIGNED. JEZEBEL IS SIMPLY AN ANTICHRIST WHO WARS AGAINST GOD’S DESIGN – SEEKING TO PERVERT (INVERT AND SUBVERT) IT (ISAIAH 5:20-24). WHY WOULD THIS BE A SURPRISE IN THAT JESUS TOLD US THAT SATAN HAS COME “TO STEAL, TO KILL, AND TO DESTROY”? (JOHN 10:10)

ONLY those who are in obedience to the truth are under divine protection! ALL others are at the “mercy” of he who has come to steal, kill, and destroy (John 10:10).

How many times is the word “Jezebel” found in God’s Word? Jezebel appears 23 times in the King James Bible.

Does the word “Jezebel” appear in the New Testament? If so, what is the context and teaching to be derived?

What is “Jezebel” referring to when mentioned in the Bible?

Who is “Jezebel” referring to when mentioned in the Bible? Is it an individual of old or could it also refer to others of like characteristics?

Is it incorrect to use the phrase “spirit of Jezebel”?

I said there is a spirit behind that rebellion; yes, which is biblical perspective …. Jesus told Peter to “get thee behind me SATAN” … right? Matt 16

Those who rebel have demons come upon them … demon spirits …. ANY woman seeking to act outside of God’s role for women has evil spirits on her.

Is it incorrect to use the term “spirit of Jezebel?”

“And when the sons of the prophets which were to view at Jericho saw him, they said, The spirit of Elijah doth rest on Elisha. And they came to meet him, and bowed themselves to the ground before him.” 2 Kings 2:15

The reason “The spirit of Elijah” was seen in the life of Elisha is due to the same blessed Holy Spirit and good fruit that existed in the life of Elijah and now abode in Elisha.

Because he would possess some of the same calling and characteristics of the prophet Elijah, it was said of John the Baptist that he would go before Christ and be “in the spirit and power of Elias.” So, the same Holy Spirit that dwelt in Elijah was to dwell in John the Baptist. … “And he shall go before him in the spirit and power of Elias, to turn the hearts of the fathers to the children, and the disobedient to the wisdom of the just; to make ready a people prepared for the Lord.” Luke 1:17

The use of the words “spirit of” seems to indicate what spirit is in control of that person’s life or what spirit is operating in them. The fruit of that person’s life will always point to the answer – will always give you that answer.

So, if a person exhibits the same characteristics of Jezebel of old, then saying they have “the spirit of Jezebel” seems appropriate in my opinion.

HERE’S WHAT TYPE PEOPLE HAVE RESPONDED TO THE BIBLICAL TEACHING OF JEZEBEL:

God fearing women who agree with God’s Word, allowing the Holy Scriptures to be true and every man, woman, and devil a liar (Romans 3:4).
Women who still have jezebellic tendencies controlling their lives. These type women either a) hold in their anger and anguish, b) lash out at the messenger who dares to teach on this Bible topic, or c) repent and seek the LORD’s transformation and healing.
Men who are Ahab and feel a sense of familiarity with this evil spirit that can most of the time be found operating through women. Perhaps they have compromised with that evil spirit that was or is working in their mother or wife or some other woman in their life. This is exactly what Ahab, Jezebel’s husband did.

Those who attack the messengers who expose this evil spirit are obviously oppressed or possessed by that devil. The fact that they viciously persecute the preachers who expose the demons that control their lives only further proves the truth of this matter. They have to cover for themselves and so throw out a smokescreen to mask the evil that still lurks in their own hearts. The fact that they viciously attack the messengers of this message only further reveals that they are under its power, and, the need to preach this part of God’s Word. The demon spirits that attach to and operate in and through these people have been given free reign and authority due to some entry point. That entry point is sin which we are all born in. Those who do not repent (surrender; lay down their lives) are outside of the kingdom of God. They are in the kingdom of darkness and dominated by the enemy of all souls. So, as we see repeatedly in Scripture accounts, when Satan is getting ready to be exposed, he lashes out in order to attempt to evade being cast out (Matthew 8:28-32; Acts). The case in Matthew 8 where the devils asked Jesus to cast them into the swine seems to indicate that, knowing Christ was about to evict them from the human body they currently occupied, those evil spirits sought to remain in a body (or bodies) and so requested to be sent into the swine (pigs). The pigs ran violently into the nearby water and perished. If pigs don’t want devils possessing them, I wonder why some humans allow such, especially when God made full provision through Christ to deliver fully, set free, and make whole! (Luke 4:18) That’s why Jesus came!

God ordains that women are to protected under the servant leadership of men.

Like the original Jezebel, any person today who is possessed by her evil characteristics is under the domination of that same evil spirit.

JEZEBEL IS NOT UNDER GOD’S AUTHORITY AND LIKES TO OPERATE ANYWHERE SHE IS AND/OR ANYWHERE SHE CAN SUBVERT GOD’S ORDAINED ORDER AND AUTHORITY. IF A PERSON IS NOT TRULY SUBMITTED TO THE LORD, WHICH BEGINS WITH TRUE REPENTANCE, THAT PERSON WILL BE DOMINATED BY SATAN (JAMES 4:7). THIS EVIL SPIRIT SEEKS TO SUBVERT, DISRUPT AND DESTROY ANYWHERE IT POSSIBLY CAN SUCH AS IN THE INDIVIDUAL’S LIFE, THE FAMILY, THE CHURCH, ETC.

Did Jesus Mention Jezebel?

“Notwithstanding I have a few things against thee, because thou sufferest (allow) that woman Jezebel, which calleth herself a prophetess, to teach and to seduce my servants to commit fornication, and to eat things sacrificed unto idols. 21 And I gave her space to repent of her fornication; and she repented not. 22 Behold, I will cast her into a bed, and them that commit adultery with her into great tribulation, except they repent of their deeds. 23 And I will kill her children with death; and all the churches shall know that I am he which searcheth the reins and hearts: and I will give unto every one of you according to your works. 24 But unto you I say, and unto the rest in Thyatira, as many as have not this doctrine, and which have not known the depths of Satan, as they speak; I will put upon you none other burden.” Revelation 2:20-24

So, if Jesus says “I will kill her children with death,” is there not a deep need to understand what He’s saying to us here?

BEWARE: Any man who dares tackle or take on this biblical topic of Jezebel, is going to be profusely attacked, maligned, purposely mischaracterized, etc…… I have been teaching on this Bible topic along with dozens of others for three decades now and have found that dealing with this topic of Jezebel, from what Scripture tells us, will cause the guilty to lash out and attempt to discredit the messengers as men who hate and mistreat women, etc. Most people who are convicted of their sin by this Bible message, do not want to repent and so diabolical hatred fumes in them and they lash out viciously against the messenger who delivered God’s Word. Their guilt and then refusal to repent causes them to be turned over by the LORD to an even stronger “delusion” and occupation of Satan (2 Thessalonians 2:9-12).

—- TIME FOR SOME BACKBONE GENTLEMEN! … IS IT THAT I HATE WOMEN OR IS IT THAT SOME, A FEW WOMEN, HAVE A DEEP SEATED HATRED FOR MEN DUE TO A PAST ABUSE? MANY TIMES THEY DON’T EVEN REALIZE IT, YET, AND THAT’S WHY THIS BIBLICAL MESSAGE IS SO IMPORTANT. IT BRINGS TO SURFACE DEEP HURTS AND MUST BE PREACHED BELOVED SAINTS BECAUSE IT’S IN GOD’S WORD. THE LORD IS SETTING THOSE WHO WILL FREE BY HIS BLESSED TRUTH AND GRACE (JOHN 8:31-32, 36). IS IT A SIN FOR A MAN CALLED OUT TO PREACH THE ORIGINAL GOSPEL TO DARE AND SAY THAT WOMEN ARE TO BE PROTECTED AND NOT THROWN TO THE DEVILS (DOGS) BY BEING SUFFERED (ALLOWED) TO BE IN A PLACE OF LEADERSHIP OVER MEN THAT IS RESERVED JUST FOR MEN? ISN’T THIS EXACTLY WHAT JESUS WAS SPEAKING OF IN REVELATION 2:20-23? LET’S PEER INTO HIS PRECEPTS BELOVED SAINTS SO WE CAN SEE HIS BLESSED WILL. IT’S ALWAYS TO BENEFIT US. WOMEN ARE “THE WEAKER VESSEL” AND MUST BE PROTECTED IN THE TRUTH BY GOD-FEARING MEN WHO HOLD TO IT (1 PETER 3:1-7). THIS IS WHAT JESUS IS SAYING IN REVELATION 2:20-23. AHABISH MEN ARE TO BE BLAMED TODAY – WEAK, SPINELESS, COWARDLY MORAL PANSIES WHO CATER TO FLESH INSTEAD OF FEARING AND OBEYING CHRIST. WHAT FRUIT DID JESUS TELL US RESULTS FROM ALLOWING WOMEN TO BE IN LEADERSHIP OVER MEN IN CHRIST’S BODY? IT’S HORRIBLE. PRAY OVER AND READ REVELATION 2:20-23 TO FIND OUT AND HEED THE WARNING OF THE SON OF GOD. … “AM I THEREFORE BECOME YOUR ENEMY, BECAUSE I TELL YOU THE TRUTH?” (GALATIANS 4:16) … IF SO, SO BE IT!

God made women with such great, incredible potential to bless or to curse:

“Every wise woman buildeth her house: but the foolish plucketh it down with her hands.” Proverbs 14:1

GODLY MEN, life is all about serving Jesus by solving problems for others, amen?

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The severe warning Jesus gives in Revelation 2:20-24 must be wholeheartedly embraced and executed. His main rebuke was to the men who allowed a woman to function as an elder which is forbidden by the LORD (1 Timothy 2:11-12).

WHO’s in Control?

“But those mine enemies, which would not that I should reign over them, bring hither, and slay them before me.” Luke 19:27

Jezebels are usually female who refuse to truly repent, lay down their lives in this world, and live the crucified life (Luke 9:23-25). They are therefore the very enemies of Christ and will soon be slain down into eternal damnation irrevocably (Luke 19:27). Some of them are demon possessed witches who call themselves (self-appointed) prophetesses. Witchcraft is control and the reason some are possessed with this witchcraft is that they’ve not given control of their life to the One who gave that life. Repentance needed (Luke 13:3; 19:27). Jesus addresses it in Revelation 2:20-24.

“The problem with women is they do not want to submit. I have seen this over and over. That very word angers them greatly. They cannot submit because they have not fully submitted to God. Once you give complete control of your life to God, your heart changes and you no longer need to be in control. It is then easy to follow God’s line of authority. It’s your heart’s desire to please the Lord and your husband. Because you love God with your whole heart, soul and mind. Matt. 22:37-38.” Karen Cochran

According to Jesus, it was the men who allowed the jezebel to function in the role of an elder which God forbids and this was what He calls “the depths of SATAN.” (Revelation 2:20-24)

“Let the woman learn in silence with all subjection. 12 But I suffer not a woman to teach, nor to usurp authority over the man, but to be in silence.” 1 Timothy 2:11-12

Jezebellian heresies are epidemic as we see by the rebellious women who spread and defend them today, in this late hour.

“Women’s lib, feminism really messed it up for a lot of people and unfortunately its mindset has infiltrated the church!” Catherine Johnston

Their own words are in full on defiance of the Word of God. All of these very people vainly believe they are Christ’s but sadly are not (John 8:47).

As was the case in the Garden, Satan specifically targets the girls, the women – to derail them from God’s ordained purpose for the women (Genesis 2:18; 3:1-17; 1 Timothy 2:9-14; Titus 2:1-5; 1 Peter 3:1-7, etc.). Beware!

ANY person who puts their own supposed calling before the truth of God and body of Christ is completely self-serving and has no concern for the LORD or His body whatsoever. In fact, such a person is completely departed from the LORD and will bring great destruction on the body of Christ if allowed – if suffered. This is exactly what Jesus addresses in Thyatira and calls it “the depths of SATAN” himself (Revelation 2:20-24). In their self-deceived hearts, they are sure that God has called them to minister in a way He clearly forbids – just like the Jezebel who was allowed by the Ahabs in Thyatira who was self-appointed – “calleth HERSELF a prophetess.” (Revelation 2:20-24) Repent now.

“Sadly, so many women have bought into the lie of feminism, not realizing that it is just a modern word for the spirit (attributes, characteristics of Jezebel. The “Ahabs” that go along with them are the cowardly and fearful of Luke 19:27 and Rev. 21:8.” Jon Crane

Revelation 2:20-24 is about a certain self-appointed woman who was allowed by the spineless men in Thyatira to operate out of the biblically-stated order for women in the church setting.

“Let the woman learn in silence with all subjection. 12 But I suffer not a woman to teach, nor to usurp authority over the man, but to be in silence. 13 For Adam was first formed, then Eve. 14 And Adam was not deceived, but the woman being deceived was in the transgression.” 1 Timothy 2:11-14

A prequalification for eldership in Christ’s body is “HUSBAND of one wife” which no woman could possibly be (1 Timothy 3:2).

Classic case of a jezebel lashing out when the Word of GOD corrects her (2 Timothy 3:16-17). Her rebellion is against God. Jezebel is utterly rebellious. She hates what God’s Word says and so the demons that control jezebels will lash out in personal attacks against the men who stand on the truth unwaveringly (such as did Elijah whom Jezebel sought to kill).

“Feminism” is nothing new. It is an ancient ploy of the enemy of all souls who has come to steal, to kill, and to destroy but Jesus came to give us life more abundantly (John 10:10). 2,500 years ago feminism was perpetrated by an evil woman named jezebel, the wife of one of Israel’s kings (Ahab). She was pure evil and so are those murderous witches who’ve perpetrated feminism on women today – which is contrary to our Creator’s design for women. Proverbs 31 is a good place to begin in discovering what God has ordained women to be. It’s a huge blessing that we have His Word in tangible form so that we are not deceived and are in His perfect will and ready to meet the LORD.

“Thy word is a lamp unto my feet, and a light unto my path.” Psalms 119:105

Your life will never make sense until you give it back to the One who gave it to you. You will never be happy outside of God’s will, never. You will never see a happy jezebel, feminist, period.

It all begins with repenting and placing our faith in Jesus Christ for the remission of our sins. “Believe on the Lord Jesus Christ and thou shalt be saved.” (Acts 16:31)

JESUS addressed Jezebel and Ahab (weak moral coward men) and so if you have a problem with that, you have a problem with the Son of God. It seems to be the very jezebels Jesus would address today who are convicted, unrepentant, and react viciously when this topic is communicated.

In fact, Christ likened jezebel to the very “depths of SATAN” – which He did with nothing or no one else, ever!

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Revelation 2:20-24

“Notwithstanding I have a few things against thee, because thou sufferest that woman Jezebel, which calleth herself a prophetess, to teach and to seduce my servants to commit fornication, and to eat things sacrificed unto idols. 21 And I gave her space to repent of her fornication; and she repented not. 22 Behold, I will cast her into a bed, and them that commit adultery with her into great tribulation, except they repent of their deeds. 23 And I WILL KILL HER CHILDREN WITH DEATH; and all the churches shall know that I am he which searcheth the reins and hearts: and I will give unto every one of you according to your works. 24 But unto you I say, and unto the rest in Thyatira, as many as have not this doctrine, and which have not known THE DEPTHS OF SATAN, as they speak; I will put upon you none other burden.” Revelation 2:20-24

Recently, an unrepentant heretic protested that I was using Scripture to expose jezebel. Such a man refused to be corrected by the Word of God and was swiftly rejected as a swine (Titus 3:10-11; Matthew 7:1-5). Such a man embodies the whole root problem of the sin Jesus addressed in Thyatira – where weak biblicly illiterate moral coward men allow jezebel to function (Revelation 2:20-24).

These self-serving devils, along with jezebels they facilitate and defend could care less how many lives and marriages and families are destroyed by allowing this. Jesus says “I will kill her children with death” and likens this to “the depths of Satan.” (Revelation 2:20-24).

A Fatherless Generation is the Product of Jezebel/Ahab

“I will kill her children with death.” Revelation 2:23

“Our family ….relationships with 3 (sons) children and 8 of 9 grandchildren has been destroyed by the the Jezebel spirit …. Our relationship with daughter and 9th grandchild is very tentative due to the Jezebel spirit operating also in men.” Sharon

Increasingly we see a generation of evil doers who despise and attack all authority.

We can witness the fruit of this evil working among us. For example, we have young people murdering others with no remorse…. crime is on the rise. The fruit of women being taken out of their ordained place, the home, to take care of their husband and children (Titus 2:3-5).

With now over 80% of divorces being initiated by the women, and usually for petty, non-biblical reasons, we see children raised primarily by the mother – that is, without their dads. And because the courts give the women everything, including the man’s money, women are lured by their own sin, Satan, and our government to divorce their husbands, to betray God and destroy their own children

Men have everything to lose. Women have everything to gain (so it would seem) and this is how attorneys, and our wicked government encourages divorces. Oh, and all the judges and attorneys get a percentage. The destruction of the jezebels in our nation is inestimable. The irreparable fall out is beyond measure and especially on the children. – “I will kill her children with death.” (Revelation 2:23) When women are allowed by men to assume places of authority God ordained to be held by men, the fall out is inestimable. As was the case in Thyatira, the men were to blame for allowing it – for not doing their duties and allowing a woman to do such! Cursed!

Children raised by their mothers, without their father, in single-parent homes constitute:

63% of teen suicides;
90% of runaways and homeless children;
85% of behavior disorder patients;
71% of high school dropouts;
75% of teenagers in substance abuse rehab centers;
85% of young prison inmates.

The devil, in this age of the rise of jezebel, does nothing except viciously and systematically attack and degrade men, seeking to emasculate them. Example: 90% of the marches and ribbons are pink, never blue! Selah. Satan seeks to enthrone the woman to rule over the men which is a perversion of the order of God. Is this not what we see in Thyatira – “the depths of SATAN.” ? (Revelation 2:20-24) To destroy the fathers is to destroy lives and generations. When we disobey God, we withdraw ourselves from His blessing. And, anyone who separates children and their parents without real warranted cause, works evil in the eyes of God.

One writer notes:

“Redemptive withdrawal though is God withdrawing His protection from us and allowing the devil to attack us (the cross). He does this for a redemptive purpose. He suffers with all victims of this satanic attack. And thru this process evil self-destructs or one evil destroys another evil.”

Notice the divine promise of the very last words of the Old Testament Scriptures:

“And he shall turn the heart of the FATHERS to the children, and the heart of the children to their fathers, lest I come and smite the earth with a curse.” Malachi 4:6

As God ordained, children gain their identity from their fathers and to separate this relationship is to leave children without identity.

“Every wise woman buildeth her house: but the foolish plucketh it down with her hands.” Proverbs 14:1

The devil is very busy perverting, inverting the roles – that’s his job (Isaiah 5:20). This has destroyed relationships in this country.

WHEN and if a woman is truly serving God, and is married, her husband is her head, her headship and she never violates that marriage and its divine order. She will never disdain, disrespect, manipulate, or seek to control her husband (Proverbs 14:1). The order of the household is divine and is non-negotiable. “Wives, submit yourselves unto your own husbands, as unto the Lord. 23 For the husband is the head of the wife, even as Christ is the head of the church: and he is the saviour of the body.” (Ephesians 5:22-23) Then, in the following verses, it says that the man is to give his life for his wife as Christ did for His church…. and that doesn’t mean the wife is to play that situation for her own self-serving agenda. Only a jezebel would do such and there won’t be even 1 jezebel in Heaven (2 Kings 9:33; Revelation 2:20-24). It’s past time we denounce all the old wives fables that we’ve in the past laughed at and yet they were insidious, wicked. You know like “he might be the head but I’m the neck and I turn the neck where I wish.” Pure witchcraft.

MESSAGES RECEIVED:

“Jezebel is a Spirit! It is neither male nor female but anyway thank you for all your good Videos 👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽 I have known more Jezebelic men than woman but I think that is mere coincidence. I think it’s 50/50.”

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Not one time do we see a male called jezebel in the Bible. Men can certainly and do certainly manifest the works of the flesh and yet jezebel is always female in the Bible – where’s she’s allowed to operate outside of the order of God in the family or church. That’s what we see in the OT and NT. The Old and New Testament jezebels were both women, 100%. …. “that woman Jezebel.” Rev 2:20 Yet Jesus blamed the men for allowing such corruption against His ordained order for men and women (Rev 2:20-24).

Proverbs 31 Woman [video]

“In like manner also, that women adorn themselves in modest apparel, with shamefacedness and sobriety; not with broided hair, or gold, or pearls, or costly array; 10 But (which becometh women professing godliness) with good works. 11 Let the woman learn in silence with all subjection. 12 But I suffer not a woman to teach, nor to usurp authority over the man, but to be in silence. 13 For Adam was first formed, then Eve. 14 And Adam was not deceived, but the woman being deceived was in the transgression. 15 Notwithstanding she shall be saved in childbearing, if they […]

Beware of the "Intercessors" [podcast]

What could possibly sound more innocent than an intercessory prayer group, right? Recently, a woman claiming and announcing herself to be “an intercessory prayer warrior for 30 years” sent me a welcome DM. Here’s the reply she was sent: There’s no such thing as an “intercessory prayer warrior” designated or appointed in the New Testament body of Christ. That premise is a bunch of witchcraft used by satan’s jezebels to infiltrate and destroy among God’s people. Repent now. Saints, this is how they gain a stronghold, how they get their evil foot in the door. They must be rejected, turned […]

8 Things Women are to Teach Other Women [podcast]

There’s nothing in God’s creation more beautiful than a virtuous woman. “That they may teach the young women” “The aged women likewise, that they be in behaviour as becometh holiness, not false accusers, not given to much wine, teachers of good things; 4 That they may teach the young women to be sober, to love their husbands, to love their children, 5 To be discreet, chaste, keepers at home, good, obedient to their own husbands, that the word of God be not blasphemed.” Titus 2:3-5 May God continue to raise up God fearing women who teach the younger women as […]

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THE ESSENTIAL IMPORTANCE OF CHRISTOLOGY [podcast]

WHO do WE say that Jesus is?

“Jesus Christ the same yesterday, and to day, and for ever” (Hebrews 13:8), and He is asking us the exact questions today that He asked His disciples while on earth.

“Whom do men say that I the Son of man am?” Matthew 16:13

“But whom say ye that I am?” Matthew 16:15

Jesus is asking each of us “What are others saying of Me and Who do you say that I am?” In other words, perhaps He’s asking us “In a world of many swirling ideas about Me, who do you say that I am – who do you know Me to be?”

If you were asked right now to give a 5 minute talk about the uniqueness and exclusivity of Jesus Christ from the Bible, could you do it?

“The doctrine of Christ” is revealed in “the RECORD that God gave of his Son” (2 John 9; 1 John 5:10).

If we don’t believe that Jesus is who the Bible says He is then we cannot be saved. Who does the Bible tell us that Jesus Christ is?

“I said therefore unto you, that ye shall die in your sins: for if ye believe not that I am he (“the mighty God” prophesied Messiah Isaiah 9:6-7), ye shall die in your sins.” John 8:24

“The record that God gave of his Son” includes that Jesus Christ is divine. | Jesus Christ is God

“The doctrine of Christ” informs us of who He is (2 John 9).

Among other things, Jesus Christ is ….

The Word made flesh (John 1:1-18)
Born of a virgin (Isaiah 7:14; Matthew 1:23)
Creator of all that is (John 1:1-4; Ephesians 3:9; Colossians 1:16-17)
“The Head” of His one church – remnant elect (Colossians 1:18; 2:19)
“The Son of God” (Matthew 4:3, etc.)
“The true God, and Eternal life” (1 John 5:20)
The living water (John 4)
“The bread of life” (John 6)
“The light of the world” (John 8:12)
“The door” (John 10:9)
“The Good Shepherd” (John 10:11, 14; Hebrews 13:20)
“The resurrection and the life” (John 11:25)
“The way the truth and the life” (John 14:6)
“KING OF KINGS, AND LORD OF LORDS” (Revelation 19:16)
“Alpha and Omega, the beginning and the ending … the Almighty” (Revelation 1:8)

The very first Messianic prophecy: Of necessity, from the very first declaration of God to fallen mankind, His promise to save us from our now fallen state, the virgin birth was asserted as a necessity….

“And I will put enmity between thee and the woman, and between thy seed and her seed; it shall bruise thy head, and thou shalt bruise his heel.” Genesis 3:15

As we know, “her seed,” the “seed” in Mary’s womb was God the Father’s miracle of virgin birth, the eternal Word Jesus Christ made flesh to dwell among us and die to save us, fallen mankind (John 1:10, 14; Galatians 4:4, etc.).

The Messiah that was yet to appear, to come to the earth to die for the sins of the world, had to be divine – Isaiah the prophet foretold that the Messiah would be “the mighty GOD” (Isaiah 9:6).

“Her seed” – Women do not have seed. The man, the father, has the seed. The seed of the woman was going to be by God the Father in Mary…. A divine miracle that never had nor will happen again. “Therefore the Lord himself shall give you a sign; Behold, a virgin shall conceive, and bear a son, and shall call his name Immanuel (GOD with us) (Isaiah 7:14).

The fulfillment of Isaiah’s prophecy: “And she shall bring forth a son, and thou shalt call his name JESUS: for he shall save his people from their sins. 22 Now all this was done, that it might be fulfilled which was spoken of the Lord by the prophet, saying, 23 Behold, a virgin shall be with child, and shall bring forth a son, and they shall call his name Emmanuel, which being interpreted is, God with us” (Matthew 1:21-23).

Jesus Christ is the God man. – “The Son of man” means God’s man to redeem man.

“…his Son Jesus Christ. This is the true God, and eternal life.” 1 John 5:20

“And we know that the Son of God is come, and hath given us an understanding, that we may know him that is true, and we are in him that is true, even in his Son Jesus Christ. This is the true God, and eternal life.” 1 John 5:20

“Therefore the Jews sought the more to kill him, because he not only had broken the sabbath, but said also that God was his Father, making himself equal with God.” John 5:18

“Jesus said unto them, Verily, verily, I say unto you, Before Abraham was, I am.” John 8:58

“I and my Father are one. Then the Jews took up stones again to stone him.” John 10:30-31″

“And Thomas answered and said unto him, My Lord and my God.” John 20:28

The Sacred Substance, the Central Theme of all of Holy Scripture

Jesus Christ came to the earth exactly how and when the “more sure word of prophecy”, the Scriptures, foretold that He would come and to fulfill the Messianic prophecies of Himself to the exact detail (2 Peter 1:19-21).

“Then said I, Lo, I come: in the volume of the book it is written of me, 8 I delight to do thy will, O my God: yea, thy law is within my heart.” Psalms 40:7-8

“From cover to cover of the OT it was foretold not only that Christ would come into the world but that He would come with an eager, ready spirit to do the will of God. The will of God was not just in His head—it was inscribed in His very heart.” Believer’s Bible Commentary

If we truly love Christ, will we not search, read, and study the LORD Jesus Christ…. ?

“The heart of Christianity is Christ. It is to know Christ. It is to follow Christ. It is to love Christ. It is to adore Christ. The sum and the substance of the Christian life is Jesus Christ.” Steve L.

IF we miss Christ in studying His Word, we have missed all. As is clear from our LORD’s interaction and rebuke of the false religionists of His day, this is quite possible. In fact, it’s clear by what Jesus said that we can know the Scriptures and not the Savior. We can know the words of God without knowing the God of that Word.

John 5:39-47

“Search the scriptures; for in them ye think ye have eternal life: and they are they which testify of me.
40 And ye will not come to me, that ye might have life.
41 I receive not honour from men.
42 But I know you, that ye have not the love of God in you.
43 I am come in my Father’s name, and ye receive me not: if another shall come in his own name, him ye will receive.
44 How can ye believe, which receive honour one of another, and seek not the honour that cometh from God only?
45 Do not think that I will accuse you to the Father: there is one that accuseth you, even Moses, in whom ye trust.
46 For had ye believed Moses, ye would have believed me: for he wrote of me.
47 But if ye believe not his writings, how shall ye believe my words?”

IF doctrine weren’t important, explain this….

“Whosoever transgresseth, and abideth not (does not remain) in the DOCTRINE of Christ, hath not God. He that abideth in the doctrine of Christ, he hath both the Father and the Son.” 2 John 9

The only way we can be assured we are following the Jesus of the Bible and not “another Jesus” is to ascertain that we are established in “the doctrine of Christ” which is simply what the Bible teaches us about Jesus Christ the Messiah.

“For if he that cometh preacheth another Jesus, whom we have not preached, or if ye receive another spirit, which ye have not received, or another gospel, which ye have not accepted, ye might well bear with him.” 2 Corinthians 11:4

HOW do we know that the coming of Jesus is at hand? Jesus warns. When asked He tells us that he first sign of His soon return will be the proliferation, the invasion of “MANY false prophets”:

“The disciples came unto him privately, saying, Tell us, when shall these things be? and what shall be the sign of thy coming, and of the end of the world? 4 And Jesus answered and said unto them, Take heed that no man deceive you. 5 For many shall come in my name, saying, I am Christ; and shall deceive many. … 11 And many false prophets shall rise, and shall deceive many. … 24 For there shall arise false Christs, and false prophets, and shall shew great signs and wonders; insomuch that, if it were possible, they shall deceive the very elect.” Matthew 24:3-5, 11, 24

“The Doctrine of Christ”

51 times the Bible uses the word “doctrine,” and the central truth of biblical “doctrine” is what Scripture tells us about Jesus, the sacred substance of the Scriptures Himself, the eternal Word of God – Jesus Christ.

Christology chapters of note to pour over regularly: John 1; Colossians 1; Hebrews 1.

Beloved saints, make sure you are drilling down on “the doctrine of Christ” – laying the foundation that will stand against the evil winds of false doctrine that is being peddled by the vilest and most popular wolves on this planet (Ephesians 4:14-15; Hebrews 13:9, etc.).

The Bible phrase “the doctrine of Christ” refers by divine priority, plainly to Himself as the divine Person, the divine Word, the Son of God. Jesus Christ is revealed as God’s eternal Word, as the Messiah, LORD, Creator, Sustainer, and Great High Priest, Jesus Christ. It seems only after these biblical facts about Christ that “the doctrine of Christ” would then apply to our repenting and putting our whole faith in Christ for salvation (Acts 2:38; 3:19; 20:21, etc.).

Say it aloud: “the doctrine of Christ.” What saith the Holy Scriptures of Christ?

the Messiah in prophecy
virgin birth
divinity
exclusivity
death and burial
resurrection
return

“Whosoever transgresseth, and abideth not (does not remain) in THE DOCTRINE OF CHRIST, hath not God. He that abideth in the doctrine of Christ, he hath both the Father and the Son.” 2 John 9

So what does this verse (above) mean? It means that you are going to hell irrevocably if you don’t remain grounded, holding to, embracing what the Bible says about Christ, the Messiah.

In the context of the above cited verse, 2 John 9, the apostle John is warning us about the “MANY deceivers” and to be careful not to “lose …. those things” we know of Christ – lest we “abideth not in the doctrine of Christ” which will result in us having not God at all, being an apostate lost soul. Also he warns of bidding Godspeed to the antichrist’s who peddle “another Jesus” – lest you go to Hell (be also judged) with that antichrist who preaches “another Jesus,” one that is not according to the biblical “doctrine of Christ.” See also 2 Corinthians 11:4.

2 John 7-11

“7 For many deceivers are entered into the world, who confess not that Jesus Christ is come in the flesh. This is a deceiver and an antichrist.
8 Look to yourselves, that we lose not those things which we have wrought, but that we receive a full reward.
9 Whosoever transgresseth, and abideth not in the doctrine of Christ, hath not God. He that abideth in the doctrine of Christ, he hath both the Father and the Son.
10 If there come any unto you, and bring not this doctrine, receive him not into your house, neither bid him God speed:
11 For he that biddeth him God speed is partaker of his evil deeds.”

Of “the doctrine of Christ” one writer notes:

“In the Gospel of John, the apostle had already written that God’s word is truth (John 17:17). He also proclaimed that Jesus Himself (who is Deity – John 1:1) was the truth (John 14:6). It is clear from his gospel that if we love Jesus, we will keep His commandments (John 14:15; 15:14). We must also receive the truth that Jesus is deity who came in the flesh (John 1:14; 1 John 4:2-3). In his letter to the elect lady, John reiterates what he already stated in his gospel, namely, that the doctrine of Christ is composed of (1) Jesus’ commandments/doctrine which we are to obey and (2) Jesus’ deity.”

Example: John MacArthur is teaching that there is nothing special about the blood of Jesus. How anyone can still listen to that diabolical wolf is beyond belief. Yes he says a lot of good stuff which alone makes him even more insidious a tool of Satan. Say this Word from God aloud here and now beloved of God: Just “A LITTLE leaven leaveneth (ruins) the whole lump” (Galatians 5:9). This biblical phrase, statement refers to false doctrine and sin (1 Corinthians 5:6). And false doctrine IS sin.

New message under construction which will expose more about this blasphemous heresy including the statement by John MacArthur.

Follow Jesus saints. THAT’s why God gave us His written Word (2 Timothy 3:16-17). Drill down on your knowledge of God – “the doctrine of Christ” – via personal Bible study in the King James Bible.

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Jesus Christ is God

More examples of the glory-robbing antichrist denigration of Christ by the religious world today:

“Exactly what Satan is doing, taking the deity of Christ, humanizing Him. In ‘The Chosen’ (movie) when Jesus was 12 and preaching in the temple, Joseph told Him ‘You need to go and confess your transgressions to your mother’ because they did not know where He was. But Luke 2:49. Jesus says ‘wist (knew) ye not that I must be about my Father’s business’?

He is also shown pacing and nervous when he is going to preach before the masses. He was the Son of God. Would He have been nervous and pacing? It’s mocking Jesus. Why Christians do not see this is beyond me! Nothing biblical about any of it. This show has gone out into other countries now. Bringing a false gospel. Mark 13:22.” Karen Cochran

Jesus Christ is God

The Divinity of Jesus Christ WHAT THE BIBLE SAYS CONCERNING JESUS CHRIST AS GOD ALMIGHTY: (Note: this is not an exhaustive look at the divinity of Jesus Christ. Also, note that some of the particular words that announce His divinity are underlined). “Therefore the Lord himself shall give you a sign; Behold, a virgin shall conceive, and bear a son, and shall call his name Immanuel (means God with us).” Isaiah 7:14 “For unto us a child is born, unto us a son is given (He already existed as God-with no beginning or end): and the government shall be upon his shoulder: and […]

The Essential Doctrine of the Virgin Birth of Christ [podcast]

“And the Word was made flesh, and dwelt among us, (and we beheld his glory, the glory as of the only begotten of the Father,) full of grace and truth.” John 1:14 “Begotten” means “to father” WHY does the King James Bible use the word “begotten” when informing us of the Messiah? (John 1:14, 18; 3:16; Hebrews 11:17; 1 John 4:9) Firstly, the translators faithfully translated as the LORD ordained and oversaw and guided such. Secondly, the arch enemy of Christ, Satan, has been hard at work through evil men to steal the testimony and the glory due to the […]

MAKING PEACE WITH GOD [podcast]

MAKING PEACE WITH GOD Are you ready to Pass from Death to Life? God desires to pardon you – before it’s too late. Jesus beckons you to “Come unto me” — while you can (Matthew 11:28-30). “Come unto me, all ye that labour and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest. 29 Take my yoke upon you, and learn of me; for I am meek and lowly in heart: and ye shall find rest unto your souls. 30 For my yoke is easy, and my burden is light.” Matthew 11:28-30 GOD sees all sin and will either forgive or […]

Beware of the Blasphemous Blood Bashers [podcast]

Why the Blood of Jesus Matters So Very Much There is LIFE and Power in the “Precious BLOOD“ of Jesus Christ Beware of all who deny the redemptive, purifying power of the “precious blood“ of Jesus Christ. Beloved saints of Christ, whatever you do, make it your immediate action and life goal to study all that the Bible, the Word of God says about Christ’s perfect blood sacrifice for the sins of the world. “Of how much sorer (more severe) punishment, suppose ye, shall he be thought worthy, who hath trodden under foot the Son of God, and hath counted […]

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The Good Shepherd and His True Sheep [podcast]

“Now the God of peace, that brought again from the dead our Lord Jesus, that great shepherd of the sheep, through the blood of the everlasting covenant …” Hebrews 13:20

“To him the porter openeth; and the sheep hear his voice: and he calleth his own sheep by name, and leadeth them out.” John 10:3

“My sheep hear my voice, and I know them, and they follow me: 28 and I give unto them eternal life; and they shall never perish, neither shall any man pluck them out of my hand. 29 My Father, which gave them me, is greater than all; and no man is able to pluck them out of my Father’s hand.” John 10:27-29

“This know also, that in the last days perilous times shall come.For men shall be lovers of their own selves, covetous, boasters, proud, blasphemers, disobedient to parents, unthankful, unholy, 3 without natural affection, trucebreakers, false accusers, incontinent, fierce, despisers of those that are good, 4 traitors, heady, highminded, lovers of pleasures more than lovers of God; 5 having a form of godliness, but denying the power thereof: from such turn away. 6 For of this sort are they which creep into houses, and lead captive silly women laden with sins, led away with divers lusts, 7 ever learning, and never able to come to the knowledge of the truth. 8 Now as Jannes and Jambres withstood Moses, so do these also resist the truth: men of corrupt minds, reprobate concerning the faith. 9 But they shall proceed no further: for their folly shall be manifest unto all men, as theirs also was.

10 But thou hast fully known my doctrine, manner of life, purpose, faith, longsuffering, charity, patience, 11 persecutions, afflictions, which came unto me at Antioch, at Iconium, at Lystra; what persecutions I endured: but out of them all the Lord delivered me. 12 Yea, and all that will live godly in Christ Jesus shall suffer persecution. 13 But evil men and seducers shall wax worse and worse, deceiving, and being deceived.” 2 Timothy 3:1-13

“And he said to them all, If any man will come after me, let him deny himself, and take up his cross daily, and follow me. 24 For whosoever will save his life shall lose it: but whosoever will lose his life for my sake, the same shall save it. 25 For what is a man advantaged, if he gain the whole world, and lose himself, or be cast away?” Luke 9:23-25

“My Sheep Hear My Voice, and I Know them, and they Follow Me" [podcast]

There are 7 portraits of Jesus in the Gospel of John. One of those seven portraits is Jesus our “the good shepherd.” (John 10) The first thing the good shepherd of the sheep did was give His life to purchase the sheep with His own blood. “I am the good shepherd: the good shepherd giveth his life for the sheep.” John 10:11 Jesus who created us, then came to die to buy up back to the Father and Himself. The Bible, God’s Word, is full of illustrations of who God is, and who He is to us. He is our […]

"Feed My Sheep" [podcast]

The Paramount Divine Importance of Nourishing the Saints of Christ “Take heed unto thyself, and unto the doctrine; continue in them: for in doing this thou shalt both save thyself, and them that hear thee.” 1 Timothy 4:16 Nourishing Christ’s Sheep “Feed the Flock of God.” 1 Peter 5:2 First, it’s God’s flock, paid for with the very blood of Jesus Christ (Acts 20:28). Jesus Christ is “that great shepherd of the sheep” (Hebrews 13:20). He instructed us to follow Him and, in doing so, to “FEED my sheep” (John 21:15-17). Tending to the sheep of Christ’s pasture involves nourishing […]

Favorite Eternal Security "Proof" Text? [podcast]

Excerpt from the book Lie of the Ages Does John 10:27-29 Prove “Eternal Security”? WHO are Jesus’ Sheep? Defined by, in God’s Word. John 10:27-29 “My sheep hear my voice, and I know them, and they follow me: And I give unto them eternal life; and they shall never perish, neither shall any man pluck them out of my hand. My Father, which gave them me, is greater than all; and no man is able to pluck them out of my Father’s hand.” ~ John 10:27-29 Verse 27 is the condition necessary to appropriate the promises of verses 28-29. Those […]