The spirit of Jezebel loves to control others and take advantage of any situation. I have know many people in my life who have displayed this type of personality. You know the type: their way or the highway, always two faced, constantly a drama queen. They love to be the center of attention and will sacrifice others to get the admiration of who they desire. Sometimes people call them Narcissists.
Have you ever run into this kind of person?
Jezebels abuse grace. Give them an inch and they will take a mile. There is no grace with a Jezebel. There is no love, no loyalty, no honor. They will be nice to you in one moment and then turn around and gossip behind your back. You will feel the knife go in as they do it. Then they will walk over like nothing happened. No wonder God wants us to get rid of this spirit.
God gave her time to repent – she did NOT want to. Lets be real. Jezebels get what they want by manipulation and control. They do not want to change. It is working for them. The like feeling superior and better than – and they will ‘kill’ anyone who gets in their way. They lie, they cheat, they steal, they slander, they gossip, they set up master plans to destroy – whatever it takes to get their way.
In the Bible Jezebel even killed to get her way. She set up a scheme to get Naboth killed so she could have his vineyard. See 1 Kings 21 for the whole story. There is always a plan with this type of person. They thrive on manipulation.
My point here – there is no grace with Jezebel – unless it’s part of a bigger plan. Beware my friends. There is always more to the story when this spirit is involved.
To the church in Thyatira
‘To the angel of the church in Thyatira write:
These are the words of the Son of God, whose eyes are like blazing fire and whose feet are like burnished bronze. I know your deeds, your love and faith, your service and perseverance, and that you are now doing more than you did at first.
Nevertheless, I have this against you: you tolerate that woman Jezebel, who calls herself a prophet. By her teaching she misleads my servants into sexual immorality and the eating of food sacrificed to idols. I have given her time to repent of her immorality, but she is unwilling. So I will cast her on a bed of suffering, and I will make those who commit adultery with her suffer intensely, unless they repent of her ways. 23 I will strike her children dead. Then all the churches will know that I am he who searches hearts and minds, and I will repay each of you according to your deeds. – Revelation 2: 18- 23 NKJV
Very well said. I have fallen for the fake tears that’s for sure. I appreciate your insight- thank you!
What I have also seen with this spirit is that it attaches itself to women with mental or emotional problems. You are so right about the consequences of exposing the Jezebel spirit. This spirit, along with the spirits of religion and witchcraft are controlling spirits and the spirit of fear is their sheriff, if you will, to keep those under their spell in check. Jezebel knows how to play the victim well and is especially good at the fake tears to illicit sympathy, especially from men. It loves to hurl false accusation but seldom will she confront the individual she is accusing. That is usually done through others. One of the things that I have seen with this spirit as with the biblical woman of the same name is that when confronted and backed into a corner she wants to make peace and those who fall for this are making a big mistake. Jezebel, from what I have seen and experienced, likes to gather the young women around her to spread her poison. They, if you will, then become her,”daughters”, Remember Athaliah tried to kill all the babies and such will be the case with baby Christians if Jezebel is not dealt with.