Post by isaiah on Nov 25, 2008 20:42:47 GMT -5
~ Married to Jezebel ~
It is now 2:07 a.m.-June 13, 2004. I have had this message on my mind for a few weeks but have not had time to do it. Tonight I could not sleep, so decided to try and get some of this message together. I do not know if I will complete this tonight as I have not studied on it as I need to. But I will put down some of the things God has been giving me on this subject of being married to Jezebel. May God bless this message and bring fruit for His kingdom from it.
1ki 16:30 And Ahab the son of Omri did evil in the sight of the LORD above all that were before him.
1ki 16:31 And it came to pass, as if it had been a light thing for him to walk in the sins of Jeroboam the son of Nebat, that he took to wife Jezebel the daughter of Ethbaal king of the Zidonians, and went and served Baal, and worshipped him.
1ki 16:32 And he reared up an altar for Baal in the house of Baal, which he had built in Samaria. 16:33 And Ahab made a grove; and Ahab did more to provoke the LORD God of Israel to anger than all the kings of Israel that were before him. 16:34 In his days did Hiel the Bethelite build Jericho: he laid the foundation thereof in Abiram his firstborn, and set up the gates thereof in his youngest son Segub, according to the word of the LORD, which he spake by Joshua the son of Nun.
Please take not of the above Scripture - verse 31-- ...as if it had been a light thing for Ahab to walk in the sins of Jeroboam, he took Jezebel for a wife. Remember Jeroboam was the first king of the ten tribe nation of Israel. He led them into the calf worship from which Israel never got free. From then on he is known as Jeroboam which made Israel to sin. But now in comparison to this, it is saying that it was a light matter for Ahab to walk in the sins of Jeroboam compared to his marrying Jezebel! Now this is quite a statement! Marrying Jezebel made the sins of Jeroboam seem a light thing!
So let’s examine this horrible thing of being married to Jezebel. Why is this such a bad thing that it made walking in the sins of Jeroboam seem a light thing? Who is this Jezebel? As I have said in many messages, you must receive the spiritual meaning or revelation of any and all Scripture. It is not ‘just’ a story you are reading. It is not ‘just’ the tale of someone from the past, or their life. No. It is much more than that. Any and all Scripture is there to teach us Spiritual things. We are to learn from them ALL and apply their meaning to our own lives, else they are in vain to us. If you just ‘read’ a story, you are missing the entire point of the Word.
So what is this telling us? Verse 30 said that Ahab did more evil in the sight of the LORD above all that were before him. But see that all his sins were a light matter compared to marrying Jezebel. So this thing of being married to Jezebel is what caused Ahab to do more evil than those before him. Surely Jeroboam was worse? But no. It says that Ahab was the worst because of his marrying Jezebel.
Jezebel was the daughter of a king of the Zidonians who were worshipers of idols. So after Ahab married Jezebel he went and served Baal and worshipped him. He reared up an altar for Baal in the house of Baal which he had built in Samaria. He also made a grove and did more to provoke the LORD GOD of Israel to anger than all the kings of Israel that were before him. Jezebel stirred up Ahab.
So our first identification of ‘Jezebel’ is this thing of idol worship. She had cut off the prophets of the LORD and had 450 Baal prophets and 400 prophets of the groves which ate at Jezebel’s table.
The ‘table’ in the Word indicates the place where one receives spiritual food, or instructions from the Lord. Isaiah said that all the ‘tables’ are full of vomit. So it speaks of all the ‘spiritual’ places of ‘food’. When one ‘eats’ at a table, they are receiving the doctrine and teaching of that particular place or church.
Notice that the ‘houses’ of Baal and other idol gods were just as the house of the Lord = a place for worship and being ‘fed’ the doctrine of that place. So all these places are ‘tables’. So Jezebel is always associated with idol worship. Then those who eat at her table are also worshipping idols or devils. To receive her ‘lies’ is to worship the devil and to eat her vomit!
The LORD said we must worship HIM in Spirit and in TRUTH. So the Word we receive and believe in is our form of worship. If it is lies then it is devil worship. It must be God’s truth to be worship to Him.
So we find that the first thing Jezebel had done after marrying into the Israelite family was to cut off the prophets of the LORD and set up the prophets of Baal and the groves --devil worship or idol worship; same thing.
Back in our first Scripture we find also that in Ahab’s days Hiel rose up and built Jericho again. Remember that Joshua had cursed the person who would rise up and rebuild Jericho. So see then that in the days of Jezebel, this evil city was rebuilt. This modern-day Jericho, which the Jezebel church brought up is also the false church. It is a cursed thing!
Also Jezebel had set up false witnesses against a godly man, Naboth, to get him killed so Ahab could take possession of Naboth’s vineyard. This is typing out how the priests and Pharisees set up false witnesses against Jesus and had him killed so they could take possession of the spiritual vineyard.
So who is this woman Jezebel? Let the Scripture identify her for us.
Re 2:18 And unto the angel of the church in Thyatira write; These things saith the Son of God, who hath his eyes like unto a flame of fire, and his feet are like fine brass; 2:19 I know thy works, and charity, and service, and faith, and thy patience, and thy works; and the last to be more than the first.
Re 2:20 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.**
Re 2:21 And I gave her space to repent of her fornication; and she repented not. 2:22 Behold, I will cast her into a bed, and them that commit adultery with her into great tribulation, except they repent of their deeds.
Re 2:23 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.
Re 2:24 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.
Now lets take a look first at the church before this one:
Re 2:13 I know thy works and where thou dwellest, even where Satan's seat is: and thou holdest fast my name, and hast not denied my faith, even in those days wherein Antipas was my faithful martyr, who was slain among you, where Satan dwelleth.
Re 2:14 But I have a few things against thee, because thou hast there them that hold the doctrine of Balaam, who taught Balac to cast a stumblingblock before the children of Israel, to eat things sacrificed unto idols, and to commit fornication.
Re 2:15 So hast thou also them that hold the doctrine of the Nicolaitanes, which thing I hate. 2:16 Repent; or else I will come unto thee quickly, and will fight against them with the sword of my mouth.
This is saying that Satan’s seat, or his throne was in that church. The true Saints were being murdered here and Satan dwelt there. This church was primarily the kingdom of Satan. A few Christians were in it but were being killed.
Re 2:6 But this thou hast, that thou hatest the deeds of the Nicolaitanes, which I also hate.
Now what is this ‘deeds’ of the Nicolaitanes which God hated? See that it is linked with this worship of idols which is spiritual fornication or adultery against God. Also it is connected with the martyrdom of the true Saints. See Re 2:14.. It goes to a ‘doctrine’ of Balaam-- which was teaching the children of Israel to eat things sacrificed unto idols and to commit fornication. So then this is the same thing as the doctrine of the Nicolaitanes = idol worship which is spiritual fornication. God said that he hates this thing. God hates idol worship.
Re 2:20 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.
So see here that Jezebel is also said to seduce God’s servants to commit fornication and eat things sacrificed unto idols. Jezebel being called a prophetess identifies her as a ‘church’. This is how she seduces God’s servants = she presents herself as a church.
So then both Jezebel and Balaam are said to have taught Israel to commit fornication and to eat things sacrificed to idols. So this then has to be that doctrine and deeds of the Nicolaitanes, for they are both connected with this thing of the Nicolaitanes and also with the teaching God’s people to commit fornication and eat things sacrificed to idols. Note also that both Jezebel and Balaam are always connected with religion. They are both connected with being a prophet; prophetess. So they are NOT the world system; they are a church system.
2ki 9:22 And it came to pass, when Joram saw Jehu, that he said, Is it peace, Jehu? And he answered, What peace, so long as the whoredoms of thy mother Jezebel and her witchcrafts are so many?
...the whoredoms of thy mother Jezebel and her witchcrafts are so many.
So the Jezebel is a mother, full of witchcrafts and whoredoms. So long as she exists, there can be no peace.
Isa 47:1 Come down, and sit in the dust, O virgin daughter of Babylon, sit on the ground: there is no throne, O daughter of the Chaldeans: for thou shalt no more be called tender and delicate. 47:2 Take the millstones, and grind meal: uncover thy locks, make bare the leg, uncover the thigh, pass over the rivers. 47:3 Thy nakedness shall be uncovered, yea, thy shame shall be seen: I will take vengeance, and I will not meet thee as a man.
Now this Scripture identifies Babylon as the same thing as Jezebel. See that it is a ‘lady’. The ‘grinding out meal’ means she was teaching her doctrine. See that she uncovered herself or made herself naked. Now this nakedness is not a natural female showing off her body. Although this is what most preachers teach, it is not what is being spoken of here. This is the same nakedness Adam and Eve found themselves in after they sinned and lost the glory of God. This is the same as the naked Laodicean Church. So all of this positively identifies Jezebel and Babylon as the same naked church.
Isa 47:5 Sit thou silent, and get thee into darkness, O daughter of the Chaldeans: for thou shalt no more be called, The lady of kingdoms.
Isa 47:7 And thou saidst, I shall be a lady for ever: so that thou didst not lay these things to thy heart, neither didst remember the latter end of it. 47:8 Therefore hear now this, thou that art given to pleasures, that dwellest carelessly, that sayest in thine heart, I am, and none else beside me; I shall not sit as a widow, neither shall I know the loss of children: 47:9 But these two things shall come to thee in a moment in one day, the loss of children, and widowhood: they shall come upon thee in their perfection for the multitude of thy sorceries, and for the great abundance of thine enchantments. 47:10 For thou hast trusted in thy wickedness: thou hast said, None seeth me. Thy wisdom and thy knowledge, it hath perverted thee; and thou hast said in thine heart, I am, and none else beside me. Isa 47:11 Therefore shall evil come upon thee; thou shalt not know from whence it riseth: and mischief shall fall upon thee; thou shalt not be able to put it off: and desolation shall come upon thee suddenly, which thou shalt not know. 47:12 Stand now with thine enchantments, and with the multitude of thy sorceries, wherein thou hast laboured from thy youth; if so be thou shalt be able to profit, if so be thou mayest prevail. 47:13 Thou art wearied in the multitude of thy counsels. Let now the astrologers, the stargazers, the monthly prognosticators, stand up, and save thee from these things that shall come upon thee.
To be cont.
Jo
It is now 2:07 a.m.-June 13, 2004. I have had this message on my mind for a few weeks but have not had time to do it. Tonight I could not sleep, so decided to try and get some of this message together. I do not know if I will complete this tonight as I have not studied on it as I need to. But I will put down some of the things God has been giving me on this subject of being married to Jezebel. May God bless this message and bring fruit for His kingdom from it.
1ki 16:30 And Ahab the son of Omri did evil in the sight of the LORD above all that were before him.
1ki 16:31 And it came to pass, as if it had been a light thing for him to walk in the sins of Jeroboam the son of Nebat, that he took to wife Jezebel the daughter of Ethbaal king of the Zidonians, and went and served Baal, and worshipped him.
1ki 16:32 And he reared up an altar for Baal in the house of Baal, which he had built in Samaria. 16:33 And Ahab made a grove; and Ahab did more to provoke the LORD God of Israel to anger than all the kings of Israel that were before him. 16:34 In his days did Hiel the Bethelite build Jericho: he laid the foundation thereof in Abiram his firstborn, and set up the gates thereof in his youngest son Segub, according to the word of the LORD, which he spake by Joshua the son of Nun.
Please take not of the above Scripture - verse 31-- ...as if it had been a light thing for Ahab to walk in the sins of Jeroboam, he took Jezebel for a wife. Remember Jeroboam was the first king of the ten tribe nation of Israel. He led them into the calf worship from which Israel never got free. From then on he is known as Jeroboam which made Israel to sin. But now in comparison to this, it is saying that it was a light matter for Ahab to walk in the sins of Jeroboam compared to his marrying Jezebel! Now this is quite a statement! Marrying Jezebel made the sins of Jeroboam seem a light thing!
So let’s examine this horrible thing of being married to Jezebel. Why is this such a bad thing that it made walking in the sins of Jeroboam seem a light thing? Who is this Jezebel? As I have said in many messages, you must receive the spiritual meaning or revelation of any and all Scripture. It is not ‘just’ a story you are reading. It is not ‘just’ the tale of someone from the past, or their life. No. It is much more than that. Any and all Scripture is there to teach us Spiritual things. We are to learn from them ALL and apply their meaning to our own lives, else they are in vain to us. If you just ‘read’ a story, you are missing the entire point of the Word.
So what is this telling us? Verse 30 said that Ahab did more evil in the sight of the LORD above all that were before him. But see that all his sins were a light matter compared to marrying Jezebel. So this thing of being married to Jezebel is what caused Ahab to do more evil than those before him. Surely Jeroboam was worse? But no. It says that Ahab was the worst because of his marrying Jezebel.
Jezebel was the daughter of a king of the Zidonians who were worshipers of idols. So after Ahab married Jezebel he went and served Baal and worshipped him. He reared up an altar for Baal in the house of Baal which he had built in Samaria. He also made a grove and did more to provoke the LORD GOD of Israel to anger than all the kings of Israel that were before him. Jezebel stirred up Ahab.
So our first identification of ‘Jezebel’ is this thing of idol worship. She had cut off the prophets of the LORD and had 450 Baal prophets and 400 prophets of the groves which ate at Jezebel’s table.
The ‘table’ in the Word indicates the place where one receives spiritual food, or instructions from the Lord. Isaiah said that all the ‘tables’ are full of vomit. So it speaks of all the ‘spiritual’ places of ‘food’. When one ‘eats’ at a table, they are receiving the doctrine and teaching of that particular place or church.
Notice that the ‘houses’ of Baal and other idol gods were just as the house of the Lord = a place for worship and being ‘fed’ the doctrine of that place. So all these places are ‘tables’. So Jezebel is always associated with idol worship. Then those who eat at her table are also worshipping idols or devils. To receive her ‘lies’ is to worship the devil and to eat her vomit!
The LORD said we must worship HIM in Spirit and in TRUTH. So the Word we receive and believe in is our form of worship. If it is lies then it is devil worship. It must be God’s truth to be worship to Him.
So we find that the first thing Jezebel had done after marrying into the Israelite family was to cut off the prophets of the LORD and set up the prophets of Baal and the groves --devil worship or idol worship; same thing.
Back in our first Scripture we find also that in Ahab’s days Hiel rose up and built Jericho again. Remember that Joshua had cursed the person who would rise up and rebuild Jericho. So see then that in the days of Jezebel, this evil city was rebuilt. This modern-day Jericho, which the Jezebel church brought up is also the false church. It is a cursed thing!
Also Jezebel had set up false witnesses against a godly man, Naboth, to get him killed so Ahab could take possession of Naboth’s vineyard. This is typing out how the priests and Pharisees set up false witnesses against Jesus and had him killed so they could take possession of the spiritual vineyard.
So who is this woman Jezebel? Let the Scripture identify her for us.
Re 2:18 And unto the angel of the church in Thyatira write; These things saith the Son of God, who hath his eyes like unto a flame of fire, and his feet are like fine brass; 2:19 I know thy works, and charity, and service, and faith, and thy patience, and thy works; and the last to be more than the first.
Re 2:20 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.**
Re 2:21 And I gave her space to repent of her fornication; and she repented not. 2:22 Behold, I will cast her into a bed, and them that commit adultery with her into great tribulation, except they repent of their deeds.
Re 2:23 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.
Re 2:24 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.
Now lets take a look first at the church before this one:
Re 2:13 I know thy works and where thou dwellest, even where Satan's seat is: and thou holdest fast my name, and hast not denied my faith, even in those days wherein Antipas was my faithful martyr, who was slain among you, where Satan dwelleth.
Re 2:14 But I have a few things against thee, because thou hast there them that hold the doctrine of Balaam, who taught Balac to cast a stumblingblock before the children of Israel, to eat things sacrificed unto idols, and to commit fornication.
Re 2:15 So hast thou also them that hold the doctrine of the Nicolaitanes, which thing I hate. 2:16 Repent; or else I will come unto thee quickly, and will fight against them with the sword of my mouth.
This is saying that Satan’s seat, or his throne was in that church. The true Saints were being murdered here and Satan dwelt there. This church was primarily the kingdom of Satan. A few Christians were in it but were being killed.
Re 2:6 But this thou hast, that thou hatest the deeds of the Nicolaitanes, which I also hate.
Now what is this ‘deeds’ of the Nicolaitanes which God hated? See that it is linked with this worship of idols which is spiritual fornication or adultery against God. Also it is connected with the martyrdom of the true Saints. See Re 2:14.. It goes to a ‘doctrine’ of Balaam-- which was teaching the children of Israel to eat things sacrificed unto idols and to commit fornication. So then this is the same thing as the doctrine of the Nicolaitanes = idol worship which is spiritual fornication. God said that he hates this thing. God hates idol worship.
Re 2:20 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.
So see here that Jezebel is also said to seduce God’s servants to commit fornication and eat things sacrificed unto idols. Jezebel being called a prophetess identifies her as a ‘church’. This is how she seduces God’s servants = she presents herself as a church.
So then both Jezebel and Balaam are said to have taught Israel to commit fornication and to eat things sacrificed to idols. So this then has to be that doctrine and deeds of the Nicolaitanes, for they are both connected with this thing of the Nicolaitanes and also with the teaching God’s people to commit fornication and eat things sacrificed to idols. Note also that both Jezebel and Balaam are always connected with religion. They are both connected with being a prophet; prophetess. So they are NOT the world system; they are a church system.
2ki 9:22 And it came to pass, when Joram saw Jehu, that he said, Is it peace, Jehu? And he answered, What peace, so long as the whoredoms of thy mother Jezebel and her witchcrafts are so many?
...the whoredoms of thy mother Jezebel and her witchcrafts are so many.
So the Jezebel is a mother, full of witchcrafts and whoredoms. So long as she exists, there can be no peace.
Isa 47:1 Come down, and sit in the dust, O virgin daughter of Babylon, sit on the ground: there is no throne, O daughter of the Chaldeans: for thou shalt no more be called tender and delicate. 47:2 Take the millstones, and grind meal: uncover thy locks, make bare the leg, uncover the thigh, pass over the rivers. 47:3 Thy nakedness shall be uncovered, yea, thy shame shall be seen: I will take vengeance, and I will not meet thee as a man.
Now this Scripture identifies Babylon as the same thing as Jezebel. See that it is a ‘lady’. The ‘grinding out meal’ means she was teaching her doctrine. See that she uncovered herself or made herself naked. Now this nakedness is not a natural female showing off her body. Although this is what most preachers teach, it is not what is being spoken of here. This is the same nakedness Adam and Eve found themselves in after they sinned and lost the glory of God. This is the same as the naked Laodicean Church. So all of this positively identifies Jezebel and Babylon as the same naked church.
Isa 47:5 Sit thou silent, and get thee into darkness, O daughter of the Chaldeans: for thou shalt no more be called, The lady of kingdoms.
Isa 47:7 And thou saidst, I shall be a lady for ever: so that thou didst not lay these things to thy heart, neither didst remember the latter end of it. 47:8 Therefore hear now this, thou that art given to pleasures, that dwellest carelessly, that sayest in thine heart, I am, and none else beside me; I shall not sit as a widow, neither shall I know the loss of children: 47:9 But these two things shall come to thee in a moment in one day, the loss of children, and widowhood: they shall come upon thee in their perfection for the multitude of thy sorceries, and for the great abundance of thine enchantments. 47:10 For thou hast trusted in thy wickedness: thou hast said, None seeth me. Thy wisdom and thy knowledge, it hath perverted thee; and thou hast said in thine heart, I am, and none else beside me. Isa 47:11 Therefore shall evil come upon thee; thou shalt not know from whence it riseth: and mischief shall fall upon thee; thou shalt not be able to put it off: and desolation shall come upon thee suddenly, which thou shalt not know. 47:12 Stand now with thine enchantments, and with the multitude of thy sorceries, wherein thou hast laboured from thy youth; if so be thou shalt be able to profit, if so be thou mayest prevail. 47:13 Thou art wearied in the multitude of thy counsels. Let now the astrologers, the stargazers, the monthly prognosticators, stand up, and save thee from these things that shall come upon thee.
To be cont.
Jo