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A little over a year ago my hair stylist, at the time, asked me what I knew of the Jezebel spirit. She felt that she was dealing with it in the ministry that she had currently been attending. I found it to be a very odd inquiry at the time because I had just met her, and it was also a question that had never been asked of me before but I promised to bring her a printout of some research I had done into that foul spirit. The obvious question right now would be, “Hey, IAPW why would you have done research on that?” Well, to answer that is simple…because I wanted to lol. Years before then I heard about the spirit, but knew very little about it. You see, we always tend to hear about Jezebel and think that she was just some “loose woman” who seduced kings in the bible, and the word is thrown around in the world to describe “fast” girls. Ohhh but that Jezebel…

A brief history: Before defining this dangerous and influential spirit we need to first understand who Jezebel was in the bible. Jezebel was of pagan birth (Zidonian), her father was Ethbaal, and she married a king who believed on Yawheh, the true and living God. Even though King Ahab was a man of God he was considered evil by the Israelites who had seen kings before Ahab stray further and further from God. Ahab allowed Jezebel to set up worship to Baal, and to promote it as the exclusive religion of Israel and she eventually turned him against God. (1 Kings 16:28-33). Jezebel, as queen, also had rule over 850 pagan priests, and set out to slay the prophets of God. God used His prophet Elijah to challenge the prophets of Baal and, when victorious, God allowed him to slay all of the false prophets. Word of this was carried back to Jezebel by King Ahab, and so infuriated was she that she sent a message to Elijah threatening him, this sent Elijah into hiding. God brought Elijah out to send warning to both Ahab and Jezebel, and eventually Ahab repented of his sins, but Jezebel did not; she refused to submit to the power and authority of God and vowed to relentlessly pursue Elijah. Her refusal to repent of her wicked ways led to her bloody and public demise (2 Kings 9: 29-37). Let’s stop here for a moment. Read the rest of this entry »