Beware of Jezebel

Jezebel has nothing to do with lipstick and weave, but everything to do with the evil characteristics that embody the person of Jezebel. In the Bible, Jezebel was the daughter of Ethbaal, whose name means with Baal. Baal was a false god or demon.

Jezebel’s name means Baal exalts or Baal is husband to. She did not separate herself from the demonic agenda of her master in her dealings which makes her highly dangerous to link up with. God pronounced a judgment of death on her. That’s how seriously she needed to be stopped. Because she refused to yield to the standard of the Lord and made herself an adversary to God’s people—God set aside men of valor to take her out of this world.

Her consistent characteristics included manipulation, selfishness, lying, murder, and opposing God and his people.

We see a story in 1 Kings 21 where her husband Ahab wanted a field. He asked a gentleman named Naboth to give it to him, allow him to buy it, or replace it with another field. When Naboth refused, Ahab became sad and shared what happened with his wife.

Then, she thought out an evil plot to destroy Naboth. She sent two false witnesses to lie on Naboth causing him to be stoned. After he died, she commissioned Ahab to take possession of Naboth’s field. Just after this, God sent the prophet Elijah to Ahab to pronounce judgment saying that the dogs would lick up Ahab and Jezebel’s blood in the field.

The Judgement was not only pronounced on Jezebel but her Enabler, Ahab

Animals devouring a dead body is a form of disrespect. In essence, God was saying because Ahab and Jezebel were so disrespectful—he would allow them a disrespectful death where they would not even experience the honor of burial.

Ahab, though he did not complete the murder, was party to the disrespect of Jezebel because he enabled her actions by not correcting her and continuing to be in league with her. When we see someone operating out of the spirit of Jezebel which includes manipulation, lying, murder, and high disrespect, we ought to cut ourselves off from that person immediately.

God’s word warns us not to make a covenant or league with people so quickly because, in doing so, we can become a party to their sin and thus their judgment like Ahab.

Do not be hasty in the laying on of hands, and do not share in the sins of others. Keep yourself pure. – 1 Timothy 5:22

People would create a covenant by shaking hands. Once, we are in a contract or covenant with someone we are bound to the contract and all that comes with it. God wants us to be careful of this. This is especially important for a young man seeking a wife or a young woman a husband. Both a man and a woman can embody the spirit of Jezebel. The spirit of Jezebel is highly narcissistic. It’s all about self. It’s the opposite of love which isn’t self-seeking but is often self-sacrificial. Think about Jesus and his love for us.

Look for the opposite of a woman who embodies the characteristics of Jezebel.

A genuine catch will want to protect their love interest and not use them. Not only their love interest, but someone who embodies the spirit of love will want to treat their neighbor as themselves. You’ll notice them treating everyone with kindness and love not just those they feel they can benefit from.

Remember God is love. We want someone who embraces God, not someone who opposes God. Many embrace God with their tongue yet reject him with their actions. This was also a mark of Jezebel. She used religion to destroy an innocent man, Naboth. She had him falsely accused of blasphemy which is a sin against God. Yet, she was the one sinning against God. The spirit of Jezebel strongly opposes those who are of God. Her goal is to uproot those planted by God. Naboth’s name means sown of God.

Jezebel’s use of her looks to deceive and manipulate

Jezebel is of her father, Satan as discussed at the beginning of the article. Her name represents a demonic spirit named Baal. We know Satan is the father of lies and the accuser of the brethren.  In the above story, Jezebel did both.

Have you ever seen a woman use her beauty to manipulate a man? That’s a mark of Jezebel. Have you seen women lie on a man falsely accusing him of sexual assault to get a financial settlement? That is a mark of Jezebel.  She doesn’t consider how her lies will affect him. She causes a death to her accuser’s reputation for her selfish gain just like Jezebel.

The best way for a young man to avoid the web of Jezebel is to learn to fear the Lord himself. Young men should learn to embody the characteristics that are opposite that of Jezebel. In doing so, they will repel a woman who operates according to the perverted culture of Jezebel. Young men must stand firm on their boundaries of shutting out any woman who models such low character.

The only way to deal with a woman like Jezebel is not to deal with her. An immediate stop must be put to Jezebel. This is why a death sentence was declared by God.

Cutting Jezebel off is a type of death toward Jezebel in our lives.

As believers, we do not have the authority to kill people. Yet, we do have the authority to set boundaries to cut off all contact with those who operate according to the spirit of Jezebel. Like Ahab, we only enable Jezebel by maintaining a relationship with her as if everything is normal. Jezebel isn’t normal but out to kill, steal, and destroy like her father Satan a.k.a. Baal.

We can pray for the person in our personal prayer time but keep our distance by keeping our boundaries. This will help us to maintain our peace and avoid all of the mess that comes with messy Jezebel.