PROPHETIC CHAMBER
In connection with the weighty presence of God, which is also called “kābôd” dealing with “honor, dignity, glory, majesty, prestige” and “heaviness” (note: partial excerpt from the Elberfelder Study Bible on the Hebrew word “kābôd” with the word key number 3593), the Holy Spirit is emphasizing Habakkuk 2:11.

Habakkuk 2:11:
11 For the stone shall cry out of the wall, and the beam out of the timber shall answer it.

Even if this biblical scripture is about the warning call due to the burden of the unrighteous path and its consequences, Jesus used it against the Pharisees after He had entered the city of Jerusalem as king and had been proclaimed king by His disciples and the people (see Luke 19:35-40).

Luke 19:35-40:
35 They brought it to Jesus, threw their cloaks on the colt and put Jesus on it.
36 As he went along, people spread their cloaks on the road.
37 When he came near the place where the road goes down the Mount of Olives, the whole crowd of disciples began joyfully to praise God in loud voices for all the miracles they had seen: 38 “Blessed is the king who comes in the name of the Lord!” “Peace in heaven and glory in the highest!”
39 Some of the Pharisees in the crowd said to Jesus, “Teacher, rebuke your disciples!”
40 “I tell you,” he replied, “if they keep quiet, the stones will cry out.”
 
Based on Luke 19:39 we can see that some Pharisees asked Jesus to silence His disciples as they were proclaiming Him king.

Personally, I believe that Jesus' disciples discerned the timing correctly and felt the weighty presence of the majesty of God. Therefore, they were unable to remain silent about the truth of Jesus Christ as king.

In response to the Pharisees' demand to Jesus to instruct His disciples to be silent, Jesus used the content of Habakkuk 2:11 against them in a positive context, by codifying the weight of the movement of His kingdom. The disciples were led to announce Jesus Christ as king in Jerusalem, the capital of Israel.

How the Pharisees were behaving, who in our day represent the influence of the religious spirit, shows clearly that they intended to stop the movement of the kingdom. It is the religious spirit that tries to forbid the advancement of the Kingdom of God or Heaven.
 
Kingdom of God
 
=> The Kingdom of God is the dominion of God within the believer through the way of the Holy Spirit.
It is the presence of God that dwells in a person as His holy habitation. This presence releases to the recipient the Godhead's embodiment which includes all the benefits, provisions and power characteristics of the Creator God and His eternal kingdom.
The embodiment releases the hand of God to move and exercise His authority wherever a believer is present. <= (The text set in “=>” is based on the definition from the „Prophet`s Dictionary„ of Paula A. Price, Ph. D.; Seite 298, word number 737)
 
The Kingdom of Heaven
 
=> The Kingdom of Heaven is the dominion and power of God's orders, systems, rules, and ways in the affairs of men. It is the influence of the Church of Jesus Christ in the world and what imposes the authority of Jesus Christ upon the world as the ruler of the Kingdom of God and His heavens. <= (The text set in “=>” is based on the definition from the „Prophet`s Dictionary„ of Paula A. Price, Ph. D.; Seite 298, word number 738)
 
Pharisees
 
=> The term “Pharisees” means “the separated ones”. They have been the strongest religious party since the time of the Macabean wars. They were eager to honor the inheritance of Israel, the Torah and the traditions of their fathers. Not only the writings in the Law of Moses, but also the verbally transmitted detailed and strict rules of application, the “Statutes of the Elders”, i.e. the older teachers of the Law (see Matthew 15:2), had to be observed in daily life. Their danger was legalism, which leads to self-righteousness, pride and loveless hardness. <= (note: The text set in “=>” is a part excerpt from the Luther Bible 1984 No. 03/07, dictionary word number: 15)
 
The Religious Spirit
 
=> The religious spirit is a demonic power, which wants to stop with all force the transformation process of the church. This approach or attack is carried out by the religious spirit through all ages.
When one considers the literal meaning of “religion”, the word means “to think about divine things”.
 
Furthermore, the word “religion” has three meanings in the Word of God:
  1. external religious acts, such as prayer and going to church;
  2. the feeling of absolute dependence;
  3. and the observance of moral laws as a divine institution.
James 1:26-27 defines “religion” from the Christian point of view:
 
“If someone thinks he serves God and does not keep his tongue in check, but deceives his heart, his worship is void.
A pure and immaculate worship before God the Father is that of visiting orphans and widows in their tribulation and keeping themselves immaculate from the world.”
 
Religion is associated with worship, and when it is pure, it is very powerful. However, religion is also defined as an organizational system of doctrine with a cheap pattern of behavior.
 
This means that behavior has to demonstrate a proper form of worship. This is where we move from pure and unpolluted religion into rituals and traditions. Demons of doctrines rob people of their freedom to worship the holy God in purity through institutional rules and regulations of worship.
 
The religious spirit especially resists the apostolic and prophetic anointing because demons hate God-given revelation and pioneering nature for the church. They (note: people under this religious influence) resist the gifts in the body of Christ which bring revelatory freedom to the members of the body.
 
They try to stone the revelations of the apostles and prophets because their revelatory words establish God's foundation in the church for this age.
1 Corinthians 12:28 establishes an order of ruling gifts in the church for victory in the world. This order is:
 
Apostles and prophets.
 
Religious spirits try to resist the order of God and His initiated change. It is the Spirit of God who helps people's thoughts and thought processes to implement change and transformation on earth. However, it is the carnal mind of man that opposes this and is in enmity with God (see Galatians 5:17).
 
Galatians 5:17:
17 For the flesh desires what is contrary to the Spirit, and the Spirit what is contrary to the flesh. They are in conflict with each other, so that you are not to do whatever you want.
 
Religious spirits try to block strategic thinking for the future. They can bring people into a routine, or into a rut, so that they do not want to go into a change associated with victory. In the New Testament, the disciples of the Lord should have a revelation about how He is, who they are and who their enemies were.
 
Through Jesus Christ, the Pharisees or scribes were given the choice either to oppose the divine nature of the Son of God or to align themselves with Jesus. It was up to them either to observe the rules of worship at the place where changes in behavior took place in worship, or to begin worshiping in spirit and truth. <= (note: The text set in “=>” is an analogously excerpt from the book “God's Now Time for Your Life”," pages 113-116 by Chuck D. Pierce, ISBN: 0-8307-3834-7)
 
The Cry of the Stones

Jesus pointed out to the Pharisees by saying “the stones will cry out” that He had already established a unified way of thinking in the hearts of His disciples, so that they proclaimed the truth of God as living stones (see 1 Peter 2:4-5).

1 Peter 2:4-5:
4 As you come to him, the living Stone – rejected by humans but chosen by God and precious to him – 5 you also, like living stones, are being built into a spiritual house to be a holy priesthood, offering spiritual sacrifices acceptable to God through Jesus Christ.

The disciples of Jesus have already been under Jesus' apostolic guidance, so that they joined together like molecules or atoms in the stone of the wall according to Habakkuk 2:11 as one unit and therein began to proclaim the revelatory truth about Jesus Christ.

The Power of the Magnet

The call to the discipleship of Jesus and the subsequent discipleship of the disciples can easily be explained by the power of a magnet.
When Jesus Christ (note: symbol for the magnet) called His disciples to discipleship, He drew them into discipleship with His presence. Using this example of a magnet, it means that Jesus Christ as a “magnet” drew the not yet magnetized iron pieces (note: His disciples) to Him.

As the disciples followed Him, they developed the same pulling power, so that the people to whom the disciples were sent came into contact with the power of Jesus (see Mark 3:14-15).

Mark 3:14-15:
14 He appointed twelve (note: apostles) that they might be with him and that he might send them out to preach 15 and to have authority to drive out demons.

This clearly shows how essential it is to be in a true apostolic alignment with saints.
 
=> To explain the discipleship of Jesus using the example of the magnetic power, it can be said that the magnet can have the same size and weight as a piece of metal and even be made of the same material. Chemically, they are identical, but the magnet possesses powers that the normal piece of iron doesn't carry.

The difference between these two pieces of iron (note: the magnet and the average piece of iron) is that in the non-magnetic piece of iron the molecules are not properly connected. They are all present in the iron part and have their own magnetic fields, but they do their own thing and go their own way. The result of such a process is that there is no magnetic power.

However, the non-magnetic piece of iron can become a powerful magnet if it is brought into a strong magnetic field for a certain time, causing the molecules in the piece of iron to align properly, so that the force of the alignment is evident.

Similarly, God led His people to Sinai and brought them for a year into the strong magnetic field of His glory to bring them into the right alignment. He even connected them physically by positioning the Tabernacle in the middle and having all tribes camped around it.

To the east He positioned the tribes of Judah, Issachar and Zebulun. In the south He positioned Reuben, Simeon and Gad. The Levites set out with the revelation tent. In the west He positioned Ephraim, Manasseh and Benjamin. In the north He positioned Dan, Asher and Naphtali.

Each of the tribes of the people of Israel were placed in a certain place by God in a certain wind, so that His power could move accordingly correctly. First, the tribes were all in alignment.

God knew that they were all different, which meant that each tribe had its own calling and destiny. Everyone had their own gifts and abilities.

For example, Judah understood warfare and worship (see Genesis 49:8-12; Judges 1:1-2). Issaschar understood the times and seasons (see 1 Chronicles 12:32). Zebulun knew how to be successful in business (see Genesis 49:13; Deuteronomy 33:18-19).

God took the tribes of Israel and aligned them together in such a way that all had the opportunity to walk in prosperity. And in exactly the same way Jesus has aligned His disciples (see Mark 6:7).

In 1 Corinthians 12 we can read that God put His body together on earth, indicating that He has a plan for each individual saint in His body to put him together with the right tribe so that he may succeed and flourish like a flower would.

Not only were the tribes connected, but they were also in link with the ark of the covenant, suggesting that everyone was in touch with the glory of God. When each tribe was properly aligned, there was a place for the glory of God to come down and dwell among them. <= (note: The message set in “=>” is based on a revelatory teaching of Dr. Robert Heidler of Glory of Zion Ministries, which he wrote in the book “A Time To Advance” on pages 173-175.)
 
Conclusion

In connection with Habakkuk 2:11 God shows that when He comes upon us as His people with His weighty presence, it is required to remain as living stones according to God's standard in His intended apostolic alignment for us (note: stones in the wall), so that we can proclaim as one the revelation of God.

In all of this, it is important that we carry the green wood (note: cross of Jesus => the simplicity of Christ; see Luke 23:31) in the center of our community, which means having a humble heart in order to understand correctly the groaning of the Spirit in us and the speaking of God (see Romans 8:26).

Romans 8:26:
26 In the same way, the Spirit helps us in our weakness. We do not know what we ought to pray for, but the Spirit himself intercedes for us through wordless groans.

The result is that through the revelatory knowledge of God we can respond to people in comprehensible words, whether they want to hear the truth or not (see Habakkuk 2:11 i.c.w. Luke 19:39).

Habakkuk 2:11:
11 For the stone shall cry out of the wall, and the beam out of the timber shall answer it.

Luke 19:40:
40 And he answered and said unto them, I tell you that, if these should hold their peace, the stones would immediately cry out.
 
It is time to get rid of our own ideas and disappointments from the past and give ourselves fully to the Holy Spirit in His sovereign guidance in order to glorify Jesus Christ and the Father who sent Him out of love with what is assigned to each one of us.
 
Amen and Amen.
 
In His Wisdom,
 
Daniel Glimm

PROPHETIC CHAMBER
Jesus Christ, who is the fulfillment of the Torah and the prophets, shows us the importance to read the Word of God from the view of His accomplished work of redemption.
 
Doing this in this way means that the truth of the Word of God is active in a redemptive character, leading us deeper into His freedom (see Matthew 5:17, John 8:31b-32.36).

Matthew 5:17:
17 “Do not think that I have come to abolish the Law (note: Torah) or the Prophets; I have not come to abolish them but to fulfill them.

John 8:31b-32.36:
… 31b “If you hold to my (note: Jesus Christ) teaching, you are really my disciples. 32 Then you will know the truth, and the truth will set you free.” …
36 So if the Son sets you free, you will be free indeed.

The Hebrew Servant in the House of his Master

In connection with this, the Lord led me to Exodus 21:1-6, which deals with the principles and law of Hebrew servants.
 
Exodus 21:1-6:
1 “These are the laws you are to set before them: 2 “If you buy a Hebrew servant, he is to serve you for six years. But in the seventh year, he shall go free, without paying anything.
3 If he comes alone, he is to go free alone; but if he has a wife when he comes, she is to go with him.
4 If his master gives him a wife and she bears him sons or daughters, the woman and her children shall belong to her master, and only the man shall go free.
5 “But if the servant declares, ‘I love my master and my wife and children and do not want to go free,’
6 then his master must take him before the judges. He shall take him to the door or the doorpost and pierce his ear with an awl. Then he will be his servant for life.
 
In this regard, the Holy Spirit emphasized the person who purchased a Hebrew slave and brought him into his house to serve him there.

Since Paul spoke of the fact that not the one who is outwardly circumcised is a Jew, but the one who has been circumcised at heart, we as Gentile believers can recognize a reference to the Hebrew servant (see Romans 2:28-29).

Romans 2:28-29:
28 A person is not a Jew who is one only outwardly, nor is circumcision merely outward and physical.
29 No, a person is a Jew who is one inwardly; and circumcision is circumcision of the heart, by the Spirit, not by the written code. Such a person’s praise is not from other people, but from God.

On the basis of this principle it was revealed to me, that there is a connection between Jesus Christ and us as faithful believers who are preciously redeemed with His blood and set into the administration of authority and divine relationship (see Revelation 1:5-6).

Revelation 1:5-6:
… 5 and from Jesus Christ, who is the faithful witness, the firstborn from the dead, and the ruler of the kings of the earth. To him who loves us and has freed us from our sins by his blood, 6 and has made us to be a kingdom and priests to serve his God and Father—to him be glory and power for ever and ever! Amen.

True Discipleship

True disciples are people who not only believe in Christ, but have the heart of a true disciple. This means that these believers do not consider their own life, family and possessions as their own, but as serving potential for Jesus Christ and the Heavenly Father (see Matthew 10:37 i.c.w. Galatians 2:20; Exodus 21:5-6).

Matthew 10:37:
37 “Anyone who loves their father or mother more than me is not worthy of me; anyone who loves their son or daughter more than me is not worthy of me. …”

Galatians 2:20:
20 I have been crucified with Christ and I no longer live, but Christ lives in me. The life I now live in the body, I live by faith in the Son of God, who loved me and gave himself for me.

Exodus 21:5-6:
5 “But if the servant declares, ‘I love my master and my wife and children and do not want to go free,’ 6 then his master must take him before the judges. He shall take him to the door or the doorpost and pierce his ear with an awl. Then he will be his servant for life.

True discipleship means to be fully submitted to the authority of Jesus. This implies an absoluteness of ‘discipleship’ going far beyond any traditional understanding and standard. A disciple of Jesus Christ must be willing to leave everything and anytime behind for the sake of the beginning dominion of God (see Luke 9:57-62; Luke 14:25-27).
 
=> True disciples of Christ are disciples/students who always learn, grow and search more for the knowledge of their callings and goals as well as implement what Jesus instructs them to do. This way of life is an expression of love towards Jesus Christ (see John 14:23).<= (note: The text set in “=>” is based on a quotation by Rick Joyner).
 
Jesus Christ made clear which persons He considered His immediate family members. They are the ones who do the will of His Heavenly Father. Jesus made this statement while in the midst of His sermon He had been interrupted by the earthly relatives and by a comment from a person belonging to the crowd He was addressing (see Matthew 12:46-50).
 
Matthew 12:46-50:
46 While Jesus was still talking to the crowd, his mother and brothers stood outside, wanting to speak to him.
47 Someone told him, “Your mother and brothers are standing outside, wanting to speak to you.”
48 He replied to him, “Who is my mother, and who are my brothers?”
49 Pointing to his disciples, he said, “Here are my mother and my brothers.
50 For whoever does the will of my Father in heaven is my brother and sister and mother.”
 
It was the plan of the adversary to prevent Jesus Christ from talking about deep revelatory correlations regarding the deliverance from unclean spirits tormenting people. The adversary did this by first trying to prevent Jesus from preaching by placing people with religious mindsets in His path to challenge Him by demanding a sign from Him. These were the scribes and Pharisees.

Jesus revealed to them their heart attitude instead and referred to signs through the life of the prophet Jonah and that of the Queen of Sheba as already existing. Furthermore, Jesus drew attention to the presence of His coming victory on the cross, His resurrection and His greatness of wisdom (see Matthew 12:38-42).

Matthew 12:38-42:
38 Then some of the Pharisees and teachers of the law said to him, “Teacher, we want to see a sign from you.”
39 He answered, “A wicked and adulterous generation asks for a sign! But none will be given it except the sign of the prophet Jonah.
40 For as Jonah was three days and three nights in the belly of a huge fish, so the Son of Man will be three days and three nights in the heart of the earth.
41 The men of Nineveh will stand up at the judgment with this generation and condemn it; for they repented at the preaching of Jonah, and now something greater than Jonah is here.
42 The Queen of the South will rise at the judgment with this generation and condemn it; for she came from the ends of the earth to listen to Solomon’s wisdom, and now something greater than Solomon is here.
 
After Jesus spoke of his triumph and the wisdom bestowed upon Him by His Heavenly Father, He spoke of the actions of an unclean spirit and of the man after his deliverance. Jesus referred in this context to the necessity of the inner filling of a delivered person with the presence of God (see Matthew 12:43-45).
 
Matthew 12:43-45:
43 “When an impure spirit comes out of a person, it goes through arid places seeking rest and does not find it.
44 Then it says, ‘I will return to the house I left.’ When it arrives, it finds the house unoccupied, swept clean and put in order.
45 Then it goes and takes with it seven other spirits more wicked than itself, and they go in and live there. And the final condition of that person is worse than the first. That is how it will be with this wicked generation.”
 
And exactly after these revelations the adversary attacked again by interrupting Jesus in His speech, by making some of His relatives appear, as mentioned before, who wanted to talk to Him.
 
This situation is an indication of the attack of the adversary by the influence of ‘familiarity’. If the enemy cannot stop the flow of revelatory truth by the influence of the religious spirit, he will try to do it with familiarity.
 
What is “familiarity”?
 
=> Originally a spiritual term that defines the breeding ground of contempt. From this perspective, it deliberately spawns disrespect and rebellion. Familiarity has its roots in the familiar spirit – the old Greek Pytho spirit and the ancient work of Satan’s ancestral spirit network in human genealogy – their family lines.
Familiarity is the perverse extreme of friendship and relationship that seeks to promote the undeserving and diminish authority. Familiarity operates with the attending forces of slander, gossip, abuse, slight, neglect, criticism, or judging. Attending is an original Latin form of the word familiarity.
These are known weapons in the arsenal of Satan. Prophetically, familiarity may be seen as the calculated onslaught of Satan taking place in the life of a minister or servant of God. It manifests ultimately as an impending warfare set to wage against the church of the Lord Jesus Christ and all established authority in general. <= (The set text in “=>” is a definition of the word “familiarity” from the Prophet’s Dictionary by Paula A. Price Ph. D.; word number 501, page 212)
 
This familiarity is a scheming attack set by the adversary to undermine the release of the wisdom and revelation of the Son of God with the aim of preventing it.
 
Therefore, it is important to stop this influence in its beginnings by not allowing oneself to be distracted from one's goal of speaking the revelatory truth which the Holy Spirit reveals and to consequently live in discipleship.
 
Following Jesus and Servant-hood
 
The sincere following of Jesus is a healthy form of “slavery” (note: in servant-hood), which has its seat in the sonship of Jesus and is connected to the tender yoke that leads to inner rest (see Matthew 11:29-30).
 
Matthew 11:29-30:
29 Take my yoke upon you and learn from me, for I am gentle and humble in heart, and you will find rest for your souls.
30 For my yoke is easy and my burden is light.”
 
The Time of Spiritual Testing
 
We cannot avoid being tested by the Spirit of God at different times as to whether we are really serious about our relationship with Jesus Christ.
 
It is similar with the Hebrew servant of Exodus 21 and the disciples whom Jesus, after speaking about His flesh and blood, asked if they would also go away, which they denied, because they recognized Christ by Peter's statement as the Holy One of God (see John 6:55-56.60.66-69).
 
John 6:55-56.60.66-69:
55 For my flesh is real food and my blood is real drink.
56 Whoever eats my flesh and drinks my blood remains in me, and I in them. …
60 On hearing it, many of his disciples said, “This is a hard teaching. Who can accept it?” …
66 From this time many of his disciples turned back and no longer followed him.
67 “You do not want to leave too, do you?” Jesus asked the Twelve.
68 Simon Peter answered him, “Lord, to whom shall we go? You have the words of eternal life.
69 We have come to believe and to know that you are the Holy One of God.”
 
Through Peter's statement the disciples of Jesus decided in some way to remain in the “house of their Master” and thus continued to be part of His family in order to reveal Jesus Christ as the door leading to the presence of the Heavenly Father (see Exodus 21:5-6 i.c.w. John 10:9).
 
Exodus 21:5-6:
5 “But if the servant declares, ‘I love my master and my wife and children and do not want to go free,’ 6 then his master must take him before the judges. He shall take him to the door or the doorpost and pierce his ear with an awl. Then he will be his servant for life.
 
John 10:9:
9 I am the gate (note: door); whoever enters through me will be saved. They will come in and go out, and find pasture.
 
It is the blood of the Lamb that is connected to the "door" and guarantees divine protection and freedom for His people into the God given promise (see Exodus 12:23 i.c.w. Galatians 5:1).
 
Exodus 12:23:
23 When the Lord goes through the land to strike down the Egyptians, he will see the blood on the top and sides of the doorframe and will pass over that doorway, and he will not permit the destroyer to enter your houses and strike you down.
 
Galatians 5:1a:
1a It is for freedom that Christ has set us free. …
 
It is essential to clearly note that each individual human being has a free will to decide for something or against something.
 
However, each individual must be aware that the decisions made have consequences. Everything in life has consequences. Ultimately we decide by our decision in which house we want to live (see Galatians 6:7-8).
 
Galatians 6:7-8:
7 Do not be deceived: God cannot be mocked. A man reaps what he sows.
8 Whoever sows to please their flesh, from the flesh will reap destruction; whoever sows to please the Spirit, from the Spirit will reap eternal life.
 
Amen and Amen.
 
In His Wisdom,
 
Daniel Glimm

PROPHETIC CHAMBER
For every problem God has a hope solution. Even in our Last Days Battle with the Jezebel spirit, the Holy Spirit is ready to anoint godly leaders and consecrated Believers with His grace and power to overthrow and displace every spirit of wickedness in Jesus name! Remember, every mess is an opportunity for God's next miracle. So let it be in our day and in our families, cities and nations.
 
Major Characteristics of the Jezebel Spirit
 
The following is a brief review of 10 significant characteristics of the Jezebel spirit to lay a foundation on which to build. In Scripture, 1 Kings 17-19 gives the primary historical setting of Queen Jezebel's reign in Israel and her demonic schemes to control everyone in her sphere of influence.
 
1. Jezebel's ultimate goal is always control.
2. The Jezebel spirit attacks, dominates or manipulates those in authority.
3. The Jezebel influence causes fear, flight and discouragement.
4. People under Jezebel's influence tend to be natural leaders, although often operating covertly.
5. People under Jezebel's influence are often insecure and wounded.
6. The Jezebel Spirit functions subtlety and deceptively.
7. This dark Jezebel spirit promotes pride, independence and rebellion.
8. The abdication of an Ahab empowers a Jezebel spirit to operate.
9. Jezebel is usually in alignment with a religious spirit.
10. The families of people under Jezebel's influence are often dysfunctional and out of order.
 
The Problem: King Ahab and His Passive Nature
 
Lessons from 1 Kings 19:1-2:
“Now Ahab told Jezebel all that Elijah had done, and how he had killed all the prophets with the sword. Then Jezebel sent a messenger to Elijah, saying, 'So may the gods do to me and even more, if I do not make your life as the life of one of them by tomorrow about this time.’”
 
The abdicating nature of Ahab empowers Jezebel. She resists and opposes true godly authority and desires to control and exercise power over everyone. She sets herself up against the “Elijahs” in particular. The "Elijah spirit" of the end times will stir up and expose both the passivity of Ahab and the control of Jezebel.
 
Lessons from 1 Kings 21:8-10:
“So she wrote letters in Ahab's name and sealed them with his seal, and sent letters to the elders and to the nobles who were living with Naboth in his city. Now she wrote in the letters, saying, 'Proclaim a fast and seat Naboth at the head of the people; and seat two worthless men before him, and let them testify against him, saying, "You cursed God and the king." Then take him out and stone him to death.’”
 
Jezebel usurps her husband's or her leader's authority and often acts in their name. She manipulates and controls leadership and attempts to fill the Ahab vacuum with power plays, lies and even religious works. She uses the vacated platform of Ahab to accuse others of what she has done.
 
Lessons from 1 Kings 21:25-26:
“Surely there was no one like Ahab who sold himself to do evil in the sight of the Lord, because Jezebel his wife incited him. He acted very abominably in following idols, according to all that the Amorites had done, whom the LORD cast out before the sons of Israel.”
 
Ahab gave in to the seductive witchcraft and behaved in the vilest of manner by going after idols. Jezebel urged her husband to do all kinds of evil.
 
Lessons from 2 Kings 9:7-10:
“’You shall strike the house of Ahab your master, that I may avenge the blood of My servants the prophets, and the blood of all the servants of the Lord, at the hand of Jezebel. For the whole house of Ahab shall perish, and I will cut off from Ahab every male person both bond and free in Israel. I will make the house of Ahab like the house of Jeroboam the son of Nebat, and like the house of Baasha the son of Ahijah. The dogs shall eat Jezebel in the territory of Jezreel, and none shall bury her.’ Then he opened the door and fled.”
 
Ahab's passivity emboldens the assertive nature of Jezebel. This demonic spirit destroys families. The end result was that both family lineages were cut off. Eventually the blood shed of God's true servants was avenged.
 
Lessons from Revelation 2:18-20:
“And to the angel of the church in Thyatira write: The Son of God, who has eyes like a flame of fire, and His feet are like burnished bronze, says this: ‘I know your deeds, and your love and faith and service and perseverance, and that your deeds of late are greater than at first. But I have this against you, that you tolerate the woman Jezebel, who calls herself a prophetess, and she teaches and leads My bond-servants astray so that they commit acts of immorality and eat things sacrificed to idols.’”
 
Jezebel claims to be inspired and to have a word from the Lord. Jezebel not only neuters prophets but also sets up a false prophetic anointing in its place. Ultimately, the full manifestation of the Jezebel spirit will include multiple forms of sexual perversion and immorality. A warning is given for us not to tolerate this false Jezebel spirit even in the midst of good deeds and acts of service.
 
The Solution: King Jehu and His Warrior Anointing
 
Insight from 2 Kings 9:7-10:
“’You [Jehu] shall strike the house of Ahab your master, that I may avenge the blood of My servants the prophets, and the blood of all the servants of the LORD, at the hand of Jezebel. For the whole house of Ahab shall perish, and I will cut off from Ahab every male person both bond and free in Israel. I will make the house of Ahab like the house of Jeroboam the son of Nebat, and like the house of Baasha the son of Ahijah. The dogs shall eat Jezebel in the territory of Jezreel, and none shall bury her.' Then he opened the door and fled.” (emphasis mine)
 
Jezebel is empowered by Ahab's passivity. But in the midst of this, the Lord always has a solution. In the heat of the battle, Jehu, who is anointed as one of the three successors of Elijah, is called to strike down Jezebel and Ahab's entire lineage, legacy and household.
 
Insight from 2 Kings 9:22:
“When Joram saw Jehu, he said, ‘Is it peace, Jehu?’ And he answered, 'What peace, so long as the harlotries of your mother Jezebel and her witchcrafts are so many?’”
 
Jehu, whose name means, “Yahweh is God”, discerns the roots: witchcraft and idolatry. Rebellion is as the sin of witchcraft, and arrogance (stubbornness, insubordination) is as iniquity and idolatry (see 1 Samuel 15:23). Jehu not only discerns the roots, he does not partake of the false appeasement by which Jezebel operated.
 
Insight from 2 Kings 9:30-31:
“When Jehu came to Jezreel, Jezebel heard of it, and she painted her eyes and adorned her head and looked out the window. As Jehu entered the gate, she said, 'Is it well, Zimri, your master's murderer?’”
 
Jezebel uses seduction and sexual manipulation and payoffs to control men. When that does not work, she uses shame, scorn and arrogance.
 
Insight from 2 Kings 9:32-33:
“Then he lifted up his face to the window and said, ‘Who is on my side? Who?’ And two or three officials looked down at him. He said, ‘Throw her down.’ So they threw her down, and some of her blood was sprinkled on the wall and on the horses, and he trampled her under foot.”
 
Jehu confronts without fear, as he knows his sphere of authority. Jezebel was not conquered by Elijah but by the kingly anointing of the next generation under Jehu.
 
Insight from 2 Kings 9:34-37:
“When he came in, he ate and drank; and he said, ‘See now to this cursed woman and bury her, for she is a king's daughter.’ They went to bury her, but they found nothing more of her than the skull and the feet and the palms of her hands. Therefore they returned and told him. And he said, 'This is the word of the LORD, which He spoke by His servant Elijah the Tishbite, saying, “In the property of Jezreel the dogs shall eat the flesh of Jezebel; and the corpse of Jezebel will be as dung on the face of the field in the property of Jezreel, so they cannot say, 'This is Jezebel.’”’”
 
Jehu operates under a fierce warrior anointing. Jezebel's destruction was so complete that she was unrecognizable.
 
Insight from Revelation 2:24-28:
“But I say to you, the rest who are in Thyatira, who do not hold this teaching, who have not known the deep things of satan, as they call them – I place no other burden on you. Nevertheless what you have, hold fast until I come. He who overcomes, and he who keeps My deeds until the end, TO HIM I WILL GIVE AUTHORITY OVER THE NATIONS; AND HE SHALL RULE THEM WITH A ROD OF IRON, AS THE VESSELS OF THE POTTER ARE BROKEN TO PIECES, as I also have received authority from My Father; and I will give him the morning star.”
 
What is ultimately at stake is the authority and rulership of the nations in God's stead. Overthrowing Jezebel aids in spreading the Gospel of the Kingdom of our Lord Jesus Christ into the entire world. There is a lavish reward waiting for those who partake in this Kingdom advancement.
 
3 Keys to Overcoming the Jezebel Spirit
 
1. The Key of the Elijah Transfer.
 
“When they had crossed over, Elijah said to Elisha, ‘Ask what I shall do for you before I am taken from you.’ And Elisha said, ‘Please, let a double portion of your spirit be upon me.’ He said, ‘You have asked a hard thing. Nevertheless, if you see me when I am taken from you, it shall be so for you; but if not, it shall not be so.’ As they were going along and talking, behold, there appeared a chariot of fire and horses of fire which separated the two of them. And Elijah went up by a whirlwind to Heaven. Elisha saw it and cried out, ‘My father, my father, the chariots of Israel and its horsemen!’ And he saw Elijah no more. Then he took hold of his own clothes and tore them in two pieces.” (2 Kings 2:9-12)
 
After surrendering to the call, spending years serving and passing many tests, Elisha became the recipient of the transfer of Elijah's mantle to the next generation. Elisha asked for and received a double portion of the anointing that rested upon Elijah.
 
Why did Elisha ask for a double portion? Why did he twice declare, “My father, my father?” Perhaps it would take a double revelation of fatherhood to combat the forces of evil in the next generation. In every generation there are distinct keys for overcoming the powers of evil.
 
2. The Key of the Kingly Anointing.
 
“The LORD said to him, ‘Go, return on your way to the wilderness of Damascus, and when you have arrived, you shall anoint Hazael king over Aram; and Jehu the son of Nimshi you shall anoint king over Israel; and Elisha the son of Shaphat of Abel-meholah you shall anoint as prophet in your place. It shall come about, the one who escapes from the sword of Hazael, Jehu shall put to death, and the one who escapes from the sword of Jehu, Elisha shall put to death.’” (1 Kings 19:15-17)
 
Not only did Elisha receive a double portion of the mantle that rested upon Elijah, but by careful observation we find there were three who were chosen to follow in the footsteps of their father Elijah: Hazael, Jehu and Elisha. Note that two of the three were anointed to be kings and only one was set a part as a prophet. Jehu, king over Israel, was the one appointed to overthrow Jezebel's palatial reign. A key is revealed here concerning the kingly anointing of ruling and reigning in Christ Jesus.
 
3. The Key of the Joining of the Generations.
 
“Behold, I am going to send you Elijah the prophet before the coming of the great and terrible day of the LORD. He will restore the hearts of the fathers to their children and the hearts of the children to their fathers, so that I will not come and smite the land with a curse.” (Malachi 4:5-6)
 
We must call forth the truths of Malachi 4:5-6 to win this end time battle of the ages. The spirit of Elijah results in joining the generations – where hearts are turned to the Lord and to one another in cooperation. The spirit of Elijah brings restoration where evil has temporarily spread division and strife. But this, too, is subject to change!
 
Breaking the Chains of Bondage
 
“The Spirit of the Lord is on me, because He has anointed me to proclaim good news to the poor. He has sent me to proclaim freedom for the prisoners and recovery of sight for the blind, to set the oppressed free, to proclaim the year of the Lord's favor.” (Luke 4:18-19 NIV)
 
It is vital to remember that we do not wrestle against flesh and blood but against the powers of darkness. We must cloth ourselves in the Spirit of Christ and become part of the solution, declaring that the favorable year of the Lord has come bringing freedom for the prisoners and all who are oppressed.
 
A Declaration of Freedom!
 
Father, in the powerful name of Jesus, I thank You for revealing this spiritual reality to me. I come to Your throne of grace asking You to forgive me for tolerating the spirit of Jezebel and letting myself be controlled by a stronghold other than Your Holy Spirit. I ask that You empower me with the anointing like Jehu to displace this destructive entity. I receive Heaven's hope solution for this demonic dilemma in mighty name of Jesus. Amen and amen!
 
Setting the Captives Free,
 
Dr. James W. Goll

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