Updated January 2020

Jezebel??  Ahab??  This has been a topic of concern for me for years.  I finally felt the leading of the Holy Spirit to put together a little article on this subject.  I have seen to many times this menace to society hurt people and destroy ministries.  I believe that it is time to fight back and to reclaim some lost ground for the kingdom of God.  Wisdom, knowledge and understanding in this area, I believe, could empower the children of God.  It seems with every advance in the Kingdom or even a projected advance, Jezebel will be there to try to devour and destroy Father’s plans.  In knowing this, we must be ready.  We must come at this head on and we must be proactive.  This entity must be stopped, and I believe awareness is the first step.  Here is a collection of observations and research that I have come across in my experiences in life.

It seems fitting to begin with an example of my experiential observations.  Let me tell you that once I figured out what was really happening versus what I was deceived into believing, I was mind blown.

You see Jezebel is all about control.  This principality wants to control God’s people.  It wants us to run away and cower in fear.  It wants to squelch the plans of God and render God’s people inept. 

Here is a real-life example of how this principality works.  I had a very good friend in the Lord.  We were powerful prayer partners and best of friends.  We rarely fought and we often had lots of fun.  Then suddenly like a door swinging shut all of that changed.

From my vantage point I saw my best friend go from prayer partner to accuser.  I was told that I no longer was to be trusted and that I was a liar.  I was told if I would only confess my sins against my friend, our friendship would be restored.  Well, I had no idea what was happening, anything I could think of that I did wrong I apologized for.  That wasn’t enough nor did it apparently cover my severe infractions.  I was dumfounded. 

I took this whole thing to Father and I was told that things were not as they appeared.  I tried to relay this to the best of my ability to my friend, but with no success. 

A couple of years went by, our friendship had pretty much ended and miles separated us.  My friend was able to forgive me of these nearly unforgivable infractions after about three years had transpired.  Still I was perplexed. 

We got a chance to meet up in person after all these years and then the truth came out.  There had been a mutual friend of ours that was spewing out lies to each of us.  I had suspected this person had a hand in all of this mess, but I had no idea how far.  I didn’t even realize this person had changed my world view of my friend without my even knowing it.  This prevented me from approaching my friend and trying to dig to the bottom of this.  I began to think this friendship wasn’t real nor was it worthy of repair. 

The only thing that kept me open was the Holy Spirit.  My obedience to the Spirit was key here, or our friendship may never have been restored.  I found out that this mutual “friend” was constantly undermining and lying about my words and was misrepresenting me on purpose.  At the same time this person also told me all sorts of lies about my friend convincing me that this person was not even a worthy prayer partner.

I questioned all the seemingly positive prayer interactions and figured I must have been deceived and that it was probably not even real either.  We had both been poisoned from the inside out.  We had no idea to the degree we each had been infiltrated.  As we discussed the experiences we had had, we began to see the pattern of deceit.  All of my unconfessed crimes were in fact all fabricated.  The things shared with me were also fabricated about my friend. 

It was hard to face this, and I suddenly felt a great sense of loss.  All those years gone cause of this onslaught by the principality of Jezebel.  I mean it made sense from the enemy’s standpoint as we were making big strides for the kingdom of God.  I was naïve to not be more prepared and more aware.  Let me tell you that I have been enlightened and made aware now!! 

I began to see that the scope was even wider.  The lies and deceptions did not stop with this “friend”.  It seemed that with anyone who may have had an open door, or any demons fell prey to this principality as well.  The same lies and deceptions were coming at both of us from all directions.  You talk about one big consorted effort. 

 You see we were quite the powerful prayer team.  We would pray over people and situations often.  We would bind up spiritually dark sources and help people in deliverance.  These efforts of course were thwarted as a result of this consorted effort. 

I never really understood how deeply this dark world infiltrates us.  There are open doors, eyes and ears everywhere.  We have to be very careful.  We must master our Fathers voice, as His sheep know his voice and follow Him.  There are so many people out there who are controlled by demons and or are part of the occult or secret societies.  All of those participants are the hands and feet for the enemy.  Witchcraft with their spells and curses are all too real. 

Where is our understanding and wisdom?  We need to be prepared and we need our armor put on daily.  You may be asking yourself right now, how do I daily put on the armor of God?  We must ask Father to put it on us.  I believe it is important to ask for this coverage daily.  Our enemy is formidable, but Father has way more power.  It is time to embrace this power and walk in it at all times.  We need to fully understand who we are in Jesus and Walk in Love and power. 

Because of this experience and many others, I believe I was to share what I have learned about how this principality works and How we can overcome it through the saving and cleansing blood of Jesus. 

First of all, it seems that there is a codependent relationship that occurs between the Ahab power and the Jezebel power.  These two often attract each other and it is an alliance straight from the pit of hell.  These two do not have to be male or female in the flesh realm.  Either one can occupy either sex.  Jezebel doesn’t just work through romantic relationships it can work on friendships as well. It can happen through soul ties.

The Jezebel power usually comes into your soul through a weakness and then tends to be insidious in nature.  Suddenly you are overridden by it and you have no idea that it is there manipulating you and controlling you.  This is a frightening concept if you ask me.  It is like that thing injects some kind of numbing solution into your soul until it is firmly established there.  It is like a parasite sucking life and joy right out of your soul.  It seems all you may feel is a bit drained or tired at first.  It is only a matter of time until you begin to manifest Jezebel qualities as the power is manipulating you.  It begins to reap havoc all around you.  It is like a nasty contagion.  Spreading here there and everywhere.  The problem here is that most go around without even realizing that this is happening.  It is unsuspected, and it is so common these days that it almost seems normal.

When a Jezebel power becomes housed in your soul, it is important to discover the roots of the demonic spirit that allowed that power entrance.  It is the Holy Spirit that will awaken our soul to the problem intruder.  The Spirit does this with gentleness and love.  It is never a harsh condemnation without love.    Often Father will make known to that person what the point of weakness is in their life so that person can close the door to this nasty spirit.  Then true house cleaning can occur.

To overcome this power in the soul realm, according to Unmasking the Jezebel Spirit, by John Paul Jackson, we need to identify the roots that allow the Jezebel into your soul.  I consider these roots as open doorways which allow unwanted pests into our souls.  This is a combination of my observations with John Paul Jackson’s understanding of the roots or open doorways.  They are as follows:

Root of rebellion

How it manifests-it makes sure your desires and not Fathers are manifesting in your life and the lives of others (manipulation and control) This person acts out of self-centeredness and often hides in the corners.

Root of bitterness

“Holding on to anger is like drinking poison and waiting for the other  person to die.”

This familiar expression is one of the best analogies in describing an uncomfortable emotion – bitterness.

How it manifests-These are common traits of a person who is bitter.

1. They desire to make someone else suffer
2. They are full of vindictiveness
3. They wade in self-pity
4. They are looking for a fight
5. They have sociopathic pride
6. They are drowning in animosity and resentment
7. They are narcissistic

Bitterness settles in when someone focuses on anger over an emotional “violation” that has happened to them in the past.

Many times, however, the bitter person’s perception of damage and the extent of their vengeful response to the original slight seem exceedingly out of proportion to the reality of what happened, but once bitterness settles in, it is all consuming with someone who does not have the tools in place to release it. It makes us do and say the most irrational and self-defeating things.

How To Deal With Bitter People

This opens a door by which the Jezebel power slithers into a person’s soul undetected.  This happens when we feel overlooked or dishonored.  This bitterness will birth immorality, life-long anger, resentment and a pattern of broken relationships.  These behaviors can become contagious.

Root of Bondage

How it manifests- Our thoughts can often become our obstacles, blocking us, from achieving true happiness and spiritual growth. We can become stuck in negative patterns, saying negative things about ourselves and others. This can encourage the entrance of the spirits of legalism, depression, servitude, enslavement, and control.  There is no true liberty when this Jezebel power occupies the soul house.

Root of Fear

How it manifests-fear is the lack of faith.  This fear opens a door to the jezebel power allowing it to occupy the soul.  The mindset of fear may begin during childhood.  The spirit of fear is a type of mental stronghold.  This stronghold causes and individual to always respond in fear.  This fear can come down through verbal word curses and can even be written on our DNA from past familial generations.  Lies can be spoken into our soul by lying and seducing spirits.  These lies are insidious in nature and overtime the individual will replace their own self-concept with this new set of lies.  Suddenly this is their new set of thinking and it becomes a mental stronghold.  As noted in Unmasking the Jezebel Spirit, by John Paul Jackson, John Sanford defines a mental stronghold as  “A practiced way of thinking that has become ingrained and automatic.  It has a life and a will of its own.  Strongholds are areas of the mind of which we are held captive and our perceptions are completely distorted.”

Root of Pride

What is pride? “ I believe, from what I’ve read in the Bible, that pride is at the root of all sin. God hates pride because we really have a misplaced sense of worth. God says that “In his pride the wicked man does not seek him; in all his thoughts there is no room for God” (Psalm 10:4)”

What Is The Biblical Definition of Pride? How Is Pride Described In The Bible?

How it manifests-Pride is the taproot of the Jezebel power.  It is based on self-exaltation and it can appear as over loving oneself or over despising oneself.  In all instances the self-focus is the key instead of God focus.

Now that we know a bit about how these nasty spirits can come to occupy our soul house.  I would like us to focus on how to receive deliverance from these nasty powers, spirits and strongholds.

The following aspects are often seen within a person who has been infiltrated by the Jezebel power.  These symptoms were first listed by John Paul Jackson in his book Unmasking the Jezebel Spirit.

Along with the symptoms listed by John Paul Jackson, I will describe what this symptom looks like and also include what can help an individual to overcome this detrimental symptom.  This Jezebel power is not much different than dealing with a parasitical snake.  Here are the above-mentioned aspects.

1. Emotional dependency-they will choose a person to have in their life all the time because they fear emotional and or physical abandonment. They are trying to fill the loneliness, emptiness and lack of self-love.  This will drive them into codependent and abusive relationships.  The answer here is to completely depend upon Father and no one else.

• Attitude of fearfulness-Fear usually begins with unholy imagination. I do believe that imagination really is an organ of the spirit.  It has power to bring life or death.  It can change the course of our life.  I see fear as a retrovirus.  It rewrites the course of our lives based on an evil agenda whispered into our souls by hateful contrary demonic spirits.  I have seen this scenario all too often.  We ask Father for help and direction, for Him to set our feet upon the proper path; We ask Him to bring us into alignment with our destiny and God given purpose.  What happens next is all too disturbing.  We become fearful, we rewrite our destiny to a path of destruction giving the dark spirits power over us and our future.  Fear is the antithesis of faith.  And we are told that without faith it is impossible to please Him. Hebrews 11:6 New American Standard Bible (NASB) 6 And without faith it is impossible to please Him, for he who comes to God must believe that He is and that He is a rewarder of those who seek Him.  So the next step to kicking out Jezzy for good is to begin to walk in faith.  If we walk in faith we walk without fear.  Fear is a necessary component to keep Jezebel alive and feeding out of our joy fountain.
• Fear of decision making-as we stop making decisions for ourselves, ie letting the dark spirits decide for us. This may cause spiritual discernment to fall by the wayside.  Suddenly what once was our first instinct becomes forgotten.  The Holy Spirit becomes a faraway distant voice or even is not heard at all.   Heb 5:14.14 But solid food is for the mature, who because ofpractice have their senses trained to discern good and evil. To overcome this spiritual infiltration, we must give ear to the holy spirit once again.  My sheep hear my voice and they follow me.John 10:27 New American Standard Bible (NASB)   27 My   sheep hear My voice, and I know them, and they follow Me;

• Deep sense of shame– shame brings depression and Grace brings hope. It is through grace that we can become intimate with our creator. Romans 3:20-24 New American Standard Bible20 because by the works [a]of the Law no flesh will be justified in His sight; for [b]through the Law comes the knowledge of sin.21 But now apart [c]from the Law the righteousness of God has been manifested, being witnessed by the Law and the Prophets, 22 even therighteousness of God through faith in Jesus Christ for all those [d]who believe; for there is no distinction; 23 for all [e]have sinned and fall short of the glory of God, 24 being justified as a gift by His grace through the redemption which is in Christ Jesus;

• Fear of trusting ever again-We are to trust in the lord with all of our heart and lean not on our own understanding.  This is for good reason.  When we put our trust in Father it will never fail us.    When we are united with Father it enables us to have powerful and loving and healthy relationships with others.  Proverbs 3:5-6 New American Standard Bible (NASB)5 Trust in the Lord with all your heartAnd do not lean on your own understanding.6 In all your ways acknowledge Him,And He will make your paths straight.

Consequences of Naivete- this concept can cause us to idolize other individuals.  It can cause unrealistic expectations and it can cause blindness and unhealthy relationships to form.  These relationships are formed on falsehoods and are not based on reality or truth.

• Loss of joy and innocence-Proverbs 17:22 A joyful heart ^[a]is good medicine, But a broken spirit dries up the bones. . In my experience I have seen what Jezebel does in our souls.  She is a snake that winds around our soul house rooms and she twists and turns to occupy all of our spiritual gardens.  The final garden in which she rests her head is Joy.  She plops her head right down into our precious fountain of joy.  She drinks up the water and leaves you dry, parched, devoid of joy. Nehemiah 8:10 ¹⁰ Then he said to them, “Go, eat of the fat, drink of the sweet, and send portions to him who has nothing prepared; for this day is holy to our Lord. Do not be grieved, for the joy of the Lord is your strength.”  The joy of the lord is our strength.  She has taken our strength.  She has stolen your joy gift from Father.  We must go back to the beginning. We must embrace our love relationship with father.  Our joy fountain must be refilled and then this snakes head must be cut off and removed from our joy fountain.

• Fear of the true power of God and His prophets, etc. – once an individual has been taken over by Jezebel, she creates a fear of all other supernatural gifts from Father. She invokes a fear in that person which may make them reject the deliverance Father has for them.  She is a crafty sorta snake.  We have to come to the realization that she has purposely programmed us to reject Father and the Spirit as she knows with them at the helm, she hasn’t got a chance!!  We must resist the desire to fear the Spirit and the dreams, visions or directions that the Holy Spirit is providing to us.  Simply knowing this will be happening is empowering.  Deep down inside I believe the Holy Spirit, if truly being sought after, will rise to the occasion bringing truth and in turn freedom.

• Belief in the lie- those who are under her influence will believe profoundly that all those around them are the evil forces that need to be stopped. They believe they are themselves impervious to demonic misleading or attack.  When someone has inadvertently started to listen to the demonic spirit instead of the holy spirit, it actually gives the key to their soul over to the world of darkness.  This allows any manner of evil to come on into your soul and take up residence.  These keys need to be taken back and again we must only listen to the Holy Spirit.  This can only happen through deliverance.  If you have an aversion to deliverance it is pertinent that you ask father to show you the truth as to what is going on in your soul house. To find out what you may be blinded to and what stronghold may be residing within your soul.  This will bring about true freedom.

Once these aspects have been eradicated, it is pertinent that you also accomplish the following things:

1. Tell voices to stop-Once you have truly received deliverance, the battle is not over yet. They will not just concede.  They will do all that they can to trick you into allowing them entrance yet again.  This is where you must take your thoughts captive.  10 Now I, Paul, myself urge you by the meekness and gentleness of Christ—I who am ^[a]meek when face to face with you, but bold toward you when absent! ² I ask that when I am present I need not be bold with the confidence with which I propose to be courageous against some, who regard us as if we walked according to the flesh. ³ For though we walk in the flesh, we do not war according to the flesh, ⁴ for the weapons of our warfare are not of the flesh, but ^[b]divinely powerful for the destruction of fortresses. ⁵ We are destroying speculations and every lofty thing raised up against the knowledge of God, and we are taking every thought captive to the obedience of Christ, ⁶ and we are ready to punish all disobedience, whenever your obedience is complete.^7 [c]You are looking at ^[d]things as they are outwardly. If anyone is confident in himself that he is Christ’s, let him consider this again within himself, that just as he is Christ’s, so also are we. ⁸ For even if I boast somewhat ^[e]further about our authority, which the Lord gave for building you up and not for destroying you, I will not be put to shame, ^9 [f]for I do not wish to seem as if I would terrify you by my letters. ¹⁰ For they say, “His letters are weighty and strong, but his ^[g]personal presence is unimpressive and his speech contemptible.” ¹¹ Let such a person consider this, that what we are in word by letters when absent, such persons we are also in deed when present.

• Cleaning house-get rid of things that were given to you by someone who has the influence of Jezebel-these items can hold spells or bring about open doors to allow the dark forces re-entrance into your home or soul. It is important to seek the Holy Spirit to discover if any such things exist.

• Reconcile with family and friends-From my observations and experiences it seems that those who were under the spell of this divisive power tended to be alienated from their friends and family members. This tactic is designed to keep people isolated from support and true love.  If this has happened to you then it is important to reconnect with those friends or family members you had once been close with or trusted before the lying power was speaking to you.

• Embrace Humility-it seems that miss Jezebel really doesn’t flow well with humility. Walking in humility is a sure-fire way to keep her away from you and your soul house. 

• Come out of alignment with the Jezebel power-this is an absolute must. She will be quite legalistic with you if you don’t do this.  She will demand things that are reasonable if we leave these legal rights in place.  Jesus’ blood and true repentance are powerful, and we can have the scrolls rewritten with life instead of bondage to Jezebel.

Here is an excellent telling of the original story of King Ahab and Queen Jezebel.

https://bible.org/seriespage/7-my-way-story-ahab-and-jezebel

Here is a link to the book referenced above

https://www.amazon.com/s/ref=nb_sb_ss_i_2_28?url=search-alias%3Daps&field-keywords=unmasking+the+jezebel+spirit+by+john+paul+jackson&sprefix=unmasking+the+jezebel+spirit%2Caps%2C1162&crid=1WLB8KP1DR3LJ&rh=i%3Aaps%2Ck%3Aunmasking+the+jezebel+spirit+by+john+paul+jackson

I hope this has helped give you some insight into one of our adversaries that is often trying to hinder Father’s work in His kingdom.  We need to be aware that such things exist in order to render them powerless and allow the Holy Spirit to rule our lives and Show us the way.

©Jennifer Wallace 2020