JEZEBEL ISN’T JUST ABOUT
SEXY SEDUCTION
I was privy to a situation
that taught me firsthand about a Jezebel demon. Most people think this is a
spirit that entices men sexually and gets them into trouble. Yes, that’s part
of it, but it’s much more insidious than that. Even though it has a female
title, it’s not gender specific and though it goes after those in positions of
authority, it also tries to bribe ordinary Christian believers in various sneaky
ways. I’m going to tell you a true story to illustrate how it works and what the
Bible says we can do about it.
When I walked into work,
my friend Lupe was staring at a difficult-looking sample to match. Where did it
come from? Well, not from her boss. It came from a middle management fellow and
it was for a personal job, not for the company we worked for.
She avoided it for a week
and she told me she wasn’t feeling very comfortable with it. She didn’t even
like the fellow who asked her to do it. She was really double-minded about even
starting it and then told me, “I’ll just find a close match as fast as I can and
that’ll be it.” We got busy and a couple weeks went by. Then out of nowhere the
female purchasing agent, Delia, came to Lupe and asked how the “special” sample
was going. The fellow with the original request had called the purchasing agent
to facilitate the completion of the sample.
Lupe was furious. She didn’t
like the idea of doing the sample in the first place since it wasn’t a
legitimate job. It was something she was just supposed to sneak in on the side.
And now she was being seduced and pressured by Delia to get it done. She fumed
and complained all day long. But she began the sample and it took several
hours. It was a tricky one and everything that could go wrong, did. Then we
heard that the boss was coming in. Lupe grabbed all evidence of the sample and
hid it.
She had never ever done
anything like that before. She’d always been very honest in her dealings at
work. But Delia had pestered her so much, Lupe gave in and did something that
was dishonest. Now she was caught in the trap. They had a secret. If Lupe didn’t
say anything to our boss, then Delia would always have this trump card over
Lupe’s head, and could use it whenever she needed to make sure Lupe knew who
was really in control. Now Delia had power over Lupe, which is exactly what a
Jezebel spirit wants—CONTROL and POWER.
A Jezebel spirit operating
in a person will always try to get them to join into a secret illegal bonding. With
men, this Jezebel spirit will use the power of sexual passions to lure and then
control the man. To a woman having this spirit in her, a man doesn’t even have
to have physical contact, if a seductive glance of her eyes will do the job of
capturing and controlling him enough to get what she wants.
The first mention of Jezebel
in the Bible is seen with the manipulative wife of King Ahab. The Jezebel demon
has existed way before the woman named Jezebel came along. But she is a
noteworthy prototype, and thus the name, “Jezebel spirit.” She caused over ten
million Hebrews to bow to Baal and to kill God’s prophets. This one spirit was
responsible for corrupting an entire nation. It is intensely ambitious, but it
doesn’t want to be the King, it wants
to be the sneaky shadow, controlling the King, as it keeps its packet of secret
alliances ready for use whenever it wants something. Jezebel is a master at
blackmail.
Proverbs 5:3 tells us: “The
lips of a strange woman drop as an honeycomb, and her mouth is smoother than
oil.” And Proverbs 7:5: “Keep thee from the strange woman, from the stranger
which flattereth with her words.” In both of these verses, the word “stranger”
is a Hebrew word meaning “a stranger to the truth, an alien, and enemy, one who
turns aside.”
When I saw these verses I was
reminded of Delia. She has an unusually sweet, quiet, soft way of speaking—very
compelling. One time she came up to me and whispered softly, “I think I put
that big gouge in the floor. Do you think you could fix it without the boss
seeing it?” I thought that was a little strange. I thought, “If the boss wants me to fix it, just tell
him and he can authorize it. Otherwise I’ll just keep doing what I’m hired to
do.” And I never did a thing about it and never mentioned it again. At the
time I had no idea what she was up to, but just glad the Holy Spirit in me didn’t
let me get trapped by tha sweet voice!
Deuteronomy 13:6 tells us about
the Jezebel spirit: “If thy brother, or thy son or thy daughter, or the wife of
thy bosom, or thy friend, which is as thine own soul, entice thee secretly,
saying, ‘Let us go and serve other gods, which thou hast not known.” That
pretty much says it right there. The gods who are other than the true God are
the ones who want us to do dishonest things: Things like stealing time, lying
about things, hiding things—all those things that we intuitively know are bad.
But with the clever enticement of a close relative or a friend, this Jezebel spirit
knows all the right words to get us off track enough to do something that could
easily come back to bite us later if we don’t chop it’s head off immediately.
Proverbs 23:27 tells us: “A
strange woman is a narrow pit.” In other words, a tough one to get out of.
First Corinthians puts it another way: “What? Know ye not that he which is
joined to a harlot is one body? For two, saith he, shall be one flesh.” Second
Corinthians says, “Be ye not unequally yoked together with unbelievers: for
what fellowship hath righteousness with unrighteousness? And what communion
hath light with darkness?” Just one hook-up with evil can take us down a long
dark rabbit hole!
Proverbs 7:21-27: “With her much fair speech she caused him
to yield, with the flattering of her lips she forced him. He goeth after
her straightway, as an ox goeth to the slaughter, or as a fool to the
correction of the stocks; Till a dart strike through his liver; as a
bird hasteth to the snare, and knoweth not that it is for his life. Hearken
unto me now therefore, O ye children, and attend to the words of my mouth.”
“Let not thine heart decline to her ways, go not astray in her paths.
For she hath cast down many wounded: yea, many strong men have been slain by
her. Her house is the way to hell, going down to the chambers of death.”
So, what does the Bible say we are to do about a Jezebel when it
comes at us?
Proverbs 2:10-11 and 16 give us part of the answer: “When wisdom
entereth into thine heart, and knowledge is pleasant unto thy soul; discretion
shall preserve thee, understanding shall keep thee, to deliver thee from the
strange woman, even from the stranger which flattereth with her words.” “Disgression” is translated
from a Hebrew word that means “a plan, craftiness.” Jesus tells us: “Behold, I send you forth as sheep in the midst of wolves: be ye therefore
wise as serpents and harmless as doves”
(Matt. 10:16).
Where it says “understanding shall keep thee,”
the word “keep” means to “preserve and guard from danger.” Now that you
understand something about a Jezebel demon, you can make a plan to keep
yourself from danger.
Proverbs 5:8 tells us: “Remove thy way far from
her, and come not nigh the door of her house.” Second Corinthians 6:17
corroborates what Proverbs says: “Wherefore come out from among them, and be ye
separate, saith the Lord, and touch not the unclean thing; and I will receive
you.”
There’s another point that’s really important here. Deuteronomy 13:8 tells
us: “Neither shall thine eye pity him.” This demon elicits pity from its prey.
Because the person exhibiting the Jezebel spirit talks so nicely and seems like
such a gentle and wonderful person, we are tempted to feel sorry for them and
be nicer toward them, but God says don’t do it.
The way God has made for these people to get delivered from these demons
is to be exposed and made naked. When exposed, they get so ashamed that they
can actually, at that time, be delivered. See Hosea 2:5 and 19, Ezekiel 16 and
32.
There are many more examples of unholy alliances, and Jezebel demons
luring good people down bad paths. The record of Samson and Delilah comes to
mind.
I hope that this article has helped you. For me, once I saw Jezebel
operating in real life, and took the time to study it in the Bible, I feel I
have a much greater awareness of what’s going on and now I know exactly what to
do about it.
Love, Carolyn
NEW BOOK –WINGS: JOURNEY
WITH JESUS
