The spirit of Jezebel is a high level devil; a ruling power of demonic darkness that opposes apostolic & prophetic leaders and as such is drawn to apostolic & prophetic churches because they are 'foundational' churches (Ephesians 2:20) and because apostolic & prophetic leaders are the highest levels of Kingdom authority that exist in the Church.
*It's important to note that a spirit of Jezebel will seek to masquerade as a legitimate prophetic anointing. It seeks to convince leaders and others that it is a bona fide Kingdom authority when it is quite the opposite.
It is also essential to know that the spirit of Jezebel is drawn to prophetic ministries and mimics legitimate prophetic flows.
WARNING: the spirit of Jezebel is highly deceptive and manipulative. It's power is
based upon a sophisticated network of deception. It is subtle, crafty and
sophisticated.
It's ultimate agenda is to network it's way into senior levels of ministry
leadership so as to subvert and ultimately supplant the set man and woman
of God from over the house. It's end game is total domination and control.
Please take note: The spirit of Jezebel has an other-worldy lust for power.
It is driven to be seen, validated and affirmed by senior leaders
in a church.
Following is an outline of points that help to diagnose that a spirit of Jezebel is at war against a church or a Kingdom leader.
I. The spirit of Jezebel always challenges Kingdom Order and Divine Authority.
It is a highly accusatory spirit. It is vehement and highly sophisticated in its
campaigns of slander and deception.
II. The spirit of Jezebel will look for a leadership vacuum in a ministry so as to subvert
God-appointed authority in the house
It is obsessed with getting
power and being seen as possessing spiritual authority.
It is a ‘spot-light seeker’ and uses ‘gifting’ to impress the unknowing.
III. The spirit of Jezebel is subtle, creative, crafty, and manipulative and will not show
itself for what it really is. In the early stages of it seeking a place of control, it will not
confront directly, it works through subtlety and like a snake, it is very cunning and
prefers to remain hidden until it wants to strike.
IV. The spirit of Jezebel will mask itself in highly spiritual/religious clothing and will
attempt to show itself as possessing legitimate Kingdom authority.
V. The spirit of Jezebel will attack your revenue streams and supply lines in the
natural realm. You know it’s actively opposing you due to extreme
financial
hardship.
VI. The spirit of Jezebel will work against you to block your heavens even when they are
legitimately open. It seeks to block your blessings from getting to you.
VII. The spirit of Jezebel will oppose you with great psychological and emotional warfare.
It’s goal is to overwhelm you with stress so as to destroy your composure and
self-control.
VIII. The spirit of Jezebel will send inordinate fears and torments against you:
Weird Warfare is it's calling card.
IX. The spirit of Jezebel operates thru people on a political-network basis and feeds off
of clickishness and racism.
A spirit of Jezebel feeds off of segregation and a sense
of spiritual superiority.
X. The spirit of Jezebel hates Divine Order, despises Apostles, and abhors genuine
prophets of God.
Evidence that you're dealing with a Religious spirit (the eunuchs of Jezebel) in people or in a church
1. People will have an inordinate and unhealthy focus on deliverance, the
demonic, and angels. There will also be a lot of focus on 'spiritual experiences'
that are not validated in the Scriptures. I want to qualify this as 'strange fire'.
2. There
will be an emphasis on hyper-spirituality that draws attention to 'gifting'
and distracts people from evaluating character. They emphasize gifting, not fruit.
3. There is a desire to receive apostolic
validation and space to operate in a house
without a willingness to be processed and vetted over an extended period of
time or to serve in more humbling parts of the ministry and to integrate into the
larger team. They are 'lone rangers who like to do things their own way.
4. A religious spirit is highly critical of others and uses 'strategic criticisms' to sow
seeds of doubt and innuendo in the minds of others. It specifically targets
apostolic leadership teams for the express purpose of dividing the leaders of a
house with suspicion. A religious spirit feeds off of suspicion amongst leaders.
5. A religious spirit will alternate between praise and criticism so as to keep it's
targets (leaders, people) off balance and in a
semi-state of confusion. It will
praise one minute, then criticize the next and the criticisms will be unfounded
so as to put it's target on the defensive.
6. A key evidence that a religious spirit is operating against you is that you wrestle
with significant mental confusion. There may be an element of 'reasonings and
rationalizations' that produce emotional turmoil as well.
The emphasis here is on the turmoil you feel, whether it be mental or emotional.
In the words of the apostle Paul, 'consider what I say and the Lord will give you understanding'.
Your partner on the journey,
Bishop Howard L. Bass
