JEHOVAH IS HE
By Dan
Luehrs
Most Pentecostal or Charismatic Christians have heard a message
or read a book on Jezebel at some point in their life. We are first taught
about her from the Old Testament and then the New on how Jesus Himself will
judge her in the end times as depicted in the book of Revelation. More on that
a bit later, but first we must see her destruction in the Old Testament.
JEHU COMES TO TOWN
When Jehu came to Jezreel, Jezebel heard of it, and she
painted her eyes and adorned her head and looked out the window. 2 Kings 9:30
(NASU)
Jehu, whose name means, (Jehovah is he!) With a name like
that who could stand before him? Definitely not Jezebel the lust filled woman
who brought such a spirit of intimidation and depression on Elijah that he
begged God to take his life. Elijah and his predecessor Elisha did not kill
her, but one was raised up whose name means (Jehovah is he) did! I have great
news for you, the devil, Jezebel is going to be thrown out of your life and the
life of the church by the same Jehovah that did it for Israel.
Jehu was anointed by Elisha to be King in Israel and was
appointed by God to kill Jezebel for all her wickedness that she had done to
His people. It was JUDGMENT DAY for Jezebel, she was keeping the people of
Israel from the best that God had for them. She was a woman of seduction and
seduced the people of God to follow the spirit of the world rather than the
Spirit of the living God. Does that not sound like much of the church world
today? Many, if not most Christians are looking at the beauty of the buildings
or the music ministry and elegance of the ministers in the pulpit rather than
looking for the moving of the Spirit of the Living God to lead them. Jezebel
put on her makeup and did up her hair to try and seduce Jehu, but he would have
none of it, he would not let her put him under her spell as she did many other
Prophets of God. We are now in the time when God once again is going to do for
us what we cannot do for ourselves, which is for us to come into the power of
Jehovah’s grace to set His people free from the spirit of Jezebel so that we
can walk in complete freedom to be what God has called us to live in, which is
LIBERTY! Judgement begins at the house of God first so that we can set the
world free, unless we are free ourselves, how can we set others free? A
drowning man cannot save anyone!
Jehu came into the town of Jezreel, which means, (Seed of
God). You my brother and sister are the seed of God! Jehovah comes into town to
take over the city of God to rule and reign in His rightful place to bring
justice and throw down the religious spirit that is so prevalent in the church.
She is dressed like the world, a harlot she is, but the day of the Lord is upon
us where the light of Jesus will shine brighter and brighter until the full day.
Full sonship ministry will reign in the church and the seed of God in us will
manifest in the full likeness of Jesus Christ through us. This is sonship and it
is our inheritance! But the spirit of Jezebel in this age is trying to stop mature
sonship in us, but it to will fail!
I find it interesting that Elijah, whose name means, (Strong Lord)
was unable to defeat the Jezebel spirit, but Jehu did! There has been many great
revivals, with many powerful men and women of God at the helm, but most were
taken out by the Jezebel spirit of the church. But a new day has dawned, Jehu
has come to town and the people of God are going to throw her out of the window
to her death!
THE TRAMPLING UNDER
FOOT
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. 2 Kings 9:33 (NASU)
Jesus said that we are to trample on serpents and scorpions and
nothing will hurt us, not even the spirit Jezebel should cause us to fear. Now
is the time to call on the Spirit of God to set us free from all the tentacles
of our enemy so that we can say, (the devil comes and finds nothing in me!)
Let me tell you how I got this message. I woke up early one
morning and the Lord said to me, “I am going to give you judgment today.” I
thought God has had it with me and He is going to judge me! I asked Him for
mercy, but yes, I want His judgments to set me free from anything that is not
of Him in my life. Throughout the day I wondered WHAT it is. When I came home that
day and went into my study I thought, I must have missed Him again and was only
hearing from myself or the enemy, until I read in my Bible. “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.”
I know without a shadow of a doubt that God is speaking to us
as a people to throw down Jezebel, we must do it! If she has a high place in
our life she must be thrown down. Just as the dragon and his angels were thrown
down in the book of Revelation 12:9 by Michael, whose name means, (those who
are like God). These people are the true seed of Jesus Christ in the earth and will
overcome the enemy and trample him under their feet! Jehu trampled her under his
horse’s feet, (the horse) represents the power of the Holy Spirit in our lives
and is the white horse ministry that we are called to get on and ride in the
book of Revelation to trample down all the works of the devil. The horse signifies
that we have power and authority given to us at this time. Do you want the power
of God and His authority? Sure you do! We are to destroy all the works of the
enemy in our life and in every person’s life on the planet.
“Then I heard a loud voice in heaven, saying, "Now the
salvation, and the power, and the kingdom of our God and the authority of His
Christ have come, for the accuser of our brethren has been thrown down, he who
accuses them before our God day and night.” Rev 12:10 (NASU)
Do you see it once again? Throw the enemy our accuser down
for all he has is lies! We must do this now by the authority of the Word of God
in us and over our lives. Revelation 19:13 says of Jesus, that His robe was
dripping in blood just as Jehu’s garments must have had blood on them when he
trampled Jezebel to a pulp and so much so, that the dogs ate her flesh and she
was no more! Six times in the book of Revelation it speaks about the enemy of
souls being thrown down. I think we get the message, throw down the enemy of our
life just as Jehu did because (Jehovah is He) who lives in us to overcome the
world, the flesh, and the devil. I think when we get to heaven we will be
shocked when we see just how much glory and power that we have been given in
this life and did not use it for God’s glory.
Jesus is not going to kill people around us, but will kill the
power of the flesh that is ruling through the spirit of Jezebel. The supper of
God is when our enemy is trampled under our feet so that (flesh), the works of
the devil can be eaten and eliminated from our lives. (See Rev. 19:17-18).
JEZEBEL WILL BE JUDGED
And I did give to her (Jezebel) a time that she might reform
from her whoredom, and she did not reform; lo, I will cast her into a couch,
and those committing adultery with her into great tribulation — if they may not
repent of their works, and her children I will kill in death, and know shall
all the assemblies that I am he who is searching reins and hearts; and I will
give to you — to each — according to your works. Rev 2:21-23 (YLT)
Jesus said that the Church in Thyatira was tolerating the
spirit of Jezebel as many do today. This church was not trampling her under
their feet as He called them to do, but were putting up with her and did not see
her as the enemy that was trying to take them out. When we tolerate the enemy
we are sleeping with her as a harlot! Jesus said, if we do not throw her down
we are putting up with her. This is serious business when the Lord has had it with
Jezebel and judgment begins to fall to cleanse His bride so that she will be
ready to ride the white horse and overcome all the works of the devil. This is
our calling, this is our destiny, and testimony to trample on all the works of
the enemy by the authority given to us through the Word of the living God.
SATAN IS THROWN DOWN
And the great dragon was thrown down, the serpent of old who
is called the devil and Satan, who deceives the whole world; he was thrown down
to the earth, and his angels were thrown down with him. Rev 12:9 (NASU)
In Revelation 12 the words (thrown down) are spoken of five
time to give us the understanding that great grace is going to be given to the
church in these last days to thrown down the enemy in our daily life. For of
His fullness we have all received, and grace upon grace. John 1:16 (NASU). This
fullness of grace is now being manifest in the church to give us the knowledge
that we are not keeping ourselves, but that God is! The enemy would love to
take us out, but the Spirit of Jesus is upon us as we continue to call upon the
Lord in our daily seeking of Him. God pieties us in regards to us just being
human flesh and blood and because we do not fully understanding the battles that
we are facing on any given day. And because of this there has been given to us two
wings of a great eagle to fly into the realms of God. This is a walk of faith,
these two wings are the Spirit and the Word that keep us. In His presence we
are protected, fed, and blessed with joy, peace, and love that cover us with
the light and glory of God.
And they overcame him because of the blood of the Lamb and
because of the word of their testimony, and they did not love their life even
when faced with death. Rev 12:11 (NASU)
JEHU CLEANS HOUSE
When the letter came to them, they took the king's sons and slaughtered
them, seventy persons, and put their heads in baskets, and sent them to him at
Jezreel. 2 Kings 10:7 (NASU)
The very first time I read this verse I was horrified and
thought what kind of person could do this? Now I know that it was God’s man, Jehu!
God spoke the judgment of Jezebel and Ahab through the prophet Elijah years
before and now it has come to pass. If God will bring to pass the words of a
prophet how much more will He bring to pass the words of Jesus when He said
that He would judge the spirit of Jezebel in our day?
Every generation since the book of Revelation was written has
had to deal with the spirit of Jezebel working through a religious spirit in
the church. This spirit can work through anyone, male or female that tries to
seduce the people of God away from the simplicity of knowing, seeking, and
obeying Jesus Christ. This evil spirit causes people to fornicate spiritually
by following another spirit rather than the Holy Spirit. Jesus said, “And I
will kill her children with death; and all the churches shall know that I am he
which searcheth the reins and hearts: and I will give unto every one of you
according to your works. Rev 2:23 (KJV). The verse does not seem to make much
sense, “To kill with death?” Until you realize that death means separation from
the life and presence of God. This evil spirits goal is to separate the people
of God from the life giving Spirit of the Lord which will make them just going
through the motions of being religious but denying the power of the Spirit of
the Lord.
Just as Jehu had the people kill the seventy sons of Ahab
because otherwise they would have had the seed of Jezebel and Ahab still
present in the country and a cleansing was needed. I find it interesting that
it was seventy sons and not another number. Seven is the number of completion,
they had to scour the land from their evil and to prove that they did kill them,
their seventy heads were sent to Jezreel, (the seed of God). The seed of God is
the sons of God! Jezebel and all her cohorts are going to be destroyed by the
power of the Holy Spirit that is working in and through the sons. The Spirit of
Jesus working through the sons of God are the only hope of the church and the
world.
“So Jehu killed all who remained of the house of Ahab in
Jezreel, and all his great men and his acquaintances and his priests, until he
left him without a survivor.” 2 Kings 10:11 (NASU)
Every vestige of Jezebel was destroyed in the land. Hallelujah!
Yes, this is the hope of the nations that all the evil plaguing mankind will
soon be terminated from our lives. They brought out the sacred pillars of the
house of Baal and burned them. They also broke down the sacred pillar of Baal
and broke down the house of Baal, and made it a latrine to this day. Thus Jehu
eradicated Baal out of Israel. 2 Kings 10:26-28 (NASU).
THE BLESSING OF JEHU
The Lord said to Jehu, "Because you have done well in
executing what is right in My eyes, and have done to the house of Ahab
according to all that was in My heart, your sons of the fourth generation shall
sit on the throne of Israel." 2 Kings 10:30 (NASU)
Because of the obedience of Jehu to destroy the evil out of
the land, he and his seed were blessed to sit upon the throne of Israel. This
is the same promise that Jesus has made to us who will follow Him and destroy
all the idol’s (Baal’s) out of their own land (their lives). He who overcomes,
I will grant to him to sit down with Me on My throne, as I also overcame and
sat down with My Father on His throne. ' He who has an ear, let him hear what
the Spirit says to the churches.'" Rev 3:21-22 (NASU). We are the
overcomers that seek His presence daily and those who follow on to know the
Lord. Seek Him and destroy the works of the enemy in your life, for this is
what pleases God, we have a Father that cannot wait to bless us!
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