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Unmasking the Jezebel Spirit

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You may be up against it....and don't know it. But if you have ever confronted it, you won't forget it. I know of no fouler spirit unleashed against the church today. Yet, little is written about it---a few small pamphlets and a couple of books. Of all those, this is the best, I believe. Some of the good things written these days are in the phamplets, but they're too short to do more than simply observe that the problem exists. Here you will find no mere poking fingers in the clouds or railing against it. Rather, its history, how to identify it, what to do about it, and the dangers of deciding to do nothing about it, are all covered----and all without fanaticism or wildfire---a treasured commodity. WARNING: if you are looking for a book to give ammo for witch-hunting, this isn't it. He warns against this sort of thing, reminding us that those afflicted are hurting people in need of much healing and grace. Be ready to be challenged to walk humbly and with holy hands, as we deal courageously with this spirit. As a pastor, I would that every pastor had a copy. Oh, the things they DON'T tell us in seminary!

A good overview of the Jezebel spirit to assist pastors, prophets, intercessors and all lay people in identifying and dealing with this ubiquitous and insidious problem of Church life. The Jezebel spirit rebels, controls and manipulates, often veiling hidden ambition under a religious garb, and operates in a variety of methods from intimidation to sexual manipulation to blatant witchcraft. Many people might identify this spirit also exerting its malignant influence outside church in diverse arenas of life such as in workplaces and politics at every level. John Paul Jackson gives examples where pastors or churches have been destroyed by the effect of a single person operating in this spirit. "No Church is too great, too pure or too healthy to be exempted from a Jezebel spirit", and hence this book is a warning and an exhortation to all - to walk in deep interior humility and to continuously examine and purify one's own intentions - while remaining on guard and recognizing attacks from without. It's also a useful manual on how to deal with the problem and those affected by this spirit.

Minus half a star for leaving me a little dissatisfied. Perhaps it's because Jezebel is only half the story - the other half is Absalom and Ahab. The masculine form of the Jezebel Spirit, an Absalom spirit, is skimmed over in two paragraphs, whereas the remainder of the book focusses on Jezebel operating through women. Also the bottom line is that it takes an Ahab - unrighteous and compromising authority - to tolerate/accommodate a Jezebel. An alliance in the heart - lust, ambition, idolatory - gives rise to an alliance in the flesh. The book apportions one chapter to describing an Ahab spirit, compared with seven chapters describing how Jezebel operates, and the examples drawn are almost all involving women. Is John Paul Jackson just trying to narrow his focus, or is this an oversight ? - considering that whereas Jezebel threatened to kill the prophets, Absalom, out of the King's very own household, threatened to tear apart the Kingdom of Israel. And it was Ahab who, through his alliance with Jezebel, was the one who gave her an operating platform in the first place. Beware Pastors! If you think you have to watch out only for women, you may have your antivirus on, but your firewall is switched off!

Minus another half star for not making resoundingly clear the fundamental preventative to Jezebels, Absaloms & Ahabs: Christlikeness, humility, holiness, purity of heart. For sure, spiritual authority in the form of Jehu is needed to slay Jezebel when she has already manifested, but prevention is better than cure. This is where I think the book is a little fuzzy. On the one hand John Paul Jackson warns against ambition, gain and lust. The mixed message seems to occur when on the other hand he implies that the primary motivation to defeat Jezebel was the Lord's promise of increased spiritual authority and Divine favour. In other words - spritual self advancement: the very temptation that is capable of incubating a Jezebel. When desire for external ministry becomes more highly prized than desire for the Holy Spirit's transforming us into the image and likeness of Christ, the resultant spiritual distortion sends out an invitation to dormant Jezebels to come to life. No folks, the motivation should be nothing other than the Lord's glory, even if the confrontation entails, like John the Baptist, losing one's own head.

Finally, to those potentially influenced by the negative reviews that the message of this book is too one-sided or might lead to witch hunts: this is not what the book is about. Rejecting the truth of the message because of the book's deficits does not negate the reality of the evil that Jezebel is, nor the unfettered power that this spirit wields in modern secular society and to a lesser extent in some churches. Jezebel originates from the pit of hell and simply must not be tolerated.

The responsibility to overcome Jezebel does not lie just in leardership's ( Jehu's) hands: ALL are called to overcome.

Feminists and other people with a personal agenda will
(of course) disagree, but this book is vital for pastors
and Christians everywhere to understand the manipulative
and satan-strongholds that can operate (often, at first,
subtly) within local churches. The Jezebel/Ahab principality
is a demon-stronghold that can divide and destroy not only
ministries, but entire local churches! - It is VITAL to know
and understand how it operates.
Pastor Francis Frangipane has identified and dealt with
this "Jezebel spirit" in seminars, tapes, and a booklet and
book. John Paul Jackson has an excellent teaching ministry
and here (in this book) he exposes the manner in which this
demonic-activity can lock-into certain personality types
(NOT ALL OF WHOM are necessarily female).
I have worked many years as a pastor and a missionary on a
foreign field. I can definitely testify that the "Jezebel-
demonic-spirit and stronghold" is very, very real and HIGHLY
manipulative and (often) destructive within local churches.
If one is not aware of the problems and operations of this
spirit, they will almost surely fall prey to it sooner or
later in today's secular and religious world.
The "Jezebel-spirit" is a classic "seducing spirit" in the
witchcraft and manipulative sense, not so much in the sexaul
or carnal sense. It operates mostly on an UNconscious level:
wherein it is absolutely CERTAIN it is doing "God's Will." !
READ THIS BOOK and get very well informed on a MAJOR area
of spiritual warfare and demonic-deception.

This book accurately describes a woman I had a close relationship with, and was forced to end. During our friendship I experienced new kinds of abuse that I didn't know existed - the feeling of opening up my soul to someone and having them pour battery acid into my guts.

I was describing this to a pastor friend and he recommended this book.

I'm a married man and I had a female friend with strong prophetic gifts. She was helping me, and to a lesser extent my wife, with marriage and emotional healing challenges. She was very perceptive and highly adept; there was hardly a ball I could throw her that she couldn't throw right back.

She and I became very close friends and our relationship became literally psychic. We began having identical visions in common and experiencing the same manifestations. She could literally read my emotions 1000 miles away. We were spiritually very intimate and there was very little that we did not share with each other.

It was exotic and unusual, endlessly fascinating. I had no grid for a male-female relationship like this and I didn't know anyone else who had that kind of a friendship with anyone. It felt very safe and very comfortable and special.

Over time she explained to me that shortly after we first met, she had received a vision that the two of us had a mutual destiny, that our paths were intertwined. It sounded beautiful and I trusted her completely. I began to think of her as my spiritual twin sister and soul mate.

But my wife and some of her friends were increasingly uneasy about my friendship with this woman and they began to challenge me on it. I listened to them and as I began to set and enforce boundaries, my friend became angry, rageful and accusatory. Her prophetic gifts became a weapon of false accusation and control.

We began having nasty fights - worse than I've ever had with anyone, with the exception of when my mother had a bout with bi-polar personality disorder. Conflicts would rage for weeks at a time.

She had her hooks deep in my psyche and I couldn't just walk away from it. I felt responsible for her emotions. It was a co-dependent, verbally abusive, prophetically abusive relationship.

With the help of a therapist (a secular one actually - one need not be a Christian to see how unhealthy this was) I began to set firmer boundaries and watch as my friend would proudly step right over them. She had no respect for me or my marriage. She thought everything she did should be met with respect and gratitude. At first she talked of unconditional love but everything she did came with a big I.O.U.

Several books were extremely helpful. One was a novel "Unadulterated Love" about an emotional affair - which was exactly what I had been having with my friend. For a long time I didn't want to admit it, but that's what it was.

Another was a book on Borderline Personality Disorder. Another was "Controlling People" by Patricia Evans. All of these books had an eerie familiarity - they shed light on blind spots I had towards my friend.

Unmasking the Jezebel Spirit was probably the spookiest of all, because the majority of the descriptions fit my friend. Her incessant demands for my time and attention. The sexual tension that was under the surface (fortunately our relationship wasn't physical.... but it could have easily been). The book describes HER marriage and her husband's response to her control tactics quite accurately. The misuse and abuse of spiritual power; the immense adrenaline rush that Jezebel feels when someone submits to her power.

The insidious demonic influence and the deception. The things that a person with prophetic and seer gifts, who is not mature in the use of them, can do to manipulate and wound others.

It took the concerted effort of a pastor and several friends to untangle myself from this, and the scars were very deep. It is taking a long time to heal those wounds. I feel like I was slimed and spiritually violated. And I also see the ways that I was carried away by my own desire for ego stroking, my unmet emotional needs and rationalizations. I am responsible, because nobody can give away my own power except me.

It's scary to consider where this relationship might have gone if any less care had been taken. Sometimes... you learn more about a relationship from how it ends than from how it began.

I heartily recommend this book.

I think this book is a must for all church leaders and pastors. John Paul Jackson brings out the evil of the so called "Jezebel Spirit" in lamen terms. This enlightens you so much, that you have to be careful not to judge just anyone as having a Jezebel spirit. He describes what it is, how it acts, who it acts apon. Even how it must survive, in todays society. And it really makes you realize just how manipulative people are today, and how people are like wolves in sheeps clothing. I suggest you get and read this book. You can also study it, and better understand it in the bible.

I enjoy reading the revelations that our Christian leaders put forth in their books and this one was outstanding. The author
takes time to explain what the Jezeleb spirit is and how it works to destroy Christians and churches. It isn't a woman against man thing, it's evil against good. The spirit is one of control and destruction. I felt the writing was Biblically sound and the examples were excellent. A good learning tool for all Christians serious about their walk with God!

In 2002, I unwittingly declared war on a Jezebel spirit. That spirit spent the next 9 months attempting to dismantle our ministry-- and in some ways, succeeded. A friend warned us that a congregant had a "Jezebel spirit," but I mistakenly believed that referred to a type of sexual whorishness. Boy, was I wrong.
In 2003, I purchased Unmasking the Jezebel Spirit to read during surgery recovery. WOW. It seemed as if JPJ had somehow viewed my life for a year or two, then went and wrote the book-- the incidents he wrote of were THAT typical!!!
In fact, when my pastor confronted this Jezebel spirit, he inadvertently did exactly what JPJ says NOT to do-- and got exactly the results JPJ says will happen if you don't deal with this spirit correctly.
I highly recommend the book.
It helped me learn to separate the PERSON from the SPIRIT that is operating, allowing me to move into forgiveness.
Buy it today!

This book is a must read for every Church worker and Church member of all Christian denominations. It is an eye opening expose of the true enemies of the Church and how they work. Well written, fast moving easy to understand it explains the bad behavior that is so often seen in the Church, what is behind it and why.
I have felt the destructive power of the enemy described by this author and was nearly unable to stand under the unexplainable pressure until I read this book.
The truth can be liberating.

The contents of this book reveals the Truth of the Word of God concerning one of the most powerful dark forces that the body of Christ faces today. Because of the nature of exposure to it's characteristics it will fight the Christian believer from accepting what is written here.Only those that are willing to accept the underlying agenda that this spirit carries will be able to accept how God is using this author to relate to the body how to fight this spirit but not be controlled or entangled in bondage by it at the same time. There is a key to fighting warfare and I believe that the author has found displayed, and explained very clearly how God intends to give us the victory over this spirit. Those who criticize and judge the author already have an issue within themself that must be reckoned with in order to help others. We must start with ourself first and then help others. This book is excellent because it gives guidelines and instructions on how to discern when it is present. This was an assignment well done.

This book is a very insightful into the Jezebel spirit. John Paul Jackson not only writes about the roots also, the manesfestation of this controlling spirit. He wrote about many examples including a Pastor who had insecurities to the point that he accused his congregation of having the Jezebel spirit and the church ended up closing. Because this pastor actually allowed this spirit to DEVIDE and CONQUER. I suggest when you study this book learn from its concepts and realize the open doors are WOUNDEDNESS. Let us be healers of the wounded spirit and watch the doors to the spirit of Jezebel close and therefore this thing will be defeated.