BOOKLETS
Two excellent booklets have been printed by
the Hegewisch Baptist Church: "The Curse of Ahab" for
men and "The Curse of Jezebel" for women. Men may also
have Jezebelic tendencies, and women may have Ahab
tendencies:
CURSES FOUND
IN THE BIBLE
The relationship of Ahab and Jezebel provides an
excellent illustration of the curse brought about by a
husband and wife being out of God's divine order for
the family.
However, this curse
can be traced back all the way to Adam and Eve. It can
be found through the Bible being manifested in
different families.
God puts the
greatest burden of responsibility on the men, not the
women. If the men were not Ahabs and were, in fact,
priests and heads of their homes, then the women would
not be Jezebels! The man cannot escape his
responsibility by blaming his problems on the woman.
TESTIMONIES
ABOUT AHAB AND JEZEBEL
Earline will give her testimony and teaching
about Jezebel from a woman's viewpoint.
Gene will give his
testimony and teaching about Ahab from a man's
viewpoint.
The Bible provides a
lot of stories about families with Ahab/Jezebelic
tendencies. It is very interesting to trace the sins
of the ancestors down through the generations in the
Bible. Not only can you see the sins passed down
through the men but also through the women.
AHAB/JEZEBEL
Do you have more than the usual problems in
finances, housing, family, etc.? This may be the curse
of improper family structure (Mal. 4:6). If someone
does not stop the pattern of living in the curse, they
will go from generation to generation. A mother who is
a Jezebel will raise Jezebel daughters and Ahab sons.
Ahab fathers will raise Ahab sons and Jezebel
daughters. If sons do not see their father as
respected in his office of father, they have no other
example to the contrary and will follow him. Likewise,
the girls will probably choose a husband like their
father.
When you have a
Jezebel/Ahab marriage, you will have men not committed
to God, home or children. These men prefer to play and
pretend they are men, and only deceive themselves.
Likewise, the women who have to take over the
financial care and sometimes total responsibility for
the children are equally deceived.
RESULTS OF
AHAB/JEZEBEL RELATIONSHIP
1. We set the wrong pattern for our children
to follow.
2. The children
spend the rest of their adult lives trying to live
normal lives.
3. Husbands are
wrongly influenced by their wives.
4. Husbands let the
wives do their jobs.
5. Ahab men are weak
spiritually and may be evil.
6. Ahab men turn
away from their families and God to achieve
satisfaction in other things such as wine, women and
money.
7. We shift our
blame to the other party.
8. The women are
placed in a position of priest and head of the home
which they cannot handle.
9. We open our
families, churches and nation to demonic attack.
JEZEBEL/AHAB
REBELLIOUS INFLUENCE IN THE WORLD
1. Divorce - one parent families. 2. Felinism -
pictures bungling father and clever mother. 3. Sex -
no restrictions. 4. Young people - confused,
rebellious. 5. Drugs - Sex - Music. 6. Society with
emotional problems. 7. Effeminate, emotional, weak
spiritual and weak physical men. 8. Women's false
strength - put to test usually fails.
EFFECT ON
CHILDREN OF AHAB/JEZEBEL
Children are open to violence or death, even
early death, because of tensions, confusions, hurts
and insults given them by the family structure being
out of order (Ezekiel 38:8-9). Confusion, frustration,
disgust, hate, etc. lead to suicide. In trying to find
their place, these children frequently give in to
spirits which drive them to love of power, money,
praise, fame, etc. (I Kings 21:20).
Children have fear,
insecurity, frustration and difficulty learning. It
leads to potential corruption, discord, growth in
occult and cults, selfishness, doubt, inability to
achieve, fake sickness, hypochondriacs and church
splits.
Ahab fathers place
curses on male children; Jezebel mothers - female
children. Male children tend to become homosexuals;
The female children - lesbians. Children will have
broken marriages and families like their parents.
Jezebel mothers cause children to be manipulative.
Children are full of rebellion and under pressure to
prove their love to their parents. Finally, children
are open to satanic attack and will usually become
like their parents!
YOU AND
PEOPLE AROUND YOU
Such qualities as these have unnatural power
to seduce you, even overwhelm you. It is not charisma
but seduction, and it creates bondage. You may have a
friend whom you at times have a great desire to be
free of, and the next moment feel guilt or
condemnation for desiring your freedom. Consider why
you are attracted to your friend.
Look out for
mothers/dads who try to dominate married children's
lives, and men/women who cannot delegate authority but
try to mind every detail.
Women/men shouldn't
try to force mate into a religious experience, but win
him/her by quiet and joyful submission to the
Christian life, fulfilling your role as God
established it.
CURSE OF
AHAB - SCRIPTURE EXPLANATION
Omri was an idol (demon) worshipper and
Ahab's father; Omri did worse than all the kings
before him. He set the pattern for his son to follow
and Ahab did evil in the sight of the Lord above all
that were before him, even Omri (I Kings 16:25, 28
& 30).
He married Jezebel,
daughter of Ethbaal, king of the Zidonians who
worshipped Baal. So Ahab served and worshipped Baal.
Ahab was influenced spiritually by Jezebel. Baal was
the male god; Asherah - female god (I Kings 16:31;
18:17-19).
Ahab told Elijah
that he, not Ahab, was the one that troubled Israel.
Ahab would not take his responsibility but shifted
blame for his problems and those of his father (I
Kings 18:21). He persecuted the prophets (I Kings
18:4, 13 & 19).
Ahab told Jezebel
about Elijah killing the prophets of Baal. Jezebel was
the one that took action against Elijah (vowed to kill
him), not Ahab. He let her do his job
(I Kings 19:1).
Ahab not only
worshipped Baal; he was disobedient to God and did not
follow Elijah's prophecies.
He grieved over not
getting Naboth's vineyard; he was greedy. Ahab let
Jezebel do his dirty work of stealing the vineyard.
Then he did not mind about hearing of Naboth's death.
He sold himself to Satan to work evil (I Kings 21:4,
7, 16, 19 & 20).
His children were
affected by the deeds of Ahab (I Kings 21:21).
He was dominated by
his wife to do evil. God forgave him when he humbled
himself before God (I Kings 21:25 & 29).
He hated the truth
and the prophets of God. He was willing to imprison
and torture them (I Kings 22:8 & 27).
He was subtle and
willing to use Jehoshaphat as a decoy to be attacked.
Ahab's son was
Ahaziah; he followed his parents' evil ways. He
followed Baal-zebub, the god of Eberon.
Another son of Ahab,
Joram, did evil but not like his parents (II Kings
3:1-2).
Jehoram married the
daughter of Ahab; he also did evil in the Lord's
sight. He was crafty like Ahab (II Kings 8:18, II
Chron. 18:2). He also persecuted the prophets (II
Kings 9:7 & 22).
The death of Jezebel
is foretold and happens as predicted (II Kings 9:10
& 30-37).
AHAB
CHARACTERISTICS
He brought grief and judgement on himself and
nation. He opened the floodgates for idol worship into
the nation and homes. He did not oppose murder for
greed or any other purpose. Once entered into the mind
of an Ahab man, he will accept more and more wanton
acts of a depraved nature. There is a loss of manhood
and fatherhood.
Jezebel's aim was
accurate in spiritual perspective, but her acts were
against God and His plan. So by not opposing Jezebel,
Ahab gave consent and is guilty of being an accessory
to the crime.
Satan's evil desires
are seen in the evil acts of men (John 8:44).
Influence is what a demon does to you from the
outside; control - inside. You have to be careful what
you allow to influence you because demons hope to gain
control later on through the influence.
Ahab broke the Ten
Commandments; he coveted the man's field.
Ahab married a woman
devoted to everything that God hated and forbid. This
opened a breach upon Israel through which Satan gained
astonishing power and flooded Israel with evil. Even
so, a man opposed to God who submits to his wife or
other women, opens the floodgate for evil to pour upon
his family.
GENE'S AHAB
CHARACTERISTICS
1. Leaving spiritual leadership up to Earline
about how to raise children.
2. Breakdown of
communications between Earline, Marie and me as I
pursued spiritual goals but neglected my family.
3. Fear of getting
hurt by others especially by my family and Earline's
family.
4. God of jobs at
one time when I put my job first, family second and
God last. Now it is reversed: God first, family second
and job last.
5. Leaving things of
God to wife occurred partially such as receiving the
Baptism. I suggested that Earline receive it first.
6. I came from a
poor family and had a materialistic drive until Byron
died.
7. We had many
misunderstandings as Ahab husband and Jezebel wife.
8. I did not believe
in having an argument with my wife. So, I would go
into my room, study engineering, and not talk to
Earline.
9. We even came
close to separation and divorce at our low point about
ten years ago.
10. I was somewhat
unemotional and could not show love the way I should.
11. The greatest
blessing was that God kept us from whole-heartedly
pursuing fame and fortune before Byron died.
12. Earline said I
acted like an Ahab but did not give in anytime!
AHAB REBELS
The major rebellion
was against God in Baal worship. He went after other
idols. Worshipping idols is the worst rebellion
against God.
Ahab exhibited
characteristics of confusion,disobedience,
resentfulness, sullenness and greed. He was an
accomplice to Jezebel, believed a lying spirit,
refused to believe God, and begat rebellious children.
JEZEBEL
REBELS
She killed God's
prophets which is rebellion against God. She exhibited
hate, retaliation and threatenings.
She turns from the
role of woman and wife to trying to upstage the King,
her husband. She belittled him, connived behind his
back, and plotted murder and control of people. Some
women/men today use seemingly pure religious motives
to control others such as prophecy - telling others
what to do (soulish prophecy - charismatic
witchcraft).
Another motive
behind her rebellion was that she wanted worship and
admiration.
Jezebel is true
sorcery. Rebellious Jezebelic males/females will ask
questions aimed at causing the other person to doubt
their worth, ability, decisions, etc.
She ended up being
thrown out a window, run over by chariots and eaten by
dogs. Did she go to Hell?
ELIJAH DESTROYS
BALL'S PROPHETS (I KINGS 18:17-40)
If you believe that
Jesus is Lord, He said to cast out demons (envoys of
Satan) and He said don't cast them out of the unsaved
(Matt. 12:41-45 & I Kings 18:21).
Many times in
deliverance sessions the demons inside someone will
cry out for help. If the demon power is bound in
Jesus' name, the demon gets no help and the name of
Jesus answers by actions; the demon leaves. Who is
greater? (I Kings 18:24).
God's people should
dictate directions and conditions, not Satan (I Kings
18:25).
It is tough on Satan
when he is on open display. He does not like talk of
demons because as long as he is hidden, he has power;
but shown in the light of God, he limps around (I
Kings 18:26).
Satanists cut
themselves, eat flesh and drink blood (I Kings 18:28).
The Devil usually
will not exhibit himself when God's presence is real
but will manifest when people give their will over to
his direction. "The devil made me do it" is always a
lie! (I Kings 18:29).
LIST OF
SCRIPTURE ABOUT AHAB, JEZEBEL AND OTHERS
Other Families In
The Bible Learn to identify mistakes the people made
as you read their stories. The only person that didn't
make any mistakes was the Lord Jesus Christ!
Gen. Ch. 3 (Eve)
Jezebel Spirit.
3:3 (Eve) Added to
God's Words.
3:6 (Eve) Did wrong
and persuaded Adam too.
16:1 (Sarah) Act of
Jezebel.
16:5 (Sarah &
Hagar) Contention and strife -results of Jezebel.
21:9 (Isaac &
Ishmael) Mocking & forever of nations.
25:23 (Rebekah) Knew
Jacob was to rule over Esau. 25:29 (Jacob) Also has
Jezebel spirit connives to get birthright; results in
confusion in children.
27:1-29 (Rebekah
& Jacob) Again connive to get blessing.
27:41 (Esau) Hates
Jacob.
27:46 (Rebekah &
Jacob) Fear.
Gen. Ch. 25 & 27
(Report of contention, strife & wearing down of
families)
Read Isaiah 3:12
(Children and women rule).
Ahab
I Kings Ch. 16:25,
28, 39, 30, 31, 32 & 33
17:1
18:1, 4, 13, 17, 18,
19, 21, 46
19:1, 2, 3, 42
20:2, 13, 14, 34,
42, 43
21:1, 3, 4, 5, 7,
15, 16, 18, 19, 20, 21, 24, 25, 27, 29
22:1, 3, 4, 6, 8, 9,
20, 27, 30, 34, 38, 39, 40, 41, 49, 50, 52
II Kings Ch. 1:1, 2,
17
3:1, 2, 5
8:16, 18, 25, 27,
28, 29
9:7, 8, 9, 10, 22,
25, 29, 30, 37
10:1, 10, 11, 17,
18, 30
21:3, 13, 23
II Chronicles 18:1,
2, 3, 19
21:6, 13
22:3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8
Jeremiah 29:21, 22
Micah 6:16
Revelation 2:20
Jezebel
I Kings 16:31, II
Kings 9:7, 37, 18:4, 13, 19 19:1, 2, Revelation 2:30,
21:5, 25,