No More Toleration It's Confrontation Time!! Part 7, Uprooting a Spirit of Pride!!!

Revelation 18


We are walking in today:  No More Toleration It's Confrontation Time!! Part 7, Uprooting a Spirit of Pride!!!

Teaching from the book:  Unmasking the Jezebel Spirit by John Paul Jackson

Witness pride throughout the Bible:   H1347 ga'own spelled gimel, alef, vav, nun--pride, arrogance

Proverbs 16:18 ​ Pride goeth before destruction, and an haughty spirit before a fall.

Torah: Leviticus 26:19
Prophets: Isaiah 16:6, Jeremiah 13:9, 13:15-17
Writings: Job 35:12, Psalm 59:12, Proverbs 8:13

Psalm 101:5 I will not tolerate anyone who secretly slanders his neighbors; I will not permit conceit and pride.

Revelation 18:7
7 “Give her as much torment and sorrow
as the glory and luxury she gave herself!
For in her heart she says, ‘I sit a queen —
I am not a widow, I will never see sorrow.’

◄ 1466. gevah ►

Strong's Concordance

gevah: pride

Original Word: גֵּוָה
Part of Speech: Noun Feminine
Transliteration: gevah
Phonetic Spelling: (gay-vaw')
Short Definition: pride

NAS Exhaustive Concordance

Word Origin
from gaah
Definition
pride
NASB Translation
confidence (1), pride (2)

◄ 5243. huperéphania ►

Strong's Concordance

huperéphania: haughtiness, disdain

Original Word: ὑπερηφανία, ας, ἡ
Part of Speech: Noun, Feminine
Transliteration: huperéphania
Phonetic Spelling: (hoop-er-ay-fan-ee'-ah)
Short Definition: pride, arrogance
Definition: pride, arrogance, disdain.

HELPS Word-studies

Cognate: 5243 hyperēphanía – properly,excessive shining, i.e. self-exaltation (self-absorption) which carries its own self-destructive vanity. 5243 (hyperēphanía) is used only in Mk 7:22. See also 5244(hyperḗphanos).

The spirit of pride as a child, was all that I could remember to esteem too. You have to be proud of yourself--don't let nobody walk all over you. Stand up for your rights stop being timid. Speak up speak aloud let yourself be heard! No matter what always speak your opinion. Don't let nobody run over you. Be proud to be who you are!!

Yet for some reason I always knew that there was something quite not right about this advice. Because it felt like if I had to step on other people's toes, or be aggressive and humiliate other people in the process. It didn't line up with what I learned later on about biblical principles. So the process of The Most High allowing His Ruach HaKodesh to cleanse me and shape me into His image and likeness from the beginning. The journey of being born again, His way, the kingdom's way not the system of this world.

The same influence stems from the Jezebel spirit--wanting to be unchallenged and in charge of everything under the guise of false humility, but the ultimate goal is to take over and be in control. With some operating in low self-esteem unhealed past issues or new to the faith, that leds to more codependence in this Jezebelic spirit. Further gaining a stronghold as well as a soul tie.

The process of combating this prideful spirit of Jezebel in its deceptiveness. Is still yet no easy task. The word of Yahweh provides assurance of victory. We can see by the advice Paul gave them to Timothy to study and rightly divide the word of Yahweh and to be careful of the words spoken out of context. Babbling, mixing truth with half-truth--is not the way of the Most High. People under the influence of Jezebel, will argue you under the table to prove their point. Often having somewhat of a knowledge of the word, but carefully mixing pagan ideals to prove the point. Because the spirit of pride cannot be wrong remember? And very elusive when confronted. Thus the rule of thumb is trusting in the Ruach HaKodesh and operating as the word says. Evidence and two or three witnesses!!!

This spirit of influence works its way on weak minded individuals. Forming groups outside of the will and body of the Most High. Collecting individual’s--mostly new believers or nonchalant followers that find the word of Yahweh too tedious to study. Bending the hearer’s ear to suit the purpose which is this:  kill, steal and destroy. Nine times out of ten take over the position of the leader the Pastor, while the gathering of these believers. Speaking subtleties of discord and dissatisfaction towards leadership. Creating in the atmosphere, a spirit of rebellion. Left unchecked will eventually cause the loss of membership. The loss of the belief in the word of Yahweh. Creating false prophecies and concocting situations to further gain hold of the immature believer.

Or the spirit of Jezebel that masks itself in appearing super religious. Ever wanting to lay hands on and pray for others, while imparting a spiritual gift that somehow the Most High only gave to them. Checking the spirit by the Spirit is the rule of thumb. If a Jezebel spirit is in operation of this person of powerful prayer and supernatural impartation from the Most High--the spirit transferred from this person is not of Yahweh but of demonic influence. Thus causing furthermore disbelief in the word of Yahweh. Watch who has a word and who wants to pray for you!!!!

The operation of the Jezebel spirit and family life often brings disorder. Where in the word specifically gives us the line of operation and family life. So we now know the spirit that attacks family and marriage.

1 Timothy 3:4-6
Here is a statement you can trust: anyone aspiring to be a congregation leader is seeking worthwhile work. A congregation leader must be above reproach, he must be faithful to his wife, temperate, self-controlled, orderly, hospitable and able to teach. He must not drink excessively or get into fights; rather, he must be kind and gentle. He must not be a lover of money. He must manage his own household well, having children who obey him with all proper respect; for if a man can’t manage his own household, how will he be able to care for God’s Messianic Community? - CJB

Bottom line if you're claiming to be the spiritual and so enlightened then your household should be in order and this goes both ways. Male and female alike for Yahweh placed the order of operation. The authority over the wife is the husband. The authority over the husband is Yeshiah and the authority over Yesiah is the Most High.  Anything other than this in the household is definitely a Jezebel spirit.

Ephesians 5:21-28
Submit to one another in fear of the Messiah. Wives should submit to their husbands as they do to the Lord; because the husband is head of the wife, just as the Messiah, as head of the Messianic Community, is himself the one who keeps the body safe. Just as the Messianic Community submits to the Messiah, so also wives should submit to their husbands in everything. As for husbands, love your wives, just as the Messiah loved the Messianic Community, indeed, gave himself up on its behalf, in order to set it apart for God, making it clean through immersion in the mikveh, so to speak, in order to present the Messianic Community to himself as a bride to be proud of, without a spot, wrinkle or any such thing, but holy and without defect. This is how husbands ought to love their wives — like their own bodies; for the man who loves his wife is loving himself. -CJB

In marital situations when the woman is influenced by the Jezebel spirit. The roles are reversed. The woman is more dominant and controlling. Uses ploys and devices of manipulation and belittlement, to gain masculinity over the husband--who often show symptoms of a Ahab spirit.

The Jezebel experience in control of men or husbands. Will resemble a Ahab spirit of conformity, but will resent the wife that is under the influence of Jezebel. Often in emasculating of himself, obtaining infidelities to make up for insecurities and the pain of being degraded by the Jezebel spirit in the wife. Secretly despising the wife that is under the influence.

In daughters the spirit tends to manifest masculine or over aggressive behavior due to the raising of a domineering mother and a nonchalant father.

In sons the confusion of sexuality due to the fathers inability to take its rightful place. Being the male figure role model that Yahweh placed in order to instruct the ways of the Torah. That should be past on to the sons, as being men of the Torah. Seeking any replacement they would resemble a father figure regardless of morality.

So as you can see the goal of this Jezebel spirit for both daughters and sons is confusion of gender and out of rightful order. For couples and places of worship--the interchange of roles under the cloak of dominance and control. Unmasking pride!!  Shema Selah let us hear listen and obey the teaching of the Most High showing us where pride lurkes!!  Facebook LIVE video