Plainly, then, "that woman Jezebel" who claims to be a prophetess in Thyatira is a sham. She has no backing of God's spirit. Who is she? Likely, she is a woman or group of women acting as a shameless corrupting influence in the congregation. Some associated women may have been involving congregation members in immorality, while brazenly justifying their self-willed course by misapplying scriptures. False prophesying indeed! They would influence others to fall into their own ways of "fornication, uncleanness, sexual appetite, hurtful desire, and covetousness, which is idolatry." (Colossians 3:5) They would have those in the congregation indulge in an immoral, self-seeking life-style of the kind that is now countenanced, or winked at, in most of Christendom's religions.
Next time: Chapter Ten/Abhorring the "Deep Things of Satan" - "That Woman Jezebel" - Continue
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