Jesus' fiery eyes have pierced further. He notes something that needs immediate attention: "Nevertheless, he tells the Christians in Thyatira, "I do hold this against you, that you tolerate that woman Jezebel, who calls herself a prophetess, and she teaches and misleads my slaves to commit fornication and to eat things sacrificed to idols." (Revelation 2:20) In the tenth century B.C.E., Queen Jezebel, the Baal-worshipping wife of King Ahab of Israel, had become notorious for her murderous, adulterous, dominating ways. Jehu, as Jehovah's anointed one, had her executed. (1 Kings 16:31; 18:4; 21:1-16; 2 Kings 9"1-7, 22,20, 33) The Idolatrous Jezebel had no claim to being a prophetess. She was not like Miriam and Deborah, who served as faithful prophetesses in Israel. (Exodus 15:20, 21; Judges 4:4; 5:1-31) And Jehovah's spirit did not move her to prophesy as it moved the aged Anna and the four daughters of Philip the evangelizer. -LUKE 2:36-38: ACTS 21:9.
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