Recently, I released 2 words relating to the life of Elijah and its parallel to the moment we're living in now. The first word I released was that rain was coming. The second word I released is that we're in a Mt Carmel moment. But in the past few weeks, I've seen a major flaring attack on the body of Christ from the Jezebel spirit, and it came to me: this is 1 Kings 19!
"So Jezebel sent a messenger to Elijah to say, "May the gods deal with me, be it ever so severely if by this time tomorrow, I do not make your life like that of one of them." —1 Kings 19:2
You see, we are in a moment when rain is coming, and God is sifting His true prophets from the prophets of Baal. We are entering a moment of breakthrough unlike anything we've ever seen in the body of Christ. We are in the era of the revealing of Jesus through a mighty people, and in that moment again, Jezebel has sent a threat to the camp of the remnant.
It is the threat of assassination and complete annihilation.
This is why, in the last few weeks, it has felt like there has been an attack from every single angle. Everything has become volatile. There have been threats, slander, and chatter, unlike anything you've probably seen in your entire life. The mental warfare has hit a place where you've just wanted to run like Elijah and hide.
"Elijah was afraid and ran for his life. When he came to Beersheba in Judah, he left his servant there, while he himselfwent a day's journey into the wilderness. He came to a broom bush, sat down under it and prayed that he might die. "I have had enough, Lord," he said. "Take my life; I am no better than my ancestors." Then he lay down under the bush and fell asleep" —2 Kings 19:3-5
I love this story because it paints a very real and honest picture of what we all face in these moments. In this scene we see Elijah's struggle under the Jezebel spirit, where he feels alone, where he feels isolated, where he feels like he's the only one staying true.
It also paints a picture of a man who's seen God move in such supernatural power, yet when this spirit arises, he runs timidly and afraid. At that moment, God had to remind him of what his voice sounded like and who was more powerful. But the most important part of this encounter was hearing God's voice, which caused Elijah to remember the mantle upon his life and what he carried. He wrapped his jacket around his face and stepped out of the cave.
I believe we're in a moment right now where Jezebel has positioned her Ahabs, Athaliahs, and her eunuchs around you. Notice in the verse above that she "sent a messenger to curse Elijah?" She doesn't do her own bidding. She sends people. That's when your phone blows up. Your emails blow up.
That's when threats and slander come from all angles, where situations erupt from nowhere and set off a chain reaction of others that jump on the bandwagon and do the same.
We know that Jezebel represents a spirit of control, manipulation, and rebellion against God that seeks to undermine trueprophetic voices, destroy godly authority, and establish a counterfeit spiritual authority rooted in idolatry and deception.
Athaliah is sent to bring drama and contention and reinforce Jezebel's plan to make you run, bow, or cower to her viscousness. That's when things flare up around you, and you are suddenly surrounded by wounded and bleeding people who have given themselves over to their bitterness and project it upon you. But her real plan is to tear you down and expose you.
The Ahabs represent weak or compromised people, often leadership characterized by passivity, spiritual negligence, and an inability to stand for righteousness. Ahab, as a king, allowed Jezebel's influence to dominate, leading to the idolatry and corruption of Israel. In warfare, Ahab symbolizes leaders or individuals who fail to uphold truth and righteousness, and attack you with pressure to conform and tolerate her control.
Eunuchs represent those who are spiritually castrated—people who have lost their spiritual authority, power, and identity. They are those stripped of their ability to produce fruit or have a real anointing. Jezebel's eunuchs symbolize individuals who have been spiritually emasculated and manipulated to serve their purposes. They are messengers or servants who carry out Jezebel's plans and are complicit in spreading deception, enabling the Jezebel spirit's influence, and perpetuating her agenda over you.
These messengers are her enforcers, Those who sound like her but are simply her servants that curse you from the side.They're the ones who try to manipulate you and control you from every angle to keep you cornered. But all of this is to cut you down and to get you to give up.
Have you wanted to give up? If so, I want to encourage you this week.
If this is what you've been facing and you just feel defeated, I want to encourage you today to tap into the Jehu anointing upon your life.
That is the anointing that doesn't tolerate this spirit and sees it for what it is and begins to war and walk out and effectively break through regardless of the opposition.
Like Elijah, get in the secret place and hear the voice of the Lord for yourself again, then wrap your mantle around yourself and step out of the cave!
OPPOSITION TO WHAT YOU ARE ABOUT TO BUILD
But why is this happening now? Because we are also in a building season.
I've been thinking of Nehemiah 4 the last few weeks when Nehemiah was rebuilding, and Sanballat came to oppose them.
"When Sanballat heard that we were rebuilding the wall, he became angry and was greatly incensed. He ridiculed the Jews. They all plotted together to come and fight against Jerusalem and stir up trouble against it. —Nehemiah 4:1,8
Their opposition was a distraction. It wasn't going to stop what God had planned, but to avoid delays, they needed to push forward - they needed a strategy.
These were the two strategies God gave them:
The exposed places;
"Therefore I stationed some of the people behind the lowest points of the wall at the exposed places, posting them by families, with their swords, spears and bows" —Nehemiah 4:13
Offensive building:
"From that day on, half of my men did the work, while the other half were equipped with spears, shields, bows and armor.The officers posted themselves behind all the people of Judah who were building the wall. Those who carried materials did their work with one hand and held a weapon in the other" —Nehemiah 4:16-17
I believe we're in a moment right now that the strategy is simple. It's not that we ignore the slander and opposition. It's just that we need to pay more attention to what God is doing.
It's also a moment to be complacent. We have to cover the low places. The areas where the enemy is trying to completely break down our lives. This means to take care of our foundations well.
To focus on our families. On worship. The word. Getting the battalion in order so nothing can creep in or breach our defenses. And lastly, to be on guard. To live in war mode. Don't do this lying down while God is wanting to rebuild you and build THROUGH you!
Yes we need to continue to build, continue to move forward regardless of the opposition that is coming at us. Because we are in a moment of transition, shifting from limitation to abundance.
THE UNLOCKING OF RESOURCES
I believe we're in the moment that we're about to see the unlocking of resources that have been held up by the spirit for such a long time.
The remnant have needed the resources to move forward that would begin to establish new places of God's glory in the earth.
Wildfires in places that would birth true prayer movements and true movements of God's presence that are not based on man's ambitions.
But there's been a delay in finances, but as we continue to push forward and build at this moment, we're going to see a monumental generational breakthrough.
We're going to see the hidden riches of secret places from Isaiah 45:3 poured out.
So my encouragement to you this week is keep going. Keep building. Keep defending. Keep fighting. Do not give up. Do not cower to this spirit.
But if we persevere in worship and prayer, we will see everything that God planned and established for us to build and accomplish in our lifetimes.
Remnant, we've got this!
