What I'm about to share with you is something not to be taken lightly. In fact, I would encourage you to pray to God to show you what it is that could be affecting your life because of a national spiritual enforcement, and I'll explain that in a few minutes. In other words, when a leader makes a decision, it affects you; it affects your household. We must remember though that we have the power of the blood of Christ to put on our doorposts to protect us from any disaster that may come about as a result of decisions made by leadership - leadership that have no discerning of spirits. And I want to remind you that not every leader has a strong spiritual sense. You know, even leaders in Christian nations are tempted and what I'm about to share with you is the spirit that we are dealing with at this present moment. So before I share that with you, let's pray together.
(KIM PRAYS)
At this moment in time, obviously many are very discouraged by decisions made specifically by this administration and what I'm going to deal with today is the spirit of Jezebel. I know that this spirit has been referred to many, many times and it's almost laughable the way it's been misused. A wife who seems overbearing is suddenly referred to as the spirit of Jezebel; someone trying to control you - suddenly it's the spirit of Jezebel. Well, not always. That spirit operates by manipulation and intimidation and I'm going to share a little bit about Jezebel just for a minute so you can understand what we are warring against in this nation now. You know, Jezebel comes from the word "baal" or "ba-al" - "baal" we call them, but it's actually "baal-allah." And this word "baal" means master, possessor, controller; possessor of anything. If you look at Islam today, especially the radical aspect of Islam, you will notice that that is their main goal, to possess, to control by any means. It means possessor of anything - whatever they can possess, whatever they can control, they will. Now we know that each person has certain traits, vices and virtues, of course, that exist in their soul, and I want you to take note of this everybody. But each soul wants to co-exist, and co-exist means to exist together, Now this can be good or bad, but it's dangerous when there is bad or evil in a human soul because the mischief or the evil doubles and multiplies as they co-exist. And so when you have a group of people that agree together, whether evil or good, it multiplies. And so that's what we've seen at this present moment.
The name Jezebel means "non-cohabitant, without obligation." So Jezebel is a fantasy space; she's an effect, a lifestyle really, but very importantly, and please take note of this, this spirit, Jezebel, functions by seducing a weak being. It functions best by seducing a weak man. Now when I speak of weakness, please don't think I am speaking about intellectual weakness or physical weakness or whatever. This speaks of a weakness spiritually as well. Not every President has the discerning of spirits. Not every President is spiritually inclined; most of them aren't, in fact. And that's a danger is any nation because when they do not have the discerning of spirits (which I'll share on in a few minutes), then there will be havoc.
The daughter, she was the daughter of Eth-baal, the priest-king of Tyre and Sidon. She was married to Ahab, as most of you know, and the reason that happened was to rectify alliance between Tyre and Israel. And Ahab's father, Omri, sought to offset the hostility of Damascus toward Israel. This was around 880 B.C. And so provision was made for Jezebel to continue to worship her native god, Baal, in Sumeria, which was her new home. You can find that in I Kings 16. Now Jezebel also had a very strong, domineering character. She was self-willed, very forceful, and very importantly, a fanatical devotee of Melqart, the Tyrian Baal. You need to know this - from Tyre there was a Baal that she was devoted to.
Jezebel had a staff of about 450; of this, leaders, prophets - the prophets of Baal. She also had 400 prophets of the goddess Asherah. By the time Ahab was king, this is what she already had set up. So understand there were at least 850 prophets, prophetesses of Baal that surrounded her. And what she did was, she clamored for her god to have at least equal, or rights at least, with Yahweh. So she wanted her god, the god of Baal, to have equal rights with God, Yahweh, Jehovah, God of Israel. So this brought her into conflict with the prophet Elijah. Now we know the story of what happened, because the minute that started happening, Elijah got involved. And so there was a battle between God and Baal, which was fought on Mt. Carmel. Of course we know that God triumphed gloriously (in I Kings 18). Even so, this and the massacre of the prophets, which took place when the people of Israel realized that God was listening, when Elijah offered the great offering. But instead of diminishing her zeal, it augmented it so she didn't stop; she pursued the greatest prophet in the land, and that was Elijah (and you know the story).
The conception of an absolute monarchy was at variance with the Hebrew covenant relationship between God, the king, and the people. And she took the lead, even in the incident as you know of Naboth's vineyard, which was handed, which was actually very underhanded, but handed to her through unscrupulous action. And this affected the whole community as well as undermining the throne of Ahab. But what was the result? The result was a prophetic revolution and an extermination of the house of Ahab. So after Ahab's death, just so you know a little bit about Jezebel, Jezebel continued as a power in Israel for ten years in her role as queen mother throughout the reign of Ahaziah.
Now, something else I want you to note before I address you. In the letter to the church of Thyatira (this is in Revelation 2:20), this is what it says: "That Jezebel of a woman is the designation given to a seductive prophetess." Revelation 2:20 calls her "that Jezebel of a woman" and "the designation is given to a seductive prophetess," and listen to this, "who encouraged immorality and idolatry under the cloak of religion." This could refer to an individual or a group within the church but it indicates one thing, and one thing you need to know is very present - apostasy. So the sole goal of this spirit, the spirit of Jezebel, is to destroy any inkling of perception within a human soul, thereby causing the believer to run away, withdraw, hold back, fall back, and look back. And these are the things we're going to deal with because that spirit is attacking the church. That spirit is attacking you and it's attacking us, each and every one of us - and especially in America. It is causing the believer to want to run away, withdraw, hold back, fall back, and look back and not look ahead, or not even look into the present with perception.
And so those are the four things that I've been seeing taking place with many people - running away, withdrawal. Many of you listening to me now have felt that same thing - let's get out of here; let's withdraw at least. Hold back for fear of being arrested or something. Fall back, and then look back. As you know, Elijah the prophet, the greatest prophet at that time, when Jezebel spoke those words saying, "About this time tomorrow, I will make you like one of these prophets," under her control, what did he do? He ran for his life. He never looked forward, but he said to God, "Take my life, for I am no better than my forefathers." He was looking back and referring to them and then he said, "Take my life." Elijah, the very one who knew that he would be taken in chariots and would never taste death, or not at that time, was asking God to take his life through death. That's how severe the spirit is. That spirit is over this nation at this very moment. You say, "Well, Kim, what are we going to do about it?"
First of all, what I'm doing is I'm attempting to open your eyes to see from this very garden, in your homes at this time, what the spirit is and what the outcome is. Is it the end? Yes, it's the end times, most definitely, and I'm going to show you that we have to discern the times. So let's speak about the discerning of spirits because I'm going to release that on you through this broadcast, and we are going to bless Israel today because if Israel has ever needed support, strength, preservation, it's now. With the decision that has been made regarding Iran, can you imagine - this pact that has taken place with an enemy who hates America, an enemy who hates Israel and is bent on the destruction of Israel, is now released; that spirit has been released. And as a result of it, Israel will be targeted. We know Israel is always targeted, but targeted by Hezbollah in a very subtle attempt to do something, and it will be exposed and Israel will have to respond.
Now, the problem is America has spiritually declined, and I use the word "defaced." It has marked its face for a season, but there is an outcome and God has shown me that if we would pray with the knowledge that has been given to us by the discerning of spirits and by perception and by us helping and standing with Israel, that He would pour out of His blessing, and I say that with great passion, with great conviction, that this will take place. Now, there are many who don't believe that. There are many that are cursing America at this time because of its evil and because it's trodden into some crap and made some mistakes, suddenly we must cut the hand of America off so it will no longer reach out to the rest of the world. That is not the desire of God; that is not the will of God at this time, and you've heard me prophesy it and say it.
I John 4:1-3 (I'll read it to you quickly): "Dear friends, do not believe every spirit but test the spirits to see whether they are from God because there are many false prophets gone out into the world. This is how you can recognize the Spirit of God. Every spirit that acknowledges that Jesus Christ is come in the flesh is from God; but every spirit that does not acknowledge Jesus is not from God. This is the spirit of the antichrist, which you have heard is coming (and listen to what John says) and even now is already in the world. So that spirit has been in the world since that time, who wrote this book, I John, quoted that already and said that antichrist spirit is already in the world. So the actual antichrist is not here yet, or may be present and we don't even know it. But the spirit of antichrist is here. Antichrist could be against God; antichrist could be in place of Christ, and that has taken place over the centuries and more so now than ever before. So we are dealing with a deceptive spirit, we are dealing with a false religion.
Let me speak to you about discerning of spirits because it is one of the nine gifts of the Spirit, but let me explain something to you. The term "discerning" describes someone who is critically perceptive and has understanding. Hold on - maybe some of you didn't hear what I just said - someone who is extremely perceptive and also has understanding. Let's deal with that because many people say, "Well, God can give me the discerning of spirits. I don't need knowledge of the Word. I don't need knowledge of God and I could still have the discerning of spirits." I say nay, nay, not at all. The gift of the discerning of spirits seems to suggest to me that it is imparted upon those who have knowledge. It is not imparted upon the stupid and the ignoramus; in other words, someone who just does not care to gain the knowledge of God. And so we have the discerning of spirits, but we also have the word of wisdom; we have the word of knowledge.
So discerning, or the definition of "discern" means to perceive by sight or by the intellect in addition to other senses. Now we know it's a spiritual gift. I'm not saying for one minute that somebody couldn't be given a quick moment of the discerning of spirits when it's necessary, but it also means to perceive by sight or by the intellect as well as other senses. So to discern means to recognize and perceive clearly. The discerning of spirits is one of the gifts of the Spirit and you can read that in I Corinthians 12:10 - it refers to the God-given ability to tell whether a prophetic speech came from God's spirit or from another source opposed to God.
Please let me explain something about prophetic speech. When a man stands up, whether a President, whether a Vice-President, a leader in a world, and they speak and they prognosticate or predict how the future will be based on their current present decisions, that has to be discerned. No, it's not just the person standing on the pulpit. It's not just the person that comes over and says "I have a word for you from God." I want to tell you something. If you don't have the discerning of spirits and knowledge of the Word, you could be deceived and a spirit of divination can come upon you.
We understand that when a speech is made - it may be powerful, it may be done with great oracular skills - unless it is of God, or is prompted by God, it is not any way beneficial to you. There are various realms of discernment that accompany the discerning of spirits. There's the discerning of the spirit, what's behind; it's not necessarily a demon spirit. What kind of spirit is behind this? And then the second one is the discerning of the time. In Luke 12:54, Jesus speaks about the discerning of time. And then there is the discerning of the signs of times spoken of in Matthew 16:1-4: "Then the Pharisees and the Sadducees came to test Him and they asked Him to show them a sign from heaven. And He answered them, 'When it is evening you say it will be fair weather for the sky is red. And in the morning you say it will be stormy today for the sky is red and threatening.' You know how to interpret the appearances of the sky but you cannot interpret the signs of the times. An evil and adulterous generation seeks for a sign, but no sign will be given to it except the sign of Jonah.' And He left and departed."
It's very important for you to realize that we can interpret the signs of the times without necessarily asking for a sign and we need to know what this time is. Why is this President and the administration toying around and flirting with one of the most vile enemies ever to exist on the planet? Because God wants to do something and perform something so great and of such a great magnitude in Israel that the world will be arrested and they will watch and say, "How could we have done this to Israel?" But here God will once again show Himself strong. This is an incredible time. Do not fall to the ground and say it is over, it is finished, because as you've heard me prophesy and pray and say, there is much yet to be done. God has many plans, not only for Israel, His land, but also for us. Keep your eye on Hezbollah. Watch them and watch how God displays His magnificence to Israel and to ecclesia, His church, and to you and I.
I want to speak to you very quickly about the discerning of false prophets. You know I've been called false prophet so many times because people simply don't agree with what came out of my mouth. And I am not prepared to even debate that issue. The Bible tells us how to deal with that and we have the Word of God as our rock, our stone, as our guide to know if something is true and if something is not of the Spirit of God. I want to read to you something that took place in the time of Saul the King and what he did and what he imposed upon the people by his decision. Remember, when a king makes a decision or a President makes a decision, or even a spiritual leader, the people are going to be affected by it unless they're able to discern the spirit and commit spiritual warfare to break the power of it over their lives.
The story is about the Israelites and King Saul. Let me read it to you very quickly. "Now the Israelites were in distress that day because Saul had bound the people under an oath saying, 'Cursed be everyone who eats food before evening comes before I have avenged myself on my enemies." You may say, "Well, what's that got to do with us today?" Well first of all, there's an oath that's taken place; there's an agreement that's taken place with Iran and it is no small thing. Therefore, the entire nation has been subject to this oath, this commitment. However, we do not have to be affected by it not simply by disagreeing or talking about and discussing and shouting and fighting on television about it, but by committing to spiritual warfare and praying and decreeing, "God, what are You doing at this time and what will be the end result of this?" because I'll show you what perception really is.
So what happened was the entire army entered the woods and they were hungry. They had not tasted food because of the oath that King Saul had set upon them. And when they went to the woods, they saw honey oozing out, and yet no one put his hand to his mouth because they feared the oath. In other words, there was honey; there was provision. It was right there in their soil, in their ground, in their tree (wherever it was) and they didn't touch it because of this that had been declared by the king. "You shall not touch it!" I have a word for you from God today, people. There are resources in the soil of America. There are resources throughout this land that could clear our debt. I don't even know where they are but let me tell you this - God said it's there, but because of an oath, it cannot be touched. I say no. I say that somebody by the name of Jonathan will rise up and shall partake of it in defiance to this oath. Hear me out, please. Listen to what happened.
Jonathan was Saul's son. Jonathan had not heard that his father had bound the people with the oath, so he reached out the end of the staff with his hand and dipped into the honeycomb, raised his hand, and his eyes brightened. Do you know something? When an enemy has control over a nation and the king agrees with the enemies, the eyes of the people are darkened. When Jonathan broke this oath, and by the way he probably knew something about it but the Bible says he didn't know so he couldn't have known, what happened was, when he partook his eyes were brightened. The soul came alive. The soul of America must come alive so its eyes can be brightened again and the things that we have been forbidden to do - and I'm speaking about prayer in schools and many other things - have darkened the eyes of this nation. I believe that something's going to change in this next presidency. I'm not relying on a President; I'm relying on the Word of the Lord.
"And the soldiers said to him, your father bound us under a strict oath saying cursed be anyone who partakes of this food. That is why the men are faint." Why do you think, people, that the army is faint, the military is faint? Why do you think there are leaders that are faint right now in this nation? Please hear, read between the lines. Jonathan said, "My father has made trouble for the country. See how my eyes are brightened when I tasted just a little bit of this honey. How much better it would have been if men had eaten some of the plunder they took from the enemies? Would not the slaughter of the Philistines been greater?" I hope many of you are listening to me with a spiritual ear today, because I'm in this garden and I will not leave here until I feel the freedom that God wants in His people to see what He's about to do. You've heard the Word of the Lord regarding that.
What is perception? What is spiritual perception? It means seeing beyond the visible. In other words, what you're seeing and what you're hearing, spiritual perception lets you go ahead - it's foresight. Let me tell you what spiritual perception is not. Spiritual perception is not hindsight; spiritual perception is foresight. Let's go to Abraham. I want all of you listening to me today, please be strong in the Lord and in the power of His might. God has already spoken and I'll share a lot of this on Saturday with Sunil about this Iran deal and what would be the outcome and during the summer, how many in the administration will be exposed - not just because it's this administration, please. But there needs to be some exposures there as well.
Abraham was told by God, He said to him, "Lift your eyes and look." You know what perception is? It means to see, not to look. To look means casual observation, to take a glance, to search, to maybe consider. Many people are watching this that is being played out before our very eyes and say, "Well, I'm a casual observer." But to perceive means to see. There's a difference between look and see. To see means to perceive, to discern, to comprehend, to give attention to. When God spoke to Abraham in Genesis 13, He said, "Lift up your eyes." It doesn't mean just look up or open your eyes. It really means more than that. He says, "Lift up your eyes and look from the place you are, north, south, east and west, for all that you see (not look at - that you see) will be given to you. In other words, what you look at is not necessarily what you're going to see or receive. But what you see, spiritually discern, is yours for the taking. I release you, every one of you now, to be free from the spirit of Jezebel that is trying to control you, your family and your house, your children, your industry, your artistry, your ministry and everything that you are involved in today.
