The history of the Bible describes a King of Israel who turned out to be more evil than any of the Kings before him, who made matters worse by marrying an idolater by the name of Jezebel who caused Ahab to begin worshipping idols himself. Because of the sins that Ahab had done in opposition to God’s commandments, God sent Elijah the Tishbite to him and spoke a curse upon the land. After Elijah had proven the Lord and slew the false prophets of Ahab and Jezebel, Jezebel threatened Elijah that she would destroy him, but Elijah turned the tables on Jezebel and prophesied of her death which did come to pass.
That was the beginning of Elijah and Jezebel and the spirits which were upon them that was to be repeated in the future.
Then came John the Baptist, whose ministry began before the appearance of Jesus and was noted in scripture by Jesus that John had the spirit of Elijah upon him. This John the Baptist also was targeted by a woman who had the spirit of Jezebel upon her in the same manner as the original Elijah and Jezebel during the reign of Ahab the King of Israel.
Then one Herodias, a Jewish Princess and the wife of Herod Antipas, is portrayed as a latter-day Jezebel using her influence in a bloodthirsty quest for revenge against John the Baptist for daring to criticize her marriage in moral and religious terms. Because John the Baptist opposed the marriage of Herodias and Herod in violation of Jewish Law, she used her daughter to persuade Herod to have John killed. She, with her husband Herod died in exile being separated from her homeland.
So it came to pass that history did repeat itself for the first time with these two spirits traveling down through time, the spirit of Elijah on John the Baptist and the spirit of Jezebel on Herodias.
During His ministry and after John the Baptist was put in prison by Herod, Jesus prophesied that the spirit of Elijah would appear once again in the last days in order to restore the faith of the children back to the faith of the apostolic fathers as was spoken of by the prophet Malachi.
The scriptures in Amos say: “Surely the Lord GOD will do nothing, until he reveals his secret unto his servants the prophets first. If the lion has roared, who will not fear? The Lord GOD has spoken, who can but prophesy?”
Once again history is repeating itself in these last days. And because it is the last days the devil is pulling out all the stops because he knows that his time is about to end. Once again the people of God have turned to idolatry and worship what they see and not the invisible God who respects faith in those who worship and believe His Word instead of the false interpretations of man.
And once again the spirit of Elijah has come upon a man, one who is not worthy to be called a prophet, but as God speaks to him, what can he do but speak that which God has shown him. Then again, here comes that same spirit of Jezebel, but in a double portion resting upon more than one person who are determined to prevent the modern day Elijah from doing God’s will by attempting to destroy his credibility and his character.
There are some who believe that William Branham was the end of time Elijah, but nothing that William Branham was, had any resemblance to the type of person either Elijah or John the Baptist was. Elijah and John both were persecuted by a woman who had the spirit of Jezebel on them, but that same spirit didn’t appear as an adversary during Branham’s ministry, so he was not the Elijah that Jesus prophesied would come to be the restorer.
Yes history does repeat itself and in every case the vindication of God did and will prove that the ministry of the spirit of Elijah was ordained by Him. The original Elijah and the prophecies that he made were proven by God. In the case of John the Baptist who prophesied of the coming of the Messiah, it came true also. In like manner will the prophecy of the third spiritual ministry of Elijah in the end time come true and God will expect His people to believe the sign and the voice that accompanies the sign.
God spoke of Jezebel in the scriptures in the book of Revelations and said: “I gave her space to repent of her fornication; and she repented not. Behold, I will cast her into a bed, and them that commit adultery with her into great tribulation, except they repent of their deeds. And all the churches shall know that I am he who searches the reins and hearts: and I will give unto every one of you according to your works.”
In all the cases where Jezebel fought against the spirit of Elijah, she thought she was going against the man, but in fact was going against the God who was working in the man. The spirit of Jezebel lost during the time of Elijah and lost during the time of John the Baptist and will lose again in these last days because you can’t prevail against the will of God.
Thus Saith the Lord God Jehovah
Repent and believe the true Word of God!
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