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There is more than one way to understand this statement. One understanding is that
the people of Judah and Jerusalem had transformed the worship of Yahweh into the
worship of Baal. They substituted the rites and doctrines of Baal worship for those of
Yahweh, while still claiming to be followers of the God of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob.
Yahweh had become Baal. Has not the church done the same today as they claim to be
following the God of the Bible and His Son Jesus Christ, Yahshua the Messiah, while all the
time they are practicing pagan rites and have adopted teachings that appeal to the flesh?
The Jews claimed to worship Yahweh, but they did so according to practices adopted
from Baal worship. The Jews went up to the Temple of Yahweh to worship, but they had
built an altar for Baal alongside the altar of Yahweh. Their worship was actually Baal
worship, but it took place in the house built for Yahweh. Do you see a parallel in the church
today?
In external acts, have you adopted the rites and practices that originated with the
worship of Baal and Asherah? Are you emotionally bound to the celebrations of Christmas
and Easter? Internally, do you have idols in your heart? Do you covet the world and its
goods? Are you under the influence of the spirit of Jezebel? Yahweh declares:

II Corinthians 6:15-18
What accord has Christ with Belial? Or what part has a believer with an unbeliever?
And what agreement has the temple of God with idols? For you are the temple
of the living God. As God has said: “I will dwell in them and walk among them.
I will be their God, and they shall be My people.” Therefore “Come out from among
them and be separate, says the Lord. Do not touch what is unclean, and I will receive
you.” “I will be a Father to you, and you shall be My sons and daughters,” says the
Lord Almighty.

During the reign of Ahab and Jezebel, Yahweh sent a prophet named Elijah to the
people. He demanded of them, “How long will you halt between two opinions. Choose you
this day whom you will serve. If Baal is god, serve him. If Yahweh is God, then serve Him.”
Jezebel promotes mixture. She does not mind if you worship more than one god, but
Yahweh does. He will have no other gods before Him, that is to say, He will have no other
gods in His presence.
The spirit of Jezebel seeks to seduce every daughter of Christ. She is very successful,
for few recognize her when she comes. She is a face painter. She will alter her appearance
to make that which is detestable to God appear acceptable.
Few are those Christians who have even discerned the error of celebrating the
resurrection of Christ on a day that bears the name of a pagan fertility goddess (Easter).
Few have recognized the corruption of mixing Easter eggs, bunny rabbits, and Easter ham
with the celebration of Christ’s Passover. How then will they see Jezebel in their own
hearts?