Deliverance & Spiritual Warfare · English · 1989
The Three Battlegrounds
Francis Frangipane
One of the books that established the 'spirit of Jezebel' as a fixed category in charismatic teaching, characterised by control, manipulation and the usurping of spiritual authority rather than by anything the Book of Kings describes.
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| Name here | Rank given | # | Powers described |
|---|---|---|---|
The Absalom spirit = The Absalom Spirit | Ruling spirit | — | Applied to disloyalty within a congregation that works by winning affection rather than by open opposition. |
The religious spirit = The Religious Spirit | Ruling spirit | — | Described as producing zeal for the form of religion alongside hostility to its substance, and as attaching to committed believers rather than to the irreligious. |
The spirit of Ahab = The Ahab Spirit | Companion spirit | — | Treated as the necessary counterpart to Jezebel: abdicated authority, which permits the other to operate. |
The spirit of Jezebel = The Jezebel Spirit | Ruling spirit | — | Characterised by control, manipulation and the usurping of spiritual authority, operating through influence rather than open command. |