Jezebel was so notorious that her very name is synonymous with women who exploit sexuality to accumulate power.
“And unto the angel of the church in Thyatira write…I know thy works…and thy works; and the last [works] to be more than the first.
Notwithstanding…thou sufferest that woman Jezebel, which calleth herself a prophetess, to teach and to seduce my servants to commit fornication…Behold, I will…give unto every one of you according to your works.
But unto…as many as have not this doctrine, and which have not known the depths of Satan, as they speak [big clue – Satanic / demonic possession is recognized in the speaking!]…hold fast till I come. And he that overcometh, and keepeth MY works unto the end, to him will I [not HER] give power over the nations.” (Revelation 2:18-26)
Jezebel is characterized by a lethal combination of political and religious power. The spirit of Jezebel is recognizable by her leadership over her followers / children:
- She claims to be a Bible-based Christian.
- She is a speaker.
- She reaches an international audience.
Prior to 1633, as observed in the 1611 King James Bible, the name “Jezebel” did not include the letter or pronunciation of “J”
Like the name “Jesus“, her name was spelled with an “I”.
Isabella.
This most famous of Spanish queens is the virtual reincarnation of the Sidonian Jezebel, who could very well have been her ancestor. The blood evidence they both left behind certainly matches.
Born as she was during the Middle Ages when the Church reigned supreme, Isabella’s parents would have deliberately named her after a Bible character.
Isabella is famous, with her husband Ferdinand, for funding Christopher Columbus’ exploratory voyage to the new world in 1492. This single action, driven by a the combination of politics and religion so characteristic of the Sidonian’s practices, shot Spain to stratospheric heights of wealth and power.
Ferdinand and Isabella: The Making of the First World Power
The union of the two future monarchs would shape the destiny…of the world….
after the fall of the Western Roman Empire in the fifth century, a power vacuum developed in Iberia. It was quickly filled by the fierce warrior-like Visigoths…the most influential cultural impact they had was their adoption of Christianity. The importance of this decision cannot be understated. The new religion imbued its Iberian adherents with a fiery sense of purpose, an attribute that would lead them to greatness in later centuries, as Christianity would go on to play an important role in the formation of the future Kingdom of Spain and its empire…
In the year 711, warriors of the new religion surged into the Iberian Peninsula…One by one the cities of Iberia fell under the sway of the Muslim forces. The Christian kings of Iberia were pushed back to the Pyrenees…the Muslim capital of Cordoba…became the third most important mosque in the world after those in Mecca and Jerusalem…
Thus began a long period in Iberian history known as the Reconquista, which would last for over 700 hundred years…However, before they could conquer [Muslim] Granada, the Christian kingdoms needed to achieve unity among themselves. And that is where Isabella would play a vital role.
The reign of Queen Isabella of Spain was one of the most consequential in world history…She is the founder of not only the Kingdom of Spain, but also, the Spanish Overseas Empire. Spain would go on to acquire territory in both Central and South America, Italy, and the Netherlands. Her actions shaped the history of two continents, and her legacy still endures today. Wherever, in these distant lands, the Spanish language is spoken, wherever the Catholic faith is practiced, we have Isabella to thank.
“Spain enjoyed a cultural golden age in the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries when silver and gold from American mines increasingly financed a long series of European and North African wars.”
In order to pay for this siphoning of wealth, “The population of the Native American population in Mexico declined by an estimated 90% (reduced to 1–2.5 million people) by the early 17th century.
In Peru, the indigenous Amerindian pre-contact population of around 6.5 million declined to 1 million by the early 17th century. The overwhelming cause of the decline in both Mexico and Peru was infectious diseases, such as smallpox and measles, although the brutality of the Encomienda [forced labor like that in the Nazi concentration camps] also played a significant part in the population decline.
And then there was the religious persecution in the name of Christianity.
Beginning in 1514 Spanish conquerors adopted “the Requirement,” an ultimatum in which Indians were forced to accept “the Church as the Ruler and Superior of the whole world” or face persecution. If Indians did not immediately comply, the Requirement warned them:
We shall take you and your wives and your children, and shall make slaves of them, and as such shall sell and dispose of them as their Highnesses may command; and we shall take away your goods, and shall do all the harm and damage that we can.”
Columbus was forthcoming that he should be remembered “as a captain who for such a long time up to this day has borne arms without laying them aside for an hour.”
Isabella is also famous for being “Europe’s first great queen“. The similarities between the two Jezebels are striking.
- Established the first strong European / Israelite nation-state through the creation of “the Holy Brotherhood”, used to keep the nobles in check. This establishment of royal authority can be seen as one of the crucial steps toward the creation of a strong nation-states.
“Jezebel slew the prophets of the LORD …[replacing them with] the prophets of Baal four hundred and fifty, and the prophets of the groves four hundred…eat at Jezebel’s table.” (I Kings 18:13,19)
- With her husband expelled all Jews who would not convert to Christianity from their lands on pain of death in the most cataclysmic event for Jews prior to the holocaust.
“And [Elijah] said.. I, even I only, am left…And the LORD said…I have left me seven thousand in Israel.” (I Kings 19:14-18)
- While inquisitions swept all of Christian Europe, the Spanish Inquisition was the most infamous of all religious persecutions.
“Put your feet to the fire” and “a slow death” were not figures of speech during the infamous Inquisition under Torquemada which ferreted out by torture and executed by cruel means any “heretic”.
On March 31, 1492…Jewish subjects were given until July 31, 1492 to choose between accepting baptism and leaving the country…land-holdings, of course, had to be sold; gold, silver and coined money were forfeit…
A modern parallel to this practice was the Nazis seizure of property privately owned by individual Jews and Jewish families between 1933 and 1945. The more conservative estimates begin at $US8 billion, the vast majority never returned nor compensation made.
During the sixteenth century, Protestant reformers bore the brunt of the Inquisition. Curiously, though, a large percentage of Protestants were of Jewish origin…
many true and faithful Christians, because of the testimony of enemies, rivals, slaves and other low people—and still less appropriate—without tests of any kind, have been locked up in secular prisons, tortured and condemned like relapsed heretics, deprived of their goods and properties, and given over to the secular arm to be executed, at great danger to their souls, giving a pernicious example and causing scandal to many.
Torture was always a means to obtain the confession of the accused, not a punishment itself. It was applied without distinction of sex or age, including children and the aged.
The methods of torture most used by the Inquisition were garrucha, toca and the potro. The application of the garrucha, also known as the strappado, consisted of suspending the criminal from the ceiling by a pulley with weights tied to the ankles, with a series of lifts and drops, during which arms and legs suffered violent pulls and were sometimes dislocated.[26]. The toca, also called tortura del agua, consisted of introducing a cloth into the mouth of the victim, and forcing them to ingest water spilled from a jar so that they had impression of drowning.[27]The potro, the rack, was the instrument of torture used most frequently.[28] The assertion that “confessionem esse veram, non factam vi tormentorum” (the confession was true and free) sometimes follows a description of how, presently after torture ended, the subject freely confessed to his offenses…[29]
The “Spanish Chair,” a device used to hold the victim while the soles of their feet were roasted, did exist in Spain during the period of the Inquisition but it is uncertain whether it was actually used…
- severe punishments existed, among them long sentences to jail or the galleys, and the confiscation of all their property. Also physical punishments existed, such as whipping.
- The most serious punishment was…burning at the stake…
the condemned had to participate in the ceremony of an auto de fe, that solemnized his return to the Church (in most cases), or punishment as an impenitent heretic. The autos de fe could be private (auto particular) or public (auto publico or auto general).
Initially the public autos did not have any special solemnity or attract large audiences, with time they became solemn ceremonies, celebrated with large public crowds, amidst a festive atmosphere. The auto de fe eventually became a baroque spectacle, with staging meticulously calculated to cause the greatest effect among the spectators.
The autos were conducted in a large public space (in the largest plaza of the city, frequently), generally on holidays. The rituals related to the auto began the previous night (the “procession of the Green Cross”) and lasted the whole day sometimes. The auto de fe frequently was taken to the canvas by painters: one of the better known examples is the painting by Francesco Rizzi held by the Prado Museum in Madrid and which represents the auto celebrated in the Plaza Mayor of Madrid on June 30, 1680. The last public auto de fe took place in 1691.
Those familiar with the fictional Cercei Lannister on Game of Thrones should recognize the same power-grabbing actions in Isabella’s reign. Watching this program triggers a gut horror reaction that is more informing than simply reading words for which we have no visual or emotional context from our own limited experience.
Cercei was ranked No. 1 of “30 Best Game of Thrones Villains” by Rolling Stone and described as the “most dangerous human being in Westeros“. This is quite a tribute if you consider that Ramsey Bolton is only ranked No. 4, despite his characterization as “‘pure evil ‘…basically Ted Bundy…the sort of irredeemable monster you usually read about in books on serial killers.
If you still feel that a God who would order certain groups to be destroyed is a monster, watch Game of Thrones, or at least read about the characters on this top rated, historically based show, and consider whose side you want to be on – the defender or the destroyer of the living.
Every country, including the United States, uses torture.
The Convention against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment of Punishment (The Torture Convention)…adopted in 1984…became the first confirmed and binding agreement toward eradicating torture…
some of the most damaging acts of torture have been performed by our country’s own CIA…
Kingdom Come 