“And it came to pass, as if it had been a light thing for him to walk in the sins of Jeroboam the son of Nebat, that he took to wife Jezebel the daughter of Ethbaal king of the Zidonians, and went and served Baal, and worshipped him.”
1 Kings 16:31 KJV
Ahab son of Omri did even more open evil before God than anyone yet—a new champion in evil! It wasn’t enough for him to copy the sins of Jeroboam son of Nebat; no, he went all out, first by marrying Jezebel daughter of Ethbaal king of the Sidonians, and then by serving and worshiping the god Baal. Jezebel, Ahab’s wicked queen, was immoral and practiced idolatry. She released into Israel a spirit of darkness that hindered God’s faithful ones by attempting to mix the worship of Baal with the worship of the true God. She became a symbol of a spirit of tolerance and compromise, which teaches that God’s servants can sin and not experience any consequence. Accepting Christ as one more god in a pantheon of gods is not tolerated by the True and Living LORD God. Let’s be careful that we are not deceived in this. Amen!
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