Revelation 2:20

Revelation 2:20

 

Revelation 2:20 But I have this against you, that you tolerate that woman Jezebel, who calls herself a prophetess and is teaching and seducing my servants to practice sexual immorality and to eat food sacrificed to idols.

1.      But I have this against you

            After mentioning the good deeds about Thyatira, Jesus has a few things against this church. Even though it spread the gospel through the charity services in later days these charity services became commercial.

2.      that you tolerate that woman Jezebel who calls herself a prophetess

2.1  woman Jezebel

Jezebel was the daughter of Ethbaal, King of the Phoenicians, and one of the wives of Ahab, King of North Israel. Her story is recounted in 1 Kings and 2 Kings, where she is described as a worshiper of the god Baal and the goddess Asherah, and as an enemy of God's prophets.

3.      … is teaching and seducing my servants to practice sexual immorality and to eat food sacrificed to idols.

Not only that in the beginning there was only one church, that is Roman Catholic Church. It became monopoly in the world up to 1520 A.D. So for its benefits the Catholic doctrine were started to mislead the people through some false information, that means against the word of God were started to thought. As we discussed in the introduction to Thyatira church, the Catholic Church thought the idol worship, compromised with local traditions, giving important to the saints than trinity God.

It seems that a women Jesus identifies as Jezebel and who called herself a prophetess taught His servants to commit fornication and to eat things sacrificed to idols. Jezebel is the wicked queen of the Old Testament. Like ancient Jezebel, this woman represents all who bring in false pagan and satanic teachings. Some of the leadership of the Roman Catholic Church, like Jezebel, brought in Babylonian practices and these leaders like the Jezebel of the Old Testament had a bloody history of killing God's people.