“Notwithstanding I have a few things against thee, because thou sufferest that woman Jezebel, which calleth herself a prophetess, to teach and to seduce my servants to commit fornication, and to eat things sacrificed unto idols.”
But I have this against you: you tolerate that woman Jezebel, who calls herself a prophetess and is teaching and beguiling my servants to practice sexual immorality and to eat food sacrificed to idols — the name Jezebel (1 Kings 16:31-19:3) evokes the historical queen who led Israel into Baalism; this figure claims prophetic authority while seducing the faithful into idolatrous compromise. Toleration (aphiēmi) of false prophecy becomes complicity.
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