The Twin Ditches of the Lucifer and Jezebel Mindsets
A couple of posts ago in Social Justice - Part 4, I mentioned that I would go into more detail about the Lucifer and Jezebel mindsets. We do not want to glorify the enemy, however, if we are going to have victory, we need to know the truth about the enemy. "Behold, I send you forth as sheep in the midst of wolves: be ye therefore wise as serpents, and harmless as doves. But the righteous are bold as a lion." Matthew 10:16, Proverbs 28:1. As we know, if there is a counterfeit, there is a true. We need to read the Bible to know the truth so we can discern the counterfeit. Here is a summary of my observations over the years of these twin mindsets.
LUCIFER - Isaiah 14:3-23 describes the brutal tyrannical behavior of this mindset. It typically is male dominated and most often found in religions and governments where the male has complete control and the female is completely dominated. Radical Islam embodies this by killing others who do not believe as they do. Also, women have been stoned for not being completely covered, and they practice female genital mutilation. The Detroit Free Press covered a story regarding this practice last year (here). The shocking reality is that this practice isn't happening in some third world country. It has happened right in our own communities!
Less obvious is how this mindset creeps into our churches and homes. Instead of incorporating the Eph 4 model, churches, institutions, and families will adopt the Lucifer hierarchical system of control. Men at the top of these structures will be heavy handed, abusive, and shut out others that disagree. The underlying emotion is greed and/or unhealed anger issues. The outcome is everyone suffers because the Holy Spirit is not allowed to lead. The fear of losing control is greater than trusting Holy Spirit, and this mindset is very common in many churches and families.
JEZEBEL - In the other ditch is the Jezebel mindset found in Rev. 2:18-29, and 1 Kings 16 to 2 Kings 10. It typically is female dominated and most often found in feminist groups and leaders that feel a need to control others as a coping mechanism to deal with their unhealed hurts. Rebellion, sexual immorality of every kind including pedophilia and sex trafficking, abortion, all types of mental confusion - gender, dyslexia, autism etc., and emasculating men, all have their roots in this evil mindset.
Media and Hollywood are full of examples. The multiple women's marches where the women are wearing vagina hats and bloody clothes are prime examples. In addition, many college campus protests are demonstrating this mindset by being rebellious, disrespecting others, rioting, and shutting down diversity of thought (here, here, here, and here ). The decades long arguing over women's ordination is a another prime example of these two mindsets battling each other like a sibling rivalry.
These twin mindsets started millenniums ago in the Garden of Eden when Adam and Eve gave their control away to Satan recorded in Genesis 3. They started blaming others, and right then the victim mindset was born. Adam blamed Eve and the emotional seed of unhealed hurt was sown. Eve blamed the snake and so the ditches were dug. Adam needed Jesus to reinstate his authority to get mankind back on the road to abundant life, and Eve needed Jesus to heal her wounded soul to get humanity back on the road to abundant life. Unfortunately, many are ignorant of and/or arrogant toward these twin mindsets resulting in division and destruction of society.
When these twin mindsets are not healed by the love of God and realigned with the mind of Christ, there is much physical, mental, and spiritual suffering. All negative emotions - fear, unchecked anger, bitterness and unforgiveness, hatred, jealousy etc. can cause a myriad of diseases including heart failure, autoimmune diseases , cancers, bone diseases etc. (Read more on spiritual roots to disease here). War erupts everywhere and we need the peace of God to bring restorative life.
God's perfect plan is for us to work in harmony and unity Eph 4, John 17. We are all sons and daughters (Romans 8) and He desires a unique and special relationship with each of us. Furthermore, He has a unique and special gift He has given each of us. He wants us to use that gift to take authority over Satan's kingdom and defeat the works of the devil; and to establish His Kingdom by the power of the Holy Spirit, the love of Father God, and in the name of Jesus Christ..
Below is my very rough sketch on our old white board of what I think these concepts look like visually in the Body of Christ at the cell or family level. I hope you get the idea. Notice the linear and circular differences of Satan's way and God's way. In addition, God's way leaves the arms and hands open to give the freedom of choice to leave the protection of His arms. The Bible Project did another illustration of the Body of Christ and the family according to Ephesians that I really like as well (see video below).
May you grow in your understanding of who you are in God, so that you can be healed, freed, and empowered by the Holy Spirit to defeat these demonic twin mindsets. May you experience all the love, joy, peace, comfort, safety etc. of God's arms so that you can be blessed and be a blessing In Jesus Name!
