Athaliah: My testimony of survival
By Pastor Rose Penny
Athaliah is a deadly demonic force that is on the rise in the world today. She’s very affluent even in the political world.
My story of survival (which not many people do survive due to mostly not understanding that she exists) begins in 2004. Since this time I have seen two of my close friends die a physical death as well as the founder of the ministry I worked for. Many others have had to have counseling and inner healing to recover from the effects of (not being a target) just being near this spirit. I don’t consider myself a direct target, I just got in the way of what she wanted to accomplish. This is my story.
I had just come out of a ten year pastoral position that in its self would want to make a grown man run away and cry like a baby. Lots of warfare and my husband and I were seriously tired. Not realising how tired you get on the front lines of spiritual battle without much rest, we were surprised that it took us two years to recover. We were not in ministry during our rest time, we moved far away from our last pastorate and we took jobs at factories like normal people. It was really nice to be normal for a while.
Around the two year mark my husband and I had been asked to take a managerial position within the company we were working for which would mean another relocation. I really wasn’t up to moving again so soon, and I seriously didn’t want to move to the state the new positions was in, I was quite happy living where I was. So we took this to prayer.
Time was drawing short and we had to make a decision soon. We were currently attending a church that was “attached” to an international prophetic ministry. I had been participating in classes taught by this ministry over a period of years and had gotten to know the founder of the ministry as well as many people working with and for him, so when time to relocate from our last pastorate we decided to go where this ministry was based from to hang out with like-minded people.
We went to speak to our pastor for guidance. He did what all good pastors do when faced with helping people make life changing decisions, he prayed with us. After we had left his office, however, he rang the ministry office and spoke with the current president. His comments were if you are going to do anything with this couple you should do it now, or you’re going to lose them. Apparently we had caught the eye of the ministry and there were plans afoot for us that we had no idea about.
A couple days later I got a phone call asking me to come into the office for an interview. I went and had a chat with the person over the department that had an opening. I was a bit surprised meeting this lady. I was expecting a more put together person. You know, every ministry attracts a certain type of people. The lady I met that day was not at all the typical type of person that one would meet connected with this type of ministry. Please don’t misunderstand me; I’m not being critical here, just real.
The job I was apparently applying for was Logistics Manager for the itinerant school the ministry operated. I knew in my heart straight away I was to take the job, but as always I wanted to pray. I left the office excited in my spirit at the possibility to be back in some sort of Christian ministry.
I went home filled with excitement and had a chat with my husband. We prayed and I felt led to look up some of the prophecies I had been given over my life. Just before we left our last pastorate, my dear friend and mentor Kathie Walters had given me a prophecy, that word was the confirmation for me to take the position. That night I had a dream confirming again I should take the position, that this position would open the doors to Australia. (My husband and I knew we were called to Australia, but we were waiting for the “hows that gonna happen” to be confirmed).
I rang the next day and told them I would take the job and could start work after I gave my notice at my current job. My current boss thought I was nuts to take a cut in pay and give up the promotion to go to work in a ministry with no benefits or guarantee’s. But well, that’s what moving in faith is all about! Trust!
I had worked for a large ministry before (a couple of them in fact), I was used to people jockeying for position and to gain favour with the big guy or be important to someone important, this ministry was no exception to that, so that wasn’t an issue for me. I had learned from my friend Kathie Walters about a spirit of elitism and wow, it was here in spades! But I also knew that where ever God is moving so is the enemy. I kept my nose clean and my eyes focused and did my job to the best of my ability.
That job was basically being a travel agent and making sure the instructors got where they needed to go, had a place to stay, food to eat and the equipment and product they needed to run their class and product tables, and to accomplish this as inexpensively as I could.
I was hired in full time, but found the job I was doing only took up about a third of my day. So being raised a southern American, I was used to putting in a solid 10 for a solid 8 pay. I was bored. I began to look around to see what else I could do. I prayed and asked the Lord to show me what He wanted me to do. Being a former pastor and a budget minded person I could see clearly where money was not being used wisely. There were too many people on staff in my department; broken equipment just lying around that type thing. My husband (Rick) being a “techy” kind of guy was a good source of information in getting equipment repaired. I spoke to him concerning a few things and he came in to the ministry and volunteered time to repair equipment. (This eventually led to him being hired in for the IT department.)
I made flow charts of jobs and how we could save money on employee costs and supplies, etc. I went to see the sweet lady directly over me (assistant to the department manager) and had a chat with her about what I saw. This quickly led to a meeting with the department manager, a promotion for me and a raise! Not to mention taking on a lot more responsibility! Over time, I actually did 3 full time jobs at the ministry. I absolutely loved my job(s) to the max! My husband I quickly moved up in the ministry and my husband became the pastor over the ministry partners and we were asked to take the training classes to teach the courses. Soon, we were (in addition to our jobs) asked to join the itinerate ministry team and we began to travel for the ministry to teach and train. Now, understand the story I’m telling you took place in just a little over 2 years of time.
The Holy Spirit shined a spot light on us for the way we did our jobs. The bible says that a man’s gift will make room for him and bring him before great men. You can’t hide the gifts God has placed in you; they will be recognised if you are faithful to do what God askes of you. My husband and I are people who give 110% to whatever it is we are asked to do no matter what the task.
One of my jobs in the ministry was to send and arrange for someone to manage the product to conferences where the founder of the ministry would be speaking. I had to know how much product to send. Well, my goodness how do I know that? I’ve never owned a bookshop! So I prayed. The Holy Spirit would tell me how much product to send and who would be the best person to work that particular area to make the most money for the ministry. He would even tell me how much money would be made at each table. Once on a trip I made mention of that to one of the staff ministers. He began to watch to see if I was correct. I began to be requested to do the tables myself (because I made the most money, because I truly believed in the product I was selling, and I had listened to or read everything. I believed to do my job well it was my responsibility to do so). The founder of the ministry liked lights and colour on the product tables. I invested my own money in these things to make the tables beautiful simply because I really enjoyed my job! These things brought me to the attention of the leadership. I began to excel quickly.
Now, in the meantime while all this was happening to me and my husband, other really negative things were happening to other people. The Holy Spirit brought my attention to things I would not normally notice because I kept my head down, mouth shut and my focus on my own responsibilities. I had plenty to do besides get involved in other peoples “stuff”. He would say to me watch this, or see that. I was really disturbed by what I saw.
First thing was the sweet lady over me disappeared. I was quite shocked at that. One day she was in her office and the next day she was gone. A new assistant (a ministry intern) was put at her desk. Her responsibilities were disbursed among my department team. I never found out what really happened to her.
Next the school instructors were dismissed. Instead of being on staff now they were contracted in for the classes. If we could do the class without them, then we did. It seemed every day someone left the ministry or was fired. Things seemed to be in chaos. One day this person was over an area or department then the next day they were gone. Everything seemed to be about money and no longer about equipping the saints for the kingdom.
The supervisor over my department began to change. This frumpy looking, sweet, kind faced woman began a metamorphosis right in front of my face. She became hard and mean. I knew something demonic was happening but I wasn’t quite sure what was taking place. I watched her day after day chew people up and spit them out like they were just a bad taste in her mouth. But with each person she seemed to gain strength and power. I began to intercede.
It was about this time I had a dream. In my dream there was a neighbourhood of houses. In each of the houses “staff” people lived there. One night in the middle of the night (I was asleep in my dream), I woke up and went to the bathroom. I noticed the bathroom floor was on fire. I went to the window to call for help and noticed other houses were on fire. I ran to wake up my family and told them to grab just what they needed and get out of the house. We all (my family, we all worked for this ministry) ran out of the house and to our car. We all piled in our car. Other people stayed in their house while it was burning. I called to them to get out! We drove off down the road and spent the night in camp grounds. We came the next day to check on everyone. People were wondering like zombies around holding their office supplies in their hands. The houses were all gone. Some people even lost their cars in the fire. From this dream I knew that my family would be Okay and our ministry safe. Others would not be so lucky.
One day I was called into my supervisor’s office and she asked me to take on another job. She wanted me to head up the intercessors for one of our foreign offices. I was very uncomfortable with this as I had never done anything at all like this. I was always up for a challenge so I told her I would give it go. As I began to pray about how to go about this, gathering intercessors from a country I’d only been to once as a tourist and didn’t know a soul. The Holy Spirit told me to go see the ministries head intercessor.
I had become good friends with her we had lunch together nearly every day. She was a wonderful woman of God, full of God’s power. I popped over to her office that after noon. I told her what my new task was and asked for her advice. A horrified look came over her face and she said, Rozi, that’s part of my job. I’m doing that. I was confused and asked her why she thought my boss would ask me to do it instead of her. She whispered “I’m next”. I replied, “Next for what”? She told me to never mind and to not worry about the foreign office she was working on it. The next day her office was moved from my floor to the top floor, far away from me.
We had an intercessor conference coming up and my dear friend was in charge of the conference. I of course was slated in to do the product tables. It was an amazing conference. The founder spoke, my boss and my intercessor friend and a few others. The conference CD sales were amazing. My friend sold more CD’s of her ministry time than anyone else including the founder. At the end of the conference, my intercessors days were numbered and she was fired.
When I heard that she was leaving the ministry I went up to her office on my break time to have a heart to heart. I wanted to know what was this demonic spirit turned loose in the ministry, how did it get there and how can we get rid of it. She and another staff minister (the one I had gained good favour with) were there. I asked the questions that were burning in my heart. She explained to me that it was a spirit of Atheliah. I had never heard of such a thing. Atheliah was Jezebel’s daughter, far more vicious than her mother. She explained to me what she knew of this spirit and how it operates. (Which, I will explain a bit later). I asked how it could possibly be in this ministry. Our founder knew the ends and outs of Jezebel and even written a book on the subject. My friend told me that Athaliah, Jezebel and Delilah work together. Delilah has lulled our founder to sleep. He is not aware of what’s happening.
She explained to me several things that have taken place in her own ministry and connection with the founder and my boss. Light bulbs were popping on for me as I connected the three spirits with what had been happening to other people leaving the ministry. She told me to be very careful that I was on the Athaliah’s radar. She told me to not to get in front of it. I think I left her office that day even more confused than I was when I went in.
Over the next few weeks I saw things happen to people that just blew my mind. Anyone with any anointing at all was shot down, especially women. It seemed every Friday we were having a going away party. The founder of the ministry was telling people to go find other jobs! It was nuts! Here was this amazingly thriving ministry going full force equipping the saints and now it was like a sinking ship and all the people were jumping off into the deep. People were leaving the ministry left and right. I kept praying.
I began to have dreams, lots of dreams. I cried out to God, Lord you showed me this is would our catalyst into Australia, how can this be now God? The Holy Spirit brought my dream back to me, my family and our ministry would be safe.
My best friend (we had been friends for over 15 years, she was on staff at our last pastorate and she and her family moved to where we were a couple years after we had moved there) I had gotten her a job in the ministry. I was upstairs near her office in the customer service department. I popped in to say hi and she really looked dreadful. I asked her what was wrong and she told me she had a dream. Now I hadn’t said anything to her or anyone else (except Rick) concerning the Athaliah. I am a firm believer that you do not speak against authority. All authority comes from God even bad authority. I am only now sharing this story 9 years later because the founder of this ministry is no longer my spiritual authority as he has passed away a couple of years ago. My friend Kathie Walters has encouraged me to tell this story.
My position in this was prayer. I was once this girl’s pastor, so I was not going to be a source of gossip and unprovable accusations. But, what she had to say to me was total confirmation and opened my eyes to much. She shared with me a dream about warfare over the ministry that pretty much said the ministry was under attack from the outside but it would come to nothing. However, there was a demon inside the ministry in a closet that once it was let loosed it would destroy the ministry. I interpreted her dream for her and then told her God gave her the dream so He has given her authority to pray against this thing. I left it there even though my heart knew what was happening.
A few days later I was called to my boss’s office. I was totally flabbergasted at what she said. She said come on Rozi lets go down to the cafeteria and I’ll buy you a coke. On our way down the hall she’s smiling and telling me how wonderful I am and how grateful she is that I’m in her department and for all the work I do. Sugar wouldn’t have melted in her mouth. We stop at the windows that over looked a small picnic type area outside. She said, “see there, I knew it.” I looked out and saw one of the girls in my department. This girl traveled with my boss often to teach. People looking in would have thought she was a favourite. The girl was on her mobile phone. We couldn’t hear the conversation. My boss said, “She’s up to something. It’s not good. I want you to do me a favour.” I was puzzled but said, “sure, what?” She said, “I want you to watch the girls in your department and report back to me about anything I should know about.” I said, “Like what?” “Like things I should know about, taking early breaks or spending too much time on the phone with personal things.” I took a deep breath as she handed me my coke and I replied, “I can’t do that. I didn’t come to work for this ministry to be a spy. I’m not a department head; I have my own work to do.” She said, “You could be a department head”. I said, “I’m very happy with what I’m doing, thank you. If the only way to become a department head is to spy on my co-workers then I don’t want to be one.” She turned and walked away in a huff. I felt in my spirit, “You’re next, you’ve just stepped in front of Atheliah”.
Our first trip to Australia was booked! We were so excited! This came about in a strange way. We were at a conference working. My husband was in charge of the food for the staff. It was another way we found to save the ministry money. Instead of allotting $25.00 a day per staff member working the conference for food, my husband was able to bring it in under $5.00 a day per staff person by providing the food for the staff at the hotel the conference was being held in. I of course was running the product store.
While working in the store I heard two pastors talking. I’m thinking to myself, hey! These guys are Aussies! I went over and introduced myself and little did I know I was meeting our gateway to the Great Southland of the Holy Spirit. (God had made a way even in the midst of turmoil!) I had a great conversation with these guys. I took them to meet my husband. On a break we had a coffee with them and the rest of that is history!
At the end of this conference the pastors invited my husband and I to Australia to minister. Through a course of events and issues that I won’t go into in this story the door opened, plans were made and we took a three week break from our work and went to Australia & New Zealand for the first time the following August. It was incredible and we put our feet on the soil for the first time and we knew without a doubt we would live in this amazing country one day. (Another story for another time)
At the end of our three weeks, we were asked to come back the following April to do more classes. Upon arriving back to work as usual we found things quite different. My department had hired another person to be a part time accountant to help me with class registrations and product sales paper work. This part time position quickly grew into full time taking over more and more of my responsibilities of handling any money what so ever. I thought this a bit strange, but Okay no worries. I didn’t really need any assistance but happy to hand over this part of my job. In praying about it God told me my days at the ministry were now numbered. I was very grieved about it but knew that perhaps God was opening up more ministry opportunity and what I loved more than my jobs in this ministry was teaching the word of God.
We were asked to put a slide show together and give a presentation of our trip to OZ for the staff. We were excited to do so. At the end of the presentation we had a meeting with the president of the ministry and my boss (who were married). We shared with them that we were asked back for the following April and could easily teach three classes during that trip. The president told us to make it happen. He told us they could not pay us while we were gone or pay for our trip over but we could keep all the proceeds from the registrations and buy product from the ministry at cost and keep the proceeds from that as well. We were happy with those arrangements. He prophesied over us concerning our life in OZ and in the prophesy there was a date that we would actually be moving to stay. I personally thought this is what the Lord was telling me when he said my days were numbered at the ministry.
Things got really weird in the ministry very quickly after this. Somehow my boss was able to get the founder of the ministry to turn over the school portion of the ministry to her. I knew in my heart this was a big mistake. The school was the glue the held the ministry together. It was the main source of income and the other part of the ministry would not survive without it. Not to mention I worked for both parts of the ministry! It was a short lived venture however. It was quickly proven I was right, the other part of the ministry could not survive without the school.
It seemed the next 6 months were a blur. We had a conference coming up and Bob Jones was going to be at the conference. I was asked to “cook” southern for him. He loved his biscuits and gravy. I was so honoured to be asked to cook for him. I was majorly excited. When my boss found out I had been asked to cook she really got upset. Her son was a chef and they asked me to cook. As it turned out Bob Jones didn’t get to come to the conference he was sick so I didn’t get to cook for him. Interesting thoughts here but no proof of the path of thinking these things.
After this my boss began to say the meanest things to me. Hurtful things. She accused me of stealing things from her personally. Silly things like computer cords or staplers. She began to pick on me horribly about my southern roots. Whenever we had staff dinners or lunches I was always given requests of food people wanted me to bring. Collard greens, or soup beans, corn bread, fried chicken. In fact before my boss’s assistant that disappeared from the ministry had a birthday party for her husband. She called it a red-neck party. She rang me up and asked me to cook the food because she didn’t know anyone else who could cook good red-neck food! I took it as a compliment and I know that’s how she meant it. The founder of the ministry being a southern boy himself LOVED my cooking along with the staff minister friend I had favour with. I often brought them collard greens and corn bread.
In any case she made fun of me often and stabbed at me as much as she could just to hurt me. I would often go home in tears and cry and cry. My husband would encourage me to quit my job. But I’m not a quitter and I loved my job and I loved the man I worked for. His ministry and wisdom had changed my life and ministry. Even though I was being verbally abused on a continual basis, I wasn’t budging until God told me too. His timing is always best. Little did I know at this point it was a life or death situation for me.
I came into work one morning and it was announced that we were going to rearrange our cubicles’ that day. (Our department was set up in cubicles’ not actual walled offices.) I thought to myself this was rather random, but ok. It looked like I was going to get more space so I was all in for that. My boss wanted the accountant girl she hired while I was in Australia to be put next to my cube. It made sense; we worked on the same stuff and often needed to communicate about classes and instructors. Little did I know my boss now had her spy … The two together became an unstoppable force of Jezebel, Atheliah and Delilah.
I was super busy one day and instead of going to the cafeteria to have my lunch I had it in my office. My best friend came down to have lunch with me while I worked. We were talking softly because everyone could hear everything. Her sister was giving her a lot of grief and we were discussing the situation quietly. As soon as she left my cube I heard the spy tapping on her computer. I knew a report was being sent to my boss. She put her next to me to spy on me. I know this sounds amazingly paranoid! But years later this spy came to me in repentance and told me the whole story.
It began to get ridiculous, after every phone conversation, or visitor to my cube I would hear tap- tap- tap on the computer. I refused to let it tear me apart, but it did really attack my self-esteem and make me suspicious and careful about every word spoken.
I was beginning to think my boss was losing her mind. If you have ever seen the movie The Devil Wears Prada, you know what it was like for me working for this woman. It was just crazy. I watched this woman go from meek, shy, and quiet to outrageously cruel and loud! She went from frumpy unkempt to wearing the best clothes and hair, make up and incredibly groomed.
One day she came to my cube. She gave me some instructions of things she wanted me to do to cover the many events we had coming up. She told me to make plans to go to Houston and Dallas Texas, Redding, CA with the founder of the ministry for conferences he was booked at. She told me he expected me to do the tables but I will need help so book in the help I need. She left my cube. I had taken notes as she barked orders. I thought that was pretty strange to send me to all of these events. Part of my job was to train teacher trainee’s in the areas to do the book tables so we didn’t have to pay airfare and accommodation. So to make sure I heard correctly I sent her an email to confirm what I had written in my notes. She emailed me back and said yes, do it! So, I did.
A few weeks later when the financials of all the plans I put in place came into the spy’s office, she went to my boss’s office and told her what I had done. My boss came screaming and I mean literally screaming like a banshee into my cube. She called me stupid and ignorant and many other names. She asked me who I thought I was that I could just make my own plans to do my own thing. She said she didn’t care how much favour I had with the founder she was still my boss and I worked for her not him. When she stopped screaming I asked her what she was referring too, that I had not done anything she hadn’t asked me to. She called me a liar. She left my cube. I cried for about 15 minutes then I sent her the confirming email we had exchanged. She emailed back, “Oh, okay”.
I wasn’t the only one having these issues. We all were. I thought at one point she should see a doctor. As this spirit took more and more control over her the worse she got.
I was beginning to be out of the office more than in the office. I was either out training teachers or teaching myself. I loved being on the road teaching, except being away from my husband and family. My kids were all big kids now, in fact my daughter was just about to be engaged, my oldest was married with two kids and my middle son had a job and was never home! It was exciting to be out and about my Fathers business.
Just before Christmas that year while out on the road, I got an email from my boss. She said (among other things) that I would seriously need to consider which I valued more, my job or ministry. Well, that’s a no brainer … it’s MINISTRY! I didn’t respond to the email. I just prayed. When I returned home this time she came over to my cube and looked me in the face and said, “You make me sick!” I was a bit taken back by the statement and looked at her puzzled and asked why. She told me she was jealous of me because all my children were old enough to take care of themselves and I was young enough to enjoy all the travel and ministry. Then she left my office.
Now it was time to plan staff the Christmas party for the year. There was not a lot of staff left to be honest. Our elaborate party planners were all gone now. Someone suggested I do the food. Plan the food not cook all the food. My boss, in front of everyone said, “NO! Southern cooking is iffy at best. We can’t allow her to have anything to do with the food. In fact Rozi you don’t even need to bring food to the party. I want you to be responsible for taking pictures of all the couples and printing them out. You have one of those cameras with a printer right”? I couldn’t even answer her I was so devastated and embarrassed. I spent the entire night taking and printing pictures in a back room while everyone else enjoyed the party. But, I didn’t bring any food.
Just after the party my best friend who worked in customer service came to see me. She told me the president’s assistant was leaving the ministry. She asked me if she should go for the job. I really didn’t feel good in my spirit about it and I told her so but that I would support her decision. This decision nearly ruined our friendship a few months later when she decided to side with the Atheliah spirit against me.
In January 2007, I was in a hotel room in Redding, CA. I was praying and crying out to God. I had an angelic encounter. This angel that I have come to know quite well since then, appeared to me and said, “Take heart, your days in this ministry are coming to a close.” I only wept harder. I really did love my job. It was the best job I’d ever had. I felt the most fulfilled and complete. The angel then said, “Are you willing to give it up?” I really had to think long and hard about that. Why should I give up my job, why can’t she leave? After about 30 minutes I said, “Yes, I release this to the Father.” The angel said, “This is the last trip you will make then with the ministries founder”, he stayed a while longer, I fell asleep. I flew home the next day sad, knowing that this was the last trip for the ministry I would make.
One cold January morning I was coming out of a prayer and soaking time. It was about 6:30AM. I got off my face (which was planted in my sofa) and stood up and turned around. When I did was quite astonished to see 4 angels in my lounge room, two to the left and two to the right. I saw my CA angel in the group. I have come to know him now as Jonah and he ministers with me often. He ministers compassion. I looked to Jonah and I said, “Why are you all here?” He said we’ve come to protect your anointing. I wasn’t exactly happy about that. I mean, I was happy to have angelic protection but I knew this meant I was in for a rough ride. These 4 later visited the founder of the ministry in a dream to protect me.
My husband and I were busy making plans for our next trip to Australia. We were truly excited thinking that the doors to stay permanently would be opening on this trip. We had no idea how that would happen, only that it would.
Our daughter also worked in the same ministry we did, as well as our oldest son! Our daughter had been away for a year in missionary training school in deep Mexico, when she returned she got engaged to be married and came back to work in the new ministries (the one my boss formed after talking the founder out of the school portion) customer service department.
On this particular day I caught the spy hovering around my daughters cube. I just watched, I didn’t approach. The spy quickly turned and I turned so she wouldn’t know I was watching. She literally ran to her cube and started tap- tap- tap on her computer, this woman was a Jezebel. I knew something had happened and she was sending a report to the boss. Within seconds the boss came screaming into our office area and viciously attacked my daughter. My sweet little girl just crumpled and was weeping and crying. As a mother this was a very hard thing to watch. I didn’t intervene however, I just prayed in the spirit.
I went over to comfort her after it was over. My daughter was not even sure why she had been reprimanded, something to do with giving out to much information as to why they couldn’t refund money to someone. After she had calmed down I went back to my cube. I was flaming mad. I had taken so much condemnation from this woman; I just couldn’t stand around and watch it happen to my child. I sat down at my computer and I fired off an email to my staff minister friend. This is what it said … “how much longer is this ministry going to stand around and watch her slaughter people?” That was it. I hit send and off it went.
The next day I came into work, I was running a bit late. (This was the day before we were to fly out to Australia) I was at home trying to decide if I could make it till the Holy Spirit told me to put in my notice. I came walking down the hallway and out of the shadows this woman leapt out at me. I know this sounds crazy but what’s next is even crazier! She grabbed me by the arm and swung me around (she was much taller than me). Scratching and bruising my arm. The strength in her was not human. I’m short but was of considerable size. The look on her face was horrifying. I was staring this demon straight in the face. The face on this woman was not her face. I saw fangs, buldging eyes and pointed ears. This demon then screamed at me “WHO DO YOU THINK YOU ARE!!” I pulled my arm from her clutches and turned to go. People were coming out of their offices to observe this. She grabbed me again and said, “I would have thought better of you as a leader than this!” I said back to her, “I would have thought better of you too.” I walked away as she was still screaming. I went into my cube and started packing my things. I had had enough!
Then all of a sudden the peace of God came over me. The Holy Spirit said, “sit down.” I was shaking and crying at the time, I sat down. The Holy Spirit said, “in 5 minutes the phone will ring, you will be asked to the conference room by the president. You will say yes I’m coming and nothing more. Then you will go to the conference room, and say nothing unless you are prompted too by me. You will see the salvation of the Lord. Do not be afraid.” I said, “If I must go to the chopping block Lord, please may my husband be there?” I didn’t get an answer. I sat there calming myself praying in the spirit and my phone rang. I did just ask I was instructed by the Holy Spirit.
That was probably the hardest walk I’ve ever made. I was not one to ever get into trouble for anything. I was a good girl, never got sent to the principal’s office or anything. Here I was a grown woman of 47 with 3 kids and 2 grandkids and I was on my way to the principal’s office! I know the Holy Spirit told me not to be afraid but I was petrified! I opened the door to the hall way that led to the conference room, relief flooded all over me when I saw my husband sitting at the conference room table with the president of the ministry. I walked in looking to the right of where my best friend sat at her desk, (she had got the promotion to be the presidents assistant) she was crying and she smiled at me and said quietly I got your back. She began to pray in the spirit.
I went in and took a seat close to my husband. The look on his face was not a good one. He looked hard, and upset. The president began to speak but I didn’t hear him, I heard the Holy Spirit say to me, “confess yes and apologise”. The president stopped speaking and I said, “Yes, and I’m so sorry I did it.” He asked me then, “why”. The next words out of my mouth were not me speaking. I was on the outside listening to the words coming out of my mouth. “I was angry, I didn’t know where to go with my anger, so I went to a trusted friend. He didn’t reply to me, as far as I know he’s not even read the email, he’s out of town.” The president looked shocked and he said, “You’ve not told anyone else about this?” I said, “No one except my husband.” The president left the office and went over to my best friend. She picked up her phone. The president returned to the conference room. In a couple of minutes my boss came into the conference room. He asked her where she got the email from. Who gave it to her? She said, “no one; I’ve been watching her emails.” He looked shocked and said, “you hacked her email?” She didn’t answer. He told her to sit down he would deal with her later.
His face changed from firm to loving. He said, “You’ve done nothing wrong.” I apologised again, saying I was sorry for coming against authority. I was wrong. Then the demon manifested again. Up out of the chair she came and was screaming all sorts of stuff. At one point she said that my husband and I could go back to the gutter they dragged us out of. (That one really confused me). My husband had a go at that!
The president, trying to regain control of the situation told my boss (his wife) to sit down and shut up. She did for about 5 seconds. As soon as he mentioned our trip to Australia she was up and screaming again about how we didn’t have the right character to teach the classes and we were not honourable people, etc. Once again he told her to sit down and shut up or leave the room. She left. But, she was back in just a couple of minutes ranting on and on. Finally he stood up and told her to leave. She did. He told us that he would call the staff together to pray over us before we left for the day to go on the trip. On my way out the door he put his arm around me and pulled me close and kissed me on the top of my had like a daddy would his child. He told me he loved and respected my husband and myself. He told us to have a great trip and he was excited to see what God would do. Needless to say when they had the staff prayer for us, my boss was not around.
When I left the conference room that day, I do know God was there and He was my defence it was to amazing to be anything else. However, the words she spoke over me (us) were devastating to my soul. At this point I didn’t know how serious those curses from that demon were to me. It was years later before I realised what was happening to me as a result of getting in front of this killer demon.
The next day seemed so freeing. We were headed to the airport to go on another Aussie adventure. It was a perfect trip until I got to LA. We had 15 hours of waiting time before our flight to Australia. I had plenty of reading materials and was excited to just “zone” out from the previous day’s trauma. I opened my first novel to read and as soon as I started to read my phone went off, a text message from my boss. For the next few hours she berated me for one thing or another. Threatening me that I couldn’t teach this or that or I couldn’t say this or that. She was questioning me to where things were and how I had just ran away from my job and not covered the bases for while I was gone. Eventually my husband took my phone and turned it off and said enough.
We boarded the plane but I was full of anxiety, apprehension and fear. Looking back now I see how ridiculous it was, but I’ve always had a fear of authority. I have always been obedient and followed the rules. I felt like a scolded child … I had no peace whatsoever. My husband suggested I read, but I couldn’t. He suggested I watch a movie. I started to watch (I hadn’t ever seen before) The Devil Wears Prada! I got 30 minutes into the movie and had to shut it off. It reminded me so much of the demon I was working for. It literally took me years before I could watch that movie. Fear would overtake me every time I tried to watch it! Now it’s among my favourites, it reminds me now of God’s delivering power!
I spent 14 sleepless, restless hours on that plane, a totally miserable trip. Once we landed and got into ministry mode I was able to put all that behind me and minister. However, I didn’t realise it was affecting everything I did. I was this once confident, bold woman who was a champion multitasker! I was being reduced to a bundle of fear that could barely tie her own shoes. The lies and false accusations spoken over me were penetrating me deep in my heart they were slowly killing me.
We had such an amazing time in Australia and New Zealand. The door we had been waiting for opened right in front of us. We got another invitation, or actually I did. I was asked to come back and do a women’s conference in the spring, which in Australia that was September. We also had a church ask us if they could be our sponsors into the country! It was all coming together now and we were so excited. I had had a dream six years prior to this visit of the timing and exactly how we would come into the country and where we would actually live. (but of course that’s another story)
After three weeks of awesome ministry and many, many awesome God moments it was time to go home. I really didn’t want to go back and face that demon again, but I had to wait till God released me.
The last night in Australia, my husband (Rick) had a dream. He was so freaked out by the dream he could hardly wait to tell me the next morning. His dream clearly told him that my boss would take over her husband’s job, and then come after my husband. In the dream the president was sitting slumped over in a big easy chair. My husband tried to wake him. It became clear that the man was dead. Then these long spider legs wrapped around the president and talked to my husband from the shadows. She said, “he can’t answer you.” Then she moved into the light and the spider had the head of my boss on it, only with red flaming hair. She crawled over her husband and came after Rick. I told Rick you know what this means? You and the president got in front of her when she was after me. Now she’s after you both. Little did we know she had already got the president.
On the plane home the Lord spoke and told me to write my letter of resignation. I was to leave the ministry two weeks after returning. I was relieved, and sad. I had never written a letter of resignation before. I didn’t know where to begin. So I started at the beginning. I prayed and asked the Holy Spirit to inspire me to say what needed to be said. I just wrote. When I got home, I sat down and typed it all out in an email. I asked the Lord to whom should I send it. He gave me 4 names. I sent it to the founder, the president, my boss with a bcc to my minister friend that I had gained favour with.
On the Monday when I went back to work I really didn’t know what to expect. I no sooner got into my cube and sat my things down on my desk that my boss came screaming over to my cube. “You’ve done it now! You’ve done it now! The founder wants to see you right this minute in the conference room!” I smiled gently at her and said, “good”. I started to go out of my cube and she grabbed my arm and she said, “Wait a minute, who did you send the email too?” I had learned a few things and I learned how to keep her from seeing my emails. So she was not happy. I said, “that is none of your business”. I left my cube and went upstairs to the conference room. I was not afraid this time though. I knew she wouldn’t be part of the conversation.
I entered the empty conference room. I was really hoping my darling husband would be there too, but not this time. I sat down at the conference room table totally unaware of the changes that had happened since I left for Australia. After sitting there just a few minutes the founder of the ministry came into the conference room. He had always been very kind to me, gentle and understanding. I have heard stories that he was not always like that. But he had never, ever said a cross word to me. This day was no exception.
He came in the conference room with a smile on his face. He almost ran to greet me and the first words out of his mouth were, “THANK YOU, THANK YOU SO MUCH”. I was a bit confused, and then he clarified himself. “Thank you for including me in your letter of resignation. It has opened my eyes to things I refused to see. It’s as if I have been in a stupor but I am waking up now and your letter helped do that.” He sat down at the table and said, “There have been forces at work to cause you to leave this ministry in a bad light. I promise you, that is NOT going to happen. You will leave this ministry with my blessings, in fact I will pray a blessing over you before you leave.” I began to weep. He told me he saw my angels in a dream that had spoken to him about me. He thanked me for my service to him and to the ministry. He asked me about Australia and how things went. I gave him a full report which included the church that wanted to sponsor us in. I told him I was doing a women’s conference in September but we were booking classes in New Zealand for August. He told me that he felt that we should prepare to stay when we go back. I told him our daughter was getting married in June, our oldest was moving with his department (that was being axed by the Atheliah) to another state. Our lease was up on our house in July, so it was very possible we could stay. He was very excited for us. Up to this point the ministry wanted to make us their South Pacific office but I had my doubts that would happen, especially after I heard the news.
It seems Rick’s dream had started to come to pass. The president of the ministry had stepped down and my boss was now the president of the ministry! I was so blown away! This meant my best friend was now working as the assistant to the Atheliah. She pretty much tossed away our friendship and joined in the spy game. She told me she couldn’t choose between her love for me and the love for my boss. Broke my heart. She has since then been awaken from the stupor the three spirits put over people. We are great friends again.
For the next few weeks I was very busy with wedding plans and training 3 people to do my jobs. These 3 had their own jobs and was adding mine to their mix. I felt sorry for them. The girl taking the brunt of my job just didn’t have a clue and was not going to be able to do the job. That was very clear to me. There was nothing I could do about it. I grieved for the teacher trainee’s.
My last day came and believe me by that time I was more than ready for it. There really wasn’t much more I could do other than pack up my things. I did it with a sad heart. I knew at that time there wasn’t much hope for the ministry. I didn’t however know that it would cost three people their lives and nearly cost me mine.
Time came for my goodbye party (there had been way to many of these over the recent months). I walked into the room and was quite shocked at how many people took the time to come. Not only my fellow staffers but the founder and his wife were there. I sat with my family. The founder called me to the front, as I stood there I saw my boss and her spy standing together in the back of the room. He had me face the staff and he said what he had told me in our private meeting. There were forces that were trying to cause me to leave in a bad light, but he wanted them all to know that I was leaving with his blessings. He and his wife then laid hands on me and prayed for me. The scripture came to mind that he has set a table before me in the presence of my enemies. He prayed over me and blessed me then prophesied to me. They both hugged me with tears in their eyes he spoke the words “you are released”. I cried. When I looked up I noticed my boss and her spy were gone.
My husband went through a lot after I left the ministry. False accusations and lies, but we weren’t around much longer. After our daughter’s wedding in June my husband was called to the conference room to have a chat with the founder. With tears in his eyes he told my husband that he could not support us in coming to Australia. He said the ministry could not financially support us in going. My husband told him that didn’t matter we were going anyway because God said.
The founder was really surprised. He really thought we would not go without the ministries support. He then told my husband if that was the case that he would pay his salary until the end of September and that we could keep all the proceeds from the classes we made and that we could purchase product from him at a great discount. My husband set his departure date for the second week in July. This didn’t sit well with my former boss. She continued to try to discredit us.
We left America July 15, 2007 never to return to live again. I left thinking that I had left the effects of that horrible spirit behind me and life would be all good from here on out. I couldn’t have been more wrong. It’s been 9 years almost to the day since we left America and I’ve just spent my first year free from the Athaliah sting.
Not long after leaving the country we heard that the founder walked into the office of the president (my former boss) and told her everyone left in the ministry was fired. He gave her a time line to have the ministry shut down, and he was moving the ministry to another state and he was not taking anyone with him, and that’s what he did. However, he did bring the spy on later. I believe to have been a fatal mistake. (I’ll explain all that later)
I have no idea what transpired or brought about these events. After returning to the USA to visit our family I have had a few conversations that gave me a good idea of what happened. However I would not want to put anything in writing that I don’t know without a doubt is the truth.
During my visit I was able to connect with my best friend, give her a book and prayed for her to help free her from the claws of that terrible spirit. She was never under the attack from that spirit as she never opposed it; however she was still in a stupor under its control. She is now free and she and her family are doing amazing!
Living in my new country was exciting but stressful. Trying to learn simple things like shopping and driving on the opposite side of the street on the opposite side of the car wasn’t as easy as I thought they were going to be. We were also living completely by faith, totally dependent on making ministry connections to survive. But God was good and faithful as always, but there are still those moments you are holding your breath until He comes through.
My ability to do simple things such as have conversations, shop for food and drive were majorly influenced by what I thought about myself and my abilities. My self-esteem had hit an all-time low. Every time I would stand to minister I would hear the negative words spoken over me by my former boss. By the grace of God I would push through but it was seriously affecting my health. To make a very long story shorter I was dying. I had no idea that I was dying, I didn’t feel like I was dying. I passed my physical to get into the country. So how could I be dying?
After three years of doing itinerant ministry my husband and I had to stop being itinerant in our ministry because I could no longer physically travel every weekend. My body just could not handle the stress any longer. I literally felt dead. I didn’t take pleasure in anything I was doing and I felt as if I were in a stupor. When I got up to minister the anointing would come and I would minister but as soon as the anointing lifted I was numb again. Crying out to God, he opened a door for us to take a position pastoring a church where we are still currently the pastors.
When we stopped traveling and took the church we pretty much stopped teaching the classes from the former ministry we worked for. Soon we asked Kathie Walters to come to our church. The first year she came she told me that I still had the effects of the former ministry we worked at on me. I needed to close the doors. Even though we only taught the classes now on occasion to our own church. We no longer even ordered product from the ministry at all.
I wasn’t really sure how to close the doors! I had a close friend who worked for the ministry via internet. Meaning she didn’t actually go to the ministry to work every day. She lived in a different state. Over the years of me living here in Australia she and talked often about what was happening at the ministry. It wasn’t until my intercessor friend who first told me about the Atheliah spirit got really sick that my eyes were opened completely concerning this spirit. On one trip back to the states she drove 4 hours to meet me for lunch so we could talk about her health and I could pray for her.
She and I sat for hours talking about her health issues and connecting the dots to the Athaliah spirit. My dear friend died of a massive heart attack a few months after that conversation. Three months later the founder of the ministry died of cancer.
Kathie came to our church for the second time and she had a dream about me being bitten by a shark and that shark left a spirit of death on me. She prayed for me and it left. I have had the best year since I moved to Australia this past year.
Just a few weeks ago my dear friend who was working for the ministry and prayed for the founder on a continual basis died suddenly with breast cancer. I went back to the states for her funeral and came back just as Kathie was coming back for another visit. Her visit had been postponed twice, but now seeing it as God’s timing. As soon as I got around that spirit again, a spirit of death attached to me again. As soon as I saw my friend lying dead, I began to feel ill. I was sick for the next two days not able to consume anything. I began to feel a bit better and spent some time with her kids and then came home. Upon arriving home I went to see my doctor and discovered my heart rate was dangerously low. After a few tests he said I needed to see a heart doctor. He said there was no reason I should have such a low heart rate. The test did not reveal anything except the low heart rate.
Kathie came a few days later and said Rozi, you have that spirit of death on you again. You must have picked it up in the states while you were there. She prayed for me and my doctor took my pulse (he goes to our church). My heart rate was back to normal.
Okay, now that I’ve given you my story, let me tell you more about the Athalia spirit and how to be free of it.
Athaliah
Athaliah was believed to be the daughter of Ahab and Jezebel (although some scholars believe her to be Ahab’s sister). She was married to Jehoram of Judah to seal a treaty between the kingdoms of Israel and Judah and to secure his position Jehoram killed his six brothers. Jehoram became king of Judah. His father Jehoshaphat and grandfather Asa were devout kings who worshiped the Lord. Jehoram chose not to follow their example but rejected God and married Athaliah. After Jehoram’s death, Ahaziah his son became king of Judah, and Athaliah was queen mother. Ahaziah reigned for one year from the age of 22 and was killed during a state visit to Israel by Jehu and Jehu became king of Israel. Athaliah seized the throne of Judah and ordered the execution of all possible claimants to the throne, except for one of her grandsons. Jehoash was saved by Ahaziah’s sister. He was raised in secret by a priest named Jehoiada.
As Queen, Athaliah used her power to establish the worship of Baal in Judah. Six years later Athaliah was surprised when Jehoiada revealed that Jehoash lived and proclaimed him king of Judah. She was then captured and executed.
This woman killed her own heirs, her grandchildren! To secure her on place on the throne. She was a vial and wicked woman.
So when we refer to the spirit of Athaliah we are referring to a murderous demonic spirit that will stop at nothing to destroy a ministry and it’s off spring. You can find her story in 2 Kings, as well as 1 & 2 Chronicles.
The only way to rid yourself of this spirits attack is to kill it. Cut off those who have been overtaken by it.
By killing it I mean cut yourself loose from all connections to this spirit. Don’t even be friends with friends associated with whoever is carrying the spirit. I could not be completely free of this spirit until I was completely cut off from anyone connected to it. This spirit will stay on the prowl to kill any off spring from the ministry.
I believe Athaliah to be a spirit that is assigned to ministries or those who carry life changing anointing’s. The last thing I want this article to do is cause witch hunts where everyone you come in contact with is carrying an Athaliah spirit. Athaliah is powerful and her goal is to destroy ministries not just individuals but ministries and the off spring from those ministries. When she is in operation she will be climbing up the ladder to the head.
This spirit can start as a Jezebel, but any Jezebel left unattended will birth an Athaliah. There will be a transformation process. When this spirit is in operation, there will be death along the transformation path. She will kill whatever she has too to be on top. Once at the top, she will kill or destroy the ministry completely.
The ministry I was a part of is still in operation, but has nowhere near the power it once had and with the founder gone, in essence the ministry is no long in existence.
If you have been affected by an Athaliah spirit you will no doubt eventually die physically not just your ministry. It’s extremely important that you seek help in deliverance from the effects of this spirit.
Ways to recognize this spirit is in operation
It has the same attributes as a Jezebel and will be in operation with her and Delilah. The Three Fold Demonic Cord, by Sandee Freed, is an amazing book on the subject and has prayers in it to help you break free of this spirit.
I do not claim in anyway to be an expert on this …
Please keep in mind that a person heavily influenced by these spirits may do many of the following, at one time or another, although not necessarily in the order described. Furthermore a single characteristic does not indicate that someone has a full blown Jezebel, Athaliah or Delilah spirit. It may simply mean that the person is still spiritually and emotionally immature.
However when a combination of several of these characteristics exists, there is a strong indication that an individual is being influenced. Also remember that one characteristic may be clearly noticeable, but other traits maybe hidden and yet profound. A prolonged manifestation of any of these traits warrants a closer look at the individual and the situation.
Let’s talk about jezebel first.
1. While it’s almost unrecognizable at first, such individuals are threatened by a prophetic leader, who is the main target of concern. Although such people will seem to have prophetic gifts, their aim is to actually control those who move in the prophetic realm.
2. To increase their favor, such individuals often zero in on a pastor and church staff, and then seek to find the weakest link in order to subdue them. Their eventual goal is to run the church.
3. Seeking to gain popular and pastoral endorsement, such individuals will form strategic affiliations with people who are perceived by others to be spiritual or influential with others.
4. To appear spiritual, such individuals will seek recognition by manipulating situations to gain an advantage. Such individuals often conjure up dreams and visions from their imaginations, or they borrow them from others.
5. When these individuals receive initial recognition, they often respond with false humility. However, this trait is short-lived.
6. When confronted, these individuals will become defensive. They will justify their actions with phrases like, “I’m just following God” or “God told me to do this.”
7. These individuals will often allege having great spiritual insight into church government and affairs, but they will not appeal to proper authority. Rather they first appeal to others. Often their opinion becomes the “last word” on matters, thereby elevating their thoughts above the pastor’s.
8. Having impure motives, these individuals will seek out others, desiring to have “disciples,” needing constant affirmation from their followers.
9. Desiring to avoid accountability, these individuals prefer to pray for people in isolated situations—in a corner or in another room. Thus, innuendos and false “prophetic” words cannot be easily challenged.
10. Eager to gain control, these people will gather others and seek to teach them. While the teachings may begin correctly, “doctrine” is often established that is not supported by the Word of God.
11. Deceiving others by soulish prophecy or by giving words that someone wants to hear, these individuals seek to gain credibility. They prophesy half-truths or little known facts, as though they were from God. Such individuals may also take advantage of someone else’s poor memory by twisting their previous prophecies to make it seem as if their words have come to pass.
12. Although the “laying on of hands” is biblical, these individuals like to impart a higher level in the spirit—or break down walls that have held someone back—by the “laying on of hands.” However, their touch is actually a curse. Instead of a holy blessing, an evil spirit may be imparted.
13. Masking poor self-esteem with spiritual pride, these individuals want to be seen as the most spiritual ones in the church. They may be the first to cry, wail, or mourn—claiming a burden from God. However, they are no different from the Pharisees who announced their gifts in order to be seen by men.
14. Usually such individual’s family life is shaky. These individuals may be single or married. If married, their spouse is usually weak spiritually, unsaved, or miserable. They begin to dominate and control everyone in the family.
People often think Jezebel spirit only operates in people in authority. This is not necessarily true. This spirit seeks to be in authority … or to be important to important people so they have control. It often manifests in intercessors … in people with low self-esteem.
A Jezebel left undealt with will birth an Athaliah. It’s best to deal with a Jezebel straight away … it may seem cruel but if she is left to roam the church she will bring major damage.
Tolerating a Jezebel through levels of compromise will leave entrance for Athaliah and Delilah …
Athaliah: 2 Kings
If we read what the scriptures have to say about Athaliah we will find that she was married to a king, when that king died her son became king. When her son died she murdered all the royal heirs to the throne to secure her place on the throne. She murdered the destiny of those called to rule on the throne of Juda.
You need to know about her. She is more dangerous than her mother jezebel. She is out to rob you of your destiny in Jesus. She works under the same witchcraft spirit as jezebel, she is cunning, scoffing and mocking.
She targets and attacks the generations of a family in order to ultimately destroy a “people” or a nation. Or a church, or a ministry … The goal of this spirit is to kill offspring … so by taking down the parents no offspring is produced.
She carries a spirit of Jealousy and she is jealous of your destiny. She has the same characteristics as her mother Jezebel. But she tries to destroy your anointing or the anointing of ministries … even governments. Just like Jezebel she operates in low levels and is also a principality over areas.
She tries to keep you hidden and annihilate you into isolation. She makes you weary to keep pressing towards your goal, your destiny. Usually she comes against someone who is carrying the Elijah mantel, the Elijah call. She tries to destroy you and end your mission and to KILL your seed. Your spiritual offspring. And she will KILL anything in her path to do this.
So this means if she is after your leaders … you could be her prey just because you are in a position of intercession. She is a viper: a viper is a venomous snake (spiritually representing seductiveness and craftiness) that strikes swiftly with a fatal bite. Athaliah is usually someone who is very connected to leadership, headship.
Delilah:
Delilah is spelt in Hebrew as “DELIYLAH” which is to mean “pining with desire”. The meaning of her name is self-explanatory. She pins you down with desire! Her whole being, presence, speech, look and action exude “seduction”. She makes her victims suffer mentally and physically with desire for her. She is the epitome of a Seductress.
Delilah is after the favour of God upon you, your family, your business, your ministry and your marriage. She will do all she can through seduction to make sure this favour departs from you and that you are completely neutralized and left bound in shame.
1. Delilah is highly skilled in taming people through seduction (which may be accomplished with flattery, praise, friendship or sexual advances). Even the strongest of Christians can be beguiled by her, if they do not stay alert in the Spirit. Delilah especially is after people of prominence and uniqueness; people in the spot light, anointed ministers of God, gifted men and women, and those who are in effective relationships or marriages. Her assignment is to drain the power and blessing of God from your life. When this is accomplished, just as she did with Sampson long ago, the formerly anointed person is made spiritually weak and ordinary.
2. Like Jezebel, she will fool those around her by being at the worship every Sunday, at every Bible study and every all night prayer. She will be punctual and completely involved in many if not all spiritual activities, as this is her way to get close to the spiritual leaders. She wants his head on her lap.
3. Delilah’s love money. She is the modern day gold-digger but only far wiser and refined than the average money seeker. With one need or another, she will financially drain her victim.
4. She is immoral. She is filled with ungodly and perverse sensual desires and arts. She preys upon anyone who can best be used to weaken the Body of Christ, whether they are married or not.
5. Day after day, she will keep relentlessly pursuing and pressuring her victim to leave his/her marriage partner. She may seduce the Christian to become sexually involved with her. Or she may work to induce the spiritual target to run away with her or commit any other sin with her. This she will persuade softly – even over a period of many months or years – until the target listens to her voice. Enduring such long-term pressure should be totally unnecessary, as Christians should discern this spirit quickly and respond to it appropriately, rather than enduring its pressure over a long period of time.
6. Delilah is like a Jack of all trades. She knows the tricks, navigation, avenues, points and steps in getting a person’s attention. She is a chameleon who purposely takes on the likes and dislikes of her target. She will appear to ardently love hiking and backpacking, if her target is an avid outdoorsman. Most deceptively, she will also appear to love God and to be deeply concerned with the salvation of souls, if her target is truly evangelistic in heart. Whatever it takes to convince her intended victim that she is his/her soul-mate or soul-sister (as the case was with us), that is what she will appear to be.
7. Delilah will try to get close to people in your life in order to demolish you. She will do this by gaining your friends’ and family members’ confidences through politeness and kindness. Then as time goes by, your loved ones might begin to open up about you and your relationship to her. She can play miss “shoulder to cry on” and miss “good listener”. Little by little a bond will develop and before you know it people in your life will join her in helping her pursuit of you – as her target. Great anointed men like Samson fell because of her guile.
8. Delilah works to wreck homes, marriages and relationships.
9. She is a seductress. This spirit is skilled in luring and taming men and women. You will find yourself being drawn to this sort of person without any particular reason and wonder why you are so excited to see him/her. It’s important to always put on the full Armor of God that you may stand!
10. Delilah is hellishly empowered to find out where you are strong and how to turn this strength into a vulnerability and weakness. Her assignment is to take your power, terminate your strengths and imprison you through your weaknesses. This hellish purpose is carried out (unless defeated by the power of Yahweh) so that you will be spiritually idle and ordinary like the rest of the world.
11. She has vast likeable qualities, which leave you confused on what you really like about her. Like a chameleon, she fits everywhere as a perfect, good Christian. In fact, if you were to begin to suspect her and suggest that she was at work in a person, others already under this spirit’s influence would jump to Delilah’s defense, insisting that the Delilah person is the most sincere and committed of Christians one could ever hope to meet! However those whom she has stung in the past know about her ugly side, but this track record is one she carefully covers from view. Often this is accomplished by uprooting and moving to a new area, leaving behind family and friends.
12. She is very knowledgeable about what men or women want and need emotionally and physically. Delilah knows how to treat her intended victim like a king. She’ll be willing to do everything that your spouse won’t – and she’ll do it exceptionally well.
13. She knows the vulnerable areas of her victim – and how to minister to them like a mother holds and comforts her son when he has fallen down. She is polite, gentle and quiet. She will not criticize, because she realizes that this causes her target to be defensive. Rather she is qualified in the language of praise. Praise is her native tongue. You may discern this spirit in a person who praises you more than your spouse, even in petty things that do not need praise – you will find the person with this spirit praising anyway. It is because this spirit is after your relationship. She especially takes advantage of a situation wherein your partner is meeting your emotional needs.
14. She is able to make her victim feel more secure within a short space of time through her pretended gentleness. She is trained and gifted in this. Delilah builds relationships with her prey founded on safety, praise, peace and warmth. But her true motives for presenting herself in this warm and caring manner are to destroy, which is quite the opposite of how she presents herself.
15. She will make you believe that you have some kind of deep connection together and that you were meant to be best friends or soul mates. Even though this is completely inappropriate and you are already with someone, the person with this spirit will indirectly pressure you daily until you believe it.
16. This spirit is persistent. The person with this spirit will pester you daily with sweet words. Do not think a “No” will stop them from pursuing you. The only way to win is to completely cut off all lines of communication with this hellishly empowered person.
17. Make-up, beautiful hair, appealing clothes and shoes are Delilah’s physical armour, if her target is a man. Likewise a man with this spirit will be very well groomed in a sexually attractive way and usually indirectly splashing out his money or financial assets, wining and dining his intended victim.
18. If the Delilah spirit is working in a woman, to seduce a Christian man, she will often design a secluded environment in order to trap a man into compromise with her. Only a man who flees from her will escape sin and her demonic bondage and destruction.
Ok … so now how do all three of these work together? Can one person operate in all three? Well yes, one person can operate in all three but usually you will find this in two or three people or maybe even in a team of people.
Jezebel: her aim is to actually control those who move in the prophetic realm.
Athaliah: her aim is to kill and destroy destinies and offspring
Delilah: is after the favour of God; to make sure this favour departs from you and that you are completely neutralized and left bound in shame. They compromise and discourage and enslave us through false prophecies witchcraft and fleshly enticements. Which can not only lead to your spiritual death but a physical one as well.
Tolerating involves allowing something I our lives that is not wholly approved. Jesus condemned the church of Thyatira for tolerating Jezebel (Rev 2:18-23). He was telling the people that they tolerated her because he was not dwelling in their hearts that they had allowed themselves to be seduced by her evil influence. Christ also addressed her seed, Athaliah, condemning her to death (Rev 2:23). Though Christ did not directly address the stronghold of Delilah, he addressed the seduction of then enemy as he addressed the stronghold of Jezebel.