Identifying the false teachers within the church by the name Jezebel also serves to highlight one of the major themes of the Old Testament, namely, the picture of apostate Israel as a harlot. She has gone up on every high mountain and under every green tree, and there played the harlot. My people ask counsel from their wooden idols, and their staff informs them. For the spirit of harlotry has caused them to stray, and they have played the harlot against their God. They offer sacrifices on the mountaintops and burn incense on the hills.
Idolatry is spiritual fornication.
When the covenant people of God are engaged in it, it is spiritual adultery - the violation of the essence of the covenant bond. Even though the Old Covenant people were judged in AD 70 and the whole apostate nation of Israel was utterly and permanently wiped out, the Jezebel principle continues in the visible church. For I know this, that after my departure savage wolves will come in among you, not sparing the flock. We should not be surprised, but rejoice that the conflict between the seed of the woman and the seed of the serpent is becoming clearer, that the lines are being drawn more sharply. Let us make sure we are on the Lord's side.