Ahab, King of Israel

The antitype of Ahab, civil government, has to a considerable extent recognized the general truth of the matter, but they are more or less closely affiliated with and under the influence of the Jezebel system, and alas! as Revelation clearly points out, Jezebel today has daughters --systems termed Protestant--which, nevertheless, copy largely the mother's spirit.

Thus Gideon and his band typified our Lord and the Church, who are to release mankind from their bondage of Sin and Death. The death of King Saul and the overthrow of his kingdom by the Philistines opened the way for the reign of David, who typified Messiah. King Ahab typified the civil government, symbolically called the “Dragon” in the Revelation.

The antitype of Ahab, civil government, has to a considerable extent recognized the general truth of the matter (the refreshing that has come to the people from spreading the truth) but they are more or less closely affiliated with and under the influence of the Jezebel system; and, alas! as Revelation clearly points out, Jezebel today has daughters (systems termed Protestant), which nevertheless copy largely the mother's spirit.

They have a great honor, too, and when the house of the antitypical Ahab (the Devil) and Jezebel (the Devil's organization) are destroyed, they will look back at these evil times and rejoice that they had the privilege of forewarning the people of the approaching end of those that have filled the world with lies, with poverty, with shame, with sorrow and with death.

Jezebel was a type of the Devil’s organization, while Ahab pictures Satan, the husband; and what befell those two foreshadows what shall come to pass upon Satan’s organization and those who form it.

Having viewed the graphic Bible pictures warning of the trouble introduced by abandoning God’s commands to follow any of hundreds of brands of demon religion, the modern reader as he closes the Bible should soberly reflect on the cause of the woes that pile in on modern Christendom. The antitypical Ahab, Satan the Devil, has introduced his demon religions into Christendom.

Theirs is the privilege of declaring the day of God’s vengeance, when the antitypical Ahab, Satan, and his woman “Jezebel” or organization, along with their offspring, will be cut off forever.

Jesus Christ is the antitypical Jehu and he is represented on earth by the remnant of the members of the “body of Christ,” who proclaim Jehovah’s judgments against the house or seed of the antitypical King Ahab, Satan the Devil.

Undaunted, the Elijah class pronounced more vigorously than ever the judgments of God's Word against the modern King Ahab and Queen Jezebel.

She prevailed upon her royal husband, the political forces of Christendom, to charge the Elijah class with being traitors, with aiding the enemy, with conspiring against the political government to prevent its winning the war.

Has the ban stopped the preaching of the good news in Gabon? Not at all. In May two special pioneers surpassed their goals in hours and back-calls. As one said: "The work is going ahead despite the decree of the modern Ahab. Since the ban we find more hearing ears and we are conducting more studies."

For example, he knew that when King Ahab repented of his bad deeds, Jehovah spared him from seeing his entire family destroyed during his lifetime.

Clearly, although Ahab had shown a degree of regret, he never fully repented.

What can we learn from this God-fearing man? Although Obadiah was afraid of Ahab, his fear of God was greater. It gave him the courage to risk his life to protect his brothers.