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years of rule brought woes and led Israel into practices
that GOD loathes as abominations unto HIM. As a
result, the people of Israel suffered.
Noted Messianic Rabbi, Jonathon Cahn, wrote a
remarkable book “Paradigm” in which he details the
amazing parallels between recent US Presidents and
ancient Kings of Israel [26] . A study of I Kings, Chapters
16-22, reveals the story of King Ahab and his wife
Jezebel; they form a prophetic paradigm for Bill and
Hillary Clinton that is remarkably similar.
It is noteworthy that GOD viewed Ahab’s rule as
particularly evil (1 Kings 16:30 NIV), “Ahab, son of Omri,
did more evil in the eyes of the Lord than any of those
before him.” This scripture goes on to declare (verse
31): “He not only considered it trivial to commit the sins
of Jeroboam, but he also married Jezebel,” a Phoenician
princess who later aggressively promoted and
influenced idol worship in Israel. They lead Israel to bow
down in worship of Baal. Queen Jezebel exerted so
much influence that she was essentially a co-regent with
King Ahab. Such an arrangement had never before
existed in Israel. Together, they drove Israel into deep
apostasy as characterized by worship of the idol god
Baal, including its attendant “sacraments” of sexual
lasciviousness and child sacrifice (a practice that GOD
explicitly repudiates as an abomination to HIM, Proverbs
6:16-19). It was also during his reign, that GOD placed
Israel’s number one nemesis, Assyria, which was led by
King Ben Hadad, into the hands of King Ahab. But
instead of eliminating Ben-Hadad, Ahab let him go. In
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