Scholars agree "Jezebel" is likely not the woman's real name but a symbolic label given by Christ to expose her character. Like the Old Testament queen, this influential woman in Thyatira was leading God's people into idolatry and immorality. While some see her as a symbol for a corrupt system, most commentators view her as a real, charismatic, but false prophetess whose destructive influence the church was wrongly tolerating.