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Topic: Set-Apart, Sealed, Sent ~ Christine Beadsworth ~
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Tina Sundstrom
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Set-Apart, Sealed, Sent
In my last message, I shared a picture of the Lord
engraving upon the heart of a living letter and then,
once complete, sealing and sending that vessel on its
heavenly assignment in this endtime era of Kingdom
purpose. I would like to dig more into the process
involved in being set-apart. We all know that we were
born on earth for a specific kingdom purpose and once we
have been transferred from the kingdom of darkness in
the kingdom of His dear Son, we are a vessel within His
great house as described in 2 Timothy:
2Ti 2:20 But in a great house there are not only
vessels of gold and silver, but also [utensils] of wood
and earthenware, and some for honorable and noble [use]
and some for menial and ignoble [use].
So there is an initial setting apart from the realm of
darkness. This is like having the aleph or alpha seal
put on your forehead. Aleph is the beginning of the
work, the mark that signifies you belong to the One Who
is the Aleph and the Tav, Who redeemed you with the
payment of His blood. However, the kind of vessel we
become is dependant of our ongoing decision to cleanse
and prepare our hearts and to cooperate with the
convicting searchlight of the Holy Spirit. During this
time, we are part of the general congregation of vessels
within the Master’s house.
2Ti 2:21 So whoever cleanses himself [from what is
ignoble and unclean, who separates himself from contact
with contaminating and corrupting influences] will [then
himself] be a vessel set apart and useful for honorable
and noble purposes, consecrated and profitable to the
Master, fit and ready for any good work.
Many are called, but few are chosen. The Refiner’s fire
works with our ‘raw material’ and dross is removed as we
thrust it from us. This is like moving through the whole
22 letters of the Hebrew alphabet until the work is
complete, Christ is seen in us and we are ready to be
sealed with the Tav. We are marked ( ‘mark’ is the
Hebrew word ‘Tav’) and SET APART AND CONSECRATED for
noble and honourable purposes. As 2 Tim 2:19 mentions,
the Lord knows those who are His and they are sealed
with His signet as belonging to the Royal Household and
to be used and employed by the King alone. They are not
for common use.
In Acts 13, Barnabas and Saul were set apart for the
specific work for which they had originally been called.
Act 13:2 While they were worshiping the Lord and
fasting, the Holy Spirit said, Separate now for Me
Barnabas and Saul for the work to which I have called
them.
Before that moment, they had been a part of the general
crowd of disciples, fellowshipping and worshipping day
by day, as the Holy Spirit worked within them. Then came
a moment when Heaven looked down upon their hearts and
determined they were now ready. The preparatory work was
complete and they were to be further set-apart and
separated from the others; completely honed in like a
laser beam of concentrated light, released in order to
complete the assignment for which they had been called
into the Kingdom.
Perhaps you can identify with these two? For a long
season you have been one of the crowd of believers; ever
increasingly surrendered to the Lord and all the while
privately cooperating with the smallest nudge of the
Holy Spirit as He worked to prepare you for what He has
in mind. Those around you may not even be aware of this
very deep inner work, for it is difficult to put into
words the engraving being done in the foundations of
your being. In fact, you may not even have a totally
clear idea of what your assignment is yourself. You have
caught glimpses of it in the Spirit at times; have been
given ‘puzzle pieces’ of revelation in various seasons
and pondered them deep in your heart, yet not had clear
understanding of the whole picture of who you are in
Christ. A sense of holy purpose has urged you to press
on toward a high calling that you may not even be fully
able to quantify in clear sentences. Yet, this desire to
be sealed as a vessel of honour has kept you putting one
step in front of the other through severe testings and
wilderness times and even dark nights of the soul, where
only the whisper, “I am His and He is Mine” has kept
your heart from turning back. You have a general ‘job
description’ of what you are required to do, but the
specific daily tasks can only be revealed to you once
you are set apart and separated, sealed and sent on the
assignment. Like an arrow released from the Master’s
bow, you will fly with lightening speed to the
appointment in Heaven’s diary – the good work prepared
for you before the foundations of the earth but to be
fulfilled in this season.
I believe it is time! We are entering the Jewish year
5777 on the 4th October, a number speaking loudly of
completion. The scenario which played out in the
separating of Saul and Barnabas is a prophetic picture
of what is being done by the Holy Spirit in this season
of worshiping and fasting. The Spirit is again sending
out disciples two by two. This is important in these
endtimes, as the opposition from the kingdom of darkness
will be severe. To stand alone is to be vulnerable to
attack, as Ecclesiastes explains:
Ecc 4:9 Two are better than one, because they have a
good [more satisfying] reward for their labor; Ecc 4:10
For if they fall, the one will lift up his fellow. But
woe to him who is alone when he falls and has not
another to lift him up! Ecc 4:11 Again, if two lie down
together, then they have warmth; but how can one be warm
alone? Ecc 4:12 And though a man might prevail against
him who is alone, two will withstand him. A threefold
cord is not quickly broken.
In my third part of the articles on Silver Vessels, I
spoke of marriages being realigned to Heaven’s purpose –
in other words, set-apart and sent. So the Holy Spirit
is saying, “Separate now for Me this couple for the work
to which I have called them.” This is the ultimate
purpose for which God has brought them together. The
work has been prepared for them in the centre of His
will. And as they are separated from the general
congregation and sealed for the task ahead, further
revelation will be given by the Spirit of Truth to fill
them in on their assignment.
Also those who are single and have been waiting for a
very long time for their God-appointed marriage partner
will also find themselves face to face with their
Father’s handpicked choice - in a way that only Heaven
could have coordinated. Hope deferred has often made
their heart sick but a desire fulfilled will be the tree
of life; the lifegiving breath of God awakening every
silent place in their hearts and filling them with a
song of joy:
Jer 31:12 They shall come and sing aloud on the height
of Zion and shall flow together and be radiant with joy
over the goodness of the Lord--for the corn, for the
juice [of the grape], for the oil, and for the young of
the flock and the herd. And their life shall be like a
watered garden, and they shall not sorrow or languish
any more at all. Jer 31:13 Then will the maidens
rejoice in the dance, and the young men and old
together. For I will turn their mourning into joy and
will comfort them and make them rejoice after their
sorrow.
I do not, however, believe this time of sealing and
sending only applies to those who are married. Just as
Saul and Barnabas were brothers in Christ, so too Heaven
is putting together and sending pairs of brothers and
sisters for their ultimate purposes in the Kingdom. This
will be a pairing determined and revealed by Heaven and
not earth. You do not have to look around for someone to
support and go with you on the appointed assignment God
has called you to. He will clearly indicate the desire
and will of Heaven in the matter, amongst those whose
hearts are set on worship, prayer and fasting.
You may be holding ‘puzzle pieces’ in your heart but in
fact, you are also a piece of God’s picture. Vessels of
honour will be put together like puzzle pieces finding
the piece alongside them in the big picture. Individual
pieces who have long wondered how on earth their
particular shape and design would be of use to the
ultimate blueprint in the mind of God will find
themselves lifted out of the pile of puzzle pieces and
set in place in a position tailor-made for their
particular precise gifting. This will bring a sense of
such confidence and assurance of their part in the task
of bringing heaven to earth, that hell itself will not
be able to shake them out of their laser-cut place and
position. Every single puzzle piece in place is
essential in displaying the portion of the light and
revelation of Christ in the earth. And the glory of God
will be displayed through the picture of the face of
Christ that has been formed by these puzzle pieces who
are His; vessels of honour sent over the face of the
whole earth to release their particular wave-beam of the
light of Christ – through colour, sound, touch and
fragrance. They are a portable banquet that the whole
earth may taste and see that the Lord is good through
all their five senses! The Kingdom will come on earth as
it is in Heaven.
From the womb of the morning, spring those who fear the
Lord and offer themselves willingly, vessels of honor
sent and scattered like the dew of heaven over the face
of the earth in the darkness of the morning watch; His
jewels openly displayed as Malachi 3 describes. They are
an apostolic generation, sons of the right hand, a
Benjamin company who have dwelt between the shoulders in
the embrace of the Lord and carry His heartbeat engraved
like an ECG upon their own hearts. They have both the
Aleph Tav of the mind of Christ and the Shin
representing the heart of the Father, as is described of
those who follow the Lamb wherever He goes in Revelation
14:1.The address is complete. Their heavenly position on
Mount Zion and their earthly destination and assignment
is written and settled and sealed.
I will share more on this apostolic vessel release in
part two of this message. Suffice to say, you have
indeed been brought to the Kingdom for such a time as
this. The finishing touches are being put to this living
letter; a flourishing signature of the One Who sits on
the throne and sealing with the signet mark of Royal
Melchizedek priesthood. You have been through the
extensive and intensive preparation period and your
willing surrendered heart has moved the heart of the
Father. You are appointed a vessel of honor in whom He
is well pleased and are about to be released to take
over your portion of the Father’s business.
You should not be surprised at the extent of pressure
and resistance you are experiencing from the powers of
darkness at this time. The hordes of hell are terrified
at the prospect of what is about to happen. They too
know your perseverance and determination to embrace that
for which Christ took hold of you. Now last ditch
attempts are being made to convince you to abandon the
journey. Take no notice! In fact, consider it a
backhanded compliment that satan considers you such a
threat to his dark purposes. It is a backhanded
compliment and proof that the ultimate unfolding of your
entire purpose of existence is going to shake the
kingdom of darkness to such an extent that many souls
will be loosed from its vice grip. Doubt your doubts.
Stay focused, keep worshiping, keep yielding, keep
trusting. You are crossing the threshold, safe in His
embrace.
Rom 8:18 [But what of that?] For I consider that the
sufferings of this present time (this present life) are
not worth being compared with the glory that is about to
be revealed to us and in us and for us and conferred on
us! Rom 8:19 For [even the whole] creation (all nature)
waits expectantly and longs earnestly for God's sons to
be made known [waits for the revealing, the disclosing
of their sonship].
Selah
Christine
(Part two to follow)
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"Yet, this desire to be sealed as a vessel of honour has
kept you putting one step in front of the other through
severe testings and wilderness times and even dark nights
of the soul, where only the whisper, “I am His and He is
Mine” has kept your heart from turning back."
.....yes........
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Re-upping to put it alongside pt. 2
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