"Separation, Distinction and Portion" - Christine Beadsworth
Christine Beadsworth
Released 9/4/22
The tip of spear is part of the whole spearhead, so although it passes through
an area as a forerunner, the rest of the spear passing through that same area
impacts the tip. If there is turbulence as the main part of spear head passes
thru, the tip will feel it. In the same way, although some of us have celebrated
the beginning of the Fall Feasts, the rest of the spearhead following the
orthodox calendar will be marking them towards the end of September, and
we are still connected to them as part of the faithful remnant. I believe the
Spirit of the Lord needed a forerunner company who were willing to step out
in faith according to what they believed and move ahead of the rest of the
remnant, even if it meant they were out of sync with the majority of the
spearhead throughout the last 6 months of 5782.
God needs courageous forerunners who will be willing to be unpopular, while
being obedient to what the Spirit is showing them personally. The two spies
who went into the Promised Land ahead of the rest waiting on the other side
of the Jordan were exposed to more revelation and information that the rest
of the people of God did not see or hear – and they were doing it on behalf of
the whole company. In the same way, the tip of the spear pierces through veils
and boundaries, cutting a path and opening the way for the rest of the
spearhead to follow in.
Do you remember the Lord speaking to me some time during 5781 about the
door to the Bridal Chamber closing. At the time, I knew the Lord was
connecting this event to the parable of the wise and foolish virgins; the wise
and foolish ‘Bethulah’ in Matthew 25. However, because of the Lord taking a
group as the ‘tip of the spear’ and marking the Feast of Trumpets a month
earlier than the orthodox Jewish Calendar, I have had questions as to how this
closing of the door applied and when it would take place.
Firstly, I want to suggest to you that this is what this early Feast of Trumpets
celebration has been about. The tip of the spear is sharp and penetrates the
target before the rest of the spear head – and even then, not the whole
spearhead penetrates the target but only a portion is hidden. Up to half of the
whole spear head remains clearly visible and exposed and shakes along with
the shaft of the spear. Early celebration of the Feast of Trumpets means early
preparation of the heart; getting our inner hearts rightly aligned to His
plumbline of holiness and receiving of endtime mandates ahead of the
company following on behind. It provides distinction and orientation;
movement out of a larger company into a smaller company with a specific
calling. There is a smaller company who needed to go ahead of the bulk of the
remnant, in order to be assigned to their specific roles and endtime mandates
BEFORE the larger company came to their Fall Feast appointment.
Now, we need to refresh our memories concerning the types and shadows in
the ancient Jewish wedding ceremony. Once betrothal had taken place the
bride would wear a veil (indicating separation unto the prospective
bridegroom in holiness) and would focus upon getting herself fully ready for
the big day. The bridegroom would leave the betrothal ceremony and go
immediately to prepare and build a place attached to his father’s home. This
room would be the bridal chamber and only once the father decided it was
ready and done to his satisfaction, would he release his son to go and get his
bride.
So, the almost ‘completely ready’ betrothed woman would put a lamp in the
window to signify she was watching for her beloved’s coming. She did not
know the exact day or hour in which he would arrive. Then, at midnight on the
appointed day (remember the Jewish day starts at 6pm), the friend of the
bridegroom would blow a shofar very loudly to awaken the betrothed woman,
alerting her that the bridegroom was on his way and she should go out to meet
him. She would awaken, do the last-minute things (like fill her lamp and trim
the wick) and leave her father’s house with her bridesmaids to spend the last
little bit of her waiting time making her way towards her groom in the
darkness. Some time in the 3rd or 4th watch of the night, he would arrive and
whisk her and her bridesmaids away to the place he had prepared and shut the
door to this chamber. The bridal company (bride, groom, friends of the
bridegroom and bridesmaids) would enjoy a private night-time banquet and
then towards the end of the morning watch, she and her bridesmaids would go
to do the final mikvah (cleansing bath) and get ready for the public wedding on
the morning of the same day.
Now we need to look at the bridal typology in the Fall Feasts – of which there
are 3. The Feast of Trumpets on 1st Tishrei (also called Rosh Hashanah) equates
to the awakening and warning blast of the shofar blown by the friend of the
Bridegroom at midnight (Matt 25:6). The message of the friend of the
Bridegroom is that the Bridegroom has already left His Father’s house and is en
route to whisk away His Bride (an event described by the Jewish culture as
‘coming like a thief in the night’). His instruction is, “Go out to meet Him”.
Immediately, this day brings a revelation and a separation. Some are
sufficiently prepared with extra oil. Some are not. I want to point out that the
wise virgins were prepared AHEAD of time. They had extra oil in their lamps –
this is to do with choices made in the past season. At the moment the
Bridegroom came and took them to the Bridal chamber, they were fully
equipped and prepared. So, immediately after the shofar call was heard, those
who are wise are identified and they excitedly fill and light their lamps and go
forth into the night to meet their Bridegroom. The foolish are also clearly
visible as they go into frantic last-minute buying from the oil sellers.
Then, after the Feast of Trumpets, there 10 Days of Awe; the tenth day being
Yom Kippur which is the holiest day on the Jewish Calendar. These Days of Awe
are for final aligning of the heart, repentance and putting in order and
journeying for the face-to-face moment with the Beloved. This is why Yom
Kippur is known as ‘Face to Face’. It is also the day the High Priest went into
the Holy of Holies to pour the blood on the Mercy Seat. Yom Kippur is also a
type of the moment when the Bridegroom comes to whisk His beloved away;
leading His fully prepared Bride to the place He has prepared especially for her.
This is the time when the door to the Bridal Chamber is closed, once the fully
prepared Bridal party is inside... Five days later, on 15th Tishrei, is the Feast of
Booths (Tabernacles) which is a type of the wedding feast held during daylight
hours.
So, we can see that the closing of the door of the bridal chamber occurs some
moment after midnight; after the blowing of the awakening shofar. Now I want
to remind you how the Spirit showed me that these recent years in the Hebrew
calendar have been like watches of the night. He began by telling me about
5780:
5780 evening watch 3pm – 6pm
5781 1
st watch of the night 6pm – 9pm
5782 2
nd watch of the night 9pm -12am
5783 3
rd watch of the night 12am – 3am
So, we can see that the end of 5782 is the ‘midnight’ moment; the hour the
shofar gets sounded loudly to alert the Bride that the Bridegroom is on His
way. No wonder the first of the Fall Feasts is called ‘the Feast of Trumpets’ or
colloquially, ‘the day of the awakening blast’. It is at this moment that the
waiting virgins are alerted that the moment they have longed for and prepared
for is at the door. Now it is important to note they are all virgins; they are all
expecting the Bridegroom, but some are not sufficiently prepared – and
amongst them is one who is the Bride and the rest are bridesmaids. Five of the
nine bridesmaids disqualify themselves because of a lack of sufficient
preparation and when they knock on the closed door of the Bridal Chamber,
they are told that the bridegroom has never had any real relationship with
them – he never knew them! That is shocking. This is the part of the spear
head that remains vulnerable and visible and shaking once the tip of the spear
and the part closest to it have sunk into the target. The Bridal Chamber is our
target.
Now let’s see how the early Barley celebration of the beginning of 5783 fits
in... Before the Bridal Company go out to meet the Bridegroom, there is
someone else who needs to be prepared and released to function. It is the
friend of the bridegroom; the one appointed to blow the shofar. I believe that
the Tip of the Spear Company who prepared ahead of time represent the
Friend of the Bridegroom Company; the manchild who have had their own
trumpet call and face to face moment BEFORE the Bridal Company. WHY?
Because they are the ones who release from their innermost being the breath
that carries the sound of the awakening blast. Their anointing is that of the
Spirit of Elijah and they ARE the shofar that is filled with the breath of God and
blown at the midnight hour. Their message and endtime ministry is that of
awakening and alerting the Bridal Company to the very soon coming of the
Bridegroom. Their frequency or voice calls the preparation season to
completion and galvanises the Bridal Company into action. The voice of the
Friend of the Bridegroom Company; comprising some or all of the Manchild
Company, triggers the revelation of the true state of the waiting virgins.
Suddenly it is clear who is wise and who has been foolish in the last season. It
is a ministry of separation and distinction; the sound of a call to GO OUT to
meet the Bridegroom face to face.
In their role as the Friend of the Bridegroom, the Manchild Company release
their understanding of the times. They carry this sound birthed out of intimate
communion and face to face fellowship with the Bridegroom. He tells His
secrets to His friends! THIS is why the Tip of the Spear needed to go ahead of
the rest of the Bridal Company. Just as depicted in Revelation 12, they come
forth or are birthed from the midst of the Bridal Company, becoming separate
and distinct in their calling and function (the birthing and separation began as
the early barley ripeness was noted and early Passover celebrated and was
complete as the early barley Feast of Trumpets was celebrated. These
forerunners are caught up to the throne to receive their endtime instruction
and mandates. This sound and shofar blast they release is the last warning
given before the arrival of the Bridegroom and it is sounded exclusively for
those who have been in a season of preparation for His coming – His Bridal
Company. The rest of those sleeping in other houses do not even stir or turn
over in their sleep, because their ears are deaf to the message of the Spirit of
Elijah. They are not part of the Bridal Company and never will be. At best, they
may be the guests at the wedding.
There are 4 weeks between the early barley Feast of Trumpets (28th Aug 2022)
and the orthodox Feast of Trumpets. BY the time the orthodox Feast of
Trumpets is celebrated beginning on 25th September 2022, the Manchild
functioning as the Friend of the Bridegroom Messenger are beginning to
release their awakening sound! They have had their own face-to-face moment
(Yom Kippur) on evening of 6th Sept through 7th Sept. They have become one
with the will and purposes of the throne; having entering the Speaking Place or
Holy of Holies and receiving their mandates face-to-face. From this time
forward, like John the Baptist, they prepare the Way for the coming of the
Bridegroom. Complete focus is on His soon coming and it is their job to wake
up the Bridal Company who have fallen asleep because it has taken so long!
Remember in the last message of the constellations on the orthodox Feast of
Trumpets, the messenger Mercury and Venus (the Morning Star) are so close
together as to look like one celestial body (hidden below the horizon at sunset)
and they are positioned at the ear of Virgo or Bethulah saying, “Wake up, He is
almost here! Your face-to-face moment is fast approaching!”
For the wise virgins, the midnight hour shofar blast sounded by the friend of
the bridegroom is a signal that they will be moving out of the house of their
fathers and into full separation to the bridegroom. They are no longer referred
to as the ‘betrothed’ but as the ‘bride’, because the day of the wedding is at
hand. Never again will they do chores in their father’s house. From now on,
they go forward with their lamps newly filled with stored oil and their wicks
trimmed, their eyes searching for that face-to-face moment and the joy of the
private banquet in the seclusion of the bridal chamber.
How I would like to share with you an astonishing prophetic action that took
place in 5780 (the evening watch year). I first shared it in a message called
‘Under the shadow of His wing’ (written in Elul 5780). On the first weekend of
5780, I participated in a Firestarters Conference in Bloemfontein, South Africa.
Part of what the Lord instructed us to do is to hold an invitation-only banquet
for 12 people at midnight in the King David Chamber at the facility. Actually,
we sent out 16 invitations but 4 refused, saying they had other priorities and
previous appointments or were too busy - yet again, a very prophetic
occurrence (Luke 14:18-24).
The blueprint given for this meal was that, apart from the lavish meal, the
people who accepted their invitations would receive scrolls, new sandals, new
shofars, have their feet washed in wine and receive two anointing oils: the
Spirit of Burning oil and 'The Sound of Extraordinary Power' oil. The instruction
was to tell them, "Well done, good and faithful servant, enter into the
inheritance stored up for you" and that they represented a people who would
be taken into the chamber prepared by the Bridegroom and fed and instructed
before being released with an apostolic anointing in the earth. Because the
Lord always declares the end from the beginning, this banquet at the beginning
of the year 5780 was a prophetic display of what would be occurring at a later
time, sometime after the prophetic ‘midnight hour’ (end of 5782), when the
shofar blast announced His coming for His Bride...
Both the friends of the Bridegroom and the Bride and her bridesmaids partake
of the private banquet in the Bridal Chamber. All of the preparation season has
been working toward this event for His remnant company; His good and
faithful bondservants. There comes a fiery anointing of consuming zeal for
God's house. Blueprints and scrolls will be handed out, new shoes, a double
portion anointing of powers of the age to come and the Spirit of Burning. This
is the private appointment with the Bridegroom which we have prepared
ourselves for, setting ourselves apart in holiness daily. Our desire is to be
among those who are taken into His chamber before the door is closed for the
darkest part of the night. To this end, we have watched, making sure we have
enough extra oil for our lamps, in case our understanding of the times has not
been entirely accurate.
I had had a dream some time before this event which we held, of being taken
into the Bridal Chamber, which had a smaller chamber off to the side of the
main room. In this area, a table was being lavishly set, with candlesticks and
beautiful crockery and cutlery and then a veil covering was placed over it to
indicate that this table was for an appointed meal at an appointed time, for
invited guests. Then, in the dream, I was in this chamber and the Bridegroom
arrived during the night with a giant armful of white roses for me. He set them
down on the floor and they became a large sheaf of grain. Out of the stalks at
the bottom came a hen with her wings around a number of chicks.
Immediately, I thought of what Jesus had said about Jerusalem and His anguish
that she had not known the time of her visitation and that He desired to gather
her as a hen gathers her chicks under her wings. He had gathered this bouquet
in order to bring it into the Bridal Chamber.
In Revelation 14, we are told of 144000 who are gathered as the firstfruits to
God and the Lamb. They follow the Lamb wherever He goes. In other words,
they do what they see Him doing. The sheaf of grain in my dream represents
this company; the early barley firstfruits sheaf gathered by the Bridegroom
(the manchild company) and those they bring with them; the ones the Lord has
awakened and gathered, like a hen gathers her chicks – those He wants to
cover under the wing of His marriage covenant. The bunch of white roses and
the stalks of grain are one, yet two distinct companies. So, the Bridegroom
goes to gather His Bride and bring her into the chamber - along with His
friends. He has prepared to enjoy a banquet with them all in the darkest night-
of-trial hours. This speaks of the Bridegroom gathering for protection and
provision a certain company made of two parts, to shelter them during this
difficult and dangerous period. This does not mean that they are gathered off
the earth necessarily, but rather taken into the spiritual place He has prepared
for them, just as the woman in Rev 12 is given the wings of a giant eagle to
carry her to the place prepared for her.
While others sleep, this group will experience face to face encounter and be
given scrolls of instruction for their kingdom purposes. Their feet will be
washed with the wine of the Word to remove all the dust and debris of the last
season. The new shofars we handed out represents a new sound and new
sandals represent walking in the inheritance stored up in heaven for us. Like
pure white roses, the Bridal Company are virgins, having kept themselves
consecrated to their Betrothed Bridegroom and having intimacy with no other.
I believe the Day of the Awakening Blast is a season, not a 24-hour day, just as
the Day of the Lord does not refer to a 24-hour day, but a season of prophetic
fulfilment. The Spirit’s reference to the door to the bridal chamber closing
must surely refer to the time after the orthodox celebration of Yom Kippur
(evening of Oct 4th through Oct 5th), because this is the calendar associated
with the Bridal Company, as opposed to the early barley ripeness calendar
being associated with the manchild company equipping and positioning.
This year of 5783 is also a Jubilee year, meaning that on Yom Kippur, another
shofar is blown, decreeing cancellation of debt, freedom for the enslaved and
return to original land and inheritance. It is a frequency of restorative justice; a
message embodying as never before the ministry of Yeshua described in Isaiah
61 – the unlocking of the prison door, beauty for ashes and oil of joy for
mourning. I have to ask, is this Jubilee shofar a depiction of the endtime
ministry of the Bridal Company? Two shofars blown in the space of 10 days;
one to awaken and call out, one to release and restore. May the manchild and
the bridal saints function in the fulness of their respective kingdom blueprints
during the days of intense darkness!
There are some Jewish Rabbis who believe that 5783 is the last Jubilee and will
usher in their Messiah. Unfortunately, the antichrist is about to step onto the
stage and be embraced before the true Messiah comes. So, let us not get
distracted by his antics, but keep focussed on true North, taking our instruction
from the throne of the True King of the Universe and being led by the Spirit of
Truth. Dense darkness is going to be on the peoples but His glory shall rise
upon us.
Selah