WARNING - This is a longer blog than usual. In July, while praying, I heard the Lord say, "Batten Down the Hatches." I had been hearing, along with others, that all things were being shaken. All things mean everything except the kingdom of God and its related things.
6 "For thus says the LORD of hosts: 'Once more (it is a little while) I will shake heaven and earth, the sea and dry land; 7 'and I will shake all nations, and they shall come to the Desire of All Nations, and I will fill this temple with glory,' says the LORD of hosts. - Hag 2:6-7 NKJV
In the Church realm, we often hear the term "shaking." We don't always seek to know what it means. Haggai prophesied, "Once more, I will shake heaven and earth." This means that shaking happens more than once. The heavens referred to here are the second heavens where Satan's kingdom is located. God's heaven cannot be shaken. God will shake the seen and unseen realms. Are we ready?
I thought I released this word in October, but when I saw Rick Renner's word and looked mine up, I realized I had never shared it. Please listen to Rick Renner's short word.
I included his video to validate that there is indeed something coming. I believe the financial realm is a large part of the storm. Notice Rick received his word in July – so did I. The word returned to him in November, and it returned to me in October. When a word returns, it means that God is speaking a word in season, and He wants us to be warned. This is the third time I have visited this word, and I am now ready to release my portion of it.
Batten Down the Hatches is an idiom that means prepare for trouble! This term originated in the navy, where it signified preparing for a storm by fastening down canvas over doorways and hatches (openings) with strips of wood called battens.
But what does this mean for us?
~ The Greek word for batten is sanidono [sanadono], and it means to fasten, fix, cement, consolidate, or set.
~ The Greek word for hatch is ánoigma [anoygma], and it means an opening, orifice, gap, or leak. It depicts a small hole, opening, or gap in which something can leak through.
~ The Hebrew word for hatch bā·qǎʿ [ba que] means to divide, split open, tear apart, burst forth, or break open. It implies a ripping or tearing motion of an object due to great pressure placed against it.
They hatch vipers' eggs and weave the spider's web; He who eats of their eggs dies, And from that which is crushed a viper breaks out. – Isa 59:5
Isaiah started his message to God's people with a promise. He then warned them that their sins had caused them to disconnect from God.
1 Behold, the LORD's hand is not shortened, That it cannot save; Nor His ear heavy, That it cannot hear. 2 But your iniquities have separated you from your God; And your sins have hidden [His] face from you, So that He will not hear. - Isa 59:1-2 NKJV
Isaiah gives the list of their sins and the result of agreeing with those who do such things.
3 For your hands are defiled with blood, And your fingers with iniquity; Your lips have spoken lies, Your tongue has muttered perversity. 4 No one calls for justice, Nor does [any] plead for truth. They trust in empty words and speak lies; They conceive evil and bring forth iniquity. 5 They hatch vipers' eggs and weave the spider's web; He who eats of their eggs dies, And [from] that which is crushed a viper breaks out. 6 Their webs will not become garments, Nor will they cover themselves with their works; Their works [are] works of iniquity, And the act of violence [is] in their hands. 7 Their feet run to evil, And they make haste to shed innocent blood; Their thoughts [are] thoughts of iniquity; Wasting and destruction [are] in their paths. 8 The way of peace they have not known, And [there is] no justice in their ways; They have made themselves crooked paths; Whoever takes that way shall not know peace. 9 Therefore justice is far from us, Nor does righteousness overtake us; We look for light, but there is darkness! For brightness, [but] we walk in blackness! - Isa 59:3-9
In context, Isaiah is rebuking the leaders of Israel whose sins have caught up to them. Eventually, our sins will find us (Num 32:23). The leaders were pregnant with evil, and in their birthing of demonic plans, iniquity was brought forth. They hatch poison and weave webs of deceit whereby those who believe their deception die.
I see America and her government all over these verses. Isaiah spoke briefly of a time of future restoration, but only after the shaking. The iniquities of the people had separated them from God. God's ability to save those who seek Him is always available – to those who repent. The people of God had become violent, rebellious, liars, and perversely wicked.
I have been hearing for weeks "unjust scales." I have prayed that God would reveal the unjust ways some of America's rulers have funded their perversions. As I continued to seek the Lord on this statement, I kept seeing scriptures that pointed to this subject.
Economic Plunder - "As a partridge that broods but does not hatch, So is he who gets riches, but not by right; It will leave him in the midst of his days, And at his end he will be a fool." - Jer 17:11
"That broods," – sits on eggs that do not hatch. Nothing comes from the covering of sin. Money that is made from greed and riches obtained from deceit will eventually waste to nothing and be exposed.
An escape hatch is defined as a means of evading difficulty, dilemma, or responsibility. Every way in which we have used to escape the reality of our situations must be closed, healed, and sealed so that we can move forward in the kingdom work of God.
There is a war in the heavenlies that is affecting and afflicting every nation. Despair is confining many to a spirit of hopelessness, and faith is being overcome by fear. Others are motivated by this war, and their faith is rising, and they can be found praying down the demons of darkness. Both are choices.
As the spirit of fear is loosed upon all nations, people will react in one or more of the following ways.
They will flee. These people will find the nearest way out of conflict. In their flight, they may bury their heads in the sand and decide whatever the problem is, it's not theirs. They refuse to act or speak up or cry out for justice. Instead, they "hole up." The idiom "hole up" means to take refuge in a place to avoid detection or distraction. If the Lord is our strong tower, then we can "hole up" in Him until the storm passes. We rest in His presence of protection. But whenever we run and hide from reality, we no longer operate in faith.
They will freeze. These are the people who freeze with fear and cannot decide to go in one direction or the other. Panic may overtake them, and they struggle even to breathe. Their hearts palpitate as fear seizes them, and they push away any help they are offered.
They will fight. These are the people who know who their God is and what He can do in and through them. These are the people who do not love their lives unto death, keep the commandments of the Lord, know their testimony, and use it to get them through the next challenge, and they know the power of the blood of Jesus Christ.
At the time I received this word (July 2024), the internet was shaken in a very real way. A huger server went down, the Wi-Fi signal has been sporadic, and major internet companies have been hacked. A horrible hurricane hit, and the devastation is still not cleaned up. Lives were destroyed, and entire towns were wiped out. Two million people are without electricity and still living in makeshift housing—billions of dollars in damage.
Several well-known churches have removed their pastors, or they have stepped down due to sin accusations.
It has been a year of shaking and exposing. It will continue into 2025—who knows how long? My guess is it will continue until God has His way in His Church.
God desires to bring His people from a saved mindset to a kingdom faith. To do this, He will need to shake the world out of the Church.
The gospel entertainment must be shaken. True worshipers must arise.
The blood covenant must be restored. The blood of Jesus Christ can no longer be trampled on.
God's people must become givers and no longer takers.
Honor must be restored to the pulpit.
Let's pray,
Heavenly Father, holy is Your name. May we yield to Your will as You work it out in us. May we stop living as the world and come out from them, become holy worshipers who live in light and not in darkness. We pray for mercy over America and a great awakening to shake the Church into holiness. Keep us, O God, and protect us as You continue to move everything around until we look exactly as You desire. In Jesus' name, Amen.
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