By Minister Agee
thestainedglasscollective.wordpress.com
Instagram: @ministeragee | @thestainedglasscollective

š„ Thereās a place between bondage and promise.
A space between Babylon and Zion.
Between empire and kingdom.
Between who we were and who we must become.
That place is the wilderness.
It is not punishment.
It is preparation.
It is not exile.
It is encounter.
šļø The Wilderness is Where God Judges and Forms His People
āI will bring you into the wilderness of the nations, and there, face to face, I will execute judgment upon you.ā
ā Ezekiel 20:35ā36
In this sacred in-between, the African Diaspora finds itself.
We are not fully enslaved. But not yet free.
We are post-plantation but pre-Zion.
We are in the wilderness between worlds.
Itās where God calls His people outānot just physically, but spiritually.
Out of survival mode.
Out of empire logic.
Out of borrowed theology.
Here, the remnant is refinedānot erased.
š« The Wilderness is a Pattern, Not a Place
The wilderness is the ancient pattern of transformation:
Israel wandered 40 years, unlearning Egypt. Elijah fled into it to hear the whisper of God. Yahshua was led there to confront the enemy face-to-face. And now, we are hereāfacing generational strongholds and prophetic destiny.
The wilderness isnāt a detour. Itās the curriculum of freedom.
āš¾ The Diaspora is in a Wilderness Moment
We know who weāre notābut not yet who we are.
We are deconstructing, detangling, detoxing.
Weāre leaving Babylon but still haunted by its language,
its pace, its God-complex.
We are wandering through:
Unhealed trauma Colonized Christianity Economic bondage Cultural amnesia
But like our ancestors, we are not lostāwe are being led.
š§ The Wilderness is Where the Covenant is Renewed
āSo I will bring you into the wilderness⦠I will take note of you as I did your ancestors⦠and I will bring you into the bond of covenant.ā
ā Ezekiel 20:35ā37
This wilderness is where God renames us.
Reclaims us.
Re-covenants us.
Itās where we stop being āminoritiesā and start being priests.
Where we stop performing and start remembering.
Where the scattered become sacred again.
š Between Babylon and Zion Lies the Wilderness
This is where we are now.
No longer enslaved, but not yet enthroned.
No longer deceived, but not yet delivered.
But in the wilderness, the truth is loud.
The manna is messy.
The miracles are quiet.
And the promise still waits ahead.
šÆļø Keep Walking
If you are wearyāwalk.
If you are unsureāwalk.
If you are not who you used to be, but not yet who you hope to beāwalk.
The wilderness is not your final form.
Itās your proving ground.
Zion still waits.
And every step you take is stained glass in motion.
š Read the first post: Babylon Isnāt a City, Itās a System
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