We all can see the writing on the wall. Donald J. Trump and his authoritarian administration will stop at seemingly nothing but the hand of God to turn back the hands of time to a day reminiscent of segregation, hate, and fear.
The rolling back of DEI initiatives and uber aggressive federal workforce scale back has left hundreds of thousands of Americans without work.
The attacks on free speech, black history, and any and everything woke will prove to be the hangman’s own undoing.
You cannot and will not be able to prevent God’s progression of truth. We must and will overcome.
We simply must resist tyranny with all our might and weather the storm with steadfast and patient endurance.
The race is not given to the swift, but he who endures t through to the end shall have eternal victory.
What Trump is doing is simply not sustainable and Babylon’s institutional and systemic towers will fall.
The first shall be last, and the last shall be first. So, keep the faith and persevere. We got this!
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🏜️ The Wilderness is Where God Judges and Forms His People
“I will bring you into the wilderness of the nations, and there, face to face, I will execute judgment upon you.”
— Ezekiel 20:35–36
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.
It’s where God calls His people out—not just physically, but spiritually.
Out of survival mode.
Out of empire logic.
Out of borrowed theology.
Here, the remnant is refined—not erased.
🐫 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 here—facing generational strongholds and prophetic destiny.
The wilderness isn’t a detour. It’s the curriculum of freedom.
✊🏾 The Diaspora is in a Wilderness Moment
We know who we’re not—but not yet who we are.
We are deconstructing, detangling, detoxing.
We’re 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 lost—we are being led.
💧 The Wilderness is Where the Covenant is Renewed
“So 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.”
— Ezekiel 20:35–37
This wilderness is where God renames us.
Reclaims us.
Re-covenants us.
It’s where we stop being “minorities” and start being priests.
Where we stop performing and start remembering.
Where the scattered become sacred again.
🌄 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.
🕯️ Keep Walking
If you are weary—walk.
If you are unsure—walk.
If you are not who you used to be, but not yet who you hope to be—walk.
The wilderness is not your final form.
It’s your proving ground.
Zion still waits.
And every step you take is stained glass in motion.
📖 Read the first post: Babylon Isn’t a City, It’s a System
A stained-glass vision of deliverance: the remnant walks away from the ruins of empire toward a path of covenant light. Babylon is behind. Zion awaits.
🔥 Come Out of Her, My People
Babylon is not just a place—it’s a pattern.
It’s not just ancient—it’s alive.
And if you’re only looking for it on a map,
you’ll miss the fact that you’re already in it.
When Revelation declares, “Come out of her, my people” (Rev. 18:4),
it’s not simply about geography.
It’s about spiritual separation from systems that exploit, erase, and enslave.
🏛️ Babylon Then
In Scripture, Babylon was the empire that captured and exiled Judah.
It burned the temple.
It mocked the prophets.
It demanded holy people sing songs in a foreign land.
It was the first place where theology had to live without buildings.
Where holiness had to survive without a sanctuary.
Where prophets wept by the waters (Psalm 137)
and dreamed of deliverance.
🌆 Babylon Now
But Babylon never died—it just rebranded.
Today, Babylon is systemic:
White supremacy clothed in law. Capitalism that devours the poor. Churches that echo empire more than Christ. Cultures that steal our stories and sell them back to us.
Babylon is anything that says:
“Bow to this image, or burn.” (Daniel 3)
✊🏾 The Diaspora Is Not Home—It’s Holding Ground
We are the scattered.
The descendants of a stolen people.
And just like our ancestors in exile,
we’ve been told to blend in and shut up.
But the call still echoes through time:
“Flee from Babylon! Run for your lives!” — Jeremiah 51:6
This doesn’t mean run without vision.
It means build something holy outside the system.
It means love deeper than they hate.
It means reclaim our name, our priesthood, and our power.
🌄 Toward Zion
Zion is not a megachurch.
It’s not an aesthetic.
It’s not nationalism.
Zion is the kingdom of God breaking through the cracks.
It’s justice in motion.
Joy uncolonized.
Covenant unbroken.
We are on our way there.
But to enter Zion, we have to leave Babylon behind.
🎨 Stained Glass Resistance
The Stained Glass Collective exists to name the system,
to call the remnant,
and to rebuild sacred memory.
Each post is a shard of revelation.
Each image, a window into freedom.
Each truth, a break from Babylon’s spell.
🕯️ Are You Still in Babylon?
Ask yourself:
Who profits from your silence? What idols have you bowed to? Are you building Zion—or renting Babylon’s stage?
You don’t have to stay.
Babylon isn’t a city—it’s a system.
And systems collapse when the truth refuses to cooperate.
From exile to expression—he stands in the window of revelation. Every shard, a story. Every color, a calling. This is what it means to be seen through stained glass: Not despite the breaking, but because of it.
🕊️ We Are the Broken Made Beautiful
We are the scattered made whole.
The exiled made priestly.
The silenced made prophetic.
The Stained Glass Collective was born from a sacred tension—
between what has been broken and what still burns with light.
We are a digital community of faith, color, culture, and calling—
refusing to let theology remain cold, distant, or colonized.
🌍 Diaspora Is Not Defeat
We believe the African Diaspora is not forgotten—it is chosen.
We carry the story of Israel, exiled but not erased.
Our suffering is not senseless.
Our memory is not myth.
We are God’s remnant, awakening in the wilderness of empire.
📖 We Read Scripture Through Cracked Glass
This Collective is not just about art—it is about reclaiming the sacred.
We see scripture not as a tool of dominance but a blueprint for liberation.
We read with the fire of Moses, the lament of Jeremiah,
the visions of Ezekiel, and the faith of the Revelation church.
Each post, each graphic, each blog entry is a shard of stained glass—
reflecting divine light through our pain, beauty, and Blackness.
🎨 Our Theology Is Not Theoretical
We do not debate doctrine for sport.
We live theology like breath, like blood, like fire in our bones.
We speak to the mother who prays in silence.
To the son who has only known exile.
To the neighbor who stands beside us, not above us.
To the remnant—Black and non-Black—who are tired of Babylon’s lies
and ready to walk toward Zion.
🔥 The Second Exodus Is Underway
This is not just a movement. It’s a migration.
Out of oppression.
Out of whitewashed faith.
Out of performative religion.
Into covenant.
Into community.
Into Kingdom.
We believe in the Second Exodus—a spiritual deliverance
for God’s people scattered in every nation,
a priesthood reborn from ashes,
a church without walls,
a God who still sets captives free.
🕯️ This Is Your Invitation
If you’re wandering—we welcome you.
If you’re awakening—we walk with you.
If you’re willing—we work beside you.
The stained glass isn’t finished.
We are still piecing it together.
Each voice, each story, each scripture—
makes the mosaic more radiant.
📍 Join Us.
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