Once upon a time, I stood behind a podium, eyes closed, hands lifted, praying for the very thing that is happening right now. I believed I was calling forth the kingdom. I believed I was standing in righteousness.
No one told me that what I thought was righteousness was just assimilation to abjection
I was at the International House of Prayer Kansas City (IHOPKC), a place where eschatology—end-times prophecy—wasn’t just a belief. It was the air we breathed. The Book of Revelation wasn’t some distant vision of chaos—it was our roadmap. The prayers we prayed were strategic. They were meant to prepare the way for the kingdom of God. We wanted righteousness to reign. We wanted the systems of this world to collapse so that the true kingdom could rise.
And yet, the gag of it all—the thing that still sits heavy in my chest—is that what we prayed for is exactly what is happening right now.
It’s happening in the American government, in the economy, in the way power is shifting right before our eyes. And the terrifying thing is that this isn’t about whether you believe in Revelation or not. This isn’t an argument for prophecy or against it. This is about the material reality that we are watching unfold.
And when I look at it now, when I really see what’s happening, I can’t unsee it.
The Little Horn Always Rises From Empire
There is a figure in biblical prophecy—one who rises not from nowhere, but from within a system that has already been built to hold him. He is small at first, just another piece of the machinery, but then he grows. He uproots those who came before him. He changes laws. He speaks with arrogance, not just against people, but against the very foundations of truth. He is not interested in maintaining what exists—he wants to redefine the world in his image.
The thing about the little horn is that it does not appear out of thin air. It is birthed from empire. It requires a system willing to accommodate it.
That system?
It’s always Babylon.
It’s always capitalism, imperialism, and the promise that power can be limitless if you’re willing to do whatever it takes to get it. We were taught that the Antichrist would be some obvious dictator, some world leader rising overnight with horns and smoke and a villain’s smirk. But that’s not how empire works. Empire doesn’t need a monster—it needs a man who knows how to play the game. He doesn’t need to seize power. He just needs white evangelicalism and the leaven of white supremacy that has been internalized by people of color to hand it to him.
And right now, that is exactly what’s happening.
Project 2025: The Kingdom We Prayed For
At IHOPKC, we were trained to pray for the nation. For the government. For laws that would restore America to righteousness. We believed the system was corrupt, but not in the way it actually was. We believed it needed reform, but not liberation. We didn’t pray for justice—we prayed for dominion.
And now, those prayers are taking shape in Project 2025—a political blueprint designed to reshape America into a theocracy. It’s a plan that:
• Destroys the administrative state, removing checks on executive power.
• Targets marginalized groups, particularly Black, queer, and immigrant communities.
• Places control of the nation in the hands of Christian nationalist leaders.
It is an apocalyptic vision of governance—not because it brings divine justice, but because it ensures only one kind of power survives.
And I have to sit with the fact that I prayed for this.
I prayed for something that I believed was good, because no one ever told me the truth about my own roots. No one told me that what I thought was righteousness was just assimilation to anti-Blackness. No one told me that whiteness was infecting my worldview, my theology, and my self-image.
And because I didn’t know that, I didn’t know that whiteness would show up in the Black church, too. That empire’s theology would reach into every space or that it was possible to be in chains even as we sang songs of "freedom". That the systems that created the little horn would teach us to worship it before we could name it.
The System That Birthed the Horn
You don’t get a singular ruler without a system designed to uphold him because the little horn is not just a man—it is an ideology. It is a belief that
Power is for the strong, and the strong deserve more of it.
Laws exist to protect wealth, not people.
Dissent must be punished, and order must be enforced.
Those who are poor, marginalized, or suffering are simply weak.
That system? It’s capitalism. You can read about it in Revelation 17 and 18. It’s the system that makes people work like machines, draining them until they have nothing left to give. It’s the reason why the people who are supposed to help—the government workers, the healthcare professionals, the service providers—are some of the most exhausted and emotionally vacant people you’ll ever meet. Because they, too, are being ground down.
Capitalism does not care for them.
Capitalism does not care for us.
Capitalism only cares about what can be extracted.
And when that system reaches its breaking point, it looks for someone who can save it. Someone who can remake the world in a way that preserves power while appearing to disrupt it. Someone who can buy entire industries, rewrite digital and legal landscapes, and remake history while claiming to be its liberator. And if you’ve been paying attention, then you already know who that is.
The Final Stage: The Horn is Here
As far as we are concerned?
He’s here.
He was once just another tech billionaire, just another face among the oligarchs. But now, he is something else. He has bought the public square. He has placed himself at the center of communication, transportation, labor, and AI. He is actively rewriting laws, narratives, and structures of power—all while laughing at those who think he is a joke.
And worst of all?
White evangelicalism and the leaven of white supremacy that has been internalized by people of color are handing him the world.
They are cheering as he tears down safeguards.
They are celebrating his dominance over digital spaces.
They are watching him consolidate power over speech, data, and surveillance—and they are calling it “freedom.”
And if you think this is about orange man, you’re still missing it.
This is Babylon doing what Babylon does—preparing the world for rule under a single unchecked authority. Not neceessarily because prophecy says so, but because this is how empire always ends. Same Trailer different park, age after age.
America Cannot Exist If Black Lives Matter
The very fabric of America as we know it can only function in opposition to Black freedom and full humanity because it was founded on Black abjection and inhumanity. It is literally why a pastor who preaches about Jesus would rather hand the country to a felon than a Black woman. The collapse is inevitable because this system will destroy itself before it lets Black people be free.
And if you’re paying attention, you already know. The question is—what are you willing to do about it?