What Is Sovereignty?
Reclaiming the Divine Inheritance Denied by Babylon
“Sovereignty is not just what God has. Sovereignty is who God is. And we were made in His likeness.”
The Question I Keep Getting
I’ve spoken often about sovereignty—its loss, its reclamation, its necessity for liberation.
But the question that always comes back is:
“What do you mean by sovereignty?”
Not in the Western legal sense. Not in the imperial sense. But in the sacred sense—the Tewahedo sense.
To answer that, we must go back. Not just to ancient Ethiopia, but to the language of heaven preserved in Geʾez. There we find not just a word, but a worldview.
Sovereignty Is Rooted in the Lord (እግዚእ → እግዚእና)
In Geʾez, the word እግዚእና (ʾǝgzīʾǝnnā) shares its root with እግዚእ (ʾǝgzīʾ)—a title meaning “Sovereign One.” The root ገዛ (gaza) means to possess, to govern, to have rightful rule.
So እግዚእና is etymologically connected to the Sovereign, and it points to something essential: sovereignty as a divine condition—a reality that flows from the Lord, and only the Lord.
Sovereignty is not something humans own. It is something God manifests—and may entrust us to walk within.
This is why in the creation story, God gives humanity dominion—but not over each other.
Dominion is given over the earth and creation, not over people.
Only እግዚእ has dominion over persons.
Any time people seek dominion over one another, they are stepping outside the order of Sovereignty and into the pattern of Babylon.
Babylonian Rule vs. Divine Sovereignty
“Babylon offers rule by empire. God offers rulership through inheritance.”
The opposite of sovereignty isn’t just slavery—it’s Babylon.
Babylon imposes rule.
Babylon extracts, controls, and erases.
Babylon turns God’s children into laborers, property, or consumers.
But divine sovereignty is not about domination. It’s about:
Order over chaos
Inheritance over exploitation
Covenantal stewardship over colonial possession
Where Babylon says “submit to power,”
Tewahedo says: become one with Sovereignty.
Eyesus Kristos and the Return to Sovereignty
“The Lord is Sovereignty. Eyesus is Sovereignty incarnate. And we are called into that Sovereignty by Tewahedo.”
Eyesus didn’t come as a Roman emperor.
He came as the Son of David. As the Good Shepherd.
He came to restore what Adam lost—the right to live in and reflect the Sovereignty of God.
Through Tewahedo—our oneness with Him—we are no longer under the rule of Babylon.
We are citizens of a higher Kingdom.
We are children of the Sovereign One, called to walk in divine inheritance and divine order.
Living in Sovereignty
To live under God’s sovereignty is to:
Reject systems that strip you of image and inheritance
Reclaim stewardship over your mind, body, household, and land
Align your life with fasting, prayer, truth, and righteous order
Restore the authority of God’s order in your community
Sovereignty is not individualism.
It is communal holiness, righteous dominion, and ancestral continuity.
“Sovereignty is not just what God gives—it’s what He shares with those made one with Him.”
Sankofa Call: Reclaiming What Was Ours
We were never meant to be ruled by Babylon.
We were always meant to reign—with God, in God, under God.
It’s time to return to the language of እግዚእና—not just in speech, but in lifestyle, governance, and destiny.
Let the Sovereignty of God become the framework for how we build, resist, heal, and lead.
So, do you want your sovereignty? Or, shall you remain ruled by Babylon?