IMihla yokuGqibela

[Qaphela: Sele ndibambe ezinye zezi zifundo kwenye isikhundla, kodwa kumbono owahlukileyo.]
Xa uApollo wavele wathi kum 1914 sasingesosiphelo 'samaxesha amisiweyo eentlanga', ingcinga zam kwangoko, Kuthekani ngemihla yokugqibela?  Kuyathakazelisa ukuba phakathi kwabo ndiwuphakamisile lo mbandela, nalo ngumbuzo wokuqala wokuwela imilebe yabo.
Kutheni kufanele ukuba njalo? Kuphela konyaka. UYesu akazange ayikhankanye xa wayesinika umqondiso wexesha lesiphelo. Kwangokunjalo, uPaul, xa esongeza kulwazi lwethu malunga nemihla yokugqibela, wasilela ukukhankanya nawuphi na unyaka wokuqalisa. Akukho namnye kubo othetha into engephi kulo lonke ubalo-maxesha olujolise ekuchongeni ukuqala kwemihla yokugqibela. Ukanti kubonakala ngathi sibambe u-1914 njengobaluleke kakhulu kwisiprofeto kunemiqondiso yemihla yokugqibela uYesu noPawulos abasinike yona.
Mhlawumbi ucinga ukuba bakushiye belatha abafundi beBhayibhile ngokubaluleka kokulandelelana kombono kaNebhukadenetsare kuDaniel njengendlela yokugcina le nyaniso kokungafanelekanga ukuyityhila kuphela kumaKristu okwenyani ngexesha lesiphelo. Ah, kodwa kukho irubhi. Khange size ne-2,520 yokubala usuku-ngosuku. UWilliam Miller, umsunguli wamaSeventh-day Adventists, wenjenjalo.
Ngayiphi na imeko, ukuba uYehova wayenenjongo yokuyisebenzisa ukwahlula abantu bakhe ngokusinika umhla ekungekho mntu wumbi wawunawo, kwakutheni ukuze sikholelwe ukuba kuphawula ukuphela kwemihla yokugqibela kunye nokuqala kwembandezelo enkulu? UYehova ebengayi kusityhilela umhla aze asilahlekise ngokuzaliseka kwawo, akunjalo? Akunjalongo noko.
Owona mbuzo ngulo, Kutheni le nto ukucinga ukuba i-1914 ayibalulekanga ukuba isenze sithandabuze ukuba ngaba le mihla yokugqibela asikho?
Asingabokuqala ukuhamba ngokushiya imihla yesiprofeto ekudala siyithanda. Ubuzalwana bomhla kaCharles Taze Russell babukholelwa kwimihla emininzi enjalo: 1874, 1878, kunye no-1881 ukubala nje abambalwa. Bonke bashiywe ukuphela kwekota yokuqala yama-20^th Ikhulu leminyaka, ngaphandle kowe-1914 owatshintshwa ukusuka esiphelweni semihla yokugqibela ukuya ekuqaleni kwawo. Kutheni ubambelela kwisinye kwaye ushiye ezinye? Ukuba iMfazwe yokuQala yeHlabathi yaqhambuka ngo-1913 okanye ngo-1915, ngaba ucinga ukuba sisazokufundisa ukuba u-1914 yayikukuqala kwemihla yokugqibela? Ngaba ukukholelwa kwethu ekubalulekeni kwalo nyaka kusisiphumo seziganeko zembali?
Imfazwe yokuQala yeHlabathi kunye nomkhuhlane waseSpain ziziganeko ezibini zempembelelo enkulu kuluntu kangangokuba bakhala ukuba babe yinxalenye yokuzaliseka okukhulu kwesiprofeto. Ukuba uyacetyiswa ukuba ucinge njalo, jonga emva kwi-14^th Ikhulu leminyaka, abantu babecinga ukuba babekwiintsuku zokugqibela xa i-Black Death kunye neminyaka eyi-100 yemfazwe yatshabalalisa iYurophu kwaye kwabonakala ngathi iyawafezekisa amazwi kaYesu. Into esingayihoyanga-mna ngokwam-kukuba uYesu akazange axele kwangaphambili "ukuqala kwenimba" yokuphawulwa ngemfazwe enkulu kakhulu kunye nendyikitya yokufa enkulu. Khange athethe ngosayizi kunye nobubanzi kwaphela, kodwa kuphela ngamanani apheleleyo. Ukwanda okuphawulekayo kwinani leemfazwe, iindyikitya zokufa, iindlala kunye neenyikima zizinto ezibambe ukubaluleka kwesiprofeto.
Masimthathe ngelizwi lakhe kwaye sihlalutye nje iziganeko ebezixele kwangaphambili ukuba ziya kuza, ukuze sikwazi ukubona ukuba sikwiintsuku zokugqibela okanye hayi. Ukusukela nge-19 yethu^th Abakhulu benkulungwane kuye kwafuneka bayilahle imihla yabo, baphinde bacinge ngemfundiso yabo, masilandele le ndlela kwaye sisondele kule ngxoxo ngaphandle komthwalo we1914 emagxeni ethu.
Kwangoko sinokuthi siqonde ukuba ukushiya u-1914 kuyasikhulula kutoliko lweli xesha langoku lokolula 'kwesi sizukulwana'. (Mt. 24: 34) Kuba akukho mfuneko yokuba sibophele ukuqala kwesi sizukulwana unyaka ngoku phantse ikhulu leminyaka elidlulileyo, sikhululekile ukuba sithathe imbonakalo entsha kuyo. Zininzi ezinye iindlela zokutolika ezifuna ukuphononongwa kwakhona emva kokuba silahle ilifa lika-1914, kodwa injongo yethu apha kukufumanisa ukuba sikwiintsuku zokugqibela ngokusekwe kwimiqondiso esiyinikwe nguYesu noPawulos; ke siza kunamathela kuloo nto.
Ukuqala, uYesu wathetha ngeemfazwe neengxelo zeemfazwe. Cinga ngale tshathi. Idwelisa amanani eemfazwe kuphela, kuba yiyo yonke le nto uYesu wayebhekisa kuyo.
Ukuba ubunokukhetha kwitshathi amaxesha apho inani leemfazwe lonyuke kakhulu-kwakhona ngaphandle kokucinga kwangaphambili okubandakanya imihla ekuthiwa yeyesiprofeto-leliphi ixesha obuya kulikhetha? I-1911-1920 yeyona bar ibalaseleyo kwiimfazwe ezingama-53, kodwa kuphela ngamanani amabini. I-1801-1810, i-1851-1860, kunye ne-1991-2000 yonke ibonisa amanani afanayo kwiimfazwe ezingama-51 nganye. Ke umahluko phakathi kwale mivalo mine awubalulekanga ngokwezibalo.
Makhe sijonge ixesha leminyaka engama-50. Emva kwayo yonke loo nto, imihla yokugqibela imele ukuba ingene kwisizukulwana, akunjalo? Iminyaka engamashumi amane emva ko-1920 ayibonisi ukwanda kweemfazwe. Ngapha koko, zibonisa ukwehla okuphawulekayo. Mhlawumbi i-bar chart eqokelelwa kwiminyaka engama-50 iya kuba luncedo.
Kuyo yonke inyani, ukuba sijonga inani leemfazwe kuphela, leliphi ixesha onokuthi ukhethe njengemihla yokugqibela?
Ewe kunjalo, ukwanda kwenani leemfazwe ayisiyiyo kuphela uphawu. Ngapha koko, ayinantsingiselo ngaphandle kokuba zonke ezinye iinkalo zomqondiso zikhona ngaxeshanye. Kuthekani ngeendyikitya zokufa? Uluhlu lwewebhu lweWebhusayithi Izifo ezosulelayo ze-13 Ukubandezeleka koluntu ukusukela ngo-1976. Ke kubonakala ngathi bayanda ngokukhawuleza. Kuthekani ngendlala? Ukukhangela ngokukhawuleza kwe-intanethi kuya kutyhila ukuba ukunqongophala kokutya kunye nendlala ngoku kubi kakhulu kunangaphambili. Kuthekani ngeenyikima. Kwakhona, ukukhangela kwi-intanethi akuyi kukhomba kwi-20 yokuqala^th Iminyaka yexesha njengexesha lokunyuka komsebenzi ngokuthelekisa iminyaka yokugqibela ye-50.
Emva koko sinezinye iinkalo zomqondiso. Iphawulwe ngokwanda kokuchas 'umthetho, intshutshiso, abaprofeti bobuxoki, ukungcatsha nentiyo, nothando lwabaninzi luyaphola. Ngo-1914 kule nxaki, sijonga ukuba icawa engeyiyo iya kugwetywa, ngenxa yoko ayisabalulekanga. Nangona kunjalo, ezi ndinyana azenzi ngqondo ukuba zibhekiswa kuphela kwibandla lamaKristu okwenyaniso. Thatha u-1914 ngaphandle kwe-equation kwaye akukabikho sigwebo kubuKrestu, kuyinyani okanye bubuxoki. UYesu uthetha ngabo bonke abathi balandela uKrestu. Kuphela kule minyaka ingama-50 idlulileyo apho siye sabona ukukhawuleziswa okuphawulweyo kwazo zonke izehlo eziboniswe eMt. 24: 8-12.
Emva koko kukho ukuzaliseka kweMat. 24:14. Oku kwakungasondelanga nokuba kuzalisekiswe ekuqaleni kwama-20^th Kwinkulungwane.
Ukuthathela ingqalelo ngoku iimeko ezichazwe nguPawulos ku-2 Tim. 3: 1-7 (kwakhona kubhekiswa kwiBandla lamaKrestu) singatsho ngenene ukuba ezo meko zazifana kwihlabathi liphela ukusukela ngo-1914 ukuya kowe-1960? Ixesha lesizukulwana sehippie yayilixesha lokutshintsha kwendlela abantu abaziphatha ngayo ekuhlaleni. Onke amazwi kaPawulos aye azaliseka ukusukela ngelo xesha ukuya phambili.
Ke ngako konke oku kungentla, ubunokuyigqiba nini imihla yokugqibela? Khumbula, ayisiyonto ekufuneka itolikwe thina ligunya eliphezulu. Senzelwe ukuba sizimisele ngokwethu.
Kulungile, umbuzo awulunganga, kuba ukubuza ukuqala kufana nokubuza ukuba ibhanki yenkungu iqala phi kwaye iphela phi. Iintsuku zokugqibela aziqalanga ngesiganeko esinye. Endaweni yoko, kukudibana kweziganeko ezibonwe ngokwembali esivumela ukuba sichonge ixesha. Ngaba ibaluleke ngantoni kanye kanye loo nyaka. Yintoni ebalulekileyo kukuba ngoku singenakuphikiswa singene ngaphakathi kwelo xesha.
Sonke thina baxhasa iforum yakhe asinantandabuzo yokuba umntakwethu uRussell wasetyenziswa nguYehova uThixo ukwenza lo msebenzi uqhubeke kwaye alungelelanise abantu bakhe belungiselela imihla yokugqibela. Nangona kunjalo, njengabaninzi ababephila ngexesha lakhe, waba lixhoba lokucinga ukuba imfihlo yokumisela kanye ixesha lesiphelo iya kungcwatywa ngohlobo oluthile lokuprofeta, ukufana, kunye nobalo maxesha. Ukuthanda kwakhe iipiramidi kunye nendlela imilinganiselo kunye nemilinganiselo efanayo enokusetyenziselwa ngayo ukumisela ikamva lethu abubungqina obungenakuphikiswa kule penchant yakhe. Ngayo yonke intlonipho yale ndoda kunye nesikhundla sayo kwinkonzo kaYehova, ndicinga ukuba kufanelekile ukuthi wasenzela inkonzo enkulu ngokugxininisa okungasekelwanga Zibhalweni ngemihla kunye neziprofetho ezenziwayo ezifanayo.
Kukho ukukhukhumala sonke esiye saba lixhoba lokusenza sicinge ukuba singafumana ulwazi lwamaxesha namaxesha kaThixo. KwiZenzo 1: 7, u Yesu ucacisa gca ukuba akukho phantsi kolawulo lwethu, kodwa sisazama, sicinga ukuba imigaqo itshintshile, ubuncinci kuthi, bakhe abanyuliweyo, okoko la mazwi athethwa kuqala.
“Ningalahlekiswa: UThixo akanakwenziwa intlekisa. Loo nto ayihlwayelayo umntu, uya kuvuna kwayona. ”(Gal. 6: 7) Kuyinyani ukuba la mazwi ayasebenza xa kusukelwa inyama nomoya. Nangona kunjalo, bathi umgaqo-jikelele. Awungekhe uyityeshele imigaqo-nkqubo kaYehova yendalo iphela, kwaye ulindele ukuba uza kuphuma ungenzakalanga.
UMzalwana uRussell kunye nobuzalwana bexesha lakhe babecinga ukuba bangawutyeshela lo myalelo ngokuchasene nokwazi amaxesha kunye namaxesha kaThixo. Ngenxa yoko thina, njengabantu, sisahlazekile ukuza kuthi ga kulo mhla. UMzalwan 'uRutherford kunye nequmrhu elilawulayo lemihla yakhe babecinga into enye kwaye ngenxa yoko baqhubeka nokuxhasa ubalo-maxesha oluthandabuzekayo lukaMzalwana uRussell olukhokelela kwinkolelo elahlekisiweyo nengakholwanga yokuba "ama-Worthies" amandulo afana no-Abraham noMoses aya kuvuswa ngo-1925. ngokuhlekisayo njengoko oko kuvakala namhlanje, sasikholelwa emva phaya kwaye sade sade saya kwakha indlu yokubamkela xa befika. UMzalwan 'uFred Franz kunye nequmrhu elilawulayo elalikhokelwa ngumzalwana uNathan Knorr bakhuthaza ingcamango yokuba isiphelo sisenokufika ngo-1975 esisakhathazwa yile mfundiso nanamhlanje. Kwaye masibe nobulungisa, uninzi lwethu ngela xesha lwalugcwele ebhodini kunye noqikelelo. Njengomfana oselula, ngokuqinisekileyo ndathenga kwisibikezelo sika-1975, ngoku ndineentloni zokuzithetha.
Kulungile, konke oko kudlulileyo. Ngaba siza kufunda kwiimpazamo zethu ukuze siziphindaphinde ngokuchanekileyo? Okanye siya kufunda kwiimpazamo zethu ukuze siziphephe kwixa elizayo? Lixesha lokuba silahle ilifa elidlulileyo. Ndiyoyika ukuba ukushiya u-1914 kunye nakho konke okubandakanya kuya kuthumela umothuko kulo lonke ubuzalwana behlabathi. Iya kuba luvavanyo olunzima lokholo. Nangona kunjalo, ayibobulumko ukwakha kwisiseko esineziphene. Siza kujongana nexesha lembandezelo engazange ibekho ngaphambili. Kubonakala ngathi kukho iziprofeto ezisikhokelayo ngelo xesha, kuba kwakufuneka alinganise u-1914 kule nxaki, sazisebenzisa gwenxa kwixesha elidlulileyo. Babekwa apho ngenjongo. Kuya kufuneka siziqonde ngokuchanekileyo.
Ewe, konke oku kusezandleni zikaYehova. Siyamthemba ukuba uza kwenza zonke izinto ngexesha lazo elimiselweyo. Okwangoku, ayilunganga into yokuba sihlale sisonge izandla silindele ukuba asenzele zonke izinto. Mininzi imizekelo yabantu ekuthethwa ngabo eBhayibhileni abathi, besebenza ngokuthozama phantsi kolawulo lwabo, babonisa uhlobo lokholo nenzondelelo esingathanda ukuba sithi zezethu.
Ngaba silungile ekubizeni utshintsho kule forum? Okanye ngaba sikhukhumala? Ndiyayazi indlela elivakalelwa ngayo iqumrhu elilawulayo kuba lisixelele oko ngenkqubo yendibano yesithili yalo nyaka. Nangona kunjalo, ngenxa yeempazamo ezininzi abazenzileyo kwaye banike into ethethwa yiBhayibhile ngokukholosa ngokupheleleyo ngamanene nonyana womntu wasemhlabeni, ndikufumanisa kunzima ukubanika ukuzimisela kwangaphambili kwimpilo yam. Ukuba siyaphazama, ngamana uYehova angasilungisa, kodwa hayi ngomsindo wakhe. (INdu. 146: 3; Roma 14:10; INdu. 6: 1)

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