"... ukuba le nkqubo okanye lo msebenzi uvela ebantwini, uya kubhukuqwa; 39 kodwa ukuba ivela kuThixo, + aniyi kukwazi ukubabhukuqa. . . ” (I-Ac 5: 38, 39)

La mazwi athethwa nguGamaliyeli, indoda eyalela uSawule waseTarso owathi kamva waba ngumpostile uPawulos. UGamaliyeli wayemi phambi kweSanhedrin exoxa ngento amakayenze nehlelo lamaYuda elalingasasazi nelalichaza ukuba uYesu ngunyana kaThixo ovusiweyo. Ngelixa babewathobele amazwi oogxa babo ababekekileyo kwesi sihlandlo, amadoda awayehlala kwelo gumbi liphezulu, inkundla ephezulu yezomthetho yamaJuda, nawo ayecinga ukuba umsebenzi wawo uvela kuThixo kwaye awunakubhukuqwa. Uhlanga lwabo lwalusekwe kwiminyaka eli-1,500 XNUMX ngaphambili ngokunikezelwa okungummangaliso kubukhoboka base-Egypt kwaye babenikwe umthetho kaThixo ngomlomo womprofeti kaThixo, uMoses. Ngokungafaniyo nookhokho babo, ezi nkokeli zazinyanisekile kuMthetho kaMoses. Abazange banqule izithixo njengokuba ayesenza amadoda amandulo. Babamkelekile kuThixo. Lo Yesu wayexele kwangaphambili ukuba isixeko sabo kunye netempile yaso ziya kutshatyalaliswa. Bubudenge obo! Yiyiphi enye indawo emhlabeni eyayinqula okuphela koThixo oyinyaniso, uYehova? Ngaba umntu angaya kwiRoma yobuhedeni ayokumnqula, okanye kwiitempile zobuhedeni eKorinte okanye e-Efese? Kunqulo lwenene kuphela olwaluqheliselwa eYerusalem. Ukuba inokutshatyalaliswa yayihlekisa kwaphela. Kwakungathetheki. Kwakungenakwenzeka. Kwaye kwakungaphantsi kweminyaka engamashumi amane kude.

Kuyalandeleka ukuba nokuba umsebenzi uvela kuThixo kwaye awukwazi ukubhukuqwa yimikhosi yangaphandle, inokonakaliswa ngaphakathi ukuze ingabi 'evela kuThixo', ngeloxesha is sisengozini kwaye sinokubhukuqwa.

Esi sifundo sivela kuhlanga lwakwaSirayeli seso iNgqobhoko ifanele ukuthobela. Kodwa asizanga kuthetha ngamawakawaka eenkolo ezisemhlabeni namhlanje ezizibanga zingamaKristu. Silapha ukuze sithethe ngokukodwa.

Ngaba kukho ukunxibelelana kwesimo sengqondo phakathi kwamaNgqina kaYehova namhlanje neenkokeli zamaYuda zenkulungwane yokuqala?

Yintoni le yayimbi kangaka eyenziwa ziinkokheli zamaJuda? Ngaba uwuthobela ngenyameko uMthetho kaMoses? Akunakufane kubonakale ngathi sisono. Kuyinyani, bongeze imithetho emininzi eyongezelelweyo. Kodwa ngaba oko kwakubi kakhulu? Ngaba yayisisono esinjalo ukuba ngqongqo ngokuthobela umthetho? Babeka nemithwalo emininzi ebantwini, ebaxelela indlela yokuziphatha kwabo kuzo zonke iinkalo zobomi. Oku kufana kakhulu nokwenziwa ngamaNgqina kaYehova namhlanje, kodwa kwakhona, ngaba sisono sokwenene?

UYesu wathi ezo nkokeli kunye neso sizwe sasiza kuhlawula lonke igazi elaphalazwayo ekubulaweni komfeli-nkolo wokuqala, uAbheli, ukuya kuthi ga ekugqibeleni. Ngoba? Kuba bebengekagqibi ukuphalaza igazi. Babeza kubulala umthanjiswa kaThixo okuphela kwakhe. (I-Mt 23: 33-36; I-Mt 21: 33-41; John 1: 14)

Kodwa umbuzo uhleli. Ngoba? Kutheni le nto amadoda angqongqo ngokugcina umthetho kaThixo ade abeke nezishumi kwiziqholo awazisebenzisayo, abandakanyeke ekwaphuleni umthetho ngendlela engummangaliso ukuze abulale umsulwa? (Mt 23: 23)

Ngokucacileyo, ukucinga ukuba nguwe wedwa unqulo lokwenene emhlabeni akusosiqinisekiso sokuba awunakubhukuqwa; kananjalo nosindiso alunikwa kuba ubathobela ngokungagungqiyo abo ubajonga njengeenkokeli ezimiselweyo zikaThixo Akukho nanye kuzo eyabalelwa kuhlanga lwakwaSirayeli lwenkulungwane yokuqala.

Kuthekani ngenyaniso? Ngaba ukuba nenyaniso okanye ukuba senyanisweni kuqinisekisa usindiso lwakho? Akunjalo ngokutsho kompostile uPawulos:

". . Kodwa ubukho bomchasi-mthetho bungokokusebenza kukaSathana ngayo yonke imisebenzi yamandla nemiqondiso yobuxoki nemihlola 10 nangayo yonke inkohliso engalunganga kwabo batshabalalayo, njengembuyekezo ngenxa Abamkelanga uthando yenyani ukuze basindiswe.I-2Th 2: 9, 10)

Umchasi-mthetho usebenzisa inkohliso engeyoyabulungisa ukulahlekisa “abo batshabalalayo” njengempindezelo, hayi kuba bengenayo inyaniso. Hayi! Kungenxa yokuba abenzi njalo uthando inyani.

Akukho mntu unayo yonke inyaniso. Sinolwazi oluyinxalenye. (1Co 13: 12) Kodwa eyona nto siyifunayo kukuthanda inyaniso. Ukuba uyithanda ngokwenyani into, uya kuncama ezinye izinto zolo thando. Unokuba nenkolelo oyithandayo, kodwa ukuba ufumanisa ukuba ayiyonyani, uthando lwakho ngenyaniso luya kukubangela ukuba uyilahle inkolelo yobuxoki, nokuba ungakhululeka kangakanani, kuba ufuna enye into. Ufuna inyani. Uyayithanda!

AmaJuda ayengayithandi inyaniso, ke ngoko, xa imbonakalo yenyaniso imi phambi kwabo, bamtshutshisa bambulala. (John 14: 6Xa abafundi bakhe babazisela inyaniso, babatshutshisa bababulala nabo.

Asabela njani amaNgqina kaYehova xa umntu ewaphathela inyaniso? Ngaba bayamamkela elubala, okanye bayala ukumamela, ukuxoxa, ukuqiqa? Ngaba bayamtshutshisa loo mntu kangangokuba umthetho womhlaba uyamvumela, bamsuse kusapho nakwizihlobo?

Ngaba amaNgqina kaYehova anokuthi ngokunyaniseka ayayithanda inyaniso xa enikwa ubungqina obungenakuphikiswa bawo aze aqhubeke nokufundisa ubuxoki phantsi kwesimangalo esithi, “Simele silinde uYehova”?[i]

Ukuba amaNgqina kaYehova ayayithanda inyaniso, kuya kulandela ke ukuba umsebenzi wabo uvela kuThixo kwaye awunakubhukuqwa. Nangona kunjalo, ukuba bafana namaYuda omhla kaYesu, banokuzikhohlisa. Khumbula ukuba olo hlanga lwaluphuma kuThixo kwasekuqaleni, kodwa lwaphambuka kwaye lwaphulukana nenkoliseko kaThixo. Makhe senze uhlolisiso olufutshane lwenkolo elizibiza ngokuba "ngabantu bakaYehova" ukubona ukuba akukho nto ifanayo kusini na.

Ziyanda

NjengeNgqina likaYehova, ndizelwe ndakhula, ndikholelwa ekubeni sahlukile kwiinkolo zobuKristu. Sasingakholelwa kuBathathu Emnye, kodwa sikholelwa kuThixo omnye, ogama linguYehova.[ii] Unyana wakhe yayinguKumkani wethu. Sikukhanyele ukungafi komphefumlo womntu nesihogo somlilo njengendawo yokohlwaywa ngonaphakade. Salugatya unqulo-zithixo saza asabi nanxaxheba emfazweni okanye kwezopolitiko. Mna ndedwa, emehlweni am, besikhuthele ekuvakaliseni iindaba ezilungileyo zoBukumkani, sixelela umhlaba ngethemba abanalo lokuphila ngonaphakade kwiparadesi esemhlabeni. Ngenxa yezi zizathu nezinye, ndikholelwa ekubeni sinophawu lobuKristu bokwenene.

Ngaphezulu kwesiqingatha senkulungwane esidlulileyo, ndixoxe kwaye ndaxoxa ngeBhayibhile namaHindu, amaSilamsi, amaJuda, kwaye nangalo naluphi na ulwahlulo olukhulu okanye oluncinci lweNgqobhoko ongathanda ukulichaza. Ngokuziqhelanisa nolwazi oluhle lweZibhalo olufunyenwe kwiimpapasho zamaNgqina kaYehova, ndenza impikiswano ngoBathathu Emnye, isihogo somlilo kunye nomphefumlo ongafiyo — okokugqibela yeyona nto kulula ukuyiphumelela. Njengoko ndandikhula, ndandidiniwe zezi mpikiswano kwaye ndandihlala ndizinqumle ngokudlala ikhadi lam lexilongo ngaphambili. Ndingabuza omnye umntu ukuba amalungu enkolo yabo alwa iimfazwe. Impendulo yayinguEwe ngokungathandabuzekiyo. Kum, oko kutshabalalise isiseko sokholo lwabo. Naluphi na unqulo olwalufuna ukubulala abazalwana balo bokomoya ngenxa yokuba abalawuli bezopolitiko nabenkolo yabo babebaxelele ukuba alunakuphuma kuThixo. USathana wayesisibulala-mntu santlandlolo. (John 8: 44)

Ngenxa yezi zizathu zichazwe ngasentla, ndiye ndakholelwa ukuba kuphela konqulo lokwenyaniso emhlabeni. Ndiye ndaqonda ukuba inoba zikhona izinto ezingahambi kakuhle. Umzekelo, ukucaciswa kwethu okuqhubekayo kunye nokushiya kwethu okokugqibela phakathi kwiminyaka yee-1990s zemfundiso “yesi sizukulwana”. (Mt 23: 33, 34) Kodwa loo nto ayonelanga ukuba indenze ndithandabuze. Kum, yayingeyiyo ukuba sasinenyaniso kakhulu kangangokuba sasiyithanda kwaye sikulungele ukutshintsha ukuqonda okudala sakufumanisa ukuba ayilunganga. Le yayiyeyona nto ibonakalisa ubuKristu. Ngapha koko, njengamaYuda enkulungwane yokuqala, ndandingaboni ndlela yimbi ngaphandle konqulo lwethu; ayikho enye indawo ebhetele onokuba kuyo.

Namhlanje, ndiyabona ukuba uninzi lweenkolelo ezikhethekileyo kumaNgqina kaYehova azinakuxhaswa kwiZibhalo. Nangona kunjalo, ndiyaqhubeka nokukholelwa ukuba kuwo onke amahlelo obuKrestu, elabo lisondele enyanisweni. Kodwa ngaba oko kubalulekile? AmaJuda enkulungwane yokuqala ayesondele enyanisweni ngeemayile kunayo nayiphi na enye inkolo yelo xesha, kodwa ke ngabo bodwa bacinywa kwimephu, ngabo bodwa abanyamezela ingqumbo kaThixo. (Luke 12: 48)

Into esele siyibonile yeyokuba ukuthanda inyaniso yeyona nto ibalulekileyo kuThixo.

Unqulo Lokwenyani Lumisiwe kwakhona

Kwabo bawathiyile amaNgqina kaYehova, kunjalo de rigueur ukufumana isiphoso kuyo yonke imiba yokholo. Oku kuyityeshela into yokuba ngelixa uMtyholi ebehlwayela ukhula entsimini, uYesu uyaqhubeka nokutyala ingqolowa. (Mt 13: 24Anditsho ukuba uYesu utyala ingqolowa kuphela kuMbutho wamaNgqina kaYehova. Emva kwayo yonke loo nto, intsimi lihlabathi. (Mt 13: 38Nangona kunjalo, kumzekeliso wengqolowa nokhula, nguYesu ohlwayela kuqala.

Ngo-1870, xa uCharles Taze Russell wayeneminyaka eli-18 kuphela ubudala, yena noyise baseka iqela elaliza kufundisisa iBhayibhile. Kubonakala ngathi babebandakanyeka kufundo lweZibhalo. Eli qela lalibandakanya abaphathiswa ababini beMillerite Adventist, uGeorge Stetson noGeorge Storrs. Zombini zaziqhelene nokusilela kwesiprofetho kukaWilliam Miller owasebenzisa iminyaka engama-2,520 yeminyaka esekwe kwiphupha likaNebhukadenetsare e UDaniel 4: 1-37 ukufika ngexesha lokubuya kukaKristu. Yena nabalandeli bakhe bakholelwa ukuba iyakuba ngu-1843 okanye u-1844. Oku kusilela kubangele ukuphoxeka okukhulu kunye nokuphulukana nokholo. Kuxelwa ukuba, uRussell oselula walugatya ubalo-maxesha lwesiprofeto. Mhlawumbi oku kungenxa yempembelelo yeeGeorges ezimbini. Nokuba kunganjani na, iqela labo lokufunda lanceda ekumiseni kwakhona unqulo lokwenyani ngokungazamkeli iimfundiso ezixhaphakileyo zikaBathathu Emnye, isihogo somlilo nokungafi komphefumlo.

Utshaba luyavela

Umtyholi akahlali ezandleni zakhe, nangona kunjalo. Uya kutyala ukhula apho anakho khona. Ngo-1876, uNelson Barbour, omnye uMillerite Adventist weza kuRussell. Kwakufuneka abe nempembelelo enkulu kumntu oneminyaka engama-24 ubudala. UNelson waqinisekisa uRussell ukuba uKristu ubuye ngokungabonakali ngo-1874 kwaye kwiminyaka emibini, ngo-1878, wayeza kubuya avuse abathanjiswa bakhe abaswelekileyo. URussell walithengisa ishishini lakhe kwaye lonke ixesha lakhe walinikela kubulungiseleli. Ukuguqula ukuma kwakhe kwangaphambili, ngoku wamkela ixesha lokuprofeta. Oku kuguquka kweziganeko kwakubangelwa yindoda eyayinokuthi kwiminyaka embalwa nje kamva ilikhanyele ixabiso lentlawulelo kaKristu. Ngelixa oku kungadala umsantsa phakathi kwabo, imbewu yahlwayelwa enokubangela ukuphambuka.

Ewe kunjalo, akukho nto yenzekileyo kwi-1878 kodwa ngeli xesha uRussell wayezinze ngokupheleleyo kubalo-maxesha lwesiprofeto. Mhlawumbi ukuba ukubikezela kwakhe okulandelayo ngokufika kukaKristu kwakuza kuba ngu-1903, 1910 okanye omnye unyaka, ngewayephelile, kodwa ngelishwa, unyaka awafika kuwo ungqamene nemfazwe enkulu kakhulu eyakhe yalwa kwelo xesha. Unyaka, u-1914, ngokuqinisekileyo wabonakala ngathi sisiqalo sembandezelo enkulu awayeyixele kwangaphambili. Kwakulula ukukholelwa ukuba inokudibana neMfazwe Enkulu kaThixo uSomandla. (Re 16: 14)

URussell wasweleka e1916 ngelixa imfazwe yayiqhubeka, noJ. Rutherford-ngaphandle kokuyalelwa Intando kaRussellWasebenza ngamandla akhe. Ngo-1918, waxela kwangaphambili — phakathi kwezinye izinto — ukuba isiphelo siza kufika okanye ngaphambi kowe-1925.[iii]  Wayedinga into, kuba uxolo lusisifo sama-Adventist, onokholo olubonakala luxhomekeke kwiimeko eziya zisiba mbi zehlabathi. Lazalwa ke iphulo likaRutherford elithi “Izigidi Eziphilayo Ngoku Azisayi Kuze Zife” apho waxela kwangaphambili ukuba abemi bomhlaba baya kusinda eArmagedon eyayiza kwenzeka ngomhla okanye ngaphambi kowe-1925. Inxulumene nombutho osemthethweni obizwa ngokuba yiWatchtower Bible & Tract Society.

Ngelo xesha, kwakungekho "Mbutho" nganye. Kwakukho umanyano lwamazwe ngamazwe lwaBafundi beBhayibhile abazimeleyo ababerhuma kwiimpapasho zoMbutho. Ngamnye ugqibe into amakayamkele kunye nento angayifuniyo.

Ekuqaleni, kwakungekho sohlwayo saye savela kuye nakubani na okhethe ukungavumi ngokupheleleyo kwiimfundiso zikaRude.

“Asizukuxabana naye nabani na ofuna ukufuna inyaniso ngamanye amajelo. Asinakuphepha ukuphatha omnye umzalwana kuba engakholelwa ukuba uMbutho lijelo leNkosi. ” (IMboniselo ka-Aprili 1, 1920, iphepha 100.)
(Ewe, namhlanje, oku kuya kuba zizizathu zokususwa kubudlelane.)

Abo bahlala bethembekile kuRutherford baphantsi kolawulo oluphakathi kwaye banikwa igama, amaNgqina kaYehova. URutherford emva koko waqalisa imfundiso yosindiso oluntlantlumbini, apho uninzi lwamaNgqina kaYehova lwalungafanele luthabathe kwimifuziselo okanye luzithathe njengabantwana bakaThixo. Olu didi lwesibini lwaluthobela udidi lwabathanjiswa — kwaqala ukubakho kwabefundisi / kwamarhamente.[iv]

Ngeli xesha kufuneka sithathele ingqalelo ukuba ukusilela kwesiprofetho esikhulu soMbutho kuza malunga ne-50 iminyaka emva kweyokuqala.

Ke, ekuhambeni kwexesha kwe1960s, kukhutshwe incwadi enesihloko, Ubomi banaphakade kwiNkululeko yoonyana bakaThixo. Kuyo, imbewu yahlwayelwa ngenxa yenkolelo yokuba ukubuya kukaKristu kunokwenzeka kwenzeka okanye malunga ne1975. Oku kukhokelele ekukhuleni okukhawulezileyo kwinqanaba leJWs phezulu ukuya 1976 xa umlinganiselo wenani labavakalisi wafikelela kuma-2,138,537 1925 XNUMX. Emva koko, kwafika iminyaka embalwa yokwehla, kodwa akubangakho kuphindaphindeka kokuwa okukhulu kwenzeka ngo-XNUMX ukuya 1929.

Ukuphuma kwemodeli

Kubonakala ngathi kukho umjikelo wonyaka we-50 obonakalayo kwezi zibikezelo ezingaphumelelanga.

  • I-1874-78 -uNelson kunye noRussell babhengeza iminyaka emibini ezayo kunye nokuqala kovuko lokuqala.
  • I-1925-URichard ulindele uvuko lwezinto zakudala kunye nokuqala kweArmagedon
  • I-1975-Umbutho uxela amathuba okuba ulawulo lukaKristu lwewaka leminyaka luza kuqala.

Kutheni le nto kubonakala ngathi iyenzeka rhoqo emva kweminyaka engama-50 okanye njalo? Ngokunokwenzeka kungenxa yokuba ixesha elaneleyo kufuneka liphele kwabo babephelelwe lithemba kusilelo lokufa kwangaphambili, okanye amanani abo ancipha ukuya kwinqanaba lokuba amazwi abo esilumkiso akahoywa. Khumbula, i-Adventism ikhuthazwa yinkolelo yokuba isiphelo sisondele kwikona. UmKristu wenene uyazi ukuba isiphelo singafika nanini na. UmKristu waseAdventist ukholelwa ukuba kuyakufika ebomini bakhe, mhlawumbi kwisithuba seminyaka elishumi.

Okwangoku, ukukholelwa ukuba umsitho ukufutshane kakhulu kwahlukile kukwenza isibhengezo esidlangalaleni ukuba uza kufika kunyaka othile. Nje ukuba uyenze loo nto, ngekhe uhambise iiposti ngaphandle kokujonga isidenge.

Ke kutheni uyenza? Kutheni le nto amadoda akrelekrele ngokucacileyo esenza iingqikelelo ezichasene nomyalelo weBhayibhile ocacileyo wokuba asiwazi umhla okanye iyure?[v]  Kutheni uzibeka emngciphekweni?

Umbuzo osisiseko woLawulo

USathana wabalahlekisa njani abantu bokuqala ukuba bangabikho kulwalamano oluhle noThixo? Wabathengisa ngombono wokuzilawula-ukuba banokufana noThixo.

“Kuba uThixo uyazi ukuba mhla nithe nadla kuzo aya kuvuleka amehlo enu, nibe njengoothixo, nazi okulungileyo nokubi.” (IGe 3: 5 KJV)

Xa isicwangciso sisebenza, uSathana akasilahli, kwaye esi siye saqhubeka sisebenza ukutyhubela iminyaka. Xa ujonga inkolo ehleliweyo namhlanje, ubona ntoni? Musa ukuzibophelela kwiinkolo zobuKristu. Bajonge bonke. Ingaba ubona ntoni? Amadoda olawulayo egameni likaThixo.

Musa ukwenza impazamo: Zonke iinkonzo ezilungelelanisiweyo yindlela yolawulo lomntu.

Mhlawumbi yiloo nto ukungakholelwa kuThixo kusanda. Ayisiyo yokuba abantu bafumene izizathu kwisayensi ukubuthandabuza ubukho bukaThixo. Ukuba ikhona, izinto ezifunyaniswe zizazinzulu zenza kube nzima ngakumbi kunangaphambili ukubuthandabuza ubukho bukaThixo. Hayi, ubungqongqo babangakholelwayo kubukho bukaThixo abunanto yakwenza noThixo nayo yonke into enokwenza nabantu.

Kwakukho ingxoxo kwiYunivesithi yaseBiola eyayibanjwe nge-4 ka-Epreli ka-2009 phakathi kukaNjingalwazi waleyunivesithi uWilliam Lane Craig (umKristu) noChristopher Hitchens (ongaziwayo ukuba akakholelwa kubukho bukaThixo) malunga nalo mbuzo: “Ngaba ukhona uThixo?” Bakhawuleza basuka kumxholo ophambili kwaye baqala ukuphikisana ngenkolo xa ngomzuzu wokunyaniseka okuhle, uMnu.Hitchens wakhupha le nto incinci:

“… Sithetha ngegunya elinokunika abanye abantu ilungelo lokundixelela ukuba mandenze ntoni egameni likaThixo.” (Jonga ividiyo kwi I-1: 24 uphawu lwamanqaku)

Xa uYehova wamisela uhlanga lwakwaSirayeli, mntu ngamnye wenza oko kulungileyo emehlweni akhe. (Abagwebi 21: 25Ngamanye amagama, kwakungekho zinkokheli zazibaxelela indlela yokuphila ubomi babo. Olu lulawulo lobuthixo. UThixo uxelela umntu ngamnye into amakayenze. Akukho madoda abandakanyekayo kuthotho lomyalelo ngaphezulu kwamanye amadoda.

Ukusekwa kobuKristu, enye ikhonkco, enguKrestu, yongezwa kwikhonkco lomyalelo. Intoni KwabaseKorinte 1 11: 3 ichaza ulungiselelo losapho hayi ulawulo lukarhulumente olwenziwe ngumntu. Le yokugqibela ivela kuSathana.

IBhayibhile iyalugweba ulawulo lwabantu. Iyavunyelwa, inyamezeleke okwexeshana, kodwa ayiyondlela kaThixo kwaye iyakupheliswa. (I-X 8: 9; Je 10: 23; I-Ro 13: 1-7; UDa 2: 44Oku kuya kubandakanya ulawulo lwezenkolo, olona lawulo lungqongqo nolulawulayo. Xa amadoda ethatha isigqibo sokuthethela uThixo kwaye axelele amanye amadoda ukuba mabiphile njani ubomi bawo, enyanzelisa ukuba athobele ngokungathandabuzekiyo, anyathela kumhlaba ongcwele, ummandla ongokaSomandla kuphela. Iinkokheli zama Yuda ngomhla kaYesu zazingamadoda anjalo kwaye ayesebenzisa igunya lawo ukwenza abantu ukuba babulale uNgcwele kaThixo. (IZenzo 2: 36)

Xa iinkokeli zabantu ziziva ngathi zilahlekelwe kukubamba abantu bazo, zihlala zisebenzisa uloyiko njengeqhinga.

Ngaba imbali izakuphinda iphindwe?

Kukho isizathu sokukholelwa ukuba umjikelo weminyaka ye-50 yokuqikelela okungaphumeleliyo sele iphindaphindekile, nangona ingangafani ncam njengangaphambili.

Ngo-1925, uRutherford akazange awabambe nkqi amaqela aBafundi beBhayibhile. Ukongeza, zonke iimpapasho zazibhalwa nguye kwaye zazinegama lakhe. Uqikelelo lubonwa kakhulu njengomsebenzi wendoda enye. Ukongeza, uRutherford waya kude kakhulu-ngokomzekelo, wathenga indlu enamagumbi okulala ali-10 eSan Diego ukuze ahlalise oosolusapho kunye noKing David. Ke ulwaphulo-mthetho olulandelayo emva kowe-1925 lokungathembeki lwalukukugatya le ndoda kunokwala iinkolelo. Abafundi beBhayibhile baqhubeka bengabafundi beBhayibhile kwaye banqula njengangaphambili, kodwa ngaphandle kwemfundiso kaRutherford yokuhamba.

Izinto zazahlukile ngoo-1970. Ngelo xesha onke amaqela aBafundi BeBhayibhile athembekileyo ayesele ebumbene. Kwakungekho mntu uphakathi ulingana noRutherford. UKnorr wayengumongameli, kodwa iimpapasho zazibhalwa ngokungachazwanga, kwaye kwakucingelwa ukuba ziziphumo zabo bonke abathanjiswa emhlabeni. Ukunqula izidalwa — njengamava kaRutherford noRussell — kwakugqalwa njengokuchasene nobuKristu.[vi]  Ngokomyinge wamaNgqina kaYehova, umdlalo wethu wawukuphela kweedolophu, ke 1975 Yadluliselwa njenge-miscculation enezinjongo ezintle, kodwa ayisiyiyo into enokubangela ukuba sithandabuze ukusebenza koMbutho njengabantu abakhethiweyo bakaThixo. Ngokusisiseko, uninzi lwamkelwe ukuba senze impazamo kwaye ilixesha lokuba siqhubeke. Ngaphandle koko, sikholelwa ukuba isiphelo sikufuphi kwikona, ngokungathandabuzekiyo ngaphambi kokuphela kwama-20th ngekhulu, kuba isizukulwana se-1914 sasisaluphala.

Izinto zahluke kakhulu ngoku. Ayibobunkokheli endikhule nabo obu.

IJW.Org — Umbutho omtsha

Ithe yakufika inkulungwane, kwaye ngenkulungwane yeminyaka, yadlula, inzondelelo yamaNgqina yaqala ukwehla. Besingasenakubalwa "isizukulwana". Silahlekelwe yiankile yethu.

Abaninzi bakholelwa ukuba isiphelo ngoku sisekude. Ngaphandle kwayo yonke into ethetha ngokukhonza uThixo ngothando, amaNgqina akhuthazwa yinkolelo yokuba isiphelo sisondele kakhulu kwaye kungokuhlala ngaphakathi kwintlangano nokusebenza nzima kuyo kungasindiswa usindiso. Uloyiko lokuphulukana yeyona nto iphambili ekhuthazayo. Amandla negunya leQumrhu Elilawulayo lisekwe kolu loyiko. Loo mandla ngoku ayencipha. Kwakufuneka kwenziwe into. Kukho into eyenziweyo.

Kuqala, baqala ngokuvusa imfundiso yesizukulwane, benxibe iimpahla ezintsha zezizukulwana ezibini. Emva koko babanga igunya elikhulu ngakumbi, bazimisela egameni likaKristu njengekhoboka lakhe elithembekileyo neliyingqondi. (I-Mt 25: 45-47) Emva koko, baqalisa ukubeka iimfundiso zabo ngelo khoboka ngokungqinelana nelizwi likaThixo eliphefumlelweyo.

Ndikhumbula ngokucacileyo ngokucacileyo, bendihleli kwibala leNdibano yeSithili ye2012 ndinentliziyo ebuhlungu ngelixa ndimamele intetho "Kulumkele ukuvavanya uYehova entliziyweni yakho”, Apho saxelelwa ukuba ukuthandabuza iimfundiso zeQumrhu Elilawulayo kuyafana nokuvavanya uYehova.

Lo mxholo uyaqhubeka nokufundiswa. Thatha, umzekelo, eli nqaku lakutshanje elivela kwi- NgoSeptemba 2016 I-Watchtower - Uhlelo Lokufunda. Umxholo uthi: "Yintoni 'ilizwi likaThixo' ukuba KumaHebhere 4: 12 uthi 'uyaphila kwaye unamandla'? ”

Ukulifunda ngocoselelo inqaku elibonisa ukuba uMbutho uluthathela ingqalelo KumaHebhere 4: 12 ukufaka isicelo kungekuphela eBhayibhileni, kodwa nakwiimpapasho zabo. (Izimvo ezibiyelweyo zongezwa ukucacisa umyalezo wokwenyani.)

"Umxholo ubonakalisa ukuba umpostile uPawulos wayebhekisa kwisigidimi, okanye kwinjongo kaThixo, njenge sifumana ibhayibhile. ”[" ezinje "zibonisa umthombo ongekho wedwa]

"KumaHebhere 4: 12 Ihlala icatshulwe kwiimpapasho zethu ukubonisa ukuba iBhayibhile inamandla okutshintsha ubomi, kwaye kufanelekile ukwenza eso sicelo. kunjalo, iyanceda ukujonga KumaHebhere 4: 12 kuyo Umxholo obanzi. ["Nangona kunjalo", "umxholo obanzi" usetyenziselwa ukubonisa ukuba ngelixa likubhekisa eBhayibhileni, zikho ezinye iinkqubo zokuqwalaselwa.]

"... sisebenzisane kunye sonwabile kwaye siyaqhubeka nokusebenzisana Injongo kaThixo etyhiliweyo. ” [Umntu akanakho ukusebenzisana nenjongo. Ayisiyonto yanto leyo. Omnye uyasebenzisana nomnye. Apha, okuthethiweyo kukuba uThixo akayityhili injongo yakhe ngeBhayibhile, kodwa ngentlangano yakhe kwaye "ilizwi likaThixo" linamandla ebomini bethu njengoko sisebenzisana noMbutho njengoko utyhila injongo kaThixo kuthi.]

Ngokudalwa kwe-JW.org, ilogo yaba luphawu olubonisa amaNgqina kaYehova. Usasazo lujolise kuyo yonke ingqalelo yethu kwigunya lolawulo eliphambili. Ubunkokeli bamaNgqina kaYehova abuzange bube namandla njenganje.

Baza kwenza ntoni ngawo onke la mandla?

Umjikelo ophindiweyo?

Iminyaka esixhenxe ngaphambi kokuba u-1925 asilele ukuqikelela, uRutherford waqala iphulo lakhe lokungaze afe. Inzondelelo yowe-1975 yaqala ngo-1967. Apha sineminyaka esithoba sineentloni ngowama-2025. Ngaba ikhona into ebalulekileyo ngaloo nyaka?

Ubunkokeli abunakulunga kwakhona kunyaka kwakhona. Nangona kunjalo, akukho mfuneko yokwenyani.

Kutshanje, uKenneth Flodin, umncedisi kwiKomiti yokufundisa, wanika a yokuzonwabisa ntetho kwiJW.org apho wakhalimela abo basebenzisa imfundiso yesizukulwane samvanje ukubala ukuba isiphelo siza kufika nini. Uza nonyaka ka-2040 awuthathela phezulu kuba “akukho nto, akukho nto, kwisiprofeto sikaYesu esithi abo bakwiqela lesibini abasaphilayo ngexesha lesiphelo bonke bayakuba badala, babe krakre kwaye basondele ekufeni.” Ngamanye amagama, akukho ndlela inokubakho emva kwexesha ngo-2040.

Ngoku jonga kuDavid Splane ngoSeptemba soSasazo kwi tv.jw.org wasebenzisa amalungu eQumrhu Elilawulayo ukwenza umzekelo kwiqela lesibini labathanjiswa eliyinxalenye yesi "sizukulwana". (Mt 24: 34)

igama Ukuzalwa kukaNyaka Ubudala obukhoyo kwi2016
USamuel Herd 1935 81
UGerrit Losch 1941 75
UDavid Splane 1944 72
UStephen Lett 1949 67
Anthony Morris III 1950 66
UGeoffrey Jackson 1955 61
UMark Sanderson 1965 51
 

Ubudala ophakathi:

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Ngo-2025, umyinge weminyaka yeQumrhu Elilawulayo iyakuba ngama-77. Ngoku khumbula, eli qela alizukudala, linciphe, kwaye lisondele ekufeni.

Into ebi kakhulu kune-1925 okanye i-1975

Xa uRutherford wathi isiphelo siza kufika ngo-1925, kwakungafuneki ukuba abaphulaphuli bakhe benze nantoni na ethile. Xa uMbutho wawuqalisa ukuthetha malunga nowe-1975, kwakhona, akuzange kufunwe nto ngamaNgqina kaYehova. Ngokuqinisekileyo, amaninzi athengisa amakhaya, athatha umhlala-phantsi kwangethuba, afudukela apho imfuneko inkulu khona, kodwa oku bakwenza ngokusekwe kwizigqibo zabo kwaye bekhuthazwa lukhuthazo oluvela kupapasho, kodwa akukho miyalelo ikhutshiweyo ikhokelwe. Akukho mntu wayesithi "Kufuneka wenze u-X no-Y, kungenjalo ngekhe usindiswe."

IQumrhu Elilawulayo liyiphakamisile imigaqo yalo yaya kwinqanaba leLizwi likaThixo. Ngoku banamandla okwenza amabango kumaNgqina kaYehova kwaye kuyacaca ukuba yile nto kanye abaceba ukuyenza:

“Ngelo xesha, indlela esisindisa ngayo ubomi esiyifumana kwintlangano kaYehova isenokungabonakali iluncedo ebantwini. Sonke kufuneka sikulungele ukuthobela nayiphi na imiyalelo esinokuyifumana, nokuba zibonakala zivakala njengezicwangciso okanye ngokwembono yomntu okanye cha. ”(W13 11 / 15 p. 20 isiqe. 17)

IQumrhu Elilawulayo lixelela umhlambi walo ukuba uzilungiselele ngokungathandabuzekiyo ukuthobela "ulwalathiso olusindisa ubomi" olunokubonakala ngathi alunampumelelo kwaye alunangqondo. Mamela, Thobela, Usikelelwe. ”

Besinomdla wokucacisa ukuba lo mgaqo ungabandakanya ntoni kwiNdibano yengingqi yalo nyaka.

Ngomhla wokugqibela, sabona a yokuzonwabisa ngokoyika umntu. Apho safunda ukuba iindaba ezilungileyo ziya kutshintsha ziye komgwebo kwaye ukuba siyoyika ukuthatha inxaxheba, siyakuphoswa bubomi. Umbono kukuba siza kuxelelwa liQumrhu Elilawulayo ukuba kufuneka sivakalise umyalezo onzima wokugwetywa, njengamatye esichotho awela ezulwini. Ngokungafaniyo ne-1925 okanye i-1975 apho unokukhetha ukukholelwa kuqikelelo okanye hayi, ngeli xesha inyathelo kunye nokuzibophelela kuya kufuneka. Akuyi kubakho ukuxhaswa phantsi kule. Akukho ndlela yokutshintsha ityala emhlambini.

Akunakwenzeka ukuba bangayenza le nto!

Mhlawumbi uziva, ungumntu oqiqayo, ukuba akukho ndlela banokuthi bayikhuphe intamo yabo ngoluhlobo. Kodwa yile nto kanye abayenzileyo ngaphambili. URussell noBarbour ngowe-1878; Russell kwakhona ngo-1914, nangona ukusilela kwakusithwe yimfazwe. Kwandula ke kwabakho uRutherford ngo-1925, kwaza emva koko kwalandela uKnorr noFranz ngo-1975. Andazi, nangona ndiyakholelwa ukuba ikratshi linento yokwenza nayo. Ikratshi lakube likhutshiwe, lifana nenja enkulu erhuqa inkosi yayo ebububi. (Pr 16: 18)

IQumrhu Elilawulayo liqale indlela eqhutywa likratshi, beyila ingcaciso engeyonyani yeso sizukulwana, bezibiza ngokuba bangamakhoboka kaKristu, bexela kwangaphambili ukuba imiyalelo esindisa ubomi iza kuphela ngabo kwaye "ilizwi likaThixo" yinjongo yakhe ityhilwe ngabo. Ngoku basixelela ukuba baya kusiyalela ukuba siqhubeke nomsebenzi omtsha, isibhengezo somgwebo phambi kweentlanga. Sele behambile kakhulu ukuhla ngale ndlela. Kukuthobeka kuphela okunokubasusa elunxwemeni, kodwa ukuthobeka kunye nekratshi zizinto ezifanayo, njengeoyile namanzi. Apho kungena khona omnye uyafuduswa. Yongeza koku into yokuba amaNgqina alangazelela isiphelo. Bayayilangazelela kangangokuba baya kukholelwa phantse kuyo yonke into ethethwa liBhunga Elilawulayo xa bethe cwaka ngendlela efanelekileyo.

Umsantsa woCWANGCWISO

Kulula ukubanjwa ngumgudu, mhlawumbi uqiqa ngelithi lo mbono wesigwebo somgwebo osigwebayo yinto uYehova afuna siyenze.

Ukuba uqala ukuziva ngale ndlela, yeka kwaye uqwalasele izibakala.

  1. Ngaba uBawo wethu onothando angasebenzisa njengomprofeti wakhe umbutho kule minyaka ili-150 idlulileyo unengxelo engagungqiyo yokuqikelela okungaphumelelanga? Jonga wonke umprofeti awakhe wasebenzisa esiBhalweni. Ngaba omnye wabo wayengumprofeti wobuxoki bonke ubomi bakhe, ngaphambi kokuba ekugqibeleni alunge?
  2. Lo myalezo womgwebo usekwe kwisiprofeto sokomfuziselo esingakhange senziwe ziZibhalo ngokwazo. IQumrhu Elilawulayo alizichazanga izinto ezinjalo. Ngaba singamthemba umntu owaphula imithetho yakhe? (w84 3/15 iphe. 18-19 isiqe. 16-17; w15 3/15 iphe. 17)
  3. Ukutshintsha umyalezo weendaba eziMnandi, nokuba uphantsi kwegunya labapostile okanye ingelosi evela ezulwini kuya kukhokelela kwisiqalekiso esivela kuThixo. (AmaGalati 1: 8)
  4. Umyalezo womgwebo wokwenyani ngaphambi nje kokuba isiphelo ubonakalise ukuba isiphelo sisondele kakhulu kwaye siyaphikisana namazwi kaYesu Matthew 24: 42, 44.

Isilumkiso, hayi intshayelelo

Ukulindela olu phuculo, andizibandakanyi noqikelelo lwam. Ngapha koko, ndiyathemba ukuba ndiyaphazama. Mhlawumbi ndifunda imiqondiso ngokuchanekileyo. Ngokuqinisekileyo andikunqweneli oku kubantakwethu noodadewethu. Nangona kunjalo, imeko yangoku yomelele, kwaye ngekhe kungacingi ukuba unokulindela ukubakho kwaye unganiki silumkiso.

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[i] Oku kuthetha ukuba eli binzana liphindaphindwayo lithetha ntoni, 'Simele silinde iQumrhu Elilawulayo ukuba litshintshe izinto, ukuba zifuna nini kwaye nini.'

[ii] 'UYehova' yinguqulelo eyaziswa nguWilliam Tyndale kwinguqulelo yakhe yeBhayibhile. Sikwabona ukuba amanye amagama, njengokuguqulelwa 'Yave' okanye 'Yahweh', zezinye iindlela ezisemthethweni.

[iii] "Izigidi Eziphilayo Ngoku Azisayi Kuze Zife"

[iv] Ukuhlaziya ngokupheleleyo imfundiso yokuhlangula kabini ka-Rutherford, jonga "Ukuya ngaphaya koko Kubhaliweyo".

[v] “Hlalani nilindile ke, ngenxa yokuba aniwazi umhla eza ngawo iNkosi yenu… .Ngenxa yoko nani hlalani nilungile, kuba uNyana woMntu uza ngelixa eningacinganga ukuba lilo . ” (Mt 24: 42, 44)
“Ke ngoko, bakubon 'ukuba bahlanganisene, babuza kuye besithi:“ Nkosi, ububuyisela ngeli xesha na ubukumkani kuSirayeli ngeli xesha? ”7 Uthe ke kubo:“ Asikokwenu ukwazi amaxesha nokuba namaxesha amiswe nguBawo. kolawulo lwakhe. ”(I-Ac 1: 6, 7)

[vi] I-W68 5 / 15 p. I-309;

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