Kwinkupho ka-Oktobha 2021 yeMboniselo, kukho inqaku lokugqibela elinesihloko esithi “1921 One Hundred Years ago”. Ibonisa umfanekiso wencwadi eyapapashwa ngaloo nyaka. Nantsi. UHadi LukaThixo, nguJ. F. Rutherford. Kukho into engalunganga ngalo mfanekiso. Ngaba uyazi ukuba yintoni na? Ndiza kukunika ingcebiso. Leyo ayisiyiyo incwadi eyapapashwa ngaloo nyaka, hayi, hayi kanye. Into esiyibonayo apha yimbali encinci yohlaziyo. Ewe, yintoni embi ngaloo nto, unokuthi?

Umbuzo omhle. Nantsi eminye imigaqo yeBhayibhile endifuna ukuba siyikhumbule ngaphambi kokuba sifumanise ukuba yintoni ephosakeleyo ngalo mfanekiso.

AmaHebhere 13:18 afundeka ngolu hlobo: “Sithandazeleni, kuba siqinisekile ukuba sinesazela [esihlambulukileyo], sinqwenela ukwenza ngokubekekileyo ezintweni zonke.” ( Hebhere 13:18, ESV )

Emva koko uPawulos usixelela ukuba sifanele ‘silahle ubuxoki, yaye ngamnye kuni makathethe inyaniso nommelwane wakhe, kuba singamalungu omnye elomnye. (Funda eyabase-Efese 4:25.)

Ekugqibeleni, uYesu usixelela ukuba “Othembekileyo kokuncinane uya kuthembeka nakokukhulu; (Luka 16:10)

Ngoku yintoni engalunganga ngalo mfanekiso? Eli nqaku lithetha ngeziganeko eziphathelele iWatch Tower Society ukususela kwiminyaka elikhulu eyadlulayo, ngowe-1921. Kwiphepha 30 lenkupho yakutshanje kaOktobha 2021, phantsi komxholwana othi “INCWADI ENTSHA!”, sichazelwe ukuba le ncwadi. UHadi LukaThixo yafika ngoNovemba waloo nyaka. Ayizange ibe njalo. Le ncwadi yaphuma kwiminyaka emine kamva, ngowe-1925 UHadi LukaThixo oko kwaphuma ngowe-1921.

Kutheni bengabonisi iqweqwe lale ncwadi babhekisela kuyo kweli nqaku? Kuba kwiphepha elingaphandle, ifundeka ngolu hlobo “UBUQINISEKISO OBUQHELEKILEYO UKUBA IZIGIDI EZIPHILAYO NGOKU AYISAYI KUZE ZIFANE”. Kutheni beyifihla loo nto kubalandeli babo? Kutheni, njengoko uPawulos watshoyo, ‘bangathethi inyaniso nommelwane wabo’? Usenokucinga ukuba yinto encinane, kodwa sisandul’ ukufunda apho uYesu wathi “onganyanisekanga kokuncinane, naye makanganyaniseki kokuninzi.”

Sithetha ukuthini ngokwenene eso sihloko?

Xa sibuyela kwinqaku leMboniselo kaOktobha 2021, sifunde kwintshayelelo:

“Ngoko ke, ngowuphi owona msebenzi ukhethekileyo esinokuwubona ngokukhawuleza kulo nyaka?” IMboniselo (yesiNgesi) kaJanuwari 1, 1921, yabuza lo mbuzo kuBafundi beBhayibhile ababenenzondelelo. Ekuphenduleni, yacaphula uIsaya 61:1, 2 , owabakhumbuza ngothumo lwabo lokushumayela. “UYehova undithambise ukuba ndishumayele iindaba ezilungileyo kwabalulamileyo . . . , ukubhengeza umnyaka weNkosi, nomhla wempindezelo yoThixo wethu.”

Ndiqinisekile ukuba naliphi na iNgqina likaYehova elifunda namhlanje liya kufikelela kwisigqibo sokuba “umsebenzi okhethekileyo” ekuthethwa ngawo kukushunyayelwa kweendaba ezilungileyo kanye njengokuba amaNgqina kaYehova esenza namhlanje. Hayi!

Emva phaya, wawuyintoni unyaka owamkelekileyo weNkosi? Yayingunyaka okhethekileyo. 1925!

The Bulletin ka-Oktobha 1920, impapasho yenyanga yeWatch Tower Society, yanika aBafundi beBhayibhile belo xesha olu lwalathiso lokushumayela:

Kuza kufuneka ndinqumame ndisafunda le nto kuba zininzi izinto ezingachanekanga ekufuneka ziphawulwe. Ndisebenzisa igama elithi “ukungachaneki” ukunqanda elinye igama eligxekayo.

"Mholo!"

Ngaba uyazi ukuba izigidi eziphilayo ngoku azisayi kuze zife?

Ndithetha kanye oko ndikuthethayo—ukuba izigidi eziphilayo ngoku azisayi kuze zife.

“Incwadi ethi ‘The Finished Mystery’, incwadi kaMfundisi uRussell emva kokufa kwakhe, isixelela isizathu sokuba ngoku kukho izigidi eziphilayo ezingasayi kuze zife; kwaye ukuba ungahlala uphila kude kube ngu-1925 unamathuba amahle kakhulu okuba ngomnye wabo.

Lo yayingengomsebenzi kaRussell emva kokufa kwakhe. Le ncwadi yabhalwa nguClayton James Woodworth noGeorge Herbert Fisher ngaphandle kwemvume yeKomiti Elawulayo yeWatch Tower, kodwa ngomyalelo kaJoseph Franklin Rutherford.

“Ukususela ngowe-1881 wonk’ ubani wayehlekisa ngesigidimi sikaMfundisi uRussell neInternational Bible Students Association sokuba iBhayibhile yaprofeta ngemfazwe yehlabathi ngowe-1914; kodwa imfazwe yafika ngexesha, yaye ngoku isigidimi somsebenzi wakhe wokugqibela, ‘izigidi eziphilayo ngoku azisayi kuze zife’, sijongwa ngokunzulu.

IBhayibhile ayizange iprofete ngemfazwe yehlabathi ngowe-1914. Ukuba uyathandabuza, jonga le vidiyo.

“Yinyaniso emsulwa, echazwe kuyo yonke incwadi yeBhayibhile, eyaxelwa kwangaphambili ngumprofeti ngamnye weBhayibhile. Ndiyakholelwa ukuba uya kuvuma ukuba lo mbandela ulifanele ixesha langokuhlwa nje lokuphanda.

Kulungile, bubuxoki nje obumanyumnyezi. Yonke incwadi yeBhayibhile, wonke umprofeti weBhayibhile, zonke zithetha ngezigidi eziphila ngoku zingaze zife? Ndiyacela.

“I-'The Finished Mystery' inokufunyanwa nge-R1.00.

“Ukuze abo baphilayo babuqonde ubukho bokwenene beli xesha, i<em>The Golden Age, iphephancwadi eliphuma kabini ngeveki, lixubusha ngeziganeko zakutshanje eziphawula ukusekwa kweGolden Age—ixesha laxa ukufa kuya kuphela.

Ewe, oko kuqinisekileyo akuzange kusebenze njengoko bekucwangcisiwe, akunjalo?

“Umrhumo wonyaka zii-R2.00, okanye zombini incwadi namaphephancwadi unokufunyanwa ngee-R2.75.

“I ‘The Finished Mystery’ isixelela isizathu sokuba izigidi eziphilayo ngoku zingasayi kuze zife, yaye i<em>The Golden Age iya kutyhila uvuyo nentuthuzelo emva kwamafu amnyama nasongelayo—zombini ngamashumi asixhenxe anesihlanu” (ungatsho iidola).

Babekholelwa ngokwenene ukuba isiphelo sasiza kufika ngo-1925, ukuba abo bathembekileyo bamandulo abafana noAbraham, uKumkani uDavide noDaniyeli babeya kuvuselwa emhlabeni baze bahlale eUnited States. Bade bathenga indlu enamagumbi ali-10 eSan Diego, eCalifornia ukuze bahlale kuyo kwaye bayibiza ngokuba "yiBeth Sarim".

Loo ngxelo yembali yentlangano iyinyaniso yaye ikho ngokubhaliweyo, yaye isezintliziyweni nasezingqondweni zamadoda namabhinqa awayephoxekile—njengoko isiphelo singazange sifike yaye abathembekileyo bamandulo babengabonwa. Ngoku, sinokukuthethelela konke oko njengeentlobo nje zeempazamo ezineenjongo ezilungileyo ezinokuthi zenziwe ngamadoda angafezekanga anenzondelelo egqithisileyo. Ndiqinisekile ngendandikwazi, ukuba ndandiyazi yonke le nto xa ndandiliNgqina likaYehova elizinikele ngokupheleleyo. Kakade ke, sisiprofeto sobuxoki. Loo nto ayinakuphikiswa. Baprofeta ngento eyayiza kwenzeka baze basibhale phantsi eso siprofeto, ngoko ke, ngokwengcaciso yeDuteronomi 18:20-22, babe ngumprofeti wobuxoki. Nangona kunjalo, ngenxa yoko, ngendabe ndisayibetha ngoyaba, ngenxa yeminyaka yokumisela imeko. Sekunjalo, izinto ezinjalo zaziqalisa ukundikhathaza njengoko sasingena kwi-21st ngenkulungwane.

Kwiminyaka eyadlulayo, xa ndandisitya isidlo sangokuhlwa nabanye abahlobo be-JW, owayesakuba nguvulindlela kunye nomyeni wakhe owayesakuba seBheteli, ndazifumana ndikhalaza ngezinto ezingaphakathi entlanganweni. Baye bakhathazeka baza bandibuza ukuba yintoni kanye kanye endiyicaphukeleyo. Ndafumanisa ukuba andinakukwazi ukuyibeka ngamazwi ekuqaleni, kodwa emva kwemizuzu embalwa yokucinga, ndathi, “Ndingathanda ukuba baziphendulele kwiimpazamo zabo.” Yayindikhathaza gqitha into yokuba bengazange bacele uxolo ngayo nayiphi na into ekutolikwa phosakeleyo ngayo, yaye badla ngokubeka ityala kwabanye, okanye basebenzisa isenzi sokwenziwa ukuze baphephe uxanduva olungqalileyo, ngokomzekelo, “kwakucingwa” (Jonga w16 Imibuzo Evela Kubafundi). Abakabinabo ukuya kuthi ga kwi-fiasco ka-1975, umzekelo.

Into esinayo kweli nqaku ayingomzekelo nje wombutho ongenalo impazamo yangaphambili, kodwa eneneni uyaphuma indlela yokuyigubungela. Ngaba leyo ngokwenene yinto esifanele siyixhalabele? Ukuze ufumane impendulo, ndiya kuvumela umbutho uthethe.

Ekuxoxeni ngesizathu sokuba sinokukholelwa ukuba iBhayibhile ngokwenene ililizwi likaThixo, IMboniselo ye-1982 yathi:

Enye into ebonisa ukuba iBhayibhile ivela kuThixo kukungafihlisi kwababhali bayo. Ngoba? Phakathi kwezinye izinto, kuchasene ukusilela komntu ukuvuma iimpazamo zakhe, ngakumbi ekubhaleni. Koku, iBhayibhile yahlulwa kwezinye iincwadi zamandulo. Kodwa, ngaphezu koko, ukungafihlisi kwababhali bayo kusiqinisekisa ngokunyaniseka kwabo kukonke. atyhile ubuthathaka bawo aze enze amabango obuxoki ngezinye izinto, akunjalo? Ukuba bebeza kuxoka, ngaba bekungayi kuba yinkcazelo engafanelekanga ngabo? Ngoko ke, ukuthetha phandle kwababhali beBhayibhile kuwenza acace ngakumbi ubango lwabo lokuba uThixo wabakhokela koko bakubhalayo.— 2 Timoti 3:16 .

( w82 12/15 iphe. 5-6 )

Ukunyaniseka kwababhali beBhayibhile kusiqinisekisa ngokunyaniseka kwabo ngokupheleleyo. Hmm, ngaba i-reverse nayo ayinakuba yinyani. Ukuba sifumanisa ukuba akukho nto ithethwayo ngokuphandle, ngaba oko bekungayi kusenza sirhanele ukuba yinyaniso yoko babekubhala? Ukuba loo mazwi siwabhekisa ngoku kubabhali beempapasho zamaNgqina kaYehova, ngaba benza ubulungisa njani? Ukuphinda ndicaphule kwi-1982 IMboniselo: “Ngapha koko, bebengayi kubutyhila ubuthathaka babo baze benze amabango obuxoki ngezinye izinto, akunjalo? Ukuba bebeza kuxoka, ngaba ibingayi kuba yinkcazelo engafanelekanga ngabo?”

Hmm, “ukuba bebeza kuxoka, ngaba ibingayi kuba yinkcazelo engafanelekanga ngabo?

Andizange ndisazi ngesiprofeto sombutho esisileleyo malunga no-1925 de kwasemva kokuba ndiyishiyile intlangano. Ayeyigcina loo ntloni kuthi sonke. Yaye ukuza kuthi ga namhlanje, basasenjenjalo. Ekubeni iimpapasho ezindala, ezifana UHadi LukaThixo, eziye zakhutshwa kumathala eencwadi azo zonke iiholo zoBukumkani ehlabathini lonke ngomyalelo wequmrhu elilawulayo kwiminyaka ethile eyadlulayo, amangqina aqhelekileyo ebeya kujonga lo mfanekiso aze acinge ukuba le yincwadi ezaliswe yinyaniso yeBhayibhile eyapapashwa ngokwenene ngowe-1921. Babengenakukwazi ukuba eli qweqwe latshintshwa lisuka kwiqweqwe lokuqala elapapashwa ngowe-1921 elalinebango elihlazo lokuba le ncwadi inobungqina obucacileyo bokuba izigidi ezaziphila ngelo xesha zaziya kubona isiphelo, isiphelo enye incwadi yelo xesha, uhlelo lowe-1920. ye Izigidi Eziphilayo Ngoku Azisayi Kuze Zife, ibango laliza kufika ngowe-1925.

Sisenokukwazi ukuzibetha ngoyaba iimpazamo ezininzi ezenziwe yintlangano ukuba ibiye yaxelisa ababhali beBhayibhile ngokuzivuma ngokunyanisekileyo iimpazamo zabo baze baguquke ngenxa yazo. Endaweni yoko, benza konke okusemandleni abo ukufihla iimpazamo zabo ngokutshintsha baze baphinde babhale eyabo imbali. Ukuba ukunyaniseka kwababhali beBhayibhile kusinika isizathu sokukholelwa ukuba iBhayibhile ichanile yaye inyanisekile, ngoko ke kumele ukuba kuyinyaniso okwahlukileyo. Ukungabikho kokuphandle nokugqunywa ngabom kwezono zexesha elidluleyo, kuluphawu lokuba intlangano ayinakuthenjwa ukuba iyityhile inyaniso. Yile nto iingcali zomthetho ezinokuthi, "isiqhamo somthi onetyhefu". Le nkohliso, oku kubhalwa ngokutsha rhoqo kwembali yabo ukuze bafihle iintsilelo zabo, kubiza yonke imfundiso yabo nemibuzo. Ukuthembana kutshatyalalisiwe.

Ababhali be<em>Mboniselo bafanele bacamngce ngezi zibhalo ngomthandazo.

“UYehova uyacekisa umlomo oxokayo, kodwa abo bathembekileyo bayamkholisa.” ( IMizekeliso 12:22 )

“Kuba sinyamekela yonk’ into ngokunyaniseka, kungekuphela nje emehlweni kaYehova, kodwa kwanasemehlweni abantu.’” ( 2 Korinte 8:21 ) Kungakhathaliseki ukuba uYehova unjani na?

“Musani ukuxokisana. Buhlubeni ubuntu obudala kunye noqheliselo lwabo.”— Kolose 3:9 .

Kodwa okulusizi kukuba, abayi kukuphulaphula oko iBhayibhile yabo ithi mabakwenze. Isizathu sikukuba akhonza iinkosi zawo, amalungu eQumrhu Elilawulayo, kungekhona iNkosi yethu uYesu. Kunjengokuba yena ngokwakhe walumkisayo: “Akukho bani unokukhonza iinkosi ezimbini; kuba mhlawumbi uya kuyithiya enye aze ayithande enye, okanye anamathele kwenye aze ayidele enye. . . .” ( Mateyu 6:24 )

Enkosi ngexesha kunye nenkxaso yakho.

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