Usuku lweNkosi nango-1914

Lokhu kungokokuqala ochungechungeni lwezikhala eziphenya ngomthelela wokususa u-1914 njengesici ekuchazeni isiprofetho seBhayibheli. Sisebenzisa i- Isambulo Umvuthwandaba Incwadi njengesisekelo salolu cwaningo ngenxa yazo zonke izincwadi ezihlanganisa isiprofetho seBhayibheli, inezikhombo eziningi ze-1914-103 ukuthi icace, okugcizelela ukubaluleka esikunikeza kulowo nyaka.
Ngaphambi kokuya phambili, kunombhalo okufanele siwucabangele:

(1 Thesalonika 5:20, 21). . Ungakuphathi ngokwedelela ukuprofetha. 21 Qinisekani ngazo zonke izinto; bambelela kokuhle.

Kulokhu nakwizithuba ezizayo, sizobe sihlukanisa ukuhunyushwa kwethu kweziprofetho eziningi esizixhumanise no-1914. Yize lezi zincazelo kungezona iziprofetho ngokwazo, zivela emthonjeni ohlonishwa kakhulu. Asifisi ukuyiphatha ngendelelo imfundiso enjalo ephathelene neziprofetho zeBhayibheli. Lokho bekungeke kufaneleke. Nokho, uJehova usiyala ukuba 'siqiniseke ngokuhle.' Ngakho-ke, kufanele siphenye. Uma sinomuzwa wokuthi kukhona okungasetshenziswanga kahle futhi singakutholi ukusekelwa okungokomBhalo ekuchazeni kwethu ngokusemthethweni isiprofetho, sinesibopho sokusenqaba. Angithi futhi siyalwa ukuba “sibambelele kokuhle.” Kusho ukudedela noma ukwenqaba okungahambi kahle. Yilokhu esizozama ukukufeza.
Ngakho-ke, ake siqale ngokuvela okokuqala kwe-1914 ku Isambulo Umvuthwandaba incwadi. Siyithola esahlukweni 4, ikhasi 18, isigaba 4. Ikhuluma ngoJesu, ithi, “Ngo-1914 wabekwa njengeNkosi ezobusa phakathi kwezizwe zasemhlabeni.” Icaphuna amaHubo 2: 6-9 athi:

"6 [Ethi:]" Mina, yebo mina, ngiyimisile inkosi yami eZiyoni, intaba yami engcwele. ” 7 Mangibhekisele esinqumweni sikaJehova; Uthé kimi: “Uyindodana yami; Mina, namuhla, ngikuzele. 8 Cela kimi, ukuba ngikunike izizwe zibe yifa lakho Nemikhawulo yomhlaba ibe yifa lakho. 9 Uzozaphula ngentonga yensimbi, uziphahlaze zibe izicucu njengokungathi isitsha sombumbi. ”

Isethenjwa esithandekayo njengoba sikhuluma ngomcimbi ongazange wenzeke ngo-1914, kepha ngo-29 CE, bese kuba esinye futhi esisazokwenzeka. Noma kunjalo, yize lo mbhalo ungafakazeli ukuthi uJesu wabekwa njengeNkosi ngo-1914, ngeke singene kulokhu lapha njengoba isihloko sobukhona bukaJesu nobudlelwano baso nonyaka we-1914 besibhalwe kahle omunye okuthunyelwe.
Ngakho-ke asiqhubekele kwisahluko 5 se Isambulo Umvuthwandaba incwadi. Lesi sahluko siqala ngeSambulo 1: 10a “Ngokuphefumulelwa ngaba sosukwini lweNkosi.”
Umbuzo osobala kithina manje uthi, Luyini usuku lweNkosi?
Isigaba 3 siphetha ngalesi sitatimende: "Kusukela ku-1914, indlela izenzakalo ezenzeka ngayo kulo mhlaba onegazi ziqinisekisile ngalowo nyaka ukuthi kungukuqala 'kosuku' lokuba khona kukaJesu!”
Njengoba sesibonile, kunokusekelwa okuqinile okungokomBhalo kwesiphetho sokuthi ukuba khona kukaKristu umcimbi wesikhathi esizayo. Noma kunjalo, ibuphi ubufakazi obungokomBhalo obethulwe kulesi sahluko se Isambulo Umvuthwandaba sisekela umbango wethu wokuthi usuku lweNkosi luqala ngo-1914? Iqala esigabeni 2 ngalawa magama:

“2 Kukusiphi isikhathi lokhu lapho kugcwalisa khona iSambulo? Nokho, luyini usuku lweNkosi? Umphostoli uPawulu ubhekisela kuso njengesikhathi sokwahlulela nokugcwaliseka kwezithembiso zaphezulu. (1 Korinte 1: 8; 2 Korinte 1:14; Filipi 1: 6, 10; 2:16) ”

Imibhalo yobufakazi ebhalwe ngokulandela le nkulumo iyakufakazela ngempela ukuthi usuku lweNkosi luyisikhathi sokwahlulela nokugcwaliseka kwezithembiso zaphezulu. Kodwa-ke, ingabe le mibhalo ikhomba ku-1914 njengonyaka wokwahlulela nokugcwaliseka okungokwesiprofetho?
(I-1 Korion 1: 8) Uzonenza niqine kuze kube sekupheleni, ukuze anikwazi ukumangalelwa ngosuku lweNkosi yethu uJesu Kristu.
Sithi u-1914 ukuqala kwezinsuku zokugcina, hhayi ukuphela. Ukukhuthazela ekuqaleni akusho ukusindiswa. Ukukhuthazela kuze kube sekupheleni kuyakwenza. (Mt. 24: 13)

(I-2 Korion 1: 14) njengoba nje niye nazi, ngezinga elithile, ukuthi siyimbangela yokuthi niziqhayise, njengoba nje nani niyoba ngathi ngosuku lweNkosi yethu uJesu.

Umuntu akazincomi ngesikhathi umgijimi esagijima. Umuntu uyaziqhayisa uma umjaho usugijinyiwe. Abagcotshiwe bezinsuku zokugcina bebengawunqobanga umjaho ngo-1914. Babeqale nje ukugijima. Futhi baqhubeke begijima cishe ikhulu leminyaka eligcwele, bengakabi nayo indlela yokwazi ukuthi ukuphela kuyofika nini. Lapho ukuphela kufika, labo abasathembekile — labo abaye bakhuthazela kwaze kwaba sekupheleni — bazonikeza isizathu sokuba uPawulu aziqhayise.

(KwabaseFiliphi 1: 6) Ngoba ngiyathemba kule nto impela, ukuthi lowo owaqala umsebenzi omuhle kini uzowenza kuze kube usuku lukaJesu Kristu.

Umsebenzi awuphothulwanga ngo-1914. Lokho kwenzeka cishe eminyakeni eyikhulu edlule. Uma usuku lukaJesu Kristu luxhunyaniswa nokwenziwa komsebenzi, kufanele kube umcimbi wesikhathi esizayo.

(KwabaseFiliphi 1: 10) ukuze uqiniseke ngezinto ezibaluleke kakhulu, ukuze ungabi nasici futhi ungakhubekisi abanye kuze kufike usuku lukaKristu,

Qaphela uthi "kuze kufike" hhayi "phakathi" nosuku lukaKristu. Ingabe uPawulu wayekhathazeke kuphela ngokungakhubekisi abanye kuze kufike ku-1914? Kuthiwani ngeminyaka engama-98 kusukela lapho? Ubengeke yini afune ukuba singabi nasici futhi singakhubekisi abanye kuze kube sekugcineni?

(KwabaseFiliphi 2: 16) ukubambelela ngokuqinile ezwini lempilo, ukuze ngibe nesizathu sokwethaba ngosuku lukaKristu, ukuthi angigijimanga ngeze noma ngasebenza kanzima ngeze.

Ngenkathi lo mbhalo ukhuluma ngokuba “ngosuku” lukaKristu, akusasho lutho ukuthi uma ukugcwaliseka kwalo kuqhubeka ikhulu leminyaka noma ngaphezulu.
Njengoba kunikezwe ukuthi okungenhla kuvame kakhulu ekuphikiseni ukufundisa kwethu kunokukuphazamisa, ngabe kukhona okunye esahlukweni 5 okungasiza ukusekela u-1914 njengokuqala kosuku lweNkosi? Isigaba 3 sikhuluma ngezinsuku ezingama-2,520 ezisuka kuDaniel kepha selokhu sikufundile lokho kwenye indawo, ake siqhubekele phambili ukuze ubone ukuthi isigaba 4 sithini:
“Ngakho-ke, lo mbono wokuqala neseluleko esikuwo kungolosuku lweNkosi, kusukela I-1914 iya phambili. Lesi sikhathi sisekelwa iqiniso lokuthi, kamuva kusAmbulo, umlando uchaza ukukhishwa kwezahlulelo zikankulunkulu eziyiqiniso nezilungile — imicimbi lapho iNkosi uJesu idlala khona indima evelele. ”
Bese ibala amavesi amahlanu njengokusekelwa. Qaphela ukuthi la mavesi athuthukile njengokusekelwa kokuthi usuku lweNkosi lufaka izenzakalo ezisuka ku-1914 kuye phambili.

(Isambulo 11: 18) Kepha abezizwe bethukuthela, nolaka lwakho lwafika, nesikhathi esimisiwe sokuba abafileyo bahlulelwe, futhi banikeze umvuzo wabo ezincekwini zakho abaprofethi nakubangcwele nakwabamesabayo igama lakho, omncane nomkhulu, ukuze uchithe labo abachitha umhlaba. ”

Lokhu akukhulumi nge-Armagedoni? Ulaka lukaJehova alukafiki. Izingelosi zisayibambe le mimoya yomine. Yiqiniso, izizwe zazithukuthele phakathi nempi yezwe yokuqala. Kodwa futhi babethukuthele phakathi nempi yezwe yesibili. Lololaka lwalungabhekisiwe kuJehova. Kuliqiniso, isintu besilokhu siwonakalisa umhlaba, kepha hhayi njengamanje. Futhi ukwahlulelwa kwabafileyo, lokho kusazokwenzeka. (Bheka Uvuko Lokuqala Lenzeka Nini?)

(Isambulo 16: 15) “Bheka! Ngiza njengesela. Ubusisiwe lowo uhlala ephapheme futhi agcine izingubo zakhe zangaphandle, ukuze angahambi enqunu futhi abantu babheke ihlazo lakhe. ”

(Isambulo 17: 1) Kwafika enye yezingelosi eziyisikhombisa ezazinezitsha eziyisikhombisa, yakhuluma nami, yathi: “Woza, ngizokukhombisa ukwahlulela ngesifebe esikhulu esihlala phezu kwamanzi amaningi,

(Isambulo 19: 2) ngoba izahlulelo zakhe ziyiqiniso futhi zilungile. Ngoba ukhiphe isahlulelo phezu kwesifebe esikhulu esonakalise umhlaba ngobufebe baso, nokuphindisela igazi lezinceku zakhe kuye. ”

La mavesi amathathu akhuluma ngokucacile ngezehlakalo ezizayo.

(Isambulo 19: 11) Ngabona izulu livulekile, bheka! ihhashi elimhlophe. Lowo ohlezi phezu kwayo ubizwa ngokuthi nguThembekile noQiniso, futhi wahlulela futhi alwe ngokulunga.

Sekungamashumi eminyaka sifundisa ukuthi ukwahlulelwa kwezimvu nezimbuzi bekuqhubeka kusukela ngo-1914 kuqhubeke. Kodwa-ke, ukuqonda kwethu okusha ngalokhu kubeka isahlulelo ngemuva ukubhujiswa kweBabiloni elikhulu. (w95 10/15 k. 22 isig. 25)
Ngakho-ke yonke le mibhalo yobufakazi ikhomba ekugcwalisekeni kwesikhathi esizayo. Kuyabonakala futhi ukuthi kukhona ukusekelwa kosuku lweNkosi njengomcimbi osazokwenzeka, kepha akukho ukuxhumana no-1914.
Ngokushesha nje emva kokufakwa kuhlu kwala mavesi amahlanu, isigaba 4 siqhubeka senza isitatimende esimangazayo: “Uma ukugcwaliseka kombono wokuqala kuqale ngonyaka ka-1914…” Umbono wokuqala uthinta amabandla ayisikhombisa ekhulu lokuqala! Ukugcwaliseka kwaso kungaqala kanjani ngo-1914?

Ngabe uSuku lweNkosi Luhambisana Nezinsuku Zokugcina?

Sifundisa ukuthi usuku lweNkosi lwaqala ngo-1914, kepha asixhasi imiBhalo ngale nkulumo. Siyavuma ukuthi usuku lweNkosi luyisikhathi sokwahlulela nokugcwaliseka kwezithembiso zikaNkulunkulu bese sinikeza imiBhalo ukusekela lokhu, kodwa bonke ubufakazi bukhomba ekugcwalisekeni okuzayo, hhayi ngo-1914. Noma kunjalo, senza okufakazelayo okulandelayo kusukela ekugcineni kwendima 3: “Kusukela ngo-1914, yeka ukuthi izenzakalo kulo mhlaba ogcwele igazi ziye zaqinisekisa kanjani ukuthi lowo nyaka ube ukuqala 'kosuku' lokuba khona kukaJesu! —Mathewu 24: 3-14.”
Silapha sixhumanisa usuku lweNkosi nokugcwaliseka kweziprofetho zezinsuku zokugcina. Qaphela, uMathewu 24: 3-14 akasenzi leso sixhumanisi; siyakwenza.  Noma kunjalo, asihlinzeki ngokusekelwa yiMibhalo ngakho. Ngokwesibonelo, uma usuku lweNkosi luqondana nosuku lukaJehova, khona-ke luhlobene nokuphela kwesimiso sezinto, hhayi izehlakalo eziholela kuleso siphetho. Zonke izinkomba zemiBhalo esizibuyekezile kuze kube manje, zithathwe kufayela le- Isambulo Umvuthwandaba incwadi, khuluma ngezenzakalo eziphathelene nosuku lukaJehova, ukuphela kwesimiso sezinto. Azihlobene nokuqala kwezinsuku zokugcina, noma izehlakalo ezenzeka phakathi nezinsuku zokugcina, kodwa ngaphambi kosizi olukhulu.
Noma kunjalo, uma sikhuluma iqiniso, kufanele sibheke kuzo zonke izinkomba eziseBhayibhelini ezihlobene nosuku lweNkosi ngaphambi kokuba sikhiphe u-1914 nezinsuku zokugcina njengengxenye yalo. Lezi esizibuyekezile kuze kube manje zikhomba ukuphela kwalesi simiso sezinto, kodwa ake sicabangele konke okunye ngaphambi kokuthola isiphetho sokugcina.

Luyini usuku lweNkosi?

Ngaphambi kokuthi siqale ukuhlaziya kwethu, kufanele sicacelwe ngokuthize. Igama elithi Jehova alikho kunoma iyiphi ikhophi esekhona yemiBhalo YesiGreki. Ezingxenyeni ezingama-237 igama laphezulu elivela kulo ku-New World Translation of the Holy Scriptures, zingama-78 noma cishe ingxenye eyodwa kwezintathu kuphela ezicashunwe emiBhalweni YesiHeberu. Lokho kushiya izigaba ezimbili kwezintathu noma i-159 lapho sifake khona igama laphezulu ngezinye izizathu. Kuzo zonke lezi zimo, kuye kwavela igama lesiGreki elithi “Nkosi,” futhi esikhundleni salokho kwafakwa igama elithi Jehova. Izinkomba ze- “J” ezikuthasiselo 1D se-NWT Reference Bible zibala ukuhumusha lapho sincike khona esinqumweni sethu. Lokhu konke ukuhumusha kwakamuva kusuka esiGrekini kuya kusiHeberu, okwenziwe ngombono wokuguqula amaJuda abe yiKrestu.
Manje asisiphikisi isinqumo sekomidi elihumushayo le-NWT lokufaka igama likaJehova emiBhalweni yesiGreki. Cishe, singavuma ukuthi njengoFakazi BakaJehova, siyakujabulela ukufunda imiBhalo YesiGreki nokuthola igama laphezulu lapho. Noma kunjalo, lokho kuseceleni. Iqiniso ngukuthi siyifakile kulezi zimo ezingenhla eziyi-159 ngesisekelo salokho okwaziwa ngokuthi ukuhanjiswa kwengqondo.   Lokho kusho ukuthi ngokususelwa kusihloko - i-ergo, sikholwa ukuthi igama lisuswe ngokungafanele - silungisa ukuhumusha ukuze silibuyisele kulokho esikholelwa ukuthi kwakuyisimo salo sokuqala.
Ezimweni eziningi lokhu akuyishintshi incazelo yombhalo. Nokho, igama elithi “Nkosi” lisetshenziselwa ukubhekisela kubo bobabili uJehova noJesu. Singazi kanjani ukuthi iyiphi ekhonjwa embhalweni othile? Ingabe ukuthatha isinqumo sokufaka “uJehova” ngesinye isikhathi kuyilapho ushiya igama elithi “Nkosi” kwabanye kungavula indlela yokuchazwa ngokungeyikho?
Njengoba sihlola ukusetshenziswa kwelithi “usuku lweNkosi” nelithi “usuku lukaJehova” emiBhalweni, masikhumbule ukuthi emiBhalweni YesiGreki, luhlale “lusuku lweNkosi” emibhalweni yesandla emidala kunayo yonke etholakalayo. (Izinkomba ze-NWT “J” ukuhumusha, hhayi imibhalo yesandla.)

Usuku lukaJehova emiBhalweni yesiHeberu

Okulandelayo uhlu lokukhona konke lapho kuvela khona ukuthi “usuku lukaJehova” noma “usuku lukaJehova” noma okuthile okuhlukile kule nkulumo emiBhalweni yesiHeberu.

U-Isaya 13: 6-16; UHezekeli 7: 19-21; UJoel 2: 1, 2; UJoel 2: 11; UJoel 2: 30-32; UJoel 3: 14-17; U-Amos 5: 18-20; U-Obadiah 15-17; UZefaniya 1: 14-2: 3; UMalaki 4: 5, 6

Uma uthanda, kopisha bese unamathisela lolu hlu ebhokisini lokusesha ku- ILabhulali Ye-Watchtower Uhlelo kukhompyutha yakho. Njengoba uhlola lezi zinkomba, uzobona ukuthi ngaphandle kokukhetha “usuku lukaJehova” lubhekisela esikhathini sempi, ukuphanga, ubumnyama, isigayegaye nokubhujiswa — ngamafuphi, i-Armagedoni!

Usuku lweNkosi emiBhalweni yesiGreki

Ekuqondeni kwethu kwezenkolo, sixhume usuku lweNkosi nokuba khona kukaKristu. La magama womabili acishe afane nathi. Sikholwa ukuthi ukuba khona kwakhe kwaqala ngo-1914 futhi kwafinyelela umvuthwandaba e-Armagedoni. Ngokusobala, ubukhona bakhe abufinyeleli futhi abufaki phakathi nokubusa kweminyaka eyinkulungwane okubukeka kuyinqaba kwazise ukufika kwakhe ngamandla oKingdom okuqhubeka kuze kube sekupheleni kweminyaka eyinkulungwane. Kodwa-ke, leso yisihloko sesinye isikhathi. (it-1,000-E k. 1,000 Ubukhona; w2 677/54 k. 6 isig. 15; w370 6/96 kk. 8 isig. 15) Sihlukanisa nosuku lweNkosi nosuku lukaJehova. Sikholelwa ukuthi njengamanje sisesikhathini seNkosi, kepha sifundisa ukuthi usuku lukaJehova luza lapho uhlelo lwezinto luphela.
Lokhu okungenhla yisikhundla sethu esisemthethweni. Njengoba sibuyekeza yonke imibhalo lokho kushiwo noma yiziphi izinkulumo noma zombili sizobheka ukusekela isikhundla sethu esisemthethweni. Kuyinkolelo yethu ukuthi ngemuva kokubuyekeza bonke ubufakazi, wena, mfundi, uzofika eziphethweni ezilandelayo.

1. Usuku lweNkosi luyafana nosuku lukaJehova.
2. Usuku lweNkosi lufika ekugcineni kwalesi simiso sezinto.
3. Ukuba khona kukaJesu kuza ekugcineni kwalesi simiso sezinto.
4. Akunasisekelo esingokomBhalo sokuxhuma i-1914 ebukhoneni bakhe noma osukwini lwakhe.

Lokho Okushiwo Yiqiniso

Kubhalwe ngezansi yonke imibhalo eseMibhalweni YesiGreki evela ku-NWT ekhomba ubukhona beNdodana yoMuntu, usuku lweNkosi, noma usuku lukaJehova. Sicela uwafunde wonke unale mibuzo engqondweni.

1. Ingabe lo mbhalo uxhuma usuku lweNkosi noma ubukhona bukaKristu ne1914?
2. Ingabe lo mbhalo uveza ukuthi usuku lweNkosi noma ukuba khona kukaKristu kuqhutshwa kanye kanye nezinsuku zokugcina?
3. Ingabe lo mbhalo unengqondo ngokwengeziwe uma ngicabanga ngosuku lweNkosi noma ubukhona bukaKristu bufana nosuku lukaJehova; ie, kubhekiselwa osizini olukhulu kanye ne-Amagedoni?

Usuku lweNkosi kanye Nemihla KaJehova Yosuku

(UMathewu 24: 42) . . Ngakho-ke, hlalani nilindile ngoba anazi ukuthi iNkosi yenu iza ngaluphi usuku.

Sabikezela iminyaka ye-1914 ngaphambi kwesikhathi, ngakho-ke uma usuku lweNkosi luqala ngaleso sikhathi, kungenzeka kanjani ukuthi “anazi ukuthi iNkosi yenu iza ngaluphi usuku”?

 (Izenzo 2: 19-21) . . Ngiyakwenza izimangaliso ezulwini phezulu, nezibonakaliso emhlabeni phansi, igazi, nomlilo, nenkungu; ²⁰ ilanga lizophenduka ubumnyama nenyanga ibe yigazi ngaphambi kosuku lukaJehova olukhulu nolukhanyayo. ²¹ Futhi wonke umuntu obiza igama likaJehova uyosindiswa. ”'

Usuku lukaJehova (ngokweqiniso, “usuku lweNkosi”) luxhumeke ekugcineni. (Bheka i-Mt. 24: 29, 30)

(1 Korinte 1: 7, 8) . . ukuze ningasileli kunoma yisiphi isipho, lapho nilindele ngokulangazela ukwambulwa kweNkosi yethu uJesu Kristu. ⁸ Uzonenza niqine kuze kube sekupheleni, ukuze ningabi namacala ngosuku lweNkosi yethu uJesu Kristu.

Usuku lweNkosi uJesu Kristu lapha luxhunyaniswe nokwambulwa kwakhe. Isiphambano se-NWT sikhomba "isambulo" neminye imiBhalo emithathu: uLuka 17:30; 2 Thes. 1: 7; 1 Petru 1: 7. Namathisela labo ohlelweni lwe-WTLib futhi uzobona ukuthi akubhekiseli esikhathini esifana no-1914 kepha kunalokho ukuza kwakhe evela ezulwini nezingelosi zakhe ezinamandla-umcimbi ozayo.

 (1 Korinte 5: 3-5) . . Mina ngokwami, noma ngingekho ngomzimba kodwa ngikhona emoyeni, sengimuhlulele impela, ngathi ngikhona, umuntu osebenze ngendlela enjengale, ⁴ ukuthi ngegama leNkosi yethu uJesu, lapho nibuthana ndawonye, ​​nomoya wami ngamandla weNkosi yethu uJesu, ⁵ Nikela umuntu onjalo kuSathane ngenjongo yokubhujiswa kwenyama, ukuze umoya usindiswe ngosuku lweNkosi.

Siyaqonda ukuthi 'umoya osindiswayo' kube owebandla. Kodwa-ke, insindiso ayinikiwe phakathi nezinsuku zokugcina, kepha kuphela ngesikhathi sesahlulelo esifika ekupheleni kwesimiso sezinto. Eyodwa ayigcinwa ngo-1914, noma ngo-1944, noma ngo-1974 noma ngo-2004, kodwa kuphela ekupheleni, usuku lweNkosi.

(2 Korinte 1: 14) ¹⁴ njengoba nje niye futhi nazi, ngezinga elithile, ukuthi siyisizathu sokuba niziqhayise, njengoba nje nani niyoba ngathi ngosuku lweNkosi yethu uJesu.

Cabanga ukuziqhayisa kumuntu ngo-1914 kuphela ukumbuka eshiya iqiniso eminyakeni eyi-10 noma engama-20 kamuva njengoba kwenzekile kaningi. Umuntu angaziqhayisa kuphela lapho inkambo yokuphila ethembekile isiqedelwe noma yahlanganiswa sonke ngesikhathi sokuvivinywa nokwahlulelwa, njengokumelwa usizi olukhulu.

(2 1 Thes 2: 1, 2) . . .Kodwa-ke, bazalwane, maqondana nokuba khona kweNkosi yethu uJesu Kristu nokuhlangana kwethu kuyo, sicela kini ² ukungashukunyiswa masinyane emcabangweni wakho noma ukujabha ngenkulumo ephefumulelwe noma ngomyalezo ongamazwi noma ngencwadi engathi isuka kithi, ukuze usuku lukaJehova selufikile.

 (1 1 Thes 5: 1-3) . . Manje ngokuqondene nezikhathi nezinkathi, bazalwane, anidingi kulotshelwa lutho. ² Ngoba nina ngokwenu nazi kahle ukuthi usuku lukaJehova lufika impela njengesela ebusuku. ³ Noma nini lapho bethi: “Ukuthula nokulondeka!” Khona-ke imbubhiso engazelelwe iyobafikela ngaso leso sikhathi njengomhelo wokuhlupheka kowesifazane okhulelwe; futhi ngeke baphunyule.

La mavesi amabili ayizibonelo ezinhle kakhulu zobunzima esibhekana nabo ekunqumeni ukuthi sifake u- “Jehova” embhalweni, noma sishiye njengo “Nkosi”. 2 Thes. 2: 1 icacisa ngokusobala iNkosi uJesu nokuba khona kwayo, kepha evesini 2 siguqula “Nkosi” sithi “Jehova”. Kungani, lapho umongo ubonakala ukhombisa ukuthi ubhekisela osukwini lweNkosi? Uma ubukhona beNkosi nosuku lweNkosi kuhlangana futhi umongo awunikeli lutho okuphakamisa ukuthi sikhuluma ngosuku lukaJehova, kungani kufakwa igama laphezulu? Ukuqoqwa kwabagcotshiwe kwenzeka ngaphambi nje kwe-Armagedoni, hhayi ezinsukwini zokugcina. (Mt. 24: 30; Bheka futhi Uvuko Lokuqala Lenzeka Nini?) Vele, uma singayishintsha yaba “lusuku lweNkosi”, kuzofanela sichaze ukuthi asiphuli ngani isixwayiso esicacile esinikezwe evesini ngokushumayela kwe-1914 njengonyaka wosuku lukaJehova (INkosi ) ilapha.
Ngokuqondene ne-1 Thes. 5: 1-3, kusobala ukuthi sikhuluma ngezenzakalo ezihlobene nosuku lukaJehova — ukucindezeleka nokubhujiswa. Nokho, inkulumo ethi “eza njengesela” ivinjwe uJesu okungenani kwamanye amavesi amathathu lapho akhuluma khona ngokucacile ngokufika kwakhe ekupheleni kwesimiso sezinto. (Luka 12: 39,40; IsAm. 3: 3; IsAm. 16:15, 16) Ngakho-ke kungabonakala sengathi ukushiya lo mbhalo ngokuthi “usuku lweNkosi” kunokufaka “uJehova” kungasondela kulokho umlobi ayekuhlosile ukuxhumana.

(2 Peter 3: 10-13) . . .Kodwa usuku lukaJehova luzofika njengesela, lapho amazulu ayodlula ngomsindo ohoshelwayo, kepha izakhi ezishushu kakhulu ziyoncibilika, kutholakale umhlaba nemisebenzi ekuwo. ¹¹ Njengoba zonke lezi zinto zizoncibilika ngale ndlela, kufanele nibe ngabantu abanjani ezenzweni ezingcwele zokuziphatha nezenzo zokuzinikela kokuhlonipha uNkulunkulu, ¹² nilinde futhi nikukhumbula njalo ukufika kosuku lukaJehova, lapho [amazulu] asemlilweni azoncibilika futhi izinto zawo zishisa kakhulu zincibilike! ¹³ Kepha kukhona amazulu amasha nomhlaba omusha esikulindele ngokwesithembiso sakhe, futhi kukho kuyohlala ukulunga.

(Isambulo 1: 10) . . Ngokuphefumulelwa ngaba sosukwini lweNkosi,. . .

Ubukhona bukaKristu

(UMathewu 24: 3) . . Lapho ehleli eNtabeni Yeminqumo, abafundi beza kuye ngasese, bathi: "Sitshele, Ziyokwenzeka nini lezi zinto, futhi siyoba yini isibonakaliso sokuba khona kwakho nesesiphelo sesimiso sezinto?"

Ababuzi, 'Sizokwazi nini ukuthi sisezinsukwini zokugcina?' Bacela ukwazi ukuthi iziphi izehlakalo ezizosayina ukubhujiswa kwethempeli lamaJuda, ukubekwa kukaJesu esihlalweni sobukhosi (Izenzo 1: 6) kanye nokuphela kwesimiso sezinto. Ukubheka ukuba khona kukaKristu kuhambisane nesikhathi sokuphela kwesimiso sezinto. Babefuna isibonakaliso sokwazi lapho ukuba khona kukaKristu nokuphela kwesimiso sezinto kuseduze, hhayi lapho kwenzeka ngokungabonakali.

(UMathewu 24: 27) . . Ngoba njengoba nje umbani uphuma ezingxenyeni ezisempumalanga futhi ukhanye uye ezingxenyeni ezisentshonalanga, kuyoba njalo nokuba khona kweNdodana yomuntu.

Uma ukuba khona kukaKristu kwaqala ngo-1914, lo mbhalo awuzange ugcwaliseke. Wonke umuntu ubona umbani, hhayi nje iqembu elincane labantu abasesimweni sokwazi. Lokhu kuba nengqondo kuphela uma ubukhona bulingana nomcimbi ochazwe kuSambulo 1: 7.

(IsAmbulo 1: 7) . . .Bheka! Uyeza namafu, futhi wonke amehlo azombona, nalabo abamgwazayo; zonke izizwe zomhlaba ziyozishaya zilusizi ngenxa yakhe. Yebo, Amen. . .

Akujabulisi yini ukuthi amavesi amathathu nje emva kokukhuluma “ngawo wonke amehlo abona uKristu”, uJohn uthi “Ngokuphefumulelwa ngaba sosukwini lweNkosi…”? (IsAm. 1:10) Ingabe umongo uncike ekugcwalisekeni kosuku lweNkosi ngo-1914, noma okuthile okwenzekayo lapho wonke amehlo embona, ngaphambi nje kwe-Armagedoni? (Mt. 24:30)

 (UMathewu 24: 37-42) . . Ngoba njengoba nje zazinjalo izinsuku zikaNowa, kuyoba njalo nokuba khona kweNdodana yomuntu. ³⁸ Ngoba njengoba babenjalo ngalezozinsuku ngaphambi kukazamcolo, bedla futhi bephuza, amadoda eshada futhi abesifazane beshada, kwaze kwaba usuku uNowa angena ngalo emkhunjini; ³⁹ futhi abanakanga kwaze kwaba kufika uzamcolo wabakhukhula bonke, kuyoba njalo nokuba khona kweNdodana yomuntu. ⁴⁰ Lapho-ke amadoda amabili ayobe esensimini: enye iyothathwa enye ishiywe; ⁴¹ Abesifazane ababili bayobe begaya endaweni yokugaya, omunye athathwe, omunye ashiywe. ⁴² Ngakho-ke, hlalani nilindile, ngoba anazi ukuthi iNkosi yenu iza ngaluphi usuku.

Lapha futhi, usuku lweNkosi lubhangqiwe nokuba khona kukaKristu. 'Usuku iNkosi yethu eza ngalo' yinto okufanele siyibheke, hhayi into esivele yenzekile. Ukuba khona kweNdodana yomuntu kuqhathaniswa nosuku lukaNowa. UNowa waphila iminyaka engaphezu kwama-600. Iyiphi ingxenye yempilo yakhe ebizwa ngokuthi 'usuku lwakhe'. Akuyona ingxenye lapho benganakanga khona wangena emkhunjini futhi uzamcolo wabasusa bonke? Yini ehambelana nalokho? Iminyaka eyikhulu edlule? Wonke umuntu ongazange anake ngo-100 ufile! Ukulingana kosuku lwanamuhla kukazamcolo akukakafiki okwamanje. Ukufaka lokhu ku-1914 akuhambelani nje. Kodwa-ke, uma siphetha ngokuthi ubukhona buhambisana nokuthatha kwakhe amandla oMbuso ngaphambi kwe-Armagedoni, khona-ke kufanelana kahle futhi futhi, ngaphezu kwalokho, kuvumelana nesixwayiso esisevesini 1914.

(1 Korinte 15: 23, 24) . . Kodwa yilowo nalowo esigabeni sakhe: UKristu ulibo, kamuva kube ngabakaKristu phakathi nokuba khona kwakhe. ²⁴ Ngokulandelayo, ukuphela, lapho enikela umbuso kuNkulunkulu wakhe noYise, lapho echithe bonke ohulumeni nalo lonke igunya namandla.

Lokhu kufaka inkathi yesikhathi eqala ku-33 CE futhi iphetha ekupheleni kweminyaka eyinkulungwane, ngakho-ke akufakazeli noma yikuphi ukuphikisana ngokuhambisana nesikhathi semicimbi, kuphela ukulandelana kwabo.

(1 1 Thes 2: 19) . . Ngoba liyini ithemba lethu noma injabulo noma umqhele wokwethaba — kanti empeleni akunina yini? Phambi kweNkosi yethu uJesu ekubeni khona kwakhe?

(1 1 Thes 3: 13) . . .ukuze aqinise izinhliziyo zenu, zingabi nakusoleka ebungcweleni phambi kukaNkulunkulu noBaba wethu, phambi kweNkosi yethu uJesu kanye nabo bonke abangcwele bayo.

Ingabe la mavesi amabili anengqondo xa sisebenzisa i-100 eminyakeni edlule, noma uma asetshenziswa ekugcwalisekeni kwesikhathi esizayo

(1 1 Thes 4: 15, 16) . . Ngoba yilokhu esikutshela khona ngezwi likaJehova, ukuthi thina esiphilayo esiphila kuze kube sekufikeni kweNkosi ngeke nangayiphi indlela sibandulele labo abalele [ekufeni]; ¹⁶ ngoba iNkosi uqobo izokwehla ivela ezulwini ngokubiza okuyalelayo, ngezwi lengelosi enkulu nangecilongo likaNkulunkulu, futhi labo abafile bemunye noKristu bayovuka kuqala.

UMathewu 24:30 ukhombisa ukuthi icilongo liyakhala futhi abakhethiweyo baqoqwa ngaphambi nje kwe-Armagedoni. Ngabe kukhona okufakazela okuhlukile? Ngabe kukhona umBhalo ofakazela ukuthi lokhu kwenzeka ngo-1919?

Ekuphetheni

Lapho unayo. Zonke izinkomba ezisemiBhalweni YesiGreki zosuku lweNkosi, usuku lukaJehova, nokuba khona kweNdodana yomuntu. Uma sibabuka ngaphandle kwemiqondo ebekiwe, singasho yini ngokweqiniso ukuthi kukhona ukwesekwa komqondo wokuthi usuku lweNkosi lwaqala ngo-1914, noma ukuthi ukuba khona kweNdodana yomuntu kwaqala ngaleso sikhathi? Ngabe kukhona okusikisela ukuthi isikhathi sokwahlulela nokubhubhisa kukaNkulunkulu senzeka ngo-1914?
Uma uphendule ngo-Cha kuleyo mibuzo, ungahle uzibuze ukuthi kungani sifundisa lokhu. Kunzima ukuphendula lokho ngokuqiniseka, kodwa kungenzeka ukuthi ngaphambi kuka-1914 sasikholelwa ngempela ukuthi ukuphela kwakuza ngalowo nyaka, ngakho usuku lweNkosi nokuba khona kukaKristu kwakuhlotshaniswa kahle nalokho esikholelwa ukuthi kuzoba unyaka ukuphela kwesimiso sezinto kwafika. Ngemuva kwalokho, lapho u-1914 efika wadlula futhi lokho akwenzekanga, sashintsha ukuqonda kwethu sakholwa ukuthi usizi olukhulu luqale ngo-1914 futhi, ngemuva kwesikhashana, luzophetha nge-Armagedoni. Njengoba besanda kudlula empini embi kunazo zonke emlandweni wesintu, lokho bekubonakala njengesiphetho esizwakalayo futhi kusisizile ukuthi songe ubuso. Njengoba iminyaka iqhubeka, besilokhu sikuhlola kabusha ukubaluleka kwesiprofetho kuka-1914, kepha ngemuva kweminyaka eminingi kangaka, sekugxilwe kakhulu kwimfundiso yethu yezenkolo kangangokuba ukuyikhipha manje kungaba yingozi, ngakho-ke asisabazi ukufaneleka kwayo. Kumane kuliqiniso futhi konke okunye kubukwa ngaleyo lens yokukholelwa.
Manje kukithi ngamunye wethu ukuba acabangele ngomthandazo amaqiniso emiBhalo futhi, aqiniseke ngazo zonke izinto, abambelele ngokuqinile kulokho okuhle.