“Bheka! Nginani Izinsuku Zonke ”

Lokhu okuthunyelwe kungukubuyekezwa kwendatshana yesibili yokufunda kumagazini kaJulayi 15 we INqabayokulinda echaza ukuqonda kwethu okusha komzekeliso kaJesu kakolweni nokhula.
Ngaphambi kokuqhubeka, sicela uvule i-athikili ekhasini le-10 bese ubheka kahle umfanekiso ongenhla walelo khasi. Uyabona ukuthi kukhona okushodayo? Uma kungenjalo, nakhu ukusikisela: Gxila kuphaneli lesithathu lomfanekiso.
Kunabantu abayizigidi eziyisishiyagalombili abalahlekile nabangaziwa! Ukhula ngamaKristu mbumbulu ahlanganiswe nokolweni, amaKristu agcotshiwe. Ngokwemfundiso yethu esemthethweni, ukolweni ubala kuphela ama-144,000. Ngakho-ke esivunweni kunezinhlobo ezimbili zamaKrestu, amaKrestu agcotshiwe (ukolweni) nokulingisa noma amaKrestu wamanga (ukhula). Futhi izigidi eziyisishiyagalombili zethu esithi singamaKristu eqiniso kodwa zingagcotshiwe? Sikuphi? Impela uJesu wayengeke alishaye indiva iqembu elikhulu kangaka?
Lokhu kuqokomisa iphutha lokuqala kwencazelo yethu. Besivame ukuthi lo mzekeliso usebenza eqoqweni esilibiza ngokuthi “ezinye izimvu” ngokwelulwa. Impela, asikho isisekelo sokusebenzisa “ngokwandisa” lokhu noma omunye “wombuso kaNkulunkulu ufana” nemifanekiso, kodwa bekufanele sisho okuthile ukuze sichaze umehluko. Noma kunjalo, asiwenzi lowo mzamo kule ndatshana. Ngakho-ke izigidi zikhishwe ngokuphelele ekugcwalisekeni kwalo mzekeliso. Akunangqondo ukuthi uJesu angayishalazela ingxenye enkulu kangaka yomhlambi wakhe. Ngakho-ke kulokhu, ukutolikwa kabusha kwethu kwakamuva kwalo mzekeliso, kunokuba sibhekane nokuphikisana okukhulu, sikhethe ukuwuziba ngokuphelele. Asiqalanga ekuqaleni okuhle.

Isigaba 4

"Kodwa-ke, njengoba bekhule kakhulu ngamaKristu anjengokhula, asazi nakanjani ukuthi ayengabesigaba sikakolweni ..."
Sivame ukuthanda ukuhlukanisa izinto ekuhumusheni kwethu. Ngakho-ke sisho "isigaba sesigqila esibi", noma "isigaba somakoti", noma kulokhu, "isigaba sikakolweni". Inkinga ngalokhu kuthambekela ithuthukisa umbono wokugcwaliseka ekilasini noma ezingeni leqembu hhayi kubantu ngabanye. Ungase uzwe ukuthi lokhu kuwukwehlukaniswa okuncane, kepha empeleni kusiholele ekutolikeni okungahambi kahle komgwaqo oyimpumputhe, njengoba sesizobona futhi. Kwanele ukusho manje ukuthi ukushintsha ukusetshenziswa kokhula nokhula kwalo mzekeliso kusigaba sokhula nesigaba sikakolweni kwenziwa ngaphandle kwesisekelo esingokomBhalo.

Isigaba 5 & 6

Ukusetshenziswa kweMal. U-3: 1-4 wenziwe kahle ngesikhathi sikaJesu. Kodwa-ke, isigaba esilandelayo sikhuluma "ngokugcwaliseka okukhulu". Lesi ngesinye sezikhathi “zokukholelwa” ezihlokweni ezifundwayo zalo magazini. Ngokombono wamaBhereya, lobu ubufakazi obusabisayo benkambiso ekhulayo yesikhathi esedlule edinga ukuthi njengoFakazi simane samukele ngaphandle kokungabaza okuthile esikufundiswa yiNdikimba Ebusayo.
Isiprofetho sikaMalaki sagcwaliseka ngekhulu lokuqala, ngokwengxenye lapho uJesu engena endaweni kaJehova yokukhulekela kweqiniso, ethempelini laseJerusalema, futhi waxosha ngenkani abashintshi bemali. Lokhu wakwenza ezikhathini ezimbili: Esokuqala, izinyanga eziyisithupha kuphela ngemuva kokuba nguMesiya; kanti okwesibili, eminyakeni emithathu kamuva ngePhasika lakhe lokugcina eMhlabeni. Asitshelwa ukuthi kungani engakwenzanga lokhu kuhlanzwa kwethempeli ngesikhathi samaPhasika amabili angenelelayo, kodwa singacabanga ukuthi bekungadingekile. Mhlawumbe ukuhlanzwa kwakhe kwasekuqaleni kanye nokulandela kwakhe phakathi kwabantu kwagcina abashintshi bemali bangabuyi kwaze kwaphela iminyaka emithathu. Singaqiniseka ukuthi ukube babekhona ngesikhathi sePhasika lesibili nelesithathu, wayengeke asishaye indiva isono sabo esiqhubekayo. Kunoma ikuphi, lezi zenzo ezimbili zabonwa yibo bonke futhi zaba ngundabamlonyeni wesizwe. Ukuhlanzwa kwakhe ethempelini kwakubonakala kumlandeli othembekile kanye nesitha esibuhlungu ngokufanayo.
Ingabe kunjalo “ngokugcwaliseka okukhulu”? IJerusalema elingokomfanekiso nethempeli lalo yiLobukholwa. Ngabe kukhona okwabonakala kumngane nezitha ngokufanayo kweLobukholwa ngo-1914 okukhombisa ukuthi uJesu ubuyele ethempelini? Okuthile okudlula imicimbi yekhulu lokuqala?
[Njengoba siqhubeka nale ngxoxo, kufanele singayinaki indlovu egumbini, okuwukuthi sonke isisekelo sendatshana sincike ekwamukelweni kuka-1914 njengokuqala kobukhona bukaKristu obungabonakali. Kodwa-ke, ukucabanga kule ndatshana kuxhomeke ngokuphelele kuleso sisekelo, ngakho-ke sizokwamukela okwesikhashana ukuze sikwazi ukuqhubeka nengxoxo.]

Isigaba 8

Emizameni yokufakazela ukuthi isiprofetho sikaMalaki sagcwaliseka kusuka ngo-1914 kuya ku-1919, sitshelwa okokuqala ukuthi abanye abaFundi BeBhayibheli badangala ngoba babengayanga ezulwini ngaleyo nkathi. Lokho kuyiqiniso, kepha lokhu kuhlangene ngani nokuhlanzwa nokuhlanzwa okwakucatshangwa ukuthi uJesu wayekwenza ngaleso sikhathi? Abanye abaningi badikibala kusukela ngo-1925 kuya ku-1928 lapho isibikezelo sikaRutherford sokuthi uvuko selwenzekile sangqineka singamanga. (2 Thim. 2: 16-19) Kubikwa ukuthi abaningi abengeziwe bashiye iNhlangano kuleso sivumelwano base beshiya ngenxa yezibikezelo ezingaphumelelanga ezenzeka ngo-1914. Ngakho-ke, kungani leso sikhathi sangafakwa ekuhlolweni nasekuhlanzweni? Akukho ncazelo enikezwayo.
Sitshelwa nokuthi umsebenzi wokushumayela wehla ngo-1915 kuya ku-1916. Omunye umbiko uthi umsebenzi wokushumayela kusukela ngo-1914 kuya ku-1918 wehle ngama-20%. (Bheka i-jv isahl. 22 k. 424) Kodwa-ke, sikubonile kwenzeka okufanayo emazweni ngamazwe ezweni lonke lekhulu lama-XNUMX ngezikhathi zempi nobunzima bezomnotho. Ngalezi zikhathi ezinzima kangaka, ingabe uJesu ulindele ukuthi siqhubeke kulelo zinga lomsebenzi esiwutholile ngezikhathi zokuthula nokuchuma? Ingabe ukungena ngokufanelekile emsebenzini wokushumayela kudinga umsebenzi wokuhlanza owenziwa nguKristu?
Ngempela, lokhu kufana kanjani nokuxosha kwakhe abashintshi bemali ethempelini?
Okulandelayo, sitshelwa ukuthi kwaba nokuphikisana okuvela ngaphakathi kwenhlangano. Abaqondisi abane kwabayisikhombisa bavukela isinqumo sokuba umzalwane uRutherford ahole. Laba abane bashiye iBethel futhi lokho kwaholela “ekuhlanzweni ngempela”, ngokusho kwalesi sihloko. Okushiwo wukuthi bahambe ngokuzithandela futhi ngenxa yalokho sikwazile ukuqhubeka ngaphandle kwethonya elonakalisayo lalokhu esikubize ngokuthi “isigaba senceku embi” kuze kube muva nje.
Njengoba lokhu kuvezwa njengobufakazi bokuhlola nokuhlanzwa okwenziwa nguJesu noYise kusuka ku-1914 kuya ku-1919, sinomsebenzi wokusesha amaqiniso futhi siqinisekise ukuthi "lezi zinto zinjalo".
Ngo-Agasti, i-1917 Rutherford yashicilela umqulu obizwa ngokuthi Ukuvunwa Kokuvuna lapho achaze khona isikhundla sakhe. Impikiswano esemqoka kwakuyisifiso sakhe sokulawula ngokuphelele iNhlangano. Eziphendulela wathi:

“Sekuyiminyaka engaphezu kwamashumi amathathu uMongameli we-WATCH TOWER BIBLE AND TRACT SOCIETY ephethe izindaba zakhe ngokukhethekile, futhi iBhodi yabaQondisi, okuthiwa, yayingenalutho olwalungayenza. Lokhu akushiwo ngokugxeka, kodwa ngesizathu sokuthi umsebenzi weNhlangano ngokukhethekile kudinga ukuqondiswa kwengqondo eyodwa. ”[Omalukeke sizenzele]

URutherford, njengomongameli, wayengafuni ukuphendula iBhodi labaQondisi. Ukukubeka kumatemu anamuhla e-JW, iJaji uRutherford wayengafuni “isigungu esilawulayo” ukuqondisa umsebenzi weNhlangano.
I-Thatha neTestamente likaCharles Taze Russell icele ukuthi kube nendikimba yokuhlela yamalungu amahlanu ezoqondisa ukondliwa kwabantu bakaNkulunkulu, okuyilokho kanye okwenziwa yiNdikimba Ebusayo yanamuhla. Uqambe amalungu amahlanu aleli komiti ebonwayo encwadini yakhe yefa, wengeza amanye amagama amahlanu lapho kudingeka abazongena ezikhundleni. Abaqondisi ababili abaxoshiwe babesohlwini lwabazongena esikhundleni. Ngezansi kohlu kwakunguJaji Rutherford. URussell futhi wayalela ukuthi kungabi negama noma umbhali onamathiselwe kokushicilelwe futhi wanikeza iziyalezo ezingeziwe, ethi:

"Into enginayo kulezi zidingo ukuvikela ikomidi kanye nejenali kunoma yimuphi umoya wokuvelela noma wokuziqhenya noma ubunhloko ..."

Abaqondisi abane “abahlubukayo” babekhathazekile ngokuthi umahluleli uRutherford, ngemuva kokukhethwa kwakhe njengomongameli, wayeveza zonke izimpawu zokuba nguzwilakhe. Babefuna ukumsusa futhi babeke omunye umuntu ozohlonipha isiqondiso sentando kaMfoweth 'uRussell.
Kusukela kumbhalo we-WT siholelwa ekukholweni ukuthi uma ngabe laba baqondisi bexoshwa; okungukuthi, lapho uJesu esehlanze inhlangano, indlela yavuleka yokuba uJesu aqoke inceku ethembekileyo ukuba yondle umhlambi. Kusukela esihlokweni sokugcina kulo magazini sitshelwa ukuthi “inceku yakhiwa iqembu elincane labafowethu abagcotshiweyo abahilelekile ngokuqondile ekulungiseleleni nasekusakazeni ukudla okungokomoya phakathi nokuba khona kukaKristu… .Isigqila esihlonziwe kakhulu neNdikimba Ebusayo… ”
Ingabe yilokho okwenzekile? Ingabe ukuhlanzwa okwakucatshangelwa kwalaba baqondisi abane kwavula indlela yekomidi lokuhlela uRussell ayecabanga futhi efisa ukuba nalo? Ngabe ikucacisele indlela isigungu esilawulayo sabazalwane abagcotshiwe ukwengamela uhlelo lokondliwa; ukumiswa encekwini ethembekileyo neqondayo ngo-1919? Noma ingabe ukwesaba okubi kakhulu kukaMfoweth 'uRussell nabaqondisi abane abaxoshwa kwaqashelwa, lapho uRutherford eba ukuphela kwezwi lobuzalwane, ebeka igama lakhe ezincwadini njengombhali, futhi ezimisa njengomzila obizwa ngokuthi omisiwe wokuxhumana kaNkulunkulu uSomandla kubazalwane?
Sivumela umlando nezincwadi zethu ukuthi zinikeze impendulo? Thatha, njengesibonelo esisodwa, lesi sithombe kusuka The Messenger NgoLwesibili, Julayi 19, 1927 lapho uRude abizwa khona ngokuthi "generalissimo" yethu.
Igama elithi "generalissimo" liyi-Italian, kusuka Jikelele, kanye nesimamva esikhulu kakhulu -issimo, okusho ukuthi “konke okusemandleni, ukuya ebangeni eliphakeme kakhulu”. Ngokomlando lesi sikhundla sasinikezwa isikhulu samasosha esihola lonke ibutho noma lonke ibutho lesizwe elihlomile, imvamisa lingaphansi kwenkosi kuphela.
Ukususwa kwekomidi lokuhlela noma isigungu esilawulayo ekugcineni kwafezekiswa ngo-1931. Lokhu sikufunda ebufakazini obufungelwe bokuthi wayengufakazi omncane kunomfowethu uFred Franz:

Q. Kungani unekomidi lokuhlela laze lafika ku-1931? 

 

A. Umfundisi uRussell ngentando yakhe wacacisa ukuthi kufanele kube khona ikomidi labahleli, futhi laqhubeka kuze kube yileso sikhathi.

 

U. Ngabe uthole ukuthi ikomidi labahleli beliphikisana nokuthi iphephabhuku elihlelwe nguJehova uNkulunkulu, akunjalo? 

 

A. Cha.

 

Q. Ngabe inqubomgomo yayiphikisana nokuthi umbono wakho wokuhlelwa kukaJehova uNkulunkulu ubuyini? 

 

A. Kwatholakala ngezikhathi ezithile ukuthi okunye kwalokhu ekomitini labahleli bekuvimbela ukushicilelwa kwamaqiniso asesikhathini futhi abalulekile, asesikhathini futhi ngaleyo ndlela enza ukuthi lawo maqiniso aye kubantu beNkosi ngesikhathi sakhe esifanele.

 

Inkantolo:

 

Q. Ngemuva kwalokho, i-1931, ngubani emhlabeni, uma ekhona, owayephethe kokungena noma okungahambanga kumagazini? 

 

A. IJaji Rutherford.

 

Q. Ngakho-ke empeleni wayengumhleli-omkhulu wasemhlabeni, njengoba kungenzeka ukuthi wabizwa kanjalo? 

 

A. Wayezoba yilowo obonakalayo ukuthi akuphathe lokho.

 

NguMnu. Bruchhausen:

 

Q. Wayesebenza njengommeleli noma umenzeli kaNkulunkulu ekuqhubeni lo magazini, ingabe kunjalo? 

 

A. Wayekhonza kuleso sikhundla.

 

[Lokhu kucashunwa kuvela ecaleni lokuqhamuka kwenkululeko elethwe nguRonald kanye neNhlangano ngu-Olin Moyle.]

 

Uma sizokwamukela ukuthi ukuhlanzwa kwenzeka kusuka ku-1914 kuya kwi-1919, khona-ke kufanele samukele ukuthi uJesu wahlanza indlela yeJaji Rutherford ukuba ibe nendlela yakhe nokuthi le ndoda eyahlakaza ikomidi lokuhlela e1931 yazibeka njengogunyaziwe wodwa phezu kwabagcotshiweyo, waqokwa nguJesu ukuba abe yisigqila sakhe esikholekile nesiqondayo kusuka e1919 kuze kube sekufeni kwakhe e1942.

Isigaba 9

“'Ukuvuna yisiphelo sesimiso sezinto,' kusho uJesu. (Math. 13:39) Leyo nkathi yokuvuna yaqala ngo-1914. ”
Futhi sinesitatimende esithi “kholwa nje”. Akukho ukusekelwa okungokomBhalo okunikezwayo ngalesi sitatimende. Kumane kuthiwe kuyiqiniso.

Isigaba 11

"Nge-1919, kwaba sobala ukuthi iBhabhiloni Elikhulu liwile."
Uma kwenzeka kubonakala, pho kungani cha ubufakazi wethulwe?
Yilapho ukuchazwa kabusha kwethu kokhula nokolweni kusuka kumuntu ngamunye kuya ezigabeni kusifaka enkingeni yokuhumusha. Ukwahlukanisa ukhula njengazo zonke ezinye izinkolo zobuKristu kusivumela ukuthi sithi ukhula lwaqoqwa ngo-1919 ngenkathi iBabiloni liwa. Sasingekho isidingo sezingelosi ukukhipha amasheya ngamanye. Noma ngubani kulezo zinkolo wayevele abe ukhula. Kodwa-ke, ibuphi ubufakazi obethulwayo bokuthi lokhu kuvuna ukhula kwenzeka ngo-1919? Lowo 1919 ungunyaka iBabiloni elikhulu elawa ngalo?
Sitshelwa ukuthi umsebenzi wokushumayela ubufakazi. Njengoba isihloko ngokwaso sivuma, ngo-1919, “Labo abaholayo phakathi kwabaFundi BeBhayibheli waqala ukucindezela ukubaluleka kokuhlanganyela mathupha emsebenzini wokushumayela ngoMbuso. ” Noma kunjalo, kuze kwaba seminyakeni emithathu kamuva ngo-1922 lapho saqala khona ukukwenza lokhu njengabantu. Ngakho iqiniso lokuthi thina wagcizelela umsebenzi wendlu ngendlu wabo bonke abamemezeli bombuso ngo-1919 wawwanele ukuwa kweBabiloni elikhulu? Futhi, sikuthathaphi lokhu? Yimuphi umbhalo esiholele kulesi siphetho?
Uma, njengoba sithi, ukuvunwa kokhula kwaqedwa ngo-1919 futhi bonke baqoqelwa baba izinyanda ezilungele ukushiswa phakathi nosizi olukhulu, ngakho-ke sizokuchaza kanjani ukuthi wonke umuntu owayephila ngaleso sikhathi usedlule. Ukhula lwango-1919 lonke lufile futhi lungcwatshwe, ngakho-ke izingelosi zizophonsa ini esithandweni somlilo? Izingelosi zitshelwa ukuthi zilinde kuze kufike ukuvuna okuyisiphelo sesimiso sezinto ("ukuphela kwenkathi"). Yebo, uhlelo lwezinto aluzange luphele esizukulwaneni sika-1914, kepha zonke sezihambile, ngakho-ke lokho bekungaba kanjani “yisikhathi sokuvuna”?
Nansi mhlawumbe inkinga enkulu kakhulu esinayo ngale ncazelo ephelele. Ngisho nezingelosi azikwazi ukukhomba ngokunembile ukolweni nokhula kuze kube sekuvuneni. Kodwa-ke sicabanga ukusho ukuthi ungubani ukhula, futhi sizimemezela ukuthi singokolweni. Akukhona yini lokho ukugabadela kancane? Akufanele yini ukuthi sivumele izingelosi zenze lokho kuzimisela?

Isigaba 13 - 15

Math. I-13: I-41 ithi, "(UMathewu 13: 41, 42).?.. INdodana yomuntu izothumela izingelosi zayo, ziqoqe embusweni wakhe zonke izinto ezikhubekisayo nabantu abenze ukungabi namthetho, i-42 ? futhi bayoziphonsa esithandweni somlilo. Lapho yilapho beyokhala khona [baququde] amazinyo. ”
Akucaci kulokhu ukuthi ukulandelana, i-1) baphonswa emlilweni, kanye ne-2) ngenkathi besemlilweni, bakhala futhi bagedla amazinyo?
Kungani-ke, lo mbhalo uguqula ukuhleleka? Endimeni 13 sifunda ukuthi, “Okwesithathu, ukukhala nokugedla amazinyo” bese kuthi esigabeni 15, “Okwesine, kuphonswa esithandweni somlilo”.
Ukuhlaselwa kwenkolo yamanga kuzoba usizi olukhulu. Leyo nqubo izothatha isikhathi. Ngakho-ke uma uthi nhlá, kubonakala sengathi asikho isisekelo sokuhlehlisa ukuhleleka kwemicimbi; kodwa kunesizathu, njengoba sizobona.

Isigaba 16 & 17

Sichaza ukukhanya okukhanyayo njengokusho ukukhazinyuliswa kwasezulwini kwabagcotshiwe. Le ncazelo isuselwa ezintweni ezimbili. Inkulumo ethi “ngaleso sikhathi” nokusetshenziswa kwesandiso “ku”. Ake sizihlaziye zombili.
Kusuka esigabeni 17 sinokuthi, “Inkulumo ethi 'ngaleso sikhathi' ngokusobala ibhekisa emcimbini uJesu ayesanda kuwusho, okungukuthi, 'ukuphonswa kokhula esithandweni somlilo.'” Manje sekucaca ukuthi kungani lesi sihloko siguqula ukulandelana kwalokhu ngezehlakalo uJesu azichaza. Isigaba 15 sisanda kuchaza ukuthi isithando somlilo sibhekise “ekubhujisweni kwabo ngokuphelele engxenyeni yokugcina yosizi olukhulu”, okungukuthi, i-Armagedoni. Kunzima ukukhala nokugedla amazinyo uma usuvele ufile, ngakho-ke sihlehlisa ukuhleleka. Bayakhala futhi baququde amazinyo lapho inkolo ibhujiswa (Isigaba sokuqala sosizi olukhulu) bese babhujiswa ngomlilo e-Armagedoni-isigaba sesibili.
Inkinga ukuthi umfanekiso kaJesu awukona nge-Armagedoni. Imayelana nombuso wamazulu. UMbuso wamazulu umiswa ngaphambi kokuqala kwe-Armagedoni. Kwakhiwa lapho 'okugcina kwezigqila zikaNkulunkulu kubekwa uphawu'. (IsAm. 7: 3) UMathewu 24:31 ukwenza kucace ukuthi ukuqedwa komsebenzi wokubutha (ukuvuna izingelosi) kwenzeka ngemuva kosizi olukhulu kodwa ngaphambi kwe-Armagedoni. Kunemifanekiso eminingi ethi "Umbuso wamazulu ufana" emifanekisweni eyi-13^th Isahluko sikaMathewu. Ukolweni nokhula kungenye yazo.

• "Umbuso wamazulu ufana nohlamvu lwesinaphi ..." (Mt. 13: 31)
• "Umbuso wamazulu ufana nemvubelo ..." (Mt. 13: 33)
• "Umbuso wamazulu unjengengcebo ..." (Mt. 13: 44)
• “Umbuso wamazulu ufana nomthengisi ohambahambayo…” (Mt. 13: 45)
• “Umbuso wamazulu ufana nedrive…” (Mt. 13: 47)

Kokukodwa kwalokhu, nakwabanye okungafakiwe kulolu hlu, ukhuluma ngezici zasemhlabeni zomsebenzi wokukhetha, ukuqoqa, nokucwengisisa abakhethiwe. Ukugcwaliseka kungokomhlaba.
Ngokunjalo nomzekeliso wakhe kakolweni nokhula uqala ngamazwi athi, “Umbuso wamazulu…” (Mt. 13:24) Ngani? Ngoba ukugcwaliseka kuhlobene nokukhethwa kwenzalo kaMesiya, amadodana ombuso. Umzekeliso uphela ngokuqedwa kwalowo msebenzi. Laba abakhethiwe emhlabeni, kodwa embusweni wakhe. “Izingelosi ziqoqa kusuka umbuso wakhe zonke izinto ezikhubekisayo nabantu… abenza ukwephula umthetho ”. Bonke labo abasemhlabeni abathi bangamaKristu basembusweni wakhe (isivumelwano esisha), njengawo wonke amaJuda — amahle namabi — osukwini lukaJesu ayesesivumelwaneni esidala. Ukubhujiswa kweLobukholwa phakathi nosizi olukhulu kuzoba isithando somlilo. Akubona bonke abantu abazofa ngaleso sikhathi, ngaphandle kwalokho, bangakhala kanjani futhi baququde amazinyo, kepha wonke amaKrestu wamanga azophela. Ngenkathi abantu abathile beyosinda ekubhujisweni kweBabiloni elikhulu, ubuKristu babo — nakuba kungenzeka ukuthi babungamanga — ngeke busaba khona. Bangasho kanjani ukuthi bangamaKristu futhi namasonto abo asemlotheni. (IsAm. 17:16)
Ngakho-ke, asikho isidingo sokuhlehlisa ukulandelana kwamagama kaJesu.
Kuthiwani ngesizathu sesibili sokukholelwa ukuthi “ukukhanya ngokukhazimulayo” kwenzeka emazulwini? Ukusetshenziswa kwe- “in” akudingi ukuthi sikholelwe ukuthi bayoba sezulwini ngokoqobo ngaleso sikhathi. Impela, kungaba njalo. Kodwa-ke, cabanga ukuthi konke ukusetshenziswa kwegama, "umbuso wamazulu", esisanda kukubona kulesi sahluko 13 sikaMathewu kubhekisa ekukhetheni kwabakhethiweyo emhlabeni. Kungani lesi senzakalo esisodwa singabhekisa emazulwini?
Njengamanje, ingabe abakhethiwe bakhanya ngokugqamile? Ezingqondweni zethu, mhlawumbe, kodwa hhayi emhlabeni. Siyenye nje inkolo. Bayabona ukuthi sihlukile, kepha bayabona yini ukuthi singabakhethiweyo bakaNkulunkulu? Akunjalo. Kodwa-ke, lapho yonke enye inkolo ingasekho futhi siyisaga esithi “umuntu wokugcina omile”, bazophoqeleka ukuthi bashintshe umbono wabo. Sizokwaziwa emhlabeni wonke njengabantu bakaNkulunkulu abakhethiwe; ngaphandle kwalokho, umuntu angachaza kanjani ukusinda kwethu sonke. Akukhona yini lokho kanye lokho uHezekeli ayebikezela ngakho lapho eprofetha ukuthi izizwe zazizobona futhi zihlasele “abantu abaqoqelwe ndawonye abavela ezizweni, [labo] abaqongelela ingcebo nempahla, [labo] abahlala enkabeni Umhlaba"? (Hez. 38:12)
Ake ngicacise izinto ezimbili lapha. Okokuqala, uma ngithi “thina”, ngiyazifaka nakulelo qembu. Hhayi ngokugabadela, kodwa ngethemba. Ukuthi ngizoba yingxenye yabantu uHezekeli aprofetha ngabo noma cha kuyinto okufanele uJehova anqume ngayo. Okwesibili, uma ngithi "thina", angisho ukuthi oFakazi BakaJehova bayisigaba. Uma kungekho sigaba sikakolweni ngakho-ke asikho isigaba "sabakhethiweyo". Angiboni sisinda osizini olukhulu njengenhlangano enazo zonke izinhlaka zethu zokuphatha ezikhona. Mhlawumbe sizokwenza, kodwa lokho iBhayibheli elikhuluma ngakho “ngabakhethiweyo” no “Israyeli kaNkulunkulu” nabantu bakaJehova. Labo abasala bemi ngemuva kokusha kwentuthu yokubhujiswa kweBabiloni bayohlangana njengabantu futhi bahlale ngokuvumelana njengoba uHezekeli abikezela futhi babhekwe njengalabo ababusiswa nguJehova. Lapho-ke izizwe zomhlaba, ezingenayo ingokomoya, zizohaha lokho ezingenakho futhi zithukuthele zigane unwabu zihlasela ngomona abantu-basihlasela. Lapho ngiya futhi, kuhlanganise nami.
Ungahle uthi, “Lokho nje ukuhumusha kwakho.” Cha, masingayiphakamisi ibe sezingeni lokuhumusha. Ukuhumusha kungokukaNkulunkulu. Engikubeke lapha ukuqagela nje. Sonke sithanda ukuqagela ngezikhathi ezithile. Kusendalweni yethu. Akukho monakalo owenziwayo inqobo nje uma singaphathisi futhi sidinga abanye ukuthi bamukele ukuqagela kwethu njengokungathi ukuhumusha okuvela kuNkulunkulu.
Kodwa-ke, manje asikushaye indiva lokhu kuqagela kwami, futhi samukele “ukuqonda okusha” ukuthi ukusetshenziswa kwesilandiso “ku” kubeka abagcotshiwe ezulwini lapho “bekhanya khona njengelanga”. Kunomphumela ongalindelekile kulokhu kuqonda okusha okuvela eNdikimbeni Ebusayo. Ngoba, uma ukufakwa nje kuka “ku” kuleyo nkulumo, kubabeka ezulwini, kuthiwani ngo-Abrahama, u-Isaka noJakobe? UMathewu usebenzisa isilandiso esifanayo lapho ekhuluma ngabo.
“Kepha ngiyanitshela, abaningi abavela ezingxenyeni zasempumalanga nasezingxenyeni zasentshonalanga bazofika badle etafuleni no-Abrahama no-Isaka noJakobe in umbuso wamazulu; ”(Mt. 8: 11)

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Kuningi okungalungile ngale ncazelo ethile kakolweni nokhula kangangokuba kunzima ukwazi ukuthi ungaqala kuphi. Kungani singayeki ukuhumusha umBhalo? IBhayibheli likwenza kucace bha ukuthi izinto ezinjalo zisemandleni kaNkulunkulu. (Gen. 40: 8) Besilokhu sizama ukutolika imiBhalo kusukela osukwini lukaRussell futhi irekhodi lethu likhombisa ngaphandle kokungabaza ukuthi simbi kakhulu kulo. Kungani singama nje bese sihamba nalokho okubhaliwe?
Thatha lo mzekeliso njengesibonelo. Siyazi ngokwencazelo uJesu asinike yona ukuthi ukolweni ngamaKrestu eqiniso, amadodana ombuso; ukhula lungamaKristu amanga. Siyazi ukuthi izingelosi zinquma ukuthi yikuphi nokuthi yikuphi lokhu okwenziwa ngesikhathi sokuphela kwesimiso sezinto. Siyazi ukuthi ukhula lubhujisiwe futhi amadodana ombuso akhanya ngokugqamile.
Lapho le micimbi yenzeka empeleni, sizokwazi ukubheka ngamehlo ethu futhi sizozibonela ukuthi ukhula lushiswa kanjani emlilweni ongokomfanekiso nokuthi amadodana ombuso akhanya kanjani ngokugqamile. Kuzozibonakalisa ngaleso sikhathi. Ngeke sidinge umuntu ozosichazela yona.
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