Ngicabanga ukuthi leso sahluko 11 sencwadi yamaHeberu singesinye sezahluko engizithandayo kulo lonke ibhayibheli. Manje njengoba ngifunde — noma mhlawumbe kufanele ngisho, manje ngoba sengifunda — ukufunda iBhayibheli ngaphandle kokukhetha, manje sengibona izinto engingakaze ngizibone. Ukuvumela nje iBhayibheli lisho lokho elikushoyo kuyibhizinisi eliqabulayo nelikhuthazayo.
UPaul uqala ngokusinika incazelo yokuthi luyini ukholo. Abantu bavame ukudida ukholo nenkolelo, becabanga ukuthi la magama womabili ayafana. Vele siyazi ukuthi abekho, ngoba uJakobe ukhuluma ngamademoni akholwa futhi aqhaqhazela. Amademoni ayakholwa, kodwa awanalo ukholo. UPawulu uqhubeka asinikeze isibonelo esisebenzayo somehluko phakathi kokukholwa nokukholwa. Uqhathanisa u-Abela noKayini. Akungabazeki ukuthi uKayini wayekholelwa kuNkulunkulu. IBhayibheli libonisa ukuthi empeleni wayekhuluma noNkulunkulu, futhi noNkulunkulu naye. Nokho wayentula ukholo. Kuphakanyisiwe ukuthi ukholo luyinkolelo hhayi ebukhoneni bukaNkulunkulu, kodwa esimilweni sikaNkulunkulu. UPaul uthi, “lowo oza kuNkulunkulu kumele akholwe… ukuthi uba ngumvuzi yalabo abamfuna ngobuqotho. ”Ngokholo“ siyazi ”ukuthi uNkulunkulu uzokwenza akushoyo, futhi senze ngokulandela lokhu. Ukukholwa bese kusishukumisela esenzweni, ekulaleleni. (Hebheru 11: 6)
Kulesi sahluko sonke, uPawulu unikeza uhlu olubanzi lwezibonelo zokholo kusukela ngaphambi kwesikhathi sakhe. Evesini lokuqala kwesahluko esilandelayo ubiza laba njengefu elikhulu lofakazi elizungeze amaKristu. Sifundisiwe ukuthi amadoda okholo angaphambi kobuKristu awanikezwa umklomelo wokuphila kwasezulwini. Kodwa-ke, ukufunda lokhu ngaphandle kwezibuko zethu ezinemibala e-bias, sithola isithombe esihlukile kakhulu siveziwe.
Ivesi 4 lithi ngokukholwa kwakhe “u-Abela wafakazelwa ukuthi ulungile”. Ivesi 7 lithi uNowa “waba yindlalifa yokulunga okuhambisana nokukholwa.” Uma uyindlalifa, udla ifa likababa. UNowa wayezodla ifa lokulunga njengamaKristu afe athembekile. Manje-ke besingambona kanjani ukuthi uvusiwe engaphelele, bese esebenza iminyaka eyinkulungwane, bese kuthiwe ulungile kuphela ngemuva kokuphumelela ovivinyweni lokugcina? Ngokusekelwe kulokho, ubengeke abe yindlalifa kunoma yini lapho evuswa, ngoba indlalifa iqinisekisiwe ifa futhi akudingeki ukuthi isebenze ngayo.
Ivesi 10 likhuluma ngo-Abrahama "elindele umuzi onezisekelo zangempela". UPawulu ukhuluma ngeJerusalema Elisha. U-Abrahama wayengeke azi ngeJerusalema Elisha. Empeleni naye wayengeke azi ngale endala, kepha wayelindele ukugcwaliseka kwezithembiso zikaNkulunkulu yize wayengazi ukuthi zizothatha ziphi isimo. UPawulu wayazi kodwa, ngakho-ke uyasitshela. AmaKristu agcotshiwe nawo “alindele umuzi onezisekelo zangempela.” Akukho mehluko ethembeni lethu kwelika-Abrahama, ngaphandle kokuthi sinesithombe esicace kakhudlwana kunaye.
Ivesi 16 libhekisa ku-Abrahama nawo wonke amadoda nabesifazane abakholwa ngaphambili "njengabafinyelela indawo engcono ... eyasezulwini", futhi iphetha ngokuthi, “wenze idolobha zilungele.”Nalapha futhi siyabona ukufana phakathi kwethemba lamaKrestu neka-Abrahama.
Ivesi 26 likhuluma ngoMose ebheka “ihlazo likaKristu [ogcotshiweyo] njengengcebo enkulu kunengcebo yaseGibithe; ngoba wagxilisa amehlo ekukhokhweni komvuzo. ” AmaKristu agcotshiwe kumele futhi amukele isihlamba sikaKristu uma ezothola umvuzo. Isihlamba esifanayo; inkokhelo efanayo. (Matewu 10:38; Lukha 22:28)
Evesini 35 uPhawuli ukhuluma ngamadoda azimisele ukufa ethembekile ukuze “athole uvuko olungcono.” Ukusetshenziswa kwesiqhathaniso sokuqhathanisa “kangcono” kubonisa ukuthi okungenani kufanele kube nokuvuswa kwabafundi, omunye ongcono kunomunye. Ibhayibheli likhuluma ngovuko lwabafundi ezindaweni ezimbalwa. EmaKhristu lagcotjiwe anako lokuncono, kantsi kubonakala shengatsi nguloko emadvodza letsembekile lasendvulo bekatfinyelela.
Leli vesi alinamqondo uma silibheka ngokubheka isikhundla sethu esisemthethweni. UNowa, u-Abraham, noMose bavuswa ngokufana nabo bonke abantu: abangaphelele, futhi kudingeka ukuthi balwele iminyaka eyinkulungwane yethu ukuthola ukuphelela, bese bedlula esivivinyweni sokugcina ukubona ukuthi bangaqhubeka yini nokuphila phakade. Kanjani lokho kungukuvuka 'okungcono'? Kungcono kunalokho?
UPawulu uphetha lesi sahluko ngala mavesi:

(Hebheru 11: 39, 40) Kepha bonke laba, nakuba babefakazelwe ngokukholwa kwabo, abakutholanga ukugcwaliseka kwesithembiso, 40 njengoba uNkulunkulu wabona kusengaphambili okuthile okungcono ngathi, ukuze bangenziwa baphelele ngaphandle kwethu.

“Okuthile okungcono” uNkulunkulu akubikezela kumaKhristu kwakungewona umvuzo ongcono ngoba uPawulu uwahlanganisa ngokuphelele kumusho wokugcina “ukuze bangabi wenziwe waphela ngaphandle kwethu”. Ukuphelela akhuluma ngakho kungukuphelela okufanayo uJesu akufinyelela. (Heberu 5: 8, 9) AmaKristu agcotshiwe azolandela isibonelo sawo futhi ngokholo ayokwenziwa aphelele futhi anikezwe ukungafi kanye nomfowabo, uJesu. Ifu elikhulu lofakazi uPawulu akhuluma ngalo lipheleliswa kanye namaKristu, hhayi ngaphandle kwawo. Ngakho-ke, "okuthile okungcono" akhuluma ngakho kumele kube "ukugcwaliseka kwesithembiso" okungenhla. Izinceku zasendulo ezithembekile zazingazi ukuthi umvuzo uzothatha luhlobo luni nokuthi isithembiso sizogcwaliseka kanjani. Ukholo lwabo lwalungancikile emininingwaneni, kodwa kuphela ukuthi uJehova wayengeke ahluleke ukubanika umvuzo.
UPawulu uvula isahluko esilandelayo ngala mazwi: "Ngakho-ke, ngoba sinesifu elikhulu kangaka lofakazi elisizungezile… ”Angaqhathanisa kanjani namaKhristu agcotshiwe nalaba ofakazi futhi asikisele ukuthi ayewazungezile uma engawabheki njengangaba yilabo ayebabhalele ? (Hebheru 12: 1)
Ingabe ukufunda okulula, ngokungachemi kula mavesi kungasiholela kwesinye isiphetho ngaphandle kwalawa amadoda nabesifazane abathembekile basendulo abazothola umvuzo ofanayo amaKristu agcotshiweyo awuthola? Kepha kunokunye okuphikisana nemfundiso yethu esemthethweni.

(Hebheru 12: 7, 8) . . UNkulunkulu usebenzelana nani njengamadodana. Ngoba iyiphi indodana engeyalwa nguyise? 8 Kodwa uma aninasiyalo sabo bonke abahlanganyeli, empeleni niyizingane ezingemthetho, hhayi amadodana.

Uma uJehova engasijezisi, lapho-ke singabazaleli hhayi amadodana. Izincwadi zivame ukukhuluma ngendlela uJehova asiyala ngayo. Ngakho-ke, kufanele sibe ngamadodana akhe. Kuyiqiniso ukuthi ubaba onothando uyozijezisa izingane zakhe. Kodwa-ke, indoda ayikhuzi abangane bayo. Yize kunjalo sifundiswa ukuthi asibona amadodana akhe kodwa singabangane bakhe. Akukho lutho eBhayibhelini lapho uNkulunkulu eyala abangane bakhe. La mavesi amabili amaHeberu awenzi mqondo uma siqhubeka nokubambelela emcabangweni wokuthi izigidi zamaKristu akuzona amadodana onkulunkulu kepha ngabangane bakhe kuphela.
Elinye iphuzu engangicabanga ukuthi liyathakazelisa ukusetshenziswa kwe-“esidalwe obala” evesini 13. U-Abhrahama, u-Isaka, noJacob abahambanga umuzi nomuzi, kepha bamemezela obala ukuthi “babeyizihambi nezindawo zokuhlala ezweni”. Mhlawumbe sidinga ukwandisa incazelo yethu yokuthi yikuphi ukumenyezelwa komphakathi okubandakanya.
Kuyamangaza futhi kuyadumaza ukubona ukuthi izimfundiso ezishiwo nje ezwini likaNkulunkulu zisonteke kanjani ukuze zisekele izimfundiso zabantu.

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