Esikhathini esingaphansi konyaka edlule, mina no-Apoll sahlela ukwenza uchungechunge lwezihloko ezikhuluma ngesimo sikaJesu. Imibono yethu yaphenduka ngaleso sikhathi mayelana nezinto ezithile ezibalulekile ekuqondeni kwethu imvelo yakhe nendima yakhe. (Namanje bakwenza, noma kuncane kakhulu.)
Besingazi ngaleso sikhathi somsebenzi omkhulu esasizibekele wona — yingakho ukubambezeleka okwathatha izinyanga kutholile. Ububanzi, ubude, ukuphakama, nokujula kukaKristu kungokwesibili kuqondakala kuphela kokukaJehova uNkulunkulu uqobo. Imizamo yethu emihle kakhulu ingasakaza umphezulu kuphela. Noma kunjalo, awukho umsebenzi ongcono ukwedlula ukulwela ukwazi iNkosi yethu ngoba yize singamazi uNkulunkulu.
Njengoba isikhathi sivuma, u-Apoll uzobe futhi enikela ocwaningweni lwakhe lokucabangisisa ngendaba, eliqinisekile, elizonikeza isizinda esivundile sokuxoxisana okuningi.
Akekho umuntu okufanele acabange ukuthi ngale mizamo emibi sifuna ukumisa imicabango yethu njengemfundiso. Leyo akuyona indlela yethu. Njengoba sesizikhulule engxenyeni engokwenkolo ye-Orthodox yezenkolo, asinangqondo yokubuyela kuyo, noma isifiso sokucindezela abanye ngayo. Lokhu akusho ukuthi asemukeli ukuthi kuneqiniso elilodwa neqiniso elilodwa. Ngokwencazelo, akunakuba namaqiniso amabili noma amaningi. Futhi asisikiseli ukuthi ukuqonda iqiniso akubalulekile. Uma sifuna ukuthola ukuthandwa nguBaba wethu, kufanele sithande iqiniso futhi silifune ngoba uJehova ufuna abakhulekeli beqiniso abazomkhonza ngoMoya nangeqiniso. (John 4: 23)
Kubukeka sengathi kunokuthile ngokwemvelo yethu okufuna ukwamukelwa kwabazali, ikakhulukazi, ubaba womuntu. Kumntwana oyintandane ngokuzalwa, isifiso sakhe sokuphila konke ukwazi ukuthi babenjani abazali bakhe. Sonke sasiyizintandane kuze kube yilapho uNkulunkulu esibiza ngoKristu ukuba sibe ngabantwana Bakhe. Manje, sifuna ukwazi konke esingakwenza ngoBaba wethu nangendlela yokufeza lokho ukwazi iNdodana, ngoba “ongibonile [uJesu] ubonile uBaba”. - UJohn 14: 9; Hebheru 1: 3
Ngokungafani namaHeberu asendulo, thina baseNtshonalanga sithanda ukusondela ezintweni ngokulandelana kwezikhathi. Ngakho-ke, kubonakala kufanelekile ukuthi siqale ngokubheka imvelaphi kaJesu.[i]

Logos

Ngaphambi kokuthi siqhubeke, kudingeka siqonde into eyodwa. Ngenkathi sivame ukubiza iNdodana kaNkulunkulu ngokuthi uJesu, ubenaleli gama isikhathi esifushane kakhulu. Uma ukulinganisa kososayensi kungukuthi kukholwe, khona-ke umkhathi uneminyaka okungenani eyizigidigidi ye-15. INdodana kaNkulunkulu yaqanjwa igama elithi Jesu 2,000 eminyakeni eyedlule — ukugcwala nje kwamehlo. Uma sizonemba lapho-ke sibhekisa kuye kusukela kwimvelaphi yakhe, kudingeka sisebenzise elinye igama. Kuyathakazelisa ukuthi kuphela lapho leli Bhayibheli laqedwa lapho isintu sanikezwa leli gama. Umphostoli uJohane waphefumulelwa ukukuqopha kuJohn 1: 1 nakuSambulo 19: 13.

"Ekuqaleni wayekhona uLizwi, uLizwi wayekuNkulunkulu, uLizwi wayengunkulunkulu." (UJohn 1: 1)

"Futhi wembethe ingubo yangaphandle egcwele igazi, ubizwa ngegama elithi Izwi LikaNkulunkulu." (Re 19: 13)

Ezincwadini zethu silinganisa futhi sibhekisa lokhu kuye ngokuthi "igama (noma, mhlawumbe, isihloko) ”Enikezwe uJesu.[Ii] Asikwenze lokho lapha. UJohane usho ngokusobala leli kwakuyigama lakhe "ekuqaleni". Vele, asikhulumi isiGrikhi kanti ukuhumusha ngesiNgisi kusishiya sinesisho esithi, "Izwi LikaNkulunkulu", noma njengoba uJohane elifushanisa kuJohn 1: 1, "uLizwi". Emqondweni wethu wanamuhla waseNtshonalanga lokhu kubonakala kufana nesihloko kunegama. Kithina, igama lilebula futhi isihloko sifanela ilebula. “UMongameli Obama” usitshela ukuthi ukuhamba komuntu okwenziwa yi-moniker ka-Obama nguMongameli. Singasho ukuthi, “U-Obama uthe…”, kepha besingasho ukuthi, “uMongameli uthe…” Esikhundleni salokho, sithi,The UMongameli uthe… ”. Kusobala isihloko. “UMongameli” uyinto u-“Obama” aba ngayo. Manje usenguMongameli, kepha ngolunye usuku ngeke abe. Uzoba "Obama" njalo. Ngaphambi kokuthatha igama elithi Jesu, wayengu “Izwi LikaNkulunkulu”. Ngokusekelwe kulokho uJohane asitshela khona, usekhona futhi usazoqhubeka ukuba njalo lapho ebuya. Yigama lakhe, futhi emqondweni wamaHeberu, igama lichaza umuntu — isimilo sakhe sonke.
Ngibona kubalulekile ukuthi thina sikuthole lokhu; ukuthola phezu kokucabanga kwakho kwesimanje kwengqondo okuncike emcabangweni wokuthi ibizo elandulelwe i-athikili eqondile lapho lisetshenziswa kumuntu lingaba isihloko noma isishwankathelo. Ukuze wenze lokhu, ngiphakamisa isiko elihlonishwe isikhathi sezikhulumi zesiNgisi. Sintshontsha kolunye ulimi. Kungani kungenjalo? Kusimise amandla amakhulu eminyaka futhi kusinike nesilulumagama esicebile kunazo zonke izilimi emhlabeni.
NgesiGrikhi, "igama", lithi ho logo. Masilahle i-athikili eqondile, siyeke ama-italics akhomba ukuhunyushwa kolunye ulimi, senze imali ngendlela ebesingabheka ngayo elinye igama, bese simubiza ngegama elithi "Logos". Ngokucacile, lokhu kuzosivumela ukuthi sakhe imisho emchaza ngegama lakhe ngaphandle kokuphoqa ukuthi senze uhlangothi oluncane lwengqondo ngaso sonke isikhathi ukuzikhumbuza ukuthi akusona isihloko. Kancane kancane, sizozama ukwazisa umqondo wamaHeberu ozosenza sikwazi ukulinganisa igama lakhe nakho konke ayekhona, oyikho, futhi ozoba yithina. (Ukuhlaziya ukuthi kungani leli gama lingagcini ngokufanelekile kepha lihlukile kuJesu, bheka isihloko esithi, “Lithini IZwi NgokukaJohane?")[Iii]

Ingabe Amalogi Ayembulwa AmaJuda Ngezikhathi Zangaphambi KobuKristu?

ImiBhalo yesiHeberu ayisho lutho ngokuqondile ngeNdodana kaNkulunkulu, uLogos; kepha kukhona ukusikisela kwakhe kuHubo. I-2: 7

“. . Mangibhekisele esinqumweni sikaJehova; Uthé kimi: “Uyindodana yami; Mina, namuhla, ngikuzele. ”

Futhi, ubani ongalindeleka ukuthi aqagele ukuthi unjani ngempela uLogos kule ndima eyodwa? Kungashiwo kalula ukuthi lesi siprofetho sikaMesiya sikhomba kuphela kumuntu okhethwe ngokukhethekile wamadodana ka-Adamu. Angithi phela amaJuda athi uNkulunkulu nguYise ngomqondo othile. (John 8: 41) Kuyiqiniso futhi ukuthi babazi u-Adamu ukuthi uyiNdodana kaNkulunkulu. Babelindele ukuthi uMesiya eze azobakhulula, kepha babembona njengomunye uMose noma u-Eliya. Iqiniso likaMesiya ngenkathi ebonakaliswa lalidlula kude ukucabanga komuntu okuxakile. Kangangokuthi isimo sakhe sangempela sembulwa kancane kancane. Eqinisweni, amanye amaqiniso amangaza kakhulu ngaye avezwa ngumphostoli uJohane eminyakeni engaba ngu-70 emva kokuvuswa kwakhe. Lokhu kuyaqondakala, ngoba lapho uJesu ezama ukunikeza amaJuda amazwibela omvelaphi wakhe wangempela, amthatha njengomhlambalazi futhi azama ukumbulala.

Ukuhlakanipha Kwenziwe Umuntu

Abanye baye basikisela lokho IzAga 8: 22-31 imelela iLogos njengokwenziwa samuntu ukuhlakanipha. Kungenziwa icala ngalokho ngoba ukuhlakanipha kuchazwe njengokusetshenziswa kolwazi okusebenzayo.[Iv] Kusetshenziswa ulwazi-ulwazi olusebenzayo. UJehova unalo lonke ulwazi. Wayisebenzisa ngendlela ebonakalayo futhi indawo yonke — ngokomoya nangokwenyama — yaba khona. Kulokho, IzAga 8: 22-31 kunengqondo noma ngabe simane nje sibheka ukuvezwa komuntu kuhlakaniphile njengesisebenzi esiyingcweti njengezokulinganisa. Ngakolunye uhlangothi, uma uLogos emelelwa kula mavesi njengalowo 'izinto zenziwa ngaye futhi' zenziwa ngubani, wamenza umuntu njengobuhlakani bukaNkulunkulu namanje. (I-Col 1: 16) Ungukuhlakanipha ngoba ngaye kuphela ulwazi lukaNkulunkulu lwalusetshenziswa futhi zonke izinto zaba khona. Ngokungangabazeki, ukudalwa kwendawo yonke kumele kubhekwe njengokusetshenziswa kolwazi olukhulu kunazo zonke ezake zakhona. Noma kunjalo, akunakufakazelwa ngaphandle kokungabaza konke ukuthi la mavesi abhekisa ku-Logos njenge-Wisdom Personised.
Noma kunjalo, futhi naphezu kwanoma isiphi isiphetho esingasifinyelela sonke, kufanele kuvunywe ukuthi ayikho inceku kaNkulunkulu yangaphambi kobuKristu engasusa kulawo mavesi ubukhona bukaJohane abuchazayo. U-Logos ubengakaziwa umbhali weZaga.

Ubufakazi bukaDaniel

UDaniel ukhuluma ngezingelosi ezimbili, uGabriel noMichael. Lawa kuphela amagama ezingelosi avezwe emBhalweni. (Empeleni, izingelosi zibonakala zinokucabanga okuthile ngokwambula amagama abo - - Abahluleli 13: 18) Abanye baye basikisela ukuthi uJesu ngaphambi kokuba abe umuntu wayaziwa ngokuthi uMikayeli. Kodwa-ke, uDaniel ubhekisela kuye njengo “omunye izikhulu eziphambili ”[V] hhayi “the isikhulu esiphambili ”. Ngokusekelwe encazelweni kaJohane kaLogos esahlukweni sokuqala sevangeli lakhe — kanye nakobunye ubufakazi obethulwe abanye ababhali abangamaKristu — kuyacaca ukuthi indima kaLogos ihlukile. I-logo iboniswa njengoyedwa ngaphandle kontanga. Lokho kumane kungafani kuye ngokuthi "omunye" noma yini. Ngempela, wayengabalwa kanjani 'njengenye yezingelosi eziphambili' uma kungukuthi zadalwa ngaye zonke izingelosi? (John 1: 3)
Noma yikuphi ukuphikisana okungenziwa ngakho naluphi uhlangothi, kufanele futhi kuvunywe ukuthi ukubhekisela kukaDaniel kuMikayeli noGabriel bekungeke kuholele kumaJuda esikhathi sakhe ukucabanga ukuba khona kwendalo njengoLogos.

INdodana yomuntu

Kuthiwani ngesiqu esithi, “INdodana yomuntu”, uJesu ayisebenzisa kaninginingi? UDaniel waloba umbono lapho abona khona “indodana yomuntu”.

“Ngaqhubeka ngibheka emibonweni yasebusuku, bheka! ngamafu ezulu othile njengendodana yomuntu kwakuza; wafinyelela kuMdala wezinsuku, futhi bamsondeza ngisho nangaphambi kwaleyo. 14 Wanikwa ububusi nesithunzi nobukhosi, ukuze abantu, amaqembu ezizwe nezilimi zonke zimkhonze. Ukubusa kwakhe kungukubusa okungapheli okungayikudlula, nombuso wakhe yiwo ongeke uchitheke. ”(Da 7: 13, 14)

Kungabonakala kungenakwenzeka ngathi ukuphetha ngokuthi uDaniel nabantu ayephila nabo babengaqala kulo mbono owodwa ongokwesiprofetho ubukhona nemvelo kaLogos. Yize kunjalo, uNkulunkulu ubiza umprofethi wakhe uHezekeli ngokuthi “indodana yomuntu” ngaphezu kwezikhathi ze-90 kuleyo ncwadi. Konke okungachazwa ngokuphephile kusuka ku-akhawunti kaDaniel ukuthi uMesiya wayezoba yindoda, noma njengendoda, nokuthi wayezoba yinkosi.

Ingabe Imibono Yangaphambi KobuKristu Nezingqungquthela Zaphezulu Zembula Ndodana KaNkulunkulu?

Ngokufanayo, emibonweni yasezulwini abanikezwa abalobi beBhayibheli bangaphambi kobuKristu, akekho oboniswayo ongamelela uJesu. Ekulandiseni kukaJobe, uNkulunkulu ubamba inkantolo, kodwa ukuphela kwabantu ababili ababizwa nguSathane noJehova. UJehova uboniswa ekhuluma noSathane ngqo.[vi] Akekho umlamuli noma isikhulumi ebufakazini. Singacabanga ukuthi uLogos wayekhona futhi sicabange ukuthi empeleni nguye owayekhulumela uNkulunkulu. Isikhulumi kungabonakala kuvumelana nesici esisodwa sokuba yiLogos— “uLizwi LikaNkulunkulu”. Noma kunjalo, kudingeka siqaphele futhi siqaphele ukuthi lokhu kungukucatshangwa. Ngeke nje sisho ngokuqinisekile njengoba uMose engaphefumulelwe ukusinika noma isiphi isibonakaliso sokuthi uJehova wayengazikhulumeli.
Kuthiwani ngokuhlangana kuka-Adamu noNkulunkulu ngaphambi kwesono sokuqala?
Sitshelwa ukuthi uNkulunkulu wakhuluma naye “ngaphephetha kosuku”. Siyazi ukuthi uJehova akazange azibonakalise ku-Adamu, ngoba akekho umuntu ongabona uNkulunkulu futhi aphile. (I-Ex 33: 20) Ukulandisa kuthi "bezwa izwi likaJehova uNkulunkulu ehamba ensimini". Kamuva zithi “bacasha ebusweni bukaJehova uNkulunkulu”. Ingabe uNkulunkulu wayejwayele ukukhuluma no-Adamu njengezwi elivelisiwe? (Lokhu ukwenze amahlandla amathathu esikwaziyo ngesikhathi uKrestu akhona. - Mt. I-3: 17; I-17: 5; UJohn 12: 28)
Ukubhekiselwa kuGenesise 'ngobuso bukaJehova uNkulunkulu' kungenzeka kungokomfanekiso, noma kungabonisa ukuba khona kwengelosi efana naleyo evakashele u-Abrahama.[vii] Mhlawumbe kwakunguLogos owavakashela no-Adamu. Konke kungukuqukethwe okwamanje.[viii]

Ngokufigqiwe

Akunabufakazi bokuthi iNdodana kaNkulunkulu yayisetshenziswa njengesikhulumeli noma umlamuli lapho abantu behlangana khona noNkulunkulu ngezikhathi zangaphambi kobuKristu. Uma kunjalo, Hebheru 2: 2, 3 kwembula ukuthi uJehova wasebenzisa izingelosi ekuxhumaneni okunjalo, hhayi iNdodana yakhe. Izeluleko nezinkomba zesimo sakhe sangempela zifafazwa kuyo yonke imiBhalo yesiHeberu, kepha zingaba nencazelo ekuboneni emuva. Isimo sakhe sangempela, empeleni, ubukhona bakhe uqobo, besingenakudalulwa ngolwazi olukhona ngaleso sikhathi ezincekwini zikaNkulunkulu zangaphambi kobuKristu. Kuphakathi kokubuka kabusha kuphela lapho le miBhalo ingasizamisa ukuqonda kwethu kweLogos.

Olandelayo

Kwalotshwa uLogos kuphela lapho kubhalwa izincwadi zokugcina zebhayibheli. Imvelo yakhe yangempela yayifihliwe uNkulunkulu ngaphambi kokuzalwa kwakhe njengomuntu, futhi yambulwa ngokuphelele[ix] iminyaka emva kokuvuswa kwakhe. Lokhu bekuyinjongo kaNkulunkulu. Konke kwakuyingxenye yeMfihlo Engcwele. (Maka i-4: 11)
Esihlokweni esilandelayo seLogos, sizohlola lokho uJohn, nabanye ababhali abangamaKristu, abakwembuzile ngemvelaphi yakhe nangemvelo yakhe.
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[i] Kuningi esingakufunda ngeNdodana kaNkulunkulu ngokwamukela lokho okushiwo ngokucacile emBhalweni. Noma kunjalo, lokho kuzosithatha kuphela kuze kube manje. Ukwenza okungaphezu kwalokho, kuzodingeka sizibandakanye ekubonisaneni okunengqondo okunengqondo. INhlangano YoFakazi BakaJehova — njengazo zonke izinkolo ezihlelekile — ilindele abalandeli bayo ukuba babheke iziphetho zabo njengezihlobene neZwi likaNkulunkulu. Akunjalo lapha. Eqinisweni, semukela imibono ehlukile, nenenhlonipho ukuze sithuthukise ukuqonda kwethu imiBhalo.
[Ii] it-2 Jesus Christ, k. I-53, isig. I-3
[Iii] Le ndatshana ibingeyokuqala, ngakho uzobona ukuthi nami ngilingana phakathi kwegama nesihloko. Lokhu kumane nje kuwubufakazi obuncane bokuthi ukuguquguquka kokuqonda okungokomoya kusuka ezingqondweni nasezinhlizweni eziningi eziqondiswa umoya kungisize kanjani ukuba ngiqonde kangcono iZwi eliphefumlelwe likaNkulunkulu.
[Iv] w84 5 / 15 p. I-11 par. I-4
[V] UDaniel 10: 13
[vi] Jobe 1: 6,7
[vii] UGenesise 18: 17-33
[viii] Ngokwami, ngincamela umcabango wezwi elishiyiwe ngezizathu ezimbili. 1) Kungasho ukuthi uNkulunkulu wayekhuluma, hhayi umuntu wesithathu. Kukhona, kimi, into engahlangani eyakhelwe kunoma iyiphi inkhulumomphendvulwano edluliselwa eceleni ngumuntu wesithathu osebenza njengesikhulumi. Lokhu kuzovimbela isibopho sikababa / nendodana ngombono wami. I-2) Amandla wokufaka okubonakalayo aqine kakhulu kangangokuba ubuso nefomu lesikhulumi ngokuqinisekile lingeza ukumela isimo sikaNkulunkulu emiqondweni yomuntu. Ukucabanga kwakuyodukiswa futhi u-Adamu osemncane wayeyobe esebona uNkulunkulu echazwe ngesimo phambi kwakhe.
[ix] Ngithi “kwembulwe ngokuphelele” ngomqondo oqonde kakhulu. Ngamanye amazwi, ukugcwala kukaKristu kuze kube sezingeni lokuthi uJehova uNkulunkulu afise ukumambulela abantu kwenziwa kuphela okuphelele ngoJohane ekugcineni kwemibhalo ephefumlelwe. Ukuthi kungaphezulu kakhulu okuzokwembulwa nguJehova no-Logos kuqinisekile futhi okuthile esingakulindela ngabomvu ngokulangazela.

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