[Kusuka ku-ws15 / 11 kaJan. 11-17]

“UNkulunkulu uluthando.” - I-1 John 4: 8, 16

Ingqikithi enhle kanjani. Kufanele sibe nengxenye yeshumi nambili Amabhela minyaka yonke ngale ndaba kuphela. Kepha kufanele sithathe esingakuthola.

Esigabeni 2, sikhunjuzwa ukuthi uJehova ubeke uJesu ukuba ahlulele umhlaba owakhiwe. (Izenzo 17: 31) Kuzobajabulisa ukubheka izimpendulo ezinikezwe emhlanganweni wakho ukubona ukuthi abazalwane bayaliqonda yini iphuzu lokuthi lesi akusona isahlulelo e-Amagedoni, kodwa usuku lokwahlulela lwe-1,000 lapho uKristu ezobusa khona.

Esigabeni 4, kuphakanyiswa impikiswano yobukhosi bendawo yonke. Ingabe ngempela le kwakuyimpikiswano eyaphakanyiswa uSathane? Kungabonakala kunengqondo emqondweni oqeqeshwe yizincwadi ze-Nqabayokulinda, kodwa umbuzo uwukuthi, Kungani amagama athi “ubukhosi bendawo yonke” engatholakali emiBhalweni? Kungani incazelo enikezwe esigabeni ingasekelwa yimibhalo esekelayo? (Ukuthola imininingwane eningiliziwe yale ndaba, bheka lesi sihloko.)

Isigaba 5 sikhipha okuvamile: “Namuhla, izimo zomhlaba ziya zisiba zimbi kakhulu.”

Abanye babaholi bezomlando babantu abathole umlando bathole ukuthi ungakhohlisa bonke abantu ngesinye isikhathi uma uqhubeka nokuphindaphinda amanga afanayo. Abantu bavele bayamukele njengevangeli, ngoba abakaze bayeke ukucabanga ngakho.

Ingabe izimo zezwe ziya zisiba zimbi ngempela? Ingabe kunezimpi ezengeziwe manje? Ngabe abantu abaningi abafayo manje benzenjani ukusuka ku-1914 ukuya kwi-1940? Ingabe abantu abaningi babulawa yizifo ukwedlula i-80 noma i-100 edlule? Kungani isilinganiso sokuphila siphakeme kakhulu manje kunokuba besinjalo ngaleso sikhathi? Ingabe kukhona ukubekezelelana okuningi ngokwezinhlanga nangokwenhlalo manje njengoba kwakukhona i-50, 70, noma i-90 edlule? Ngabe ukuchuma ngokwezomnotho kukhulu manje kunangesikhathi sokuphila kayihlo noma sikababa wakho?

Zibuze lokhu, 'Uma izimo ziya ziba zimbi kakhulu, ubungeke yini uthande ukuhlala ngalesosikhathi lapho zazingazimbi kangako? Mhlawumbe kusuka ku-1914 kuya ku-1920. Vele ukhwebule izinhlamvu futhi ungangeni kakhulu lapho umkhuhlane waseSpain wawusuzofika. Noma mhlawumbe ama-1930s ngesikhathi sokudana okukhulu. Ukungakhathazeki noma kunjalo, lokho kuphela kwagcina iminyaka ye-10. Lapho-ke ukuthuthuka komnotho okwethulwa yiMpi Yesibili Yomhlaba kwaqeda lokho.

Kunesexwayiso esisangulukisayo esigabeni 9 okufanele senziwe ngoFakazi BakaJehova: “UJehova unenyanya abantu abanobudlova nabakhohlisayo.” Ubudlova bungaba ngezindlela eziningi. Kungaba ngokomqondo, ngokwesibonelo. Ukuhlukunyezwa okungokomzwelo kungaba nzima kakhulu ukululama kunokuhlukunyezwa ngokomzimba noma udlame. Ngokuqondene nenkohliso, uma amazwi ethu edukisa abantu ukuthatha inkambo yokuphila kude noNkulunkulu, uNkulunkulu wothando uzosizonda kangakanani isenzo esinjalo?

Ababekhona emabandleni angu-110,000 11 emhlabeni wonke nakanjani bazophetha, lapho befunda isigaba 37, ukuthi 'abalungileyo bayothola injabulo enkulu emhlabeni' phakathi nenkathi esukela nje kwe-Armagedoni. Kepha empeleni, ngokuvuswa kwezigidigidi zabangalungile, ingabe leyo nto inengqondo? IBhayibheli lize lithi kuzoba nempi ngemuva kokuphela kokubusa kukaMesiya. Kuphela lapho uSathane namabutho akhe ekugcineni bebhujiswa lapho amazwi eHubo 11:29 no-20 eyogcwaliseka khona. (IsAm 7: 10-XNUMX)

Njengoba ufunda izigaba 14 no-15, cabanga ngomongo wayo yonke imiBhalo ekhonjiwe. Azisebenzi esigabeni esithile sasemhlabeni sezinceku ezithembekile. Zilotshiwe kucatshangelwa izingane zikaNkulunkulu. Kuyiqiniso ukuthi uKristu wafela sonke isintu. Yingakho kukhona ukuvuswa kwabantu ababili. Eyokuqala, eya ekuphileni okuphakade, ingeyabantwana bakaNkulunkulu. Owesibili owomhlaba wabangalungile ukuze bathole ithuba elifanele nelikhululekile lokuzitholela inani lomhlatshelo kaJesu. IBhayibheli aliwenzi amalungiselelo ovuko lwesithathu, iqembu lesithathu. OFakazi BakaJehova kuphela abenza lokho.

Umbuzo wesithathu (isihloko p. 16) uthi: "Yini uMbuso KaMesiya ubukwenza ukweniseka ukuthi ilungiselelo lothando likaNkulunkulu ngesintu?"

Impendulo yalokhu ithi, 'Lutho.' UMbuso kaMesiya kusafanele uqale, noma kufanele sikholwe ukuthi ukubusa konyaka we-1,000 sekuqalile? Uma kunjalo, khona-ke kusasele iminyaka eyi-900 kuphela. (Bheka UMbuso KaNkulunkulu Waqala Nini Ukubusa?)

Esigabeni 17, siholelwa ekukholweni ukuthi uJesu usebenzise iminyaka yokuqala ye-100 yokubusa kwakhe kukaMesiya ebusa iNhlangano YoFakazi BakaJehova. Lokhu kuzokwenza ukuthi uJesu abhekane nakho konke ukusizakala kwezokwelapha kwabakwaWoodworth ukuhlela (1919-1945), isibikezelo sikaRutherford sango-1925 sokuphela komhlaba, isibikezelo sikaFranz sango-1975, inkinga eyathatha amashumi eminyaka futhi esondelayo yokuphatha kabi izingane, nendlela esabekayo yokususa ekuhlanganyeleni iye yasetshenziswa ukucindezela abancane. Ngempela, uma lokhu kungubufakazi bokubusa kukaJesu ngoMesiya, ubani ongafuna noma iyiphi ingxenye yawo?

Le ngenye yezindlela imfundiso yamanga ye1914 elethe ngayo ihlazo egameni likaJesu noJehova.

Lo mbhalo uvala ngokugcizelela izimfundiso zethu ezinkulu ezimbili zamanga:

“Isiprofetho seBhayibheli sibonisa ukuthi uMbuso kaNkulunkulu wasezulwini wamiswa lapho ukuba khona kukaKristu kuqala ngo-1914. Kusukela ngaleso sikhathi, kuye kwaba nokuqoqwa kwabaseleyo abazobusa noJesu ezulwini kanye 'nesixuku esikhulu' sabantu abayosinda ukuphela kwalesi simiso futhi ungeniswe ezweni elisha. (IsAm. 7: 9, 13, 14) ”

Uma isiprofetho seBhayibheli sakhombisa ngempela ukuthi ukuba khona kukaKristu kwaqala ngo-1914, kungani umlobi engacaphuna izinkomba eziseMibhalweni zokukusekela? Uma ufuna ukubona ukuthi isakhiwo sonke sokuhumusha sintekenteke kangakanani, hlola I-1914 — I-Litany of Consumptions. Ngokuqondene nemfundiso yamanga evela ekusetshenzisweni kabi kukaJohn 10: 16 (imfundiso "yezinye izimvu"), ake sikushiye lokho ukubheka ngeviki elizayo.

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