“… Uma lolu hlelo noma lo msebenzi uvela kubantu, uzodilizwa; 39 kodwa uma livela kuNkulunkulu, ngeke nikwazi ukubachitha. . . ” (I-Ac 5: 38, 39)

Lawa mazwi akhulunywa nguGamaliyeli, indoda eyalela uSawule waseTarsu owagcina esengumphostoli uPawulu. UGamaliyeli wayemi phambi kweSanhedrini exoxa ngalokho okwakumelwe akwenze nehlelo lamaJuda elaliwumshayabhuqe elalimemezela uJesu njengendodana kaNkulunkulu evusiwe. Ngenkathi belalela amazwi ozakwabo abaziwayo kulo mcimbi, amadoda akulelo gumbi eliphakeme, leyo nkantolo ephakeme yezobulungiswa bamaJuda, nawo ayecabanga ukuthi umsebenzi wawo uvela kuNkulunkulu ngakho-ke wawungeke ugumbuqelwe. Isizwe sabo sasakhiwe eminyakeni eyi-1,500 XNUMX ngaphambili ngokulethwa ngokuyisimangaliso ebugqilini baseGibhithe futhi babenikezwe umthetho waphezulu ngomlomo womprofethi kaNkulunkulu, uMose. Ngokungafani nokhokho babo, laba baholi babethembekile eMthethweni KaMose. Abazange bahlanganyele ekukhonzeni izithombe njengoba kwenza abantu bezikhathi zangaphambili. Babemukelwa nguNkulunkulu. Lo Jesu wayebikezele ukuthi idolobha labo nethempeli labo kwakuzobhujiswa. Umbhedo ongaka! Kukuphi futhi emhlabeni wonke lapho kwakukhonzwa khona uNkulunkulu oyedwa weqiniso, uJehova? Ngabe umuntu angaya eRoma lobuhedeni ayomkhulekela, noma aye emathempelini amaqaba aseKorinte noma e-Efesu? Ukukhulekela kweqiniso kwakwenziwa eJerusalema kuphela. Ukuthi kungabhujiswa bekuhlekisa ngokuphelele. Kwakungacabangi. Kwakungenakwenzeka. Futhi kwakungaphansi kweminyaka engamashumi amane kude.

Kuyalandela ukuthi noma umsebenzi uvela kuNkulunkulu futhi unganqotshwa yimikhosi yangaphandle, ungonakaliswa usuka ngaphakathi ukuze ungasasebenzi 'uvela kuNkulunkulu' is sengozini futhi singagumbuqelwa.

Lesi sifundo esivela esizweni sakwa-Israyeli yiso okufanele eLobukholwa lisinake. Kepha asizile lapha ukukhuluma ngezinkulungwane zezinkolo ezisemhlabeni namuhla ezithi zingezobuKristu. Silapha ukukhuluma ngomunye ngokukhethekile.

Ingabe kunokuhlobana kwesimo sengqondo phakathi koFakazi BakaJehova namuhla nabaholi abangamaJuda bekhulu lokuqala?

Yini le eyenziwa ngabaholi bamaJuda eyayimbi kangaka? Ulalela ngokucophelela uMthetho kaMose? Akunakubukeka njengesono. Yiqiniso, bangeze imithetho eminingi eyengeziwe. Kodwa ingabe lokho kwakukubi kangako? Ngabe bekuyisono esinjalo ukuba ngqongqo ngokweqile ekugcineni umthetho? Babuye bathwalise abantu imithwalo eminingi, bebatshela ukuthi baziphathe kanjani kuzo zonke izici zokuphila. Lokhu kufana kakhulu nokwenziwa oFakazi BakaJehova namuhla, kodwa futhi, ingabe lokho kuyisono sangempela?

UJesu wathi labo baholi kanye nalesosizwe bazokhokha lonke igazi elachitheka kusukela ekubulaweni komfel 'ukholo wokuqala, u-Abela, kuze kube sekugcineni. Kungani? Ngoba bebengakaqedi ukuchitha igazi. Babezobulala ogcotshiweyo kaNkulunkulu, iNdodana yakhe ezelwe yodwa. (I-Mt 23: 33-36; I-Mt 21: 33-41; John 1: 14)

Noma kunjalo umbuzo uhlala. Kungani? Kungani amadoda ayeqina kakhulu ngokugcina umthetho kaNkulunkulu aze abeke okweshumi ngisho nezinongo abazisebenzisayo, ahlanganyele ekwephuleni umthetho okusobala ukuze abulale ongenacala? (I-Mt 23: 23)

Ngokusobala, ukucabanga ukuthi uyinkolo eyodwa yeqiniso emhlabeni akusona isiqinisekiso sokuthi ngeke ugumbuqelwe; futhi insindiso ayinikezwa ngoba ubalalela ngokucophelela labo obabheka njengabaholi abamiswe uNkulunkulu Akekho kulabo ababalwa njengesizwe sakwa-Israyeli sekhulu lokuqala.

Kuthiwani ngeqiniso? Ngabe ukuba neqiniso noma ukuba seqinisweni kuqinisekisa ukusindiswa kwakho? Akunjalo ngokusho komphostoli uPawulu:

“. . Kodwa ukuba khona komuntu ongenamthetho kungokokusebenza kukaSathane ngayo yonke imisebenzi yamandla nezibonakaliso nezimangaliso zamanga 10 nangayo yonke inkohliso engalungile kulabo abashabalalayo, njengempindiselo ngoba abalamukelanga ukuthanda weqiniso ukuze basindiswe. ”(I-2Th 2: 9, 10)

Ongenamthetho usebenzisa ukukhohlisa okungalungile ukudukisa "labo ababhubhayo" njengesijeziso, hhayi ngoba bengenalo iqiniso. Cha! Kungenxa yokuthi abakwenzi ukuthanda iqiniso.

Akekho onalo lonke iqiniso. Sinolwazi oluyingxenye. (1Co 13: 12) Kodwa esikudingayo ukuthanda iqiniso. Uma uthanda okuthile ngokweqiniso, uzodela ezinye izinto zalolo thando. Ungaba nenkolelo oyithandayo, kepha uma uthola ukuthi ayilona iqiniso, uthando lwakho ngeqiniso luzokudala ukuthi ushiye inkolelo yamanga, noma ngabe unethezeke kangakanani, ngoba ufuna okungaphezulu. Ufuna iqiniso. Uyayithanda!

AmaJuda ayengalithandi iqiniso, ngakho-ke lapho ukwenziwa kweqiniso kumi phambi kwabo, bamshushisa futhi bambulala. (John 14: 6Lapho abafundi bakhe bebalethela iqiniso, babashushisa futhi bababulala nabo.

Basabela kanjani oFakazi BakaJehova lapho othile ebalethela iqiniso? Ngabe bayemukela lowo obala, noma bayala ukulalela, ukuxoxa, ukubonisana? Ngabe bayamshushisa lowo muntu kuze kufike lapho umthetho wezwe uvumela khona, bamhlukanise nomndeni nabangane?

Ingabe oFakazi BakaJehova bangasho ngokweqiniso ukuthi bayalithanda iqiniso lapho bethulwa ubufakazi obungenakuphikwa kulo bese beqhubeka nokufundisa amanga ngaphansi kwesitatimende esithi, “Kufanele silinde uJehova”?[i]

Uma oFakazi BakaJehova belithanda iqiniso, kusho ukuthi umsebenzi wabo uvela kuNkulunkulu futhi awunakugudluzwa. Kodwa-ke, uma befana namaJuda osuku lukaJesu, kungenzeka ukuthi bayazikhohlisa. Khumbula ukuthi leso sizwe sasivela kuNkulunkulu ekuqaleni, kepha saphambuka futhi salahlekelwa ukuvunyelwa nguNkulunkulu. Ake sibuyekeze kafushane inkolo ezibiza "ngabantu bakaJehova" ukubona ukuthi kukhona yini ukufana.

Ukudlondlobala

NjengoFakazi KaJehova, ngizalwe futhi ngakhula, ngikholelwa ukuthi sihlukile ezinkolweni zobuKristu. Sasingakholelwa kuZiqu-zintathu, kodwa kuNkulunkulu oyedwa, ogama lakhe linguJehova.[Ii] Indodana yakhe kwakuyiNkosi yethu. Sakwenqaba ukungafi komphefumulo womuntu nesihogo somlilo njengendawo yokujeziswa okuphakade. Sakwenqaba ukukhonza izithombe futhi asizange sihlanganyele empini noma kwezepolitiki. Yithi kuphela, emehlweni ami, ebesikhuthele ekumemezeleni izindaba ezinhle zoMbuso, sitshela umhlaba ngethemba ababenalo lokuphila phakade emhlabeni oyipharadesi. Ngalezi zizathu nezinye, ngangikholelwa ukuthi sinezimpawu zobuKristu beqiniso.

Kule minyaka engamashumi amahlanu edlule, ngixoxile futhi ngiphikisana ngeBhayibheli namaHindu, amaSulumane, amaJuda, futhi noma yikuphi ukuhlukaniswa okukhulu kweLobukholwa noma okuncane ongathanda ukukuqamba. Ngokuzijwayeza nolwazi oluhle lwemiBhalo olutholakala ezincwadini zoFakazi BakaJehova, ngiphikisane noZiqu-zintathu, isihogo somlilo kanye nomphefumulo ongafi — lokhu okulula kakhulu ukunqoba. Njengoba ngangikhula, ngangikhathele yilezi zingxoxo futhi ngangivame ukuzinqamula ngokudlala ikhadi lami lexilongo ngaphambili. Ngingabuza omunye umuntu ukuthi amalungu enkolo yabo alwe yini ezimpini. Impendulo ibingu-Yebo 'ngokungangabazeki. Kimi, lokho kuqede isisekelo sokholo lwabo. Noma iyiphi inkolo eyayizimisele ukubulala abafowabo abangokomoya ngenxa yokuthi ababusi babo bezombusazwe nabezenkolo babatshela ukuthi abakwazi ukuvela kuNkulunkulu. USathane wayengumbulali wabantu wokuqala. (John 8: 44)

Ngenxa yazo zonke lezi zizathu ezingenhla, ngakholwa ukuthi kwakuyithi kuphela inkolo yeqiniso emhlabeni. Ngabona ukuthi mhlawumbe sinezinto ezithile ezingalungile. Isibonelo, ukuchazwa kwethu okuqhubekayo nokulahlwa kokugcina maphakathi nawo-1990s kwemfundiso "yalesi sizukulwane". (I-Mt 23: 33, 34) Kepha nalokho bekunganele ukubangela ukungabaza. Kimi, kwakungekhona ukuthi sasineqiniso kakhulu ngendlela esasilithanda ngayo futhi sasizimisele ukushintsha ukuqonda kwethu okudala lapho sithola ukuthi akulungile. Lokhu kwakuwuphawu oluchaza ubuKristu. Ngaphandle kwalokho, njengamaJuda ekhulu lokuqala, ngangibona enye indlela ngaphandle kokukhulekela kwethu; ayikho indawo engcono ongaba kuyo.

Namuhla, ngiyabona ukuthi izinkolelo eziningi ezenziwa oFakazi BakaJehova azinakusekelwa emiBhalweni. Yize kunjalo, ngiyaqhubeka nokukholelwa ukuthi kuwo wonke amahlelo obuKrestu ahlukahlukene, elabo lisondele kakhulu eqinisweni. Kodwa ingabe lokho kunendaba? AmaJuda ekhulu lokuqala leminyaka ayesondele eqinisweni ngamamayela kunanoma iyiphi enye inkolo yangaleso sikhathi, kepha yibona bodwa ababhujiswa baphela ebalazweni, bodwa ababekezelela ulaka lukaNkulunkulu. (ULuka 12: 48)

Esikubonile nje ukuthi ukuthanda iqiniso yikhona okubalulekile kuNkulunkulu.

Ukukhulekelwa Kweqiniso Kuvuselelwa

Kulabo abazonda oFakazi BakaJehova, kunjalo de rigueur ukuthola iphutha ngazo zonke izici zokholo. Lokhu akulinaki iqiniso lokuthi ngenkathi uDeveli elokhu ehlwanyela ukhula ensimini, uJesu uyaqhubeka nokutshala ukolweni. (I-Mt 13: 24Angisho ukuthi uJesu utshala ukolweni kuphela eNhlanganweni YoFakazi BakaJehova. Ngemuva kwakho konke, insimu ngumhlaba. (I-Mt 13: 38) Noma kunjalo, emfanekisweni kakolweni nokhula, nguJesu ohlwanyela kuqala.

Ngo-1870, lapho uCharles Taze Russell eneminyaka engu-18 kuphela ubudala, yena noyise basungula iqembu lokutadisha iBhayibheli ngokuhlaziya. Kubonakala sengathi babenza ucwaningo lwemibhalo oluchazayo. Leli qembu lalihlanganisa ongqongqoshe ababili beMillerite Adventist, uGeorge Stetson noGeorge Storrs. Bobabili babejwayelene nesikhathi esingalindelekile esingokwesiprofetho sikaWilliam Miller owasebenzisa isikhathi seminyaka engu-2,520 XNUMX esuselwa ephusheni likaNebukadinesari UDaniel 4: 1-37 ukufika ngesikhathi sokubuya kukaKristu. Yena nabalandeli bakhe bakholelwa ukuthi kuzoba ngo-1843 noma ngo-1844. Lokhu kwehluleka kubangele ukuphoxeka okukhulu nokulahleka kokholo. Kubikwa ukuthi uRussell osemusha wenqaba ukulandelana kwezikhathi ezingokwesiprofetho. Mhlawumbe lokhu kwakungenxa yethonya lamaGeorges amabili. Noma kunjalo, iqembu labo lokutadisha lisize ekumiseni kabusha ukukhonza kweqiniso ngokwenqaba njengezimfundiso ezingekho emibhalweni zemfundiso kaZiqu-zintathu, isihogo somlilo nomphefumulo ongafi.

Kuvela Isitha

UDeveli akahlali ezandleni zakhe, noma kunjalo. Uzotshala ukhula lapho engakwazi khona. Ngo-1876, uNelson Barbour, omunye uMillerite Adventist wezwa uRussell. Kwakuzoba nethonya elikhulu kumuntu oneminyaka engu-24. UNelson waqinisekisa uRussell ukuthi uKristu wabuya ngokungabonakali ngo-1874 nokuthi eminyakeni emibili eyengeziwe, ngo-1878, wayezobuya futhi azovusa abagcotshiwe bakhe ababedlulile emhlabeni. URussell wathengisa ibhizinisi lakhe futhi wanikela ngaso sonke isikhathi sakhe enkonzweni. Eguqula ukuma kwakhe kwangaphambilini, manje wamukela ukulandelana kwezikhathi ezingokwesiprofetho. Lokhu kuguquka kwezinto kwenzeka ngenxa yendoda okwathi eminyakeni embalwa nje kamuva yaphika obala inani lesihlengo sikaKristu. Ngenkathi lokhu kungadala uqhekeko phakathi kwabo, imbewu yahlwanyelwa engadala ukuphambuka.

Vele, akukho okwenzekile ngo-1878 kepha ngalesi sikhathi uRussell wayesezinikele ngokuphelele ekulandeleni izikhathi ezingokwesiprofetho. Mhlawumbe uma ukubikezela kwakhe okulandelayo ngokuza kukaKristu kwakungu-1903, 1910 noma omunye unyaka, kungenzeka ukuthi ekugcineni wakudlula, kodwa ngeshwa, unyaka afika ngawo waqondana nempi enkulu kunazo zonke ezake zaliwa kuze kube yileso sikhathi. Unyaka, u-1914, ngokuqinisekile wabonakala uyisiqalo sosizi olukhulu ayelubikezele. Kwakulula ukukholelwa ukuthi izohlangana neMpi Enkulu kaNkulunkulu uSomandla. (I-Re 16: 14)

URussell ushone e-1916 ngenkathi impi isabambene, no-JF Rutherford — yize ayecindezelwe Intando kaRussell- wasebenza wangena emandleni. Ngo-1918, wabikezela — phakathi kwezinye izinto — ukuthi ukuphela kuzofika ngaphambi noma ngaphambi kuka-1925.[Iii]  Wayedinga okuthile, ngoba ukuthula kuyisifo se-Adventist, ukholo lwaso olubonakala lincike ezimeni zomhlaba eziya ziba zimbi. Wazalwa kanjalo-ke umkhankaso odumile kaRutherford othi “Izigidi Eziphilayo Manje Azisoze Zafa” lapho abikezela khona ukuthi abantu bomhlaba bazosinda e-Armagedoni okungenzeka ukuthi ifike ngaphambi noma ngaphambi kuka-1925. esebenzisana nenhlangano esemthethweni eyaziwa ngokuthi i-Watchtower Bible & Tract Society yahamba.

Ngaleso sikhathi, kwakungekho "Inhlangano" ngayinye. Kwakunenhlangano yomhlaba wonke kuphela yamaqembu aBafundi BeBhayibheli abazimele ababekhokhela izincwadi zeNhlangano. Ngamunye wanquma ukuthi uzokwamukela ini nokuthi uzokwenqaba ini.

Ekuqaleni, akukho sijeziso esakhishwa kunoma ngubani okhethe ukungahambisani ngokuphelele nezimfundiso zikaRonald.

“Ngeke sibe nokuxabana nanoma ngubani ofuna ukufuna iqiniso ngezinye iziteshi. Ngeke senqabe ukuphatha omunye wethu njengomfowethu ngoba wayengakholelwa ukuthi iNhlangano iyisiteshi seNkosi. ” (INqabayokulinda ka-April 1, 1920, ikhasi 100.)
(Impela, namuhla, lokhu kungaba izizathu zokususa ekuhlanganyeleni.)

Labo abahlala bethembekile kuRutherford kancane kancane babekwa ngaphansi kokulawulwa okukodwa futhi banikezwa igama, oFakazi BakaJehova. URutherford wabe esethula imfundiso yokusindiswa okukabili, lapho iningi loFakazi BakaJehova kwakungafanele lidle izifanekiselo noma lizibheke njengabantwana bakaNkulunkulu. Lesi sigaba sesibili sasingaphansi kwesigaba sabantu abagcotshiwe — kwaba khona ukuhlukaniswa kwabefundisi nabantu abavamile.[Iv]

Ngalesi sikhathi kufanele sibheke ukuthi ukwehluleka okungokwesiprofetho kweNhlangano kwesibili kwafika eminyakeni eyi-50 emva kweyokuqala.

Kwathi kuma-1960s asephelile, kwakhululwa incwadi enesihloko esithi, Ukuphila Okumi Phakade Inkululeko Yamadodana KaNkulunkulu. Kuyo, imbewu yahlwanyelwa inkolelo yokuthi ukubuya kukaKristu kungenzeka kwenzeke cishe noma ngawo-1975. Lokhu kwaholela ekukhuleni okusheshayo ezinhlwini zama-JWs phezulu ukuze 1976 lapho isilinganiso sabamemezeli sifinyelela ku-2,138,537 1925 XNUMX. Ngemuva kwalokho, kwafika iminyaka embalwa yokwehla, kepha akubanga khona okuphindaphindwayo kokuwa okukhulu okwenzeka kusukela ngo-XNUMX ukuze 1929.

Ukuphuma Kwephethini

Kubonakala sengathi kunomjikelezo weminyaka ye-50 ovela kulezi zibikezelo ezihlulekile.

  • I-1874-78 - UNelson noRussell bamemezela ukufika kweminyaka emibili nokuqala kovuko lokuqala.
  • I-1925 - URonald ulindele ukuvuswa kwabaqaphi basendulo kanye nokuqala kwe-Amagedoni
  • I-1975 - Inhlangano ibikezela amathuba okuthi ukubusa kukaKristu kweminyaka eyinkulungwane kuqala.

Kungani lokhu kubonakala sengathi kwenzeka njalo eminyakeni engama-50 noma ngaphezulu? Mhlawumbe kungenxa yokuthi kuzodlula isikhathi esanele kulabo abadunyazwe ukwehluleka ukufa kwangaphambili, noma ukuthi izinombolo zabo zehle kuze kufike ezingeni lokuthi amazwi abo okuxwayisa anganakwa. Khumbula, i-Adventism igqugquzelwa yinkolelo yokuthi ukuphela sekuseduze. UmKristu weqiniso uyazi ukuthi ukuphela kungafika noma nini. UmKristu wama-Adventist ukholelwa ukuthi kuzofika ngesikhathi sakhe sokuphila, mhlawumbe kungakapheli iminyaka eyishumi.

Noma kunjalo, ukukholelwa ukuthi umcimbi useduze kakhulu kwehlukile ekwenzeni isimemezelo sasobala sokuthi uzofika ngonyaka othile. Uma usukwenzile lokho, awukwazi ukuhambisa okuthunyelwe kwamagoli ngaphandle kokubheka isiwula.

Manje kungani ukwenze? Kungani ngokusobala amadoda ahlakaniphile enza izibikezelo eziphikisana nomyalo weBhayibheli obekwe ngokusobala wokuthi asinakukwazi usuku noma ihora?[V]  Kungani kufanele uzibeke engcupheni?

Umbuzo Oyisisekelo Wokubusa

USathane wabayenga kanjani abantu bokuqala ukuba bangabe besaba nobuhlobo obuhle noNkulunkulu? Wathengisa ngomqondo wokuzibusa — ukuthi bangafana noNkulunkulu.

“Ngoba uNkulunkulu uyazi ukuthi mhla nizidla, kuyakuvuleka amehlo enu, nibe-njengonkulunkulu, nikwazi okuhle nokubi.” (IGe 3: 5 KJV)

Lapho uhlelo lusebenza, uSathane akalushiyi, futhi lona uqhubekile wasebenza eminyakeni edlule. Uma ubheka inkolo ehleliwe namuhla, ubonani? Ungagcini ezinkolweni zobuKristu. Babheke bonke. Ubonani? Amadoda abusa amadoda egameni likaNkulunkulu.

Ungalenzi iphutha: Zonke izinkolo ezihleliwe ziwuhlobo oluthile lokubusa komuntu.

Mhlawumbe yingakho ukungakholelwa ebukhoneni bukaNkulunkulu kwanda. Akukhona ukuthi abantu bathole izizathu zesayensi zokungabaza ubukhona bukaNkulunkulu. Uma kukhona, okutholwe yisayensi kukwenza kube nzima kakhulu kunakuqala ukungabaza ubukhona bukaNkulunkulu. Cha, ukuqina kwabangakholelwa ebukhoneni bukaNkulunkulu abaphika ubukhona bukaNkulunkulu akuhlangene nakancane noNkulunkulu nakho konke okuphathelene nabantu.

Kwakunenkulumompikiswano eYunivesithi yaseBiola eyabanjwa ngo-Ephreli 4, 2009 phakathi kukaSolwazi William Lane Craig (ongumKrestu) wasenyuvesi noChristopher Hitchens (ongakholelwa ebukhoneni bukaNkulunkulu) ngombuzo othi: “Ingabe uNkulunkulu Ukhona?” Basuka ngokushesha esihlokweni esikhulu baqala ukuphikisana ngenkolo lapho ngomzuzwana wokwethembeka okuhle, uMnu. Hitchens wakhipha leli gugu elincane:

"… Sikhuluma ngegunya elizonikeza abanye abantu ilungelo lokuthi bangitshele ukuthi ngenzeni egameni likaNkulunkulu." (Bheka ividiyo ku- I-1: umaki wemizuzu engu-24)

Lapho uJehova emisa isizwe sakwa-Israyeli, umuntu ngamunye wenza okulungile emehlweni akhe. (Abahluleli 21: 25Ngamanye amazwi, babengekho abaholi ababatshela ukuthi kufanele baphile kanjani izimpilo zabo. Lokhu kungukubusa kwaphezulu. UNkulunkulu utshela ngamunye ukuthi enzeni. Awekho amadoda abandakanyeka ochungechungeni lomyalo ngaphezu kwamanye amadoda.

Lapho ubuKristu busungulwa, isixhumanisi esisodwa, uKristu, sanezelwa ochungechungeni lomyalo. Ini Korinte 1 11: 3 ichaza uhlelo lomndeni hhayi isigaba sabaphathi esenziwe ngumuntu. Lesi sakamuva sivela kuSathane.

IBhayibheli liyakulahla ukubusa kwabantu. Kuvunyelwe, kubekezelelwe isikhashana, kodwa akuyona indlela kaNkulunkulu futhi kuzoqedwa. (I-Ec 8: 9; UJe 10: 23; I-Ro 13: 1-7; I-Da 2: 44Lokhu kuzobandakanya ukubusa okungokwenkolo, okuvame ukubusa okunokhahlo nokulawula kunabo bonke. Lapho abantu becabanga ukuthi bakhulumela uNkulunkulu futhi batshela abanye abantu ukuthi kumele baphile kanjani izimpilo zabo, befuna laba balalele ngokungangabazeki, basuke benyathela endaweni engcwele, indawo ekaSomandla kuphela. Abaholi bamaJuda bosuku lukaJesu babengamadoda anjalo futhi basebenzisa igunya labo ukwenza abantu ukuthi babulale oNgcwele kaNkulunkulu. (Izenzo 2: 36)

Lapho abaholi abangabantu bezizwa belahlekelwa ukubamba abantu babo, bavame ukusebenzisa ukwesaba njengeqhinga.

Ngabe umlando usazophindwa?

Kunesizathu sokukholelwa ukuthi umjikelezo weminyaka engu-50 wokubikezela kokufika kwesikhathi ususazophindwa, kepha hhayi ngendlela efanayo naphambilini.

Ngo-1925, uRutherford akazange awaqinise amaqembu ahlukahlukene abaFundi BeBhayibheli. Ngaphezu kwalokho, zonke izincwadi zazibhalwa nguye futhi zazinegama lakhe. Ngakho-ke izibikezelo zazibonwa kakhulu njengomsebenzi wendoda eyodwa. Ngaphezu kwalokho, uRutherford weqisa kakhulu — ngokwesibonelo, wathenga isithabathaba sendlu enamakamelo ayi-10 eSan Diego ukuze kuhlaliswe iZinzalamizi kanye neNkosi uDavid. Ngakho-ke ukwehlukana okulandela ukwehla kwe-1925 kwakungaphezulu kokwenqaba le ndoda kunokulahla izinkolelo zokholo. AbaFundi BeBhayibheli baqhubeka nokuba ngabafundi beBhayibheli futhi bakhonze njengakuqala, kepha ngaphandle kwezimfundiso zikaRutherford zokuqhubeka.

Izinto zazihlukile ngeminyaka yama-1970. Ngaleso sikhathi wonke amaqembu abaFundi BeBhayibheli athembekile ayesenenhlangano eyodwa. Futhi, kwakungekho muntu ophakathi olingana noRutherford. UKnorr wayengumongameli, kepha izincwadi zazibhalwa ngokungaziwa, bese kucatshangwa ukuthi zivela kubo bonke abagcotshiwe emhlabeni. Ukukhulekelwa kwezidalwa — njengokuhlangenwe nakho kukaRutherford noRussell — kwakubhekwa njengokungekhona okobuKristu.[vi]  Ngokwesilinganiso esinguFakazi KaJehova, umdlalo wethu kwakunguwona wodwa edolobheni, kanjalo i-1975 kudluliswe njengokucabanga okungahanjiswanga kahle, kepha hhayi okuthile okungadala ukuthi sibuze ukufaneleka kweNhlangano njengabantu abakhethiwe bakaNkulunkulu. Empeleni, iningi lamukele ukuthi senze iphutha futhi bekuyisikhathi sokuqhubeka. Ngaphandle kwalokho, besisakholelwa ukuthi ukuphela sekuseduze kwekhoneni, ngokungangabazeki ngaphambi kokuphela kwama-20th ikhulu, ngoba isizukulwane se-1914 sase siguga.

Izinto sezihluke kakhulu manje. Lokhu akubona ubuholi engikhule nabo.

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Lapho ukuphela kwekhulu leminyaka, futhi nse, nenkulungwane yeminyaka, kufika futhi kudlula, intshiseko yoFakazi yaqala ukwehla. Sasingasenaso isibalo “sesizukulwane”. Silahlekelwe ihange lethu.

Abaningi bakholelwa ukuthi ukuphela kwase kukude kakhulu. Naphezu kwakho konke ukukhuluma ngokukhonza uNkulunkulu ngothando, oFakazi bashukunyiswa inkolelo yokuthi ukuphela kuseduze kakhulu futhi kuphela ngokuhlala ngaphakathi enhlanganweni nokusebenza kanzima kuyo kungasindiswa insindiso. Ukwesaba ukulahlekelwa yisici esikhulu esishukumisayo. Amandla negunya leNdikimba Ebusayo kusekelwe kulokhu kwesaba. Lawo mandla manje ayesencipha. Kwakumele kwenziwe okuthile. Kukhona okwenziwe.

Okokuqala, baqale ngokuvusa imfundiso yesizukulwane, begqoke izingubo ezintsha zezizukulwane ezimbili ezigqagqene. Bese bethi banegunya elikhulu ngokwengeziwe, bezibiza ngegama likaKristu njengenceku yakhe ethembekile neqondayo. (I-Mt 25: 45-47) Ngokulandelayo, aqala ukubeka izimfundiso zawo njengenceku ngokuvumelana nezwi likaNkulunkulu eliphefumulelwe.

Ngikhumbula, kucace bha, ukuthi ngihleli enkundleni yoMhlangano Wesifunda i2012 ngenhliziyo esindayo ngenkathi ngilalele inkulumo “Vikela Ukuhlola UJehova Eenhliziyweni Zakho”, Lapho sitshelwa khona ukuthi ukungabaza izimfundiso zeNdikimba Ebusayo kwakufana nokuvivinya uJehova.

Le ngqikithi iyaqhubeka nokufundiswa. Thatha, isibonelo, le ndatshana yakamuva evela kufayela le- Septhemba 2016 INqabayokulinda - Umagazini Ofundwayo. Isihloko sithi: “Liyini 'izwi likaNkulunkulu' lelo AmaHeberu 4: 12 uthi 'uyaphila futhi unamandla'? ”

Ukufundwa ngokucophelela kwendatshana kukhombisa ukuthi iNhlangano iyabheka AmaHeberu 4: 12 ukufaka isicelo hhayi eBhayibhelini kuphela, kodwa nasezincwadini zabo. (Amazwana abekiwe afakwe ukucacisa umyalezo wangempela.)

"Umongo ukhombisa ukuthi umphostoli uPawulu wayekhuluma ngomlayezo, noma ukubonakaliswa kwenhloso kaNkulunkulu, njenge sithola eBhayibhelini. ”[“ [njengo] kukhombisa umthombo ongayedwa]

"AmaHeberu 4: 12 kuvame ukukhonjwa ezincwadini zethu ukukhombisa ukuthi iBhayibheli linamandla okuguqula izimpilo, futhi kufanelekile ukwenza leso sicelo. Nokho, kuyasiza ukubuka AmaHeberu 4: 12 kuyo umongo obanzi. [“Kodwa-ke”, “umongo obanzi” kusetshenziselwa ukukhombisa ukuthi ngenkathi kungabhekiswa eBhayibhelini, kukhona ezinye izinhlelo okufanele zicabangele.]

“… Sibambisene ngenjabulo futhi siyaqhubeka nokubambisana Injongo kaNkulunkulu eyembuliwe. ” [Umuntu akakwazi ukubambisana nenhloso. Lokho kuyimbudane. Omunye uyabambisana nomunye. Lapha, okushiwo ukuthi uNkulunkulu wembula inhloso yakhe hhayi ngeBhayibheli, kodwa ngenhlangano yakhe futhi "izwi likaNkulunkulu" lisebenzisa amandla ezimpilweni zethu njengoba sisebenzisana neNhlangano njengoba yembula injongo kaNkulunkulu kithi.]

Ngokusungulwa kwe-JW.org, uphawu selube uphawu loFakazi BakaJehova. Ukusakazwa kugxilisa ukunakekela kwethu kuziphathimandla ezilawulayo ezimaphakathi. Ubuholi boFakazi BakaJehova abukaze bube namandla njengamanje.

Bazokwenzenjani ngawo wonke la mandla?

Ukuphindaphinda Kwejubane?

Eminyakeni eyisikhombisa ngaphambi kokubikezela okungaphumelelanga kuka-1925, uRutherford waqala umkhankaso wakhe wezigidi-ongasoze wafa. Intshiseko ka-1975 yaqala ngo-1967. Lapha sineminyaka engama-2025 sinamahloni ngo-XNUMX. Ngabe kukhona okuphawulekayo ngalowo nyaka?

Ubuholi ngeke buphinde bume unyaka futhi. Noma kunjalo, abadingi ngempela.

Muva nje, uKenneth Flodin, Umsizi weKomiti Yokufundisa, unikeze a ividiyo isethulo ku-JW.org lapho akhuza khona labo abasebenzisa imfundiso yesizukulwane sakamuva ukubala ukuthi ukuphela kuzofika nini. Uqhamuke nonyaka ka-2040 awuthathela phezulu ngoba “akukho lutho, akukho lutho, esiprofethweni sikaJesu esikisela ukuthi labo abaseqenjini lesibili abaphilayo ngesikhathi sokuphela bonke bazobe sebekhulile, bedangele futhi sebesondele ekufeni.” Ngamanye amagama, ayikho indlela engafika sekwedlule isikhathi ngo-2040.

Manje cabanga ukuthi uDavid Splane ngoSepthemba Yokusakaza ku- tv.jw.org wasebenzisa amalungu eNdikimba Ebusayo ukwenza isibonelo ngeqembu lesibili labagcotshwe eliyingxenye yalesi sizukulwane. (I-Mt 24: 34)

Igama Unyaka Wokuzalwa Ubudala Bamanje ku-2016
USamuel Herd 1935 81
UGerrit Losch 1941 75
UDavid Splane 1944 72
UStephen Lett 1949 67
Anthony Morris III 1950 66
UGeoffrey Jackson 1955 61
UMark Sanderson 1965 51
 

Ubudala obumaphakathi:

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Ngo-2025, isilinganiso seminyaka yeNdikimba Ebusayo siyobe sineminyaka engama-77. Manje khumbula, leli qembu ngeke libe 'lidala, linciphe, futhi lisondele ekufeni' ngesikhathi sokuphela.

Okubi kakhulu kune-1925 noma i-1975

Lapho uRutherford ethi ukuphela kuzofika ngo-1925, kwakungadingi ukuthi izilaleli zakhe zenze noma yini ethize. Lapho iNhlangano iqala ukukhuluma ngo-1975, futhi, akuzange kufunwe lutho ngoFakazi BakaJehova. Impela, abaningi bathengisa amakhaya, bathatha umhlalaphansi ngaphambi kwesikhathi, bathuthela lapho indingeko inkulu khona, kepha lokhu bakwenza ngokuya ngeziphetho zabo futhi bekhuthazwa yisikhuthazo esivela ezincwadini, kepha ayikho imiyalo ethile ekhishwe ebuholini. Akekho owayethi "Kufanele wenze u-X no-Y, kungenjalo ngeke usindiswe."

INdikimba Ebusayo iziphakamisile iziqondiso zayo zaya ezingeni leZwi likaNkulunkulu. Manje banamandla okufuna okufunwa oFakazi BakaJehova futhi ngokusobala yilokho abahlela ukukwenza:

“Ngaleso sikhathi, isiqondiso esisindisa impilo esisithola enhlanganweni kaJehova kungenzeka singabonakali sisebenza ngokombono womuntu. Sonke kufanele sikulungele ukulalela noma imiphi imiyalo esingayithola, noma ngabe ibonakala izwakala njengombono weqhinga noma umbono wabantu noma cha. ”(W13 11 / 15 k. 20 isig. I-17)

INdikimba Ebusayo itshela umhlambi wayo ukuthi uzilungiselele ukulalela ngokungangabazeki “indlela esindisa impilo” engabonakala ingasebenzi futhi ingamanga kahle. Lalela, futhi ubusiswe. ”

Sibe nengqondo yokuthi iziphi izinkomba ezingahlanganisa noMhlangano weSifunda walo nyaka.

Ngosuku lokugcina, sabona a ividiyo ngokwesaba umuntu. Lapho safunda ukuthi umyalezo wezindaba ezinhle uzoshintsha ube owesahlulelo futhi uma sesaba ukubamba iqhaza, sizolahlekelwa yimpilo. Umqondo wukuthi sizotshelwa yiNdikimba Ebusayo ukuthi kufanele simemezele umyalezo onzima wokulahlwa, njengamatshe amakhulu esichotho awe ezulwini. Ngokungafani no-1925 noma u-1975 lapho ungakhetha ukusikholelwa isibikezelo noma cha, kulokhu kuzodingeka isenzo nokuzinikela. Ngeke kube khona ukuhlehla emuva kwalokhu. Ayikho indlela yokudlulisela icala emhlambini.

Akunakwenzeka ukuthi Babengakwenza Lokhu!

Mhlawumbe uzizwa, njengomuntu onengqondo, ukuthi ayikho indlela abangakhipha ngayo intamo yabo kanjena. Nokho yilokho kanye abakwenzile phambilini. URussell noBarbour ngo-1878; URussel futhi ngo-1914, yize ukwehluleka kufihliwe yimpi. Kwabe sekukhona uRutherford ngo-1925, kwase kuba uKnorr noFranz ngo-1975. Kungani amadoda ahlakaniphile ayefaka engozini engaka ngokusekelwe ekuqageleni? Angazi, noma ngikholelwa ukuthi ukuziqhenya kuhlobene kakhulu nakho. Ukuziqhenya, uma sekuveziwe, kufana nenja enkulu ehudula inkosi yayo engathandeki iye ngapha nangapha. (I-Pr 16: 18)

INdikimba Ebusayo isiqale phansi indlela eqhutshwa ukuqhosha, yasungula incazelo mbumbulu yesizukulwane, yamemezela inceku kaKristu emisiwe, ibikezela ukuthi imfundo esindisa impilo izofika kuphela ngabo nokuthi “izwi likaNkulunkulu” liyinjongo yakhe kwembulwa ngabo. Manje basitshela ukuthi bazobe besiyala ukuba siqale umsebenzi omusha, isimemezelo sokwahlulela phambi kwezizwe. Sebevele bahamba kakhulu kulo mgwaqo. Ukuthobeka kuphela okungabenza babuyele emaphethelweni, kepha ukuthobeka nokuziqhenya kuyahambisana, njengamafutha namanzi. Lapho omunye engena khona, omunye uyasuswa. Okwenezela kulokhu ukuthi oFakazi bakulangazelele ukuphela. Bayilangazelele kangangokuthi bazokholwa cishe noma yini eshiwo yiNdikimba Ebusayo uma becashe ngendlela efanele.

Isikhathi Sokucabanga Kokuphamba

Kulula ukubanjwa enhliziyweni, mhlawumbe ucabange ukuthi lo mbiko wesigwebo sesahlulelo esilahlayo yilokho uJehova afuna ukuba sikwenze.

Uma uqala ukuzizwa ngaleyo ndlela, yeka ucabangele amaqiniso.

  1. Ngabe uBaba wethu onothando angasebenzisa njengomprofethi wakhe inhlangano leyo eminyakeni engu-150 edlule enerekhodi elingapheli lezibikezelo ezihlulekile? Bheka wonke umprofethi ake wamsebenzisa emBhalweni. Ngabe ngisho noyedwa wabo wayengumphrofethi wamanga impilo yakhe yonke, ngaphambi kokugcina ekulungile?
  2. Lo mlayezo wokwahlulela usekelwe ekusetshenzisweni okungokwesiprofetho okungokomfanekiso okungenziwanga yimiBhalo uqobo. INdikimba Ebusayo izichithile izinto ezinjalo. Singamethemba yini umuntu owephula imithetho yakhe? (w84 3/15 kk. 18-19 izindima 16-17; w15 3/15 k. 17)
  3. Ukushintsha umlayezo Wezindaba Ezinhle, noma kungaphansi kwegunya labaphostoli noma ingelosi evela ezulwini kuzoholela ekuthukweni nguNkulunkulu. (AmaGalathiya 1: 8)
  4. Umlayezo wesahlulelo wangempela ngaphambi nje kokuphela kokukhombisa ukuphela ususondele kakhulu ophikisana namazwi kaJesu at UMathewu 24: 42, 44.

Isixwayiso, hhayi Isibikezelo

Ngokulindela lezi zintuthuko, angizibandakanyi ekubikezeleni okwami. Eqinisweni, ngithemba ukuthi nginephutha. Mhlawumbe ngifunda izinkomba ngokungafanele. Impela angikufisi lokhu kubafowethu nodadewethu. Yize kunjalo, ukuthambekela kwamanje kunamandla, futhi kungangabazeki ukulindela okungenzeka futhi unganikeli isexwayiso.

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[i] Okushiwo kaningi ukuthi, 'Kufanele silinde iNdikimba Ebusayo ukuthi izishintshe izinto, uma futhi ikhetha ukuyiguqula.'

[Ii] 'UJehova' inguqulo eyethulwe nguWilliam Tyndale enguqulweni yakhe yeBhayibheli. Siphinde saqaphela ukuthi amanye amagama, njengegama eliguqulelwe ngokuthi 'Yave' noma 'Yahweh', ayizindlela ezisemthethweni.

[Iii] "Izigidi Eziphilayo Manje Azisoze Zafa"

[Iv] Ukubuyekezwa okugcwele kwemfundiso ka-Rutherford yokusindiswa okubili, bona "Ukudlula Ngale kwalokho Okubhaliwe".

[V] "Ngakho-ke, hlalani nilindile ngoba anazi ukuthi iNkosi yenu izofika ngaluphi usuku .Ngakho-ke nani hlalani nilungile, ngoba iNdodana yomuntu iza ngehora eningalicabangi ukuthi liyilo . ” (I-Mt 24: 42, 44)
"Ngakho sebehlangene, bambuza:" Nkosi, ingabe ubuyisela umbuso ku-Israyeli ngalesi sikhathi? "I-7 Yathi kubo:" Akukona kini ukuthi nizazi izikhathi noma izinkathi uBaba azibekele zona. embusweni wakhe. ”(I-Ac 1: 6, 7)

[vi] I-W68 5 / 15 p. I-309;

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