Kungaba nzima ukuthola enye indinyana yeBhayibheli engaqondakali kahle, esetshenziswe kabi kuneMathewu 24: 3-31.

Kuwo wonke amakhulukhulu eminyaka, la mavesi asetshenziselwe ukukholisa abakholwayo ukuthi singazibona izinsuku zokugcina futhi sazi ngezimpawu zokuthi iNkosi iseduze. Ukufakazela ukuthi lokhu akunjalo, sibhale izindatshana eziningi ezikhuluma ngezici ezahlukahlukene zalesi siprofetho kusayithi lethu lodadewethu, Amaphakethe we-Beroean - Ingobo yomlando, ukuhlola okushiwo "Lesi sizukulwane" (vs. 34), inquma ngubani "yena" okuku-vs. 33, kwephula lo mbuzo wezingxenye ezintathu we-X.UMNUMX, ukhombisa ukuthi okuthiwa yizimpawu amavesi 4-14 ayalutho kodwa, futhi ahlola okushiwo amavesi 23 thru 28. Kodwa-ke, akukaze kube khona i-athikili eyodwa ebanzi ezame ukukuhlanganisa konke. Sinethemba lokuthi le ndatshana izosigcwalisa isidingo.

Ingabe Sinelungelo Lokwazi?

Umagazini wokuqala okumele sixoxe ngawo ngowethu, ukulangazelela okungokwemvelo ukubona uKristu ebuya. Lokhu akuyona into entsha. Ngisho nabafundi bakhe abaseduze bazizwa ngale ndlela nangosuku lokukhuphuka kwakhe, babuza: “Nkosi, ubuyisela umbuso ku-Israyeli ngalesi sikhathi na?” (IzEnzo 1: 6)[i]  Yize kunjalo, wachaza ukuthi ulwazi olunjalo, ukubeka ngokubabazekayo, kwakungeyona eyebhizinisi lethu:

“Wathi kubo: 'Akukona okwakho ukwazi izikhathi noma izinkathi uBaba azibekele yena kwelakhe igunya'' (IzE 1: 7)

Lesi akusona ukuphela kwesikhathi ebatshela ukuthi ulwazi olunjalo lwalungamkhawulo:

"Ngokuphathelene nalolo suku nalelo hora akekho owaziyo, noma izingelosi zamazulu neNdodana, kodwa uYise kuphela." (Mt 24: 36)

"Ngakho-ke, hlalani nilindile, ngoba anazi ukuthi iNkosi yenu iza ngaluphi usuku." (Mt 24: 42)

"Ngenxa yalokhu, nani hlalani nilungile, ngoba iNdodana yomuntu iza ngehora eningacabangi ukuba lona." (Mt 24: 44)

Qaphela ukuthi lezi zingcaphuno ezintathu zivela esahlukweni 24 sikaMathewu; sona kanye lesi sahluko esiqukethe okushiwo abaningi yizimpawu zokukhombisa ukuthi uKristu useduze. Ake sicabange ngokungahambisani nalokhu okwesikhashana. Ngabe iNkosi yethu ibingasitshela — hhayi kanye, hhayi kabili, kepha kathathu — ukuthi asazi ukuthi iza nini; ukuthi ngisho naye wayengazi ukuthi uzobuya nini; ukuthi uzobuya ngesikhathi esisodwa lapho besingakulindele kangako; sonke lesi sikhathi usitshela ukuthi singathola kanjani yona kanye into okungafanele siyazi? Lokho kuzwakala kakhulu njengesisekelo somdwebo waseMonty Python kunemfundiso yenkolo yeBhayibheli ezwakalayo.

Ngemuva kwalokho sinobufakazi obungokomlando. Ukuhumusha uMathewu 24: 3-31 njengendlela yokubikezela ukubuya kukaKristu kuye kwaholela ekudumazekeni, ekudumazekeni, nasekuphahlazekeni komkhumbi wezigidi kuze kube namuhla. Ingabe uJesu angasithumela umyalezo oxubile? Ngabe yisiphi isiprofetho sokuhluleka kwakhe ukugcwaliseka, kaningi, ngaphambi kokuba sigcwaliseke ekugcineni? Ngoba yilokho kanye okufanele sikuvume ukuthi kwenzekile uma sizoqhubeka nokukholelwa ukuthi amazwi akhe akuMathewu 24: 3-31 kufanele abe yizimpawu zokuthi sisezinsukwini zokugcina nokuthi usezobuya.

Iqiniso ngukuthi thina maKhristu sidengwe ngokulangazela kwethu ukwazi okungaziwa; futhi ngokwenza njalo, sifunde emazwini kaJesu lokho okungekho lapho.

Ngikhule ngikholelwa ukuthi uMathewu 24: 3-31 ukhulume ngezimpawu ezikhombisa ukuthi sisezinsukwini zokugcina. Ngavumela impilo yami ukuba ibunjwe yile nkolelo. Nganginomuzwa wokuthi ngiyingxenye yeqembu eliphakeme elalazi izinto ezifihliwe emhlabeni wonke. Noma ngabe usuku lokufika kukaKristu belulokhu lubuyiselwa emuva — njengoba kudlula ishumi ngalinye leminyaka elisha — ngangizithethelela izinguquko ezinjengokuthi “ukukhanya okusha” okuvezwe nguMoya oNgcwele. Ekugcineni, maphakathi nawo-1990s, lapho ukukholwa kwami ​​kwase kunwetshwe kwaze kwaba seqophelweni eliphezulu, ngathola ukukhululeka lapho uhlobo lwami lobuKrestu lwehlisa konke ukubalwa "kwalesi sizukulwane".[Ii]  Kodwa-ke, kwakungeyona kuze kube yi-2010, lapho kwethulwa imfundiso eqanjiwe futhi engasekelwe emiBhalweni yezizukulwane ezimbili, lapho ngagcina sengibona khona isidingo sokuzihlolela imiBhalo.

Enye yezinto ezinhle engizitholile kwakuyindlela yokutadisha iBhayibheli eyaziwa ngokuthi izivivinyo. Kancane kancane ngafunda ukuyeka ubandlululo kanye nomqondo wangaphambili futhi ngavumela iBhayibheli ukuba lizichaze lona. Manje kungabathinta abanye njengokuhlekisa ukukhuluma ngento engaphili, njengencwadi, njengokwazi ukuzitolika. Ngingavuma ukuthi besikhuluma nganoma iyiphi enye incwadi, kepha iBhayibheli liyiZwi likaNkulunkulu, futhi aliphili, kepha liyaphila.

“Ngoba iZwi likaNkulunkulu liyaphila, linamandla futhi libukhali kunanoma iyiphi inkemba esika nhlangothi zombili, lihlaba kuze kwahlukaniswe umphefumulo nomoya, nokuhlangana kwamamaki, futhi liyakwazi ukubona imicabango nezinhloso zenhliziyo. 13 Futhi akukho ndalo efihlekile emehlweni akhe, kodwa zonke izinto zinqunu futhi zambuleka obala emehlweni alowo esiyolandisa kuye. ”(He 4: 12, 13)

Ngabe la mavesi akhuluma ngeZwi likaNkulunkulu iBhayibheli, noma ngoJesu Kristu? Yebo! Umugqa phakathi kwalaba ababili ufiphele. Umoya kaKristu uyasihola. Lo moya wawukhona ngisho nangaphambi kokuba uJesu eze emhlabeni, ngoba uJesu wayekade ekhona njengeZwi likaNkulunkulu. (Johane 1: 1; IsAm. 19:13)

Mayelana nale nsindiso, abaphurofethi, obikezele ngomusa obezokuza kuwe, waphenya futhi waphenya ngokucophelela, 11izama ukuthola isikhathi nokuhlelelwa Umoya kaKristu kubo wayekhomba lapho Ebikezela ukuhlupheka kukaKristu kanye nobukhazikhazi obuzolandela. (I-1 Peter 1: 10, 11 BSB)[Iii]

Ngaphambi kokuzalwa kukaJesu, “umoya kaKristu” wawukubaprofethi basendulo, futhi ungakithi uma siwuthandazela bese sihlola imiBhalo ngokuthobeka kepha ngaphandle kohlelo olususelwa emibonweni noma ezimfundisweni zabantu. Le ndlela yokufunda ifaka ngaphezu kokufunda nokucabangela umongo ophelele wendima. Kubheka nezimo zomlando kanye nemibono yabalingiswa ababambe iqhaza engxoxweni yokuqala. Kepha konke lokho akusebenzi ngaphandle kokuthi nathi sizivulele ukuholwa nguMoya oNgcwele. Lokhu akulona elabantu abambalwa abakhethiwe, kodwa lawo wonke amaKristu azithoba ngokuzithandela kuKristu. (Awungeke uzithobe kuJesu nakubantu. Awukwazi ukukhonza amakhosi amabili.) Lokhu kudlulela ngale kocwaningo olulula, lwezifundo. Lo moya usenza sifakaze ngeNkosi yethu. Asikwazi ukusiza kepha ukukhuluma ngalokho umoya osembulela khona.

"… Futhi wanezela," Lawa ngamazwi eqiniso avela kuNkulunkulu. Ngase ngiwa phansi ngasezinyaweni zakhe ukumkhuleka. Kodwa wathi kimi, “Ungakwenzi lokho! Ngiyinceku kanye nawe nabafowenu abathembele ebufakazini bukaJesu. Khulekela uNkulunkulu! Ngoba ubufakazi bukaJesu bungumoya wokuprofetha. ” (IsAm 19: 9, 10 BSB)[Iv]

Umbuzo Onenkinga

Ngalokhu engqondweni, ingxoxo yethu iqala evesini 3 kuMathewu 24. Lapha abafundi babuza umbuzo oyizingxenye ezintathu.

"Ngesikhathi ehleli eNtabeni Yeminqumo, abafundi beza kuye ngasese, bathi:" Sitshele, lezi zinto zizokwenzeka nini, futhi siyini isibonakaliso sokuba khona kwakho nesesiphelo sesimiso sezinto? " (Mt 24: 3)

Kungani behleli eNtabeni Yeminqumo? Yini ukulandelana kwemicimbi eholela kulo mbuzo? Impela angibuzwanga ngaphandle kokuluhlaza okwesibhakabhaka.

UJesu wayesanda kuphela izinsuku ezine eshumayela ethempelini. Ekuhambeni kwakhe kokugcina, wayezolahla idolobha nethempeli ekubhujisweni, ebenza balandise ngalo lonke igazi elilungile elachitheka libuyela ku-Abela. (Mt 23: 33-39) Wakubeka kwacaca impela ukuthi labo ayekhuluma nabo yilabo ababezokhokhela izono zesikhathi esedlule nezamanje.

“Ngiqinisile ngithi kuwe, zonke lezi zinto kuzokwehlela lesi sizukulwane. ”(Mt 23: 36)

Lapho bephuma ethempelini, abafundi bakhe, mhlawumbe bekhathazwe amazwi akhe (Ngokwalokho umJuda ayengawuthandi umuzi nethempeli lawo, ukuziqhenya kuka-Israyeli wonke), bamkhombisa ngemisebenzi emihle yokwakhiwa kwamaJuda. Ephendula wathi:

“Aniboni yini zonke lezi zinto? Ngiqinisile ngithi kini, Akusoze kwasala itshe lapha phezu kwetshe futhi lingadilizwa. ”(Mt 24: 2)

Ngakho-ke lapho befika eNtabeni Yeminqumo, ngalolo suku, konke lokhu kwakusengqondweni yabafundi bakhe. Ngakho-ke, babuza:

  1. “Kuyini lezi zinto ? "
  2. "Luzoba yini uphawu lobukhona bakho?"
  3. "Kuzoba yini isibonakaliso ... sokuphela kwesimiso sezinto?"

UJesu wayesanda kubatshela, kabili, ukuthi “zonke lezi zinto” zizobhujiswa. Ngakho-ke ngenkathi bembuza mayelana "nalezi zinto", babebuza ngokwesimo samazwi akhe uqobo. Babengabuzi nge-Armagedoni ngokwesibonelo. Igama elithi "Armagedoni" ngeke lisebenze eminye iminyaka engu-70 lapho uJohn abhala iSambulo sakhe. (IsAm 16:16) Babengacabangi ngohlobo oluthile lokugcwaliseka okukabili, okunye ukugcwaliseka okungabonakali okufanekiselwayo. Ubevele abatshele ikhaya nendawo yabo yokukhonza abayithandayo izobhujiswa, futhi bafuna ukwazi ukuthi nini. Plain futhi elula.

Uzobona futhi ukuthi wathi “zonke lezi zinto” zizokwehlela “lesi sizukulwane”. Ngakho-ke uma ephendula umbuzo wokuthi "lezi zinto" zizokwenzeka nini futhi kuleyo mpendulo usebenzisa ibinzana elithi "lesi sizukulwane", ngabe ngeke baphethe ngokuthi ubekhuluma ngesizukulwane esifanayo ayekhulume ngaso ekuqaleni usuku?

Parousía

Kuthiwani ngengxenye yesibili yombuzo? Kungani abafundi basebenzise igama elithi “ukuba khona kwakho” esikhundleni selithi “ukuza kwakho” noma “ukubuya kwakho”?

Leli gama elisho “ukuba khona” ngesiGreki lithi parousía. Yize kungasho into efanayo eyenzayo esiNgisini (“isimo noma iqiniso lalokho okukhona, okwenzekayo, noma ukubakhona endaweni noma entweni”) kunenye incazelo ngesiGreki engekho kokulingana kwesiNgisi.  I-Pauousia “yasetshenziswa empumalanga njengesichasiso sobuchwepheshe bokuvakasha kwenkosi, noma umbusi. Leli gama lisho ngokwezwi nezwi ukuthi 'ukuba seduze,' ngakho-ke, 'ukuba khona komuntu siqu' ”(K. Wuest, 3, Bypaths, 33). Kusikisela isikhathi soshintsho.

UWilliam Barclay phakathi Amagama eTestamente eNtsha (k. 223) uthi:

Ngaphezu kwalokho, enye yezinto ezijwayeleke kakhulu ukuthi izifundazwe zathola inkathi entsha kusuka ku-parousia yombusi. ICos yangesikhathi esisha esivela ku-parousia kaGaius Caesar ngo-AD 4, njengoba kwenza neGrisi kusuka ku-parousia kaHadrian ngo-AD 24. Isigaba esisha sesikhathi savela ngokufika kwenkosi.
Omunye umkhuba ojwayelekile kwaba ukushaya izinhlamvu zemali ezintsha ukukhumbula ukuvakashelwa kwenkosi. Uhambo lukaHadrian lungalandelwa yizinhlamvu zemali ezashaywa ukukhumbula ukuvakasha kwakhe. Ngenkathi uNero evakashele izinhlamvu zemali zaseKorinte zashaywa ukukhumbula i-adventus yakhe, i-advent, okufana nesiLatin ne-parousia yamaGrikhi. Kwakungathi ngokufika kwenkosi kwase kuqhamuke amanani amasha.
I-Parousia kwesinye isikhathi isetshenziswa 'ngokuhlasela' kwesifundazwe ngumphathi jikelele. Isetshenziswa kakhulu ekuhlaselweni kwe-Asia nguMithradates. Ichaza ukungena endaweni yesehlakalo ngamandla amasha futhi anqobayo.

Singazi kanjani ukuthi abafundi babecabanga ngamuphi umqondo?

Ngokudabukisayo, labo abangakhuthaza ukuhunyushwa okungalungile, ukuthi kukhona okungabonakali, banikeze impendulo bengazi.

ISIVIVINYO SOKUQAPHELA
Lapho bebuza uJesu, “Kuzoba yini isibonakaliso sokuba khona kwakho?” Bengazi ukuthi ukuba khona kwakhe esikhathini esizayo bekungeke kubonakale. (Math. 24: 3) Ngisho nangemva kokuvuka kwakhe, babuza: "Nkosi, ingabe ubuyisela umbuso ku-Israyeli ngalesi sikhathi?" (Izenzo 1: 6) Babheke ukubuyiselwa kabusha okubonakalayo. Kodwa-ke, ukubuzwa kwabo kukhombisa ukuthi babekhumbula umbuso kaNkulunkulu ngoKristu njengoba babesondele.
(w74 1 / 15 p. 50)

Kepha bengakawutholi umoya ongcwele, ababanga nokwazisa ukuthi wayengeke ahlale esihlalweni sobukhosi basemhlabeni; Babengazi ukuthi uzobusa njengomoya okhazimulayo uvela ezulwini ngakho-ke bengazi ukuthi ubukhona bakhe besibili buzobonakala. (w64 9 / 15 pp. 575-576)

Ukulandela lokhu kucabanga, cabanga ngalokho abaphostoli abekwazi ngaleso sikhathi ngaleso sikhathi: UJesu wayesebatshelile ukuthi uzoba nabo noma nini lapho ababili noma abathathu bebuthene egameni lakhe. (Mt 18: 20) Ngaphezu kwalokho, ukube bebebuza nje ngobukhona obulula njengoba siqonda leli gama namuhla, ubengabaphendula njengoba enza nje kungekudala emva kwalokho ngala mazwi: “Nginani izinsuku zonke kuze kube isiphelo isimiso sezinto. ” (Mt 28: 20) Babengeke badinge isibonakaliso salokho. Ngabe kufanele sikholwe ukuthi uJesu wayehlose ukuthi sibheke ezimpini, ukuzamazama komhlaba, nendlala bese sithi, “Ah, ubufakazi obuningi bokuthi uJesu unathi”?

Kuyaphawuleka futhi ukuthi emavangelini amathathu abika lo mbuzo, nguMathewu kuphela osebenzisa igama parousia. Lokhu kubalulekile ngoba nguMathewu kuphela okhuluma "ngombuso wamazulu", ibinzana alisebenzisa izikhathi ezingama-33. Ukugxila kwakhe kugxile kakhulu embusweni kaNkulunkulu ozayo, ngakho-ke kuye, kukaKristu parousia kungasho ukuthi inkosi isifikile futhi izinto sezizoshintsha.

Synteleias thinta I-Aiōnos

Ngaphambi kokuhambisa ivesi elidlule 3, kudingeka siqonde lokho abafundi ababekuqonda “ngokuphetha kohlelo lwezinto” noma njengoba ukuhumusha okuningi kukubeka, “ukuphela kwesikhathi”; ngesiGrikhi, Synteleias thinta I-Aiōnos). Singacabanga ukuthi ukubhujiswa kweJerusalema nethempeli lalo kwaphawula ukuphela kwesikhathi, ngakho-ke kwenzeka kanjalo. Kodwa ingabe yilokho labo bafundi ababekucabanga lapho bebuza umbuzo wabo?

KwakunguJesu owethula umqondo wokuphela kwesimiso sezinto noma sobudala. Ngakho-ke bebengasunguli imibono emisha lapha, kepha bebebuza kuphela inkomba yokuthi ukuphela ayesekhulume ngakho ngaphambili kuzofika nini. Manje uJesu akazange akhulume ngezinqubo ezintathu noma ngaphezulu zezinto. Uke wakhuluma kabili kuphela. Ukhulume noma ngaleyamanje, nangokuzayo.

“Isibonelo, noma ngubani okhuluma izwi elimelene neNdodana yomuntu, uyothethelelwa; kodwa noma ngubani okhuluma ngokumelene nomoya ongcwele, ngeke athethelelwe, cha, hhayi kulesi simiso sezinto noma esikhathini esizayo. ”(Mt 12: 32)

“. . .UJesu wathi kubo: “Izingane zika lesi simiso sezinto shada futhi unikezwe emshadweni, i-35 kepha labo ababaliwe ukuthi bakufanele ukuthola leso simiso sezinto futhi ukuvuka kwabafileyo kashadi futhi abendiswa. ”(Lu 20: 34, 35)

“. . .Inkosi yakhe yancoma umphathi, noma engalungile, ngoba wenza ngokuhlakanipha okusebenzayo; emadodaneni ka lesi simiso sezinto bahlakaniphile ngendlela esebenzayo esizukulwaneni sabo kunamadodana okukhanya. ”(Lu 16: 8)

“. . .ayizukuthola okuphindwe kayikhulu manje kulesi sikhathi sesikhathi, izindlu nabafowethu nodadewenu nomama nezingane namasimu, nokushushiswa, uhlelo lwezinto oluzayo impilo engapheli. ”(Mnu 10: 30)

UJesu wakhuluma ngesimiso sezinto esasizofika ngemva kokuphela kwalesi samanje. Isimiso sezinto osukwini lukaJesu sasihlanganisa okungaphezu kwesizwe sakwa-Israyeli kuphela. Kubandakanya iRoma, kanye nomhlaba wonke abawaziyo.

Bobabili uDaniel umprofethi, uJesu akhuluma ngaye kuMathewu 24:15, kanye noJesu uqobo, babikezela ukuthi ukubhujiswa komuzi kwakuzofika kwabanye, ibutho. (Luka 19:43; Daniyeli 9:26) Ukube balalela futhi balalela isikhuthazo sikaJesu esithi “sebenzisa ukuqonda”, babeyokwazi ukuthi idolobha laliyophela ezandleni zamabutho abantu. Bangacabanga ukuthi lokhu kwakuyiRoma njengoba uJesu abatshela ukuthi isizukulwane esibi sosuku lwabo sasizobona ukuphela, futhi kwakungeke kwenzeke ukuthi esinye isizwe sizonqoba futhi sithathe indawo yeRoma esikhathini esincane esisele. (Mt 24: 34) Ngakho-ke iRoma, njengombhubhisi weJerusalema, yayiyoqhubeka ikhona ngemuva kokuthi "konke lokhu kwenzeke". Ngakho-ke, ukuphela kwesikhathi kwakwehlukile “kuzo zonke lezi zinto”.

Isibonakaliso noma Izimpawu?

Into eyodwa iqinisekile, kwakukhona uphawu olulodwa (lwesiGreki: sémeion). Bacele i-a single sign in vesi 3 futhi uJesu ubanikeze a single bhala evesini 30. Abazange bacele izimpawu (ubuningi) futhi uJesu akabanikanga ngaphezu kwalokho abakucelile. Wayekhuluma ngezibonakaliso ebuningini, kepha kulowo mongo wayekhuluma ngezibonakaliso zamanga.

“Ngoba kuyovela oKristu bamanga nabaprofethi bamanga, banikeze okukhulu izimpawu nezimangaliso ukuze kudukise, uma kungenzeka, nalabo abakhethiweyo. ”(Mt 24: 24)

Ngakho-ke uma othile eqala ukukhuluma “ngezibonakaliso ezinkulu”, kungenzeka ukuthi ungumprofethi wamanga. Ngaphezu kwalokho, ukuzama ukuthola ukungabikho kobuningi ngokuthi uJesu wayekhuluma "ngesibonakaliso esiyinhlanganisela" kuyindlela nje yokugwema ukumakwa njengomunye wabaprofethi bamanga asixwayisa ngabo. '

Imicimbi Emibili

Ukuthi abafundi babecabanga ukuthi umcimbi owodwa (ukubhujiswa kweDolobha) uzolandelwa ngokushesha ngomunye (ukubuya kukaKristu) singaqagela nje. Esikwaziyo ukuthi uJesu wayewuqonda umehluko. Wayazi ngomyalo wokungazi noma yini mayelana nesikhathi sokubuya kwakhe ngamandla eNkosi. (IzEnzo 1: 7) Kodwa-ke, ngokusobala kwakungekho mngcele ofanayo ezinkomba zokusondela komunye umcimbi, ukubhujiswa kweJerusalema. Eqinisweni, yize bengacelanga uphawu lokuthi isondela kuphi, ukusinda kwabo kwakuxhomeke ekuboneni ukubaluleka kwezenzakalo.

“Manje funda lo mfanekiso emkhiwaneni: Lapho nje amagatsha awo esemncane ethamba bese lihluma amaqabunga awo, niyazi ukuthi ihlobo seliseduze. I-33 Kanjalo nani, lapho nibona zonke lezi zinto, yazini ukuthi useduze nasezicabheni. ”(Mt 24: 32, 33)

"Kodwa-ke, lapho ubona isinengiso esibangela incithakalo simi lapho kungafanele sibe khona (ofundayo makasebenzise ukuqonda). . . ”(UMnu 13: 14)

“Ngiqinisile ngithi kini lesi sizukulwane asisoze sadlula zingakenzeki zonke lezi zinto. 35 Izulu nomhlaba kuzodlula, kepha amazwi ami awasoze adlula. ”(Mt 24: 34, 35)

Ngaphandle kokubanika ithuba lesikhathi esinqunyelwe ("lesi sizukulwane") uphinde wakhombisa ukuthi bazobona kanjani izinkomba zokusondela kwayo. Lezi zimbangi zizobonakala kakhulu ukuthi bekungafanele azipele ngaphambili, ngaphandle kwalowo oziphuphisile abalekele: ukubonakala kwento enyanyekayo.

Isikhathi esibekiwe sokwenza ngokulandela ukuvela kwalesi sibonakaliso esisodwa sasikhawulelwe kakhulu futhi sasidinga isenzo esisheshayo lapho sekuvulwe indlela njengoba kwabikezelwa kuMt 24:22. Nayi i-akhawunti efanayo njengoba ihanjiswe nguMark:

“Khona-ke labo abaseJudiya mabalekele ezintabeni. I-15 Umuntu ophezu kophahla lwendlu makangehli futhi angangeni ngaphakathi ukuzothatha noma yini endlini yakhe; I-16 futhi ivumele umuntu osensimini ukuthi angabuyeli ezintweni ezingemuva ayothatha ingubo yakhe yangaphandle. I-17 Maye kwabesifazane abakhulelwe nalabo abancela umntwana ngalezo zinsuku !. . .Eqinisweni, ngaphandle kokuba uJehova ezinciphisile lezo zinsuku, akukho nyama ebiyosinda Kepha ngenxa yabakhethiweyo abakhethile, uzifinyezile izinsuku. ”(UMnu 13: 14-18, 20)

Ngisho noma bengazange babuze umbuzo abawubuzile, uJesu wayezothola ithuba lokudlulisela lokhu kwaziswa okubalulekile, okusindisa ukuphila kubafundi bakhe. Kodwa-ke, ukubuya kwakhe njengeNkosi akudingi kufundiswa okunjalo. Kungani? Ngoba ukusindiswa kwethu akuxhomekile ekuthutheleleni kwethu endaweni ethile lapho kwehla isigqoko, noma ukwenza omunye umsebenzi othile obaluleke kakhulu njengokumboza izinsika zeminyango ngegazi. (Eks 12: 7) Insindiso yethu izophuma ezandleni zethu.

"Futhi uzothumela izingelosi zakhe ngokukhala okukhulu kwecilongo, ziqoqe abakhethiweyo bakhe emimoyeni yomine, kusukela emkhawulweni wezulu kuya komunye umkhawulo wawo." (Mt 24: 31)

Ngakho-ke masingakhohliswa ngabantu abangasitshela ukuthi bangabaphathi bolwazi oluyimfihlo. Ukuthi kuphela uma sibalalela lapho sizosindiswa khona. Amadoda asebenzisa amagama afana nala:

Sonke kufanele sikulungele ukulalela noma imiphi imiyalo esingayithola, noma ngabe ibonakala izwakala njengombono weqhinga noma umbono wabantu noma cha. (w13 11 / 15 p. 20 par. 17)

Isizathu sokuthi uJesu angasinikanga iziyalezo zensindiso yethu, njengoba enza kubafundi bakhe bekhulu lokuqala, yingoba lapho ebuya insindiso yethu izophuma ezandleni zethu. Kuzoba umsebenzi wezingelosi ezinamandla ukubona ukuthi siyavunwa, siqoqelwa njengokolweni enqolobaneni yakhe. (Mt 3:12; 13:30)

I-Harmony Dinga Kungabikho Ukuphikisana

Masibuye sicabangele iMt 24: 33: "... lapho nibona zonke lezi zinto, yazini ukuthi useduze nasezicabheni."

Abaxhasi “bezimpawu zezinsuku zokugcina” bakhomba kulokhu futhi bathi uJesu ubhekisele kuye ngokwakhe njengomuntu wesithathu. Kepha ukube bekunjalo, khona-ke uphikisana ngqo nesixwayiso sakhe esenziwe amavesi ayishumi nanye nje phambili:

"Ngenxa yalokhu, nani hlalani nilungile, ngoba iNdodana yomuntu iza ngehora eningacabangi ukuba lona." (Mt 24: 44)

Singazi kanjani ukuthi useduze ngenkathi ngasikhathi sinye sikholelwa ukuthi angeke abe seduze? Akunangqondo. Ngakho-ke, u “yena” kuleli vesi akakwazi ukuba yiNdodana yomuntu. UJesu wayekhuluma ngomunye umuntu, umuntu okukhulunywa ngaye emibhalweni kaDaniel, umuntu oxhumene "nazo zonke lezi zinto" (ukubhujiswa komuzi). Ngakho-ke ake sibheke kuDaniel ukuthola impendulo.

“Umuzi nendawo engcwele abantu be umholi okuzayo kuyobabhubhisa. Futhi ukuphela kwako kuzoba ngozamcolo. Kuze kube-nempi kuze kube sekupheleni; okunqunywe kukho yizincithakalo.…. ”Futhi kwephiko le izinto ezinengiso kuzoba khona obangela incithakalo; kuze kufike ekuqothulweni, yona kanye into enqumile iyothululela nakulowo oyincithakalo. ”(Da 9: 26, 27)

Ukuthi ngabe “lowo” oseduze kweminyango kuvele ukuthi nguCestius Gallus, owazama ukukhipha isisu ukwephula isango lethempeli (indawo engcwele) ngo-66 CE wanika amaKrestu ithuba alidingayo lokulalela uJesu futhi abaleke, noma “Yena” kuvela ukuthi nguGeneral Titus owagcina ethathe lo muzi ngo-70 CE, wabulala cishe bonke abantu bakhona, futhi wacekela phansi ithempeli, uyisifundiswa. Okubalulekile ukuthi amazwi kaJesu abe yiqiniso, futhi anikeze amaKrestu isexwayiso esifike ngesikhathi abebengasisebenzisa ukuzisindisa.

Isixwayiso Esaba Izimpawu

Jesu bekabati kahle bafundzi bakhe. Wayebazi ukushiyeka kwabo kanye nobuthakathaka babo; isifiso sabo sokuvelela nokulangazela kwabo ukuphela ukuthi kufike. (Lukha 9: 46; Mt 26: 56; Izenzo 1: 6)

Ukholo aludingi ukubona ngamehlo. Ibona ngenhliziyo nangengqondo. Iningi labafundi bakhe lizofunda ukuba naleli zinga lokholo, kodwa ngokudabukisayo akubona bonke abebezofunda. Wayazi ukuthi ukukholwa komuntu obuthakathaka kunakho, lapho umuntu ethembela kakhulu ezintweni ezibonakalayo. Ngothando usinikeze uchungechunge lwezexwayiso zokulwa nalomkhuba.

Eqinisweni, esikhundleni sokuphendula umbuzo wabo ngokushesha, waqala khona lapho ngesexwayiso:

"Bheka ukuthi akekho odukisa wena," (Mt 24: 4)

Ube esebikezela ukuthi ibutho loKristu bamanga — abazibiza ngabagcotshiwe — lizofika futhi lidukise abafundi abaningi. Lokhu kungakhomba izimpawu nezimangaliso zokukhohlisa ngisho nalabo abakhethiwe. (Math 24:23) Impi, indlala, izifo eziwumshayabhuqe nokuzamazama komhlaba kuyizinto ezesabekayo. Lapho abantu behlangabezana nenhlekelele ethile engachazeki njengesifo esiwumshayabhuqe (isib. Isifo esiMnyama esiqede inani labantu emhlabeni ku-14.th century) noma ukuzamazama komhlaba, bafuna incazelo lapho kungekho. Abaningi bazofinyelela esiphethweni sokuthi kuwuphawu oluvela kuNkulunkulu. Lokhu kubenza babe yindawo evundile yanoma yimuphi umuntu ongathembekile ozimemezela ukuthi ungumprofethi.

Abalandeli bakaKrestu beqiniso kufanele bame ngaphezu kwalokhu kubuthakathaka kobuntu. Kufanele bakhumbule amazwi akhe athi: “Qaphelani ukuba ningethuki, ngoba lezi zinto kufanele zenzeke, kodwa ukuphela akukakafiki.” (Mt 24: 6) Ukugcizelela ukunganqandeki kwempi, uqhubeka athi:

"Ye- [railhead] isizwe siyovukela isizwe nombuso uvukele umbuso, kube khona ukusweleka kokudla nokuzamazama komhlaba ezindaweni ngezindawo. I-8 Zonke lezi zinto ziwukuqala kwenhlungu. ”(Mt 24: 7, 8)

Abanye baye bazama ukushintsha lesi sixwayiso saba uphawu oluyinhlanganisela. Basikisela ukuthi uJesu uguqula iphimbo lakhe lapha, ukusuka esixwayisweni esiku-6 kuye kwesibonakaliso esihlanganisiwe ku-vs. 7. Bethi akakhulumi ngokwenzeka okuvamile kwezimpi, ukuzamazama komhlaba, indlala nezifo,[V] kepha ngohlobo oluthile lokukhuphuka olwenza le micimbi ibaluleke kakhulu. Noma kunjalo, ulimi aluvumeli leso siphetho. UJesu uqala lesi sixwayiso ngokuxhumana railhead, okuyiGrikhi — njengaseNgisini — kuyindlela yokuqhubeka nomqondo, ungawuqhathanisi new.[vi]

Yebo, umhlaba owawuzofika ngemuva kokuba uJesu enyukele ezulwini wawuyogcina ugcwele izimpi, indlala, ukuzamazama komhlaba nezifo eziwumshayabhuqe. Abafundi bakhe kwakuzodingeka bahlupheke nakuba le “mihelo yosizi” kanye nabanye abantu. Kepha akaziniki lezi njengezimpawu zokubuya kwakhe. Lokhu singakusho ngokuqiniseka ngoba umlando webandla lobuKrestu usinikeza ubufakazi. Ngokuphindaphindiwe, bobabili abesilisa abanezinhloso ezinhle nabangathembekile baye baqinisekisa amakholwa abakanye nawo ukuthi bangakwazi ukuba seduze kokuphela ngenxa yalezi zibonakaliso. Izibikezelo zabo bezihluleka njalo ukugcwaliseka, okuholele ekudumazekeni okukhulu nasekuphahlazekeni komkhumbi.

UJesu uyabathanda abafundi bakhe. (Johane 13: 1) Wayengeke asinikeze izimpawu zamanga ezazingasidukisa futhi zisikhathaze kangako. Abafundi bambuza umbuzo futhi wawuphendula, kepha wabanikeza okungaphezulu kwalokho abakucelile. Wabanika abakudingayo. Ubanikeze izexwayiso eziningi zokuthi baqaphele oKrestu bamanga abamemezela izibonakaliso nezimangaliso zamanga. Ukuthi abaningi bakhethe ukungazinaki lezi zixwayiso ukuphawula okubuhlungu ngemvelo yomuntu enesono.

Okungabonakali Parousia?

Ngiyaxolisa ukusho ukuthi bengingomunye walabo abasishaye indiva isixwayiso sikaJesu cishe yonke impilo yami. Ngalalela “izindaba ezingamanga eziklanywe ngobuciko” ezimayelana nokuba khona kukaJesu okungabonakali okwenzeka ngo-1914. Nokho uJesu waze wasixwayisa ngezinto ezinjengalezi:

“Uma umuntu ethi kini, 'Bhekani! Nangu uKristu, 'noma,' Bheka! ' ungakukholwa. I-24 Kuzovela oKhristu bamanga nabaprofethi bamanga futhi bazokwenza izibonakaliso ezinkulu nezimangaliso ezinkulu ukuze badukise, uma kungenzeka, ngisho nabakhethiweyo. I-25 Bheka! Ngikuxwayisile ngaphambili. I-26 Ngakho-ke, uma abantu bethi kuwe, 'Bheka! Usehlane, 'ungaphumi; 'Bheka! Usegumbini elingaphakathi, 'ungakholelwa. ”(Mt 24: 23-25)

kukaWilliam Miller, omsebenzi wakhe wazala inhlangano yamaSabatha, wasebenzisa izinombolo ezisencwadini kaDaniel ukubala ukuthi uKristu uzobuya ngo-1843 noma ngo-1844. Lapho lokho kwehluleka, kwaba nokudumala okukhulu. Kodwa-ke, elinye i-Adventist, UNathan Barbour, wafunda kulokho kwehluleka nalapho ukubikezela kwakhe ukuthi uKristu uzobuya ngo-1874 kwehluleka, wakuguqula kwaba ukubuya okungabonakali futhi wamemezela impumelelo. UKristu “wayesehlane ehlane” noma ecashile “emakamelweni angaphakathi”.

UCharles Taze Russell wathenga ukubalwa kwezikhathi kukaBarbour futhi wamukela ubukhona obungabonakali buka-1874. Wafundisa ukuthi u-1914 wayezophawula ukuqala kosizi olukhulu, alubheka njengokugcwaliseka okungokomfanekiso kwamazwi kaJesu akuMathewu 24:21.

Kwakungekho kuze kube yilapho ama-1930s lokho JF Rutherford yashukumisela ukuqala kobukhona bukaKristu okungabonakali koFakazi BakaJehova kusuka ku-1874 kuya ku-1914.[vii]

Kuyakhathaza ukulahlekelwa yiminyaka ekusebenzeni kweNhlangano eyakhelwe ezindabeni zamanga ezinjalo ezenziwe ngobuciko, kepha akumele sikuvumele kusidumaze. Kunalokho siyajabula ukuthi uJesu ubone kufanele asivusele eqinisweni elisikhululayo. Ngaleyo njabulo, singaya phambili sinikeze ubufakazi ngeNkosi yethu. Asizikhathazi ngokwazi kusengaphambili okungaphandle kwegunya lethu. Sizokwazi ukuthi isikhathi sifika nini, ngoba ubufakazi abunakuphikwa. UJesu wathi:

“Ngoba njengoba nje umbani uphuma empumalanga ukhanye ubheke entshonalanga, kuyoba njalo nokuba khona kweNdodana yomuntu. I-28 Nomaphi lapho okukhona isidumbu, izidumbu ziyobuthana lapho. ”(Mt 24: 27, 28)

Wonke umuntu ubona umbani okhanya esibhakabhakeni. Wonke umuntu angabona izinkozi zizungeza, noma ekude kakhulu. Izimpumputhe kuphela ezidinga umuntu ozobatshela ukuthi umbani ubanekile, kepha asisaboni.

Lapho uJesu ebuya, ngeke kube yindaba yokuhumusha. Umhlaba uzombona. Iningi lizozishaya ngenxa yosizi. Sizojabula. (IsAm 1: 7; Luka 21: 25-28)

Isibonakaliso

Ngakho-ke ekugcineni sifika kusibonakaliso. Abafundi bacela isibonakaliso esisodwa kuMathewu 24: 3 futhi uJesu wabanikeza isibonakaliso esisodwa kuMathewu 24:30:

“Ngemuva kwalokho isibonakaliso seNdodana yomuntu siyovela ezulwini, futhi zonke izizwe zomhlaba ziyozishaya ngosizi, zibone iNdodana yomuntu iza emafwini ezulu inamandla nenkazimulo enkulu. ”(Mt 24: 30)

Ukubeka lokhu ngezinsuku zesimanje, uJesu wathi kubo, 'nizongibona lapho nizongibona'. Isibonakaliso sokuba khona kwakhe is ubukhona bakhe. Akufanele kube nohlelo lokuxwayisa kusenesikhathi.

UJesu wathi wayezokuza njengesela. Isela alikuniki uphawu lokuthi liza. Uvuka phakathi kwamabili umangazwe umsindo ongalindelekile wokumbona emi egumbini lakho lokuphumula. Yiso kuphela “isibonakaliso” ositholayo sobukhona bakhe.

Eshaya isandla

Kukho konke lokhu, sisanda kunyathela phezu kweqiniso elibalulekile elikhombisa ukuthi akuyona kuphela uMathewu 24: 3-31 hhayi isiprofetho sezinsuku zokugcina, kodwa ukuthi ngeke sibe khona isiprofetho esinjalo. Akunakubakhona isiprofetho sokusinikeza izimpawu ezandulelayo ukuze sazi ukuthi uKristu useduze. Kungani? Ngoba lokho kungalimaza ukholo lwethu.

Sihamba ngokukholwa, hhayi ngokubona. (2 Co 5: 7) Kodwa-ke, uma bekungaba khona ngempela izimpawu ezibikezela ukubuya kukaKristu, kungaba yisikhuthazo sokuyekethisa isandla, ngomqondo ongokomfanekiso. Isikhuthazo esithi, “hlalani nilindile, ngoba anazi ukuthi umninindlu uzofika nini”, besizobe singasho lutho. (Mar 13:35)

Isikhuthazo esilotshwe kwabaseRoma 13: 11-14 besingaba nencane uma amaKristu phakathi namakhulu eminyaka ebengazi ukuthi uKristu useduze noma cha. Ukungazi kwethu kubalulekile, ngoba sonke sinesikhathi esinqunyiwe, futhi uma kufanele sikuguqule lokho kube okungenamkhawulo, kufanele sihlale siphapheme njalo, ngoba asazi ukuthi iNkosi yethu iza nini.

Ngokufigqiwe

Ephendula umbuzo abuzwe wona, uJesu utshele abafundi bakhe ukuthi baqaphele bangaphazanyiswa yizinto eziyinhlekelele ezifana nezimpi, indlala, ukuzamazama komhlaba nezifo eziwumshayabhuqe, bezichaza njengezimpawu zaphezulu. Wabuye wabaxwayisa ngamadoda ayezofika, asebenze njengabaprofethi bamanga, esebenzisa izibonakaliso nezimangaliso ukubakholisa ukuthi uJesu ubuyile ngokungabonakali. Ubatshele ukuthi ukubhujiswa kweJerusalema kuzoba yinto abangayibona iza nokuthi izokwenzeka esikhathini sokuphila kwabantu ababephila ngaleso sikhathi. Ekugcineni, wabatshela (nathi) ukuthi akekho ongazi ukuthi uzobuya nini. Kodwa-ke, akudingeki sikhathazeke, ngoba ukusindiswa kwethu akudingi ukuthi sazi ngaphambili ngokuza kwakhe. Izingelosi zizonakekela ukuvuna ukolweni ngesikhathi esimisiwe.

eyongeziwe

Umfundi onokuqonda ubhale wabuza ngevesi 29 ebengingakunaki ukuphawula ngalo. Ngokuqondile, luyini “usizi” olubhekise kulo lapho lithi: “Masinyane emva kosizi lwalezo zinsuku…”

Ngicabanga ukuthi inkinga ibangelwa ukusebenzisa kweNkosi igama evesini 21. Igama elithi thlipsis ngesiGreki kusho "ukushushiswa, ukuhlupheka, usizi". Umongo oseduze wevesi 21 ukhombisa ukuthi ubhekise ezenzakalweni eziphathelene nokubhujiswa kweJerusalema ngekhulu lokuqala. Kodwa-ke, lapho ethi “masinyane emva kosizi [thlipis] ngalezo zinsuku ”, ngabe usho lolo sizi olufanayo? Uma kunjalo, lapho-ke kufanele silindele ukubona ubufakazi obungokomlando bokuthi ilanga lenziwe mnyama, nenyanga ingakhiphi ukukhanya kwayo, nezinkanyezi ziyokuwa ezulwini. ” Ngaphezu kwalokho, njengoba eqhubeka ngaphandle kwekhefu, abantu bekhulu lokuqala bekufanele futhi babone “isibonakaliso seNdodana yomuntu… sivela ezulwini” futhi bekufanele ngabe bazishaya ngosizi njengoba bebona uJesu “eza emafwini wezulu ngamandla nenkazimulo enkulu. ”

Akukho nokukodwa kwalokhu okwenzekile, ngakho-ke uma kuqhathaniswa nama-29, kubonakala sengathi ubengabhekisi kusizi olufanayo akhomba kulo vs.

Kufanele sikhumbule iqiniso lokuthi phakathi kwencazelo yokubhujiswa kohlelo lwezinto lwamaJuda ku-vss. 15-22 nokuza kukaKristu ezindimeni. 29-31, kunamavesi akhuluma ngoKristu bamanga nabaprofethi bamanga abadukisa ngisho abakhethiweyo, abantwana bakaNkulunkulu. La mavesi aphetha, ngokuqhathanisa nama-27 no-28, ngesiqinisekiso sokuthi ubukhona beNkosi buzobonakala kakhulu kubo bonke.

Ngakho-ke eqala evesini 23, uJesu uchaza izimo ezazizolandela ukubhujiswa kweJerusalema futhi ezazizophela lapho ubukhona bakhe buzibonakalisa.

“. . .Njengoba nje umbani uphuma empumalanga ukhanye ubheke entshonalanga, kuyoba njalo nokuba khona kweNdodana yomuntu. I-28 Nomaphi lapho okukhona isidumbu, izidumbu ziyobuthana lapho. ”(Mt 24: 27, 28)

Khumbula lokho thlipis kusho ukuthi "ukushushiswa, ukuhlupheka, usizi". Ukuba khona koKristu bamanga nabaprofethi bamanga kuwo wonke amakhulukhulu eminyaka kulethe ushushiso, ukuhlupheka nosizi kumaKristu eqiniso, kuvavanya kanzima futhi kucwengisisa izingane zikaNkulunkulu. Bheka nje ukushushiswa esikubekezelelayo njengoFakazi BakaJehova, ngoba siyazenqaba izimfundiso zabaprofethi bamanga ezithi uJesu usevele wabuya ngo-1914. Kungabonakala sengathi usizi uJesu akhuluma ngalo ku-vesi 29 yilolo uJohane akhuluma ngalo kuSambulo 7:14.

Kukhona izinkomba ezingama-45 zosizi emiBhalweni yamaKrestu futhi cishe zonke zibhekisa emikhondweni nasekuvivinyweni okukhuthazwa ngamaKristu njengenqubo yokucwenga ukuze afanelekele uKristu. Ngokushesha ngemuva kokuphela kwalolo sizi oludonse amakhulu eminyaka, isibonakaliso sikaKristu sizovela ezulwini.

Lokhu kuthatha kwami ​​izinto. Angitholi lutho olufanelana kangcono yize ngivulekele iziphakamiso.

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[i] Ngaphandle kokuthi kuchazwe ngenye indlela, zonke izingcaphuno zebhayibheli zithathwe kuyi-New World Translation of the Holy Bible (1984 Reference Edition).

[Ii] OFakazi BakaJehova babecabanga ukuthi ubude bezinsuku zokugcina, abasazifundisa namanje baqala ngo-1914, bungalinganiswa ngokubala ubude besizukulwane esishiwo kuMathewu 24:34. Baqhubeka nokubamba le nkolelo.

[Iii] Ngicaphuna kwi-Berean Study Bible ngoba i-New World Translation ayifaki ibinzana elithi “umoya kaKristu” kepha esikhundleni salokho ifaka igama elingalungile elithi “” umoya ophakathi kwabo ”. Ikwenza lokhu noma ngabe i-Kingdom Interlinear lapho i-NWT isekelwe phezu kwayo ifunda ngokusobala "umoya kaKristu" (ngesiGreki:  Pneuma Christou).

[Iv] IBerean Study Bible

[V] ULuka 21: I-11 ingeza "ezindaweni ngezindawo izifo eziwumshayabhuqe".

[vi] I-NAS Exhaustive Concordance ichaza railhead njenge “for, indeed (isihlanganisi esisetshenziselwe ukuveza imbangela, incazelo, ukuthambekela noma ukuqhubeka)”

[vii]  INqabayokulinda (yesiNgisi), December 1, 1933, ikhasi 362: “Ngonyaka ka-1914 leso sikhathi esifanele sokulinda saphela. UKristu Jesu wathola igunya lombuso futhi wathunywa nguJehova ukuba abuse phakathi kwezitha zakhe. Ngakho-ke, unyaka ka-1914 uphawula ukuza kwesibili kweNkosi uJesu Kristu, iNkosi yodumo. ”

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