Uma ufunda iTestamente Elidala, into ongase uhlatshwe yiyo ukuthi lingakanani eliqukethe iziphrofetho zokuza kweNkosi. Ezingeni elijule kakhulu, lonke iTestamente Elidala likhuluma ngeNkosi eyayizofika (cf. Luka 24:27). Kungani iZwi eliningi ligxile kulesi sihloko? Kubonakala sengathi iNkosi yayifuna ngempela abantu bayo ukuba bacabange ngalokho okwakuyokwenzeka lapho ifika kubo.
Sisanda kuqala inkathi kaKhisimusi, okusho ukuthi silungiselela ukugubha ukuvela iNkosi yakwenza kudala - kodwa enye yezimfundiso zeBandla Elisha ukuthi ukuza kweNkosi kuyaqhubeka. Ulindele ukwamukelwa, elindele ukuba - njengokungathi - azalwe komunye nomunye wethu ngabanye. Uma simamukela, okwenzeka lapho simamukela njengoNkulunkulu wethu, lokho kungukufika Kwakhe kokuqala (Inkolo YeQiniso yobuKhrestu 766). Futhi ngokuhamba kwesikhathi, ukuvuma kwethu iNkosi kungashintsha futhi kujule. Uma kwenzeka, Uphinda eze kithi: Ungena ekuqapheleni kwethu ngendlela entsha.
Lokhu kusho ukuthi zonke lezo ziprofetho zokufika kweNkosi ziphathelene nento eyenzeka kudala, kodwa futhi ziphathelene neNkosi esiyemukelayo, nokuthi kwenzekani emimoyeni yethu lapho simamukela. Futhi, lokhu kuyinto iZwi elikhuluma ngayo kakhulu. Uma ubheka iZwi, nokuthi zingaki iziprofetho eliziqukethe, kuyagqama ukuthi iNkosi ifuna sicabange ngokuza kwayo kithi. Ubani uNkulunkulu osondela kithi? Kuyoba njani uma Esondela? Ngeke sikulungele ukumamukela uma silindele okunye ngaphandle kwalokho ayikho ngempela.
Ngokulandelayo, ngizohlola iziprofetho ezintathu ezahlukene zokuza kweNkosi. Zonke zihluke kakhulu - zinemisindo ehlukene, futhi zigcizelela izici ezihlukene zeNkosi. Izinto ezimbili omenywa ukuba uzindle njengoba ufunda lezi ziprofetho yilezi:
1) Ukuthi ukufika kweNkosi akuzizwa kufana njalo. Uza kithi ngezindlela ezahlukene ezindaweni ezahlukene empilweni yethu. Iphimbo lokufika Kwakhe lihlobene kakhulu nalokho okwenzeka ngaphakathi kwethu. Ngakho hlobo luni lokufika oludingayo njengamanje?
2) Futhi, iNkosi inezinto eziningi ezahlukene, kodwa futhi iyiNkosi eyodwa. Singagxila emandleni Akhe, noma othandweni Lwakhe, noma kunoma yini okudingeka sigxile kuyo. Kodwa ukuze simazi ngokweqiniso, sidinga ukuqonda ukuthi unothando, futhi unamandla, kanye nezinye izinto eziningi, ngesikhathi esisodwa.
Isiprofetho sokuqala: Isaya 42:1-7
Kuso sonke lesi siprofetho iNkosi ikhuluma ngesintu Eyosithatha lapho ezalwa emhlabeni. “INceku” okukhulunywa ngayo emgqeni wokuqala wesiprofetho ibhekise kuleso sintu, ngoba umuntu Wakhe wayekhonza ubuNkulunkulu obungaphakathi Kwakhe (Izimfihlakalo Zezulu 2159).
Lesi siprofetho sigcizelela ubumnene beNkosi nozwelo Lwakhe. Kulula ukubona ukuthi uMesiya ochazwe lapha ungumuntu ofanayo noJesu Kristu owembulwa evangelini. Isiprofetho sithi akayikukhamuluka noma aphakamise izwi Lakhe (Isaya 42:2). Evangelini uJesu uyakhala ngezikhathi ezithile (Johane 7:28, 37; 12:44), kodwa ngokwengxenye enkulu Unesineke ngokumangalisayo, futhi uphansi, futhi umnene. Isiprofetho sithi uyoletha ubulungisa kwabezizwe, avule amehlo ayizimpumputhe futhi akhiphe iziboshwa ejele.Isaya 42:1, 7). Lesi isithombe sikaNkulunkulu oza kithi njengomelaphi nomsindisi. Lona nguNkulunkulu esimdingayo lapho izinhliziyo zethu zibuhlungu, lapho sisesimweni esibi futhi siyakwazi, lapho sidinga ukududuzwa, nokuboniswa okuthile esingathembela kuye. INkosi iza kithi ukuze yenze lezi zinto kanye. Isiprofetho sithi unikezwe “njengesivumelwano kubantu” kanye “nokukhanya kwabezizwe” (Isaya 42:6). Ungukukhanya: Ubukhona Bakhe buyisithembiso sokuthi izulu lingasifinyelela.
Umniningwane owodwa othakazelisa ngokukhethekile kulesi siprofetho yinkulumo ethi iNkosi ngeke iwuphule umhlanga olimele noma iwucime ifilakisi elishunqayo. Okushiwo lokhu, ngomqondo ongokoqobo, ukuthi iNkosi ngeke ibhubhise lutho—ngisho nezinto ezingasho lutho njengomhlanga, ngisho noma sezonakele kakade. Lesi isithombe sendlela asiphatha ngayo. Kunezinto eziningi ngaphakathi kithi ezilimele: izisusa ezinamaphutha, imibono engalungile. Kodwa uJehova kazaphuli lezi zinto; Kunalokho, siyatshelwa, Ubagobela eqinisweni nasebuhleni (Izimfihlakalo Zezulu 25). INkosi imnene, ngisho nezingxenye zethu ezingcolile. Lesi isici seNkosi abantu abaningi okungenzeka bacabange ukuthi bayasidinga—uNkulunkulu obathethelelayo, uNkulunkulu obathandayo kungakhathaliseki ukuthi kwenzekani. INkosi impela. Lesi siprofetho sichaza enye yezindlela aza ngayo kithi.
Njengesiphetho sokucabanga kwethu ngalesi siprofetho sokuqala, nasi isiqephu seMfundiso yaseZulwini esikhuluma ngobumnene nenhlonipho yeNkosi ngathi. Lesi siqephu siphinde siqhathanise lezi zimfanelo zobuNkulunkulu nokuziphatha kwezihogo, okuyizona ezizama ukusigcina sisesimweni sokulimala:
Ukuba khona kweNkosi kuhlanganisa inkululeko; omunye ulandela omunye…. Ngakolunye uhlangothi, ukungena kwesihogo ngendlela yemimoya emibi kunamandla nomfutho wokubusa. Inhloso yabo yonke ukuthobisa umuntu kuze kufike eqophelweni lokumenza lutho futhi bona uqobo bamenze yonke into…. Ngenxa yalokho lapho iNkosi ikhulula umuntu ejokeni nasekubuseni kwakhe, kuba nokungqubuzana. Kodwa lapho esekhululiwe, okungukuthi, ezelwe kabusha, uholwa yiNkosi ngezingelosi ngobumnene kangangokuthi akubakho nhlobo ijoka noma ukubusa, ngoba uholwa yilokho okujabulisayo nokujabulisayo, futhi uyathandwa futhi waziswa. (Izimfihlakalo Zezulu 905)
Isiprofetho sesibili: Isaya 59:15-19
Lesi siprofetho sesibili sikhuluma ngempi yeNkosi nezihogo. Isithombe seNkosi esivezwe lapha sihluke kakhulu kulowo esinikezwe kuwo Isaya 42 isiprofetho: lapha uyembulwa njengeqhawe nomhlengi. Umongo walesi siprofetho uyincazelo ende yesiphithiphithi abantu beNkosi abazifaka kuso: ubulungisa baphela futhi akukho okuphephile.
UJehova wabona ukuthi ukulunga kwakungekho, kwaba kubi emehlweni akhe (Isaya 59:15).
Wabona ukuthi abantu Bakhe babodwa - ukuthi akekho ongabakhulumela - ngakho Yena uqobo waphuma eyobalwela. “Ingalo yakhe yamlethela insindiso” (Isaya 59:16).
Wazihlomisa izikhali zokulwa, wembatha ukushisekela njengengubo.Isaya 59:17).
Asithandi ngaso sonke isikhathi ukucabanga ngeNkosi njengeqhawe, kodwa lokho okungenani kuyingxenye ngoba asithandi njalo ukucabanga ukuthi isihogo sesabeka kangakanani ngempela. Kodwa ububi bungokoqobo, futhi lapho sihlangana nabo—kungaba emhlabeni wangaphandle noma ngaphakathi kithi—futhi siqaphela ukuthi sibheka umoya osho ukulimaza kuphela, yilapho singase siqaphele khona ukuthi siyayidinga iNkosi eyembulwe ngaphakathi. lesi siprofetho. Lapho ulahlekelwa isitha sakho, akukho lutho oluhle njengokufika komngane wakho ozokulwela - uNkulunkulu onamandla anele ukukukhipha ezandleni zesitha. Unamandla kunezihogo: leyo yingxenye yokuthi ungubani, futhi lokho kubaluleke kakhulu.
Okunye okuyinselelo encane ukuthi lesi siprofetho sikhuluma ngeNkosi efuna impindiselo (Isaya 59:17, 18): kufanele siqonde ukuthi lokho kuwukubukeka nje. Iqiniso liwukuthi iNkosi ithanda ngisho nezihogo, futhi ayifuni impindiselo - kodwa lapho Iphuma ukuze ivikele abantu Bayo, izihogo zizwa sengathi Ifuna impindiselo. Kukhona uhlobo oluthile lonya ekushisekeleni kweNkosi. EMfundisweni YaseZulwini sitshelwa ukuthi isivikelo sesifuba sokulunga iNkosi ehlome ngaso simele “intshiseko yokusindisa abathembekileyo esihogweni kanye nothando loBunkulunkulu lokusindisa uhlanga lwesintu” (I-Apocalypse Ichazwe 577:3). Cabanga ngalokhu: uma othile omthandayo esesihogweni - ngokoqobo esihogweni - kodwa efuna ukuphuma, futhi ungamkhipha, ubungeke yini nawe ugqokise intshiseko, uhambe uyohlangana nezihogo ngobuso obungase ukubesabisa?
Isiprofetho sithi lapho Yena—uJehova—“efika njengomfula omncane, uMoya kaJehova uyophakamisa ibhanela phakathi kwakhe” (Isaya 59:19). Izinga lisho isibhengezo, futhi uma siphakathi kwempi, ukufika kwesibhengezo kuwuphawu lokuthi usizo selufikile. Uma iNkosi iza kithi nalelo bhanela, Ifana nomfula omncane. Amandla akhe atheleka kithi njengomfula ogelezayo. Amandla Anawo ngokumelene nezihogo makhulu - futhi asazi ukuthi siwadinga kangakanani, kuze kube yilapho sifunda ukuthi sikudinga kangakanani. EMfundisweni YaseZulwini yeBandla Elisha siyatshelwa:
Uma ekhona owazi imvelo yesihogo, nokuthi saphakama kangakanani ukukhukhula izwe lemimoya yonke ngesikhathi sokuza kweNkosi, namandla uJehova awasebenzisayo ukusiwisa nokusihlakaza, bese kuthi kamuva sinciphise. wona, kanye nezulu, ukuhlela, kufanele kumenze akhale ngokumangala ukuthi lesosenzo sasingobuNkulunkulu ngokuphelele. (Inkolo YeQiniso yobuKhrestu 123)
Isiprofetho Sesithathu: Malakhi 3:1-3
Lesi siprofetho sikhuluma kuqala “ngesithunywa,” bese kuba “ngesithunywa sesivumelwano” (indima 1). Isithunywa nguJohane uMbhapathizi, owalungiselela iJudiya ukufika kweNkosi (bheka Luka 7:27; Inkolo YeQiniso yobuKhrestu 688). Isithunywa sesivumelwano yiNkosi uqobo lwaso. Isiprofetho sithi, “Uyoza ngokuzumayo ethempelini Lakhe” (Malakhi 3:1). Ithempeli Lakhe lisho umzimba Wakhe, noma ubuntu Abuthatha ngenkathi ezalwa emhlabeni (bheka Johane 2:21; Ambulo sAmbuliwe 882).
Izinto ezishiwo yilesi siprofetho ngokulandelayo ziyinselele: “Kodwa ngubani ongabekezelela usuku lokufika kwakhe na? Futhi ngubani ongema lapho ebonakala na?” (Malakhi 3:2). Okushoyo ukuthi ukufika kweNkosi kuyethusa. Isizathu salokhu ukuthi “unjengomlilo womcwengi, nanjengensipho yomhlanzi” (Malakhi 3:2). Umlilo womcwengi usetshenziselwa ukuhlanza izinsimbi, futhi insipho - ngokusobala - isetshenziselwa ukuhlanza izinto. Izinto ezidinga ukuhlanzwa nokuhlanzwa ngabantu beNkosi. “Uyohlanza amadodana kaLevi, awahlanze njengegolide nesiliva.”Malakhi 3:3). Imfundiso yaseZulwini ithi amadodana kaLevi afanekisela abantu abasebandleni leNkosi likamoya (I-Arcana Coelestia 8159:2, 9293:6). Singase sibe sebandleni leNkosi likamoya-noma okungenani sizame ukuba. Umqondo wokuthi iNkosi iyeza izosihlanza njengomlilo futhi isihlanze njengensipho iyinselele.
Iziprofetho ezithatha leli zwi cishe yilezo okungenzeka ukuthi ngeke sifinyelele kuzo njengoba sizilungiselela ukufika kweNkosi. Singase singafuni ukuzwa lesi siprofetho ngesikhathi sikaKhisimusi. Kodwa iqiniso liwukuthi ezikhathini eziningi, okuma phakathi kwethu nokufika okusha kweNkosi yithi - into kithi edinga ukushiswa. Sitshelwa ukuthi umlilo womcwengi ufanekisela isilingo (I-Arcana Coelestia 8159:2). INkosi ayisilingi, kodwa lapho isondela kithi isinika amandla okumelana nezilingo. Ngakho-ke ngezinye izikhathi ukufika Kwakhe kudala isimo esibucayi ngokomoya - manje njengoba Elapha, sesilungele ukubhekana nento ebesingeke sibhekane nayo phambilini. Ngakho-ke into ebuhlungu iyavezwa - futhi leyo yingxenye yenqubo yokwelapha. Ukumvumela ukuthi asondele kithi kungase kuzwakale sengathi singena kulowo mlilo ocwengayo. Uthando lwakhe luyavutha futhi luzokhanyisa emaphethelweni ethu aminyene - futhi lokho kulungile. Kuyingxenye yenqubo. Uma sizomamukela, sidinga ukuzimisela ukuguqulwa.
Kodwa asikwazi ukukhohlwa ezinye izici zeNkosi ezembulwe kwezinye iziprofetho. Yebo, iNkosi isicela ukuthi siguquke - futhi njengoba icela lokhu, iyasilwela ngamandla ayo onke, futhi isibheke ngothando olungaphezu kwalokho izinhliziyo zethu ezingakubamba. Uyizinto eziningi; UnguMeluleki omangalisayo, uNkulunkulu, uMninimandla onke, uYise waphakade, iNkosi yokuthula (Isaya 9:6).
[Ithathelwe entshumayelweni eyanikezwa e-Pittsburgh New Church ngoDisemba 1, 2024]
