Ua hookaniia ka Uwa o ke Aumoe e ka anela eha no na makahiki, aka, ua pale ka haaheo i na kanaka mai ka loaa ana o ka Ua Hope, no ka mea, (e like me ia i ka makahiki 1888) aole ia i hiki mai ma o ka poe haiolelo nui, no laila, aohe aila i loko o ko lakou mau kukui. ʻO ka ʻaila i loko o nā ipu o nā wahine puʻupaʻa naʻauao i mālama iā lākou i kēia manawa pōʻeleʻele, ke hāʻule nei ka honua a me ka ʻekalesia. Loaʻa iā ʻoe kēlā ʻaila? ʻIke ʻoe i ka manawa o kāu kipa ʻana?

A i ko lakou hele ana e kuai [ʻaila no nā kukui o ko lākou manaʻo ponoʻī, me ka manaʻo e hiki mai ke kāne mare ma hope], hele mai ke kane mare; a o ka poe i makaukau, komo pu me ia i ka ahaaina. a ua pani ka puka. Mahope iho, hele mai na wahine puupaa e ae, i mai la, E ka Haku, e ka Haku, e wehe ae oe ia makou. Olelo mai la ia, i mai la, He oiaio ka'u e olelo aku nei ia oukou, ʻAʻole wau ʻike iā ʻoe. (Matthew 25: 10-12)

Ua pau ka manawa hoʻomākaukau puʻuwai. ʻO kēia ka manawa o ka hoʻāʻo. E hahai anei ʻoe i ke ala o ke Keʻa a i ʻole e ʻimi e hoʻopakele i kou ola ponoʻī? manawa e haʻi aku!

I kēia mau lā, ua ʻike mākou i kahi haʻiʻōlelo a ke kahunapule ʻo David Gates, ka pelekikena o Gospel Ministries International, i kāhāhā nui iā mākou. Ua kapa ʻia ʻo "Even at the Door." Ua hopu ʻia ko mākou manaʻo no ka mea ua paʻi ʻia a puni ʻo Yom Kippur, a ma muli o ka ʻike, e pili ana i nā kumu i manaʻo ai ʻo ia e hiki mai ana ke kānāwai Sābati i ka Puna o 2019. Ua hoʻokomo pū ʻo Pastor Gates i ʻelua mau loulou i kahi moʻolelo televise hou e ka ʻaha kūkā SDA ʻo Arthur Branner, ka mea i hōʻea i ka manawa like ma o ke aʻo ʻana i nā manawa o Daniel. He mea kupanaha loa keia e hiki mai ana mai loko mai o ka Ekalesia Adventist! Ma waho aʻe o ka hauʻoli, aia naʻe kahi ʻike weliweli e pili ana i kā lākou haʻi ʻōlelo i kēia hola hope. He mea pili ia i ka aila i loko o nā ipukukui puʻupaʻa. Inā mākaukau kāu ʻaila ʻaila, mahalo ʻoe i kēia mau ʻike, ʻoiai ma ka puka pani.

ʻO kekahi o nā wānana pohihihi a paʻakikī o ka Baibala, ʻo ia nā mea hōʻike ʻelua o ka Hōʻike 11. He mau lāʻau ʻoliva lākou, nā ipukukui, a me nā kānaka hanu ahi. ʻO ka mea pohihihi e pili ana i ko lākou ʻike he hohonu a paʻakikī hoʻi e ʻimi, akā me ka hōʻike o ka lani, ua hōʻoia ʻia me ka pololei ʻole. ʻO ka hōʻike piha o ka mea pohihihi hiki ke wehewehe wale ʻia ma o nā ʻike o nā mea hōʻike ʻelua iā lākou iho. E hui pū me Brother Robert no kahi hiʻohiʻona pilikino e pili ana i kēia huakaʻi hoihoi o ka hoʻomaopopo ʻana i ka hui ʻana o nā ʻāpana he nui o ka puzzle e hana i kahi kiʻi i hui pū ʻia o kēia mau ʻano ʻelua. Ma ke ala, e hoʻihoʻi ʻia ʻoe i ka hoʻomaka o ka hewa i ka wā i hoʻomaka ai ke kipi i waena o nā pūʻali ʻānela. E ʻike ʻoe i ka moʻolelo i hōʻike ʻia ma ke kāwele lani, e nānā ana ma hope o nā hiʻohiʻona honua e ʻike i nā mea ʻuhane. E kū ana ʻoe i ka pōʻino a me ka maopopo ʻole, e ʻike i nā hopena like ʻole o ka pohō pōʻino, e ʻike i ke kaumaha o ka make a me ka manaolana o ke alahouana lanakila, a e hoʻoulu ʻia me ka weliweli a me ke kahaha no ka mana mana o ka Mea nāna i hana. Akā, no nā mea a pau a ke Akua i hana ai, ʻo ka poe akamai i ka aila iloko o ko lakou mau ipukukui e hoomaopopo.