Zipolowe zomwe zidachitika pambuyo pa kumwalira kwa a George Floyd, zidachitika m'mbiri nkhani yapita, akupereka chithunzi cha chiwawa chonyansa kwambiri m’maganizo Achikristu kwakuti ambiri ayamba kuzindikira kuti chinachake chalakwika kwambiri. Kuwala kwa mpingo potsiriza kunazima mu Amereka. Koma nkhaniyo simathera pamenepo, ndikuthokoza! Cholinga cha nkhani yachiwiriyi pamutuwu ndi kuwonetsa momwe Malemba amanenera za kulamulira kwa lawi lopatulika pa guwa la nsembe. Kupyolera mu tsokalo, payenera kukhala kutsitsimulanso m’mitima ya anthu a Mulungu ndi chikondi ndi mtendere wa Mulungu “wopambana chidziŵitso chonse.” Olanda, owononga, akupha, odana ndi anthu—amenewa sadzalowa mu Ufumu wa Mulungu, ngakhalenso iwo amene amakondwera nawo, koma olapa angapezebe chisomo pamaso pa Yehova ngati alapa kotheratu ndi kuvomereza modzichepetsa malo oipa amene angapezeke.

Mawu a Mulungu nthawi zonse akhala Kuwala kumene kumatsogolera anthu a Mulungu mumdima, ndi chifukwa chake buku la Chivumbulutso likuimira mipingo isanu ndi iwiri ngati zoyikapo nyali.

Chinsinsi cha nyenyezi zisanu ndi ziwiri udaziwona pa dzanja langa lamanja, ndi zoyikapo nyali zisanu ndi ziwiri zagolidi. Nyenyezi zisanu ndi ziwiri ndiwo angelo a Mipingo isanu ndi iwiri; ndipo zoyikapo nyali zisanu ndi ziwiri zimene unaziwona ndizo Mipingo isanu ndi iwiri. (Chivumbulutso 1: 20)

Komabe—monga momwe tikuonera mumdima wa dziko lerolino—si mipingo isanu ndi iŵiri ya m’buku la Chivumbulutso imene inali kuwalitsa kuunika kwawo monga momwe Yesu anafunira. Mipingo iwiri yokha mwa mipingo isanu ndi iwiri yolembedwa yomwe inalibe chidzudzulo, ndipo mipingo iwiriyi—Smurna ndi Filadelfia—yotero ndiyo mipingo iwiri yokha imene imalola kuunika kwawo kuwalitsa mokwanira. Iwo ndiwo zoyikapo nyali ziwiri zowala, mboni ziwiri za Mulungu pakati pa dziko laudani.

Ndipo ndidzapatsa mphamvu mboni zanga ziwiri, ndipo zidzanenera masiku chikwi chimodzi mphambu mazana awiri kudza makumi asanu ndi limodzi, zobvala chiguduli. Iyi ndi mitengo iwiri ya azitona. ndi zoyikapo nyali ziwiri ataimirira pamaso pa Mulungu wa dziko lapansi. Ndipo ngati wina angawapweteke, moto zituruka m’kamwa mwao, ndi kudya adani ao; ndipo ngati wina afuna kuzipweteka, ayenera kuphedwa chotero. ( Chivumbulutso 11:3-5 )

Mboni ziwirizo zikuimira zambiri zokhudzana, kuphatikizapo magulu ankhondo aŵiri a Mulungu amene ali oloŵetsedwamo makamaka m’kututa komaliza Yesu asanabwere: ofera chikhulupiriro omalizira ndi opulumuka 144,000, amene amafanana ndi Mose (amene anafa) ndi Eliya (amene anakwera kumwamba) limodzinso ndi Smurna (wokhulupirika kufikira imfa) ndi Filadelfeya (wosungidwa pa ola la kuyesedwa). Chibvumbulutso 11 chikuwonetsa mboni ziwiri izi zikugonjetsedwa ndi kuphedwa:

Ndipo akamaliza umboni wawo. chilombo chotuluka m’phompho chidzachita nawo nkhondo; ndipo adzawalaka, ndi kuwapha. (Chivumbulutso 11: 7)

Kuti tiwone momwe mipingo ya Smurna ndi Filadelfia idagonjetsedwera ndikuphedwa pa Meyi 25, 2020, tingoyang'ana pamakalata opita ku mipingo iyi ndikumvetsetsa kuti mpingo uliwonse ukuyimira chikhalidwe kapena chikhalidwe chauzimu, chomwe chidatha patsikulo. Kuyambira ndi Smirna:

Ndipo kwa mngelo wa Mpingo wa ku Smurna lemba; Zinthu izi anena woyamba ndi wotsiriza. amene anali wakufa, ndipo ali ndi moyo; Ndidziwa ntchito zako, ndi chisautso chako, ndi umphawi wako, (koma uli wolemera) ndipo ndikudziwa mwano wa iwo. amene adzinenera kuti ali Ayuda, koma siali Ayuda; koma ali sunagoge wa Satana. Usaope zimene udzamva kuwawa; onani, mdierekezi adzaponya ena a inu m’ndende; kuti muyesedwe; ndipo mudzakhala nacho chisautso masiku khumi; khala wokhulupirika kufikira imfa, ndipo ndidzakupatsa iwe korona wa moyo. Iye wakukhala nalo khutu amve chimene Mzimu anena kwa Mipingo; Iye amene alakika sadzavulazidwa ndi imfa yachiwiri. ( Chibvumbulutso 2:8-11 )

Yesu akupanga kalata imeneyi kukhala yaumwini kwa ife lerolino ponena za chenicheni chakuti “anali wakufa, ndipo ali ndi moyo.” Kumbukirani chikumbutso chaiwalika! Meyi 25 linali tsiku lokumbukira imfa ya Yemwe ali wamoyo, motero Yesu amalankhula nafe lero m'mawu enieni a imfa ya George Floyd. Ndipo kodi Yesu akunena chiyani kwa George Floyd ndi onse amene amatsutsa kupanda chilungamoku? "Ndikudziwa." Iye anati, “Ndikudziwa zimene mukukumana nazo.” "Ndikudziwa zomwe anthu akuda ndi anthu onse oponderezedwa amavutika." “Ndikudziwa zakusauka ndi umphawi (Mwana wa munthu analibe pogoneka mutu wake!)

Kwa abale onse okondedwa a mtundu, gwiritsitsani kwa Khristu ndipo musawerenge masautso anu m'dziko lino lapansi kuposa chuma chamtengo wapatali choikidwiratu Kumwamba kwa yense wa inu amene agonjetsa mayesero a moyo uno. Osagonja ku chiyeso chochitira nkhanza anthu amene amakuchitirani zoipa. Yesu akuwadziwa, ndipo adzabwezera koyera kuposa momwe mungaganizire. Iye anati: “Ndikudziwa mwano wa anthu amene ayenera kuimira chilungamo koma amapotoza. Ndikudziwa mwano wa anthu amene amati ndi Akhristu koma amanyoza abale awo akuda.” Yesu akudziwa!

Akulankhulanso za kufera chikhulupiriro ku mpingo wa Pergamo, kupereka uphungu kwa mpingo wochepa kwambiri pa kuyankha kwawo ku chizunzo cha satana chimene iwo anakumana nacho, akumakumbukira chitsanzo cha wofera chikhulupiriro.

Ndidziwa ntchito zako, ndi kumene ukhala, kumene kuli mpando wa Satana; ndipo ugwira dzina langa, ndipo sunakana chikhulupiriro changa; ngakhale m’masiku aja amene Antipasi anali wofera wanga wokhulupirika; amene anaphedwa mwa inu, kumene Satana akhala. ( Chivumbulutso 2:13 )

Ndipo uphungu Wake kwa Smurna uli, “Khala wokhulupirika.” “Musalole kugonja poyesedwa.” “Iwo adzakumanga iwe ndipo ngakhale kukupha iwe (monga iwo anandichitira Ine, ndipo monga iwo anachitira Martin Luther King Jr.^[1]) koma ngati uli wokhulupirika, ndidzakupatsa iwe korona wa moyo [wamuyaya].

Pali chinthu china chofunika kwambiri kuposa kuona chilungamo chikuchitidwa masiku ano: ndiko kuperekedwa kwa chifundo kwa wotsutsa wa munthu (mwazi wa ofera chikhulupiriro ndiwo mbewu ya uthenga wabwino!) ndi kukonzekeretsa khalidwe lachikristu la munthu poyang’anizana ndi mayesero, “monga m’masiku amene Martin Luther King Jr. anali wofera Wanga wokhulupirika.”

Kwa [Martin Luther King Jr.]…mtanda…ndi: “chizindikiro chamuyaya cha kutalika kwa utali umene Mulungu adzapitako kuti abwezeretse anthu osweka…” Chikondi, chotero, chimakhala chizindikiro cha kukana kopanda chiwawa komwe kumafunikira kuti wotsutsa, osati kungokana kuwombera mdani wake; komanso ukanize kudana naye. Kukaniza kopanda chiwawa kumatanthawuza kuthetsa chidani pokhala munthu weniweni wa agape.^[2]

Poganizira kalata ya Yesu yopita ku mpingo wa Smurna, munthu akhoza kuona kuti George Floyd sanafike pachimake, ngakhale kuti anali “munthu wamtendere” komanso “chimphona chofatsa”. Sizinali chifukwa cha chikhulupiriro chake kuti apolisi anayamba kuchita zinthu zoopsazi. Ndipo kodi iye sakanayenera kupita kundende mofunitsitsa, ngakhale mopanda chilungamo, mwa kukhulupirika kwa Kalonga wa Mtendere amene anadzilola Yekha kutengedwa ndi akuluakulu a boma ndi kutsogozedwa ngati mwanawankhosa kukaphedwa tsiku lomwelo, pafupifupi zaka zikwi ziŵiri m’mbuyomo?

Chifukwa chake, mzimu wa tchalitchi cha Smurna unafa ndi George Floyd, chifukwa ngakhale iye mwini sanawonetse mzimu wa kufera chikhulupiriro mwamtendere, komanso sizinawonetsedwe mu zionetsero zomwe zidatsatira posachedwa. Otsutsa sanaleke kuwononga katundu, kulanda, ngakhale kupha ena chifukwa chobwezera molakwika. Zochita zimenezi sizikuphwanya lamulo la munthu lokha komanso lamulo la Mulungu, ndipo palibe amene angalungamitsidwe kuchita zimenezi. Khristu amapereka mphamvu kwa aliyense wa ife kuti apirire moleza mtima chisalungamo ndi mwamtendere kutsutsa izo pomvera malamulo a Mulungu ndi anthu.

Mpingo wina wopanda cholakwa, wa ku Filadelfeya, unatchedwanso motero chifukwa cha “chikondi cha pa abale.” Izi sizikutanthauza chikondi cha amuna kapena akazi okhaokha monga momwe mumapezera mu Philly wamakono, koma chikondi chomwe sichikufuna kuwona mbale akuwonongeka ndipo chidzapereka chilichonse kuti chimupulumutse ku imfa yamuyaya ngati n'kotheka. Ichi ndi chikondi chimene Yesu anachionetsera poika kumwamba pa guwa la nsembe pamene anabwera padziko lapansi kudzalipira mtengo wa machimo athu. Ndilo mtundu wa chikondi chimene chidzaika pachiswe unansi kutchula uchimo ndi dzina lake loyenerera, chifukwa chakuti kusatero kungalole mbale kapena mlongo kutaya moyo wosatha popanda kuchenjezedwa. Uwu ndi mpingo umene ukuimira anthu a Mulungu amene adzakhalabe ndi moyo mpaka Yesu adzabwere:^[3]

Ndidziwa ntchito zako: taona, Ndakuika pamaso pako khomo lotseguka, ndipo palibe munthu angathe kutseka; pakuti uli ndi mphamvu pang’ono; ndipo wasunga mawu anga, ndipo sunakane dzina langa….Popeza wasunga mawu a chipiriro changa; Inenso ndidzakuteteza ku nthawi ya kuyesedwa; chimene chidzafika pa dziko lonse lapansi, kuyesa iwo akukhala padziko. Taonani, ndidza msanga; zomwe uli nazo, kuti wina angalande korona wako. ( Chivumbulutso 3:8, 10-11 )

Iwo a ku Filadelfeya ndiwo amene adakulitsa khalidwe lofanana ndi la Kristu kotero kuti akadapereka moyo wosatha kwa abale awo, monga Mose ndi Mwanawankhosa;^[4] ngati nkotheka kuwapulumutsa ndi chimenecho. M’menemo akukwaniritsidwa mau a Yehova:

Pakuti aliyense wofuna kupulumutsa moyo wake adzautaya: ndipo iye amene ataya moyo wake chifukwa cha Ine adzawupeza. ( Mateyu 16:25 )

Ndi kusiyana kotani nanga kwa iwo amene amasamala kokha kufunsa, “Am I wapulumutsidwa?” kapena amene sasamala za muyaya konse! Koma kodi khalidwe la Philadelphia liyenera kuwonedwa pa Meyi 25 kapena m'masiku otsatira? Kodi a Donald Trump adayimilira ngati wolankhulira gulu lake la ovota achikhristu ndikuwonetsa mokwanira chikondi chaubale kwa ofooka pakati pa anthu? Yemwe adayimilira kukumbutsa mtundu wake Korona wa “ubale kuchokera kunyanja kufikira kunyanja yonyezimira?” Kodi mzimu wa chikondi chaubale unali kuti pakati pa anthu ochita zionetsero omwe anawotcha polisi? Tsankho ndi tsankho zinali mbali zonse ziwiri!

Chochitikachi ndi mayankho osakwanira a nzika wamba ndi andale zangothandiza kukankhira mtunduwu kunkhondo yamitundu kumvera kumbuyo kwa Nkhondo Yapachiweniweni, komwe m'bale adalimbana ndi m'bale wawo kudziko lakwawo. Tsopano ife tikubwerera ku malo omwewo chifukwa fuko la Chikhristu la Chiprotestanti ili linataya korona wake wa ubale.

Ngakhale matchalitchi—ngakhale matchalitchi amene anali korona wa Chipulotesitanti sanangolephera kokha koma anadzetsa chivulazo chabwino mwa kusonkhezera tsankho m’mabungwe awoawo, ndi matchalitchi akuda ndi misonkhano ya matchalitchi akuda akugwira ntchito mosadalira azungu ambiri, monga ngati kuti m’maiko aŵiri ofanana okhala m’malo a malo ofanana. Ndi ubale umenewo? Kodi chimenecho ndi chitsanzo chimene Kristu anapereka? Kumeneko kunali kukana zonse zimene Kristu anaphunzitsa! M’malomwake, mpingo walera mbewu zoipa ndipo wathandiza kuti pakhale zokolola zoipa zimene zikuchitika masiku ano. Ndicho chifukwa chake, m’chithunzithunzi cha Yesu m’gulu la nyenyezi la Orion, nyenyezi ya mutu wa Orion siiŵerengedwa pakati pa “zoyikapo nyali” zisanu ndi ziŵiri.

Meissa amasankhidwa kukhala Lambda Orionis, amapanga mutu wa Orion, ndipo ndi nyenyezi zingapo zophatikiza kukula kwake kwa 3.33. Dzina lake limatanthauza "wowala".^[5]

N’zodabwitsa bwanji! Nyenyezi imene imatchedwa “yowala” ndi yamdima moti siiwerengeredwa ngakhale pakati pa nyenyezi khumi zowala kwambiri za m’gulu la nyenyezilo. Ndipo tsopano ife tiri mu gawo la koloko kumene nyenyezi iyi, yolemba mutu wovulazidwa wa Ambuye, wayima.

Tchalitchicho chinalandira Gay Pride m’mipando yake ndi m’mabwalo ake, kulimbikitsa tsankho, kuvomereza malamulo achisembwere ndi malamulo a Mulungu, ndipo chinakana Mutu wake, Yesu Kristu. Korona wa Kristu amene anayenera kuwalitsa ku ulemerero wake anakhala korona wa minga kumchititsa kuwawa ndi kukhetsa mwazi. Ngakhale mipingo lero ikuwonetsa khalidwe ngati Smurna kapena Filadelfia.

Chotero, mboni ziŵirizo zinafa ndendende monga momwe Baibulo linanenera:

Ndipo akamaliza umboni wawo. chilombo chotuluka m’phompho chidzachita nawo nkhondo; ndipo adzawalaka, ndi kuwapha. + Ndipo mitembo yawo idzagona m’khwalala la mzinda waukulu. amene mumzimu achedwa Sodomu ndi Aigupto; kumenenso Ambuye wathu adapachikidwa. ( Chivumbulutso 11:7-8 )

Iwo anafabe May 25, tsiku “kumenenso Ambuye wathu anapachikidwa,” m’dziko lomwelo limene linavomereza mwamphamvu kwambiri chonyansa cha Sodomu m'malamulo ake ndikuwalimbikitsa pa dziko lapansi, kugwiritsa ntchito chitukuko ndi chikhalidwe cha dziko monga chothandizira, monga Igupto, ponyalanyaza Mulungu ndi makhalidwe abwino a m'Baibulo. Mexico, Canada, Brazil, ndi mayiko ena aku South America anachitanso chimodzimodzi.

Ndi kutha kwa umboni wa mboni ziwirizi wabwera mchaka cha 2020, titha kupezanso umboni mu uneneri wa masiku chikwi mazana awiri ndi makumi asanu ndi limodzi. Nthawi yaulosi imeneyi (masiku 1260, kapena zaka 3½) idzakwana 1260 zaka ya nthawi yeniyeni. Koma kodi kuwerengera kwaulosi mpaka kugwa kwa US kungayambike mchaka cha AD 760? Ngakhale zili choncho, ngati kontinentiyo sinapezeke ndi dziko lotukuka mpaka zaka mazana ambiri pambuyo pake! Kuthawa kwa mkazi wa pa Chibvumbulutso 12 kumatipatsa ife chidziwitso cha kumvetsetsa nthawi iyi:

Ndipo anapatsidwa kwa mkaziyo mapiko awiri a chiwombankhanga chachikulu, kuti aulukire kuchipululu, ku malo ake, kumene adyetsedwako nthawi, ndi nthawi, ndi theka la nthawi; kuchokera pa nkhope ya njoka. ( Chibvumbulutso 12:14 )

Vesi limeneli likufotokoza za kusamuka kwa Akristu okhulupirika amene anathawa maulamuliro ozunza ku Ulaya (monse mu mpingo ndi kunja). Ngati mkazi wangwiro (okhulupirika pakati pa mipingo—Smurna ndi Filadelfia) “adyetsedwa” kwa nthaŵi, nthaŵi, ndi theka la nthawi (masiku/zaka 1260), ndiye kuti imfa ya mboni ziŵiri za m’mutu wapitayo mwachibadwa idzafanana ndi kutha kwa nyengo ya chakudyacho. Ndipo nkuti kuti mapiko a mphungu akulu awa akanakhoza kumutengera iye pakati pa mafuko, ngati kukanati kusakhale ku Amereka, kumene fuko lotsogolera liri nalo ngakhale mphungu ngati chophiphiritsa chake?

Koma tiyenera kuwerenga lembalo mosamala: iye wapatsidwa "mapiko awiri." Mfundo imeneyi ingaoneke ngati yosafunikira kutchula, popeza kuti mapiko aŵiri angalingalire, koma Baibulo silimawononga mawu choncho mapiko aŵiriwo ayenera kukhala ndi tanthauzo lapadera. Polingalira za mboni ziŵiri za m’mutu wapitawo, mapiko onyamula mkaziyo—tchalitchi—ndi Smurna ndi Filadelfia, akuimira mkhalidwe wakumwamba wa chikondi cha nsembe umene wakweza Chikristu pamwamba pa kunyonyotsoka kwa dziko chiyambire pamene chinakhazikitsidwa pa mphatso yakumwamba yomwe ndi Kristu Yesu. Chifukwa chake, tapeza chinsinsi chogawa zaka 1260 kudutsa mboni ziwiri, kapena mapiko awiri, kudula nthawi pakati pa zaka 630 pa umboni uliwonse.

Tsopano tabwera kuzungulira kutulukira kwa America osati zaka 1260 zapitazo, koma zaka 630 zapitazo. Kuwerengera mmbuyo zaka 630 zisanafike pano, tikulozera ku tsiku lodziwika la 1390. Kodi izi zikugwirizana ndi mbiri yakale? M’chenicheni, likutero, monga momwe ichi chinali chaka chimene Amereka anatulukira ndi anthu a ku Italy, malinga ndi buku lamutu wakuti. The Venetian Discovery of America. Kumbukirani kuti malinga ndi chiphunzitso chotulukira, kudzinenera kukhala dziko lolamulidwa ndi atsamunda ndi a mtundu wachikristu (wodziŵika kuti) umene unaupeza.

He [Wopanga mapu Abraham Ortelius] inanena kuti pamene kuli kwakuti Columbus anatulukira Amereka, “mbali yakumpoto kwake, yotchedwa Estotiland, imene koposa zonse imafikira ku Ulaya kwathu ndi zisumbu zofananazo, inadziŵika kalekale ndi asodzi ena a ku Isle of Frisland, mosonkhezeredwa ndi chimphepo chamkuntho pamphepete mwa nyanja. ndipo pambuyo pake, cha m’ma 1390, anapeza mwatsopano ndi Antonio Zeno, njonda ya ku Venice "

Chotero, Baibulo limatchula chaka chimene Italy akuti adapeza North America! Malinga ndi chiphunzitso chopezeka, izi zikutanthauza kuti Italy, m'malo mwake ngati dziko lachikhristu (lapapa), tsopano (monga imfa ya mboni ziwiri mu 2020) ndiye wovomerezeka ku Dziko Latsopano. America, mudasiya kutsutsa, mudalowa nawo papa,^[6] ndipo tsopano chilombo cha upapa chili ndi inu!

Izi zikutsimikiziridwa ndi mfundo yakuti makontinenti aku America kupeza dzina lawo kuchokera kwa wofufuza wa ku Italy, Amerigo Vespucci.^[7] Zili ngati kuti zokhotakhota ndi kusintha kwa mbiri yolembedwa zafika kuchitira umboni motsutsana ndi Aprotestanti Amereka, ndipo tsoka (kapena kuti Mulungu) wapatsa mtundu wampatuko zimene unapempha.

Kunena mwanjira ina, ngati Amereka akanaphunzira mauneneri ndi kuzindikira chifuniro cha Mulungu, akanatha kudziwa kuti chaka chino chikanakhala chaka cha kuchezeredwa kwake, ndipo akanapanga kusankha kosiyana. Koma, Amereka, munasankha ukwati wa amuna kapena akazi okhaokha (mchitidwe wachiroma^[8]) m’malo mwa malamulo a m’munda wa Edeni. Amereka, inu munamamatira ku Lamlungu (kupembedza kwa dzuwa kwa apapa/chikunja) ndipo mokulira anakana Sabata la tsiku lachisanu ndi chiwiri limene linasindikiza chisindikizo cha ukwati woyamba pakati pa mwamuna ndi mkazi monga korona wa ntchito yolenga ya Mulungu. Tsopano mwathamangitsidwa m’Edene wanu padziko lapansi, wotsekeredwa m’nyumba mwanu, mmene tsopano simungapume momasuka, ndipo ana anu aamuna—abale—akuwotcha misewu yanu ndi kuphana wina ndi mnzake monga Kaini amene anaukira wofera chikhulupiriro woyamba!

June uno—Mwezi Wonyada—mukuona zipatso za njira zanu pamene lupanga lamoto likuchotsa chiyembekezo chilichonse chobwerera ku malo anu akale. Tsopano mutha kuyimba Ashokan Farewell ngati Nkhondo Yachiŵeniŵeni yokonzedwanso imachepetsa kukumbukira thambo lanu lokongola kwambiri ndi mafunde abuluu a tirigu kuti mukhale kukumbukira madalitso ochuluka ndi makonzedwe achikondi omwe kale anali anu, mpaka munakana Mulungu ndikusankha njira zanu m'malo mwake.

Pali njira yooneka pamaso pa munthu, koma mapeto ake ndi njira za imfa. ( Miyambo 14:12 )

Humanism, yomwe imakweza munthu ngati mulungu, idabadwiranso kumpoto kwa Italy ndipo munthawi yomweyi ikusintha munyengo ya Renaissance. M'malo mwake, inali mphamvu yoyendetsera Renaissance:

Humanism, dongosolo la maphunziro ndi njira yofunsira yomwe idayambira kumpoto kwa Italy m’zaka za m’ma 13 ndi 14 ndipo kenako anafalikira ku Ulaya konse ndi ku England. Mawuwa amagwiritsidwanso ntchito ponena za zikhulupiriro, njira, ndi mafilosofi osiyanasiyana a Azungu omwe amagogomezera kwambiri dziko la anthu. Zomwe zimatchedwanso kuti Renaissance humanism, pulogalamu ya mbiri yakale inali yamphamvu kwambiri ndipo ndi chimodzi mwa zifukwa zazikulu zomwe Renaissance imaonedwa ngati nthawi yapadera ya mbiri yakale. Zowonadi, ngakhale liwu loti Renaissance ndi la ndalama zaposachedwa kwambiri, lingaliro lofunikira la nthawiyo ngati imodzi yokonzanso ndikudzutsanso ndi chiyambi chaumunthu. Koma Humanism inafunafuna maziko ake afilosofi m'nthawi zakale kwambiri, ndipo, kuwonjezera apo, idapitilizabe kuchita zina mwa mphamvu zake pambuyo pa kutha kwa Renaissance.^[9]

Masiku ano, chikhalidwe cha anthu chimaonedwa poyera kuti ndicho mfundo ya malamulo onse a anthu, kuyambira bungwe la United Nations kupita pansi. Monga chipatso chomaliza cha chiphunzitsochi, munthu wadzipembedza yekha kotero kuti sangathe kuwona cholakwika chake, mosasamala kanthu kuti atakhala wonyansa kapena wodziwononga bwanji, kapena kuti chikondi chodzimana cha Smurna ndi Filadelfia chasunthidwa patali bwanji ndi chilakolako chofuna kudzikondweretsa.

Ndipo iwo a mwa anthu ndi mafuko ndi malirime ndi mafuko adzaona mitembo yawo masiku atatu ndi theka; ndipo sadzalola mitembo yao iikidwe m’manda. Ndipo iwo akukhala padziko adzakondwera pa iwo, nadzasekera, nadzatumizirana mphatso; chifukwa aneneri awiri awa anazunza iwo akukhala padziko. ( Chivumbulutso 11:9-10 )

Mtima wosabadwanso umaona chidzudzulo kukhala chizunzo, chotero dziko lazunzika ndi chidzudzulo chachete cha chikondi cha pa abale ndi mzimu wodzimana. Patsiku lomwe mboni ziwirizo zidamwalira, America idakondwerera Tsiku la Chikumbutso ndi maphwando ndi mphatso ndipo anali okondwa kutuluka mnyumbamo. M'masiku otsatira, US idakhazikitsa "mboni" ziwiri zamunthu winanso mu "Crew". chinjoka” kupita ku International Space Station. Monga chionetsero cha chipambano monga chizindikiro cha kugonjetsa mboni ziwiri, mafano awa a boma la dziko limodzi adakwera kuchokera ku dzenje lamakhalidwe abwino lomwe US ​​tsopano ili, mumtambo wa rocket utsi kuti onse awone.

Ndipo a chinjoka anakwiyira mkaziyo; napita kukachita nkhondo ndi otsala a mbewu yake; amene asunga malamulo a Mulungu, nakhala nao umboni wa Yesu Kristu. (Chivumbulutso 12: 17)

Nkhani ya Smurna ndi Philadelphia sithera pamenepo, komabe. Baibulo limaneneratu za kuukitsidwa kwa mboni ziwiri zimenezi, zimene zinachitika ndendende monga momwe ulosiwo unasonyezera:

Ndipo atapita masiku atatu ndi theka, Mzimu wa moyo wochokera kwa Mulungu unalowa mwa iwo, ndipo anayimirira pa mapazi awo; ndipo mantha akulu adawagwera iwo akuwawona. ( Chivumbulutso 11:11 )

Nthawi ino Bayibulo limatchula nthawi ziwiri za masiku atatu ndi theka (pano ndi vesi 9 lomwe tatchula kale), lomwe limawerengera masiku asanu ndi awiri onse - atatu ndi theka a Smurna ndi atatu ndi theka a Filadelfia - kuyambira pa Meyi 25, 2020 mpaka Mzimu wamoyo unalowa mboni zakufa pa tsiku lachisanu ndi chitatu. Kenako mawu achikhristu oyamba - ngakhale ngati Paul Begley^[10] ndi Lyn Leahz^[11]—anayamba kuzindikira zimene zinachitika ndi tanthauzo lake. Tsoka ilo kwa Paul Begley, komabe, amawona okwera pamahatchi akuthamanga cham'mbuyo koma sakuwoneka kuti akudziwa kuti Mulungu ali ndi mphamvu yobwezeretsa nthawi.^[12] ndipo amati ntchito ya Mulungu ndi ya mdani, komabe amayika chiyembekezo chake mwa purezidenti yemwe amadziwika kuti wafika kumapeto kwake.^[13] Kodi Trump apulumuka bwanji pamene akuyambitsa magawano pakati pa ovota ake Achiprotestanti (kuphatikizapo mayina akuluakulu monga Pat Robertson)?^[14] Ndipo ndikupuma kwaposachedwa kwa Pentagon ndi Trump,^[15] sizingakhale zosalingalirika kuti kukhale kulanda boma mu United States posachedwa.^[16] Kodi chimenecho chingakhale kubwera pa koloko yotsatira ya koloko ya Mulungu monga chigawo chachiŵiri cha Babulo Wamkulu? Mulimonse mmene zingakhalire, anthu ambiri ayamba kudzuka, ndipo ngakhale kuti sanatsogoleredwe m’choonadi chonse, ayamba kuyimirira.

Zimenezi zikufanana ndi mvula ya m’tsiku la Nowa, imene inali yopulumutsa anthu amene anali m’chingalawamo komanso yowononga anthu amene anali kunja. "Tili ndi masiku ovuta kutsogolo," monga MLK idanenera, koma "maso anga awona ulemerero za kubwera kwa Ambuye.”

Tsopano mzimu wodzimana ndi chikondi chaubale uyenera kukwera mokwanira. Imani pa mapazi anu, O Akhristu! Lolani zoyikapo nyali ziwiri ziwale! Ino ndi nthawi yanu yoti mukhale kuwala mumdima wakuda kwambiri. Iyi ndi nthawi yoti mafupa owuma a pa Ezekieli 37 akhalenso ndi moyo.

Choncho ndinanenera monga anandilamulira. ndi mpweya analowa mwa iwo, ndipo iwo anakhala, ndi anayimirira pa mapazi awo, khamu lalikulu ndithu. ( Ezekieli 37:10 )

Phunzitsani abale anu kukondananso wina ndi mzake, ndipo musaope kulola mbewu ya Uthenga Wabwino kutsanulidwa kutali chifukwa cha Khristu, kuti ena aone ntchito zabwino (osati chidani, kulanda, chiwawa, ndi kubwezera) ndi kulemekeza Mulungu.^[17] Bweretsani zokolola zabwino za miyoyo, mpaka chiwerengero cha ofera chikhulupiriro cha chisindikizo chachisanu chikwaniritsidwe.

Ndipo pamene adatsegula chisindikizo chachisanu. Ndinaona pansi pa guwa la nsembe miyoyo ya iwo amene anaphedwa chifukwa cha mawu a Mulungu, ndi chifukwa cha umboni umene anali nawo. Ndipo anapfuula ndi mau akuru, nanena, kufikira liti, Ambuye, woyera ndi woona, osaweruza ndi kubwezera chilango mwazi wathu pa iwo akukhala padziko? Ndipo miinjiro yoyera inapatsidwa kwa aliyense wa iwo; ndipo kudanenedwa kwa iwo, kuti apumulebe kanthawi; kufikira akapolo anzaonso, ndi abale ao, amene akaphedwa monga iwonso, akakwaniritsidwe. ( Chivumbulutso 6:9-11 )

Pewani zoipa. Ndipo pamene nsembe ikufunika, ikhale nsembe yangwiro, yoperekedwa mwaufulu ndi mopanda chiwawa, koyenera mwana wa Khristu. Imirirani motsutsa chilemba cha chirombo chifukwa cha zomwe icho kwenikweni. Ngakhale katemera wa COVID-19 atha kukhala njira yogwiritsira ntchito ziletso za moyo zomwe zingayese munthu kugonja, sikuti ndiye chizindikiro cha chilombo! Pali zifukwa zambiri zamphamvu zomwe ziyenera kupeŵedwa, koma wina sayenera siyani nkhani zazikulu zonyansa zimene Mawu a Mulungu amazitchula momveka bwino. Ngati MLK angatenge chipolopolo popanda mantha mu mzimu wa Smurna chifukwa cholankhula chifuniro cha Mulungu mu chikondi cha pa abale kwa anthu onse, nchifukwa ninji muyenera kuopa machenjerero a mdani? Cholinga mu mtima mwanu ndi abwenzi atatu a Danieli:

Ngati zitero, Mulungu wathu amene tikumtumikira akhoza kutilanditsa m’ng’anjo yoyaka moto [katemera kapena microchip kapena njira ina iliyonse yowongolera], ndipo iye adzatilanditsa m’dzanja lanu, mfumu. Koma zikapanda kutero, dziwani, mfumu, kuti sititumikira milungu yanu [ humanism, pluralism], kapena kulambira [kapena kulolera] fano lagolidi mudaliimika [zomwe ndi ukwati wa amuna kapena akazi okhaokha ndi zonyansa zokhudzana nazo]. ( Danieli 3:17-18 )

Mulungu adzabwezera chilango chimene akukuchitirani. Zimakhala chiyani ngati kufera chikhulupiriro kumabwera ndi chipolopolo kapena guillotine kapena katemera, kapena ndi lamulo lakupha la microchip? Ndithudi, zonsezi ziyenera kupeŵedwa kutali monga momwe kungathekere popanda kunyengerera chikhulupiriro mwa Mulungu, koma ngati ufulu wakudzisankhira wa munthu waonongedwa ndipo apangidwa kukhala loboti wopanda chifuniro, ndiyeno nkukakamizika kuchita chinachake chimene akanapanda kuchichita, sikuli tchimo. Koma ndi uchimo kukumbatira zonyansa zimene Mulungu anawonongera dziko lakale. Chenjezani ena za ngozi ya moyo wawo wosatha!

Ndipo musamaopa amene akupha thupi, koma moyo sangathe kuupha; koma makamaka muope iye [ie lemekezani Mulungu] umene ukhoza kuononga moyo ndi thupi lomwe m’gehena. (Mateyu 10: 28)