Mfuu ya Pakati pa Usiku yakhala ikumveka ndi mngelo wachinayi kwa zaka zambiri, koma kunyada kunalepheretsa anthu kulandira Mvula ya Masika, chifukwa (monga momwe zinaliri mu 1888) siinabwere kupyolera mwa alaliki a mayina akuluakulu, kotero kuti analibe mafuta mu nyali zawo. Mafuta a m’zotengera za anamwali ochenjera awachirikiza iwo mu nthawi yamdima ino, pamene dziko ndi mpingo mofanana zikugwa. Kodi muli ndi mafuta amenewo? Kodi mukudziwa nthawi yochezeredwa?

Ndipo pamene iwo anapita kukagula [mafuta a nyali za malingaliro awoawo, kuyembekezera mkwati kubwera pambuyo pake], mkwati anadza; ndipo okonzekawo adalowa naye pamodzi m’ukwati; ndi chitseko chinatsekedwa. Pambuyo pake anadzanso anamwali enawo, nanena, Ambuye, Ambuye, titsegulireni ife. Koma iye anayankha nati, Indetu ndinena kwa inu; sindikukudziwani. (Mateyu 25: 10-12)

Nthawi yokonzekera mtima yatha. Tsopano ndi nthawi yoyesedwa. Kodi mudzatsata njira ya Mtanda kapena mukufuna kupulumutsa moyo wanu? Time adzanena!

Posachedwapa, tinakumana ndi ulaliki wa m'busa David Gates, pulezidenti wa Gospel Ministries International, umene unatidabwitsa kwambiri. Imatchedwa "Ngakhale Pakhomo." Zinakhudza chidwi chathu mwa zina chifukwa zidasindikizidwa pafupi ndi Yom Kippur, komanso chifukwa cha zomwe zili, zomwe zili pazifukwa zomwe akuyembekezera kuti Lamulo Lamlungu lidzabwera Masika a 2019. M'busa Gates adaphatikizanso maulalo angapo pawailesi yakanema waposachedwa ndi m'busa wa SDA a Arthur Branner, yemwe amafika nthawi yomweyo pophunzira za nthawi ya Daniel. Ichi ndi chitukuko chodabwitsa kwambiri kuchokera mu Adventist Church! Kupatulapo chisangalalo chonse, pali kuzindikira koipa kumene kumatsagana ndi kulalikira kwawo panthaŵi ino yakumapeto. Zimakhudzana ndi mafuta a nyale za anamwali. Ngati muli ndi mafuta osungira okonzeka, mungayamikire izi, ngakhale pakhomo lotsekedwa.

Umodzi wa maulosi achinsinsi ndi otsutsa a m’Baibulo ndi wa mboni ziwiri za pa Chivumbulutso 11. Nthawi yomweyo iwo ali mitengo ya azitona, zoikapo nyali, ndi anthu owuzira moto. Zinsinsi zozungulira kudziwika kwawo nzozama komanso zovuta kuzifufuza, koma ndi umboni wakumwamba, zimatsimikiziridwa mosamalitsa kuposa kale lonse. Vumbulutso lathunthu la chinsinsi lingathe kufotokozedwa kupyolera muzochitika za mboni ziwirizo. Lowani nawo M'bale Robert kuti mumve zambiri paulendo wosangalatsawu wakumvetsetsa pamene zidutswa zambiri za chithunzithunzi zimabwera pamodzi kupanga chithunzi chogwirizana cha zilembo ziwirizi. M’njira, mudzabwezeredwa ku chiyambi cha uchimo pamene kupanduka kunayamba pakati pa makamu a angelo. Mudzaona nkhaniyo pamene ikusonyezedwa pansalu yakumwamba, kuyang’ana kuseri kwa zochitika zapadziko lapansi kuti muone zenizeni zauzimu. Mudzayang’anizana ndi ngozi ndi kukayikakayika, mudzazindikira zotulukapo zambirimbiri za kutaikiridwa komvetsa chisoni, kumva chisoni cha imfa ndi chiyembekezo cha chiukiriro chachipambano, ndi kuchita mantha ndi kuzizwa chifukwa cha mphamvu zonse za Mlengi. Koma pa zonse zimene Mulungu wachita, ndi amene ochenjera amene ali ndi mafuta mu nyali zawo adzamvetsa.