Posachedwapa, tinakumana ndi ulaliki wa m'busa David Gates, pulezidenti wa Gospel Ministries International, umene unatidabwitsa kwambiri. Imatchedwa "Ngakhale Pakhomo" ndipo inalembedwa mu English ndi Spanish, kuphatikizapo gawo la mafunso ndi mayankho (English ndi Spanish). 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.

Amafika pa mfundo imeneyi pozindikira kufunika kwa buku la ulendo wa papa ku US, kuyambira pa September 22/23, 2015, amene amakhulupirira kuti anali Yom Kippur monga dziko lonse lapansi, popeza samatsatira kalendala yowona. Zoonadi, izi sizosokoneza, popeza Yom Kippur yowona inali patangopita masiku awiri, pamene Papa adalankhula ndi maiko omwe anasonkhana ku United Nations' General Assembly.

M’busa Gates anaphatikizansopo maulalo angapo ku mndandanda wapawailesi yakanema waposachedwa ndi m’busa wa msonkhano wa SDA Arthur Branner, amene amafika pa nthawi yofananayo kupyolera mu phunziro la nthawi ya Danieli, ndipo amene walankhula mwachindunji mawu okhazikitsa nthawi a Ellen G. White mu kabuku kosiyana komwe amagawira.

Poyamba, tinaganiza kuti, “Wow! Adventist okhala ndi chikoka potsiriza akuyamba kulalikira uthenga wa nthawi!" Tinkaganiza kuti mwina tingakumane nawo ndi kuwathandiza kuona zowongolera zochepa zomwe zimafunikira kuti apeze chowonadi chonse. Popeza tsopano akuphunzira nthawi mochulukira, mwa kuwerengeka, adutsa chimodzi mwa zopinga zazikulu zomwe Adventist adadzipachikapo.

Pamene ndikulemba izi, ulaliki wa M'busa Gates wakhala ukuwonedwa nthawi zoposa 100,000 pakati pa zilankhulo zonsezi. Umu ndi mtundu wa chikoka chomwe chowonadi ichi chimafunikira pafupifupi zaka khumi zapitazo pamene Mbale John anayamba kutsatira malingaliro amodzimodziwo! Ngati iye akanakhala ndi chichirikizo chosonkhezera choterocho cha abusa odziŵa panthaŵiyo, Mfuu Yofuulayo ikanamveka m’nthaŵi yake kaamba ka Adventist—ndi kupyolera mwa iwo dziko lonse—kupindula nayo! Tchalitchi chikanatha kulapa n’kupewa kusweka ngati chombo. Kodi mukumvetsa chifukwa chake? Ellen G. White anatero kuti abusa oterowo sakanatha kuthawa mkwiyo wa Mulungu, koma kuvutika kwawo kudzakhala kwakukulu kuŵirikiza kakhumi kuposa kwa anthu awo? Komabe moona mtima, zikuwoneka kuti chilangocho chikulepherabe kugwirizana ndi mlanduwo.

Werengani mawu amenewa kuchokera m’nkhani yoyamba imene M’bale John anasindikiza Iceberg Patsogolo! Mizere iyi ikutsatira loto lotchulidwa la Ellen G. White, pamene adawona chombo chomwe chinagunda madzi oundana, kupulumuka kukumanako kokha pokumana nacho: (kutsindikanso)

Choyamba, ndikufuna kuti muzindikire kuti "anatumiza maumboni okhudza zoyesayesa za mdani". Adventist ambiri amatsutsa kuti si ntchito yathu kuyang'ana zomwe mdani amachita. Koma ndikuvomerezana ndi Ellen G. White kuti ndizowonanso (!) Zofunikira "kuneneratu za icebergs" mu fairway. Ndipo lalikulu kwambiri madzi oundana amene amatiyembekezera mwina National Sunday Law ku US, chifukwa tikudziwa kuti nthawi yathu yokonzekera iyenera kutha pasadakhale. Kodi sizingakhale zabwino kwa ife kuti "tiyang'ane madzi oundana" mwachangu pang'ono kuti tipeze nthawi yotayika?

Kachiwiri, ndikuvomerezana ndi Ellen G. White kuti palibe njira yopewera madzi oundana. Izi zikanakhala - monga ndi Titanic -zimangotsogolera ku chiwonongeko cha chotengera (mpingo) ndi kuchimiza. Kugwirizana ndi mphamvu izi sizingatheke! Mwayi wokhawo ndi "nthunzi yochuluka kutsogolo kwa madzi oundana!" Ndimayesetsa kukumana nazo ndi tsamba langa laling'ono momwe ndalama zanga zing'onozing'ono zimalolezera. Ndinawona Lamulo la Lamlungu, ndi "iceberg" wina, maonekedwe a Khristu wabodza, kuchokera kwa oyang'anira ndipo tsopano akuwombera belu la alamu ndikuwomba lipenga, kuti tithe kuyatsa injini ndikukumana ndi zopinga pa mphamvu zonse.

Kapena kodi tagunda kale madzi oundana osazindikira, ndipo "Titanic" yathu yang'ambika kale kuchokera ku tsinde kupita kumbuyo ndipo yatsala pang'ono kumira munyanja yachete yamuyaya? Kodi tadziona kukhala odzidalira kwambiri, kudalira okonza ndi kuganiza kuti tinali m'ngalawa yosamira? Kungakhale kuzindikira koyipa ndipo zingatanthauze kuti tifunika kuchoka m’ngalawamo- bola ngati malo akadalipo m'mabwato opulumutsa anthu ochepa - Titanic inalibe chakudya chokwanira kuti anthu onse okwera nawo athawe.

Izi zidasindikizidwa kumayambiriro kwa Januware, 2010, komabe mawuwo anali ulosi wa zomwe zikanadzagwera mpingo. Zowonadi, tchalitchicho sichinakumanepo ndi madzi oundana, koma anayesa sinthani nkhaniyo ndi chinyengo pa Msonkhano Wachigawo Wachikulu wa 2015. Mofanana ndi Titanic, ndi ochepa okha amene anapulumuka m’chombocho chimene chikumira m’kupita kwa nthaŵi, koma anagwidwa ndi gulu lake lochita ganyu likuseŵera, m’nkhani iyi, “It Is Well with My Soul,” pofuna kutsimikizira mamembala a tchalitchi kutsutsana ndi umboniwo.

Zikanakhala bwino ndi moyo wa mpingo, sakadanyalanyaza alamu mabelu ndi kulira kwa lipenga, chifukwa chakuti sanabwere kudzera mwa David Gates kapena zina zotero! Pamene John Scotram adawona Lamulo Lamlungu koyamba, adakumana ndi kukana kapena kunyozeka “tiyeni tidikire ndikuwona (ngati palibe dzina ili ndi lolondola),” koma David Gates ataona Lamulo la Sande, Adventist onse amamva chenjezo! Tsoka ilo, ngakhale zili tero, iwo akukhulupirirabe “chombo chosamira” chomiracho, motero sakuwona bwato lopulumutsira lakumwamba.

Komabe, pamene tinali kumvetsela maulaliki, tinayamba kuona mmene amalalikilila ndi zolinga zolakwika zimene zimasemphana ndi utumiki umenewu. akuyimira. Andrew Henriquez anafotokoza momveka bwino zimene zimamuchititsa kuti alalikire maulaliki ake ambiri, monga mmene amanenera mochititsa mantha kuti, “Ndikufuna kupulumutsidwa, si choncho?” Mawu oterowo amachokera ku chisonkhezero chadyera. Chikhumbo chawo cha kupulumutsidwa chimawatsogolera abusawa kuchita ntchito zabwino, kuphunzira, kulalikira, ndi zina zotero. chikondi chololera kuvutikira ena zomwe zimakhudzidwa ndi chowonadi chomwe chikulalikidwa kotero Dzina la abambo likhoza kuyeretsedwa, mosasamala kanthu za mtengo kwa iwo okha.

Zikhale zomveka, kaya ife monga a Adventist Apamwamba timalemekezedwa ndi moyo wosatha kapena ayi, tadzipereka kutumikira Yehova ndi kusunga malamulo ake, kuti dzina la Atate likhoza kuyesedwa mu mkangano waukulu. Korona wa moyo amene Yesu amaika pamutu pathu, timagoneka moyamikira pa mapazi ake, chifukwa chakuti timakonda Iye amene anayamba kutikonda, ndipo lamulo lake linalembedwa m’mitima mwathu. Ndife okonzeka kufafanizidwa kwamuyaya ngati izi zikufunika kuti cholinga cha Mulungu chipambane.

Kudzaza Mafuta

Chotero, sitikanachitira mwina koma kuzindikira kuti abusa ameneŵa adzitulutsa okha monga anamwali opusa, osati anzeru,^[1] monga takambirana mwachidule mwina zinali choncho. 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. Osati awo Chilamulo cha Sodomu kudzazanso mafuta, iwo anayesa kupita kukagula mafuta ena a Sunday-Law. Tsopano, pa ola lakumapeto ili, iwo akubwerera mofulumira, opanda mafuta, ali ndi mfundo zochepa chabe za uthenga umene Mulungu anafuna kuwapatsa, koma posachedwapa adzaphunzira kuti. chitseko chatsekedwa. kumeneko kudzakhala kulira ndi kukukuta mano.^[2]

Zitatero mliri wachiwiri ndinayambanso kulankhula ndi m'busa wa Reform Adventist, Andrew Henriquez wa Saved to Serve, ndikumupempha kuti aganizire za gawo la Lamulo Lamlungu.^[3] mu gawo lachitatu zathu Series pa kununkha kwa mliri woyamba, ndi kuchonderera kochokera pansi pa mtima (kutsindikanso):

Pamene ndinali kulemba m’buku lathu laposachedwapa, kaŵirikaŵiri ndinali kulingalira za inu. Monga utumiki, timayamikira kudzipereka ndi kuona mtima kumene kumaonekera mu ulaliki wanu ndi m’zofalitsa zanu, kupangitsa anthu kuzindikira za nkhani zofunika za nthaŵi ino. Pali mfundo zingapo zomwe timasiyana, komabe, ndipo izi zikuvutitsa ife, chifukwa ngati tonsefe tikukhumba mowona mtima kugwira ntchito ndi Mulungu kuchita chifuniro Chake, zimatheka bwanji kuti tisatsogoleredwe ku mbali imodzi?

[Kusiyana] kumodzi kowawitsa mtima kwambiri ndi kokhudza Lamulo la Lamlungu. Ndinayankha nkhaniyi mwachindunji, ngakhale mwachidule, mu buku lathu laposachedwa, ndipo ndingakhale woyamikira kwambiri ngati mutapatula mphindi zochepa za nthaŵi yanu kuti muŵerenge gawo loyenerera pamene likukambidwa, ndi kupereka yankho lolingalira.

Mwachiwonekere, iye anapereka yankho lake mu ulaliki wake woona wa Yom Kippur (Tsiku Lachiweruzo) Sabata Lalikulu la Okutobala 20, 2018, pomwe zachisoni, adabwerezanso mwamphamvu kuti “Sitikufuna Nthawi!"^[4] Iwo adzaweruzidwa ndi mawu awoawo.^[5] Kunena zoona, uthengawo sakadafuna nthawi ngati mpingo ukanakhala wokhulupirika, koma kusakhulupirika kumasintha kagwiritsidwe ntchito ka maulosi, monga tidafotokozera mwatsatanetsatane kumayambiriro kwa bukuli. Kununkhira kwa Mliri Woyamba - Gawo III. Yankho lake lokhala m’zitini, lokhala ndi zing’onozing’ono limasonyeza kuti sanafunikire kuganizira mozama za nkhaniyo, kuti aganizire mfundo zimene zinayankhidwa kale m’buku lake. Kudzikuza kumeneku, kudziwa-zonse-chifukwa-Ellen-White-anati-zonse-malingaliro omwe amatsutsa kuphunzira moona mtima kuti amvetse bwino momwe mawu ake ayenera kumvekedwa, amandipangitsa kukayikira ngati kuwona mtima kwake sikuli kokha— maonekedwe wa kuopa Mulungu amene akutsutsa kunyozeka kwake.^[6]

Vumbulutso lomvetsa chisoni limeneli linatithandiza kumvetsa zinthu zina zokhudza kusiyana kwa anamwali asanu ochenjera ndi asanu opusa. Choyamba, iwo ndi anamwali. Izi zikutanthauza kuti iwo ndi omwe angakhale oyenerera a 144,000, omwe avomereza momveka bwino uthenga wa Adventist. Opusa akadali anamwali—Adventist—koma sanavomereze Uthenga wa Latter Rain.

Koma chifukwa chiyani khumi anamwali? Kodi khumi akuimira chiyani? Kutchula kwake koonekeratu ndiko ku Malamulo Khumi. Kodi pali malamulo asanu amene amagwirizana ndi anzeru, ndi asanu ndi opusa? Nthawi zambiri timawagawa m'magulu anayi ndi asanu ndi limodzi, ndipo oyambawo amakhala okhudza kulemekeza ubale wathu ndi Mulungu, pomwe omalizawo amakhala okhudza kulemekeza ubale wa anthu. Komabe, pali lamulo limodzi lomwe limafuna kuti Mvula Yamasika imvetsetse ubale wake ndi anayi oyambirirawo.

Ndipo ndi abusa angati a Adventist omwe agwa, ngakhale pamlingo wowonekera, chifukwa chophwanya lamulo lachisanu ndi chiwiri? Safuna kuba, kupha, kapena kusirira katundu wa ena, koma amanyozetsa Mulungu mwa kuswa pangano la ukwati, Sabata ndiye chisindikizo. Lamulo lachisanu ndi chiwiri likhoza kuwerengedwa movomerezeka ndi anayi oyambirira pokhudzana ndi anamwali. Anamwali opusa, chifukwa sanalandire Mzimu Woyera kuti azindikire ubale wa Lamulo la Lamlungu ku ukwati, akuimiridwa ndi malamulo ena asanu okha osalumikizana mwachindunji ndi Mvula ya Masika.

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 mukuwona kuti palibe kuwala kwakumwamba komwe kumayaka mu nyali za alaliki a Lamlungu?

Kudziwa Nthawi

David Gates adatchulapo nthawi zingapo za chenjezo chiweruziro chisanachitike, koma ndizodabwitsa momwe nthawi iliyonse yomwe adalemba (mwa zina) imagwirira ntchito ngati choyimira chomwe chakwaniritsidwa ndendende muutumiki uwu-osati wa mpingo wa Adventist.

1. Nowa analalikira kwa zaka 120 chigumula chisanafike.

Izi zikufanana ndi zaka 120 za kuyendayenda mchipululu kwa mpingo wa Adventist kuyambira kukanidwa kwa Mzimu Woyera mu 1890 mpaka mvula yotsiriza idabwera Uthenga wa Orion mu 2010.

2. Mulungu anapatsa Aisrayeli zaka 490 asanakanidwe kukhala mtundu wawo.

Izi, ndithudi, zikugwirizana ndi kukwaniritsidwa kwa masabata enieni makumi asanu ndi awiri a vuto m’masiku athu ano.

3. Yona anachenjeza kudakali masiku 40 za chiwonongeko chimene chinkayandikira (chopezedwa ndi kulapa kwawo).

Tili ndi nyengo zosiyanasiyana za masiku 40, kuphatikizapo imene inayamba ndi lipenga lachisanu ndi chimodzi kufikira pamene mwezi wa chikwakwa unali m’dzanja la Orion pa July 11.^[7] monga tafotokozera mu Mabuku Atsekedwa. Panthaŵiyi, monga mmene zinalilinso m’tsiku la Yesu, panalibe kulapa koyenera kupeŵa chiwonongeko.

4. Uthenga wa Millerite unalalikidwa kwa zaka 11 (1833-1844) chisanafike Chiweruzo Chofufuza.

Uthenga wa Orion, kuyambira mu 2008 ndikumvetsetsa kwa Orion formula mu masomphenya a Danieli a Munthu pamwamba pa mtsinje.^[8] mpaka Kubwera Kwachiwiri mu Spring wa 2019, kumatenganso zaka 11.

Ngakhale M'busa Gates adangotchula nthawiyi kuti abwereze kuti Mulungu amapereka chenjezo asanatumize chiweruzo, kusinkhasinkha kwawo m'gululi sikusiya kukayikira - kwa iwo. amene angathe kuwonabe—kuti utumiki uwu ukutsata dongosolo laumulungu ndi laulosi. Ndiponso, tili ndi kukwaniritsidwa kowonjezereka kowonjezera ku izi, monga nyengo za masiku 1260 za Chivumbulutso 12, pamene mkazi anathaŵira m’chipululu:

Ndipo mkazi anathawira kucipululu, kumene ali nao malo okonzeka ndi Mulungu, kuti kumeneko akamdyetse masiku chikwi mazana awiri mphambu makumi asanu ndi limodzi. (Chivumbulutso 12: 6)

Ndipo kwa mkaziyo anapatsidwa mapiko awiri a chiwombankhanga chachikulu, kuti aulukire kuchipululu, kumalo ake, kumene amadyetsedwako chakudya. nthawi, ndi nthawi, ndi theka nthawi, kuchokera pa nkhope ya serpenti. ( Chibvumbulutso 12:14 )

Adventist nthawi zambiri amalumikiza mavesi awiriwa kukhala okhudzana ndi nthawi yomweyi pakati pa AD 538 ndi 1798, pamene anthu a Mulungu ankazunzidwa ndi mpingo. Mu ulaliki wake woyamba wa mndandanda, Arthur Branner anachita bwino kufotokoza kuti mayunitsi osiyana a nthawi (masiku ndi "nthawi") amasonyeza kuti nthawiyi imatchula nthawi zosiyanasiyana. Inde, m’nkhani yofananayo, iye akulephera kusiyanitsa kachitatu: “miyezi.” Iye sadziŵa kalikonse ponena za miyezi ya kuwundana kwa nyenyezi monga tafotokozera, imene imapereka zizindikiro zolondola modabwitsa zaulosi za zochitika zazikulu zankhondo zamalonda m’miyezi isanu ya lipenga lachisanu.^[9]

Palinso zambiri zomwe zimatsimikizira kugwiritsa ntchito kwathu kawiri nthawi yomaliza, zomwe Branner sanazidziwe. Vesi 14 limatchula tsatanetsatane wooneka ngati wosafunika amene mkaziyo anapatsidwa awiri mapiko wa chiwombankhanga chachikulu. Kodi mphungu zonse zilibe mapiko awiri? N’chifukwa chiyani likutchula nambala yake molunjika, m’malo mongonena kuti anapatsidwa mapiko a mphungu? Zimenezi zikusonyeza kugwiritsiridwa ntchito kowirikiza kwa zaka zitatu ndi theka za utumiki wathu, kumene ife kuno m’chipululu (Paraguay yokhala ndi anthu ochepa), takhala tikudyetsedwa kwa nyengo imodzi yokha, koma zaka 7 zathunthu. Kuyambira pamene ena anayamba kukhala pano pafamu ndi M’bale John mu 2012 mpaka 2019 ndi zaka 7—zaka zitatu ndi theka pa phiko lililonse la chiwombankhanga. Onaninso kuti chiwombankhanga chomwe chikulozera! Ndi “chiwombankhanga chachikulu,” chimene chiyenera kukhala chikuimira cha chiwombankhanga chakumpoto m’mwamba, chimene chanyamula chishango chachikulu chotetezera m’zanja zake.

Zindikirani kuti kutanthauzira kwamwambo sikuli koyenera, chifukwa tchalitchi cha Mibadwo Yamdima chinathawira kunkhalango ku Ulaya, komwe sikunatchulidwepo ngati "chipululu" muulosi wa Baibulo (komanso osati kwa nthawi yonse ya zaka 1260). Koma m’kukwaniritsidwa kwa masiku otsiriza, ndiko kunena momvekera bwino za “chipululu” cha ku Amereka kumene kuli anthu ochepa.

Pomaliza, ndife achisoni kuona alaliki a Adventist awa momveka bwino mu gawo la anamwali opusa-opanda mafuta kuti adziwe nthawi yawo, ndipo motero kukhala ngati nsomba zogwidwa muukonde woipa.

Pakuti munthunso sadziwa nthawi yake: monga nsomba zogwidwa mu ukonde woyipa, ndi mbalame zogwidwa msampha; momwemo ana a anthu amakodwa m’nyengo yoipa, itawagwera modzidzimutsa. ( Mlaliki 9:12 )

Iwo adziikira okha kudzidzimuka kowopsa atazindikira kuti khomo lomwe akhala akudikirira kulowa yatsekedwa kale. Kodi Yesu sanamalize fanizoli ndi chenjezo la kudikira, chifukwa sadziwa nthawi?

Cifukwa cace dikirani, pakuti simudziwa tsiku, kapena nthawi imene Mwana wa munthu adzadza. ( Mateyu 25:13 )

Akadayang'ana, akadaphunzira nthawi ya Mvula ya Masika, ndipo sakanagwidwa mumsampha. Pamenepo pemphero lomwe linali pamilomo yawo likaonetsa kudziwa kwawo kwa Yehova.

Wodala akhale inu Ambuye, amene sanatipatse ife ngati cholanda [Zachimuna] mano. Moyo wathu wapulumuka monga mbalame mumsampha wa asodzi: msampha wathyoka, ndipo ife tapulumuka. Thandizo lathu lili m'dzina la Ambuye Ambuye [Nthawi], amene anapanga kumwamba ndi dziko lapansi. (Ŵelengani Salimo 124:6-8.)

M'malo mwake, amakwaniritsa chitsanzo chocheperako:

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

Ambiri adzati kwa ine tsiku limenelo, Ambuye, Ambuye, kodi sitinanenera mawu m’dzina lanu? ndipo m’dzina lanunso timatulutsa ziwanda? ndi m’dzina lanunso kuchita zodabwitsa zambiri? Ndipo ndidzawafotokozera iwo, Sindinakudziwani inu: chokani kwa Ine, inu akuchita kusayeruzika. (Mateyu 7: 22-23)

Mwana wa munthu adzatumiza angelo ake, ndipo iwo adzasonkhanitsa kuchokera mu ufumu wake zinthu zonse zokhumudwitsa, ndi iwo akuchita kusayeruzika; Ndipo adzawaponya m'ng'anjo yamoto: komweko kudzakhala kulira ndi kukukuta kwa mano. ( Mateyu 13:41-42 )