Kangangeminyaka engaphezu kwamawaka amabini anamakhulu amane, abantu bakaThixo bebekhangele ngokunyanisekileyo umprofeti ofana noEliya ukuze alungise iintliziyo zabantu ukuze balungele isiphelo sehlabathi.

Yabona, ndiya kukuthuma; UEliya umprofeti ngaphambi kokufika kwemini enkulu neyoyikekayo inkosi: Woyibuyisela intliziyo yooyise kubantwana, nentliziyo yabantwana kooyise; hleze ndize ndilibethe ihlabathi ngesiqalekiso. (Malaki 4: 5-6)

Inyaniso ikukuba, bekukho abaprofeti abaliqela abeza ngomoya namandla kaEliya, yaye ngamnye wenza umsebenzi kwisizukulwana sakhe ukuze aguqulele iintliziyo zooyise kubantwana nakubantwana kooyise, yaye ngamnye weza “ngaphambi” kokufika kwemini enkulu neyoyikekayo yeNkosi.

Nangona kunjalo, kukho inxalenye yesibini kwisiprofeto, esinemiqathango, kwaye asizange sizaliseke kuso nasiphi na isizukulwana sangaphambili: isiqalekiso. UThixo akazange ‘awubethe umhlaba ngesiqalekiso’ kuso nasiphi na isizukulwana sangaphambili, ibe yayingekafiki imini enkulu neyoyikekayo kaYehova, enxulunyaniswa nesiqalekiso sokutshatyalaliswa kwehlabathi elingendawo.

Ngoba? Kungenxa yokuba kuzo zonke izizukulwana, uEliya wathunyelwa ukuba aguqule iintliziyo, yaye iintliziyo zaguquka. Kwabakho inguquko, njengokuba kwakunjalo xa uYona wayeshumayela eNineve. UYesu wayengayi kuwutshabalalisa umhlaba logama nje kusekho imiphefumlo eza kusindiswa, nto leyo ethetha ukuba isiphelo asinakufika de wonke umphefumlo wokugqibela onokuthi ngokunokwenzeka uguquke, wenze njalo, yaye akusekho abanye abanokusindiswa. Kuphela kuphela, isizukulwana sokugqibela kakhulu esinokufumana isiphelo sehlabathi, ngokwenkcazo.

Oko kuthetha ukuba isiprofeto sokuza kokomfuziselo komprofeti uEliya sinenjongo ezimbini. Okokuqala nokuphambili, uEliya uthunyelwa ukuba aguqule iintliziyo, ngokuphindaphindiweyo, kwizizukulwana ezithile, ukuzisa inguquko kangangoko kunokwenzeka. Amacandelo alandelayo aza kubonisa indlela okwakusenziwa ngayo oko kuwo onke amaxesha embali yobuKristu. Noko ke, kuzo zonke izizukulwana, kwakukho abo bamgatyayo umprofeti uEliya womhla wabo, baza baphulukana nendlela yabo ngenxa yoko.

Injongo yesibini yesiprofeto sikaMalaki kukubonisa xa isiphelo sifikile: ngokuba iintliziyo azisekho inokubuyiselwa kuThixo. Kwakufuneka kubekho ilinge lokugqibela elalinzima kangangokuba xa umntu esala loo nto kwakuya kuthetha ukuba akanakuncedwa—kwaye akanakuncedwa nguThixo. Yayimele yoyiseke ngakumbi kunangaphambili—ide ilandelwe yimiqondiso nezimanga. Kwakufuneka ibe sisityhilelo esipheleleyo sesimilo sikaYesu Krestu, esityhilwe ephuma ezulwini, oko kukuthi eyona nto inkulu yenziweyo ukusindisa. Xa naxa kujongwana ubuso ngobuso nokubengezela kwesimo saKhe, imiphefumlo isala ukuguquka, ngoko akusayi kuphinda kwenziwe. Oko kwakunokwenzeka kuphela kwisizukulwana sokugqibela, esonakeleyo emva kwawo onke amanye amalinge okuguqulela iintliziyo enguqukweni sele eqotyiwe. KE, kwakuza kufika isiphelo. Ngoko, imini yeNkosi enkulu neyoyikekayo iya kufika, kwaye umhlaba uya kutshatyalaliswa ngesiqalekiso.

Loo ntsingiselo intlu-mbini yesi siprofeto ibalulekile ekuqondeni indima nothumo lwabo babeza kuza ngomoya namandla kaEliya, yaye uya kubona kumaphepha alandelayo indlela esisebenza ngayo kwimeko nganye.

UYohane uMbhaptizi

Ngexesha labaFarisi, ababephila kwiminyaka engamakhulu amane emva kokuba isiprofeto sikaMalaki sinikiwe, ukuza kukaEliya kwaba yinto efunekayo ukuze kuphele ihlabathi. UYohane umbhaptizi weza ekumoya namandla kaEliya. Bamlandela abaninzi, baza ke abaninzi balandela uYesu. Iintliziyo zajikelwa kuMsindisi, kwaye lonke ihlabathi lamaKristu lilanda imbali yalo libuyela emva kwinguquko yentliziyo efunyenwe koko kunye nezizukulwana ezilandelayo.

Okulusizi kukuba, asingabo bonke abamamkelayo uYohane umBhaptizi, ngoko ke abazange bamamkele noYesu. AbaFarisi ngokukhethekileyo babeziphethe kakuhle ngewonga labo, yaye basebenzisa imiqathango yokubuya kukaEliya njengesixhobo esisebenzayo sokuval’ umlomo nabaphi na “abanoloyiko” ngesiphelo sehlabathi ababenokusongela igunya labo phezu kwabantu. Bazama ukuthomalalisa imincili eyayivuswa nguYohane uMbhaptizi, bemcela umngeni ngale ngongoma kanye:

Bambuza, besithi, Untoni na ke? UnguEliya na? [uEliya]? Kwaye uthi, Andiyo. Unguye na umprofeti lowo? Waphendula ke wathi, Hayi. ( Yohane 1:21 )

Ayesazi ukuba izibhalo zazicace gca ngale ngongoma, kangangokuba ukuba uEliya akazange afike, kwakungenakuba sisiphelo sehlabathi kungakhathaliseki ukuba iimeko zelizwe nezebutho labantu zazimbi kangakanani na kubantu bakaThixo.

Emva kokuba abafundi bakaYohane uMbhaptizi beza kuYesu baza bemka kwakhona, uYesu wathetha nesihlwele ngoYohane ngendlela equka ukukhalimela okuchuliweyo kwiimfihlelo zentliziyo yobuFarisi. AbaFarisi abazange bafune ukucaciswa kweziprofeto ngenxa yenyaniso; zabo umnqweno yayikukuba ihlabathi liqhubeke, ngenxa yokuba babesonwabile sisikhundla sabo ebomini noko sasivumelana nabo. Bafuna ingcaciso kuphela, ukuze bazigwebele ngokungakholwa. UYesu wathi kubo bonke abantu:

kwaye ukuba niya kwamkela Oko, lo nguEliya, lo bekuthiwa uza kufika. ( Mateyu 11:14 )

Wathi, “ukuba niyathanda,” lo ngu-Eliya. Kukho inkalo yomnqweno, imeko yentliziyo yomntu, ebandakanyekayo. UYesu wayebonisa ukuba abantu babeza kwenza njalo Mamkele Yena njengoMesiya, ngoko uYohane uya kuba nguEliya, kwabo bamamkelayo. UYesu wahlabela mgama ecacisa le meko xa abafundi babuza isizathu sokuba abaFarisi bemgatye ngesizinzi sokuba uEliya kwakufuneka eze kuqala.

Bambuza abafundi bakhe, besithi, Yini na phofu ukuba ababhali bathi, uEliya umelwe kukufika tanci? Waphendula uYesu wathi kubo, UEliya okunene uya kufika kuqala, abuyisele zonke izinto. Ke ndithi kuni, uEliya uselefikile. Abamazanga, basuka benza kuye konke abakuthandayo; kwangokunjalo naye uNyana woMntu wova ubunzima ngabo. Bandula ukuqonda abafundi ukuba ubethetha kubo ngaye uYohane umbhaptizi. ( Mateyu 17:10-13 )

Ngaloo mazwi, uYesu wacacisa ukuba ukumgatya kwabo uYohane kwakuthetha ukumgatya kwabo Yena, yaye indlela ababemphatha ngayo uYohane yayisisithunzi sendlela ababemphethe ngayo. Ukushumayela kukaYohane entlango akuzange kuziguqule zonke iintliziyo zabantu.

Ke kaloku, akubona into eninzi yabaFarisi nabaSadusi besiza ekubhaptizeni kwakhe, wathi kubo. Nzalandini yamarhamba, ngubani na owanibonisayo, ukuba niyibaleke ingqumbo ezayo? Velisani ngoko iziqhamo eziyifaneleyo inguquko; ize ningacingi ukuba nithi ngaphakathi kwenu, Thina sinobawo uAbraham; kuba ndithi kuni, Unako uThixo kuwo la matye ukumvelisela abantwana uAbraham. Ngoku ke nezembe selibekiwe engcanjini yemithi; ngoko wonke umthi ongavelisi siqhamo sihle, uyagawulwa, uphoswe emlilweni. Mna okunene ndinibhaptizela enguqukweni ngamanzi; kodwa lowo uzayo emva kwam unamandla kunam, ozimbadada ndingakulingeneyo ukuziphatha; yena uya kunibhaptiza ngoMoya oyiNgcwele nangomlilo: Osesandleni sakhe isesandleni sakhe; Ke wona umququ uya kuwutshisa ngomlilo ongacimiyo. ( Mateyu 3:7-12 )

Kwabo iintliziyo zabo zingenako ukuthanjiswa babuyele ekuthembekeni kooyise, abangayi kuzisa ngaphambili iziqhamo zenguquko, uYohane uMbhaptizi wayenomyalezo wengqumbo owawuza kufika.

Abo bamamkelayo uYesu—uKrestu awathi uYohane uMbhaptizi walatha kuye—basinda kwintshabalalo, kodwa abo bangazange bamamkele bafa ukufa okumasikizi esixekweni. KumaKristu, ixesha lahamba baza ubukumkani bukaKristu banda bafikelela eziphelweni zomhlaba, kodwa kumaYuda awayemgatyile uKristu, ihlabathi lawo lafikelela esiphelweni esoyikekayo. Ukutshatyalaliswa kweYerusalem kume njengomfuziselo wesiphelo sehlabathi; kuya kuba njalo kulo lonke ihlabathi ekupheleni kwexesha. Abathembekileyo abamamkelayo uKristu njengoko wayeshunyayelwa yintlangano yokugqibela kaEliya baya kuthatyathelwa ezulwini bekhuselekile, ngoxa abangendawo abamgatyayo beya kubandezeleka baze bafe kulo mhlaba wentolongo.

UYohane uMbhaptizi wasizalisekisa isiprofeto sikaEliya kwisizukulwana sakhe, yaye ngokuguquka kwentliziyo eso sizukulwana saqhubeka sisasaza ivangeli kwaye siguqula iintliziyo, saza ngaloo ndlela sisiphepha isiqalekiso, “imini kaYehova enkulu neyoyikekayo” esiyaziyo njengesiphelo sehlabathi. UThixo wayengayi kuliphelisa ihlabathi de wonke umphefumlo ube nethuba lokusindiswa.

Zaye ezi ndaba zilungileyo zobukumkani ziya kuvakaliswa kulo elimiweyo liphela, zibe bubungqina kuzo zonke iintlanga; kwandule ke ukufika ukuphela. ( Mateyu 24:14 )

Kwelinye icala, uEliya umele abo bathunywa abafana noYohane umBhaptizi abaguqulela iintliziyo zesizukulwana sabo kuThixo. Kwelinye icala, uEliya ufanekisela isizukulwana sokugqibela sabantu bakaThixo esiya kunyukela ezulwini ngenqwelo yokukhanya.^[1] ngaphandle kokungcamla ukufa.

UEliya, owaguqulelwa ezulwini engakhange akubone kufa, ufanekisela abo baya kube bephila emhlabeni ekuzeni kwesibini kukaKristu, nabaza “kutshintshwa, ngephanyazo, ngephanyazo, ngexilongo lokugqibela; xa “oku kufayo kumele kwambathe ukungafi,” yaye “oku konakalayo kumele kwambathe ukungonakali.” 1 Korinte 15:51-53 . {I-DA 421.4}

Ezo mpawu zimbini zikaEliya zahluke ngokupheleleyo kuso nasiphi na isizukulwana esinye. Ukuba eso sizukulwana siyaguquka, ngoko ixesha liyahamba aze u-Eliya weso sizukulwana aye engcwabeni engakhange ambone uYesu esiza. Ngaloo ndlela, yindima elusizi neyidini; UYohane uMbhaptizi wanikela bonke ubomi bakhe ukuze azise abanye enguqukweni naselusindisweni, kodwa akazange azuze kuko ngokobuqu ebomini bakhe. Wayekubhengezile ukufika koMsindisi, kodwa ekugqibeleni wavalelwa entolongweni waza kamva wanqunyulwa intloko; akazange aphile ukuze abubone ubukumkani bamazulu obukufuphi kangako. Sekunjalo, uYesu wayenza yacaca into yokuba uYohane wayenze umsebenzi omhle.

Lo ngulowo kubhaliweyo ngaye, kwathiwa, Niyabona, mna ndiyamthuma umthunywa wam ngaphambi kobuso bakho, Oya kuyilungisa indlela yakho phambi kwakho. Kuba ndithi kuni, Phakathi kwabazelwe ngabafazi akukho mprofeti mkhulu kunoYohane umbhaptizi. kanti ke nomncinanana kwabanye ebukumkanini bukaThixo, mkhulu kunaye. ( Luka 7:27-28 )

Igospile kaYesu ngoko yaphuma yaya ehlabathini isithuba esiphantse sibe ngamawaka amabini eminyaka, baza abo bahlala bethembekile kuThixo bajamelana nentshutshiso eyoyikekayo esandleni sabantu abakhohlakeleyo de, njengamaProtestanti ngokuchasene nengcinezelo yobuRoma Katolika, ekugqibeleni basabele kwiLizwe Elitsha.

Imbali iyaphinda

Eso saba sintshayelelo engokwembali yovuko olukhulu lweminyaka yee-1800, apho amaProtestanti azo zonke iimvaba ebuyela kwinkolelo yokuba uYesu wayesele eza kubuya aze ahlambulule umhlaba ngomlilo, njengoko kwashunyayelwa nguWilliam Miller nabanye. Kuyabonakala ukuba iMini yoMgwebo yayisele isondele kwakhona, yaye uEliya wayenethuba lokuza.

Ngelo xesha, amaProtestanti ayesakhumbula ukuba umanyano lwecawa norhulumente lwalusisicombululo sentshutshiso njengoko kwaboniswa ngoopopu. Babevuyiswa kukuba intshutshiso yoopopu yafikelela esiphelweni ngowe-1798 xa upopu washenxiswayo esihlalweni, eyaphela iminyaka eli-1260 yengcinezelo kuzaliseka isiprofeto. Onjani wona umahluko omkhulu kwindlela “amaProtestanti” abujonga ngayo ubupopu namhlanje,^[2] emva kokuphiliswa kwenxeba lalo elibulalayo!

Ngezo zinto zisemtsha kwingqondo ehlangeneyo yobuProtestanti, nemiqondiso yala maxesha emazulwini ezalisekisa iindinyana zeSityhilelo, kwabakho umbandela oqinileyo wokuba isiphelo sezinto zonke sisondele. Ukuxela kwangaphambili okuchanileyo kukaYosiya Litch ngomhla wokuwa kobukhosi baseOttoman ngowe-1840 kwaliqinisa ngakumbi eli tyala, njengoko kwabonwa ukuba iLizwi likaThixo laliqinisekile, nokuba oko Wakuthethayo kwenzeka ngokwenene ngexesha elimisiweyo. Kwakubonakala ngathi yonke into iya kudibana ukuze kuphele ihlabathi, nto leyo ethetha ukuba uEliya wayefanele ukuba ukho.

Ngoku khumbula injongo athe uThixo wathembisa ngayo ukuthumela u-Eliya: ukuguqula iintliziyo zabantu, hleze Abethe umhlaba. Ngamalungelo onke, uWilliam Miller wayenokugqalwa njengoEliya wesizukulwana sakhe. Ngokwenene walumkisa ngemini enkulu neyoyikekayo kaYehova ngokubala ukuphela kweentsuku/iminyaka engama-2300 kaDaniyeli 8:14 kwaye ebonisa ukuba loo mhla wawukwisizukulwana sakhe. Isiprofeto sanwenwela ukusuka kumyalelo owawunikwe ngowama-457 BC wokubuyisela nokwakhiwa kwakhona kweYerusalem, ukuya kutsho kunyaka ka-1844. Inxalenye yokuqala yeentsuku ezingama-490/yonyaka yelo xesha lalisele liqinisekisiwe ngokuchanekileyo bulungiselelo nokufa kukaYesu ngokwaKhe. Ubalo lwalungenakuphikiswa.

Umyalezo kaWilliam Miller washukumisela abantu enguqukweni enzulu, ngokwenene eguqula iintliziyo ekuzalisekiseni isiprofeto sikaMalaki.

Amawaka akhokelelwa ekubeni awole inyaniso eyashunyayelwa nguWilliam Miller, kwaye abakhonzi bakaThixo bavuswa ngomoya namandla kaEliya ukuvakalisa isigidimi. NjengoYohane, umanduleli kaYesu, abo babeshumayela esi sigidimi sindilisekileyo baziva benyanzelekile ukuba babeke izembe engcanjini yomthi, baze babize abantu ukuba bavelise iziqhamo ezifanele inguquko. Ubungqina babo babucingelwa ukuba buvuse yaye buchaphazele iicawa yaye bubonakalise ubuntu bazo bokwenene. Kwaye njengoko savakaliswa isilumkiso esindilisekileyo sokusaba kwingqumbo ezayo, abaninzi ababemanyene namabandla bamkela isigidimi sempiliso; bakubona ukubuya umva kwabo, kwaye ngeenyembezi ezikrakra zenguquko nentlungu enzulu yomphefumlo, bazithoba phambi koThixo. Kwaye njengoko uMoya kaThixo uhleli phezu kwabo, banceda ukuvakalisa ukudanduluka, "Moyikeni uThixo, nimzukise; ngokuba lifikile ilixa lokugweba kwakhe." {EW 233.1}

Kwakhona, ngokulandela umzekelo waseNineve, inguquko ngexesha lentshukumo yeMillerite yayithetha ukuba isiphelo sezinto zonke sasingekafiki; kwakusekho imiphefumlo ekufuneka kufikelelwe kuyo. Noko ke, kwabakho inkcaso enkulu kwakhona, njengakwixesha lamaYuda.

Ukushunyayelwa kwexesha eliqinisekileyo kwabiza inkcaso enkulu kuzo zonke iindidi, ukusuka kumlungiseleli osepulpitini ukuya kutsho koyena ungakhathaliyo, umoni onesibindi. “Akukho bani uwaziyo loo mhla nelo lixa,” kwavakala kumfundisi ongumhanahanisi nomgxeki onenkalipho. Kananjalo babengayi kufundiswa baze balungiswe ngabo babesalatha kunyaka ababekholelwa ukuba amaxesha esiprofeto ayeya kuphelelwa, nakwimiqondiso eyayibonisa uKristu ekufuphi, naseminyango. Abalusi abaninzi bomhlambi, ababezibanga bemthanda uYesu, bathi abazange bakuchase ukushunyayelwa kokuza kukaKristu, kodwa bakuchasa ukumiselwa kwexesha elimiselweyo. Iliso likaThixo libona zonke iintliziyo zabo. Babengamthandi uYesu kufutshane. Ayesazi ukuba ubomi bawo obungengowobuKristu abuyi kujamelana novavanyo, kuba ayengahambi kwindlela ethobekileyo awayiphawulayo. Aba balusi bobuxoki bema endleleni yomsebenzi kaThixo... {EW 233.2}

Iicawa zamaProtestanti zayivala iingcango zazo enyanisweni, yaye indlela yosindiso yathi shwaka kubo. Ngokuthe ngcembe kodwa ngokuthe ngcembe, batyibilika babuyela ezingalweni zoMama weCawa yaseRoma, ababekhe bayibaleka.

NjengoYohane uMbhaptizi, uWilliam Miller wasebenzela usindiso lwabanye, kodwa ekugqibeleni akazange akubone ukuza kwesibini kukaYesu ngokwakhe. Amasimi amatsha ayevuliwe ukuze kwandiswe ubukumkani bukaThixo, kwaye iinyaniso ezintsha zazingekafunyanwa. UWilliam Miller wayenempefumlelo yobuthixo iphupha oko kwayibonisa loo nto. Ephupheni lakhe, wafumana isifuba esimangalisayo esizele bubutyebi obuxabisekileyo, awabubeka phezu kwehlabathi. Oko kubonisa oko akufumanisileyo kwiLizwi likaThixo. Emva koko, kwenzeka into embi kakhulu:

Bakuba besanda ababukeli, wonke umntu wawaphanzisa amatye anqabileyo, ewakhupha ebhokisini, wawachithachitha etafileni. {EW 82.1}

Ababukeli abangenambulelo bandula ke baxuba amatye anqabileyo kunye nezomgunyathi baza bagubungela amatye anqabileyo kuzo zonke iintlobo zenkunkuma, befuzisela oko kwenzekayo kwiminyaka eyalandelayo kwiinyaniso ezixabisekileyo awayezifumene eBhayibhileni. Emva kokuzama ngamandla ukubathintela ekwenzeni oko, wathi:

Ndaphelelwa ngamandla ndatyhafa ndahlala phantsi ndalila. {EW 82.4}

Ngoxa ndandilila ngolo hlobo kwaye ndilusizi ngenxa yokulahlekelwa kwam okukhulu nokuziphendulela kwam, ndamkhumbula uThixo, ndaza ndathandaza ngokunyanisekileyo ukuba andithumelele uncedo. {EW 83.1}

Kwangoko lwavuleka ucango. kwangena umntu egumbini. bemka bonke abantu kuyo; kwaye yena, enebrashi yokungcola esandleni sakhe, wavula iifestile, kwaye waqala ukuxubha ukungcola kunye nenkunkuma evela kwigumbi. {EW 83.2}

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Kwandula ke, ngoxa wayekhukulisa uthuli nenkunkuma, amatye anqabileyo obuxoki nemali yomgunyathi, zonke zaphakama zaza zaphuma ngefestile njengelifu, yaye umoya wazithwala. Kuphithizela ndavala amehlo am okomzuzwana; xa ndiwavula, inkunkuma yayiphelile... {EW 83.5}

Iphupha likaWilliam Miller libonisa ukuba enye indoda yayiza kuza emva kwakhe, kwaye loo ndoda yayiza kuzisa isifuba sobuncwane esikhulu kunye nesihle ukubuyisela zonke iigugu ezisasazekileyo.

Emva koko wabeka ibhokisi etafileni. inkulu kwaye intle ngakumbi kuneyangaphambili, bawaqokelela amatye anqabileyo, iidayimani, iimali, ngesandla, bawaphosa ebhokisini, kwada akwasala nanye, nangona ezinye iidayimani zazingenkulu kunetsolo lesikhonkwane. {EW 83.6}

…Babengezela ngokuphindwe kalishumi kubuqaqawuli bawo bangaphambili… {EW 83.8}

NjengoYohane uMbhaptizi, uWilliam Miller naye wavala amehlo akhe ebuthongweni bokufa. Ubuncinane wayenze inxalenye yomsebenzi kaEliya ukubuyisela iintliziyo zesizukulwana sakhe kuThixo, waza ngenxa yoko, wongezelela kwinkcazelo iyonke yendlela abathunywa bexesha elizayo ababeya kuyifeza ngayo indima kaEliya: washumayela “ixesha elimisiweyo,” elingazange libize inkcaso enkulu nje kuphela, kodwa kwakhona lanika amandla amakhulu okoyisa nokuvusa abantu:

Inyaniso eyathethwa ngamandla ayo aqinisekisayo yabavusa abantu, baqala ukubuza njengomgcini-ntolongo, besithi, Ndimelwe kukuthini na, ukuze ndisindiswe? Kodwa aba belusi bangenelela phakathi kwenyaniso nabantu, bashumayela izinto ezigudileyo ukubakhokelela kuyo inyaniso. Bamanyana noSathana nezithunywa zakhe, bedanduluka besithi, “Luxolo, luxolo,” ngoxa kwakungekho luxolo. Abo babekuthanda ukukhululeka kwabo kwaye banelisekile kukude kwabo kuThixo babengayi kuvuka kunqabiseko lwabo lwenyama. Ndabona ukuba izithunywa zikaThixo ziphawule konke; izambatho zabo balusi bangazingcwalisanga zazigutyungelwe ligazi lemiphefumlo. {EW 233.2}

Kwaboniswa ukuba xa kuyalelwa nguThixo, ukushumayela ixesha sisixhobo esisebenzayo nesisebenzayo esandleni sabakhonzi bakaThixo.

NgoMhla Omkhulu Wocamagushelo

Ngentsasa yasemva kokuphoxeka okukhulu komhla wama-22 kuOktobha, 1844, xa uYesu engazange afike ekupheleni kweentsuku ezingama-2300 njengoko amaMillerite ayefundisa, uHiram Edson wabona umbono waKhe emi kweYona Ngcwele. Abantu bakaThixo abathembekileyo bakhawuleza baqonda ukuba iMini Yomgwebo—uMhla Wocamagushelo omkhulu owawufuzisela—eneneni yayifikile, yaye uMthetho kaThixo wawusele uza kuvulwa ukuze uluntu lugwetywe ngawo. Kwisithuba seminyaka emibini, abantu bakaThixo bayibona inyaniso ephathelele iSabatha yomhla wesixhenxe neyomgunyathi, iCawa, baza baqalisa ukushumayela ngayo, ekugqibeleni kwanakwigama labo njengeSeventh-day Adventists. Umthetho kaThixo wawuvuliwe, yaye umgwebo wawuqhubeka. Kwakungaqondwa nje ukuba oopopu balutshaba lukaThixo, kodwa ngoku unqulo lwangeCawa lwaluqondwa njengophawu lwakhe lwegunya. Ingelosi yesithathu yayihambisa umyalezo wayo:

Saza esesithathu isithunywa sazilandela, sisithi ngezwi elikhulu. Ukuba umntu uthe walinqula irhamncwa nomfanekiselo walo, walwamkela uphawu lwakhe ebunzi, nokuba kusesandleni sakhe; Bona baya kusela kwiwayini yomsindo kaThixo; uligalelwe, lingaxutywanga nendebe yokubhavuma kwakhe; uya kuthuthunjiswa ngomlilo nesulfure, phambi kwezithunywa ezingcwele, naphambi kweMvana: Umsi wokuthuthunjelwa kwabo unyuka use emaphakadeni asemaphakadeni; Nalu unyamezelo lwabangcwele, naba abayigcinayo imithetho kaThixo nokukholwa kuYesu. ( ISityhilelo 14:9-12 )

Ngaloo ndlela isigidimi sengelosi yesithathu, esisisilumkiso malunga nengqumbo esondelayo kaThixo, saba sisigidimi esityikityiweyo seBandla lamaSabatha, sisenza omnye umgqatswa wokuzalisekisa indima kaEliya wesiprofeto sikaMalaki.

Ukukhokela umhlambi waYo, iNkosi yanikela isipho sesiprofeto kuEllen G. White. Imibono namaphupha akhe anceda ekuqinisekiseni ukuqonda kwecawa iinyaniso zeLizwi likaThixo nokunikela isiluleko esingqalileyo ngexesha nendawo esasifuneka kuyo. Ngaloo ndlela amandla omyalezo wexesha awayehamba nentshukumo yeMillerite enjengomoya namandla kaEliya aqhubeka ekwimo yobungqina obuphilayo bukaYesu, uMoya wesiprofeto. Ngaphandle komnye, omnye wayefuneka—okanye ngamanye amazwi, kwaloo Moya oyiNgcwele owakhokela uWilliam Miller ngoku wawukhokela umhlambi ngesipho sika-Ellen G. White sokuprofeta. UMkhokeli ongazange aphulukane nendlela yakhe wayesakhokelela ibandla ezulwini.

Ukuba igama likaEliya lalifanele lisetyenziswe kumntu omnye kwintlangano yeSeventh-day Adventist, bekuya kufuneka ukuba lisetyenziswe kumprofetikazi ngokwakhe, uEllen G. White, ekubeni uEliya wayengumprofeti. Noko ke, elo yayingelobizo uEllen G. White awayezamkele ngalo. Uyachaza ukuba kutheni:

Yini na ukuba ndingabanga ukuba ndingumprofeti? Kuba kule mihla abaninzi abathi ngokungafihlisiyo bangabaprofeti basisingcikivo kwinjongo kaKristu; nangenxa yokuba umsebenzi wam uquka okungakumbi kunegama elithi “umprofeti” elibonisayo. {1SM 32.4}

UEllen G. White, nangona engavumanga ngokuthe ngqo ukuba wayengumprofeti, ubonisa ukuba umsebenzi wakhe wawumkhulu kunomsebenzi womprofeti nje. Nangona engazange avume ukuba unguEliya ngokobuqu, wenza umsebenzi omkhulu wokuzibhokoxa ngokuqhubekayo ukugcina iintliziyo zesizukulwana sakhe zimanyene noThixo nenkokeli yaKhe, eneneni umsebenzi wakhe wawungekho ngaphantsi kwalowo womprofeti. Ekubeni ngokucacileyo babengekho abanye abaprofeti bakaThixo ababenokukhuphisana naye ngelo xesha ukuze kuthiwe uEliya, amazwi akhe angasentla abethelela ukuba umsebenzi kaEliya mkhulu.

Nangona kunjalo, kwafika inguqu eyazisa usizi olungenakuchazwa ku-Ellen G. White kwaye yamenza waqonda ukuba naye, akayi kuphila ukuze abone ukuza kukaYesu. Yayikukuchasa kwebandla uMoya oyiNgcwele kwiNkomfa Jikelele yaseMinneapolis ngowe-1888. Yayisazi ukuba yayikukukhanya kweNgelosi yesine, ingelosi yeSityhilelo 18:1 , eyayiqalise ukuqaqamba ngesigidimi sobulungisa ngokholo.

[T] isikhalo esikhulu sengelosi yesithathu sele siqalisile ekutyhilekeni kobulungisa bukaKristu, uMhlawuleli oxolela izono. Oku kukuqala kokukhanya kwesithunywa sezulu, esibuqaqawuli baso buya kuzalisa umhlaba uphela. {RH Novemba 22, 1892, isiqe. 7}

Ekuvukeni kwenkomfa, uEllen G. White wasebenza nzima kakhulu ukubuyisela ibandla kwimvisiswano noThixo, nokuzisa isigidimi sobulungisa ngokholo ebantwini. Ngasekupheleni kobomi bakhe, wavakalisa intembelo kubazalwana abakhokelayo waza wabonisa ukuba wayengalindelanga ukufumana nabuphi na ubungqina obungakumbi bukaThixo kubo. Wazibuyisela iintliziyo zabo ekunyanisekeni kooyise.

Noko ke, eso siganeko samenza waqonda ukuba icawa kwakuza kufuneka ihambe ngokufuziselayo entlango iminyaka engama-40 kwakhona, ibe wayesazi ukuba yayingayi kuphila ixesha elide ngokwaneleyo ukuze ibone iKanan yasezulwini ngaphambi kokufa kwayo. Njengabanye, wayesebenzele usindiso lwabanye engakuboni ukuza kukaYesu, awayekuxabisile kakhulu.

Ekhalazela ukungabikho kwenzondelelo phakathi kwabantu bakaThixo emva kowe-1888, wathi:

INkosi ibanike abantu bakhe imiyalelo eninzi, ummiselo phezu kommiselo, umthetho phezu komthetho, intwana apha, intwana phaya. Ingqalelo encinane inikelwa eBhayibhileni, kwaye iNkosi inike ukukhanya okuncinane ukukhokelela amadoda nabafazi ekukhanyeni okukhulu. Hayi indlela ebekuya kuba kuhle ngayo ukuba iincwadi eziqulethe oku kukhanya bezifundwa ngokuzimisela ukuphumeza imigaqo ekuzo! Kuya kubakho ukuphapha okuphindwe kaliwaka, ukuzincama okuphindwe kaliwaka kunye nomgudu oqinileyo. Yaye abaninzi ngakumbi bebeya kuvuya ngoku ekukhanyeni kwenyaniso yangoku. {RH NgoJanuwari 20, 1903, Art. B, isiqe. 9}

Ngokucacileyo wabhekisela eBhayibhileni njengokukhanya okukhulu ngakumbi, kodwa ngempazamo abaninzi bacinga ukuba wayesalatha ngasemva kwiBhayibhile eyayikho ngoxa eneneni wayesalatha ekukhanyeni okutsha nokuqaqamba ngakumbi okwakuya kwenza iBhayibhile iqaqambe ngendlela engazange ikhanye ngayo ngaphambili. Ngaloo ndlela wavakalisa iphupha likaWilliam Miller, elalibonisa ukuba omnye umntu (uEliya) wayeya kufika ngenye imini aze abeke ukukhanya okudala kwindawo entsha, waza wavuma kuloo mazwi ukuba naye uya kuhamba ngendlela kaYohane umBhaptizi:

Umprofeti uYohane wayelikhonkco elidibanisa la maxesha mabini. Njengommeli kaThixo wema ebonisa unxulumano lomthetho nabaprofeti kwixesha lobuKristu. Wayekokona kuncinane ukukhanya, okwakuza kubakho landelwa ngomkhulu. Ingqondo kaYohane yakhanyiswa nguMoya oyiNgcwele, ukuze abakhanyisele abantu bakhe; kodwa akukho kukhanya okunye okwakha kwakhanya okanye okuya kukhanyisa ngokucacileyo phezu komntu owileyo njengokuphuma kwimfundiso nakumzekelo kaYesu. UKristu nomsebenzi wakhe wawuqondwa kancinane njengoko ufuziselwa amadini anethunzi. NoYohane wayengaliqondi ngokupheleleyo ikamva, ubomi bokungafi ngoMsindisi. {I-DA 220.2}

U-Ellen G. White wafumana nje ikroba lokuqala loko kukhanya okukhulu ngakumbi, awakuchaza njengamatye anqabileyo enyaniso kwiindawo ezintsha, ngelishwa awazange amkelwe:

EMinneapolis uThixo wanika abantu Bakhe amatye anqabileyo enyaniso kwiisethingi ezintsha. Oku kukhanya kuphuma ezulwini ngabathile kwagatywa ngabo bonke ubuntamo-lukhuni bamaYuda awabubonakalisayo ngokumgatya uKristu, kwaza kwathethwa kakhulu ngokuma ngakwimiqondiso yakudala. Kodwa kwakukho ubungqina bokuba babengazi ukuba zeziphi iimpawu zomhlaba zakudala. Kwakukho ubungqina kwaye kukho ukuqiqa okuphuma kwilizwi elizincomelayo kwisazela; kodwa iingqondo zabantu zazizinzisiwe, zatywinwa ekungeneni kokukhanya, ngenxa yokuba babegqibe ekubeni yayiyimpazamo eyingozi ukususa “imiqondiso yemida emidala” xa yayingashenxisi isikhonkwane seempawu zomhlaba zakudala, kodwa babeneengcamango ezigqwethekileyo zento eyayiyimiqondiso yemida yakudala. {1888 518.1}

Ezo yayingamatye anqabileyo okuqala awayeza kufakwa kwibhokisi entsha yobuncwane yelandela likaWilliam Miller.

Nangona umprofetikazi wafayo, iBandla lamaSeventh-Day Adventist lisazijonga, kwaye lisaqhubeka lizijonga njengentshukumo kaEliya.^[3] Noko ke, kwakhona, inyaniso elusizi yembali ibonisa ukuba uYesu wayengekamkelwa. Kwabakho ukungqubana kweminqweno, njengoko ubona kwesi sicatshulwa singasentla. Ezintliziyweni zabo, iinkokeli zabantu bakaThixo zazingafuni ukuba kufike isiphelo. Babeneliseke kakhulu zizikhundla zentlonipho ababezifumene, yaye kuloo Nkomfa kaWonke-wonke eyayidume kakubi, iBandla lamaSabatha amaSabatha lavukela ngokuthe ngqo ukukhokelwa nguMoya oyiNgcwele, owayeze kubo ngeenkcazo-ntetho zika-AT Jones no-EJ Waggoner. Iinkokeli ezasigatyayo isigidimi zaza zasithintela ukuba siphumelele azizange ziguquke ngokukhawuleza ngendlela echanileyo, yaye uYesu wayengenako ukuza kweso sizukulwana.

Nangona u-Ellen G. White wayephumelele ekubuyiseleni ibandla kwisizukulwana sakhe, umonakalo owenziwe ngokugatywa kokukhanya kweNgelosi yesine awuzange woyiswe ngokupheleleyo. Iingcuka zangena ebandleni, zaza zaqalisa ukulalanisa kubunyulu bokholo. Ukusukela kwelo nqanaba ukuya phambili, izinto ziye zehla ngomoya webandla de zafikelela kwimeko eyoyikekayo ebonwa namhlanje.

Kungekudala, kwavakala elinye ilizwi lilandela ubizo lwecawa ngethemba lokuyibuyisela ezingqondweni. ML Andreasen wayicacisa intsingiselo yokuthethelelwa kukaYesu ngokunxulumene nobulungisa ngokholo, ebonisa ukuba injongo yomsebenzi Wakhe wokucamagushela kukuzisa abantu bakhe ekuthobeleni umthetho kaThixo; nokuba ukubuya kwaKhe kuxhomekeke kuyo. Kwisahluko sokuqala sencwadi yakhe Inkonzo Yengcwele, ucacisa ukuba injongo kaThixo ngesizukulwana sokugqibela kukubonisa ukuba phantsi kwezona meko zinzima, abantu Bakhe baya kuwuthobela umthetho Wakhe ngokholo bengabhekiseli kumvuzo, ngaloo ndlela bethethelela uThixo kwizityholo zikaSathana nxamnye nesimilo Sakhe.

Uyaqaphela ukuba uYesu unenjongo ngawe, kwaye uyakudinga? Ubulungisa ngokholo buthetha okungakumbi kunokukholelwa nje ukuba uYesu wafela izono zakho! UAndreasen wongezelela iTheology yesiZukulwana sokuGqibela ekuqondeni ubulungisa ngokholo ngokubonisa ukuba ukuza kukaYesu kuxhomekeke elukholweni lwesizukulwana sokugqibela sokuthethelela uThixo kwimbambano enkulu yobuntu bukaThixo. Ngelishwa, umzabalazo wakhe wamagorha wokuchasa ukonakala ngokwasemoyeni ebandleni awuzange uphumelele ekuguquleni ikhondo layo eliyingozi, kodwa waba negalelo elibalulekileyo ekuqondeni uthumo lwabo babeza kuzalisekisa uthumo lokugqibela lukaEliya phambi kwemini enkulu neyoyikekayo yeNkosi. Naye wafa—entliziyo yaphukile—engasibonanga isiqhamo somsebenzi wakhe.

Abanye basebenza nzima ukuze babuyisele inqanawa yecawa endleleni. Ngeminyaka yee-1950, uRobert Wieland noDonald Short baphanda ngoko kwenzeka ngowe-1888 baza banikela ubungqina bokuba inguquko emanyeneyo yayifuneka ukuze kusindiswe inqanawa yecawa ekubhaduleleni kwayo ilize ikhangela izibuko lasezulwini. Njengoko uAndreasen wongezelela ekuqondweni kobulungisa ngokholo ngokubonisa ukuba ukubuya kukaYesu kwakuxhomekeke ekungcwalisweni nasekuthobeleni isizukulwana sokugqibela, uWieland noMfutshane bongezelela kulo ngokubonisa ukuba inguquko emanyeneyo yayifuneka ukuze sigatywe isigidimi ngowe-1888.

Okubuhlungu kukuba, iinkokeli zecawa zasabela kakubi zaza zabatyhola ngokunyelisa. Icawa yakhanyela ukuba yayisikhabile isigidimi sobulungisa ngokholo, ekubeni “kwakungekho nyathelo lithatyathweyo lokubugatya,”^[4] yaye ngokuchaseneyo nezibhalo, bakukhanyela ukuba kwakuyimfuneko ukuguquka ngenxa yezono zookhokho bethu.^[5] Okuvuyisayo kukuba, emva koku, iingxelo zaphuncuka kwiintambo zolawulo lwecawe, kwaye amarhamente ecawe emva koko ayiqonda imfuneko yenguquko ehlangeneyo kunye nokwala kweenkokeli zecawe ukuyicingisisa. Kwinkqubo yokuhlangabezana nalo mbandela, uWieland noFutshane bacinezelwa ukuba bathule, besongeza isithuko emonakalweni ngokuthintelwa kwenkululeko yokucinga ebandleni, indlela eyayisetyenziswa ziinkokeli zamaYuda ngomhla wabafundi ngokunjalo.

besinithethela ngelithi, maningafundisi ngeli gama? niyabona, niyizalisile iYerusalem ngemfundiso yenu, nifuna ukulizisa phezu kwethu igazi lalo mntu. ( IZenzo 5:28 )

Umba we-1888 wawungekasonjululwa ngokucacileyo kwisizukulwana sika-Wieland kunye ne-Short, kodwa umsebenzi wabo waba negalelo ekuqondeni oko kwakungahambi kakuhle ngo-1888 kwaye wayibuyisela phambili. Ngaphezu koko, kwakusiya kucaca ngakumbi ukuba ibandla lalikwimvisiswano eyoyikekayo, yaye lalingenakuhamba likuloo meko likumoya namandla kaEliya. Ukukhanya kweNgelosi yesine kwacinywa kwakhona.

Ngoku, izilumkiso zipheliswe ngokupheleleyo kwimilebe yebandla malunga nengqumbo ezayo kaThixo ngokuchasene nabo basela iwayini yaseBhabheli, enxilisa umntu kwaye inciphise ukuqonda kwabo kwasemoyeni kunye nezithintelo ekwaphuleni umthetho kaThixo. Ngokwahlukileyo koko, ngoku iimpapasho zecawa zisasaza iwayini yaseBhabhiloni ngokukhululekileyo empompini, yaye amarhamente ayifincela, ekholelwa ukuba ingamanzi obomi. Hayi, iCawa yama-Adventist iyonke ayinawo umoya kaEliya, nangona babenako, ukuba babewathobele amazwi entlango baza bavelisa iziqhamo ezihambelana nenguquko.

Abaviwa banamhlanje

Khumbula, kukho imeko kwisiprofeto sikaMalaki ekhokelela kwiimeko ezimbini ezahlukeneyo. Nokuba uEliya uya kuza aze azibuyisele iintliziyo kuThixo, okanye kungenjalo—ukuba akukho mntu wumbi uya kuguquka—yaye iNkosi iya kuliphelisa ihlabathi ngesiqalekiso, kwaye imini enkulu neyoyikekayo yeNkosi iya kufika. Leliphi ityala elisebenzayo kwisizukulwana sangoku?

Loo mbuzo uya kuphendulwa ngokuzeleyo ngakumbi kamva, kodwa kubalulekile ukubakhumbula omabini la matyala. Njengoko kwakunjalo ngexesha likaYesu, ukuqonda umprofeti uEliya yinto yomntu ngamnye; Uninzi lwabantu aluyi kuyamkela iNkosi leyo uEliya walatha kuyo, kodwa abo benzayo baya kusindiswa. Kwisizukulwana sokugqibela, wonke umntu uya kufika kwindawo yokwenza isigqibo—ukukhanya kuya kufikelela kulo lonke ihlabathi—kwaye isiphelo siya kufika.

Ukuba uya kufumana uEliya wale mihla, inye into omele uyiqonde: UThixo akazenzi iimpazamo. Yi abantu abalahlekayo, xa betenxa kwintando kaThixo etyhiliweyo. Ngenxa yoko, wonke umntu oza emoyeni namandla kaEliya umele abe ngumntu ohamba kuyo yonke inyaniso uThixo ayityhile kubantu bakhe kuzo zonke izizukulwana. Ngaba uEliya unokuba ngumYuda ongazange amamkele uKristu? Akunjalo—uYohane uMbhaptizi wamisela umzekelo. Ngaba uEliya unokuba ngumKatolika, olugatyayo uhlaziyo loHlaziyo? Akunjalo. Ngaba unokuba ngumProtestanti ogatyayo inyaniso eyashunyayelwa nguWilliam Miller yokuhlanjululwa kwengcwele ekupheleni kweentsuku ezingama-2300? Akunjalo. Ngaba uEliya unokuba “ngumSabatha” oye wazikhanyela iimfundiso ezikhethekileyo ibandla elasekwa kuzo, aze ayeke ukushumayela isigidimi sengelosi yesithathu, umzekelo? Kwakhona, hayi. Konke ukukhanya uThixo akunike ngoMoya oyiNgcwele ukutyhubela iinkulungwane kwakuyinyaniso yaye kuchanile, yaye uEliya ngamnye umele akuqokelele aze akubuyisele kulungiselelo oluhle nemvisiswano.

Oko asikokususa ithemba kwabo baphambukayo enyanisweni okanye abangazange bayazi inyaniso ekuqaleni, kodwa kukugxininisa ukuba ngabantu abaphambukayo, kungekhona uThixo. Simele siluqonde ukhokelo lukaThixo size silumke singaphambuki kulo. Yaye ukuba mhlawumbi sizifumanisa sikude nalapho ukukhanya kukaThixo kukhanya khona, simele senze njengoko uAbraham wenzayo xa wazifumana esona nxamnye noFaro omsulwa waseYiputa, waza waqonda ukuba wayengakholosanga ngoThixo. Wabuyela apho uThixo ebenaye.

Yaye wahamba ngohambo lwakhe ukusuka ezantsi ukuya eBheteli. kuloo ndawo ibikhona intente yakhe ekuqaleni; phakathi kweBheteli neAyi; endaweni yesibingelelo awasenzayo khona ekuqaleni, uAbram walibiza khona igama likaYehova inkosi. (Genesis 13: 3-4)

Kufuneka kwakhona sibuyele kwindawo yokugqibela ukuba uThixo wayesenathi, kwaye silandele ukukhanya kwaKhe ukusuka apho ukuya phambili. Ukuba umYuda wenza oko, uya kuba ngumKristu. Ukuba umKatolika uyakwenza oko, uyakuba ngumProtestanti. Ukuba umProtestanti uyakwenza oko, uya kuba ngumSabatha. Ukuba i-Adventist iyakwenza oko, iya kuthabatha imitha esasaziweyo yokukhanya kweNgelosi yesine evela kuJones noWaggoner, uAndreasen, noWieland noMfutshane, kwaye uya kuqonda ukuba kwesi sizukulwana, uYesu unokubuya kwakhona. Elo liqonga lenyaniso uEliya amele akhe phezu kwalo.

Ewe, kufuneka Ukwakha phezu kweso siseko, kuzisa etafileni izinto ezintsha nezinkulu kakhulu ezifunyenweyo kwiLizwi likaThixo, njengoko wonke umviwa ngaphambili wayeprofetile. Kufuneka abuyisele amatye anqabileyo kaWilliam Miller ngokuphindwe kalishumi kwisifuba esikhulu sobuncwane. Umelwe kukuba ngumprofeti, kwaye umelwe kukuzisa ukukhanya okukhulu okwathetha ngako ukukhanya okuncinane. Umele ahlangabezane nazo zonke iinkcukacha zika-Eliya.

Kwelinye icala, kumele kucace ukuba yintsalela kuphela eya kumqonda unjalo. Abo bangayifuniyo inyaniso—abaninzi—baya kumala kanye njengoko bamalayo uYohane uMbhaptizi, kwanabo bonke abanye. Yaye isigidimi esintlu-mbini sesiprofeto sikaMalaki sithetha ukuba oyena mntu wokugqibela oza kumoya namandla kaEliya uya kwenza konke okusemandleni ukuze abuyisele iintliziyo kuThixo. Wonke umntu uya kwenza isigqibo kwaye akukho mntu uya kutshintsha kwakhona, akukhathaliseki nokuba sikhulu kangakanani na isigidimi sakhe kwaye uzimisele kangakanani na umsebenzi wakhe—kuba ukuba babenokutshintsha, ivangeli ibiya kuphuma kwakhona kwaye ixesha liya kuqhubeka ukuze imiphefumlo engakumbi izuzelwe ubukumkani bukaThixo.

Ngo-2010, i-Seventh-Day Adventist yonyula umongameli omtsha wenkomfa, u-Ted NC Wilson, owayesabambe. Uvelisa i-conservative persona kwaye avume, ubuncinci esidlangalaleni, ukuxhasa imfundiso yezakwalizwi yesizukulwana sokugqibela kunye nokuphepha ukusebenzelana nemimoya okuxhaphakileyo kuzo zonke iicawe zehlabathi, kubandakanya neyakhe. Unabashumayeli abanamandla aphakamileyo abamxhasayo, abafundisa izakwalizwi kwisizukulwana sokugqibela kwaye bamkhusele ngokungagungqiyo. Ukhokele uninzi iziganeko ezinkulu zobuvangeli kumhlaba jikelele. Ngaba uTed Wilson angaba nguEliya?

Jonga nje imigaqo. Kukuphi ukukhanya okutsha okuzise etafileni uTed Wilson? Akukho nanye. Ngaba uhlambulule iimpazamo ebandleni njengendoda enebrashi yokungcola kwiphupha likaWilliam Miller? Hayi. Ngokwahlukileyo koko, waqhubeka wayifihla inyaniso ngokutyhala Ithemba Elikhulu, “incwadi” engenasiqulatho yokugubungela iinyaniso ezikuyo Impikiswano Enkulu nguEllen G. White. Lowo yayingowona msebenzi wakhe ubalulekileyo—ubaluleke kangangokuba uSathana wada wazama ukumbulala ukuze awunqande. Oko kubonisa ukuba uTed Wilson usebenzela kwicala likabani! Ugubungela inyaniso endaweni yokuba ayenze ikhanye!

Ngaba ulwenzile uhlaziyo ebandleni nazo zonke iinkqubo zakhe zemvuselelo nohlaziyo? Kwelinye icala, utyholwa ngokufanelekileyo ngokusebenzisa “igunya lobukumkani” phezu kwecawa, kodwa kwelinye icala, wenza abafazi ukuba bamiselwe kunye neGamut ye Abantu abachongiweyo be-LGBT ukuthatha ibandla ngalinye kwi-rollercoaster yabo enemibala ukuya entshabalalweni. Ewe, uneenkqubo kunye neenkqubo ngesihloko semvuselelo kunye nohlaziyo, kodwa ungumntu othetha into enye kwaye enze enye. Akayiphathi ngokufanelekileyo indlu yakhe.

Ngaba uTed Wilson uye washumayela isigidimi sengelosi yesithathu? Isigidimi sengelosi yesithathu silumkisa ukuba singalalani namabandla ehlabathi okanye amagunya karhulumente, kuba oko kuya kukhokelela ekwamkeleni uphawu lwerhamncwa. Ngokwahlukileyo koko, yena wangcatshwa isigidimi sengelosi yesithathu ngokupheleleyo ukudibana ibandla elinentiyo kaThixo^[6] amazwe adbeneyo! Yonke into elungileyo azimisele ukuyimela, uye wasebenza ngokuchasene nayo.

Nobaqonda ngeziqhamo zabo. Ngaba abantu bakha iidiliya emithaneni enameva okanye amakhiwane enkunzaneni? (UMateyu 7: 16)

Hayi, uTed Wilson akathwali iziqhamo zikaEliya, nangona imbonakalo yakhe yangaphandle emhlophe.

ISeventh-day Adventist abantu bakaThixo ababenikwe uxanduva lokushumayela umgwebo ekupheleni kwehlabathi, njengoko uMalaki wabonisayo, baye bawela kwimeko efanayo nabaFarisi, kwaye kungakhathaliseki ukuba iimeko ziba mbi kangakanani na, kungakhathaliseki ukuba i-ajenda kapopu (yamaRoma) ityhilwa kangakanani na ebandleni, kungakhathaliseki ukuba amalungelo oluntu (ngokukodwa amalungelo amabhinqa kunye ne-LGBT) ayonakalisa ukucinga kwawo kwaye ahlambela iindawo zabo ezingcwele-kungakhathaliseki ukuba kubi kangakanani na ukuba i-ajenda yopapa (yamaRoma) ityhilwa ebandleni, kungakhathaliseki ukuba amalungelo oluntu (ngokukodwa amalungelo amabhinqa kunye namalungelo e-LGBT) ayonakalisa ukucinga kwawo kwaye ahlambela iindawo zabo ezingcwele-kungakhathaliseki ukuba kwenzeka kubi kangakanani na, abaFarisi babeya kuthi cwaka namhlanje. ukuba i Umthetho weCawa, eyona nto bayithandayo kwisiphelo sehlabathi, ayikafiki.^[7]

Ngoku ngokwenene siphelelwa ziinketho zokuba ngubani uEliya wokugqibela. Asinakuze sicinge nangomSabatha ogama linguBen Carson, owasityeshelayo isiluleko sikaEllen G. White ngokubandakanyeka kwezopolitiko.^[8] wangcatsha icebo likaThixo lomtshato ngexesha lakhe lokuba ngumongameli,^[9] waphula iSabatha ngenxa yephulo lakhe.^[10] yaye xa waphulukana nogqatso, ekugqibeleni wathabatha inyathelo lokuqala^[11] ukuba manyanise ihlabathi lonke labavangeli ngasemva kukaDonald Trump ukuba anyulwe kumongameli.^[12] Ngembuyekezo yobabalo, uTrump wathembisa ngokususa umqobo phakathi kwecawe kunye norhulumente ngokurhoxisa i-Johnson Amendment ukuze iicawe zibe nelizwi labo kwezopolitiko, kwaye uyasilandela eso sithembiso.^[13] Oko kubuyela ezicaweni kuya kuwubuyisela umfanekiso werhamncwa eMelika, umfanekiselo wenkqubo yamaRoma Katolika yomanyano lwecawe norhulumente, nto leyo eya kuphumela kulo kanye uphawu lwerhamncwa eso isigidimi sengelosi yesithathu silumkisa ngalo. Hayi, ngokuqinisekileyo uBen Carson akanguye noEliya, kodwa ukungcatsha kwakhe okuphakamileyo kuThixo kuyenza icace ngakumbi into yokuba uEliya wokugqibela kufuneka abe lapha ndaweni ithile, kuba ngokukaEllen G. White—owenza ngokwenene umsebenzi kaEliya—ithetha ukuba isiphelo sisondele:

Nge ukunyanzeliswa kommiselo iziko lobupopu ngokwaphula umthetho kaThixo, isizwe sethu siya kuziqhawula ngokupheleleyo ebulungiseni. Xa ubuProtestanti buya kusolula isandla sawo ngaphaya komngxuma ukuze bubambe isandla segunya laseRoma, xa buya kufikelela enzonzobileni ukubamba izandla ngemimoya, xa, phantsi kwempembelelo yolu manyano zintathu, ilizwe lethu liya kuyigatya yonke imigaqo yoMgaqo-siseko walo njengorhulumente wamaProtestanti noweriphabliki, kwaye iya kwenza amalungiselelo ekusasazweni kobuxoki bukapopu kunye nenkohliso; sandule ke sazi ukuba lifikile ixesha lokusebenza okumangalisayo kukaSathana nokuba isiphelo sikufuphi. {5T451.1}

Kulwimi lomthonyama eUnited States, ummiselo ubizwa ngokuba ngumyalelo wolawulo. Ngokukhupha lo myalelo wesigqeba, uMongameli uTrump ukhuphe lo myalelo, kwaye lo myalelo ujolise ngokukodwa kwimicimbi yonyanzeliso:

Umyalelo uya kuyalela i-IRS ukuba isebenzise "Ubona bulumko bonyanzeliso" phezu koLungiso lukaJohnson, oluthintela iicawa neminye imibutho yonqulo engahlawuliswa irhafu ukuba ivumele okanye ibachase abagqatswa bezobupolitika.

Umyalelo wesigqeba uxelela abasemagunyeni ukuba banganyanzelisi i-Johnson Amendment. I-Johnson Amendment kukuqinisekisa ukwahlulwa kwecawa kunye nombuso. Ngoko ke, hayi ukunyanzelisa i-Johnson Amendment ilingana ne ukunyanzelisa intsebenziswano yecawa norhulumente (iziko likapopu), ekubeni iicawa ezinamandla sele zixakene nento yokuthetha kwezobupolitika.

Kufuneka kwakhona kuqatshelwe ukuba ezo cawa sele zinentlonipho enkulu kuPope Francis, ngenxa yeentlanganiso zabo kunye naye ngo-2014 ngenyathelo lika-(ongasekhoyo) uTony Palmer. Ngaphaya koko, iinkokeli zecawe ezinempembelelo ngoku zinokufikelela ngokuthe ngqo kuDonald Trump ngebhunga lakhe leengcebiso ngokholo.^[14] Ngaloo ndlela, lo myalelo wesigqeba kuchaphazelo inika uPope Francis impembelelo ngqo ngqo phezu United States ngeecawe zevangeli. Ukuba ngenene batyikitya isiBhengezo soKholo kuManyano lweMishini eyabhalwa nguTony Palmer,^[15] impembelelo kapopu iya kude ibe yesesikweni. Nokuba kunjalo, uTrump sele esebenzisa ulawulo kwiindawo zehlabathi, njengengalo ye-mercenary yobupopu.

Konke oku kubonisa ukuba, njengoko uEllen G. White watshoyo, lifikile ixesha lokuba kusetyenzwe ngendlela emangalisayo USathana uFrancis yaye “isiphelo sikufuphi.”

Yibani nobungcathu, phaphani; ngokuba ummangaleli wenu, uMtyholi, uhamba njengengonyama egqumayo, efuna ubani angamginyayo; (1 Petros 5:8)

…ngokuba uyazi ukuba unaye ixesha elifutshane. (ISityhilelo 12: 12)

La ngamaxesha anzima. Ngaba uyayiqonda indlela ekubaluleke ngayo kuwe, buqu, ukufumanisa ukuba ngubani uEliya namhlanje? UThixo uthumela uEliya ukuba akuncede, ukuze ungawi ngexesha lembandezelo, yaye ngoko awuyi kubethwa “ngesiqalekiso” esakhankanywa nguMalaki.

... hleze ndize ndiwubethe umhlaba ngesiqalekiso. ( Malaki 4:5-6 )

Awuyi kuba nobunewunewu bokulandela isihlwele, njengokuba kwakunjalo ngexesha likaYohane uMbhaptizi. Kwesi sizukulwana sokugqibela, azikho zininzi iintliziyo ezinokubuyiselwa kuThixo. UEliya nguEliya kuphela kwabo bamkela uMnye uEliya walatha kuye. UYesu wathi, “Ukuba niyavuma ukukwamkela oko,” lo nguEliya, yaye uya kuqhubeka uphumelela ebukumkanini bamazulu xa uYesu ebuya, kodwa abo bangamamkeliyo uYesu baya kuba nesabelo sabo kwisiqalekiso.

UEliya wokugqibela kufuneka azalisekise imilinganiselo echazwe kuzo zonke ezinye iziprofeto nezicaciswe ngabo bonke ooEliya abathembekileyo ababekho ngaphambili.

U-Eliya umelwe kukuba yindoda yasemaphandleni, njengoYohane umBhaptizi, eshumayela entlango.

UEliya kufuneka agqibe umsebenzi kaWilliam Miller, kwaye:

• avisisanise iZibhalo kwakhona, abuyisele oko kwafunyanwa nguWilliam Miller, aze azenze ziqaqambe ngokuphindwe kalishumi,

• velisa ukukhanya okutsha kunye nokukhanya okudala kwiindawo ezintsha,

• tshayela inkunkuma yeemfundiso zobuxoki;

• shumayelani isigidimi esiquka umhla wemini yeNkosi nexesha lokuza kwayo;

• ibe iLizwi likaThixo likwimo enkulu kunoWilliam Miller.

UEliya kufuneka agqibezele umsebenzi kaEllen G. White, kwaye:

• zise ukukhanya okukhulu awathi uEllen G. White, ukukhanya okuncinane, walatha kuko,

• kwaye benze umsebenzi omkhulu ngakumbi kunomprofeti nje, nongaphezulu kunalowo wawenzayo uEllen G. White.

U-Eliya kufuneka agqibezele umyalezo wobulungisa ngokholo, umyalezo weNgelosi yesine yesiTyhilelo 18, uMoya oyiNgcwele, ukuxhobisa i-144,000 ngobungqina bukaYesu.

Sisenokuqhubeka—ngokomzekelo, uEliya umele azise abantu kwisigqibo, njengoko wenzayo ugama lakhe—kodwa sele sinako okwaneleyo ukuba sinqumame sicingisise nzulu. Yiyiphi enye indawo esinokumjonga kuyo uEliya wokugqibela? Ukuba sijika ukukhangela kwethu kwiinkonzo ezahlukeneyo ezixhasayo okanye kubulungiseleli obuzimeleyo boluntu olukhulu lwama-Adventist, sinokuziphelisa phantse zonke ngenxa yokuba azihlangabezani nazo zonke iikhrayitheriya ezichazwe ngaphambili. Okona kulungileyo, bashumayela imiyalezo emidala kwaye baveze iimpazamo eziye zangena ezicaweni, kodwa banezinto ezincinci zokuzisa etafileni ngokwendlela yokukhanya okutsha okanye izicwangciso ezitsha zokukhanya okudala. Kwaye asinakukhangela phakathi kwabo bangenayo inyaniso.

Musa ukuphelelwa lithemba! Mnike indumiso nembeko nozuko kuThixo ngokuzalisekisa idinga lakhe lokuthumela uEliya kwakhona. Kwi Inqaku elilandelayo, uya kwazi indoda enye eyathi ngokholo yeza ngaphambili ikumoya namandla kaEliya, nolungiselelo olunye olufanelana nayo yonke inkcazelo yalo.