UJesu wakhuluma ngesikhathi lapho isibonakaliso Sakhe siyobonakala ezulwini, futhi wonke umhlaba uyokwazi ngaso:

Futhi-ke iyovela isibonakaliso seNdodana yomuntu ezulwini. khona-ke zonke izizwe zomhlaba ziyolila, futhi ziyobona iNdodana yomuntu iza ngamafu ezulu inamandla nenkazimulo enkulu. ( Mathewu 24:30 )

Kungesinye sezibonakaliso ezicindezela kakhulu okukhulunywa ngaso eBhayibhelini, ngoba siholela abalahlekile emhlabeni wonke ukuba balile lapho besibona, nokho sinikeza amandla nethemba kwabalungile ababekulindele. Ekugcineni, zombili izigaba ziyakukholelwa, kodwa isigaba esisodwa kuphela esizuzayo kuso. Isibonakaliso uJesu akhuluma ngaso akusona isibonakaliso esinganaki futhi esingaziwa kuze kube manje, kodwa uphawu Yena uqobo lwakhe alusebenzisa njengesignesha ukuze “asayine” ngokwezwi nezwi umlayezo wokubuya Kwakhe encwadini yesAmbulo, kanye nezithembiso zesivumelwano Sakhe eTestamenteni Elidala.

Incwadi yesAmbulo iqala ngala mazwi:

Isambulo sikaJesu Kristu, uNkulunkulu amnika khona ukuba abonise izinceku zakhe izinto ezimelwe ukwenzeka masinyane; wathumela wakhombisa ngengelosi yakhe encekwini yakhe uJohane: owafakaza izwi likaNkulunkulu, nobufakazi bukaJesu Kristu, nangazo zonke izinto azibonayo. ( IsAmbulo 1:1-2 )

Ukubeka lokhu ngendlela evamile, le ncwadi iqukethe “isambulo” esivela kuJesu Kristu. UNkulunkulu wamnika kona, ngakho kuyisambulo esaziwayo okuvela kuNkulunkulu uBaba, ukuthi uKristu udlulisela “ezincekwini Zakhe” (okungukuthi wonke amaKristu). Yisiphi isambulo lesi? Ukuhlolwa kwayo yonke incwadi kungaphetha ngento eyodwa kuphela: isAmbulo siyisiprofetho esibanzi sokubuya kukaJesu Kristu, okuthi lapho siqondwa, sitshele izinceku zaKhe “nini” wokubuya Kwakhe.

Ofakaza ngalezi zinto uthi: Impela ngiyeza masinyane. Amen. Noma kunjalo, woza, Nkosi Jesu. ( IsAmbulo 22:20 )

Qhathanisa lokhu nalokho uJesu akusho emavangelini:

Kodwa lolosuku nalelohora uyakwazi [ngokufanelekile: yenza kwaziwe]^[1] akukho muntu, cha, nazingelosi zasezulwini, kodwa uBaba kuphela. ( Mathewu 24:36 )

UJesu wabonisa ukuthi nguBaba kuphela owayeyokwazisa usuku nehora lokubuya Kwakhe. Lapho umuntu ethi uyayiqonda leyo mfihlakalo, ngakho-ke, Kubalulekile, ukuthola ukuthi ngubani owembule. Umuntu uyaxwayiswa ngokuzama ukuzivulela ngokwakhe imfihlakalo ngaphambi kokuba uNkulunkulu ayiveze:

Kodwa usuku nehora lokufika kwakhe uKristu akakambuli. Washo ngokusobala kubafundi Bakhe ukuthi Yena uqobo wayengeke akwazi ukwazisa usuku noma ihora lokubonakala Kwakhe okwesibili. Ngabe ubenenkululeko yokuveza lokhu, kungani edinga ukuthi abanxuse ukuthi bagcine isimo sengqondo sokulindela njalo? Kukhona abathi bayalwazi usuku nehora lokubonakala kweNkosi yethu. Bazimisele kakhulu ekudwebeni ikusasa. Kodwa uJehova ubaxwayisile emhlabeni abahlala kuwo. Isikhathi esiqondile sokubuya kwesibili kweNdodana yomuntu si Imfihlakalo kaNkulunkulu. {I-DA 632.4}

Lokhu kuvumelana ngokuphelele nokwethulwa kwencwadi yesAmbulo, “uNkulunkulu ayinika” okokuqala eNdodaneni yaKhe, nayo eyayithumela encekwini yaKhe uJohane ngengelosi/isithunywa saKhe. Okusho ukuthi: konke ukwaziswa okubalulekile okuhlobene “nosuku lweNkosi” (kuhlanganise nosuku nehora okwakufiseleka kakhulu lokubuya kukaKristu) kwanikezwa uNkulunkulu kuJesu, wathunyelwa nguJesu ngesithunywa sengelosi kuJohane, naye owabonisa ibandla(ama).

Kunenkinga eyodwa nje… incwadi yesAmbulo ihlanganisa nezimfumbe eziningi ezinzima kangangokuthi ayikwazanga ukuchazwa ngokugcwele iminyaka eyizinkulungwane ezimbili. Noma, uma sikubeka ngenye indlela, kwakungenakuqondwa kuze kube yilapho izenzakalo eyayizibikezele sezifezekile. UJesu wabonisa ukuthi lapho isibonakaliso seNdodana yomuntu siyobonakala ezulwini, khona-ke wonke umhlaba wawuyokwazi futhi ubone ukubuya kukaJesu enamandla nenkazimulo. Ngamanye amazwi, kwakuyofika isikhathi lapho incwadi yesAmbulo yayiyoqondwa khona. Leso sikhathi sesifikile, futhi maduze nje amazwi alandelayo azogcwaliseka:^[2] 

Kepha ngezinsuku zezwi lengelosi yesikhombisa lapho izakubetha icilongo. imfihlakalo kaNkulunkulu kufanele ipheleliswe, njengalokho ememezele ezincekwini zakhe abaprofethi. ( IsAmbulo 10:7 )

Njengoba ngempela isibonakaliso seNdodana yomuntu siye sabonakala, imfihlakalo kaNkulunkulu—isikhathi esiqondile sokuza kwesibili kweNdodana yomuntu phakathi kwezinye izinto ezihlobene—manje imenyezelwa ezincekwini Zakhe! Ebusweni ukuphela kwenkathi yebandla, yilokhu ibandla ebelikulangazelela eminyakeni yamuva: ubufakazi bokuthi naphezu kwazo zonke izinsizi, uJesu uyeza ngempela—futhi NGONINI—ukuze abathembekile Bakhe babe nesiqinisekiso sokuthi ngeke abavumele. yifa ukufa okuphakade ezandleni zababi. Isiqinisekiso uNkulunkulu afuna ukukunika sona ngalo mlayezo siyinto okufanele ifiswe kakhulu—futhi empeleni, ibalulekile—ukuqinisa ukholo lwakho ngezehlakalo zokugcina zomlando womhlaba njengoba siwazi.

Siyini Isibonakaliso SeNdodana Yomuntu?

Ukucutshungulwa kwezinkomba zesibonakaliso seNdodana yomuntu eBhayibhelini kuzoveza amaqiniso ambalwa ayisisekelo:

• Kuyisibonakaliso ezulwini (okungukuthi, hhayi emhlabeni noma emkhathini wawo, kodwa ezinkanyezini).^[3] 

• Ukubonakala kwesibonakaliso seNdodana yomuntu kubonisa ukuthi uJesu uzobuya enenkazimulo namandla, kodwa akakafiki (ngokuba izizwe ziyalila emva kokubonwa, bese zimbona eza).^[4] 

• UJesu uqobo, iNdodana yomuntu, (ikakhulukazi ukukhashelwa nokubethelwa Kwakhe) wayeyisibonakaliso (isibonakaliso seNdodana yomuntu) esizukulwaneni Sakhe, esiqhathaniswa nesibonakaliso sikaJona esesiswini somkhomo izinsuku ezintathu nobusuku.^[5] (Kwathiwa kuyisibonakaliso KUPHELA esinikezwe leso sizukulwane esiphingayo,^[6] nakuba uJesu enza ezinye izimangaliso eziningi.)

Uma uphenya i-Internet ukuze uthole izimpendulo, kunemibono eminingi kodwa kuncane kakhulu ukuvumelana ngokuthi isibonakaliso seNdodana yomuntu kufanele sibe yini ngempela. Nokho, akunzima ukuyiqonda, lapho uqaphela ukuthi isibonakaliso somuntu simane siyisignesha yabo. I isibonakaliso sika-Eliya, ngokwesibonelo, umlilo ovela ezulwini. Leso yisimangaliso sakhe “sesiginesha” esimehlukanisayo. Iyini isignesha kaJesu? Yisiphi isimangaliso esimehlukanisayo? Yi—njengoba isibonakaliso sikaJona sisisho—ukuvuka Kwakhe kwabafileyo, okwafakazela ukuthi uyiNdodana kaNkulunkulu.

Njengokusikisela ekutholeni isibonakaliso seNdodana yomuntu, cabanga ukuthi ukufa nokuvuka Kwayo kuvezwe kuyi-staurogram^[7] (bheka isithombe) esifanekisela ukunqoba kukaKristu ngesiphambano. I-staurogram iwuphawu lokuphila, njenge-ankh yaseGibhithe. Nakuba i-staurogram ingaveli kunoma iyiphi inguqulo yesimanje, ngokomlando yayixhunywe ezinhlamvwini U-Alfa no-Omega, ezazibhalwe nhlangothi zombili ze-staurogram ukuze kususwe noma yikuphi ukungaqondakali ukuthi kwakuhloswe ukuba kuhlotshaniswe nobani. Kungani kunjalo? Ngoba u-Alfa no-Omega baziwa njengesibonakaliso noma isignesha kaJesu Kristu, aziveza ngayo njengeNdodana kaNkulunkulu esingenisweni sencwadi yesAmbulo:

Ngingu-Alfa no-Omega, isiqalo nesiphetho, isho iNkosi, ekhona, neyayikhona, nezayo, uMninimandla onke. ( IsAmbulo 1:8 )

Futhi,

Ethi, Ngingu-Alfa no-Omega, owokuqala nowokugcina: nokuthi: Okubonayo, kubhale encwadini, ukuthumele emabandleni ayisikhombisa ase-Asiya; e-Efesu, naseSmirna, nasePhergamo, naseThiyathira, naseSardesi, naseFiladelfiya, naseLawodikeya. ( IsAmbulo 1:11 )

Njengoba kuphawuliwe emibhalweni yethu yangaphambili,^[8] isignesha ye-Alfa ne-Omega inomlingani wayo weTestamente Elidala ku-Aleph Tav, isignesha yeNkosi yesiHeberu. Yilesi siginesha uKristu asisebenzisa ukuze aqinisekise ukusebenzelana Kwakhe kwesivumelwano nesintu ngaphambi kwesiphambano, ekhomba esiphambanweni.^[9] 

ETestamenteni Elisha, esikhundleni sokusebenzisa uhlamvu lokuqala nelokugcina lwezinhlamvu zesiHeberu (u-Aleph noTav), uJesu wasebenzisa uhlamvu lokuqala nelokugcina lwezinhlamvu zezinhlamvu zesiGreki (u-Alfa no-Omega), waphinde wabeka uphawu lweSivumelwano Sakhe Esisha ukuze angenise abantu Bakhe eKhanani lasezulwini, njengoba sikulindele manje. Uyafuna ukuba yingxenye yokulethwa kwezithembiso zeTestamente Elisha? Kungadingeka bonke abafuna umvuzo waphakade ukwazi isignesha yeNkosi yabo esivumelwaneni abayindlalifa yaso!

Izinhlamvu zesiGreki u-Alpha no-Omega zivela kanje:

Lezi zincwadi ezimbili zakha isignesha esetshenziselwa ukufakazela incwadi yesAmbulo. UJesu usebenzisa lesi siginesha kabili ekuqaleni kwencwadi (njengoba kucashunwe ngenhla) futhi kabili ekugcineni, kanje:

Wathi kimi: Sekwenzekile. Ngingu-Alfa no-Omega, isiqalo nesiphetho. Owomileyo ngiyakumnika ngesihle emthonjeni wamanzi okuphila. ( IsAmbulo 21:6 )

Futhi,

Ngingu-Alfa no-Omega, ukuqala nokuphela, owokuqala nowokugcina. (IsAmbulo 22: 13)

Wonke la mavesi agcizelela umqondo wokuthi isignesha kaKristu imelela isiqalo nesiphetho, esokuqala nesokugcina.

Ingabe uqala ukuhlanganisa izingcezu? Lapho uJesu ethi isibonakaliso seNdodana yomuntu sasiyobonakala ezulwini, nalapho uJesu ebeka uphawu Lwakhe lwesignesha “lokuqala nelokugcina” encwadini yesAmbulo (incwadi ekhuluma ngezibonakaliso eziningi ezulwini), khona-ke kwakuyosho ukuthini ukubona isibonakaliso seNdodana yomuntu ezulwini? Akufanele yini sibheke isibonakaliso sangempela ezulwini okungabonakala ngokucacile njengesignesha ka-Alfa no-Omega, futhi ehlanganisa futhi ifingqa incwadi yesAmbulo nomyalezo wokubuya kukaKristu ukuzoletha izithembiso ezenziwe ngaphansi kwesivumelwano Sakhe nesintu?

UNkulunkulu wayezosembula kuphi lesosibonakaliso, futhi Wayezosidweba kanjani na? Ingabe kufanele silindele isenzakalo esizumayo ukuba sisakaze esibhakabhakeni ebusuku noma esimelela inkathi ethile yesikhathi? Yayizophatha muphi umyalezo? Le mibuzo neminye ingaphendulwa manje, ngoba leso sibonakaliso sembulwe esandleni sikaBaba isifunda esesijwayele manje kwesibhakabhaka:

Uyayibona isignesha eyenziwe ngesitayela yeNkosi yethu, enamajika amahle ngokumangalisayo ahumusha amagama Akhe njengo-Alpha (oluhlaza okwesibhakabhaka) kanye no-Omega (obomvu) agqagqeneyo? Uyalubona uphawu lukaDokotela wakho Omkhulu, oza nokuphulukisa emaphikweni akhe ukunikeza ukuphila okuphakade ezigulini Zakhe (abangcwele abanesineke^[10])? Ezweni lama-hacks e-DNA budedengu, ingabe ulindele uDokotela olungile (olungile), futhi uyayibona imivimbo yepeni Asayina ngayo okuwukuphela kwencwadi kadokotela engaqinisekisa ukuphila okuphakade?

Yini Eyenza Lesi Sibonakaliso?

Uphawu esithombeni esingenhla ngokwezwi nezwi "ludwetshwa" ukunyakaza kwe izinkanyezi ezinomsila ezimbili ezibalulekile: inkanyezi enomsila C/2022 E3 (ZTF), okulindeleke ukuthi ibonakale ngeso lenyama kule nyanga; kanye nenkanyezi enomsila I-C/2017 K2 (PanSTARRS), eyayiphethe isihloko senkanyezi enomsila enkulu kunazo zonke ezake zatholwa iminyaka eminingana. Lezi zinkanyezi ezinomsila ziqondiswe ewashi le-Horologium ezulwini, zivame ukuba yizihloko zezindaba endleleni yazo.^[11] Lokhu kukodwa kufanele kuvuse isithakazelo sawo wonke lawo maKristu abephupha noma efunda “ngezinyanga ezimbili” noma iwashi ngokuphathelene nokuhlwithwa.^[12] Kodwa ukuze udwebe uphawu olunjalo, umuntu kufanele alandele izindlela zenkanyezi enomsila phakathi nenkathi ethile yesikhathi. Kukhona idethi yokuqala echazwe kahle kanye nosuku lokugcina kuma-trajectories enkanyezi enomsila, futhi isithombe esakhiwe siwumphumela wokulandela umkhondo. womabili ama-trajectories ngesikhathi esifanayo, ngaphezu kwebanga ledethi elifanayo. Ungacabanga ukuthi ukuba nokwenzeka kwesimo esizwakalayo esivela emigudwini elandelwa ngebanga elithile ledethi kuyinto ekhomba kuNkulunkulu kuphela ongakwazi ukuhlela izinto ezinjalo.

Ngakho-ke, iluphi usuku oluqala ngalo ama-trajectories enkanyezi enomsila esibonakaliso seNdodana yomuntu? Ku Udwendwe Lwamakhosi, usuku lwaluvele lufundisiwe: kunjalo March 12, 2023, usuku lapho bobathathu inkanyezi enomsila-amakhosi^[13] bayobe sebewele imigqa yezinkanyezi yomfula i-Eridanus, futhi ngemva kwezinsuku eziyisikhombisa Inkanyezi enomsila i-K2 ishaya ihora laphakathi kwamabili ebusweni bewashi le-Horologium, enikeza uphawu lokukhala kwaphakathi kwamabili^[14] ukuqala.

Futhi inini idethi yokuphela? Ngokwemvelo, kufanele kube eKuzeni Kwesibili,^[15] nini Inkanyezi enomsila E3 ishaya i-pendulum yewashi elifanayo kabili. (Umuntu angase futhi akudwebele kuze kufike kuJuni 4, 2024, ukuphela kohambo lwabangcwele lwezinsuku eziyisikhombisa ukuya e-Orion Nebula.) Isiqalo nesiphetho salesi sibonakaliso ephawulwe iwashi lasezulwini, kusukela ngesikhathi enye inkanyezi enomsila idlula iwashi kuze kufike ngesikhathi enye inkanyezi enomsila idlula iwashi.

Kugaye lokho isikhashana: okushoyo lokhu ukuthi isibonakaliso seNdodana yomuntu sihlobene nesikhathi sokukhala kwaphakathi kwamabili. Lokhu kwenza umqondo ophelele, uma kucatshangelwa ukuthi kuyini ukukhala kwaphakathi kwamabili:

Kwathi phakathi kobusuku kwakhala isililo. Bhekani, umyeni uyeza; phumani nina ukumhlangabeza. (Mathewu 25: 6)

Uma izindlela zenkanyezi enomsila bezizodwetshwa ziqala noma ziphele ngaphambi kwesikhathi noma kamuva, isibonakaliso besingeke sakhiwe ngendlela yokuthi kulandele u-Alfa no-Omega! Yilesi “siqalo nesiphetho” uKristu asiveza ngesignesha Yakhe ezulwini, njengesiqinisekiso kubantu baKhe sokuthi lapho isililo saphakathi kwamabili siqala ngoMashi 5, 2023, lapho usizi ludlondlobala, bangazi ngokuqiniseka ukuthi isithembiso Sakhe simile, futhi uyobuya azobuyisela kwababi futhi akhulule abantwana Bakhe.

Encwadini yesAmbulo, yiNkosi eyenza ihora laphakathi kwamabili lithathe isinyathelo:

Ngase ngizwa elinye izwi livela ezulwini [Comet K2 lapho ishaya ihora laphakathi kwamabili, inika uJesu izwi njengeHorologium], ethi, Phuma kuye [ukuhlangana nami], bantu bami, ukuze lingahlanganyeli ezonweni zalo, lokuthi lingamukeli okwezinhlupho zalo. ( IsAmbulo 18:4 )

INkosi iqondisa bonke abalindela ngokulangazela ukubuya Kwayo ukuze banqamule ubuhlobo namabandla ahleliwe kanye nezikhungo ezikhuthaza ukugonywa kwamalungu awo. Phuma ukumhlangabeza, une-DNA engangcolile ukuze akwazi wena njengomntwana wakhe, funa akuvalele ngaphandle ukuze uthole izinhlupho zaseBhabhiloni, engazi ukuthi ungubani.

Kodwa waphendula wathi: Ngiqinisile ngithi kini: Anginazi. ( Mathewu 25:12 )

Akusona isakhiwo sakho sesonto noma ubulungu obukwenza ube yingxenye yebandla. UPawulu wayevame ukukhuluma ‘nebandla elisendlini yakho,’ ebhekisela ekubuthaneni kwamaKristu emzini womuntu.^[16] Ukulahla ubulungu benhlangano yesonto (ikakhulukazi leyo eye yahlubuka eNkosini ngokusebenzisa ithonya layo ukuze ihole amakholwa ayo ekungcoliseni imizimba yawo ngemithi yokugomela izakhi zofuzo) akusho ukuthi “ushiya ibandla”. Imfundiso yeBhayibheli ngebandla iye yafingqwa kahle kanje:

UNkulunkulu unebandla. Akulona isonto lombhishobhi elikhulu, futhi akulona ukusungulwa kwesizwe, futhi akulona amahlelo ahlukahlukene; ngabantu abathanda uNkulunkulu futhi abagcina imiyalo yakhe. “Lapho kubuthene ababili noma abathathu egameni lami, ngikhona lapho phakathi kwabo” (Mathewu 18:20). Lapho uKristu ekhona ngisho naphakathi kwabambalwa abathobekile, leli yibandla likaKristu, ngokuba ubukhona boPhezukonke noNgcwele ohlala phakade bungakha ibandla kuphela. {I-X 315.5}

Ukukhala kwaphakathi kwamabili kuwumlayezo wokulungela, ngoba isikhathi sesiseduze—umlayezo wokuthi uJesu uyeza, MANJE. Kumayelana nokuthi singakanani isikhathi sosizi okufanele sibekezelelwe abangcwele, kuyilapho begcina i-DNA yabo ingangcolisiwe ekugomeni udumo lukaNkulunkulu. Kodwa futhi inikeza isiqinisekiso sokuthi njengoba belalela ubizo lwaKhe lokuphuma eBabiloni, uyobavikela ezinhlupho zalo.

Isignesha yeNkosi kulo lonke lolu hlaka lwesikhathi iqinisekisa ebandleni ukuthi umlayezo wokukhala kwaphakathi kwamabili (ochaza ukuthi izehlakalo zeminyaka yakamuva zigcwalisa kanjani isiprofetho) ungumlayezo Wakhe. Kuvela kuYe. Uyisigijimi sencwadi yesAmbulo, eqalwe kabili ekuqaleni nasekuphetheni kwayo. Akabashiyi abantwana Bakhe abathembekile ukuba bazibuze ukuthi lezi zifundo zilungile yini nokuthi uyezela ngempela yini ukukhululwa kwabo ngesikhathi esimisiwe. Uma izikhathi bezingalungile, isibonakaliso seNdodana yomuntu besingeke senziwa. Ibandla liya liphelelwa yithemba, kodwa iNkosi iyalithanda futhi yenza konke ukuliqinisekisa ngomusa waKhe, uma nje lizothembeka kuze kube sekugcineni.

Kungani Isiqalo Nesiphetho?

Uphawu lukaJesu encwadini yesAmbulo luwuphawu olukhulu. Kusuka ekuqaleni kwencwadi kuze kube sekugcineni kwencwadi. Lokhu kubhekisela eqinisweni lokuthi uKristu—njengoba isAmbulo sikubeka—uyiWundlu elihlatshiwe kusukela ekusekelweni kwezwe.^[17] Njengoba uJohane abhala ekuqaleni kwevangeli lakhe:

Ekuqaleni wayekhona uLizwi, uLizwi wayekuNkulunkulu, uLizwi wayenguNkulunkulu. ( Johane 1:1 )

UJesu Kristu wayeyiZwi lendalo elakhuluma umuntu wokuqala owaba khona elandela umhlaba, lapho...

Ekuqaleni uNkulunkulu wadala izulu nomhlaba. ( Genesise 1:1 )

Ngokugcizelela esisayindweni saKhe ukuthi uyisiqalo nesiphetho, uJesu ukhumbuza ngokudalwa kwezwe nokubhujiswa kwalo okuzayo. Lesi siqalo sihlanganisa indlela Wadala—kunabantu owesilisa nowesifazane,^[18] njengoba yakhelwe ku-DNA yabo. Ngakho-ke, iNkosi ibhekisela ekubhujisweni kwendalo ekupheleni komhlaba, kokubili Ngokwakhe nangokushintsha izakhi zofuzo ngabantu. UnguMphulukisi Omkhulu okunguye yedwa onganikeza ukuphila okuphakade futhi ongalungisa ukuwohloka kweDNA yethu ngeminyaka eyizinkulungwane eziyisithupha yokuhlukunyezwa okubangelwa isono emvelweni yomuntu.

Futhi ayikho insindiso ngomunye, ngokuba alikho futhi elinye igama phansi kwezulu elinikiwe phakathi kwabantu, esimelwe ukusindiswa ngalo. ( IzEnzo 4:12 )

Izikhathi eziningi, incwadi yesAmbulo ikhuluma ngokubekezela kwabangcwele abalindela uNkulunkulu wabo. Bathembela kuYe njengoMphulukisi wabo, hhayi ezinkampanini ezifuna imali nemiyalelo ekhishwe uhulumeni ukuze abagcine bephilile, noma izeluleko zodokotela abaphoqelekile ukuba basebenze ngokuvumelana nesinqumo sabo kunokuba basebenzise ukwahlulela kwabo siqu.

Isibonakaliso seNdodana yomuntu sibonisa ukuthi wonke umlando wesintu usuzophela. UNkulunkulu owadala isintu nomhlaba uyophinde abhubhise okusele kuso lapho ehlenga abantwana Bakhe.

Izizwe zathukuthela; nolaka lwakho selufikile; nesikhathi sabafileyo sokwahlulelwa, nokuba unike izinceku zakho abaprofethi umvuzo, nabangcwele, nabesabayo igama lakho, abancane nabakhulu; futhi kufanele abhubhise labo ababhubhisa umhlaba. (IsAmbulo 11: 18)

UZamcolo wosuku lukaNowa uyisibonelo esibonisa ukuthi nakuba uNkulunkulu eluthando, uyakwazi futhi ukubulala labo ababeke izinhliziyo zabo ebubini kangangokuthi ayisekho indlela yokubasindisa ekuwohlokeni kokuziphatha. Noma, ukukubeka ngenye indlela: ukuhlonipha inkululeko Ayinika abantu, ekugcineni ngeke avimbe abanenkani ekulandeleni indlela eya ekuzibhubhiseni naphezu kwezixwayiso Zakhe eziningi.

Kodwa labo abathembekile, Uyosindisa njengoba asindisa uNowa. Yingakho kubaluleke kangaka ukuqaphela isibonakaliso seNdodana yomuntu ezulwini. Umkhumbi owakhiwa imilaza yeCarina, iVela, nePuppis—ebhekisela eMkhunjini kaNowa—uthintwa ngisho nayisibonakaliso, njengokungathi ugibele phezu kwawo.

Labo abanethemba lokusindiswa namuhla ekubhujisweni kwezwe uzamcolo kaNowa owawufanekisela lona, ​​kumelwe bahlale phezu kweNdodana yomuntu, babheke kuYo futhi balandele imfundo ayinikezayo emazulwini njengoba isondela.

Evesini lakhe lokuqala elisayinwe encwadini yeSambulo, uJesu uyazichaza Yena ngokubhekisela esikhathini:

Mina ngingu-Alfa no-Omega, isiqalo nesiphetho, isho iNkosi. okuyinto kungukuthi, futhi ini kwaba, futhi ini uyeza, uSomandla. ( IsAmbulo 1:8 )

UJesu ukhona, usedlule, futhi useza. Weqa umbono womuntu wesikhathi somugqa ngoba UyiSikhathi Uqobo Lwakhe. UJesu “ukhona” (okwamanje) ngoba uyaphila ezulwini njengoba uJohane afakaza eVangelini lakhe. UJesu “wayekhona” (enkathini edlule), ngoba wabeka eceleni izulu, waba umuntu, futhi wafa esiphambanweni. Futhi uJesu “uyeza” (isikhathi esizayo) njengalowo owathembisa ukubuya ezulwini ukuze asindise abantu baKhe, okuyisihloko sesAmbulo, ukuze baphile phakade naYe ezulwini.

Ngakho, ngakho konke ukugcizelela Kwakhe isikhathi—esiyisiqalo nesiphetho kusukela ekudalweni kuye ekubhujisweni komhlaba,^[19] okwedlule, okwamanje, nekusasa—ikuphi enye indawo lapho umuntu engase afune khona isibonakaliso Sakhe sika-Alpha no-Omega ezulwini kunalapho izimpawu zesikhathi zingatholakala khona: ezungeze i-Orion “hourglass” newashi le-pendulum.

Ngokuhlangene, la maqoqo ezinkanyezi amabili ngokwawo ayizimpawu zezikhathi ezindala nezintsha, ezimele izindlela zasendulo nezanamuhla zokulinganisa isikhathi. Kusuka Emjikelezweni Omkhulu^[20] wewashi le-Orion elaqala ukuqhweba ekudalweni kuya esihlokweni seHorologium esimemezela ukuphela kwezwe, amawashi asezulwini alandisa umlando walelizwe ukuthi iNdodana yomuntu yezela ukuzosindisa, ngakho-ke isibonakaliso Sayo sitholakala phambi kwaleyo milaza yomibili “umlindi wesikhathi”.

Esinye isibonakaliso sendawo sivela kusiginesha yesibili kaJesu kusAmbulo:

esithi: Mina nginguAlfa loOmega, owokuqala lowokuphela; ulithumele emabandleni ayisikhombisa abase-Asiya; e-Efesu, naseSmirna, nasePhergamo, naseThiyathira, naseSardesi, naseFiladelfiya, naseLawodikeya. ( IsAmbulo 1:11 )

Izinkanyezi eziyisikhombisa ze-hourglass ye-Orion ziyizinti zezibani eziyisikhombisa ezimisiwe ezulwini, ezimelela amabandla ayisikhombisa.

Imfihlakalo yezinkanyezi eziyisikhombisa ozibonileyo esandleni sami sokunene, nezinti zezibani eziyisikhombisa zegolide. Izinkanyezi eziyisikhombisa ziyizingelosi zamabandla ayisikhombisa, nezinti zezibani eziyisikhombisa zingamabandla ayisikhombisa. ( IsAmbulo 1:20 )

Kusignesha yesithathu yeNkosi yethu kusAmbulo kuza enye futhi inkomba yokuthi isibonakaliso Sayo kufanele sitholakale kuphi emazulwini:

Wathi kimi: Sekwenzekile. Mina ngingu-Alfa no-Omega, isiqalo nesiphetho. Owomileyo ngiyakumnika ngesihle emthonjeni wamanzi okuphila. (IsAmbulo 21: 6)

Akufanele yini ukuthi axhumanise isignesha Yakhe namanzi okuphila, aboniswa egeleza emfuleni i-Eridanus, lapho umhlatshelo Wakhe uboniswa khona? Umthombo ohlanzayo wegazi laKhe, obonakala ugeleza phakathi kwamawashi amabili, usuka ekuqaleni kuze kube sekupheleni kwesikhathi njengomfula wesikhathi, yilapho isibonakaliso saKhe sikhona.

In U-Eliya kanye nendlela eya eZulwini, izinkanyezi ezinomsila zakhuluma ngeminyango emithathu yendlu engcwele ngokuhlanganyela newashi leHorologium, okuyiminyango umuntu okufanele angene ngayo ukuze asindiswe. Uphawu lweNdodana yomuntu luqinisekisa nalokhu, njengoba ivesi lesine elisayinwe kusAmbulo libonisa:

Mina ngingu-Alfa no-Omega, isiqalo nesiphetho, owokuqala nowokugcina. Babusisiwe abagcina imiyalo yakhe. ukuze babe nelungelo loku umuthi wokuphila, futhi angangena nge amasango edolobheni. (Isambulo 22: 13-14)

Isihlahla sokuphila sichazwe kaningi “ngamaqabunga” enkanyezi enomsila BB elandelwa emagatsheni nasesiqu “sesihlahla” seHorologium,^[21] futhi esihlokweni esandulele sabona amasango amathathu: Indlela, Iqiniso, kanye Nokuphila ewashi laseHorologium.^[22] Leyominyango yayibonisa izinsuku ezintathu ezibalulekile lapho izinqumo zakho (ukuthi “ukwenza imiyalo yaKhe”) zimelela ukudlula kulawo masango ukuya emzini wasezulwini noma cha. Lokhu kuboniswa ngokubukeka nenkanyezi enomsila BB mayelana ne-reticle (umlaza Reticulum) njengoba kwachazwa kabanzi Isikhamo Sewayini Solaka Lwaphezulu futhi kugcizelelwe ekuhambeni kwenkanyezi enomsila E3 njengoba idlula ngokuqondile ku-reticle. Konke lokhu kuqondwa esibonakalisweni seNdodana yomuntu, njengoba kufakazelwa isiginesha yaKhe ka-Alfa no-Omega encwadini yesAmbulo, kusukela ekuqaleni kuze kube sekupheleni.

Isibonakaliso Sihlanganisani?

Lolu phawu lubonisa izinhlobo zezinhlamvu zesiGreki zika-Alfa no-Omega njengoba zichazwe eBhayibhelini, ezakha isignesha kaKristu. Isiginesha ibhalwa kwinkontileka—ikakhulukazi ekugcineni njengophawu lwesivumelwano. Ezikhathini zeBhayibheli, lalingaba uphawu lomuntu siqu ebhandeni elizungeze umqulu. Lokhu kusho ukuthi umlayezo—iTestamente—likaJesu Kristu njengoba lifanekiselwa encwadini yesAmbulo liyabekwa uphawu futhi liyaqedwa. Manje, uJesu Kristu, okwavela kuye isAmbulo, ufaka uphawu ngesignesha yakhe eTestamenteni elivezwe ngaphambili,^[23] eqinisekisa ukugunyazwa Kwakhe ngakho esigodlweni sasezulwini.

Futhi yimuphi umyalezo ovezwa uphawu Lwakhe? Izimpawu eziningi zamakhosi asendulo (njengophawu olusesithombeni oluvela ocingweni lweNkosi uHezekiya) ayengaqoshwa nje ngezinhlamvu, kodwa imifanekiso emelela izici umbusi ayefuna ukuzigcizelela.

Wathi kimi. Kwenziwe. Ngingu-Alfa no-Omega, isiqalo nesiphetho. Owomileyo ngiyakumnika ngesihle emthonjeni wamanzi okuphila. Onqobayo uyakudla ifa lakho konke; ngiyakuba nguNkulunkulu wayo, yona ibe yindodana yami. Kepha amagwala, nabangakholwayo, nabanengekayo, nababulali, nezifebe, nabathakathi, nabakhonza izithombe, nabo bonke abaqamba amanga, isabelo sabo siyakuba sechibini elivutha umlilo nesibabule, okungukufa kwesibili. ( IsAmbulo 21:6-8 )

Izinkanyezi ezinomsila ezimbili (E3 kanye ne-K2) ezilandelela amafomu ezinhlamvu zikwenza lokho kusukela ngosuku oluqondile lwangomhla ziyi-12 kuNdasa, 2023, lapho u-E3 ewela khona. umfula wamanzi okuphila uJesu azakupha labo abomileyo. Ingabe womele namuhla amanzi ahlanzekile okuphila, umthombo oyindlala kangaka emhlabeni namuhla? Bese lo mlayezo ngowakho. Uphawu lwakhe ngawe.

Ngakolunye uhlangothi, iComet K2, izoba semlaza iHorologium emele umuthi wokuphila osebeni lomfula. Inkanyezi enomsila iphuma endaweni yewashi ngalolo suku ngemva kokushaya ihora laphakathi kwamabili. Isignesha kaJesu eqala ngaleso sikhathi ibonisa ukuthi lesi sigijimi siyisigijimi saphakathi kwamabili: “Bheka! Uyeza uMyeni! Phumani niyomhlangabeza!” Isibonakaliso sisukela kuMeyi 27, 2024, simelela ukuthi lesi sikhathi yiso sonke esihlukanisa abantu Bakhe ezibusisweni zesivumelwano esithenjiswa yisignesha Yakhe.

Ingabe uyingxenye yesivumelwano? Ingabe uhlangabezane nemibandela okufanele ubale indlalifa ekusindisweni? Uma ungenaso isiqiniseko, qhubeka ufunda nathi lesi sibonakaliso, ngoba siwuphawu lukaNkulunkulu ukuba lube sebunzini lakho, enhliziyweni yakho nasengqondweni yakho, ngenxa yakho konke okushiwoyo. Uyalibona ijuba lomlaza iColumba lizungezwe isignesha yeNkosi yethu? Limele uMoya oNgcwele ogcwalisa umlayezo wokukhala phakathi kwamabili ngamandla. Singamathuluzi nje okuletha umyalezo ovela kuMoya oNgcwele kini.

Onendlebe makezwe yini umoya kusho emabandleni. ( IsAmbulo 3:22 )

Yini uNkulunkulu afuna ukuba uyazi futhi wabelane nabanye njengoba ukukhala kwaphakathi kwamabili kuvusa izintombi ezilele (ezihlakaniphile neziyiziwula)? Ufuna “ukwazisa” isikhathi, enikeza uphawu Lwakhe lokugunyaza iwashi le-Orion newashi leHorologium, nezinkanyezi ezinomsila u-E3 (oluhlaza okotshani) kanye ne-K2 (owolintshi) ezichaza i-Alpha ne-Omega—enye iqala nge-Orion igcine eHorologium, kanti enye iqala eHorologium futhi igcine nge-Orion. Ufuna ukwenza kwaziwe ukuthi wakuthanda kakhulu waze wathumela iNdodana yakhe ezelwe yodwa, eyafika njengami nami emfuleni okuthiwa iJordani lapho yabhapathizwa khona enkonzweni yayo futhi uMoya oNgcwele wehlela phezu kwakhe njengejuba.

Futhi masinyane ekhuphuka ephuma emanzini. wabona izulu livulekile, noMoya enjengejuba ehlela phezu kwakhe; (Maka 1: 10)

Uyayizwa iNkosi ikubizela enkonzweni, nawe? Ingabe uzithola ususondela emfuleni—omelelwe u-Eridanus, lapho umuntu ecwila khona esonweni nakuyena ngokufa? Uyawabona amazulu evuleka kanye nejuba likaMoya likhanya phezu kwakho, njengoba ubona umsebenzi ongawenza ukuze udlulisele ithemba lokuphila okuphakade ezinhliziyweni zabanye?

Uma kunjalo, khona-ke umhlatshelo kaKristu ovezwa ezulwini ungaba ngowakho nawe. Akuyena uKristu kuphela omelwe nguPhathon^[24] emfuleni i-Eridanus, esenqobe ukufa; iphinde imele i umhlatshelo wasePhiladelphia ongabhapathizelwa kukho futhi ukuze unqobe ukufa okugcwele umhlaba namuhla.

Ngabona kungathi ulwandle lwengilazi luxubene nomlilo; nabasinqobileyo isilo, nomfanekiso waso, nophawu lwaso, nenombolo yegama laso; ume phezu kolwandle lwengilazi, unamahabhu kaNkulunkulu. ( IsAmbulo 15:2 )

Lapho uMoya oNgcwele wehlela phezu kwakho njengoba ufanekiselwa ijuba lomlaza iColumba, kuneshizolo elithi Caelum, elilungele ukubhala uphawu lukaNkulunkulu—isibonakaliso seNdodana yomuntu—ebunzini lenhlanzi, umKristu, emelelwa uDorado.

Kuningi ukujula lapha—akunakuchazwa esihlokweni esisodwa—kodwa ingabe uMoya oNgcwele uhamba enhliziyweni yakho? Ingabe uyaqaphela ukuthi lesi ngempela isibonakaliso seNdodana yomuntu, nokuthi kusho isikhathi sokubuya kweNkosi?

Onqobayo ngiyakumenza insika ethempelini likaNkulunkulu wami, futhi akasayikuphuma futhi: futhi ngizobhala phezu kwakhe igama likaNkulunkulu wami, negama lomuzi kaNkulunkulu wami, oyiJerusalema elisha, elehla livela ezulwini kuNkulunkulu wami: futhi ngizobhala phezu kwakhe igama lami elisha. ( IsAmbulo 3:12 )

Usuku lokubhapathizwa kukaJesu lwachazwa ngokuthi Imfihlakalo Yomuzi Ongcwele - Ingxenye II lapho indima yayo eyinhloko nesisekelo iqala ukucaca. Kwakuwusuku olubalulekile lapho Yena, esesimweni somuntu ebona umsebenzi Wakhe, ebhapathizwa njengesivumo sasobala sokulalela Kwakhe ubizo uNkulunkulu alubeke enhliziyweni Yakhe.

Kwathi ngalezo zinsuku kwafika uJesu evela eNazaretha laseGalile, wabhapathizwa nguJohane eJordani. Futhi masinyane ekhuphuka ephuma emanzini. wabona amazulu avuleka, noMoya wehlela phezu kwakhe njengejuba: Kwase kuvela izwi ezulwini, lithi: “Wena uyiNdodana yami ethandekayo, engithokozile ngayo. (Maka 1: 9-11)

Lawa mazwi okuqinisekisa anikezwa ukukhuthaza ukholo kulabo ababona lesi sigameko, kanye nokuqinisa uMsindisi ngomsebenzi Wakhe. Naphezu kokuthi izono zomhlaba onecala zabekwa phezu kukaKristu, naphezu kokuthotshiswa kokuthatha imvelo yethu ewile, izwi elivela ezulwini lammemezela ukuthi uyiNdodana yaPhakade. {I-DA 112.3}

Futhi izwi elashiwo kuJesu eJordani, “Lo uyiNdodana Yami ethandekayo, engithokozile ngayo,” lihlanganisa isintu. UNkulunkulu wakhuluma noJesu njengommeleli wethu. Ngazo zonke izono zethu nobuthakathaka bethu, asilahlwa njengabangelutho. “Usenze samukeleka koThandekayo.” Efesu 1:6 . Inkazimulo eyahlala kuKristu iyisibambiso sothando lukaNkulunkulu kithi. Lisitshela ngamandla omthandazo, ukuthi izwi lomuntu lingafinyelela kanjani endlebeni kaNkulunkulu, futhi izicelo zethu zokwamukelwa emagcekeni asezulwini. Ngesono, umhlaba wanqunywa ezulwini, wahlukaniswa nenhlanganyelo yawo; kodwa uJesu usephinde wayihlanganisa nendawo yenkazimulo. Uthando Lwakhe luhaqe umuntu, lwafinyelela ezulwini eliphakeme kakhulu. Ukukhanya okwawela engosini evulekile phezu kwekhanda loMsindisi wethu kuzowela phezu kwethu njengoba sithandazela usizo lokumelana nesilingo. Izwi elakhuluma noJesu lithi kuwo wonke umphefumulo okholwayo: Lo ungumntwana wami othandekayo, engithokozile ngaye. {I-DA 113.1}

Isibonakaliso siqinisekiswa yiBhayibheli

Abafundayo I-Comet Yesikhathi kanye Nencazelo Yokuphila kufanele sikhumbule ukuthi singakwazi ukuhlonza "isiginesha" ye-Alfa ne-Omega emuva ngo-2021 futhi futhi ngo-2022, nakuba sincike kancane emigqeni yezinkanyezi ezicatshangelwayo, esikhundleni sendlela yento yasezulwini. Ngaphezu kwalokho, kwenziwa nge-capital Omega (Ω). Lokhu kubuza umbuzo: Ingabe kulungile ukuqonda isignesha yeNkosi yethu ngezinhlamvu ezincane zesiGreki esikhundleni sosonhlamvukazi, njengoba kuvame ukusetshenziselwa osonhlamvukazi? UMfoweth’ uJohn wawulandela lo mbuzo futhi wabikela iqembu lesifundo ngokucwaninga kwakhe ngale ndlela. Lolu cwaningo lunikeza ukuqonda okukhulu ngohambo oluthathiwe yilesi siginesha kusukela ngesikhathi uJohane elubhala kuze kube manje sifunda amagama athi “Alfa no-Omega” emaBhayibhelini ethu:

KungoMoya oNgcwele, okunguyena yedwa owazi isiphetho kwasekuqaleni, ukuthi izwi likaNkulunkulu lilondolozwe ngenxa yethu ngezandla zabantu njengoba nalo. Kodwa ukubona lesi sibonakaliso emazulwini esilotshwe ngokuqondile ngomunwe woMdali ezulwini kubeka ukulondolozwa kweqiniso endaweni ephakeme entsha; esikubonayo (nalokhu ongakakuboni) esithombeni sesignesha yeNkosi yethu kunokubaluleka okukhulu! Siyakunxusa ukuba ubhalise ephephandabeni lethu futhi ulandele izincwadi zethu njengoba sembula okwengeziwe ezinsukwini ezizayo.

Amafutha Emikhumbi Yakho

Sekusondele isikhathi sokuthi kuzwakale isililo phakathi kwamabili, izintombi zivuke zilungise izibani zazo. Uma wenze isinqumo sokubhapathizwa ngobhapathizo uJesu abhapathizwa ngalo,^[25] bese kuba namafutha amaningi ukuze ulungiselwe ukukhala kwaphakathi kwamabili. Isikhathi sincane, kodwa amafutha maningi.

Uphawulile yini ukuthi isibonakaliso seNdodana yomuntu naso sifana nenhlanzi enkulu? Lokhu ukunwetshwa okufanele phezu kwe ichthys yasendulo—igama elibolekwe kwelesiGrikhi, elisho “inhlanzi”, okubonisa ukuthi uJesu akayena nje Lowo owabulawa kusukela ekuqaleni kwesikhathi (“Alfa” ichthys ufana) kodwa futhi umunye noBaba Ongunaphakade (“u-Omega”) ogcinele izinceku Zakhe ukuphila okuphakade.

Ngaleyondlela lesi sibonakaliso sibonakala sifana nesibonakaliso sikaJona uJesu akhuluma ngaso esizukulwaneni saKhe. Emanzini asezulwini, “uJona” ontanta emanzini uye wagwinywa “umkhomo” (ngokweBhayibheli, “inhlanzi enkulu”), ewumkhomo. wasindisa ukuphila kwakhe ukwenza umsebenzi weNkosi ebekade engafuni ukuwenza. Ingabe lokho kukuchaza nganoma iyiphi indlela? Ingabe uye waba manqikanqika ukushumayela “kwabaseNineve” izwi uJehova alinikeze ngesikhathi sokubhujiswa nokukhululwa? Ingabe usufike ephuzwini uJona okwakumelwe afike kulo?

Wathi: Ngosizi lwami ngakhala kuJehova Nkosi, wangizwa; Ngakhala ngisesiswini sesihogo. wezwa izwi lami. (Jona 2:2)

Uma usizi lwakho selufinyelele iqophelo lokuthi uzimisele ukuphuma njengoba uJona wahamba, khona-ke unesibonakaliso esihambisana nokushumayela kwakho, njengoba kwenza uJona. Kwakuyisimangaliso senhlanzi enkulu eyasindisa ukuphila kukaJona eyenza ubufakazi bakhe kwabaseNineve bunamandla. Njengoba uMoya oNgcwele ekugcoba ngesibonakaliso seNdodana yomuntu, nawe, futhi, ungaphuma ngokukholwa nangamandla uqedele umsebenzi wokufinyelela kwabalahlekile ngaphambi kokuba uphawu yeNdodana yomuntu ivumela i Ukubukeka likaJesu Kristu.

Ngenhlanhla, imikhomo iwumthombo omningi wamafutha. Futhi manje usuyaqonda ukuthi kungani umkhumbi uboniswa njengoba unjalo; kunjengokungathi kuthwelwe umkhomo. “Amafutha omkhomo” amaningi kaMoya oNgcwele awokunika amandla umkhumbi wesonto phakathi nesiphepho samanje.

Lawa amafutha ayisimangaliso eHanukkah. Lokhu kukhanya kwafika kithina kuvela eNkosini ngeSonto, Disemba 25, 2022, ekhalendeni lamaJuda elawela phakathi nesonto leHanukkah (nangosuku lokugcina lwenyanga yamaJuda). Ukusalela kwethu emuva kwezincwadi akuzange kwenze kube nokwenzeka ukukhulula lolu lwazi obala kuze kube manje, okwenzeka okwesibili okungenzeka ngeHanukkah (lapho unyaka wawuzoqala ngemva kwenyanga.^[26]). UNkulunkulu unesandla Sakhe phezu kwakho konke esikwenzayo, futhi silwela ukwenza konke ngokwesikhathi Sakhe, amawashi Akhe. Ubonile futhi ukuthi isikhathi sakho sesifikile?

Kepha nxa benikhaphela, ningakhathazeki ngokuthi niyakukhuluma kanjani nokuthi niyakuthini, ngokuba niyakuphiwa ngaso leso sikhathi eniyakukukhuluma. ( Mathewu 10:19 )

Usuku esambulelwa ngalo lesi sibonakaliso futhi kwaba uKhisimusi wobuqaba, ophawula ukugujwa kokufika—hhayi kukaJesu kodwa kukaTamuzi, okwakumelwe kube uNimrode ophinde wazalwa. Ngemva kokufa kukaNimrode, umkakhe wabe eseshada nendodana yakhe uTamuzi.^[27] UNkulunkulu wenza amazwi amangalisayo ngokwembula isibonakaliso seNdodana yomuntu ngalo kanye usuku amaKristu angamaqaba anamuhla agcona ngalo ukuzalwa kukaJesu ngomkhosi wokulala nesihlobo. UNkulunkulu uchitha ubuqaba nokukhulekelwa konkulunkulu bamanga, futhi ngalolo suku, Wembula isignesha Yakhe futhi uqala ukubeka uphawu lwabantwana Bakhe ngophawu lukaNkulunkulu ophilayo emabunzini abo. Siyalwazi usuku lwangempela lokuzalwa kukaKristu,^[28] futhi asizange sihlanganyele kunoma yimiphi imikhuba yobuqaba noma “imikhosi” ngo-December 25, ngoba sidumisa iNkosi yethu ngokolwazi esinalo, maqondana nakho konke eyembulile—isikhathi esidlule, samanje, nesakusasa—ngamawashi Ayo. Umkhosi wethu kaKhisimusi wawusezinyangeni ezimbalwa ngaphambili, ngokwekhalenda likaNkulunkulu.

The isimangaliso samafutha lokho okukhunjulwa yiHanukkah ngokwengxenye kumayelana nesikhathi. Amafutha ayengeke ahlale isikhathi esanele ngaphandle kokungenela kwaphezulu. Ngakho-ke namuhla, la mafutha eHanukkah azoqhubeka eletha kuze kube yilapho isimangaliso sesiphelile—okungukuthi, kuze kube yilapho amafutha angcwele ayengekho phakathi kwebandla engase anikezwe kabusha, futhi ukugcotshwa okungcwele kwabantu bakaNkulunkulu sekufeziwe. Isibonakaliso seNdodana yomuntu sinothile ngokubaluleka; umuntu akakwazi ukuqonda ukujula, ukuhlobana, kanye nobuhle bokudala Ingcweti Yeciko ayifake ngabo. Kodwa njengoba izimangaliso zaKhe zicatshangelwa ngoMoya, uholela ekuqondeni, futhi isihloko sethu esilandelayo sizokwethula okwengeziwe kulesi sihloko okufanele sikunake kakhulu.