Ukuqalwa

Ake siqale ngesixwayiso esifanele: ezinye izinto azinakufakwa ushukela, futhi isihloko sesigaba sokuqala saleli Testamente singenye yazo. Uhlelo lwezwe lubeka abantu ukuba bafulathele noma yini eletha ubuhlungu, kungakhathaliseki ukuthi ubuhlungu obungokwenyama, obungokomzwelo, obungokomoya, noma obukhona, kodwa ukuhlupheka kwabantu kufanele kusisondeze kuNkulunkulu. Ngokwesibonelo, ubuhlungu bukanembeza buholela umuntu ekuphendukeni, kodwa labo abenza umkhuba wokubalekela noma yini abazizwa “njengamandla angenamandla” bagcina bebalekela okuwukuphela kwento engabasindisa.

Ngakho-ke bophani izinkalo zengqondo yenu, nizithibe, nithembele kuze kube sekupheleni umusa ozolethwa kini ekwambulweni kukaJesu Kristu; (Funda eyoku-1 Petru 1:13.)

Lesi sivumelwano ngelabo phakathi kwabaphilayo abafuna ukwazi iqiniso noma yimalini, nakulabo kwabafileyo abaphila ngokweqiniso lamanje ababenalo. Uma ungangeni kwesinye salezo zigaba, khona-ke lesi sivumelwano akusona esakho, futhi akufanele ugcizelele injabulo yakho ngokuqhubeka ngokufunda.

Lona umsebenzi wethu wokugcina omkhulu wokubhala. Kuyintando yethu yokugcina kanye nesivumelwano. Isigaba sokuqala, Isigaba 1, sichaza abathintekayo. Liyasho ukuthi singobani: amatestanti. Ikhombisa ukuthi sizoyisayina kanjani le ncwadi yefa netestamente ekugcineni. Icacisa ukuthi obani abahlomulayo, obani okuwukuphela kwezindlalifa ezifanele zalesi sifa, futhi ayifaki ngisho neqembu elithile elingenalungelo lalo. Lokhu kuyathakazelisa ngokukhethekile, ngoba umuntu uzofuna ukwazi ukuthi uyafaneleka yini noma cha. Le ngxenye izokwembula ukuthi bangobani ngempela abangu-144,000 XNUMX besAmbulo.

Isigaba sesi-2 sichaza itestamente ngokwalo—isivumelwano saphakade uNkulunkulu asenza nesintu—futhi sibonisa ukuthi ngempela singabaphathi besivumelwano nokuthi sinamandla esivumelwano (ikhono elingokomthetho) lokwenza le ntando kanye nesivumelwano sokugcina. Alikho elinye iqembu elingadlulisa esinakho kwabazodla ifa.

Isigaba sesi-3 sichaza ifa elidluliselwa ezindlalifa. Kuhlanganisa inqolobane enkulu yamatshe ayigugu angokomoya, izinto eziyigugu, amaparele, nazo zonke izinhlobo zamatshe ayigugu, futhi—lokho esikwaziyo ukuthi kuyoba induduzo ngokukhethekile ezindlalifa—iwashi likaBaba wazo Wokuqala, iwashi likaBabamkhulu owuhlobo oluhlukile lawo wonke amawashi, okhiza bayo opholile futhi omnandi ababuyisela ekhaya kubo. Inombhalo oqoshiwe oqondene nabo. Lezi zipho zaphezulu zinikezwa ukuze ziduduzeke futhi zigcinwe zingokomoya njengezindlalifa, njengendlela igolide, inhlaka yempepho, nomure okwasetshenziswa ngayo ukuze kondle uJesu nomkhaya waKhe ngenkathi beseGibhithe.

Isigaba sesine nesokugcina, Isigaba 4, sakhela phezu kwe Izimpawu zika-Eliya ukukhombisa ukuthi i-Notary yaphezulu ifakaza kanjani amasiginesha abenzi besivumelwano, futhi ivala itestamente ngophawu olusemthethweni lwe-Notary. Ikhomba ukuthi ubani u-Notary, nokuthi uphawu Lwakhe luhlanganisa kanjani izici zokuphepha okungenakwenzeka ukuzenza umgunyathi. Naphezu kokungaqiniseki kuzo zonke izinhlangothi, labo abaphethe lencwadi yokugcina yefa netestamente bangaqiniseka ukuthi iye yaqinisekiswa ukuze yamukelwe enkantolo ephakeme kunazo zonke endaweni yonke futhi inikeza lokho okudingekayo ukuze bathole hhayi kuphela amalungiselelo ohambo olusele lwezindlalifa emhlabeni, kodwa futhi nefa lazo lasezulwini.

Isigaba 1: Izindlalifa

Kufika iphuzu elibucayi elingokomoya ekuphileni lapho umuntu ezithola (noma eyedwa) eyedwa, elimele, futhi esengozini, futhi lokho akudingayo kuwukugcotshwa kwento ethile evamile, eduduzayo, nethembekile, ezweni eliye layilahla imithetho kaNkulunkulu futhi ngokuphazima kweso libe yinqaba, libanda, nelisabisayo. Mhlawumbe umuntu uzizwa efika kancane ekuphaphameni, njengokungathi uvuka ebuthongweni noma ebuthongweni bokufa, azibuze ukuthi ungubani, ukuphi, isikhathi esingakanani esidlule, futhi kwenzekani ngesikhathi equlekile. Konke sekushintshile eduze kwakhe, futhi akasenayo induduzo nesivikelo salabo abake bamkhathalela ngokujulile—ngaphezu kwalokho ayekuqaphela—futhi ufisa nje ukuphinde akuthole konke.

Umuntu onjalo uke wahlangabezana nesenzakalo sokuphila. Udinga iseluleko. Udinga usizo, kodwa uyazi ukuthi lokhu kukhulu futhi kunomuntu siqu kunanoma yini omunye umuntu angake ayiqonde. Ukhala kuNkulunkulu, ngoba uyazi ukuthi MUNYE kuphela ongamsiza—uMduduzi Omkhulu, uMeluleki Onamandla. KODWA UPHI? Utholakala kuphi emhlabeni lapho uMoya oNgcwele udatshukelwe wahoxa?

Ngase ngibuya, ngabona konke ukucindezela okwenziwa phansi kwelanga; futhi bheka izinyembezi zabacindezelwayo, babengenamduduzi; futhi ohlangothini lwabacindezeli babo kwakukhona amandla; kodwa babengenamduduzi. Ngase ngibancoma abafileyo asebefile kakade kunabaphilayo abasekhona namanje. Yebo, ungcono kunabo bobabili ongakabikho, ongakaboni umsebenzi omubi owenziwa phansi kwelanga. ( UmShumayeli 4:1-3 )

Siyaziqonda izizathu zokuthi kungani umuntu angase abhekane nalokho. Kungakho sahlela kusengaphambili izidingo zabanjalo ngokubhala lesi sivumelwano. Kodwa akusikho okwethu kuphela; Okungcono kakhulu, uNkulunkulu wabahlelela kusengaphambili, futhi wakhuluma nathi futhi wasiyala ngokuphathelene nokunakekelwa kwabo, ukuze njengabanakekeli abahlakaniphile, sikwazi ukubekela iseluleko esikhethekile asinikeze labo ngesikhathi sokudinga kwabo okukhulu. Sibe ngabamukeli bakaMoya oNgcwele, siletha umlayezo wemvula yakamuva emhlabeni, futhi induduzo neseluleko Sakhe yikho manje esikudlulisayo. Kuyisicelo sikaMoya oNgcwele kanye nathi kulabo abezayo, ngesikhathi sokudinga kwabo.

Ngokuvamile kuba yisimo lapho izindlalifa zingabazisi ngokugcwele labo abazishiyela ifa, njengoba nje umuntu wenyama engalwazisi ngokushesha uthando lukaNkulunkulu. Bambheka ngendlela embi, bengaboni ukuthi ukuziphendulela Kwakhe kube ngokuzuzisa bona. Kuphela ekukhanyeni kwesiphambano, lapho isoni sibona izindleko ezigcwele zokuhamba ngendlela yaso, futhi sibona sekwephuzile ukuthi uNkulunkulu wayencenga azi ukuthi Yena—inhliziyo yothando olungapheli—wayezozithathela lezo zindleko ngenxa yaso. Ekwenzeni umhlatshelo omkhulu esiphambanweni, uJesu washiya ifa ezindlalifa Zakhe zikamoya okufanele zivuse ukuzinikela okujulile ekulungeni kanye nenzondo enkulu ngesono. Khona-ke uthando luvuka enhliziyweni yomuntu ophendukayo, kodwa inani elikhulu selikhokhiwe.

Ngokuba lapho kukhona khona isivumelwano, kumelwe ukuba kube khona ukufa kwalowo olenzayo. Ngokuba isivumelwano sinamandla emva kokufa kwabantu; Ngalokho-ke isivumelwano sokuqala asenziwanga ngaphandle kwegazi. ( Hebheru 9:16-18 )

Izindleko zizwakala. Ubukhona boMzuzisi akusavusi umndeni wesintu. Noma kunjalo, usizi luphendukelwa ekunqobeni ngamandla kaNkulunkulu, futhi iNkosi yethu evukile ibala labo abanezinhliziyo ezaphukileyo njengabakhe, futhi inikeza isipho sikaMoya oNgcwele ezandleni zezoni ezithethelelwe njengesiqiniseko sempahla yazo yaphakade.

Okuyisibambiso sefa lethu kuze kufike ukukhululwa kwempahla ethengiwe. kube ludumo lwenkazimulo yakhe. ( Efesu 1:14 )

Njengezindlalifa zesipho sikaNkulunkulu ngoJesu Kristu, sisebenze ngenkuthalo futhi salwela ngokumelene nazo zonke izinkinga ukuze sibambe ukholo lwakhe, njengoba kulotshiwe:

Bathandekayo, lapho ngenza inkuthalo yonke ukunibhalela ngensindiso esisonke ngayo, kwadingeka ukuba nginilobele, nginikhuthaze ukuba nilwele kanzima ukholo olwanikelwa kwabangcwele kanye. ( Jude 1:3 )

Njengoba futhi sisondela ekupheleni komsebenzi wethu emhlabeni, kuyafaneleka ukuba sinikele isithelo somsebenzi wethu kuzindlalifa ezisasele ngemva kwethu, njengoba kwenza uKristu ngefa elingenakonakala. Njengentokozo yokubamba impahla yasemhlabeni yothandekayo, nokulondeka kwezomnotho kokuthola ifa ngesikhathi sobunzima—nakuba kungekho okungavala ukulahlekelwa othandekayo osehambile—la makhasi akhona ukuze ahlangabezane nezidingo zakho futhi ahlinzekele isondlo sakho esingokomoya ngesikhathi sobunzima. Zimelela inkokhelo eqotho yasemhlabeni yefa lasezulwini.

Abaningi abaphapheme kungenzeka bayazibuza ukuthi kwenzekeni emhlabeni. Uma singase siphendule ngamafuphi, empeleni kuyisimo esibi kakhulu: izwe lizihlanganise ngaphansi kukahulumeni kaSathane futhi selizisusile ngokuphelele esisekelweni somthetho kaNkulunkulu. Ngenxa yalokho, sonke isihogo siyashabalala (ngomqondo ongokoqobo wenkulumo), futhi silindele ukuthi ngokushesha, ukulunga kuyobe kususiwe emhlabeni ngazo zonke izinjongo ezingokoqobo. Abafel’ ukholo bokugcina bayobe sebefile, umusa kaNkulunkulu uyobe usuphelile, futhi indebe yolaka Lwakhe iyobe igcwaliswe ngokugcwele. Ngeke usaba khona umhlabathi ovundile ukuze imbewu yevangeli ikhule. Abesilisa nabesifazane bokholo bayophaphama ngenxa yokwesabeka kwamaphupho abo amabi kakhulu: izwe elingenaNkulunkulu ngokuphelele futhi elingabekezeleli nhlobo noma ubani ongamelana nokuhlasela kokuziphatha okubi. Yingakho sibalungiselele ngokucophelela, ukuze sibasize ngokushiya leli fa.

Izidingo zokufaneleka

Kulesi sikhathi esibucayi ngokomoya, kubalulekile ukuthi izindlalifa zibonakale ngokucacile. Abaningi bayodideka, ngoba babelindele ukuphaphama ekumoyizeleni kukaJesu kothando, bazithole sebesezweni elinonya neligcwele inzondo. Abanye bayobe bekholelwa ukuthi babehamba neNkosi, kodwa bayozithola besezimweni ezibenza bazizwe belahlekile, bengenakho ikhampasi. Singacabanga ukuthi kungani bengase bazizwe ngaleyo ndlela! Yingakho silungiselele lobu bufakazi njengomhlahlandlela wabo.

Akekho odinga ukwaziswa ukuthi izinto zonakele kakhulu—noma ubani angazibonela lokho—kodwa silapha ukuze sisize izindlalifa zalo mnyakazo ukuba zizitholele futhi zibuyise inhloso yazo: ukuqonda ukuthi konakelephi nendlela yokusingatha ngendlela efanele. Okokuqala nje, kumelwe sibasize baqinisekise ukuthi bayizindlalifa ezifanelekayo zesivumelwano saphakade. UJesu wabeka izindinganiso eziyisisekelo ngamagama alula kakhulu encwadini yesAmbulo, lapho enikeza khona iseluleko esiqondile ebandleni ngalinye kwayisikhombisa, elimelelwe izinti zamakhandlela.

Ngaphenduka ukuba ngibone izwi elalikhuluma nami. Futhi ukuphenduka, Ngabona izinti zezibani eziyisikhombisa zegolide; Naphakathi kwezinti zezibani eziyisikhombisa onjengeNdodana yomuntu. embethe ingubo kuze kube senyaweni, ebophe isifuba ngebhande legolide. . . . Imfihlakalo yezinkanyezi eziyisikhombisa ozibonileyo esandleni sami sokunene, nezinti zezibani eziyisikhombisa zegolide. Izinkanyezi eziyisikhombisa ziyizingelosi zamabandla ayisikhombisa. nezinti zezibani eziyisikhombisa ozibonile zingamabandla ayisikhombisa. ( IsAmbulo 1:12-13, 20 )

Ibandla ngalinye kulawa ayisikhombisa limelela isimo sikamoya esichaza isigaba sabantu. Umuntu ngamunye angazihlola ukuze abone ukuthi ukusiphi isigaba, ngokuphendula umbuzo olandelayo: “Iliphi ibandla kulawa ayisikhombisa elimelela isimo sami esingokomoya?” Lokhu kuzimisela kubalulekile, ngoba uJesu unikeza iseluleko esiqondene nomuntu kuye ngesimo ngasinye. Akunandaba ukuthi umuntu uzizwa sengathi usebumnyameni, kodwa ukuthi ulandela ukukhanya, futhi ngokushesha, ngaphandle kokungabaza.

Ukuphuthuma kungenxa yokuvalwa okuzayo kokuhlolwa lapho kukhala icilongo lesithupha—esizolihlanganisa ngokuningiliziwe kamuva. Okubalulekile maqondana nokuhlonza ubudlelwano bomuntu naleli fa, ukuthi ufunda lokhu ngemuva kokuvalwa kokuhlolwa, noma ngaphambilini. Isihloko sokuphenduka sisebenza kulabo abafunda lokhu ngaphambi kokuvalwa kokuvivinywa, ngakho-ke kuyaphuthuma. Labo abayifunda kamuva banokuphuthuma okuhlukile: hhayi ukuphenduka (okufanele ngabe sebekwenzile kakade, ngoba kwakungasenakwenzeka), kodwa ngenxa yokuthi badinga kakhulu isiqondiso namandla ukuze bangawi!

Ingabe ufunda lokhu ngaphambi kwecilongo lesithupha likaJuni 3, 2018, noma ngemva kwalokho? Uma ngaphambili, izigaba ezilandelayo mayelana nokuphenduka zisebenza ngokukhethekile.

UJesu unabantu bakhe phakathi kwabo. Bathunywe ukuthi banikeze ukukhanya KWAKHE emhlabeni, futhi Ubanika iseluleko nokusola abakudingayo ukuze bakwenze. Wazi ngamunye, futhi Uzimisele uma Ecela ukuphenduka. Lalela amazwi Akhe ebandleni lase-Efesu! Ngemva kokuvuma amaphuzu abo amahle futhi eveza iphutha labo, Uthi:

Ngakho khumbula lapho uwe khona, uphenduke, wenze imisebenzi yakuqala; noma ngizakuza kuwe masinyane. lususe uthi lwesibane sakho endaweni yalo, ngaphandle kokuthi uphenduke. (IsAmbulo 2: 5)

Khumbula, uthi lwezibani lumelele ibandla, ngakho uma Esusa uthi lwesibani, lokho kusho ukuthi abanjalo ababalwa njengezindlalifa zefa laKhe. Ibandla lase-Efesu liyisibonelo nje—noma yiliphi ibandla (elase-Efesu noma elinye) elichaza isimo somuntu somoya, khona-ke lowo muntu kufanele aphenduke futhi aguquke esonweni sakhe, kungenjalo uyolahlekelwa ukukhanya futhi ahlale ebumnyameni futhi ngeke afanelekele izinzuzo ezichazwe kulesi sivumelwano.

Ake siqhubeke kancane nebandla lase-Efesu njengesibonelo. Labo abasebenza ngokubekezela futhi benokuqonda okuhle, kodwa balahlekelwe ubudlelwano babo Nothando Lwabo Lokuqala, babonakala e-Efesu. Uma bengaphaphami esimweni sabo futhi baphenduke, ngakho-ke ngeke bafaneleke ngokwemibandela yalesi sivumelwano.

Iziyalezo zokuzihlola

Ngicela ufunde amabandla ayisikhombisa eSambulo 2 & 3 uwedwa.

Imaphi amasonto achaza inkinga yokomoya obhekene nayo namuhla?

Njengoba umuntu elandela iseluleko sikaJesu futhi ephenduka ezindaweni azikhombayo, khona-ke isimo sakhe esingokomoya siyashintsha, adlulele kwelinye lamanye amabandla, okuchaza isimo sakhe ENTSHA ngokomoya. Amabandla amabili kwayisikhombisa awanakusolwa emehlweni kaJesu, futhi kufanele kube umgomo wayo yonke indlalifa yensindiso ukufinyelela kuwo: iSmirna kanye/noma iFiladelfiya. UJesu akabakhuzi. Umane nje ubakhuthaza ukuba bahlale bethembekile futhi babambelele ngokuqinile kulokho asebebanike kona kakade.

Lawa mabandla amabili, iSmirna neFiladelfiya, amele isimo sikamoya sabantu ngabanye uJesu angenakusolwa ngabo, futhi labo abaphendukayo esimweni sabo esimelwe amanye amabandla, baba yingxenye yala mabandla amabili. Ngakho, bonke labo ABANQOBAYO ekugcineni bayobonakala ngelinye lamabandla amabili angenasici.

Ngamunye ozoba indlalifa uyofuna ukwenza umsebenzi wakhe wesikole ukuze abone izici zokuphila kwakhe uJesu ambizela ukuba azilungise. Labo abalandele iseluleko Sakhe baze bame ngaphandle kokusolwa phambi Kwakhe bayosindiswa. Lena imibuzo ebalulekile okumele umuntu ngamunye ayiphendule, ngoba uma umuntu engawenzanga umsebenzi wakhe ukuze ahlangabezane neziqu zokuthola leli fa, ngeke abe nengxenye kulo. Ngokwalabo kuphela abangabaseSmirna kanye/noma basePhiladelphia. Ukuze sisize izindlalifa, sizochaza kafushane izimfuneko zokujoyina amasonto afanelekayo—futhi kufanele kube into ebaluleke kakhulu yezindlalifa ukwenza lokhu, ngoba ubunikazi bazo njengendlalifa budinga ukuqinisekiswa ngaphambi kokuba lesi sivumelwano sifezwe, njengoba kuchazwe kamuva.

IBandla laseFiladelphia

Ithemba labo bonke abathembekile belilokhu liwukubona uMsindisi kubo bonke ubuhle Bakhe, futhi bahlanganyele enkazimulweni yombuso Wakhe waphakade. Lelo yilungelo lalabo abasonta ebandleni likamoya laseFiladelfiya.

Nakuyo ingelosi yebandla laseFiladelfiya loba ukuthi; Nakhu akushoyo ongcwele, oqinisileyo, onesihluthulelo sikaDavide, ovula kungavali muntu; avale kungavuli muntu; Ngiyayazi imisebenzi yakho; bheka, ngimisile phambi kwakho umnyango ovuliweyo, okungekho muntu ongawuvala, ngokuba unamandla amancane, futhi uligcinile izwi lami, kawuliphikanga igama lami. Bheka, ngiyakubakhipha esinagogeni likaSathane, abathi bangamaJuda, bengesiwo, kodwa beqamba amanga; bheka, ngiyakubenza ukuba beze bakhuleke phambi kwezinyawo zakho, bazi ukuthi ngikuthandile. Ngokuba uligcinile izwi lokubekezela kwami, nami ngiyakukulondoloza ehoreni lokulingwa eliyakufika phezu komhlaba wonke ukulinga bonke abakhileyo emhlabeni. Bheka, ngiyeza masinyane; bambisisa lokho onakho, ukuze kungabikho muntu okwamuka umqhele wakho. 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. Onendlebe makezwe lokho akushoyo uMoya emabandleni. ( IsAmbulo 3:7-13 )

Sahamba phakathi kwalabo basePhiladelphia. Isihluthulelo sikaDavide^[1] ingelinye lamagugu aqukethwe yilelifa. Sangena ngomnyango owawuvuliwe, yingakho silapha namuhla futhi sinalelifa esizolidlulisela. Ukuhamba kwethu kokholo kusinikeze ulwazi lwebandla laseFiladelfiya—uthando lobuzalwane—okuwuthando olungadela ubukhona balo kunokuba lubone umzalwane olahlekile ebhubha unomphela. Luwuhlobo lothando uJesu alubonisa ngokungena esivumelwaneni saphakade nesintu, esisayinwa ngegazi laKhe siqu, esibonisa ukuzibophezela kwaKhe ngisho noma kulimaza Yena. Kubuza uDavid:

Nkosi, ngubani oyakuhlala etendeni lakho na? ngubani oyakuhlala entabeni yakho engcwele na? . . . Ofungayo kube kubi kuye, angaguquki. (IHubo 15: 1, 4)

Lolo uthando lobuzalwane olusekela ifa esilishiyayo. Kuhilela isifungo, esenzile ukuze sizilimaze, njengoba kwenza uJesu. Kuphela uma umuntu esehlakulele lolo hlobo lothando kubazalwane abenza iphutha lapho angaba ngoweFiladelphia.

UJesu uthembisa ukubagcina abanjalo ehoreni lokulingwa—unyaka wenxephezelo nezinhlupho—eziyofika phezu komhlaba wonke, ukulinga labo abahlala emhlabeni. Lokho kungasho izinto ezihlukene kuye ngomongo. Labo bethu abenza isipiliyoni saseFiladelfiya ngokukholwa, uNkulunkulu angakugwema ngokweqiniso ukudabula izinhlupho. (Lokho kuzochazwa ngasekupheleni kwalesi sigaba, futhi nizobona ngokucace kakhulu ukuthi uNkulunkulu ukuqinisekisile kanjani.) Thina kanye nalabo esasinathi entabeni yaseKiasmus,^[2] wabonisa isimilo sebandla laseFiladelfiya lapho si kumenyezelwe ngokusemthethweni^[3] izinhloso zethu egameni labazalwane abalahlekile:

NGAKHO-KE, NGALOKHU SIMEMEZELA NGOKUSEMTHETHWENI, ukuze umhlaba wonke ufunde, UKUTHI NGOLWESITHATHU, 19 OCTOBER, 2016, SACELA UJESU—owayesekumisile ukunxusa Kwakhe, owayeseyishiyile iNdawo Engcwele Kangcwele, owayevele esendleleni eya eMhlabeni—UKUBA AGOME, AHAMBE EMHLABENI. OKUNYE UKUTHUTHWA OKUKHULU KUKAMOYA OYINGCWELE kangangokuthi ukukhala okukhulu okwakufanele kuzwakale iBandla lamaSeventh-day Adventist kungaphindaphindwa ihora elilodwa lasezulwini, okuyiminyaka eyisikhombisa yasemhlabeni.

Labo ababambe iqhaza kuleso sinqumo, noma okungenani bamukele umoya wokuhlangenwe nakho kwethu ngemva kweqiniso, futhi bahlala ekukholweni bayakufanelekela ukuba yilungu lebandla laseFiladelfiya, ngesixwayiso esisodwa esikhulu esizohlanganiswa esigabeni esilandelayo.

Labo abazihlanganisa nebandla laseFiladelfiya ngoba beligcinile izwi lokubekezela kwakhe ngokucela ukuhlehliswa kokuBuya kwesibili kukaJesu, basale kulo mhlaba, basaqaphile ngezingozi zokulahlekelwa umqhele okungowabo. Bafungile (noma bazicelela) ukuzilimaza, kodwa isithembiso kulabo abanqobayo ukuthi bayoba nendawo yaphakade eMzini Ongcwele, futhi bayobekwa uphawu ngophawu oluchazwe lapho.^[4]

Ngenkathi Uphumule, Yilokhu Okwenzekile

Kuneqiniso elilodwa elibalulekile, eliyisisekelo elizokusiza ukuthi uqonde yonke into ngokucace kakhudlwana: UNkulunkulu waklama “uHlelo A” ukuthi iBandla lamaSeventh-day Adventist kufanele ngabe lisigcwalise kanjani isiprofetho sesikhathi sokuphela—uhlelo thina, njengensali, salulandela kwaze kwaba sekugcineni kwalo, kuyilapho ibandla ngokwalo. wenza ukuphahlazeka komkhumbi lokukholwa kwawo. Sabe sesinxusa uNkulunkulu njengoba kushiwo ngenhla, futhi waphendula ngoHlelo B. UNkulunkulu wayewazi wonke amathuba angaphambili; kwakungemmangazanga, kodwa ngesikhathi esifanayo Akabeki inkululeko yokuzikhethela; Uyasivumela ukuba senze ukukhetha, futhi njengamakhosi nabapristi kuNkulunkulu, savunyelwa ukwenza isicelo sethu phambi Kwakhe.

Uma usuqonda ukuthi bekunezindlela ezimbili ezihlukile, izinto ezimbili ezishintshanayo, noma yikuphi obekungakhethwa isintu (futhi ikakhulukazi abantu bakaNkulunkulu bangaphambili, iBandla lamaSeventh-day Adventist), usungaqala ukuqonda izinto ngokwengqikithi yazo efanele. Ezinye izinto beziyoba yiqiniso kuPlan A, kanti ezinye ziyiqiniso kuHlelo B—kodwa kunoma yikuphi, iZwi likaNkulunkulu lihlala liyiqiniso, ngoba wazi konke.

Engikuchazile ngokuhlangenwe nakho kwethu ebandleni laseFiladelfiya kwenziwa ngokukholwa, ngokohlelo lwesikhathi lwePlan A, lapho salandela khona izinhloso zikaNkulunkulu zeBandla lamaSeventh-day Adventist kwaze kwaba sekugcineni. Endleleni, sezwa amacilongo ekhala ngezwi elithambile, nezifo zithululwa ngamathonsi amancane—ngoba zaziyizithunzi zezenzakalo ezivela eqinisweni elingazange libonakale ngokugcwele ngenxa yokwehluleka kweBandla lama-Adventist ukubambisana noNkulunkulu ekuqedeni umsebenzi ngokwezindlela nezikhathi zikaNkulunkulu, nangamathuluzi Akhe. Sabona futhi saphila ngokholo ukuthi kwakuzokwenzekani ukuba iBandla lalithembekile, futhi ekugcineni, uNkulunkulu wavuza ukholo lwethu ngokuletha isivumelwano saphakade kithi—insali ethembekile yensali—yize sasimbalwa kakhulu ngenani.

Njengoba sigcina amehlo ethu kuJesu futhi silandela izinguquko zezinhlelo, sabhekana nokuthile okufana nokushintsha kwepharadigm sibe iqiniso elisha elinemigqa yesikhathi ehlukene. Eqinisweni elisha, amacilongo azwakala kakhulu futhi izinhlupho zizothululwa ngaphandle kokugodla. Ukuqonda ukuba khona kwePlan A kanye nohlelo B kukuvumela ukuthi ubone isithombe esikhulu ngendlela evumelanayo. Ngokwazi Kwakhe kusengaphambili, uNkulunkulu ubelokhu enza amalungiselelo oHlelo B ngaso sonke isikhathi, uma kwenzeka abantu Bakhe belucela—futhi senze njalo. Engxenyeni elandelayo yetestamente, uzobona ukuthi konke lokhu kubhalwe kanjani emiBhalweni.

Ngakho sinezimemezelo zezikhathi ezimbili: isimemezelo sokuqala samemezela ukuza kukaJesu ngokomugqa wesikhathi woHlelo A, futhi isimemezelo sesibili simemezela ukuza kukaJesu ngokomugqa wesikhathi woHlelo B. Isimemezelo sokuqala sasiphathelene neqiniso elingazange lenzeke ngokuphelele kubantu abaningi, kanti isimemezelo sesibili—esakha phezu kwesokuqala—siphathelene neqiniso elikhona manje ngenjongo yokufinyelela abaningi.

Ngeshwa, izwe selidlulile kakade eqophelweni eliphezulu endleleni yalo yokuzibhubhisa ngokulahla ilungiselelo likaNkulunkulu lomshado, eliyisisekelo sawo wonke umphakathi wesintu. Ekuphakamiseni umshado wobulili obufanayo kanye nakho konke ukonakala okuhambisana nakho ngaphezu komklamo kaNkulunkulu, izwe lizilimaza ngokwalo, futhi lokho kusho ukuthi isikhathi esengeziwe siletha ubumnyama obukhulu kuphela, ngezinga lamanje lezinto. Ekuqaleni, uNkulunkulu wadala zonke izinto zizinhle, kodwa uSathane (ngenyoka yase-Edene) wethula isono futhi ubelokhu esebenzela ukubusa ngokuphelele (ukubhujiswa) kweplanethi kusukela ngaleso sikhathi—futhi usecishe wafinyelela kuso. Ubumnyama bugcwele yonke indawo, futhi ukukhanya kweqiniso sekucishe kucime. Imvelo nokuphila ngokwako kulenga ezilinganisweni. Izinti zamakhandlela ezimbili zokugcina ezikhanyisa ukukhanya kwazo emhlabeni yilezo esikhuluma ngazo—iFiladelphia kanye neSmirna—futhi zihlangene zimelelwe yileli Testamente. Kungakho-ke kuphoqelekile ukuthi izindlalifa zalelifa zizihlanganise nelinye lala mabandla amabili, ukuze lesi sivumelwano sibe yinzuzo kuzona.

Izibopho ezihambisana nalesi sifa mikhulu. Izindlalifa zawo ziyithemba lokugcina ngokumelene nobumnyama obukhona. Uma bedebesela, uSathane uyonqoba eNkatheni Enkulu, futhi ekugcineni ubumnyama buyogubuzela indawo yonke. Yingakho sizilungiselele zonke lezi zeluleko. Ayikho enye inketho; uma lolu hlelo B lungenzeki, ubumnyama obukhona manje buyophela ngokufa okuphakade hhayi nje komhlaba kuphela, kodwa nenani elingenakubalwa lezidalwa zasemkhathini.^[5] Kungumthwalo wemfanelo onzima, futhi ukuze bathole leli fa, izindlalifa kuyodingeka ziwazi umthwalo wemfanelo.

IBandla laseSmirna

Ukuze umuntu ahlukaniswe nebandla laseSmirna, kuyodingeka alandele iseluleko esisemlayezweni oya kulo, ngaphezu kokuphenduka kunoma yiziphi izono uJesu azisola emilayezweni Yakhe kwamanye amabandla. Iseluleko ebandleni laseSmirna simi kanje:

Nakuyo ingelosi yebandla laseSmirna loba ukuthi: Nakhu akushoyo owokuqala nowokugcina, owayefile, futhi wabuye waphila; Ngiyayazi imisebenzi yakho nosizi nobumpofu bakho (kodwa ucebile) nenhlamba yalabo abathi bangamaJuda bengesiwo, kodwa beyisinagoge likaSathane. Ungesabi lezozinto ozahlupheka ngazo; khangela, uSathane uzaphosela abanye benu entolongweni, ukuze nilingwe; futhi niyakuba nosizi izinsuku eziyishumi: thembeka kuze kube sekufeni, futhi ngizokunika umqhele wokuphila. Onendlebe makezwe lokho akushoyo uMoya emabandleni; Onqobayo kayikulinyazwa ngukufa kwesibili. ( IsAmbulo 2:8-11 )

Okokuqala, umuntu kufanele aqonde ukuthi uMeluleki wabo—uJesu Kristu, lowo uMoya oNgcwele ongummeleli wakhe—wayefile futhi uyaphila. Leso kwakuyisipiliyoni Adlula kuso futhi asiqonda, futhi kubalulekile ukuthi umuntu ngamunye asiqonde, futhi azi ukuthi uke wayihamba leyo ndlela phambilini. Uyazi ukuthi labo bebandla laseSmirna bazobhekana nani. Uyazi ukuthi abanye bamsebenzele kanjani. Uyalwazi usizi nobumpofu bemiphefumulo abanye abaye babhekana nayo kulomhlaba, kanye nokunotha kokuhlangenwe nakho kwabo okungokomoya kanye Naye. Uma umuntu ekuleli bandla likamoya, uJesu uyamqinisekisa lowo muntu ukuthi uyamazi! O, yeka induduzo, ngokungafani nalabo abayozwa amazwi athi “Angikwazi!”

Njengoba thina babhali betestamente sibhala lamazwi, singanikeza isiqinisekiso sethu sokuthi siyakuqonda, ngoba thina ngokwethu sizihlanganisa kakhulu nalelibandla. Senze nemisebenzi, eholele ekutheni LastCountdown.org futhi I-WhiteCloudFarm.org, ezimelela isimemezelo sokuqala nesesibili, ngokulandelana. Emsebenzini wethu, siphinde sabhekana nosizi kanye nobumpofu ngokwenani lemiphefumulo ekuhambeni kwethu, okwenza kube nzima kakhulu ukufeza umsebenzi wethu. Noma kunjalo, siye sashukumiseleka ukuba sihlanganyele ingcebo yezibusiso ezingokomoya esinazo, futhi lokho kunikeza umfutho emsebenzini wethu naphezu kokungatheli okusobala.

Noma ubani omunye osonta ebandleni laseSmirna naye uyobe ezinikele ngenxa kaKristu, esebenza futhi epha, kuphela ukuba ashushiswe futhi ashiywe angavuzwa. UJesu uyayazi imisebenzi yalabo abaye bazidela bemsebenzela, behlangabezana nezidingo ezijulile zabanye ngomhlatshelo!

Thina, ingqungquthela yokuhlangenwe nakho kwethu phakathi kwamawebhusayithi amabili ashiwo ngenhla kwaba yisinqumo sethu, esigcine sisilethe esidingweni sokushiya leli fa. Ukuqedwa kwalolu chungechunge nokusayinwa kwalesi sivumelwano ngegazi lethu—ukwethembeka kuze kube sekufeni—kuzomelela ukuqedwa komsebenzi wethu emhlabeni.

Sahlobene kakhulu nebandla laseFiladelfiya esimweni sesimemezelo sokuqala, kodwa lokho akusho ukuthi iFiladelfiya iwuhlobo lwethu ngazo zonke izindlela esimweni sesimemezelo sesibili, lapho ukholo lulokhu lushintsha ukubona. Umhlatshelo weFiladelphia wawushintsha umdlalo. Kwakuhloselwe ukusinika ithuba lokwakha indikimba entsha yamakholwa, futhi ngenxa yalokho, thina esasibambe iqhaza kuleso sinqumo saqala neNkosi umsebenzi wensindiso, kungakhathaliseki izindleko kuthina.

Njengoba singazi ngokuqinisekile ukuthi kwakuyosiphatheleni iminyaka elandelayo, sabeka yonke into e-altare lomhlatshelo—futhi ngisho noma sasingakuqapheli ngaleso sikhathi, lokho kwakuhlanganisa nelungelo eliyigugu lokubona uJesu eza ngaphandle kokunambitha ukufa. Ini belungafica kube njalo kwelinye iqiniso ukuthi belungafica ubukhona uma iBandla lama-Adventist belithembekile, akunjalo manje. Okuhlangenwe nakho kwethu kwamanje manje kuvumelana kakhulu nebandla laseSmirna, futhi lokho kungokwenduduzo yalabo abazihlanganisa nebandla laseSmirna.

Izinsuku Eziyishumi Zosizi

INkosi isifundise izinto ezijulile ngothando Lwakhe lomhlatshelo. Kwaqala ukuba ngokomuntu siqu eSidlweni SeNkosi Sakusihlwa sokugcina ngezikhathi zokuthula, njengoba kuboniswe ku U-Eliya Wokugcina. Sabe sesiqaphela ukuthi ushushiso olungokwenyama lwalusezithendeni zethu. Kusezithendeni zabanye abaningi—ngokwesibonelo, labo, ngokwesibonelo, abahlala emazweni lapho umuntu engenakukhuluma khona iqiniso ezindabeni eziphathelene nomthetho kaNkulunkulu womshado, ngaphandle kwethonya leziphathimandla.^[6]

Uma sicabanga emuva entwasahlobo ka-2012, lapho iqembu lethu elincane lezizwe zonke lifika eParaguay lizohlanganyela eSidlweni SeNkosi Sakusihlwa sokuqala, esasinakho kwakuwumjikelezo wokwahlulela webandla. Iwashi le-Orion, Kanye Uhlu LweSabatha Eliphakeme; cishe besingazi lutho uma kuqhathaniswa nesikwaziyo manje, futhi besilindele ukuthi amabhola omlilo aqale imicimbi yokugcina. Sasikulungele ukubeka ukuphila kwethu phansi emcimbini webhola lomlilo uma lokho bekuyoba intando kaNkulunkulu. Kuvele ukuthi ubenomsebenzi omningi okumele siwenze, ongawubona kumawebhusayithi ethu uma ubheka emuva. Kodwa lokho akusondeli ekuqhathaniseni nokushushiswa kwangempela kwezwe elibi, njengokuboshwa nokuhlukunyezwa kuze kube sezingeni lokuhoxisa izinto esizibhalile, futhi ekugcineni sibulawe.

NgoMeyi 27, 2017, isikhumbuzo sokuvuka kukaJesu Kristu,^[7] iNkosi yasambulela ukuthi lokho kungaba kugcinelwe thina njengabalandeli Bayo.

Khumbulani izwi engalikhuluma kini: Inceku ayinkulu kunenkosi yayo. Uma bengizingele mina, nani bayakunizingela; uma beligcinile izwi lami, nelenu bayakuligcina. ( Johane 15:20 )

UMfoweth’ uGerhard wayebhale ngisho nangesikhathi esidlule ngomfel’ ukholo wokugcina Amabutho Amabili, futhi siyaphinda futhi siyabona ukuthi iNkosi isihole ngokunembe kangakanani emizamweni yethu edlule yokufunda nokubhala. Thina, abangabafakazi, singaba ngabokugcina kwabafel’ ukholo okukhulunywe ngabo Amabutho Amabili, kodwa ukushushiswa kuza kwabaningi ngaphezu kwethu nje. Bonke abangaba ngamalungu esigaba sebandla laseSmirna bazodinga ukuba balungele ukunikela ngakho konke—kuhlanganise nokuphila kwabo—ukuvikela uBaba. Yilokho okudingekayo ukubalwa phakathi kwalabo bebandla laseSmirna.

Uphawu lwesihlanu lukhuluma ngenani labafel’ ukholo abafinyelela ekubalweni kwalo okuphelele:

Base benikwa yilowo nalowo izingubo ezimhlophe; kwathiwa kubo, basaphumule isikhashana, kuze kugcwaliseke nezinceku ezikanye nabo nabafowabo ababezobulawa njengabo. (IsAmbulo 6: 11)

Lokho kusho ukuthi kunenombolo eqondile nesiphetho esiqondile segazi eligelezayo labafel’ ukholo. Kungakho kuphuthuma kakhulu ukuphenduka kunoma iyiphi indawo edingekayo ngaphambi kukaJuni 3, 2018, futhi kubalwe phakathi kwamabandla aseSmirna kanye/noma eFiladelfiya ngaphambi kokuba kungenzeki ukuguqula ukuma komuntu. Ngemva kokuba imimoya emine isixegisiwe, ukufa kuyoshanela izixuku zingene ethuneni ngenxa yempi yezwe, futhi umlando wasezulwini ogciniwe wezenzo zokuphila kwabo uyofundwa phakade.

Ngomqondo othile, iSmirna ingafaniswa neLawodikeya. Limele labo ABANGATHENGA igolide elivivinywe emlilweni, nomuthi wamehlo, nengubo emhlophe, futhi sebecebe ngempela. Kanjalo, iSmirna imele labo abanokholo lwegolide elivivinywe emlilweni, lahlanjululwa. Lolo ukholo esilunikeza izindlalifa zaleli fa. Umuntu ngamunye kufanele azenzele ngaphakathi (azifundele) lolu kholo, futhi labo abazihlanganisa nebandla laseSmirna njengabafel’ ukholo kufanele babonise ukuthi lokhu kukholwa kungokwezinga eliyobekezelela ngisho nokuhlushwa nokufa, ngemva kokuvivinywa nokuhlanzwa. Leso yisibambiso sokufaneleka kwawo; libaluleke kakhulu kunokuphila ngokwako, ngoba lihlanganisa ukunqoba phezu kokufa.

Ngomqondo ohlukile, ibandla laseSmirna nalo lihlobene nebandla laseFiladelfiya. Bobabili babhekana ubuso nobuso nesinagoge likaSathane. UPapa Francis unguSathane, nalabo abathi bangamaJuda kodwa bengewona, iSonto LamaSabatha kanye namanye amasonto obuProthestani ayekade ekhona. ukuqashwa nguPapa Francis. Isinagoge likaSathane libangela usizi lwebandla laseSmirna, ngokuphambene nalokho okushiwo ebandleni laseFiladelfiya:

Bheka, ngiyakubakhipha esinagogeni likaSathane, abathi bangamaJuda, bengesiwo, kodwa beqamba amanga; bheka, ngiyakubenza ukuba beze bakhuleke phambi kwezinyawo zakho, bazi ukuthi ngikuthandile. (IsAmbulo 3: 9)

Lokhu kudweba umugqa ohlukanisayo ngokuya kwesikhathi. ISmirna imele iphuzu esikhathini esingaphambi kweFiladelfiya, elihlobene nendaba yesinagoge likaSathane. Okokuqala isinagoge likaSathane (ikakhulukazi iBandla lama-Adventist) lishushisa abantu bakaNkulunkulu eSmirna, kodwa kamuva livuma umusa waphezulu kubantu baKhe eFiladelfiya. Lolo shintsho lungase luhlobane nesikhathi lapho isibalo sabafel’ ukholo sophawu lwesihlanu selufinyelelwe, okungase kufinyelele umvuthwandaba ngokufa kwabafakazi baleli fa. KuHlelo A sihlonze kakhulu nebandla laseFiladelfiya, kodwa njengoba sidlulisela umbono wethu eqinisweni lamanje, sizithola sifanekiselwa ibandla laseSmirna esikhundleni salokho, futhi kulokhu, ibandla laseFiladelfiya lizofika kamuva.

Ibandla laseSmirna liwuhlobo lwabo bonke—njengathi—abalindele ukubhekana nosizi nokufa. Uma umuntu naye ekulesi sigaba, kufanele abe nesithakazelo sokwazi ukuthi usizi luyothatha isikhathi esingakanani. Ingabe usunawo umbono? Encwadini eya eSmirna, uJesu ubonisa ukuthi ukuhlupheka kuyothatha isikhathi eside kangakanani.

Ungesabi lezozinto ozahlupheka ngazo; bheka, uSathane uyakuphonsa abanye kini etilongweni, ukuze nilingwe; niyakuba nosizi izinsuku eziyishumi; thembeka kuze kube sekufeni, futhi ngizokunika umqhele wokuphila. ( IsAmbulo 2:10 )

Abanye bethu bayophonswa etilongweni, futhi bagwetshwe. Njengababhali balo mlayezo, sizovivinywa ikakhulukazi. Ukholo lwethu luzovivinywa, futhi sizoquliswa icala phambi kwezwe. Kuzofanele sinikeze impendulo yokholo lwethu phambi kwamakhosi nababusi. Ngokwezinga eliphansi, okufanayo kuzokwenzeka nakwabanye abasebandleni laseSmirna.

Kodwa uJesu unamazwi athile enduduzo kulabo abayovivinywa kanzima futhi bashushiswe. Lolu sizi olukhulu luyoba izinsuku eziyishumi. Kuzoba yizinsuku eziyishumi ezinde, kodwa kusaduduza ukwazi ukuthi kunesiphetho esiqondile, nokuthi kuzoba yizinsuku eziyishumi kuphela. Kuyilungelo elikhulu ukuhlupheka ngenxa kaJesu, kodwa asifanele ukuhlupheka ngendlela efanayo noma ngisho nangesikhathi esifanayo. Akazange one, kodwa sazalelwa esonweni futhi ngokukhubeka kunoma iyiphi iphuzu, sibe nawo wonke umthetho okufanele sibuyisane nawo. UJesu wathathwa wabulawa esikhathini esingaphansi kwamahora angu-24, kodwa njengoba ishumi liyinani lomthetho, simi phambi kwezinsuku eziyishumi zosizi. Ngokukholwa kwethu kuJesu, kufanele singabi nacala kukho konke ukusolwa uSathane angasilethela kona mayelana nomthetho kaNkulunkulu.

Ingabe uke wacabanga ngencazelo ejulile yokuthi kungani kwakungumhla zingama-27 kuNhlaba wezi-2017 lapho uJesu wasembulela khona ukuthi kufanele sithembeke kuze kube sekufeni njengebandla laseSmirna? Kungenzeka yini ukuthi lo mcimbi uxhunywe kwisikhumbuzo esihlukile, esesivele sinedethi yaso?

Icilongo Cycle II^[8] vele ibonisa ukuthi umcimbi obaluleke kakhulu uzokwenzeka eduze kwalolu suku, unyaka owodwa kamuva. Icilongo lesithupha likaJuni 3, 2018, eliqala unyaka wembuyiselo^[9] okuhlanganisa izinhlupho zecilongo lesikhombisa.

Icilongo lesithupha loMjikelezo weCilongo II liyoba umlingani wezenzakalo ezixhunywe ecilongo lesithupha loMjikelezo WokuQala weCilongo I, lapho sasiphishekela ukugcwalisa uHlelo A. Ngaleso sikhathi, uMfoweth’ uJohn, onguMjikelezo weCilongo I. uEliya wokugcina, wenza eyakhe I-Carmel Challenge ngalolo suku. Uzakwabo waleyo nselelo uyeza ecilongo lesithupha lomjikelezo wesi-II, empeleni.

Lelo inkathi yoshintsho olubucayi, lapho uJesu njengoMlamuleli wethu ezojikijela phansi umcengezi futhi ayeke umsebenzi Wakhe wokukhulumela. Uma umuntu efika ekuqapheleni ngaleso sikhathi, kuyodingeka aqikelele kakhulu ukuthi angawenqabi noma yimuphi umsebe wokukhanya ovela kuMoya oNgcwele, ngoba ngeke kusaba khona ukubuyela emuva—kungasekho ukuphenduka. Uma umuntu efulathela ukukhanya ngaleso sikhathi, uyosala ebumnyameni baphakade. Kungakho sidlulisela lelifa, ukuze sikhanyisele labo abazolandela, ukuze bangakhubeki kule mpi ebucayi phakathi kokukhanya nobumnyama.

Kodwa uma sibuyela osizini lwebandla laseSmirna, uma ngempela kukhona ukuhlobana phakathi kwesikhathi sokwembula kukaNkulunkulu lokhu kukhanya kanye nosuku lwecilongo lesithupha ngemva konyaka owodwa kamuva, kufanele siqonde ukuthi kungani kunomehluko wenani lezinsuku phakathi kwesikhumbuzo sokuvuka kukaKristu necilongo lesithupha ngokwalo. Ingabe lokho kuhlangene nezinsuku eziyishumi?

Ake sihlole umbono ongenhla ngokubeka izinsuku eziyishumi emugqeni wesikhathi oholela ecilongo lesithupha, ukuze sithole isithombe esingcono sokuthi ukulandelana kwezenzakalo kungabukeka kanjani.

Uyayibona? Izinsuku eziyishumi zosizi (kuhlanganise nazo) zaziyoqala kanye ngosuku lokukhumbula ukuhlupheka kukaJesu!^[10] itafula elasiyala ngalo iNkosi ukuba sililungisele ukugcina kwethu isidlo seNkosi sakusihlwa ngezikhathi zokuthula;^[11] inencazelo eyengeziwe manje. Njengoba yakhiwe ngeziqephu ezimbili ezinkulu zokhuni, iyitafula lesiphambano sethu ngempela, ngomqondo wokuthi imele imishayo emibili emagebhugebhu yesiphambano. Kulelotafula, insali encane cishe iyodla futhi iphuze iSidlo seNkosi Sakusihlwa sokugcina kulomhlaba, ngonyaka ozayo ngoLwesine ebusuku, ngoMeyi 24, njengesikhumbuzo seNkosi. Lesi sikhumbuzo sisosukwini lwesonto olufanayo nasonyakeni wokubethelwa, njengoba kwakunjalo ngo-2012 lapho kuqala inkonzo yethu njengeqembu.

Itafula labekwa ethempelini lethu ngaphansi kwamakhanyisa amabili—elinye lingelebandla laseSmirna nelinye lingelebandla laseFiladelfiya—elimelwe izinti zezibani ezimbili ezimi phambi kukaNkulunkulu.

Lezi ziyizihlahla zomnqumo ezimbili. nezinti zezibani ezimbili emi phambi kukaNkulunkulu womhlaba. ( IsAmbulo 11:4 )

Lawa ngamabandla amabili ahilelekile kulesi sivumelwano: leli eladlulayo ukuze libeke lelifa futhi lisayine ngegazi, elinye eliyovuka futhi lilemukele njengefa.

Uyabona ukuthi iZwi likaNkulunkulu likhanyisa kanjani ngisho nesigodi esimnyama kakhulu sethunzi lokufa na?

UJehova ungumalusi wami; ngeke ngiswele [noma ukuntula]. Uyangilalisa emadlelweni aluhlaza, uyangiyisa ngasemanzini okuphumula. Ubuyisa umphefumulo wami; uyangihola ezindleleni zokulunga ngenxa yegama lakhe. Yebo, noma ngihamba esigodini sethunzi lokufa, angesabi okubi, ngokuba wena unami; intonga yakho nodondolo lwakho ziyangiduduza. Ulungisa itafula phambi kwami ​​ebusweni bezitha zami; ugcoba ikhanda lami ngamafutha; indebe yami iyachichima. Impela okuhle nomusa kuyakungilandela zonke izinsuku zokuhamba kwami; ngiyakuhlala endlini kaJehova kuze kube phakade. ( IHubo 23 )

Ekulingweni kwethu okunzima kakhulu, uJesu uyasikhuthaza ngokusikhumbuza ukuthi uye wahamba phambi kwethu ngale ndlela. Sibhala lezi zinto kulesi sigaba sokuqala saleli Testamente ukuze izindlalifa zalelifa, ezithwele kanzima phakathi nenkathi enzima, ziqonde kancane ngokuthi ubani obanike leli fa, nokuthi lisho ukuthini kithi kanye nakuzo—futhi ngaphezu kwakho konke, ukuthi lisho ukuthini kuKristu!

iSodoma neGibhithe

Ngokwesiprofetho, isAmbulo sikhuluma ngeSmirna ngesipiliyoni sethu njengedolobha lapho Naye ahlupheka futhi wafa khona:

Izidumbu zabo ziyakuba semgwaqweni womuzi omkhulu othiwa ngokomoya iSodoma neGibithe; lapho neNkosi yethu yabethelwa khona. (IsAmbulo 11: 8)

Ofakazi ababili bazodingidwa ngokugcwele esigabeni esilandelayo saleli Testamente, esikhuluma ikakhulukazi ngaleso sihloko, kodwa okwamanje kwanele ukuqaphela ukuthi uJesu wake wahamba lo mgwaqo ngaphambili-okusho umgwaqo wesipiliyoni sethu, hhayi umgwaqo ongokoqobo waseJerusalema. Leli vesi likhuluma ngokuba “ngokomoya” okubizwa ngokuthi iSodoma, iGibhithe, nendawo lapho iNkosi yabethelwa khona.

Ngokuthatha nokubulala izithunywa zaKhe, idolobha elinomthwalo wemfanelo liyolingana nokuhlanekezelwa kweSodoma, okwakungahlambalaza izingelosi zeNkosi ezazithunywe ukusindisa imiphefumulo. Kuyofinyelela ekungahloniphiyo kweGibhithe, lapho kuthiwe: “Ngubani uJehova ukuba ngilalele izwi lakhe ukuba ngiyeke u-Israyeli ahambe? Angimazi uJehova, futhi ngeke ngivumele u-Israyeli ahambe.^[12]

Kodwa uJesu, ophilayo kuze kube phakade, usikhumbuza ukuthi uyinyathele lendlela phambi kwethu, futhi uyakhazinyuliswa kuze kube phakade. Uyoba nathi futhi uzobe ekhona ngemva kokufa noma ubani. Ngeke asishiye noma asilahle. Ingabe uyaqonda ukuthi kungani kwakungosuku lokuvuka kwaKhe hhayi ngosuku lokufa Kwakhe lapho embula khona lendlela okufanele siyihambe na? Sizobuyela kulokho.

I-Adventist Bible Commentary inikeza ukuqonda ngezisusa zesitha nokuthi yiziphi izinhlobo zokwelashwa ezingase zilindelwe phakathi nalezi zinsuku eziyishumi zosizi olunzima:

Izinsuku eziyishumi. Le nkulumo iye yaqondwa ngezindlela ezimbili. Ngesisekelo sesimiso sosuku lonyaka sokubala izikhathi zesikhathi esingokwesiprofetho (bheka kuDan. 7:25 ), siye sachazwa njengenkathi yeminyaka engokoqobo eyishumi futhi sasetshenziswa enkathini yokushushiswa okunzima kakhulu kombuso (ad 303–313), okwaqalwa uDiocletian futhi kwaqhutshekwa nomngane wakhe nomlandeli wakhe uGalerius. Lokhu kwakuwumzamo wokuqothula ubuKristu ngokushisa imiBhalo, nokubhidliza izakhiwo zamasonto, nokubopha abaholi. Laba babusi babekholelwa ukuthi isonto lase likhule lafinyelela ezingeni lamandla nokuthandwa embusweni kangangokuthi ngaphandle kokuba ubuKristu bube ngokushesha. isitembu ngaphandle indlela yokuphila yendabuko yamaRoma yayingeke ibe khona futhi umbuso ngokwawo wawuyohlakazeka. Ngenxa yalokho bamisa umgomo owawuklanyelwe ukuqothula isonto. Isimemezelo sokuqala sikaDiocletian esimelene namaKristu sakhishwa ngonyaka ka-303, sivimbela inkambiso yobuKristu kuwo wonke umbuso.

Ushushiso lwaqala ebuthweni futhi lwasakazekela kuwo wonke umbuso. Iziphathimandla zaseRoma zagxilisa ukwesaba kwazo kubefundisi bobuKristu, ngenkolelo yokuthi uma abelusi besuswa, umhlambi uyohlakazeka. Ukwesabeka kwalokhu kushushiswa kuchazwe ngokucacile isazi-mlando sesonto uTheodoret (Umlando Webandla i. 6), ochaza ukuqoqwa kwababhishobhi bebandla eMkhandlwini waseNicaea eminyakeni ethile ngemva kokuphela kokushushiswa (ad 325). Abanye bafike bengenawo amehlo, abanye bengenazo izingalo, ababekhishwe ezisekelweni, abanye bekhubazeke ngendlela esabekayo imizimba yabo. Yebo, abaningi abazange basinde kulesi sikhathi sosizi. Ngo-313, eminyakeni eyishumi ngemva kokuqala kwalokhu kushushiswa, uConstantine nozakwabo uLicinius bakhipha umyalo owawunikeza amaKristu (nabo bonke abanye) inkululeko yokuqhuba inkolo yawo.

Lapho ungabona izibonelo zemiphumela yezinye zezindlela zomlando zokuhlushwa. Iphinde ikhombise ukuthi ubani ozoba yizisulu zokushushiswa kanzima kakhulu: abaholi. Bazofuna ukubulala abaholi belindele ukuthi abanye bazohlakazeka ngemuva kwalokho. Ayikho indlela yokugcoba lokhu. Kubukeka kufiphele kakhulu—izindlalifa zingase zibe zodwa ngokuphelele, ngokomoya, ngesikhathi zivuka zifunde lokhu.

Ukukhathazeka kwethu ngokuyinhloko ngabo. Isimo kithina—noma singaba sibi—okungenani silandelwa impumuzo eduduzayo yomsebenzi oqedwe ngokwethembeka:

Ungesabi lezozinto ozahlupheka ngazo; khangela, uSathane uzaphosela abanye benu entolongweni, ukuze nilingwe; niyakuba nosizi izinsuku eziyishumi; thembeka kuze kube sekufeni, futhi ngizokunika umqhele wokuphila. (IsAmbulo 2: 10)

Uma labo abangabebandla laseSmirna (njengathi) bethembekile kwaze kwaba sekufeni, bayothola umqhele wokuphila. Uma sithembekile, siyoba sezulwini. Lokho kugcizelelwa futhi:

Onendlebe makezwe lokho akushoyo uMoya emabandleni; Onqobayo kayikulinyazwa ngukufa kwesibili. (IsAmbulo 2: 11)

Uma amalungu ebandla laseSmirna ethembekile kuze kube sekufeni, nakanjani ayoba nokuphila okuphakade. Sibeke izimpilo zethu e-altare, futhi uma sithembekile kuze kube sekugcineni, siyobe sesivikelekile ekufeni kwesibili. Ngeke kusaba khona umbuzo kithi; izilingo zethu kanye nezilingo zizophela futhi ngeke kudingeke sizibuze ukuthi umhlatshelo wethu wamukelekile yini noma ukuthi ukuphila kwethu okuphakade—esakubeka e-altare ngaphambili—kusengadingeka yini ukuzinikela ngenxa yesu lensindiso. Uma sithembekile kuze kube sekufeni, siyothola ukuphila okuphakade phakade. UJesu uyasikhuthaza ngalawo mazwi.

NOMA-KE—futhi lesi isixwayiso esikhulu—isithembiso esingenhla siyisiqiniseko kuphela sokuthi INGXENYE YETHU ohlelweni lwensindiso iyobe isiqediwe ngokwethembeka. Uma iMpingo Enkulu ingazuzwa ngomusa kaNkulunkulu, isono kanye nokubusa kukaSathane ekugcineni kuyosabalala indawo yonke futhi kususe konke ukuphila. Izindlalifa zethu ezizoza ngemva kwethu zizobhekana nobunzima bobunzima, ngaphandle kwanoma yimuphi umongo noma isikhathi sokuzilungiselela. Yingakho senza konke okusemandleni ethu ukubaqondisa. Kumelwe futhi bame bethembekile kuNkulunkulu ukuze balwele igama laKhe, kungakhathaliseki ukuthi kwenzekani. Bayoba abokugcina esizukulwaneni sokugcina.

Icala Elikhethekile

Ake sibuyekeze isimo kafushane. Labo ababeyingxenye yesipiliyoni seNgqungquthela yeNtaba iChiasmus babengamalungu ebandla laseFiladelphia kwelinye iqiniso lePlan A, kodwa uguquko kuHlelo B lwabaguqulela ebandleni laseSmirna eqinisweni lamanje, ngenxa yesinqumo sabo somhlatshelo. Ngaso leso sikhathi, iqiniso elisha lavula iminyango yebandla laseFiladelfiya eqenjini elisha: labo okufanele basindiswe ku-Plan B, njengoba kunikezwe isimemezelo okwesibili, futhi abaphila kuze kube sekugcineni ukuze bamukele iNkosi kuyo yonke inkazimulo efanele Kuye. Leli qembu elisha lalizoba isivuno semiphefumulo njengesithelo somhlatshelo owenziwa eNtabeni iChiasmus.

Ithuba elisha lokuvuna livuleka emjikelezweni wecilongo wokumenyezelwa okwesibili. Nokho, umbono wesivuno usemnyama kakhulu. Sibhekene nenhlekelele phezu kwenhlekelele. Abantu bakaNkulunkulu bokugcina abathembekile babalelwa ekubulaweni, futhi isivuno semiphefumulo sesiyaphela. Njengoba ushushiso lunzima kangaka, akunakwenzeka ukuthi ukuvuna—kuncane kangakanani—kungasinda. Ibandla njengowesifazane okhulelwe selifike ezingeni lokuzalwa, kodwa alikwazi ukuzala umntwana ophilayo, futhi yena ngokwakhe uyafa (ngakho-ke le ntando kanye nesivumelwano sokugcina). Lokhu akuwona nje Umcimbi Wokuphila owodwa, kodwa eminingana ehlanganisiwe. U-Isaya uyichaza kanje:

Njengoba okhulelweyo esezakubeletha equma futhi ekhala ngobuhlungu bakhe, sasinjalo phambi kwakho, Nkosi. Sakhulelwa, sasibeletha, kodwa sazala umoya. Asilethanga insindiso emhlabeni, futhi abantu bomhlaba abazange baphile. ( Isaya 26:17-18 , NIV )

Seniyaqala ukuqonda ukuthi umhlatshelo waseNtabeni uChiasmus uhlanganisani, lapho sinxusa uNkulunkulu ukuba asinike isikhathi esengeziwe sokuzala isizwe semiphefumulo, alethe insindiso kwabaningi? Okuhlangenwe nakho kwethu kufana nokukaRaheli, ezama ukuzala ingane yakhe yesibili:

UJakobe wayiqamba igama lendawo lapho uNkulunkulu akhulume naye khona ngokuthi iBethele. Basuka eBethele; kwasekusele indlela encane ukufika e-Efrathi. uRaheli wabeletha, waba nemihelo enzima. Kwasekusithi ekubelethweni kwakhe, umbelethisi wathi kuye: Ungesabi; uzakuba lalendodana. Kwathi umphefumulo wakhe usaphuma, ngokuba wafa, waqamba igama lakhe ngokuthi uBenoni; kepha uyise waqamba igama lakhe ngokuthi uBenjamini. Wafa uRaheli, wembelwa endleleni yase-Efrata eyiBetlehema. UJakobe wamisa insika ethuneni lakhe, eyinsika yethuna likaRaheli kuze kube namuhla. ( Genesise 35:15-20 )

Siyinsali yensali yowesifazane omsulwa wesAmbulo 12, sizama ukuzala abantwana bakaNkulunkulu ezweni elibuswa udrako. Ezikhathini ezedlule, lona wesifazane wathola ukuphumula ehlane lapho abalekele khona, kodwa manje udrako usesakaze umsila wakhe onamaxolo emhlabeni wonke. Singaphila isikhathi eside ngokwanele ukwazi ukuthi siyazala, kodwa singase singaphili ukuze sikhulise isithelo sezibeletho zethu.

Umcimbi Wokuphila “uyisenzakalo esiyinhloko esishintsha isimo somuntu noma izimo, njengokubeletha, umshado, isehlukaniso, ukushona komngane womshado, ukuphelelwa umsebenzi.^[13] Zingaki zalezo zenzakalo ezihlanganiswayo njengamanje, ngomqondo ongokomoya!? IBhayibheli likhuluma ngazo zonke lezo zinto. Kuzo zonke izinhlangothi, othile uhlangabezana nesenzakalo esisodwa noma eziningi zeMpilo—ngisho noNkulunkulu Uqobo Lwakhe.

Umhlaba wonke uphakathi kwezinkinga zomoya; limshiyile uNkulunkulu, futhi ukukhanya kweqiniso okukhulu kunakho konke izwe elake lakwazi akwanele ukuletha imiphefumulo ekuzalweni, ngokomoya, futhi noma yibaphi abazalwayo babalelwa ekuhlatshweni. Kuyisivuno esingenazithelo, okukhombisa ukuthi uNkulunkulu usefinyelele ngempela ekugcineni kwamathuba Akhe okusindisa imiphefumulo. Kungaleso sikhathi lapho uJesu engayeka khona ukukhulumela, ngoba akekho ongamlamulela! Kuwukuphela. Ukukhanya kwezwe kucimile. Ukuphela kwesihe akukona okungenangqondo—kuwumphumela “wemvelo” wokuyeka ukuphenduka phakathi kwesintu. USathane usebenza ukuze abhubhise abokugcina ababambelele kuNkulunkulu, futhi inkinga ingase ifinyelele esicongweni ekufeni kwabafel’ ukholo bokugcina abashiya leli fa.

Lapho iSonto Lama-Seventh-day Adventist—isizinda sokugcina sobuProthestani—liwela, izwe langena ekuwohlokeni kokuziphatha. Ngokuthula kanye nokuvunywa okungasho lutho, leloBandla laqhubeka landa ngokuhambisana nezwe laze lavuma obala futhi manje selimemezela uhlelo lukapapa. Manje isilawulwa uSathane—isinagoge likaSathane, elithi lingu-Israyeli ongokomoya, kodwa lingeyena. Lokho okwake kwaba yibandla likaNkulunkulu lensali, akusekho—futhi kuyiphutha labo ukuthi ubumnyama buqhubeke emhlabeni namuhla. Kwakufanele babe isibani sokukhanya esiqhubekayo sokuxosha ubumnyama, futhi bangenise ukubuya kwesibili kukaKristu ngaphansi kwezimo ezingezinhle kangako zePlan A, kodwa ngenxa yokuziphatha kwabo okuyihlazo, izinto zimbi njengoba zinjalo.

Lezi zinto zizofika njengokushaqeka okubi kwabanye, kodwa qiniseka ukuthi siyaqonda. Lokhu kusibuyisela emnyango ovulekile webandla laseFiladelfiya, owavulwa ngenxa yesinqumo somhlatshelo weNtaba iChiasmus. Uma siqhubeka nombhalo ovela ku-Isaya okukhulunywe ngaye ekuqaleni, sithola esinye isigaba sabantu abangaba basePhiladelphia:

Kepha abafileyo bakho bayakuphila, Nkosi; imizimba yabo izovuka— mabavuke abahlezi othulini bamemeze ngenjabulo. amazolo akho anjengamazolo asekuseni; umhlaba uzazala abafileyo bawo. (Isaya 26:19, NIV)

UNkulunkulu uyalidinga ibutho, kodwa umhlaba umnyama. Babulale izinceku zaKhe—futhi lokho kuyisenzo esifanele ukuphikiswa okuhle ngasohlangothini lukaNkulunkulu. Ulungisiswa ngokugcwele ukwenza uvuko olukhethekile lwalabo abafa ngaphansi komyalezo wengelosi yesithathu, njengoba u-Ellen G. White aprofetha:

kwaba khona ukuzamazama komhlaba okukhulu. Avuleka amathuna, lalabo ababefela ekukholweni ngaphansi kwelizwi lengilosi yesithathu, begcina isabatha, baphuma emibhedeni yabo eluthulini, bekhazinyulisiwe. ukuzwa i isivumelwano sokuthula uNkulunkulu ayezowenza nalabo ababegcine umthetho waKhe. {I-EW 285.1}

Lokhu kubuye kuchazwe yisigcawu esomile sikaHezekeli 37:

Isandla sikaJehova sasiphezu kwami, sangikhipha ngomoya kaJehova, sangibeka phakathi kwesigodi esigcwele amathambo, sangidlulisa kuwo nxazonke; bheka, ayemaningi kakhulu esigodini esivulekile; bheka, babekhona kakhulu eyomile. (UHezekeli 37: 1-2)

Lokhu akukhulumi ngokufa kwakamuva, kodwa kukhuluma ngemiphefumulo eyafa kudala kakhulu. Kulapho-ke umuntu engaqala khona ukuphendula ukuthi uyafaneleka yini ukuthola leli fa uma evuka nje ebuthongweni bokufa, engenalo ulwazi lwangaphambili lwalezi zinto. Abanye bayovuka ukuze babone Lowo abamhlabayo, kuyilapho abanye bayovuka ngenxa yokwethembeka kwabo ngaphansi kwesigijimi sengelosi yesithathu. U-Ellen G. White walandisa ngombono ngalesi sihloko, ophathelene nowesifazane othembekile owayefile, kanje:

Ngabona ukuthi uvaliwe futhi uzokhuphuka ngezwi likaNkulunkulu futhi ume phezu komhlaba, futhi uyoba kanye nabayizi-144,000. Ngabona ukuthi asikho isidingo sokumkhalela; wayephumula ngesikhathi sosizi, futhi konke esasingakukhalela kwakuwukulahlekelwa kwethu ngokuphucwa inkampani yakhe. Ngabona ukuthi ukufa kwakhe kuzoba nomphumela omuhle. {2SM 263.3}

The izwi likaNkulunkulu yilokho okukhuluma ku-Orion, okuyovusa abanye kwabafileyo ngaphambi kokufika kukaJesu. Lolu wuvuko olukhethekile oluza ngaphambi kokuba uJesu abuye azovusa abalungile bazo zonke izinkathi ezedlule. Umprofethi uDaniyeli wakhuluma ngalokhu kanje:

Abaningi kwabalele othulini lomhlaba bayakuvuka, abanye baye ekuphileni okuphakade, abanye ehlazweni nasekudelweni okuphakade. (UDaniel 12: 2)

I-Adventist Bible Commentary ikwenza kucace ukuma okungokomlando kwama-Adventist ngaleli vesi:

2. Izovuka. Uvuko olukhethekile lwandulela ukufika kwesibili kukaKristu. “Bonke abafele ukholo lwesigijimi sengelosi yesithathu” bayovela ngaleso sikhathi. Ngaphezu kwalokho, labo ababona ngokubhuqa ukubethelwa kukaKristu, nalabo abamelene kakhulu nabantu bakaNkulunkulu, bayokhishwa emathuneni abo ukuze babone ukugcwaliseka kwesithembiso saphezulu kanye nokunqoba kweqiniso (bheka GC 637; IsAm. 1:7).^[14]

Lolu vuko olukhethekile luyisibusiso esashiwo ngemva kwemiyalezo yezingelosi ezintathu:

Ngase ngizwa izwi livela ezulwini, lithi kimi: Bhala, Babusisiwe abafileyo abafela eNkosini kusukela manje. Yebo, usho uMoya, ukuze baphumule ekukhandlekeni kwabo; nemisebenzi yabo iyabalandela. ( IsAmbulo 14:13 )

Abathembekile abavuka ovukweni olukhethekile banikezwa leso sibusiso esikhethekile, isibusiso u-Ellen G. White ayevame ukududuza ngaso abashonelwe bosuku lwakhe.

Manje umuntu anganquma ukufaneleka kwakhe. Uma evuka ebuthongweni bokufa ngemva kwenani elingenakubalwa leminyaka emide, ukuze afanelekele ukuba yindlalifa yalelifa, udinga kuphela ukulahlekelwa ukubamba kwakhe ukuphila ngaphansi komyalezo wengelosi yesithathu, kuyilapho esaphatha iSabatha ngokwethembeka futhi egcina yonke iMithetho Eyishumi. Uma kunjalo, wamukelekile ebandleni laseFiladelfiya, nasebuthweni likaNkulunkulu, nasefa elilungiselwe yena.

Ngempela, ukwamukela okubabayo. UNkulunkulu uyabadinga abanjalo ukuze ibutho laKhe limelane namandla esitha enkathini embi kakhulu nemnyama kakhulu emlandweni walelizwe. Unenjongo nomsebenzi ngezindlalifa zalo mhlaba, okumelwe kufezwe ngaphambi kokuba Alethe umvuzo wasezulwini. Okuhlangenwe nakho okukhethekile kovuko kwakungase kube mnandi kakhulu ukube iSonto Lama-Adventist lalibambisene noNkulunkulu, kodwa manje isimo sesifinyelele ekugcineni. Naphezu kokuthi ingase ibukeke kabi kangakanani, empeleni yimbi nakakhulu. IMpikiswano Enkulu ngokwayo isesikhathini sayo esishubile—futhi umphumela uncike ekuthembekeni kwendlalifa ngayinye njengesosha ebuthweni likaKristu.

Ngase ngiprofetha njengokungiyala kwakhe, umoya wangena kubo; baphila, bema ngezinyawo zabo; ibutho elikhulu kakhulu. (Hezekeli 37: 10)

Izindlalifa kufanele ziqonde isibopho sazo sokuba ziqine futhi zime ngokwethembeka phakathi nonyaka wembuyiselo nezinhlupho, ngaphandle kokuncenga okuvela phezulu. Kumelwe baqonde isibopho sabo sokumelana nophawu lwesilo, futhi bahlale bethembekile kuNkulunkulu. U-Ellen G. White uchaze le nkinga kanje:

Njengoba ngabona lokho okumelwe sibe yikho ukuze sizuze ifa lenkazimulo, ngase ngabona ukuthi kungakanani uJesu ahlupheka ngakho ukuze asizuzele ifa elicebe kangaka, Ngakhuleka ukuba sibhabhadiselwe ezinhluphekweni zikaKristu, ukuze singancibiliki ekulingweni, kodwa sikuthwale ngokubekezela nangenjabulo, sazi lokho uJesu ahlupheka ngakho ukuze thina ngobumpofu nokuhlupheka kwakhe sicebe. Yathi ingelosi, “Zidele; kufanele nihambe ngokushesha.” Abanye bethu baye baba nesikhathi sokuthola iqiniso nokuthuthuka isinyathelo ngesinyathelo, futhi isinyathelo ngasinye esisithathile sisinike amandla okuthatha okulandelayo. Kodwa manje isikhathi sesicishe siphele, futhi lokho osekuyiminyaka sikufunda, kuzodingeka bakufunde ezinyangeni ezimbalwa. Bazoba nokuningi abangakufunda nokuningi okumele bakufunde futhi. Labo abangeke balwemukele uphawu lwesilo nomfanekiso waso lapho kuphuma umyalo, kufanele babe nesinqumo manje sokusho ukuthi, Cha, asiyikunaka ukumisa kwesilo. {I-EW 67.2}

Yebo, impi inzima, futhi izindlalifa kumelwe zibe nesibindi! UNkulunkulu uyabadinga emsebenzini Wakhe, futhi ubanikeze izidingo zabo ngefa esibashiyela lona. Esigabeni esilandelayo saleli testamente, kuzochazwa ukuthi ubanikeze kanjani ukudla kwansuku zonke kukaMoya oNgcwele ukuze abasekele kulesi simo esiphuthumayo, kanye nengxenye ephindwe kabili engxenyeni enzima kakhulu yomzabalazo.

Isikhathi Sokuhamba

UJesu wasinika isibonelo saKhe ngokulungiselela abafundi bakhe ukufa Kwakhe. Konke kwaqala ngokulahlwa eKapernawume cishe unyaka ngaphambi kokubethelwa Kwakhe.

[Mathewu 16:]13. UJesu wafika. ... Ukuhoxa eKhesariya Filipi cishe kwenzeka phakathi nehlobo isikhangiso 30, phakathi nengxenye yonyaka wokuyeka inkonzo yasobala uJesu ayinikela ngokuyinhloko ekufundiseni abafundi Bakhe. Lesi sigaba somsebenzi kaKristu saqhubeka kusukela ekulahlweni Kwakhe eKapernawume, ngesikhathi sePhasika (bheka uJohane 6:66) entwasahlobo, eMkhosini Wamadokodo ekwindla (bheka kuJohane 7:2).^[15]

Ngokufanayo, nathi saqala ukuqonda kusasele unyaka ukuthi kungase kudingeke sihlupheke ngendlela efanayo. Khona-ke uJesu waqala ukukhuluma ngokufa Kwakhe obala nabafundi bakhe esikhathini esingaphansi kancane konyaka ngaphambili.

[Mathewu 16:]21. Kusukela ngaleso sikhathi. Ingxoxo yendima 13–20 yayiyisingeniso esifanelekile sesihloko uJesu ayethula manje okokuqala—ukuhlupheka Kwakhe okwakuseduze, ukufa, kanye nokuvuka Kwakhe (bheka ku-v. 13). Ukuthi isiyalo nengxoxo yendima 21–28 yenzeka ngokushesha ngemva kwesigaba esandulele, noma maduze nje, akwaziwa. Esinye isikhawu esincane sesikhathi kungenzeka singenele phakathi kwamavesi 23 kanye nama-24 (bheka uMarku 8:34; DA 416). Noma ngabe kunjalo, kuyacaca ukuthi yonke ingxoxo nengxoxo ebhalwe kuvesi 14–28 yenzeka esifundeni saseKesariya Filipi (bheka ku-v. 13; cf. DA 411, 418). Manje cishe kwase kusekupheleni kwehlobo, isikhangiso sama-30 (bheka ku-v. 13).^[16]

Yilokho esikwenzayo ngokushicilelwa kwalesi sivumelwano esikhathini esingaphansi kancane konyaka ngaphambili. Asizange sizihlelele lezi zinto ngokwethu, kodwa uJehova ubesihola. Kunenye futhi inkomba yokuthi uJesu wembula isiphetho sethu esingaba khona ngosuku lokuvuka kwaKhe. Utholile ukuthi kusho ukuthini?

Okokuqala, uJesu usiholela ekubeni sibheke phambili ekuvusweni ngemva nje kokufa kwethu, njengoba nje avuswa ngemva nje kokufa kwakhe. Ngeke ashiye izinceku zaKhe ezithembekile zifile isikhathi eside. Lokho kufanekiswa ngokuvuka nokukhuphuka kofakazi ababili besAmbulo 11. UJesu wasitshela isiphetho sethu ngosuku lokuvuka kwaKhe ukuze sibone isici esihle sokuvuka kwethu nokwenyuka kwethu, futhi singadangali ngenxa yesipiliyoni esibi sokufa. Wonke amafu amnyama anomugqa osiliva. Ukufa kufana nobuthongo obukhulu, lapho umzuzu wokwazi olandelayo kuwumzuzu wokuvuka.

Emva kwezinsuku ezintathu nenxenye uMoya wokuphila ovela kuNkulunkulu wangena kubo, bema ngezinyawo zabo; ukwesaba okukhulu kwehlela labo abababonayo. Bezwa izwi elikhulu livela ezulwini, lithi kubo: Yenyukelani lapha. Benyukela ezulwini ngefu; nezitha zabo zababona. ( IsAmbulo 11:11-12 )

Lokhu okuhlangenwe nakho kuhlotshaniswa nofakazi ababili be-anthropomorphized, ngakho-ke kungase kubhekisele kulabo ababexhumene ngokuqondile nomsebenzi wokubhala. Ngempela, kungase kube novuko oluyingqayizivele nolusheshayo olulindele izinceku zikaNkulunkulu ezithembekile ezikushiyela leli fa.

Kungenzeka ngempela? Singaqiniseka kanjani? Ingabe uNkulunkulu ukhulumile esezulwini ukuze asiqinisekise ngalezi zinto? Isiphi isibonakaliso Asikhombisayo? Uma uke wabona i- U-Eliya uyasayina, khona-ke niyazi ukuthi kukhona isibonakaliso emazulwini esihambisana necilongo lesithupha, esiqinisekisa ukuthi lezi zenzakalo esikhuluma ngazo ziyokwenzeka nini—kodwa kukhona okwengeziwe.

Khumbulani, ekaMfowethu John uchungechunge lwevidiyo, wethula izibonakaliso ezulwini ezihlobene namacilongo ashaywayo manje. Wabonisa ukuthi “ngokunyakazisa amazulu,” amazulu amemezela kanjani ukuthi icilongo lesithupha liwukuphonswa phansi komcengezi nokuvalwa kokuhlolwa (umzuzu 36:18).

Ngokuhlehla ngesikhathi ebuka i-altare (i-Taurus) nendawo elizungezile, ubonisa ukwenziwa kwasezulwini kwe-Orion njengoJesu, ethatha iMercury njengomcengezi, ewugcwalisa ngomlilo we-altare njengoba unqamula ilanga phezu kweTaurus, futhi uphonsa iplanethi eshisayo eshisayo phansi emkhathizwe. Isithombe esingaka! Yeka uNkulunkulu, owabeka le “movie” emazulwini ukuze ihambisane neZwi laKhe elilotshiwe ngosuku oluqondile olubikezela ngalo!

Ngokulandela isipiliyoni saseSmirna okungenzeka silindele ithimba lenkonzo yeNgelosi yesine eParaguay, ungabona ukuthi kubaluleke kangakanani ukuthi uJesu aphonse phansi isitsha sempepho aqedele umsebenzi Wakhe wokukhulumela ukuze abeke eceleni izingubo Zakhe zobupristi futhi agqoke izembatho Zakhe zobukhosi. Uma izwe leqa lowomugqa ukubulala izithunywa zaKhe, njengalapho amaJuda ekhanda uStefanu ngamatshe, Uyosukuma futhi enze.

Futhi ngaleso sikhathi uMikayeli uyosukuma, isikhulu esikhulu esimela abantwana babantu bakho, futhi kuzakuba khona isikhathi sokuhlupheka, esingazange sibe khona kusukela ekuveleni kwabantu kuze kube yilesosikhathi; ( Daniyeli 12:1 )

Olunye Uhlangothi Lophawu Lwecilongo Lesithupha

Kodwa isibonakaliso secilongo lesithupha sinolunye uhlangothi olunikeza isikhuthazo kithi nakini. Uphawu lokujikijela phansi isitsha sokubeka impepho lubonakale ngokuhamba kwesikhathi sibuyela emuva, kodwa kukhona nomlayezo osohlwini lapho ukulandelana okufanayo kusetshenziswa indlela eya phambili.

Sineplanethi iMercury, okuthiwa ngayo: “Iqanjwe ngesithixo samaRoma iMercury, isithunywa konkulunkulu.” KumaRoma, lona kanye igama leplanethi lisho isithunywa “konkulunkulu,” kodwa siyazi ukuthi munye kuphela uNkulunkulu weqiniso, noJohn Scotram uyisithunywa saKhe salehora. Ngokuhunyushwa kokuhlonipha uNkulunkulu, i-Mercury imelela uMfowethu uJohn nomndeni wakhe omusha. Njengoba sibuka amazulu enza indaba futhi ibheke phambili esikhathini, sibona uMercury—isithunywa—esukuma emhlabeni, emelela uMfoweth’ uJohn nomndeni wakhe enkonzweni ekhuphuka esuka edolobheni lase-Asunción (“ukwenyuka” ngeSpanishi). I-Mercury ikhuphuka ngeTaurus, inkunzi yomhlatshelo noma i-altare, emele umhlatshelo oqediwe. Njengoba bethembekile kwaze kwaba sekufeni, ingubo emhlophe yeLanga Lokulunga inikezwa kubo njengengubo yokukhanya lapho i-mercury ihlangana nelanga. Iqhubekela phezulu, iMercury ikhuphukela ngakwesokunene sikaOrion (uJesu)! (Buka ividiyo engenhla futhi, futhi kulokhu unake ukuthi i-Mercury ikhuphuka nini!)

Ngakho, isibonakaliso secilongo lesithupha “ifilimu” yasezulwini yokunyukela kwethu ezulwini, futhi ibonisa ukuthi ukuphila kwethu kusesandleni sikaJesu:

Futhi ngizinika ukuphila okuphakade; futhi azisoze zabhubha naphakade. akakho ongazihlwitha esandleni sami. ( Johane 10:28 )

Lokho kwenanela isithembiso saseSmirna kulabo abathembeke kuze kube sekufeni, futhi kukhombisa ukuthi ngisho nokufa akukwazi ukumisa izinkanyezi eziyisikhombisa esandleni Sakhe.

Imfihlakalo yezinkanyezi eziyisikhombisa ozibonile esandleni sami sokunene. nezinti zezibani eziyisikhombisa zegolide. Izinkanyezi eziyisikhombisa ziyizingelosi [izithunywa] lamabandla ayisikhombisa: lezinti zezibane eziyisikhombisa ozibonileyo zingamabandla ayisikhombisa. ( IsAmbulo 1:20 )

Ngalo mqondo, izinkanyezi eziyisikhombisa ezisesandleni Sakhe zimelela abantu abayisikhombisa lapha abaye banikela ukuphila kwabo konke emsebenzini wokuthumela izigijimi eziphawulwe emazulwini ngezinkanyezi ezingokoqobo eziyisikhombisa ze-Orion. Lababantu abayisikhombisa bebelokhu belwa impi yokholo ngokumelene nezici zabo ezimbi zobuntu, futhi uma bebulawa bebeyokhuphukela ngokoqobo kuJesu njengoba sibonisa isibonakaliso secilongo lesithupha, futhi njengoba kushiwo isAmbulo 11 ngokuqondene nofakazi ababili, okuyohlanganiswa eSigabeni 2.

Ingabe akusona isithombe esihle nesicacile leso uNkulunkulu asinikeze emazulwini? Manje uyazi ukuthi kungani amazulu kuthiwa ayanyakaziswa:

izinhliziyo zabantu ziphele amandla ngokwesaba nangokubheka izinto ezizayo emhlabeni; ngoba amandla ezulu azakuba khona unyakazisa. (Luka 21: 26)

Uma unyakazisa into, kusho ukuthi uyayihambisa emuva naphambili. Uphawu lwecilongo lesithupha linomyalezo nhlangothi zombili! U-Ellen G. White wachaza ukuzamazama kwamandla ezulu kanje:

Ngo-December 16, 1848, iNkosi yanginikeza umbono wokuzamazama kwamandla asezulwini. Ngabona ukuthi lapho iNkosi ithi “izulu,” lapho inikeza izibonakaliso ezalotshwa uMathewu, uMarku, noLuka, yayisho izulu, futhi lapho ithi “umhlaba” yayisho umhlaba. Amandla ezulu ilanga, inyanga, nezinkanyezi [noma amaplanethi, okungukuthi izinkanyezi ezihambayo]. Babusa emazulwini. Amandla omhlaba yilawo abusa emhlabeni. Amandla asezulwini ayonyakaziswa ngezwi likaNkulunkulu. Bese kuba ilanga, inyanga, nezinkanyezi [amaplanethi] bazosuswa ezindaweni zabo. Ngeke zidlule, kodwa zinyakaziswa yizwi likaNkulunkulu. {I-EW 41.1}

Manje uyazi futhi ukuthi kungani insali kuthiwa ikhazimulisa uNkulunkulu “wasezulwini” kusAmbulo 11:13—ikhazimulisa uNkulunkulu owenza izulu futhi wabeka lezi zibonakaliso nezimangaliso lapho. Uphethe imihlaba esandleni Sakhe, futhi uphethe izithunywa Zakhe eziyisikhombisa esandleni Sakhe kuze kube phakade.

Noma nini futhi noma kanjani uNkulunkulu ekhetha ukukwenza, ukwenyuka kukaMfowethu uJohn nethimba lakhe mayelana necilongo lesithupha leCilongo Cycle II kuhlobene I-Carmel Challenge futhi umhlatshelo e-altare. Kungaleso sikhathi lapho uMzalwane uJohn ephonsela inselelo iBandla lama-Adventist kanye nomhlaba wonke wamaKrestu ngesihloko somshado, manje sebeyobe sebeyiphendulile le nselelo ngokubulala izinceku zikaNkulunkulu ngenxa yokukhuluma kabi ngomshado wobulili obufanayo nezinto ezihambisana nawo. Khona-ke izimpawu zokuzamazama ezulwini zizophenduka ngokushesha ekuzamazameni kwangempela kwezwe, njengoba liqala ukubhidlika ngaphandle kwesisekelo esiqinisekile somshado ngomfanekiso kaNkulunkulu.

Isithunywa sikaNkulunkulu sokugcina sika-Eliya esasinamandla okuvimba imvula futhi siyiqale futhi—ngomqondo wemvula yamuva—siyobe sesiwuqedile umsebenzi waso futhi senyukele ezulwini. Khona-ke “o-Elisha” abangokomfanekiso kuyodingeka baqhube umsebenzi baze bawuqede bebodwa, benesabelo esiphindwe kabili^[17] kaMoya. Kulapho-ke umlayezo weNgelosi yesine uyobe usezandleni zezindlalifa zikamoya. Izoya kulabo ibandla laseSmirna eladela ukubasindisa, kulabo abayohlubuka ngenzalo yevangeli legazi labafel’ ukholo bokugcina.

Ngaphandle kokuvuka kanye/noma ukwenyuka kwezithunywa zaKhe ngokwazo, uNkulunkulu unikeze isithembiso esijwayelekile kubo bonke abafela ukholo lwabo kulomlayezo:

Ngase ngizwa izwi livela ezulwini, lithi kimi: Bhala, Babusisiwe abafileyo abafela eNkosini kusukela manje. Yebo, usho uMoya, ukuze baphumule ekukhandlekeni kwabo; nemisebenzi yabo iyabalandela. ( IsAmbulo 14:13 )

Kithina, kuyacaca ukuthi imisebenzi yethu—imibhalo yethu—kufanele iqhubeke nokuba nomthelela ngemva kwethu ngokusebenzisa izindlalifa zaleli fa. Isibusiso sibanzi nokho, futhi sisebenza kubo bonke abafela ukholo lwalo mlayezo.

Ngokuvamile, lo mbhalo uhlotshaniswa nomaka wesikhathi sokuqala ewashini le-Orion. Sinesisekelo esicacile sokuqonda umbhalo ngoba u-Ellen G. White wathi uvuko olukhethekile lusebenza kulabo abafa ngaphansi kwesigijimi sengelosi yesithathu, okubhekisela ikakhulukazi eqinisweni leSabatha lika-1846 elimakwe emjikelezweni wokwahlulela wewashi le-Orion yinkanyezi yokuqala, uSaiph. U-Ellen G. White waprofetha ukuthi abanjalo bayovuka ovukweni olukhethekile ukuze babe nabayi-144,000 ukuze babone uJesu eza ezikhathini zokugcina zomlando womhlaba, njengoba kuvezwe ngaphambili.

Kulabo (bayingcosana) abafa ngaphansi Okwesine Nokho, isigijimi sengelosi kumelwe sinikeze isibusiso esihluke kancane. Umlayezo weNgelosi yesine waqala ngo-2010 ngokushicilelwa kwesethulo se-Orion, futhi umlayezo uye wanda kusukela ngaleso sikhathi. Noma ubani ofile ekholelwa kulo myalezo ufile ngaphansi komyalezo weNgelosi yesine futhi uyothola isibusiso esifanayo, ngokufanayo nendlela abafa benokholo ngaphansi komyalezo wengelosi yesithathu.

Lokho akubashiyi ngaphandle labo abangafundanga ngomyalezo weNgelosi yesine, noma befa(d) selokhu waqala ngo-2010, bethatha ngokuthi bathembekile ngaphansi komyalezo wengelosi yesithathu. Bamane bawela ngaphansi kwesigaba salabo abafa ngaphansi komyalezo wengelosi yesithathu, ngoba usekelwe ekukholweni kwabo ngabanye. Yilowo nalowo owafa ephila ngokuvumelana nokukholwa ayenakho uyothola isibusiso esihambisana nokholo lwakhe—kungaba uvuko olukhethekile lwalabo abangaphansi kwesigijimi sengelosi yesithathu, noma isibusiso esihlukile kulabo abangaphansi komlayezo weNgelosi yesine. Ivesi lesibusiso—IsAmbulo 14:13—lihamba phakathi kwemiyalezo yomibili, futhi lisebenza kuzo zombili, kodwa isibusiso salabo abafa ngaphansi komyalezo weNgelosi yesine kumelwe sihluke, ngendlela elandelayo.

Uma umuntu eqhathanisa izimo zokuvuka kofakazi ababili kanye nezimo eziphathelene nokufa nokuvuka kukaJesu Uqobo Lwakhe, umuntu angaphetha ngokuthi labo abayobe befele ukholo ngaphansi komyalezo weNgelosi yesine bayovuswa futhi bayiswe ezulwini kanye nabameleli bofakazi ababili ngokwabo, njengolunye uhlobo lwezithelo zokuqala—hhayi ezomsebenzi kaJesu kulesi sikhathi, kodwa umsebenzi wesintu ngeNgelosi yesine. Lokhu kwakuyohluka ekuvukeni okukhethekile kwalabo abafa ngaphansi kwesigijimi sengelosi yesithathu, ngoba bame ebuhlotsheni obuhlukile kunesithembiso. Kunalokho, kuhlobene kakhulu nokuvuka kofakazi ababili, kanye nokuthathwa kuka-Eliya ngesivunguvungu, njengoba ukunyakaza kweNgelosi yesine kungukunyakaza kuka-Eliya. Ekuhloleni lesi sihloko, asifuni ukusho okungaphezu kwalokho okwembulwe ngokucacile ngalolu daba noma ukuqagela ukuthi isipiliyoni sabantu abathile sizoba yini. Isikhathi sizokucacisa masinyane zonke izinto, kodwa kwanele ukuthi amavesi ame lapho ukuze akhuthaze labo okuphathelene nabo isithembiso—kulabo abafa ngaphansi komyalezo wengelosi yesithathu, nalabo abafa ngaphansi komyalezo weNgelosi yesine.

Ngokusobala kufanele kube yinkuthazo kulabo ababhekene nokufa ngaphansi komyalezo weNgelosi yesine ukwazi ukuthi bazoba noJehova maduze nje, kodwa lezi zinto sizichaza ukuze sikhuthaze abasasele emhlabeni, nabo. Ukuvuka nokwenyuka kwezithunywa zeNgelosi yesine kuzosebenza njengesiqiniseko sokuthi lelitestamente lalisebenza futhi liyasebenza, nokuthi bona, njengomfanekiso “womanduleli,” balunqobile uphawu lwesilo, njengoba nje ukuvuka kukaJesu kwafanekisela ukunqoba Kwakhe ithuna kanye nesiqiniseko sensindiso kanye novuko lwakamuva lwabo bonke abathembekile. Labo abeza kamuva bangaqiniseka ukuthi nabo bangasinqoba isilo nomfanekiso waso.

Kodwa futhi lisho okuthile mayelana nalabo abafa ngaphansi kwesigijimi sengelosi yesithathu, abayovuswa ovukweni olukhethekile. Izindaba zokunqoba kukaJesu ithuna zashunyayelwa abanye abavusiwe, kodwa abakhuphukanga ngokushesha. Ngokomlando, umbhalo ongenhla ku-Isaya 26 usetshenziswe kwabangcwele abaphuma emathuneni lapho uKristu evuka, kodwa Usifundise ukuthi unesicelo sesibili sovuko olukhethekile, njengoba sesichazile kakade. Umbuzo osalayo uthi: kufanele kwenzeke nini uvuko olukhethekile?

Kube nokuzamazama komhlaba okuyinqaba okwaphambukisa umfula kwavula amathuna amaningi lapha eParaguay ngoMeyi 25, 2017,^[18] isikhumbuzo sokufa kukaKristu. Lokho kungumfanekiso wokuvulwa kwamathuna ovuko olukhethekile okufanele lwenzeke mayelana nezinsuku eziyishumi zosizi ngemva konyaka ka-2018. Uma kwenzeka ngobusuku bangaphambi komkhosi wokubethelwa esiphambanweni, mhlawumbe singase sibe nethuba elifushane lokuhlangana futhi sikhuthazane sodwa ngaphambi kwezilingo zethu zokugcina, ngendlela uJesu aqiniswa ngayo ngaphambi komhlatshelo wengelosi yaseGetsemane ensimini Yakhe. Asiyazi yonke imininingwane ngokuqinisekile, kodwa imiBhalo ibonisa okungenani ukuthi uvuko olukhethekile lwalungase luhlotshaniswe nezinsuku eziyishumi zesonto laseSmirna zokuhlupheka nokufa.

Lokhu sekuxazulule imfihlakalo osekunesikhathi eside ikhona yokuthi obani abayizi-144,000—abangcwele abahlengiwe abayobe bengenasici phambi kukaNkulunkulu, abayobe bephila emhlabeni lapho uJesu ebuya. Ngenxa yezikhala ezishiywe amaSeventh-day Adventist alesi sizukulwane, abalungileyo abafa benokholo ngaphansi komyalezo wengelosi yesithathu manje kufanele bavuswe ukuze bagcwalise izinhlu zebutho likaNkulunkulu. ImiBhalo noma uMoya Wesiprofetho awusho ukuthi i-144,000 izosho ungalokothi banambitha ukufa, kodwa nje ukuthi bayobe bephila emhlabeni lapho uJesu efika. Bangaba “ngcwele abaphilayo” ngesikhathi sokuza Kwakhe. Eqinisweni, uMoya wesiprofetho unikeza izibonelo ezicacile zabanye abantu ababefele ukholo lwesigijimi sengelosi yesithathu, nokho babezoma “nabayizi-144,000,” njengo-Ellen G. White ngokwakhe.

Lokhu kuphinde kuxazulule imfihlakalo mayelana nenjongo yovuko olukhethekile, okuyinto ngisho neNdlu Emhlophe engenayo impendulo eqinile, kuphela ukuqagela ukuthi kungani.^[19] Kodwa manje seniyakuqonda ukuthi u-Eliya wokugcina uphendulela kanjani inhliziyo yawoyise kubantwana, nezinhliziyo zabantwana koyise—noma zingasekho izinhliziyo ezithambileyo. Kungovuko olukhethekile. Izimo ezibuhlungu zidinga ukuthi ukwethembeka kobaba abangamavulandlela kuboniswe kulesi sizukulwane, futhi abantwana abazalwa yile nhlangano kufanele kube yilabo abaye bahamba okholweni lwaleso sizukulwane. Labo kuzoba yibo kuphela abayofaneleka futhi bakwazi ukuthola leli fa futhi banikeze lezi zimpahla esidingweni samanje.

Ukuvala lesi sigaba sokuqala, ake sifingqe izimfuneko zokufaneleka futhi. Ngokuyisisekelo, wonke umuntu uzowela kwesinye sezigaba ezilandelayo:

• Abalungile phakathi kwalabo abayovuswa ovukweni olukhethekile (okungukuthi labo abafa ngaphansi komyalezo wengelosi yesithathu) bayafaneleka, futhi bayohlanganisa iningi lezindlalifa ezisaphila zaleli fa.

• Labo abakholwayo futhi abaqhubeka bephila ngokwethembeka ngaphansi kwesigijimi seNgelosi yesine nabo bangaba yizindlalifa ezifanele, ngisho noma babengekho phakathi kovuko olukhethekile.

• Labo abakholwayo futhi bafe (njengabafel’ ukholo noma ngokwethembeka) ngaphansi komlayezo weNgelosi yesine bayakufanelekela ukuhlinzekwa kwaleli fa inqobo nje uma besaphila.

• Bonke abanye abafanelekile.

• IBandla lamaSeventh-day Adventist kanye nalabo abenqabayo ukulishiya bachithwa ngokusobala, ngomyalo kaNkulunkulu.

Konke ukuphenduka (okusebenza kulabo abangeyona ingxenye yovuko olukhethekile) kufanele kwenziwe ngokushesha, ngaphambi kuka-June 3, 2018. Labo uNkulunkulu abalahlile, asebevele badabukisa uMoya oNgcwele, (okungukuthi iBandla lamaSeventh-day Adventist kanye nalabo abenqabayo ukulishiya, isinagoge likaSathane) bachithwa ngokuqondile yileli sivumelwano.

Siyethemba ukuthi lesi sigaba sokuqala setestamente sinikeze labo abathintekayo iseluleko sokuqala abasidingayo njengoba bebhekene neSigigaba Sempilo yabo, futhi senze wacaca umthwalo wendlalifa wokuhlonipha uNkulunkulu phakathi kwezimo ezibuhlungu zesimo esikhona maqondana impikiswano enkulu. Lesi sigaba sokuqala sethule isihloko, sachaza izimo, senza umfundi azi ngefa, sihlonze abanini befa, sahlukanisa izindlalifa, futhi sanikeza isiqondiso sokuqala mayelana nomsebenzi wokugcina kaNkulunkulu emhlabeni.

Labo abanentshisekelo kulelifa kufanele baqhubeke njalo Isigaba 2 lapho isivumelwano sizochazwa ngokuningiliziwe.