5. Umkhumbi kaNowa
5. Umkhumbi kaNowa
UGenesise 6:14 Zenzele umkhumbi ngokhuni lwegofere; wowenza amakamelo emkhunjini, uwuphonse ngekolitayi ngaphakathi nangaphandle.’ Uzamcolo ufanekisela ukwahlulela kukaNkulunkulu. Lifanekisela ukufa ngenxa yesono. Ku-1 Petru 3:21, “Umfanekiso onjengawo umbhapathizo osusisindisa ngawo manje, (hhayi ukususa insila yenyama, kodwa impendulo kanembeza omuhle kuNkulunkulu,) ngokuvuka kukaJesu Kristu. Ubhapathizo lusho ukufa esiphambanweni noJesu. KwabaseRoma 6:3, “Anazi yini ukuthi sonke esabhapathizelwa kuKristu uJesu, sabhapathizelwa kukho ukufa kwakhe na?” Kusho ukuthi bonke abantu emhlabeni yilabo abaminza.
UNkulunkulu watshela uNowa ukuba akhe umkhumbi ngokhuni lwe-gopher. Ngakho-ke, igama lesiHeberu elithi gopher (גֹ֔פֶר) liba umkhumbi. 『Wokwenza amagumbi emkhunjini, uwugxumeke ngekolitayi ngaphakathi nangaphandle.』Ikolitayi lenziwa ngokuxuba itiyela esihlahleni se-gopher. 『Iphimbo lesihlahla se-gopher』 lifanekisela igazi likaJesu Kristu. KuGenesise 19:24, “UJehova wanisa isibabule nomlilo okuvela ezulwini, okuvela kuJehova, phezu kweSodoma neGomora.” Igama lesiHeberu elihunyushwe ngokuthi isulfure lapha lithi “Gophyrt” (pitch of the Gopher tree). Ingqikithi yomuthi we-gopher imelela igazi elachithwa uJesu Kristu ekufeni kwakhe okuhlawulela.
Ngakho-ke, ukuthi uNowa nomndeni wakhe bangena emkhunjini kusho ukuthi babhapathizwa emanzini futhi babhapathizwa emlilweni. Ikhehla (isono) selivele lafela emanzini, futhi umphefumulo (izingubo ezindala) ushiswe ngomlilo kaMoya oNgcwele. Futhi baba amadoda avusiwe njengezidalwa ezintsha. Ngakho-ke umkhumbi umelela ukufa kukaJesu esiphambanweni kanye nokuvuka kukaKristu. Labo abangena emkhunjini yilabo abafa noJesu ngomthetho, futhi labo abaphuma emkhunjini yilabo abavuswa kanye noKristu ngamandla kaMoya oNgcwele. Ngakho umkhumbi ufanekisela uJesu Kristu.
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