Siyamazi yini uNkulunkulu?

 

Siyamazi yini uNkulunkulu?

 

Encwadini ka-Eksodusi, sibona indaba yama-Israyeli ebaleka eGibhithe ngaphansi kokuqondisa kukaMose. Lapho abantu bebona izinhlupho eziyishumi eGibhithe, baqaphela ukuthi uNkulunkulu uyabavikela futhi uyabaqondisa, futhi bathembela kuNkulunkulu. Futhi lapho bebona ukuhlukana koLwandle Olubomvu, kumelwe ukuba bashaqeka ngempela futhi bashukunyiswa amandla kaNkulunkulu. UMose wahola ama-Israyeli eNtabeni iSinayi ukuze athole izibhebhe zamatshe zeMithetho Eyishumi kuNkulunkulu. Nokho, lapho izinsuku ezingamashumi amane zidlula ngaphandle kwezindaba, baqala ukukhathazeka.

 

Akekho kuma-Israyeli owake wabona uNkulunkulu, futhi ayekholelwa kuNkulunkulu kuphela ngoMose futhi ayengamazi ngisho noNkulunkulu ayekholelwa kuye. Ngakho, abakudala ngomfanekiso kaNkulunkulu kwakuyisithombe segolide esimise okwethole. Ama-Israyeli awazange adale futhi akhulekele izithixo ngaphandle kukaNkulunkulu, kodwa akhonza ithole legolide, ecabanga ukuthi uNkulunkulu. Lokhu kungenxa yokuthi babefuna uNkulunkulu obonakala enesimo kunoNkulunkulu ongabonakali.

 

Emasontweni amaningi namuhla, abefundisi bakhuluma ngesidingo sokuhlangana noNkulunkulu. Nakuba bengakaze bambone uNkulunkulu, asazi ukuthi amakholwa angahlangana kanjani noNkulunkulu. Abefundisi bayabuza, sewake wahlangana noNkulunkulu? Kuyihlaya kangakanani lokho? Cishe abakaze bahlangane noNkulunkulu, kodwa baphoqelela abanye ukuba benze kanjalo. Kulombuzo, kufanele sibuyele emuva futhi sicabange ngaphambi koFuduko.

 

UMose wake waba yinkosana yaseGibhithe, kodwa ngemva kokubulala isosha laseGibhithe, waba umbaleki futhi wabalekela kwaMidiyani, lapho ahlala khona njengomalusi iminyaka ecishe ibe ngamashumi amane. Nokho, ngolunye usuku wabona umlilo ongacimi esihlahleni futhi wezwa izwi likaNkulunkulu. UNkulunkulu wathi: UNkulunkulu wakuzwa ukukhala kwama-Israyeli ebugqilini baseGibhithe, futhi Wakhumbula isivumelwano Sakhe no-Abrahama, u-Isaka, noJakobe, futhi kufanele abakhiphe eGibhithe, futhi uMose uzoba umholi wabo.

 

UMose wacabanga ukuthi lo nguNkulunkulu ngezwi alizwa elangabini, kodwa akakholwanga futhi wacela ukubona izibonakaliso ezimbili. Isibonakaliso sokuqala kwaba ukuthi udondolo lwaphenduka inyoka, kwase kuvela uchoko ezandleni zakhe. Isibonakaliso sesibili kwaba ukuthi inyoka yaguqulwa yaba udondolo futhi isandla esinochoko sabuyela esimweni esijwayelekile.

 

Ngezibonakaliso ezimbili, uMose wakholwa ukuthi lowo okhuluma elangabini nguNkulunkulu, kodwa wayekhathazekile ngokuthi abantu bazokholwa yini ukuthi lowo ayehlangane naye nguNkulunkulu. Ngakho, uma abantu bengakholwa, thatha amanzi emfuleni iNayile uwathele phansi. Wathi amanzi oMfula iNayile ayeyophenduka igazi ezweni, futhi lapho abantu bekubona lokhu, bayokholwa.

 

UMose waya kubantu wabachazela ngokwenzekile kuze kube manje futhi wabancenga ukuthi uNkulunkulu uzobakhipha eGibhithe, kodwa abazange bamkholelwe uMose. Ekugcineni uNkulunkulu waletha izinhlupho eziyishumi eGibhithe, ngakho abantu bakholwa ukuthi uNkulunkulu unabo. Khona-ke, ngemva koFuduko, babona ukuhlukana kolwandle futhi bafinyelela eNtabeni yaseSinayi. Nokho, abantu abazange bambone uNkulunkulu, futhi bakholwa ukuthi uNkulunkulu wayenabo ngemva kokubona isimangaliso esabonakala ngoMose.

 

Le nkolelo ibhidlika ngokuphazima kweso. UNkulunkulu wathembisa ukuthi uma abantu bengena eKhanani, wayeyobanikeza izwe eligeleza ubisi noju. Nokho, abantu basikisela ukuthumela izinhloli eziyishumi nambili eKhanani ukuba ziyobahlola. Ngakho, uNkulunkulu uyakuvumela lokhu ngoMose, futhi izinhloli zingena ezweni laseKhanani. Kuthiwa izinhloli eziyishumi ezabuya ngemva kwezinsuku ezingu-40 zizofa uma zingena eKhanani. Babona ama-Anakjason lapho, ehlome ngezinqola zensimbi.

Izinhloli ezimbili kuphela, uJoshuwa noKalebi, ezabika kuMose, "Uma abantu bengena eKhanani, uNkulunkulu uzobanika izwe lesithembiso." Nokho, kuthiwa wonke ama-Israyeli awakholwa amazwi ezinhloli eziyishumi futhi akhala kamunyu ubusuku bonke.

 

Ekugcineni uNkulunkulu wabenza bazulazula ehlane iminyaka engamashumi amane futhi wabenza bafa bonke. Abantu abasha kuphela abazalelwa ehlane, abantwana abangaphansi kweminyaka engu-19 ubudala ngesikhathi soFuduko, noJoshuwa noKalebi bangena eKhanani. Phakathi kwama-Israyeli, kwakunamadoda angaba ngu-600 000, futhi ingqikithi yamadoda nabesifazane ihlangene kungenzeka yayiphindaphindeka kabili noma kathathu, kodwa lokhu kusho ukuthi akekho noyedwa kubantu abadala ngaleso sikhathi owangena eKhanani ngaphandle kukaJoshuwa noKalebi. Nakuba la madoda amabili ayengakaze ambone noma ahlangane noNkulunkulu, ayekholelwa emazwini kaMose kuphela. Abanye abazange basikholelwe isithembiso sikaNkulunkulu.

 

Emabandleni anamuhla, abefundisi bakhuluma kalula ngokuhlangana noNkulunkulu. Basho ngokungananazi ukuthi kumelwe sihlangane noNkulunkulu mathupha. Kusho ukuthini ukuba ngumuntu? Akufanele sikhulume ngokuhlangana noNkulunkulu kalula njengokuhlangana nabantu. Singasikhumbula isigcawu sokuhlangana noNkulunkulu endlini engcwele. Itende lokuhlangana lihlukaniswe libe yigceke lendlu engcwele nendawo engcwele. Yebo, wawungekho umehluko phakathi kweNdawo eNgcwele neNgcwelengcwele ngaphambi kokuba amadodana ka-Aroni amabili anikele ngemihlatshelo ngemililo ehlukahlukene, kodwa ngemva kwalokho, iNdawo eNgcwele neNgcwelengcwele kwahlukaniswa ngesihenqo.

 

Inhloso yabantu abangena egcekeni lendlu engcwele kwakuwukuthola intethelelo yezono zabo kuNkulunkulu. Ukuze izono zabo zithethelelwe, abantu baletha iwundlu noma omunye umhlatshelo, bahlabe umhlatshelo, badlulisele izono zabo esilwaneni, bese benikela ngegazi lesilwane kumpristi, yena ngemva kwalokho afafaze phezu kwe-altare futhi enze isiko lapho isoni izono zithethelelwe. wenza. Ngakho-ke, abantu abakwazanga ukungena endaweni engcwele, futhi ngabapristi kuphela abangena endaweni engcwele. Abantu abakwazi ukubona noma ukuhlangabezana noNkulunkulu. Umphristi omkhulu kuphela owayengena eNdaweni eNgcwelengcwele kanye ngomnyaka futhi ahlangane loNkulunkulu ukuze ahlawulele izono zabantu.

 

Labo abasebandleni lanamuhla abacabanga ukuthi kufanele baphenduke ezonweni zabo futhi bathole intethelelo nsuku zonke abakwazi ukuhlangabezana noNkulunkulu ngokuqondile. Lawa angalawo asegcekeni lendlu engcwele. Ngakho, badinga igazi likaJesu njengoba nje bebulala izilwane zomhlatshelo futhi banike umpristi igazi. Abakakhululwa esonweni, futhi bafuna ukufa kukaJesu esiphambanweni nsuku zonke. Abahlangene noJesu owafela esiphambanweni, badinga igazi likaJesu kuphela. Bangahlangana kanjani noNkulunkulu?

 

Njengoba nje ama-Israyeli abona izinhlupho eziyishumi ngesikhathi soFuduko futhi abhekana nezimangaliso ezimangalisayo njengokuhlukana koLwandle Olubomvu nokuphenduka kwamanzi ababayo abe amanzi amnandi ehlane, Ngisho nasemabandleni anamuhla, kungase kube khona amakholwa abe nokuhlangenwe nakho okungaqondakali futhi okungaqondakali. baziqhayisa ngokuthi baye bahlangana noNkulunkulu ngokusekelwe kulokho okuhlangenwe nakho. Nokho, lokhu kwakungekona ukuhlangana noNkulunkulu, kodwa kwakuwubufakazi obufushane nje bamandla kaNkulunkulu. Izoni azisoze zahlangana noNkulunkulu.

 

Pho singahlangana kanjani noNkulunkulu? EBhayibhelini, kuthiwa abaNgcwele bangabapristi basebukhosini. Ongcwele kumele ahlukaniswe nekholwa elijoyine ibandla ukuze likholwe kuJesu. Ikholwa lingaba ngcwele ngokuphazima kweso, kodwa lokho akulula. Ongcwele ophenduka umphristi wasebukhosini kanye nekholwa elivuma izono nsuku zonke elidinga igazi likaJesu bangabantu ababili abahlukene. Abangcwele yilabo abangena endlini engcwele njengabapristi bobukhosi, kodwa amakholwa akholelwa ukuthi izono zabo kufanele zithethelelwe nsuku zonke yilabo abasegcekeni lendlu engcwele.

 

Ukuze abe Ngcwele eTestamenteni Elisha, amakholwa kufanele abhapathizwe. Ubhapathizo luhlanganisa ukubhapathizwa kwamanzi kanye nokubhapathizwa ngomlilo. Ubhapathizo alunikezi ilayisensi ngomkhosi. Ubhapathizo luyisiko lokukholelwa ukuthi umuntu ufile. Ubhapathizo lwamanzi luyisibonakaliso sokufela emanzini. Ngamanye amazwi, limelela ukufa esonweni. KumaHeberu, uFuduko lwamaIsrayeli eGibithe nokuwela uLwandle Olubomvu lubonakaliswa ngobhapathizo lwamanzi. Kusho ukufa emhlabeni (isono). Lokhu kuchazwe kahle kwabaseRoma 6:3-7. Kuvezwa ukuthi ikhehla selishonile. Umuntu omdala umelela umuntu wokuqala, u-Adamu, owafika emhlabeni enomzimba wesono.

 

Kuyini ukubhabhadiswa komlilo? Kufana nesiko lokushintsha izingubo. Ikholwa likhumula izingubo zalo zangaphambili ligqoke izingubo ezintsha. Izingubo zangaphambilini zivezwa njengomzimba wenyama. Izingubo ezintsha zibizwa ngokuthi umzimba womoya. Lokhu kuchazwe kweyoku-1 Korinte isahluko 15. Umzimba womoya uyingubo kaKristu. Lokhu kuwukuvuka. Uvuko akusho ukuthi umzimba owatholwa kubazali ubuyela ekuphileni, kodwa ukuthi uwumuntu ozelwe ngomoya ovela ezulwini. Kuwukubonakaliswa kokuba yisidalwa somoya esisuka kumuntu onomphefumulo, nokubonakaliswa kokuba isidalwa esisha.

 

Ubhapathizo lomlilo luxhumene nobhapathizo lukaMoya oNgcwele ngoba lufezwa ngamandla kaMoya oNgcwele. Labo abamukele ubhapathizo lukaMoya oNgcwele bakholelwa ukuthi nakuba benomzimba, kodwa bavusiwe. Ngamanye amazwi, sebephenduke labo abaguqukile baba yizingubo zikaKristu. Izingubo zikaKristu zimelelwa njengezingubo ezigqokwa abapristi eTestamenteni Elidala. Ngamanye amazwi, yisikhathi sokuba umpristi wasebukhosini. Ukukholelwa kuJesu akumenzi umuntu abe umphristi wasebukhosini, kodwa umuntu okholelwa ukuthi wafa noJesu futhi wavuswa noKristu ngokubhapathizwa (ukubhapathizwa emanzini nangomlilo) uba umphristi wasebukhosini. Ngakho, ithempeli lakhiwa enhliziyweni yoNgcwele. Njengoba ithempeli lakhiwa, oNgcwele ubizwa ngokuthi isonto. Isonto akusona isakhiwo, oNgcwele yibandla.

 

UJesu wathi: “Phendukani, ngokuba umbuso wezulu ususondele.” Izulu nguJesu uqobo. Nokho, uJesu wafa esiphambanweni, wavuswa ngemva kwezinsuku ezintathu, wenyukela ezulwini ngemva kwezinsuku ezingu-40, futhi wathumela uMoya oNgcwele ngePhentekoste.

Lapha, amakholwa ayaphutha; azihlanganisi ukufika kukaMoya oNgcwele enhliziyweni yongcwele nokubuya kwesibili kukaJesu. Ukufika kukaMoya oNgcwele kusho ukubuya kwesibili kukaJesu. Ngaphambi kwesiphambano, uJesu watshela abafundi bakhe, “Ngizobuya masinyane.” Yilokho kanye okwenzeka ngosuku lwePhentekoste. Ngoba uKristu weza ethempelini elakhiwe ezinhliziyweni zabaNgcwele, abaNgcwele ababa ngabapristi kanye noKristu bahlangana ethempelini.

 

Lapho abantu besonto bekhuluma ngoZiqu-zintathu, bathi uNkulunkulu uBaba, uNkulunkulu iNdodana, noNkulunkulu uMoya oNgcwele. Nokho, amazwi anjalo awekho eBhayibhelini ngoba munye kuphela uNkulunkulu. Emehlweni abantu, munye kuphela osebenza njengoYise, iNdodana, noMoya oNgcwele. Ngakho uMoya oNgcwele owangena enhliziyweni yongcwele unguNkulunkulu noKristu. Ngakho iba yizulu. Izulu enhliziyweni liyaqiniswa.

 

Uyini umehluko phakathi kwezulu nombuso kaNkulunkulu? Izulu libizwa ngokuthi “He Basileia ton Uranon” (ἡ βασιλεία τῶν οὐρανῶν) ngesiGreki. Abafundisi abaningi bathi njengoba iZulu liwubuningi, kukhona amazulu amathathu; izulu lokuqala lingumkhathi, elesibili izulu nomhlaba, kanti elesithathu ngumbuso kaNkulunkulu. Umbhedo lo. Abefundisi bathi, “Kuyinhlamba kumaJuda ukusebenzisa igama elithi Nkulunkulu,” ngakho balibiza ngokuthi izulu. Inkulumo ethi izulu igxile eVangelini likaMathewu. Nokho, izulu, “He Basileia ton Uranon,” kusho umbuso kaNkulunkulu enhliziyweni. Ngamanye amazwi, ukubuya kwesibili kukaKristu kuba umbuso kaNkulunkulu obonakala ezinhliziyweni zabaNgcwele. Ukufa esiphambanweni noJesu, ukuvuka kanye noKristu, ukwakha ithempeli enhliziyweni, futhi ithempeli kuphela lapho uKristu ebuyela khona eliba umbuso kaNkulunkulu.

 

Singahlangana noNkulunkulu kalula? Siyabona ukuthi akulula ukuhlangana noNkulunkulu. Lokhu kusho ukuthi ukukholwa kuJesu akusho ukuthi uyohlangana noNkulunkulu ngaso leso sikhathi. Ukukholwa kuJesu kusho ukukholwa okholweni lukaJesu. Luyini ukholo lukaJesu? Kusho ukufa nokuvuka kwesiphambano. Kwabangcwele, ukufa kwesiphambano nokuvuka kutholakala kuphela ngokukholwa kuJesu. Lokhu ukukholwa okuvela ezulwini. Ngaphandle uma kuwukukholwa okuvela ezulwini, wonke umuntu usemthethweni. Lokhu kusho ukuthi baseyizoni egcekeni lendlu engcwele. Lokhu kuchazwe kahle kwabaseGalathiya 3:22-23.

 

Ukuze sihlangane noNkulunkulu, kufanele sife esonweni (ubhapathizo lwamanzi), sife emizimbeni yethu yenyama (sishintshe izingubo zethu), sizalwe singumzimba womoya (uvuko), futhi singene ekukholweni kukaKristu. Ukufa kufika kabili. Lokhu ubhapathizo lwamanzi nomlilo. KuGenesise 2:17, “Kepha umuthi wokwazi okuhle nokubi ungadli kuwo, ngokuba mhla udla kuwo uyakufa nokufa.” (kjv)IBhayibheli lesiNgisi lithi “.....uyakufa nokufa”.

(וּמֵעֵץ הַדַּעַת טֹוב וָרָע לֹא תֹאכַל מִמֶּנּוּ כִּי בְּיֹּיֹום אֲכָלְךָתָ מִמֶּנּוּ מִתְּתֹו ֥ות תָּמֽוּת).

תָּמֽוּת (ifomu eliyisisekelo i-Mut) מֹ֥ות (ifomu eliyisisekelo elithi Mut) "Mut" lisho ukufa. Ngenxa yokuthi lithi fa kabili, kwagcizelelwa enguqulweni yeBhayibheli lesiNgisi. Esikhundleni sokuthi kuthiwe "die die", kuguqulelwe kokuthi'impela kufa'.

Ngakho lokhu kuba ukufa kwesibili. Ukufa kokuqala kungukufa emanzini, ukufa kwesibili kungukufa emlilweni kaMoya oNgcwele. Khona-ke, uNkulunkulu wenza ukuba abafile kabili bazalwe ezulwini. KuJohane 3:5, “UJesu waphendula wathi: “Ngiqinisile, ngiqinisile, ngithi kuwe: Uma umuntu engazalwa ngamanzi nangoMoya, angengene embusweni kaNkulunkulu.”

 

Nakuba sithi siyakholelwa kuNkulunkulu, kumelwe sicabange kabusha ukuthi siyakholelwa yini kuJehova, uNkulunkulu weqiniso. Njengoba nje ama-Israyeli enza ithole legolide elibonakalayo alibiza ngokuthi uNkulunkulu phakathi noFuduko, kumelwe sihlole ngokujulile ukuthi amakholwa nawo ayakwenza yini lokhu. Kufanele sicabange ukuthi unguNkulunkulu ocabanga ngomfanekiso wethole legolide elibusisa umhlaba, noma ungubaba olindele indodana yolahleko.

 

UNkulunkulu uyeza kulabo abakhalayo. Bonke abantu emhlabeni kumelwe baliqaphele iqiniso lokuthi bayizidubedube ezishiye uNkulunkulu. Kusho ukuvaleleka emhlabeni. Babefile ngokomoya futhi bengamqondi ngisho nokumqonda uNkulunkulu. Njengomfanekiso womhlwanyeli, ayikho indlela yokuhlangana noNkulunkulu ngaphandle kokuba siphila ezweni futhi silwela ukuphila ngokomoya. UNkulunkulu wathi kuMose: "Uzwile ukukhala kwabantu bami kusukela ebugqilini babo kuFaro." Izwe libuswa uSathane, njengoFaro. Ngakho-ke, singahlangana noNkulunkulu kuphela uma siba ngabantu abazabalaza ngokomoya nabakhalayo. Lapho siqaphela ukuthi bonke abantu bangabantwana bolahleko abafanelwe ukufa kuNkulunkulu, singaphila ngokomoya.