Indalo entsha

UNkulunkulu walungisa ikhaya lethu: «Ekuqaleni uNkulunkulu wadala izulu nomhlaba. Umhlaba wawuyihlane, ungenalutho, nobumnyama buphezu kotwa; futhi uMoya kaNkulunkulu wehla phezu kwamanzi (1. mose 1,1-enye).

Lapho uNkulunkulu uMdali esebenza, wadala u-Adamu no-Eva wabaletha ensimini enhle yase-Edene. USathane wayenga laba bantu bokuqala futhi bawela esilingweni sakhe. UNkulunkulu wabaxosha ePharadesi lapho baqala khona ukubusa umhlaba ngendlela yabo.

Njengoba sazi, lokhu kuzama kokwenza zonke izinto ngokuthanda komuntu kudale izindleko ezinkulu kithi sonke, ekudalweni nakuNkulunkulu. Ukubuyisela ukuhleleka kukaNkulunkulu, uNkulunkulu wathumela iNdodana yakhe uJesu emhlabeni wethu omnyama.

“Kwathi ngesikhathi uJesu efika evela eNazaretha laseGalile, ebhapathizwa nguJohane eJordani. Kwathi masinyane, ephuma emanzini, wabona izulu livuleka, nomoya wehlela phezu kwakhe njengejuba. Kwase kuvela izwi ezulwini, lithi: Wena uyindodana yami ethandekayo, engithokozile ngawe.” (Marku 1,9-enye).

Kwathi lapho uJesu efika kuJohane ezobhapathizwa, kwakufana nokukhala kwecilongo elimemezela u-Adamu wesibili, uJesu, nokuza kwesidalwa esisha. Ngokusekelwe ekuqaleni komhlaba njengoba uku 1. Kuchazwa uMose, uJesu wehlela emhlabeni ukuze ambozwe ngamanzi. Lapho evuka emanzini (ubhapathizo), uMoya oNgcwele wehlela phezu kwakhe njengejuba. Lesi isikhumbuzo sesikhathi lapho endinda phezu kokujula kwamanzi futhi ekupheleni kukazamcolo ijuba labuyisela igatsha lomnqumo oluhlaza kuNowa futhi lamemezela izwe elisha. UNkulunkulu wathi indalo yakhe yokuqala iyinhle, kodwa isono sethu sayonakalisa.

Ekubhapathizweni kukaJesu, izwi elilodwa livela ezulwini lamemezela amazwi kaNkulunkulu futhi lafakaza kuJesu njengeNdodana yakhe. Ubaba wakwenza kwacaca ukuthi wayemthanda uJesu. Nguye owenqaba ngokuphelele uSathane futhi wenza intando kaBaba ngaphandle kokukhazimula ngezindleko. Wamethemba kuze kube sekufeni esiphambanweni futhi kuze kudaleke okwesibili nombuso kaNkulunkulu, ngokwesithembiso, kuzogcwaliseka. Masinyane ngemuva kokubhabhadiswa kwakhe, uJesu waholwa nguMoya oNgcwele ukuyobhekana nosathane ehlane. Ngokuphambene no-Adamu no-Eva, uJesu wanqoba inkosana yaleli zwe.

Ukudalwa kwesikhashana kububula futhi kunethemba lokufika okugcwele kwendalo entsha. UNkulunkulu empeleni uyasebenza. Ukubusa kwakhe sekuvele kufike emhlabeni wethu ngokuzalwa, ukufa nokuvuka kukaJesu. Ngaphakathi nakuJesu usuvele uyingxenye yalesi sidalwa esisha futhi uzohlala unjalo kuze kube phakade!

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