INdodana yoMuntu ephakanyisiwe

Ekhuluma noNikhodemu, uJesu wakhuluma ngokufana okuthakazelisayo phakathi kwenyoka naye ogwadule: “Njengoba uMose waphakamisa inyoka ehlane, kanjalo iNdodana yomuntu kumelwe iphakanyiswe, ukuze yilowo nalowo okholwa yiyo abe nokuphila okuphakade.” UJohane 3,14-enye).

Usho ukuthini uJesu ngalokho? UJesu uthatha indaba yeTestamente Elidala ngabantu bakwa-Israyeli. Ama-Israyeli ayesehlane futhi ayengakangeni ezweni lesethembiso. Baphelelwa isineke futhi bakhononda, “Abantu bakhathala endleleni bakhuluma kabi ngoNkulunkulu nangoMose, bathi: ‘Nasikhiphelani eGibithe ukuba sifele ehlane? Ngokuba akukho sinkwa namanzi lapha, futhi lokhu kudla okuncane kuyasenyanya.”4. UMose 21,4-enye).

Yayiyini incazelo yemana? “Bonke badle ukudla okufanayo okungokomoya, futhi bonke baphuze isiphuzo esifanayo sokomoya; ngoba babenatha edwaleni lomoya elalibalandela; kodwa idwala lalinguKristu” (1. AbaseKorinte 10,3-enye).

UJesu Kristu uyidwala, isiphuzo esingokomoya, futhi bekuyini ukudla okungokomoya abakudlile? Kwakuyimana, isinkwa, uNkulunkulu asiphonsa kulo lonke ikamu lakwa-Israyeli. Kwakuyini? UJesu ufanekisela imana, uyisinkwa sangempela esivela ezulwini. Ama-Israyeli ayedelela isinkwa sasezulwini, futhi kwenzekani?

Kwafika izilwane ezihuquzelayo ezinoshevu zabaluma, kwafa abaningi. UNkulunkulu wayala uMose ukuba enze inyoka yethusi futhi ayibeke esigxotsheni. + Ngakho uMose wenza inyoka yethusi wayiphakamisa. Futhi uma inyoka iluma umuntu, wayebheka inyoka yethusi futhi aphile."4. UMose 21,9).

Ama-Israyeli ayengabongi futhi engaboni ukuthi uNkulunkulu ubenzelani. Babekhohliwe ukuthi wayebasindise ebugqilini baseGibhithe ngezinhlupho eziyisimangaliso futhi wabanikeza ukudla.
Ukuphela kwethemba esinalo elungiselelweni elivela kuNkulunkulu, hhayi kokuthile esikwenzayo kepha kulowo ophakanyiswe esiphambanweni. Igama elithi "uphakanyisiwe" liyinkulumo yokubethelwa kukaJesu esiphambanweni futhi ukuphela kwekhambi lesimo sabo bonke abantu kanye nabantu bakwa-Israyeli abangenelisekile.

Inyoka yethusi yayimane iwuphawu olwenza ukwelashwa ngokwenyama kwenzeke kwamanye ama-Israyeli futhi yakhomba kuLowo wokugcina, uJesu Kristu, onikeza ukuphulukiswa okungokomoya kuso sonke isintu. Ukuphela kwethemba lethu lokuphunyuka ekufeni kuxhomeke ekunakekeleni le nkazimulo eyenziwe nguNkulunkulu. Kumele sibheke futhi sikholwe eNdodaneni yoMuntu, ephakanyisiwe, uma sifuna ukusindiswa ekufeni futhi sinikezwe impilo yaphakade. Lona ngumyalezo wevangeli olotshwe endabeni yokuzulazula kuka-Israyeli ehlane.

Uma wena, mfundi othandekayo, ulunywe yinyoka, bheka iNdodana kaNkulunkulu eyaphakanyiswa esiphambanweni, kholwa kuyo, lapho-ke uzothola ukuphila okuphakade.

nguBarry Robinson