Uzobuya nini uJesu?

Uyafisa ukuthi uJesu abuye masinyane? Ithemba lokuphela kosizi nobubi esibubona esisizungezile nokuthi uNkulunkulu uyoletha isikhathi njengoba nje u-Isaya aprofetha: “Akuyikuba-khona ububi noma okubi entabeni yami yonke engcwele; ngokuba izwe ligcwele ukwazi uJehova njengamanzi asibekela ulwandle na? (Isaya 11,9).

Ababhali beTestamente Elisha baphila ngokulindela ukubuya kwesibili kukaJesu ukuze abakhulule esikhathini esibi samanje: «uJesu Kristu owazinikela ngenxa yezono zethu, ukuze asisindise kuleli zwe elibi lamanje ngokukaNkulunkulu. intando kaNkulunkulu uBaba wethu” (Galathiya 1,4). Banxusa amaKristu ukuba azilungiselele ngokomoya futhi aqaphe ngokuziphatha, azi ukuthi usuku lweNkosi lufika ngokungalindelekile nangaphandle kwesixwayiso: “Nazi kahle ukuthi usuku lweNkosi luza njengesela ebusuku.”1. Thes 5,2).

Ngesikhathi sikaJesu, njenganamuhla, abantu babelangazelela ukubona ukuthi ukuphela kuyofika nini, ukuze bazilungiselele: “Sitshele ukuthi lokhu kuzokwenzeka nini? Futhi siyoba yini isibonakaliso sokufika kwakho nesokuphela kwezwe na?” (Mathewu 24,3). Amakholwa abe nombuzo ofanayo kusukela lapho, siyokwazi kanjani ukuthi iNkosi yethu izobuya nini? Ingabe uJesu wathi kufanele sibheke izibonakaliso zezikhathi? UJesu uveza esinye isidingo sokuhlala silungile futhi siqaphile kungakhathaliseki ukuthi iziphi izikhathi zomlando.

UJesu uphendula athini?

'Impendulo kaJesu embuzweni wabafundi' iveza izithombe zabagibeli bamahhashi abane be-Apocalypse (bheka isAmbulo 6,1-8), okuye kwasusa umcabango wababhali besiprofetho amakhulu eminyaka. Inkolo yamanga, impi, indlala, isifo esibulalayo noma ukuzamazama komhlaba: “Ngokuba abaningi bayakuza ngaphansi kwegama lami, bathi: Mina nginguKristu, badukise abaningi. Niyakuzwa ngezimpi nokukhala; qaphelani ningesabi. Ngoba kufanele kwenziwe. Kodwa akukabi isiphetho. Ngokuba esinye isizwe siyakuvukela esinye, nombuso uvukele omunye; futhi kuyoba khona indlala nokuzamazama komhlaba lapha nalaphaya” ( Mathewu 24,5-enye).

Abanye bathi lapho sibona impi, indlala, izifo, nokuzamazama komhlaba kwanda, ukuphela kuseduze. Bekhuthazwe ngumqondo wokuthi izinto zizoba zimbi impela ngaphambi kokubuya kukaKristu, labo abakholelwa ekutheni uNkulunkulu ukhona, ngentshiseko yabo ngeqiniso, bazamile ukuqinisa izitatimende zesikhathi sokuphela ezisencwadini yeSambulo.

Kodwa wathini uJesu? Esikhundleni salokho, likhuluma ngesimo esiqhubekayo sesintu emlandweni weminyaka eyi-2000 edlule. Kube khona futhi kuhlala kukhona abakhohlisi abaningi aze abuye. Kube nezimpi, indlala, izinhlekelele zemvelo nokuzamazama komhlaba ezindaweni ezahlukene. Ngabe sikhona isizukulwane kusukela ngesikhathi sikaJesu esisindisiwe kule micimbi? Lawa mazwi kaJesu ayisiprofetho agcwaliseka kuyo yonke inkathi yomlando.

Nokho abantu babheka ezenzakalweni zezwe njengoba kwakunjalo esikhathini esidlule. Abanye bathi isiprofetho siyembuleka futhi ukuphela kuseduze. UJesu wathi: “Niyakuzwa ngezimpi nokukhala; qaphelani ningesabi. Ngoba kufanele kwenziwe. Kodwa ukuphela akukakakabi” (Mathewu 24,6).

Ungesabi

Ngeshwa, isimo esivusa amadlingozi sesikhathi sokugcina sishunyayelwa kuthelevishini, emsakazweni, kwi-Intanethi nakumamagazini. Kuvame ukusetshenziselwa ukushumayela ukwenza abantu bakholelwe kuJesu Kristu. UJesu ngokwakhe waletha izindaba ezinhle ngokuyinhloko ngothando, umusa, isihe nokubekezela. Bheka izibonelo emavangelini bese uzibonela.

UPawulu uyachaza: “Noma ingabe udelela ingcebo yobuhle bakhe, ukubekezela nokubekezela? Awazi yini ukuthi umusa kaNkulunkulu ukuholela ekuphendukeni na?" (AmaRoma 2,4). Ubuhle bukaNkulunkulu bubonakaliswa ngathi kwabanye, hhayi ukwesaba okuletha abantu kuJesu.

UJesu wabonisa isidingo sokuqiniseka ukuthi sikulungele ngokomoya ukubuya kwakhe noma nini lapho efika. UJesu wathi: “Kodwa yazini ukuthi ukube umninindlu ebesazi isikhathi isela elizakufika ngaso, ubengayikuvuma ukuthi indlu yakhe igqekezwe. Ingabe nawe usulungile! Ngokuba iNdodana yomuntu iza ngehora eningalicabangiyo.”— Luka 12,39-enye).

Yilokho ayegxile kukho. Lokhu kubaluleke kakhulu kunokuzama ukukhomba into engaphezu kolwazi lomuntu. “Kepha lolo suku nalelo hora akakho owaziyo ngalo, nazingelosi ezulwini, neNdodana, kodwa uBaba kuphela” (Mathewu 2)4,36).

Zilungiselele

Abanye abantu bagxila ekufuneni ukwazi kangcono kunezingelosi kunokuba balungiselele ngokufanelekile ukuza kukaJesu. Siyazilungiselela uma sivumela uJesu ukuba aphile ngathi nakithi, njengoba nje noYise ephila ngaye nangaye: “Ngalolo suku niyakwazi ukuthi ngikuBaba, nani nikimi, nami kini.” Johane 14,20).

Ukuze agcizelele leli phuzu kubafundi Bakhe, uJesu wasebenzisa imifanekiso nezifaniso ezihlukahlukene. Ngokwesibonelo: “Ngokuba njengoba kwenzeka emihleni kaNowa, kuyakuba njalo ekufikeni kweNdodana yomuntu” ( Mathewu 2:4,37). Ngesikhathi sikaNowa kwakungekho sibonakaliso senhlekelele eyayisondela. Awekho amahemuhemu ezimpi, indlala nezifo. Awekho amafu asongelayo emkhathizwe, imvula enamandla engazelele. Ukuchuma okunokuthula nokuwohloka kokuziphatha kwakubonakala kuhambisana. “Abakunakanga kwaze kwafika uzamcolo, wabakhukhula bonke, kuyakuba-njalo nasekufikeni kweNdodana yomuntu” (Mathewu 2)4,39).

Yini okufanele siyifunde esibonelweni sikaNowa? Ukubheka amaphethini sezulu futhi ufuna noma yiziphi izimpawu ezingase zisitshele ngosuku izingelosi ezingazazi? Cha, kunalokho kusikhumbuza ukuba siqaphele futhi sikhathazeke ukuze singasindwa ukwesaba kwethu ekuphileni: “Kepha qaphelani ukuba izinhliziyo zenu zingasindwa ukudakwa nokudakwa nokunaka kwemihla ngemihla nokuthi lolu suku lungapheli ngokuzumayo. iza kini njengogibe” (Luka 21,34).

Vumela uMoya oNgcwele ukuqondise. Yiba nesandla esivulekile, wamukele izihambi, vakashela abagulayo, uvumele uJesu asebenze ngawe ukuze omakhelwane bakho babone uthando lwakhe! “Pho, iyiphi inceku ethembekileyo nehlakaniphileyo iNkosi eyimisile phezu kwezinceku zayo ukuba izinike ukudla ngesikhathi esifanele? Ibusisiwe inceku inkosi yayo eyibonayo lapho ifika” (Mathewu 25,45-enye).

Siyazi ukuthi uKristu uphila kithi (KwabaseGalathiya 2,20) ukuthi umbuso wakhe usuqalile kithi nasebandleni lakhe, ukuthi kukhona ukumenyezelwa kwezindaba ezinhle okufanele kwenziwe manje noma kuphi lapho sihlala khona. “Ngokuba sisindisiwe ethembeni. Kepha ithemba elibonwayo alisilo ithemba; ngoba lingethemba njani elikubonayo? Kodwa uma sithemba lokho esingakuboniyo, sikulinda ngokubekezela.” 8,24-25). Silinde ngesineke ngethemba lokubuya kweNkosi yethu.

“Kodwa akusikho ukuthi iNkosi ilibazisa ukubuya kwayo okuthenjisiwe, njengoba abanye bekholelwa. Cha, ulindile ngoba uyasibekezelela. Ngoba akafuni kulahleke ngisho noyedwa oyedwa, kodwa ukuthi bonke baphenduke (baphenduke, bashintshe indlela yabo yokuphila) futhi baphendukele kuye »2. UPetrus 3,9).

Umphostoli uPetru uyala indlela okufanele siziphathe ngayo okwamanje: “Ngakho-ke, bathandekayo, nisalindile, zama ukuba nifunyanwe ningenasici phambi kwakhe ningenasici ngokuthula.”2. UPetrus 3,14).

Uzobuya nini uJesu? Usevele uhlala kuwe ngoMoya oNgcwele uma wamukele uJesu njengoMsindisi noMhlengi wakho. Lapho ezobuya kulo mhlaba ngamandla nenkazimulo, ngisho nezingelosi azazi, nathi asazi. Kunalokho, ake sigxile ekutheni singenza kanjani uthando lukaNkulunkulu, oluhlala kithi ngoJesu Kristu, lubonakale kubantu esikanye nabo futhi silinde ngokubekezela aze abuye uJesu!

nguJames Henderson