Umnyango wendlu engcwele

695 umnyango wendlu engcweleUJesu walenga esiphambanweni. Wathwala zonke izono zabantu ukuze enze inhlawulo yalokhu. Ngaphambi nje kokufa kwakhe wathi kuYise osezulwini: “Baba, ezandleni zakho ngiyawubeka umoya wami! (Luka 23,46 Eberfeld Bible). Ngemva kokuba umkhonto wesosha ugwaze ohlangothini lukaJesu, wakhala kakhulu wafa.

Ngaleso sikhathi, isihenqo sethempeli esasihlukanisa iNdawo Engcwele kwezinye izingxenye zethempeli sadabuka. Lesi sihenqo savala indlela eya eNgcwelengcwele. Leli qiniso lifanekisela ukuthi uNkulunkulu wabakhipha abantu endaweni engcwele ngenxa yesono. Kanye kuphela ngonyaka, ngoSuku Lokubuyisana, lapho umPristi Ophakeme wayekwazi ukungena eNgcwelengcwele. Ngemva kwalokho wenza ukubuyisana ngezono zakhe nezabantu ngegazi lezilwane zomhlatshelo ezihlanzekile.

Abapristi kuphela ababengena endaweni engcwele. Izingxenye ezinqunyelwe zegceke elingaphambili negceke zazihloselwe abantu abangamaJuda nabeZizwe. Ngokwesazi-mlando uFlavius ​​​​Josephus, ikhethini lalicishe libe ngamasentimitha angu-10 ubukhulu namamitha angu-18 ukuphakama futhi lalingenakunyakaziswa ngenxa yesisindo salo. Lapho uJesu efa, yadabuka kabili kusukela phezulu kuya phansi.

Ithini le ndaba emayelana nekhethini elidabukile elizama ukusitshela?
Ngokufa kwakhe, uJesu wavula indlela yethu yokungena engenamingcele endlini engcwele kaNkulunkulu. Ngokunikela ngokuphila kwakhe nangokuchitha igazi lakhe, wazuza ukuthethelelwa kwazo zonke izono futhi wasibuyisela kuBaba. Indlela eya endlini engcwele - kuNkulunkulu - manje isitholakala mahhala kubo bonke abantu abakholwa kuJesu kanye nomsebenzi wakhe wensindiso.

UNkulunkulu uphumile ethempelini elenziwe abantu futhi akasoze abuyela lapho. Isivumelwano esidala nesimiso saso senkolo sesiphelile, sivula indlela yesivumelwano esisha. Ithempeli kanye nenkonzo yompristi ophakeme kwakuyisithunzi nje salokho okuzayo. Konke kwakukhomba kuJesu. Ungumqalisi nomphelelisi wokukholwa. Lokhu kuboniswa nguJesu, owangena eNgcwelengcwele ngokufa kwakhe njengomPristi Ophakeme ophelele. Ngalokho wafeza ukuphenduka okuphelele ngenxa yethu.
Singazuza kakhulu ekungeneni kukaJesu endlini engcwele. Ngaye futhi sithola ukungena mahhala endlini engcwele ayivula ngokufa kwakhe. UJesu uyindlela entsha nephilayo. Yena ngokwakhe umelela iveli elidabukile, adiliza ngalo umgoqo phakathi kukaNkulunkulu nesintu. Manje singabhekana noNkulunkulu ngokuqiniseka. Simbonga ngokusuka ekujuleni kwezinhliziyo zethu ngothando lwakhe olungenakulinganiswa.

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