Sigubha usuku lokwenyukela ezulwini

I-Ascension Day ayiwona omunye wemikhosi emikhulu ekhalendeni lamaKrestu njengoKhisimusi, uLwesihlanu Oluhle kanye nePhasika. Singase sikuthathe kancane ukubaluleka kwalo mcimbi. Ngemva kokuhlukumezeka kokubethelwa kanye nokunqoba kovuko, kubonakala kungokwesibili. Nokho, lokho kungaba iphutha. UJesu ovusiwe akagcinanga nje ngokuhlala izinsuku ezingu-40 wabe esebuyela endaweni ephephile yasezulwini, njengoba manje umsebenzi wawusuwenziwe emhlabeni. UJesu ovukile ukhona futhi uyohlala ehlala ekugcwaleni kwakhe njengomuntu noNkulunkulu ebambe iqhaza ngokugcwele njengommeli wethu (1. UThimothi 2,5; 1. UJohannes 2,1).

IzEnzo ZabaPhostoli 1,9-12 imibiko evela eKuphakameni kukaKristu. Ngemva kokunyukela kwakhe ezulwini, kwakukhona amadoda amabili ayegqoke izingubo ezimhlophe kanye nabafundi, athi: “Nimi lapho nibheka ezulwini na? Uyobuya futhi njengoba nje umbone enyukela ezulwini. Lokho kwenza izinto ezimbili zicace kakhulu. UJesu usezulwini futhi uzobuya.

Kwabase-Efesu 2,6 UPawulu uyabhala: “UNkulunkulu wasivusa kanye nathi, wasibeka ezulwini kuKristu Jesu. Sesizwile kaningi “kuKristu.” Lokhu kwenza kucace ukuthi singobani noKristu. Safa, sangcwatshwa futhi savuka kanye naye kuKristu; kanye naye ezulwini.”

Encwadini yakhe ethi The Message of Ephesians, uJohn Stott uyaphawula: “UPawulu akabhali ngoKristu, kodwa ngathi. UNkulunkulu wasisungula noKristu ezulwini. Ukuhlanganyela kwabantu bakaNkulunkulu noKristu yikho okubalulekile.”

KwabaseKolose 3,1-4 UPawulu ugcizelela leli qiniso:
“Nifile, nokuphila kwenu kufihliwe noKristu kuNkulunkulu. Kepha nxa uKristu ongukuphila kwenu esebonakaliswa, khona nani niyakubonakaliswa kanye naye enkazimulweni.” “KuKristu” kusho ukuphila emazweni amabili: owenyama nokamoya. Asikuqondi neze lokho manje, kodwa uPawulu uthi kungokoqobo. Lapho uKristu ebuya siyozwa ukugcwala kobuntu bethu obusha. UNkulunkulu akafuni ukusishiya kithi (Johane 14,18), kodwa ekuhlanganyeleni noKristu ufuna ukwabelana nathi ngakho konke.

UNkulunkulu usihlanganisile noKristu ngakho-ke singamukelwa ebudlelwaneni uKristu anabo noYise noMoya oNgcwele. KuKristu, iNdodana kaNkulunkulu kuze kube phakade, singabantwana abathandekayo ngentando yakhe enhle. Sigubha usuku lokwenyukela ezulwini. Lesi yisikhathi esihle sokukhumbula lezi zindaba ezinhle.

nguJoseph Tkach