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Ukusindiswa komhlaba wonke
Ngezinsuku lapho uJesu ezalwa eBhetlehema eminyakeni engaphezu kuka-2000 edlule, kwakunendoda eqotho okuthiwa uSimeyoni eyayihlala eJerusalema. UMoya oNgcwele wayembulele uSimeyoni ukuthi wayengeke afe engakamboni uKristu weNkosi. Ngelinye ilanga uMoya oNgcwele waholela uSimeyoni ethempelini - ngalo kanye usuku abazali beletha uMntwana uJesu ukuze agcwalise izimfuneko zeTorah. Kwathi uSimeyoni ebona umntwana, wamgona uJesu, wadumisa uNkulunkulu, wathi: Nkosi, uyiyeke ihambe inceku yakho ngokuthula njengokusho kwakho; ngoba amehlo ami abone uMsindisi wakho, owamlungisa phambi kwabantu bonke, ukukhanya kokukhanyisa abezizwe, lokudumisa abantu bakho uIsrayeli (Luk. 2,29-enye).
USimeyoni wadumisa uNkulunkulu ngalokho ababhali, abaFarisi, abapristi abakhulu nabafundisi bomthetho ababengakuqondi: UMesiya ka-Israyeli akazanga nje kuphela ukuze kusindiswe u-Israyeli, kodwa futhi nokusindiswa kwazo zonke izizwe zomhlaba. U-Isaya wayeprofethile lokhu esikhathini eside ngaphambili: “Akwanele ukuba ube yinceku yami ukuze uvuse izizwe zakwaJakobe futhi ubuyise u-Israyeli ohlakazekile, kodwa ngikwenzé ukukhanya kwabezizwe, ukuze ube ngowami. insindiso kuze kube semikhawulweni yomhlaba (Isaya 49,6). UNkulunkulu wabiza ama-Israyeli phakathi kwezizwe futhi wawahlukanisa ngesivumelwano njengabantu bakhe. Kodwa akazange nje amenzele; ekugcineni wakwenza ngenjongo yokusindisa abantu bonke. Lapho uJesu ezalwa, ingelosi yabonakala eqenjini labelusi ababeqapha imihlambi yabo ebusuku.
Inkazimulo yeNkosi yabakhanyisa nxazonke, ingelosi yathi:
Ungesabi! Bhekani, nginibikela izindaba ezinhle zokuthokoza okukhulu okuyakuba kubantu bonke; ngokuba nizalelwe namuhla uMsindisi, oyiNkosi uKristu, emzini kaDavide. Futhi lokho kuyisibonakaliso: uzothola ingane isongwe ngamanabukeni futhi ilele kumbhede. Masinyane kwaba khona kanye nengelosi uquqaba lwamabandla asezulwini, ludumisa uNkulunkulu, luthi: Udumo kuNkulunkulu kweliphezulu, nokuthula emhlabeni kubantu bentando yakhe (Lukasi) 2,10-enye).
Lapho echaza izinga lalokho uNkulunkulu akwenza ngoJesu Kristu, uPawulu wabhala: “Ngokuba kwamthokozisa uNkulunkulu ukuba kuye yonke inala, nokuthi ngaye abuyisele konke kuye, kungakhathaliseki ukuthi kusemhlabeni noma ezulwini, ngaye ukuthula. enziwe ngegazi lakhe esiphambanweni (Kolose 1,19-20). Njengoba nje uSimeyoni wababaza ngomntwana onguJesu ethempelini: “NgeNdodana kaNkulunkulu uqobo, insindiso isifikile emhlabeni wonke, kuzo zonke izoni, nakuzo zonke izitha zikaNkulunkulu.
UPawulu wabhalela ibandla laseRoma:
Ngokuba uKristu wasifela sisebuthakathaka; Cishe akukho muntu ofa ngenxa yomuntu olungileyo; ngenxa yobuhle angase abeke ukuphila kwakhe. Kodwa uNkulunkulu ubonakalisa uthando lwakhe kithi ngokuthi uKristu wasifela siseyizoni. kakhulu kangakanani thina esiyosindiswa olakeni ngaye, njengoba sesilungile ngegazi lakhe! Ngokuba uma senziwe sabuyisana noNkulunkulu ngokufa kweNdodana yakhe siseyizitha, kakhulu kangakanani siyakusindiswa ngokuphila kwayo, lokhu sesenziwe ukubuyisana (KwabaseRoma 5,6-10). Naphezu kokwehluleka kukaIsrayeli ukugcina isivumelwano uNkulunkulu asenza nabo, naphezu kwazo zonke izono zabezizwe, uNkulunkulu wafeza ngoJesu konke okwakudingeka ukuze kusindiswe umhlaba.
UJesu wayenguMesiya owayeprofethiwe, ummeleli ophelele wabantu besivumelwano, futhi kanjalo engukukhanya kwabeZizwe, Lowo kokubili uIsrayeli nabo bonke abantu abasindiswa ngaye esonweni futhi balethwa emkhayeni kaNkulunkulu. Kungakho uKhisimusi kuyisikhathi sokugubha isipho sikaNkulunkulu esikhulu kunazo zonke emhlabeni, isipho seNdodana yakhe ezelwe yodwa, iNkosi noMsindisi wethu uJesu Kristu.
nguJoseph Tkach
