Ngabe ulinde ifulethi lakho lasezulwini?

Izingoma ezimbili zevangeli zakudala ezaziwayo zithi: "Indlu engahlali muntu ingilindile" futhi "Impahla yami ingemuva kwentaba". Lezi zosha zisekelwe emazwini kaJesu: “Ekhaya likaBaba kukhona izindawo zokuhlala eziningi. Ukube bekungenjalo, bengiyothi kini, ‘Ngiya ukunilungisela indawo?’” ( Johane 14,2). La mavesi avame ukucashunwa emingcwabeni ngoba athembisa ukuthi uJesu uyolungiselela umvuzo wabantu bakaNkulunkulu ezulwini ngemva kokufa. Kodwa ingabe yilokho uJesu ayefuna ukukusho? Kungaba okungalungile uma sizama ukuhlobanisa wonke amazwi eNkosi yethu ezimpilweni zethu, ngaphandle kokucabangela lokho eyayifuna ukukusho kulabo okwakukhulunywa nabo ngaleso sikhathi.

Ngobusuku bangaphambi kokufa kwakhe, uJesu wayehlezi nabafundi bakhe endaweni ebizwa ngokuthi iGumbi Eliphezulu. Abafundi bamangala ngabakubona nabakuzwayo. UJesu wageza izinyawo zabo, wamemezela ukuthi kwakukhona imbuka phakathi kwabo, futhi wathi uPetru wayengeke nje amkhaphele kanye kodwa kathathu. Ungacabanga ukuthi baphendula bathini? “Lona angeke abe uMesiya. Ukhuluma ngokuhlupheka, ukukhashelwa nokufa. Nokho besicabanga ukuthi ungumanduleli wombuso omusha nokuthi sizobusa naye!” Ukudideka, ukuphelelwa ithemba, ukwesaba – imizwa sonke esiyijwayele kakhulu. amathemba ajabhile. Futhi uJesu wakuphikisa konke lokhu: “Ningakhathazeki! Ngithembe!” Wayefuna ukuphakamisa ngokomoya abafundi bakhe ebusweni besimo esisabekayo esasiza futhi waqhubeka: “Ekhaya likaBaba kukhona izindlu eziningi zokuhlala”.

Kodwa la mazwi athini kubafundi? Igama elithi "indlu kababa" - njengoba lisetshenziswe emavangelini - libhekisela ethempelini laseJerusalema (Luka 2,49, uJohane 2,16). Ithempeli lalithathe indawo yetabernakele, itende elithwalekayo elalisetshenziswa ama-Israyeli ekukhulekeleni uNkulunkulu. Ngaphakathi kwetabernakele (kusukela kwelesiLatini itabernaculum = itende, iqhugwane) kwakukhona ikamelo elihlukaniswe yisihenqo esiwugqinsi esasibizwa ngokuthi ingcwele kangcwele. Leli kwakuyikhaya likaNkulunkulu (“itabernakele” ngesiHeberu lisho “mishkan” = “indawo yokuhlala” noma “indawo yokuhlala”) phakathi kwabantu bakhe. Kanye ngonyaka kwakugcinelwe umpristi omkhulu yedwa ukungena kuleli gumbi ukuze azi ngobukhona bukaNkulunkulu.

Ngaphezu kwalokho, igama elithi “indawo yokuhlala” noma “indawo yokuhlala” lisho indawo lapho umuntu ehlala khona, futhi “ngesiGreki sasendulo (ulimi lweTestamente Elisha) ngokuvamile lalingasho indawo yokuhlala engaguquki, kodwa ukuma ohambweni , okukuthathayo. endaweni ehlukile esikhathini eside". [1] Lokhu-ke bekuyosho okunye ngaphandle kokuba noNkulunkulu ezulwini ngemva kokufa; ngoba izulu livame ukuthathwa njengendawo yokugcina neyokugcina yomuntu.

UJesu manje wathi uzolungiselela abafundi bakhe indawo yokuhlala. Kufanele aye kuphi? Indlela yakhe yayingeyona eyokumholela ezulwini ukuze ayokwakha khona izindawo zokuhlala, kodwa kusukela eGumbini Eliphezulu kuye esiphambanweni. Ngokufa nokuvuka kwakhe wayezolungisela abakhe indawo endlini kayise (Johane 14,2). Kwaba sengathi uthi, "Yonke into ilawulwa. Okuzokwenzeka kungase kubonakale kubi, kodwa konke kuyingxenye yesu lensindiso.” Wabe esethembisa ukuthi uzobuya futhi. Kulo mongo akabonakali ebhekisela kuParousia (ukuza kwesibili) (nakuba kunjalo sibheke phambili ekubonakaleni kukaKristu okukhazimulayo ngoSuku Lokwahlulela), kodwa siyazi ukuthi indlela kaJesu yayizomholela esiphambanweni nokuthi ezinsukwini ezintathu kamuva wayenjengokufa kwabavukayo babezobuya. Wabuya futhi esesimweni sikaMoya oNgcwele ngosuku lwePhentekoste.

"...ngiyobuye ngize futhi nginithathe kanye nami, ukuze nibe lapho ngikhona" (Johane 14,3) kusho uJesu. Ake sihlale kancane emagameni athi “kimi” asetshenziswe lapha. Kufanele aqondwe ngomqondo ofanayo namazwi aseVangelini likaJohane 1,1abasitshela ukuthi iNdodana (uLizwi) yayinoNkulunkulu. Okubuyela emuva kwesiGreki elithi "pros", okungase kusho kokubili "kuya" kanye "ku". Ekukhetheni la mazwi ukuchaza ubudlelwano phakathi kukaYise neNdodana, uMoya oNgcwele ukhomba ubuhlobo babo obuseduze. Kwenye inguqulo yeBhayibheli, la mavesi ahunyushwe kanje: “Ekuqaleni wayekhona uLizwi. Izwi lalinoNkulunkulu, futhi kukho konke lalinjengoNkulunkulu..." [2]

Ngeshwa, abantu abaningi bacabanga uNkulunkulu esendaweni ethile ezulwini njengomuntu oyedwa osibukele ekude. Amagama abukeka engabalulekile "kimi" kanye "ku" akhombisa ingxenye ehluke ngokuphelele yobuNkulunkulu. Imayelana nokubamba iqhaza kanye nokusondelana. Ubudlelwano bobuso nobuso. Ijulile futhi isondelene. Kodwa lokho kusihlanganisa ngani mina nawe namuhla? Ngaphambi kokuba ngiphendule lowo mbuzo, ake ngibukeze kafushane ithempeli.

Lapho uJesu efa, iveli lethempeli ladabuka kabili. Lokhu kufa kufanekisela ukufinyelela okusha ebukhoneni bukaNkulunkulu okwavuleka ngakho. Ithempeli lalingaselona ikhaya lakhe. Ubuhlobo obusha ngokuphelele noNkulunkulu base buvuleleke kuwo wonke umuntu oyedwa. Enguqulweni yeBhayibheli Lezindaba Ezinhle sifunda evesini 2 : “Endlini kaBaba kukhona izindawo zokuhlala eziningi” Endlini engcwele kwakunendawo yomuntu oyedwa kuphela, kodwa manje kwase kwenzekile ushintsho olukhulu. Ngempela uNkulunkulu wayebenzele indawo bonke abantu kuye, endlini yakhe! Lokhu kwakungenzeka ngoba iNdodana yaba yinyama futhi yasihlenga ekufeni kanye namandla okubhubhisa esono, yabuyela kuBaba futhi yadonsela bonke abantu kuye phambi kukaNkulunkulu (Johane 1)2,32). Ngabo lobo busuku uJesu wathi: “Ongithandayo uyogcina izwi lami; nobaba uzomthanda, futhi sizokuza kuye futhi sihlale naye” (Johane 14,23). Njengasevesini lesi-2, “izindawo zokuhlala” kukhulunywa ngazo lapha. Uyabona ukuthi kusho ukuthini lokho?

Imiphi imibono oyihlanganisa nekhaya elihle? Mhlawumbe: ukuthula, ukuphumula, injabulo, ukuvikelwa, ukufundisa, intethelelo, ukuhlinzekwa, uthando olungenamibandela, ukwamukelwa kanye nethemba ukubala okumbalwa. Nokho, uJesu akagcinanga nje ngokuza emhlabeni ukuzothatha ukufa okuhlawulela thina, kodwa futhi ukuzohlanganyela nathi yonke le mibono ngekhaya elihle futhi asivumele ukuba sizwe ukuphila ahlanganyela noyise noMoya oNgcwele oholayo.

Lobo budlelwane obumangalisayo, obuyingqayizivele nobusondelene obaxhumanisa uJesu yedwa noYise manje buvulekele nathi: "Ukuze nibe lapho ngikhona" kusho evesini. 3. Futhi uphi uJesu? “ebudlelwaneni obuseduze noBaba” (Joh 1,18, Good News Bible) noma, njengoba lisho kwezinye izinguqulo: “esifubeni sikaYise”. Kunjengoba omunye usosayensi ekubeka: “Ukuphumula emathangeni omuntu kuwukulala ezingalweni zakhe, ukwaziswa kwakhe njengento yothando lwakhe olujulile, noma, njengoba kusho, ukuba umngane wakhe wesifuba.” [ 3 ] Kulapho uJesu ekhona. Futhi sikuphi manje? Singabahlanganyeli embusweni wezulu (Efesu 2,6)!

Ingabe usesimweni esinzima, esidumazayo, nesicindezelayo njengamanje? Qiniseka: Amazwi kaJesu enduduzo uwabhekise kuwe. Njengoba nje ake afuna ukuqinisa, ukukhuthaza nokuqinisa abafundi bakhe, wenza okufanayo nakuwe ngala mazwi: “Ungakhathazeki! Ngithembe!” Ungavumeli ukukhathazeka kwakho kukuthene amandla, kodwa thembela kuJesu futhi uzindle ngalokho akushoyo—nalokho akushiya kungashiwo! Akasho nje ukuthi kumele babe nesibindi konke kuzolunga. Akakuqinisekisi izinyathelo ezine eziya enjabulweni nasekuchumeni. Akakuthembisi ukuthi uzokunika ikhaya ezulwini ongeke ukwazi ukulihlala kuze kube usufile—ekwenza kube nenani elifanele ukuhlupheka kwakho. Kunalokho, ubeka ngokusobala ukuthi wafa esiphambanweni ukuze athathe zonke izono zethu, azibethele kanye naye esiphambanweni ukuze kwesulwe konke okungasehlukanisa noNkulunkulu nokuphila endlini yakhe.

Kodwa akugcini lapho. Udonselwa empilweni yobuthathu bukaNkulunkulu othandweni ukuze uhlanganyele ekuhlanganyeleni noYise, neNdodana noMoya oNgcwele - impilo kaNkulunkulu - ubuso nobuso. Ufuna ube yingxenye yakhe nakho konke akumeleyo njengamanje. Uthi: "Ngakudala ukuze uhlale emzini wami."

umkhuleko

Baba wakho konke, sibonga nokudumisa kuwe, owathi, sisahlukana, wahlangana nathi eNdodaneni yakho, wasiletha ekhaya! Ekufeni nasekuphileni wamemezela uthando lwakho kithi, wasipha umusa futhi wasivulela umnyango wenkazimulo. Sengathi nathi, esiyingxenye yomzimba kaKristu, singaba nokuphila Kwakhe okuvukile; thina esiphuza indebe yakhe sigcwalisa izimpilo zabanye; thina esikhanyiselwe nguMoya oNgcwele singukukhanya emhlabeni. Usigcine ethembeni owasethembisa lona lokuthi thina nabantwana bethu sonke sikhululeke futhi umhlaba wonke ulidumise igama lakho ngoKristu iNkosi yethu. amen [4]

nguGordon Green

Ngabe ulinde ifulethi lakho lasezulwini?

amanothi:

[1] NT Wright, Wamangazwa Ngethemba, ikhasi 150.

[2] Rick Renner, Dressed to Kill, ikhasi 445; ecashunwe lapha eBhayibhelini Lezindaba Ezinhle.

[3] Edward Robinson, A Greek and English Lexicon of the NT, p. 452.

[4] Umkhuleko wangemva kweSidlo esiNgcwele ngokweMithetho yeMithetho yeScottish Episcopal Church, ecashunwe kuMichael Jinkins, ethi Invitation to Theology, p. 137.