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Ngaphezulu isibhakabhaka - akunjalo?
Ngemva nje kokufa, uzithola usemgqeni phambi kwesango lezulu, lapho uSt. Peter esekulindile ngemibuzo embalwa. Uma ufunyaniswa ufanelekile, uyakuvunyelwa, ugqoke ingubo emhlophe nehabhu* elimhlophe, uphokophelele efwini owabelwe lona. Bese kuthi lapho ucosha izintambo, ungase ubabone abanye babangane bakho (yize bengebaningi ngendlela obulindele ngayo); kodwa mhlawumbe neziningi obuncamele ukuzigwema ngesikhathi sokuphila kwakho. Ngakho ukuphila kwakho okuphakade kuqala kanje.
Awucabangi ngokujulile. Ngenhlanhla, nawe akumele ukukholelwe, ngoba akulona iqiniso. Kodwa ulibona kanjani ngeso lengqondo izulu? Iningi lethu elikholelwa kuNkulunkulu likholelwa ohlotsheni oluthile lokuphila ngemva kokufa lapho sivuzwa khona ngokwethembeka kwethu noma sijeziselwa izono zethu. Lokho okuningi kuqinisekile - yingakho uJesu eze kithi; ngalokho wasifela, ngakho uphilela thina. Okubizwa ngokuthi umthetho wegolide uyasikhumbuza: “... UNkulunkulu walithanda izwe kangangokuba waze wanikela ngeNdodana yakhe ezelwe yodwa, ukuze bonke abakholwa yiyo bangabhubhi kodwa babe nokuphila okuphakade” ( Joh. 3,16).
Kodwa kusho ukuthini lokho? Uma inkokhelo yabalungileyo ifana nokude nezithombe ezaziwayo, kufanele sibheke kwenye indawo - kahle, kungenzeka singathandi ukukuvuma - phela.
Sicabanga ngesibhakabhaka
Injongo yalesi sihloko iwukukhuthaza ukuba ucabange ngezulu ngezindlela ezintsha. Kubalulekile kithina ukuthi singazitholi sikhuluma iqiniso; lokho kungaba ubuwula nokuzidla. Okuwukuphela komthombo wethu onokwethenjelwa wokwaziswa iBhayibheli, futhi alicacile ngendlela emangalisayo ukuthi liyomelela kanjani lokho esikulindele ezulwini. UmBhalo, nokho, usithembisa ukuthi ukuthembela kwethu kuNkulunkulu kuzosebenzela okungcono kakhulu kulokhu kuphila (nazo zonke izilingo zako) nasemhlabeni ozayo. UJesu wakwenza kwacaca lokhu. Nokho, akazange akhulume kangako ngokuthi izwe elizayo liyoba njani 10,29-30).
Umphostoli uPawulu wabhala: “Manje sibona kuphela isithombe esingacacile njengesibuko esinamafu ...” (1. AbaseKorinte 13,12, IBhayibheli Lezindaba Ezinhle). UPaul wayengomunye wabantu abambalwa abanikezwa uhlobo oluthile “lwe-visa yesivakashi” ezulwini futhi bakuthola kunzima ukuchaza okwakwenzeka kuye (2. AbaseKorinte 12,2-4). Kungakhathaliseki ukuthi kwakuyini, kwakuhlaba umxhwele ngokwanele ukuba kwamshukumisela ukuba ahlele kabusha ukuphila kwakhe kuze kube manje. Ukufa akuzange kumethuse. Wayesewubone kwanele umhlaba ozayo futhi waze wawubheka ngenjabulo. Nokho, iningi lethu alifani noPawulu.
Njalo uthanda lokhu?
Uma sicabanga ngezulu, singalibona ngeso lengqondo isimo sethu samanje solwazi sisivumela. Ngokwesibonelo, abadwebi beNkathi Ephakathi badweba ngokuphelele umfanekiso wasemhlabeni wepharadesi, abaklama ngezimfanelo zobuhle obungokomzimba nokuphelela okuhambisana nenkolelo yabo. (Nakuba umuntu kufanele azibuze ukuthi kwavelaphi emhlabeni ugqozi lokubeka, owayefana nezingane ezinqunu, ezimise ngendlela engenakucatshangwa emoyeni.) Izitayela, njengobuchwepheshe nokunambitha, zingashintsha njalo, futhi kanjalo imibono yangeNkathi Ephakathi yePharadesi no. namuhla uma sifuna ukuthola umbono walowo mhlaba ozayo.
Ababhali besimanje basebenzisa izithombe zesimanje. Inganekwane ka-CS Lewis ethi The Great Divorce ichaza uhambo lwebhasi olucatshangwayo olusuka esihogweni (alubona njengendawo ewudedangendlale, eyincithakalo) eya eZulwini. Inhloso yalolu hambo ukunikeza labo abasesihogweni ithuba lokushintsha imiqondo yabo. Izulu likaLewis lithatha ezinye, nakuba izoni eziningi zingakuthandi lapho ngemva kokujwayelana kokuqala futhi zikhetha isihogo ezisaziyo. U-Lewis ugcizelela ukuthi wayengenakho ukuqonda okuthile ngengqikithi nemvelo yokuphila okuphakade; incwadi yakhe kufanele iqondwe ngomfanekiso nje.
Umsebenzi othakazelisayo ka-Mitch Alborn othi Abantu Abahlanu Ohlangana Nabo EZulwini nawo awusho ukuthi unembile ngokwemfundiso yenkolo. Kanye naye, izulu lisepaki lokuzijabulisa ngasolwandle, lapho umlingisi oyinhloko esebenza khona impilo yakhe yonke. Kodwa u-Alborn, Lewis, nabanye ababhali abafana nabo kungenzeka bawubonile umgqigqo. Kungenzeka ukuthi isibhakabhaka asihlukile kangako endaweni esiyaziyo lapha emhlabeni. Lapho uJesu ekhuluma ngombuso kaNkulunkulu, wayevame ukusebenzisa iziqhathaniso ezincazelweni zakhe nokuphila ngendlela esikwazi ngayo. Alifani naye ngokuphelele, kodwa libonisa ukufana okwanele kuye ukuze likwazi ukudweba ukufana okufanele.
Ngaleso sikhathi futhi manje
Emlandweni omningi wesintu kube nolwazi oluncane lwesayensi ngohlobo lwendawo yonke. Ngaphandle kokuthi umuntu wayecabangisisa ngento enjalo, umuntu wayekholelwa ukuthi umhlaba uyidiski ilanga nenyanga elizungeza imibuthano egxilile. Izulu, kwathiwa, laliphezulu lapho kwenye indawo, ngenkathi isihogo sasisezweni elingaphansi komhlaba. Imibono yendabuko yomnyango wasezulwini, amahabhu, izembatho ezimhlophe, amaphiko ezingelosi kanye nodumo olungapheli kuyahambelana nomkhawulo wokulindela esinikezwa abahloli beBhayibheli abathembekile, abahumusha okuncane okushiwo yiBhayibheli ngezulu njengokuqonda kwabo umhlaba .
Namuhla sinolwazi oluningi kakhulu lwezinkanyezi ngomkhathi. Siyazi ukuthi umhlaba uyindawo encane nje ngobukhulu bendawo yonke ebonakalayo ekhula njalo. Siyazi ukuthi lokho okubonakala ngathi kuyiqiniso eliqinile empeleni akuyona nje inethiwekhi yamandla ehlanganiswe kahle ebanjelwe ndawonye amandla amakhulu kangangokuba emlandweni wesintu owodwa awukaze usole nokuba khona kwawo. Siyazi ukuthi mhlawumbe cishe u-90% wendawo yonke wakhiwe "ngendaba emnyama" - esingakwazi ukuyichaza ngezazi zezibalo kodwa esingakwazi ukuzibona noma ukuzikala.
Siyazi ukuthi ngisho nezigigaba ezingenakuphikiswa njengokuthi "ukuhamba kwesikhathi" zihlobene. Ngisho nezilinganiso ezichaza imibono yethu yendawo (ubude, ububanzi, ukuphakama nokujula) ziyizici eziqondakalayo kuphela ezibonwayo nezingokwengqondo zeqiniso eliyinkimbinkimbi kakhulu. Ezinye izazi zesayensi yezinkanyezi zisitshela ukuthi kungase kube nezinye izilinganiso okungenani eziyisikhombisa, kodwa indlela ezisebenza ngayo asiyicabangeli. Laba sosayensi bacabanga ukuthi lezo zilinganiso ezengeziwe zingokoqobo njengobude, ubude, ububanzi, nesikhathi. Ngaleyo ndlela usezingeni eleqa imikhawulo elinganisekayo yamathuluzi ethu azwela kakhulu; futhi futhi ngobuhlakani bethu singaqala ngisho ukubhekana nakho ngaphandle kokukhungatheka ngokungenathemba.
Impumelelo yesayensi yamashumi eminyaka adlule iguqule izinga langaphambilini lolwazi cishe kuzo zonke izindawo. Manje kuthiwani ngezulu? Ngabe nathi kufanele sicabangisise ngemibono yethu ngempilo yangemva kokufa?
Isikhathi Sizayo
Igama elithakazelisayo - ngale. Hhayi ngapha, hhayi kulomhlaba. Kodwa bekungeke kwenzeke yini ukuchitha ukuphila okuphakade endaweni ejwayeleke kakhudlwana futhi senze lokho kanye esasikuthanda ukukwenza - nabantu esibaziyo emizimbeni esiyibonayo? Ngeke yini kube ukuthi ukuphila kwangemva kokufa kuyisandiso sesikhathi esingcono kakhulu sempilo yethu eyaziwa kakhulu kulomhlaba ngaphandle kwemithwalo, ukwesaba nokuhlupheka? Nokho, kulesi sikhathi kufanele ufunde ngokucophelela - iBhayibheli alithembisi ukuthi ngeke kube njalo. (Ngingathanda ukuphinda lokho futhi - iBhayibheli alithembisi ukuthi ngeke).
Isazi sezenkolo saseMelika uRandy Alcorn useke waphatha indaba yezulu iminyaka eminingi. Encwadini yakhe ethi Heaven, uhlola ngokucophelela zonke izingcaphuno zeBhayibheli eziphathelene nokuphila ngemva kokufa. Umphumela uba isithombe esithakazelisayo sokuthi ukuphila ngemva kokufa kungase kunjani. Ubhala ngakho:
“Siyakhathala thina, sikhathala ngabanye, yisono, ukuhlupheka, ubugebengu nokufa. Futhi-ke siyayithanda impilo yasemhlabeni, angithi? Ngithanda ubukhulu besibhakabhaka ebusuku phezu kwehlane. Ngiyakuthanda ukuhlala kahle eduze kukaNancy kusofa eduze kwendawo yokubasa umlilo, ingubo indlale phezu kwethu, inja ibekwe eceleni kwethu. Lokhu okuhlangenwe nakho akulindeli iZulu, kepha kunikeza ukunambitheka kwalokho ongakulindela lapho. Lokho esikuthandayo ngalokhu kuphila kwasemhlabeni yizinto ezisenza sibe nempilo esiyenzelwe yona. Esikuthandayo lapha kulolu hlangothi akukhona nje kuphela okungcono kunakho konke lokhu kuphila, kepha futhi kungumbono wokuphila okukhulu kakhulu okuzayo. ”Manje kungani kufanele sibeke umbono wethu ngombuso wezulu emibonweni yomhlaba yayizolo? Ngokunikezwa kolwazi lwethu oluthuthukisiwe lwezindawo ezisizungezile, ake siqagele ukuthi impilo ezulwini ingaba kanjani
Umzimba ezulwini
ISivumo Sokholo Sabaphostoli, ubufakazi obusakazeke kakhulu bokholo lomuntu siqu phakathi kwamaKristu, sikhuluma “ngovuko lwabafileyo” (ngokwezwi nezwi: lwenyama). Kungenzeka ukuthi uye wayiphinda izikhathi ezingamakhulu, kodwa ingabe uke wacabanga ukuthi isho ukuthini?
Uvuko luvame ukuhlotshaniswa nomzimba "ongokomoya", obuthakathaka, obunobuqili, ongenangqondo, into efana nomoya. Kodwa-ke, lokhu akuhambelani nomqondo weBhayibheli. IBhayibheli libonisa ukuthi ovusiwe uyoba isidalwa esingokoqobo. Kodwa-ke, umzimba ngeke ube owenyama ngomqondo esiqonda ngawo leli gama.
Umqondo wethu wenyama (noma futhi into) uboshelwe ezinhlangothini ezine esibona ngazo iqiniso. Kodwa uma kukhona ezinye izilinganiso eziningi, incazelo yethu yento ayilungile kabi.
Ngemuva kokuvuka kwakhe, uJesu wayenomzimba wenyama. Ubekwazi ukudla nokuhamba futhi abukeke ejwayelekile. Ungamthinta. Futhi nokho wakwazi ukuqhumisa ngamabomu ubukhulu beqiniso lethu ngokumane adlule ezindongeni njengoHarry Potter esiteshini sesitimela. Lokhu sikutolika njengokungekhona okwangempela; kepha mhlawumbe kuyinto ejwayelekile ngokuphelele emzimbeni ongathola ukugcwala okugcwele kweqiniso.
Ngakho singabheka phambili ekuphileni okuphakade njengo-I obonwayo, ohlonyiswe ngomzimba wangempela ongenakho ukufa, izifo nokubola, futhi ongancikile emoyeni, ekudleni, emanzini nasekujikelezeni kwegazi ukuze sikwazi ukuba khona? Yebo, kubonakala kunjalo ngempela. “... akukabonakali esiyoba yikho,” kusho iBhayibheli. “Siyazi ukuthi lapho sekwambulwa, siyofana naye; ngoba sizombona njengoba enjalo" (2. UJohannes 3,2, Zurich Bible).
Cabanga impilo enezinzwa nokuqonda kwakho - bekuzoba nezici zakho uqobo futhi kungabi nayo yonke into engadingekile, bekungabe kuhlelwe kabusha izinto eziseqhulwini futhi ngaleyo ndlela bakwazi ukuhlela, ukuphupha nokusebenza ngobuhlakani kuze kube phakade naphakade. Cabanga ingunaphakade lapho uhlangana futhi nabangane bakho bakudala futhi unethuba lokwenza okwengeziwe. Cabanga ngobudlelwano nabanye, kanye noNkulunkulu, obungenalo uvalo, ukungezwani, noma ukudumala. Cabanga nje ungalokothi uthi ukuvalelisa kubantu obathandayo.
Hhayi okwamanje
Kunokuba iboshelwe enkonzweni engapheli kuze kube phakade, ukuphila okuphakade kubukeka kuwukuncane, okungedlulele ebuhleni bakho, kulokho esikwaziyo lapha emhlabeni njengokuphelele. Ikusasa lisibekele okungaphezu kwalokho esingakubona ngezinzwa zethu ezilinganiselwe. Ngezikhathi ezithile, uNkulunkulu usinikeza amazwibela alokho lelo qiniso elibanzi libukeka. UPawulu oNgcwele watshela abantu base-Athene ababenezinkolelo-ze ukuthi uNkulunkulu “wayengekude nawo wonke umuntu ...” ( IzEnzo 1 Kor7,24-27). Isibhakabhaka nakanjani asikho eduze ngendlela elinganisekayo kithi. Kodwa futhi ngeke kube “izwe elijabulisayo, elikude” nje. Ngeke yini ngempela kube ukuthi Usizungezile ngendlela esingakwazi ukuyichaza ngamazwi?
Vumela umcabango wakho ugijime mahhala isikhashana
Lapho uJesu ezalwa, izingelosi zabonakala ngokuzuma kubelusi endle (Luka 2,8-14). Kwaba sengathi baphuma embusweni wabo beza emhlabeni wethu. Kwenzeka okufanayo naku- 2. Incwadi yamaKhosi 6:17, hhayi encekwini eyethukile u-Elisha lapho amalegiyona ezingelosi ebonakala kuye ngokuzumayo? Ngaphambi nje kokuba akhandwe ngamatshe isixuku esasithukuthele, uStefanu wavula amazwi nemisindo ngokuvamile engayiboni nhlobo abantu ( IzEnzo ZabaPhostoli. 7,55-56). Ingabe le kwakuyindlela imibono yesAmbulo eyabonakala ngayo kuJohane?
URandy Alcorn ubonisa ukuthi “njengezimpumputhe ezingenakulibona izwe elibazungezile, nakuba likhona, nathi, ekubeni kwethu nesono, asikwazi ukubona izulu. Kungenzeka yini ukuthi ngaphambi kokuwa, u-Adamu kanye no-Eva babona ngokucacile lokho esingabonakali kithi namuhla? Kungenzeka yini ukuthi umbuso wezulu ngokwawo ukude kancane nathi? ”(Heaven, p. 178).
Lezi ukuqagela okuthakazelisayo. Kodwa akuwona amaphupho. Isayensi isibonise ukuthi indalo ingaphezu kwalokho esingakubona ekulinganiselweni kwethu okungokwenyama kwamanje. Lokhu kuphila komuntu okusemhlabeni kuyisibonakaliso esilinganiselwe kakhulu sokuthi siyoba yini ekugcineni. UJesu weza kithina bantu njengomunye wethu futhi ngaleyo ndlela waphinde wazithoba emikhawulweni yokuphila komuntu kwaze kwaba sekugcineni kwakho konke ukuphila kwenyama - ukufa! Ngaphambi nje kokuba abethelwe wathandaza: “Baba, nginike manje inkazimulo enganginayo kuwe ngaphambi kokudalwa kwezwe!” Futhi singakhohlwa ukuthi waqhubeka emthandazweni wakhe: “Baba, uwunikiwe [abantu]. kimi, futhi ngifuna babe nami lapho ngikhona. Kufanele babone inkazimulo yami onginike yona ngoba wangithanda umhlaba ungakadalwa.”— Johane 17,5 no-24, IBhayibheli Lezindaba Ezinhle).
Isitha sokugcina
Esinye sezithembiso zamazulu amasha nomhlaba omusha siwukuthi “ukufa kuyonqotshwa kuze kube phakade.” Emazweni athuthukile, siphumelele ukuthola ukuthi singaphila kanjani iminyaka eyishumi noma amabili ngaphezulu. (Ngeshwa, nokho, asiphumelelanga ukuhlola ukuthi lesi sikhathi esengeziwe singasetshenziswa kanjani). Kodwa ngisho noma kungenzeka ukubaleka ithuna isikhashana, ukufa kuseyisitha sethu esingenakugwenywa.
U-Alcorn uyachaza ekutadisheni kwakhe okuthakazelisayo ngezulu: “Akufanele sikukhazimulise ukufa - noJesu akakukhazimulisi. Wakhala ngokufa (Joh 11,35). Njengoba nje kunezindaba ezinhle ezikhuluma ngabantu abahamba ngokuthula bangena ephakadeni, kukhona nalabo abangakhuluma ngabantu abafiphala ngokwengqondo nangokomzimba, abadidekile, abazacile, ukufa kwabo kushiya abantu bekhathele, bemangele, bedabukile. Ukufa kubuhlungu futhi kuyisitha.Kodwa kulabo abaphila olwazini lukaJesu, ubuhlungu obukhulu kanye nesitha esikhulu ”(ikhasi 451).
Linda! Isaqhubeka. . .
Singasikhanyisela kabanzi ngezici eziningi ezengeziwe. Inqobo nje uma ibhalansi igcinwa futhi singasuki esihlokweni, ukuhlola ukuthi yini ongayilindela ngemva kokufa kuyindawo yocwaningo ejabulisayo. Kodwa igama elithi count kwikhompyutha yami lingikhumbuza ukuthi le ndatshana ingaphakathi kwemikhawulo yesikhathi futhi isikhala singaphansi. Ngakho-ke ake sivale ngengcaphuno yokugcina, nejabulisayo ngempela evela ku-Randy Alcorn: “NgeNkosi esibathandayo nabangane esibazisayo, sizoba ndawonye endaweni yonke entsha emangalisayo ukuze sihlole futhi sithathe izigigaba ezinhle. UJesu uyoba isizinda sakho konke, futhi umoya esiwuphefumulayo uyogcwala injabulo. Futhi lapho sicabanga ukuthi empeleni ngeke kube khona ukwanda okwengeziwe, sizoqaphela - kuzokwenzeka! ”(P. 457).
nguJohn Halford
