Abafileyo bayovuswa ngamuphi umzimba?

Kuyithemba lawo wonke amaKristu ukuthi amakholwa ayovuselwa ekuphileni okungenakufa ekubonakaleni kukaKristu. Ngakho-ke, akufanele kusimangaze ukuthi lapho umphostoli uPawulu ezwa ukuthi amanye amalungu eSonto LaseKorinte ayeluphika uvuko, ukungaqondi kwawo. 1. Incwadi eya kwabaseKorinte, isahluko 15, yenqatshwa ngamandla. Okokuqala, uPawulu waphinda umlayezo wevangeli nabo ababethi: UKristu uvusiwe. UPawulu wakhumbula ukuthi umzimba kaJesu owabethelwa wabekwa kanjani ethuneni futhi wavuswa yena mathupha enkazimulweni ngemva kwezinsuku ezintathu (amavesi 3–4). Wabe esechaza ukuthi uKristu uvukile ekuphileni njengomanduleli wethu ekufeni - ukuze asibonise indlela eya ekuvukeni kwethu okuzayo ekubonakaleni kwakhe (amavesi 4,20-23).

UKristu uvukile

Ukuze aqinisekise ukuthi uvuko lukaKristu lwaluyiqiniso ngempela, uPawulu wathembela kofakazi abangaphezu kuka-500 uJesu abonakala kubo ngemva kokuvuswa kwakhe. Iningi loFakazi lalisaphila lapho libhala incwadi yakhe ( amavesi 5-7 ). UKristu wayebuye wabonakala kubaphostoli kanye noPawulu uqobo (ivesi 8). Iqiniso lokuthi abantu abaningi kangaka babembonile uJesu enyameni ngemva kokungcwatshwa kwakusho ukuthi wayevusiwe enyameni, nakuba uPawulu kuGen.5. Isahluko asizange siphumele obala ngaso.

Kepha wazisa abaseKorinte ukuthi bekungaba yinto engenangqondo futhi kube nemiphumela engenangqondo okholweni lobuKristu uma ukuvuswa kwamakholwa kwesikhathi esizayo kungatshazwa - ngoba bakholelwa ukuthi uKristu uvukile ethuneni. Ukungakholelwa ovukweni lwabafileyo, ngokunengqondo, kwakungasho lutho ngaphandle kokuphika ukuthi uKristu uqobo uvukile. Kepha ukube uKristu akavuswanga, amakholwa abengeke abe nethemba. Kodwa iqiniso lokuthi uKristu uvukile linikeza abakholwayo isiqiniseko sokuthi nabo bazovuswa, kwabhalela uPawulu abaseKorinte.

Umlayezo kaPawulu ngokuvuka kwamakholwa ugxile kuKristu. Uchaza ukuthi amandla kaNkulunkulu okusindisa ngoKristu empilweni yakhe, ekufeni, nasekuvuseleni ekuphileni enza ukuba amakholwa avuke esikhathini esizayo - kanjalo-ke ukunqoba okuphelele kukaNkulunkulu phezu kokufa (amavesi 22-26, 54-57).

UPawulu wayezishumayele kaningi lezi zindaba ezinhle—zokuthi uKristu uvusiwe nokuthi amakholwa ayeyovuswa ekubonakaleni Kwakhe. Encwadini yangaphambili uPawulu wabhala: “Ngokuba uma sikholwa ukuthi uJesu wafa wabuye wavuka, ngokunjalo-ke ngoJesu uNkulunkulu uyobaletha kanye naye abalele.”1. Thesalonika 4,14). Lesi sithembiso, uPawulu wabhala, “sasivumelana nezwi leNkosi” ( ivesi 15 ).

Isonto lalithembele kuleli themba nesithembiso sikaJesu emiBhalweni futhi kusukela ekuqaleni lalifundisa ukholo ovukweni. ISivumo Sokholo saseNicaea sango-AD 381 sithi: “Sibheke ukuvuka kwabafileyo nokuphila kwezwe elizayo.” Futhi iSivumo Sokholo SabaPhostoli cishe ngo-AD 750 siyaqinisekisa: “Ngikholelwa ... kwabafileyo nokuphila okuphakade.”

Umbuzo womzimba omusha ovukweni

Im 1. Kweyoku-15 Korinte 35 , uPawulu wayesabela ngokuqondile ekungakholwani nasekungaqondini kwabaseKorinte ngovuko olungokwenyama: “Kepha kungase kubuzwe ukuthi: ‘Abafileyo bayovuswa kanjani, futhi bayofika benamzimba muni na?’” ). Umbuzo lapha uwukuthi uvuko lwaluyokwenzeka kanjani—futhi yimuphi umzimba, uma ukhona, abavusiwe ababeyowuthola ukuze bathole ukuphila okusha. AbaseKorinte benza iphutha bacabanga ukuthi uPawulu wayekhuluma ngomzimba ofanayo ofayo, onesono ababenawo kulokhu kuphila.

Kungani babedinga umzimba ekuvukeni, bazibuza, ikakhulukazi umzimba owonakele njengalona? Ingabe babengakawufinyeleli umgomo wokusindiswa komoya futhi abazange yini bafune ukuzikhulula emizimbeni yabo? Isazi semfundiso yenkolo uGordon D. Fee sithi: “AbaseKorinte bakholelwa ukuthi ngesipho sikaMoya oNgcwele, futhi ikakhulukazi ngokuvela kwezilimi, kakade base bengene ekuphileni “kwasezulwini” okuthenjisiwe. Okuwukuphela kwento ebahlukanisayo nengokomoya labo ekugcineni umzimba okwakudingeka bawuchithe lapho befa.”

AbaseKorinte babengaqondi ukuthi umzimba wovuko wawungowohlobo oluphakeme nolwehlukile kunomzimba wenyama wamanje. Babeyodinga lomzimba omusha “womoya” ukuze baphile noNkulunkulu embusweni wezulu. UPawulu wasebenzisa isibonelo sezolimo ukuze afanekise inkazimulo enkulu yendikimba yasezulwini uma iqhathaniswa nomzimba wethu wenyama wasemhlabeni: wakhuluma ngomehluko phakathi kwembewu nesitshalo esimila kuyo. Imbewu ingase "ife" noma ibhubhe, kodwa umzimba - isitshalo esiwumphumela - unenkazimulo enkulu kakhulu. “Futhi lokho okuhlwanyelayo akusiwo umzimba ozayo, kodwa okusanhlamvu nje, noma okungokukakolweni noma okwanoma yini enye,” kubhala uPawulu (ivesi 37). Asikwazi ukubikezela ukuthi umzimba wethu ovukayo uyobukeka kanjani uma uqhathaniswa nezici zemizimba yethu yenyama yamanje, kodwa siyazi ukuthi umzimba omusha uyoba nenkazimulo kakhulu—njengesihlahla se-oki uma siqhathaniswa nembewu yawo, umtholo.

Singaqiniseka ukuthi umzimba wovuko enkazimulweni yawo nangokungapheli uyokwenza ukuphila kwethu okuphakade kube kukhulu kakhulu kunokuphila kwethu kwamanje kwenyama. UPawulu wabhala: “Kunjalo futhi nokuvuka kwabafileyo. Kuhlwanyelwa konakala futhi kuvuswa kungenakubola. Kuhlwanyelwa ekuthobeni futhi kuvuswe enkazimulweni. Kuhlwanyelwa ebumpofu, futhi kuvuswa amandla” (amavesi 42-43).

Umzimba ovuswayo ngeke ube ikhophi noma ukukhiqizwa kabusha kwemizimba yethu yenyama, kusho uPawulu. Futhi, umzimba esiwuthola ekuvukeni ngeke uhlanganise ama-athomu afanayo nomzimba wenyama ekuphileni kwethu kwasemhlabeni, obolayo noma obhujiswe ekufeni. (Ngaphandle kwalokho - yimuphi umzimba esingawuthola: imizimba yethu lapho sineminyaka engu-2, 20, 45 noma 75 ubudala?) Indikimba yasezulwini iyogqama ngezinga layo nenkazimulo emzimbeni wasemhlabeni - njengovemvane olumangalisayo olwakha imvelo yalo. i-cocoon, ngaphambili eyayihlala isibungu esiphansi.

Umzimba wemvelo nomzimba womoya

Akunasizathu sokuqagela ukuthi umzimba wethu wovuko kanye nempilo engafi izobukeka kanjani kahle. Kepha singenza izitatimende ezithile ngomehluko omkhulu emvelweni yale mizimba emibili.

Imizimba yethu yamanje ingumzimba wenyama ngakho-ke ingaphansi kokubola, ukufa kanye nesono. Umzimba wokuvuka uyosho ukuphila kwesinye isici - ukuphila okungenakufa, okungenakufa. UPawulu uthi, “Kuhlwanyelwa umzimba wemvelo, nomzimba womoya uyavuswa”—hhayi “umzimba womoya,” kodwa umzimba womoya, ukuze wenze ubulungisa ekuphileni okuzayo. Indikimba entsha yamakholwa ovukweni iyoba “engokomoya”—hhayi engokwenyama, kodwa engokomoya ngomqondo wokuthi yadalwa uNkulunkulu ukuze ifane nomzimba kaKristu okhazimulayo, uguqulwe futhi “ufakwe ekuphileni kukaMoya oNgcwele kuze kube phakade “ . Umzimba omusha uyoba ngokoqobo ngokuphelele; amakholwa angeke abe imimoya ehlukene noma izipoki. UPawulu uqhathanisa u-Adamu noJesu ukuze agcizelele umehluko phakathi kwemizimba yethu yamanje nomzimba wethu wokuvuka. “Njengoba enjalo owasemhlabeni, banjalo nabasemhlabeni; futhi njengoba enjalo owasezulwini, banjalo nabasezulwini” (ivesi 48). Labo abakuKristu lapho ebonakala bayoba nomzimba ovukayo nokuphila esimweni nobuntu bukaJesu, hhayi esimweni nemvelo ka-Adamu. “Futhi njengoba sinomfanekiso wowomhlaba, kanjalo siyoba nomfanekiso wowasezulwini” (ivesi 49). UPawulu uthi: “INkosi iyowuguqula umzimba wethu oyize, ufane nomzimba wayo wenkazimulo.” (Filipi ) 3,21).

Ukunqoba ukufa

Lokhu kusho ukuthi umzimba wethu ovuswayo ngeke ube ngowenyama negazi elibolayo njengomzimba esiwaziyo manje—ungasancikile ekudleni, emoyeni nasemanzini ukuze uphile. UPawulu washo ngokugcizelela: “Kepha ngisho lokhu, bazalwane, ukuthi inyama negazi akunakulidla ifa lombuso kaNkulunkulu; nokonakala akuyikulidla ifa lokungaboli” (1. AbaseKorinte 15,50).

Ekubonakaleni kweNkosi, imizimba yethu efayo iyoguqulwa ibe yimizimba engafi—ukuphila okuphakade futhi ngeke isaba ukufa nokonakala. Futhi lawa amazwi kaPawulu kwabaseKorinte: “Bhekani, nginitshela imfihlakalo: asiyikulala sonke, kodwa siyakuguqulwa sonke; nokuthi ngokuzumayo, ngomzuzwana, ngesikhathi secilongo lokugcina [isingathekiso sokuvela kukaKristu kwesikhathi esizayo]. Ngoba icilongo liyokhala, futhi abafileyo bayovuswa benokungonakali, futhi siyoguqulwa” (amavesi 51-52).

Ukuvuselwa kwethu ngokomzimba ekuphileni okungenakufa kuyisizathu senjabulo nokondliwa kwethemba lethu lobuKristu. UPawulu uthi, “Kepha nxa lokhu okonakalayo sekwembethe ukungaboli, nalokhu okufayo sekwembethe ukungafi, khona-ke liyogcwaliseka izwi elilotshiweyo elithi: ‘Ukufa kugwinywe kwaba ngukunqoba’ ( ivesi 54 ) .

nguPaul Kroll