ezulwini

“Izulu” njengegama leBhayibheli lisho indawo yokuhlala ekhethiwe kaNkulunkulu, kanye nesiphetho saphakade sabo bonke abantwana bakaNkulunkulu abahlengiwe. “Ukuba sezulwini” kusho: ukuhlala noNkulunkulu kuKristu lapho okungasekho ukufa, ukulila, ukukhala nobuhlungu. Izulu lichazwa ngokuthi "injabulo yaphakade", "injabulo", "ukuthula" kanye "nokulunga kukaNkulunkulu". (1. Amakhosi 8,27-ishumi nesithupha; 5. UMose 26,15; Mathewu 6,9; IzEnzo ZabaPhostoli 7,55-56; Johane 14,2-3; IsAmbulo 21,3-4; 2th2,1-ishumi nesithupha; 2. UPetrus 3,13).

Ingabe siya ezulwini lapho sifa?

Abanye bayawuhleka usulu umqondo "wokuya ezulwini." Kodwa uPawulu uthi sesivele simisiwe ezulwini (Efesu 2,6) - futhi angamane ashiye izwe ukuze abe noKristu osezulwini (KwabaseFilipi 1,23). Ukuya ezulwini akuhlukile kakhulu kulokho uPawulu akusho ngaphambili. Singase sikhethe ezinye izindlela zokukusho, kodwa akulona iphuzu lokugxeka noma ukuklolodela amanye amaKristu ngalo.

Lapho abantu abaningi bekhuluma ngezulu, basebenzisa lelo gama njengelisho insindiso. Ngokwesibonelo, abanye abashumayeli bevangeli abangamaKristu babuza lo mbuzo, “Uma ufa namuhla kusihlwa, uyaqiniseka ukuthi uzoya ezulwini?” Iphuzu langempela kulezi zimo alikona ukuthi beza nini noma kuphi [baya]—bamane babuze umbuzo wokuthi ingabe baqinisekile ngensindiso yabo.

Abanye abantu bacabanga ngesibhakabhaka njengendawo lapho kunamafu, amahabhu, nemigwaqo efakwe igolide. Kepha izinto ezinjalo aziyona ingxenye yezulu empeleni - yimishwana ekhombisa ukuthula, ubuhle, inkazimulo, nezinye izinto ezinhle. Ziyimizamo yokusebenzisa amagama akhawulelwe ngokomzimba ukuchaza amaqiniso angokomoya.

Izulu lingokomoya, hhayi lenyama. “Iyindawo” lapho uNkulunkulu ehlala khona. Abalandeli bezinganekwane zesayensi bangase bathi uNkulunkulu uhlala kwesinye isici. Ukhona yonke indawo kuzo zonke izilinganiso, kodwa “ezulwini” yilapho ehlala khona ngempela. [Ngiyaxolisa ngokungabi nemba emazwini ami. Izazi zemfundiso yenkolo zingase zibe namagama anembe kakhudlwana ale miqondo, kodwa ngithemba ukuthi ngingathola umqondo ovamile ngamagama alula]. Iphuzu liwukuthi: ukuba “ezulwini” kusho ukuba sebukhoneni bukaNkulunkulu ngendlela esheshayo nekhethekile.

UmBhalo ukwenza kucace ukuthi siyoba lapho uNkulunkulu ekhona (Johane 14,3; AbaseFilipi 1,23). Enye indlela yokuchaza ubuhlobo bethu obuseduze noNkulunkulu kulesi sikhathi iwukuthi “siyombona ubuso nobuso” (1. AbaseKorinte 13,12; IsAmbulo 22,4; 1. UJohannes 3,2). Lesi yisithombe sokuba naye eduze kakhulu. Ngakho uma siqonda ukuthi igama elithi “izulu” lisho indawo yokuhlala kaNkulunkulu, akukubi ukuthi amaKristu ayoba sezulwini esikhathini esizayo. Siyoba noNkulunkulu, futhi ukuba noNkulunkulu kubhekiselwa kukho kufanele ngokuthi “ezulwini.”

Embonweni, uJohane wabona ukuba khona kukaNkulunkulu ekugcineni kuza emhlabeni—hhayi umhlaba wamanje, kodwa “umhlaba omusha” ( IsAmbulo 2 Kor.1,3). Ukuthi “siyeza” [siya] ezulwini noma “kuza” kithi akubalulekile. Noma iyiphi indlela, sizoba sezulwini kuze kube phakade, ebukhoneni bukaNkulunkulu, futhi kuzoba kuhle ngendlela emangalisayo. Indlela esiyichaza ngayo impilo esikhathini esizayo—inqobo nje uma incazelo yethu iseBhayibhelini—ayishintshi iqiniso lokuthi sinokholo kuKristu njengeNkosi noMsindisi wethu.

Lokho uNkulunkulu asibekele kona kungaphezu kokukucabanga kwethu. Ngisho nakulempilo, uthando lukaNkulunkulu ludlula ukuqonda kwethu (Efesu 3,19). Ukuthula kukaNkulunkulu kungaphezu kwamandla ethu (KwabaseFilipi 4,7) futhi injabulo yakhe ingaphezu kwamandla ethu ukuyiveza ngamazwi (1. UPetrus 1,8). Khona-ke, kangakanani-ke okungenakwenzeka ukuchaza ukuthi kuyoba kuhle kangakanani ukuphila noNkulunkulu phakade?

Ababhali beBhayibheli abasinikanga imininingwane eminingi. Kepha kunento eyodwa esiyaziyo ngokuqinisekile - kuzoba yinto enhle kakhulu esake saba nayo. Kungcono kunemidwebo emihle kakhulu, kungcono kunokudla okumnandi kakhulu, kungcono kunomdlalo othokozisa kakhulu, kungcono kunemizwa engcono kakhulu kanye nokuhlangenwe nakho esake saba nakho. Kungcono kunanoma yini esemhlabeni. Kuzoba enkulu kakhulu
Yiba ngumvuzo!

nguJoseph Tkach

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