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Isimo esiphakathi
Isimo esimaphakathi yisimo lapho abafileyo bekuso kuze kube ukuvuka komzimba. Kuye ngokuhunyushwa kwemibhalo efanele, amaKristu anemibono ehlukene mayelana nesimo salesi simo esimaphakathi. Ezinye izindima zisikisela ukuthi abafileyo babhekana nalesi simo ngokuqaphela, abanye ukuthi ukwazi kwabo kucishiwe. I-Worldwide Church of God ikholelwa ukuthi yomibili imibono kufanele ihlonishwe. (Isaya 14,9-10; Hezekeli 32,21; Luka 16,19-31; 2th3,43; 2. AbaseKorinte 5,1-8; AbaseFilipi 1,21-24; i-epiphany 6,9-11; ihubo 6,6; I-88,11-13; 11th5,17; umshumayeli 3,19-ishumi nesithupha; 9,5.10; Isaya 38,18; UJohane 11,11-ishumi nesithupha; 1. Thesalonika 4,13-enye).
Kuthiwani "ngesimo esimaphakathi"?
Esikhathini esidlule sasivame ukuthatha ukuma okuqinile mayelana nalokho okubizwa ngokuthi "isimo esimaphakathi," okungukuthi, ukuthi umuntu uqulekile noma uyazi phakathi kokufa nokuvuka. Kodwa asazi. Kuwo wonke umlando wobuKristu, umbono weningi ubulokhu uthi ngemva kokufa umuntu usuke emazi uNkulunkulu noma uyaqaphela ukuthi uyajeziswa. Umbono omncane waziwa ngokuthi "ukulala emphefumulweni".
Lapho sihlola imiBhalo, siyabona ukuthi iTestamente Elisha alinikezi ukubonakaliswa okuqinisekile kwesimo esimaphakathi. Kunamanye amavesi abonakala ebonisa ukuthi abantu abazi lutho ngemva kokufa, kanye namanye amavesi abonakala ebonisa ukuthi abantu basuke benovalo ngemva kokufa.
Abaningi bethu bajwayelene namavesi asebenzisa igama elithi “ukulala” ukuze achaze ukufa, njengalawo asencwadini yomShumayeli namaHubo. La mavesi abhalwe ngendlela ye-phenomenological. Ngamanye amazwi, uma ubheka isenzakalo somzimba ofile, kubonakala sengathi umzimba ulele. Ezingxenyeni ezinjalo, ubuthongo buwumfanekiso wokufa, ohlobene nokubukeka komzimba. Nokho, uma sifunda amavesi afana noMathewu 27,52, uJohane 11,11 kanye neZenzo 13,36 ukufunda kubonakala sengathi ukufa kufana ngokoqobo "nobuthongo" - nakuba ababhali bebazi ukuthi kunomehluko omkhulu phakathi kokufa nokulala.
Nokho, kufanele futhi sinake kakhulu amavesi abonisa ukwazi ngemva kokufa. Ku 2. AbaseKorinte 5,1-10 UPawulu ubonakala ebhekisela esimweni esiphakathi namagama athi “ngembathisiwe” evesini 4 nangokuthi “ukuba sekhaya neNkosi” evesini lesi-8. KwabaseFilipi 1,21-23 UPawuli uthi ukufa “kuyinzuzo” ngoba amaKrestu asuka emhlabeni “ayoba noKristu”. Lokhu akuzwakali njengokuqulekile. Lokhu kubonakala futhi kuLuka 22,43, lapho uJesu ethi eselani esiphambanweni: “Namuhla uzakuba nami epharadesi.” IsiGreki sihunyushwe ngokucacile nangokunembile.
Ekugcineni, imfundiso yesimo esimaphakathi yinto uNkulunkulu akhetha ukungasichazi ngayo ngokunembayo nangokugoqela eBhayibhelini. Mhlawumbe kumane kungaphezu kwamandla omuntu ukukuqonda, nakuba kungachazwa. Ngokuqinisekile le mfundiso ayiyona indaba amaKristu okufanele axabane ngayo futhi ahlukanise. Njengoba i-Evangelical Dictionary of Theology isho, "Ukuqagela mayelana nesimo esiphakathi akufanele neze kubukele phansi ukuqiniseka kwesiphambano noma ithemba lendalo entsha."
Ubani ongafuna ukukhononda kuNkulunkulu lapho ngemva kokufa bese benoNkulunkulu ngokugcwele futhi bethi, “Kufanele ngilale aze abuye uJesu—kungani ngisanguluka?” Futhi-ke, lapho siqulekile, ngeke ukwazi ukumangalela. Noma iyiphi indlela, emzuzwini olandelayo wokuqaphela ngemva kokufa, sizoba noNkulunkulu.
nguPaul Kroll
