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Ukuza kwesibili kukaKristu
Njengoba athembisa, uJesu Kristu uyobuyela emhlabeni ukuze ahlulele futhi abuse bonke abantu embusweni kaNkulunkulu. Ukuza Kwakhe kwesibili ngamandla nenkazimulo kuyobonakala. Lesi senzakalo siletha ukuvuka nomvuzo wabangcwele. (Johane 14,3; i-epiphany 1,7; Mathewu 24,30; 1. Thesalonika 4,15-17; IsAmbulo 22,12)
Ingabe UKristu Uzobuya?
Ucabanga ukuthi yimuphi umcimbi omkhulu ongaba khona ezingeni lomhlaba? Enye impi yezwe? Ukutholakala kokwelashwa kwesifo esibi? Ukuthula komhlaba, unomphela? Noma uthinte ubuhlakani bangaphandle? Ezigidini zamaKrestu, impendulo yalo mbuzo ilula: isenzeko esikhulu kunazo zonke esake senzeka ukuza kwesibili kukaJesu Kristu.
Umyalezo ophambili weBhayibheli
Indaba yeBhayibheli yonke igxile ekufikeni kukaJesu Kristu njengoMsindisi neNkosi. Ensimini yase-Edene, abazali bethu bokuqala baphula ubuhlobo babo noNkulunkulu ngesono. Kodwa uNkulunkulu wabikezela ngokuza koMhlengi owayeyophulukisa leli phutha elingokomoya. Enyokeni eyalinga u-Adamu no-Eva ukuba bone, uNkulunkulu wathi: “Ngizakubeka ubutha phakathi kwakho nowesifazane, naphakathi kwenzalo yakho nenzalo yakhe; yona iyakuchoboza ikhanda lakho, wena uyakugwaza isithende sayo.”1. mose 3,15).
Lesi isiprofetho sokuqala seBhayibheli soMsindisi owayeyochoboza amandla esono isono nokufa okusebenza phezu komuntu (“uyochoboza ikhanda lakho”). Kanjani? Ngokufa komhlatshelo koMhlengi ("uyomgwaza isithende sakhe"). UJesu wakufeza lokhu ekufikeni kwakhe kokuqala. UJohane uMbhapathizi wamazi “njengeWundlu likaNkulunkulu, elisusa isono sezwe.” (Joh 1,29).
IBhayibheli lembula ukubaluleka okuyisisekelo komzimba kaNkulunkulu ekufikeni kokuqala kukaKristu. IBhayibheli liphinde lembule ukuthi uJesu manje uza ezimpilweni zamakholwa. Futhi ibhayibheli lisho ngokuqinisekile ukuthi uzobuya futhi, ngokubonakalayo nangamandla. Ngempela, uJesu uza ngezindlela ezintathu ezihlukene:
UJesu usefikile
Thina bantu sidinga ukuhlengwa kukaNkulunkulu - insindiso Yakhe - ngoba u-Adamu no-Eva bonile futhi baletha ukufa emhlabeni. UJesu waletha lensindiso ngokufa esikhundleni sethu. UPawulu wabhala kweyabaseKolose 1,19-20: “Ngokuba uNkulunkulu wathokoza ukuba ukugcwala konke kuhlale kuye, nokuba ngaye abuyisele konke kuye, kungakhathaliseki ukuthi kusemhlabeni noma kusezulwini, ngokwenza ukuthula ngegazi lakhe esiphambanweni.” okokuqala kwenzeka ensimini yase-Edene. Ngomhlatshelo wakhe isintu singabuyisana noNkulunkulu.
Iziprofetho zeTestamente Elidala zazikhomba embusweni kaNkulunkulu esikhathini esizayo. Kodwa iTestamente Elisha liqala ngoJesu eshumayela izindaba ezinhle zikaNkulunkulu: “Isikhathi sigcwalisekile... futhi umbuso kaNkulunkulu ususondele,” esho (Marku. 1,14-15). UJesu, inkosi yombuso, wahamba phakathi kwabantu! UJesu “wanikela ngomhlatshelo wezono” (Hebheru 10,12). Akufanele nanini sikubukele phansi ukubaluleka kokuba uJesu esesimweni somuntu, ngokuphila kwakhe nenkonzo yakhe eminyakeni eyizi-2000 edlule.
UJesu weza. Ngaphezu kwalokho - uJesu uyeza manje
Kunezindaba ezinhle kulabo bantu abakholelwa kuKristu: “Nani nanifile ngeziphambeko nezono enanikade niphila kuzo ngokwendlela yaleli zwe... Kepha uNkulunkulu, ecebile ngesihawu, unothando lwakhe olukhulu. asithanda ngabo, thina esasifile ezonweni, siphiliswa kanye noKristu - ngomusa nisindisiwe.” ( Efesu 2,1-2; 4-5).
Manje uNkulunkulu usivusile ngokomoya kanye noKristu! Ngomusa wakhe “wasivusa kanye nathi, wasimisa ezulwini kuKristu Jesu, ukuze ezikhathini ezizayo abonakalise ingcebo enkulu yomusa wakhe ngobubele bakhe kithina kuKristu Jesu” ( amavesi 6-7 ). . Lesi siqephu sichaza isimo sethu samanje njengabalandeli bakaJesu Kristu!
UNkulunkulu “ngokomusa wakhe omkhulu usephinde wasizala kabusha ethembeni eliphilayo ngokuvuka kukaJesu Kristu kwabafileyo, efeni elingenakonakala, nelingangcolile, nelingabuni, eligcinelwe nina ezulwini.”1. UPetrus 1,3-4). UJesu uphila kithi manje (Galathiya 2,20). Sizelwe kabusha ngokomoya futhi siyawubona umbuso kaNkulunkulu (Joh 3,3).
Lapho ebuzwa ukuthi umbuso kaNkulunkulu uyofika nini, uJesu waphendula: “Umbuso kaNkulunkulu awufiki ngokubonwa nje; futhi ngeke bathi: Bheka, nansi! noma: Nanso! Ngokuba bhekani, umbuso kaNkulunkulu uphakathi kwenu” (Luka 17,20-21). UJesu wayephakathi kwabaFarisi, kodwa uhlala kumaKristu. UJesu Kristu waletha umbuso kaNkulunkulu ngobuntu bakhe.
Ngendlela efanayo noJesu manje ahlala kithi, umisa uMbuso. Ukuza kukaJesu ukuhlala kithi kufanekisela ukwambulwa kokugcina kombuso kaNkulunkulu emhlabeni ekubuyeni kukaJesu kwesibili.
Kodwa kungani uJesu ehlala kithi? Qaphela: “Ngokuba ngomusa nisindisiwe ngokukholwa, nalokhu akuveli kini, kuyisipho sikaNkulunkulu, akuveli ngemisebenzi, ukuze kungabikho ozibongayo. Ngokuba singumsebenzi wakhe, sidalelwe imisebenzi emihle kuKristu Jesu, ayilungisela ngaphambili ukuba sihambe kuyo.” ( Kwabase-Efesu 2,8-10). UNkulunkulu wasisindisa ngomusa, hhayi ngemizamo yethu. Kodwa nakuba singenakuyithola insindiso ngemisebenzi, uJesu uhlala kithi ukuze manje senze imisebenzi emihle futhi ngaleyo ndlela sikhazimulise uNkulunkulu.
UJesu weza. UJesu uyeza. Futhi - uJesu uzobuya futhi
Ngemuva kokuvuka kukaJesu, lapho abafundi bakhe bembona enyuka, izingelosi ezimbili zababuza:
“Umeleni lapho ubheke esibhakabhakeni? UJesu lo, onyuswe kini enyuselwa ezulwini, uyobuya futhi njengalokho nimbonile eya ezulwini.” ( IzE 1,11). Yebo, uJesu uyeza futhi.
Ekuzeni kwakhe kokuqala, uJesu washiya ezinye izibikezelo zikaMesiya zingagcwaliseki. Lesi ngesinye sezizathu esenza amaJuda amala. Babona uMesiya njengeqhawe lesizwe elalizobakhulula embusweni wamaRoma.
Kodwa uMesiya kwakumelwe eze kuqala ukuze afele sonke isintu. Kungemva kwesikhathi kuphela lapho uKristu ayeyobuya khona njengenkosi enqobayo futhi angagcini nje ngokuphakamisa uIsrayeli kodwa enze yonke imibuso yalelizwe imibuso yakhe. “Ingelosi yesikhombisa yayisibetha; kwavela amazwi amakhulu ezulwini, ethi: “Imibuso yezwe isifikile eNkosini yethu nakuKristu wayo, iyakubusa kuze kube phakade naphakade.” ( IsAm. 11,15).
“Ngiya ukunilungisela indawo,” kusho uJesu. “Futhi lapho sengiyonilungisela indawo, ngizophinde ngize futhi nginithathele kimi, ukuze nibe lapho ngikhona” (Johane 1)4,23).
Isiprofetho sikaJesu eNtabeni Yeminqumo (Mathewu 24,1-25.46) yakhuluma nemibuzo nezinkathazo zabafundi mayelana nokuphela kwalenkathi. Kamuva, umphostoli uPawulu wabhala ngeBandla ukuthi “iNkosi uqobo iyakuza, ngokuzwakala komyalo, ngezwi lengelosi enkulu, necilongo likaNkulunkulu, yehla ezulwini, nabafileyo abafele kuKristu. bayovuka kuqala” (2. Thesalonika 4,16). Ekufikeni kukaJesu kwesibili uyovusa abafileyo abalungile ekungafini futhi aguqule amakholwa asaphila ekungafini, futhi ayohlangana naye emoyeni ( izv. 16-17; 1. AbaseKorinte 15,5I-1-54).
Kodwa nini?
Emakhulwini eminyaka adlule, ukuqagela ngokuza kwesibili kukaKristu kudale izingxabano eziningi - kanye nokudumala okungenakubalwa, lapho izimo ezahlukahlukene zababikezeli bezulu zabonakala zingamanga. Ukugcizelela okukhulu ukuthi uJesu uzobuya nini kungasiphazamisa ekugxileni kwevangeli - umsebenzi kaJesu wensindiso wabo bonke abantu, otholakala ngempilo yakhe, ukufa, ukuvuka, nomsebenzi oqhubekayo wensindiso njengompristi wethu omkhulu wasezulwini.
Singakhangwa ukuqagela okungokwesiprofetho size sehluleke ukufeza indima efanelekile yamaKrestu njengezinkanyiso emhlabeni ngokuphila ngendlela yobuKristu enothando, nozwelo nangokukhazimulisa uNkulunkulu ngokusebenzela abanye abantu.
“Uma isithakazelo sanoma imuphi umuntu ezimemezelweni zeBhayibheli zezinto zokugcina nokuFika kwesiBili siwohloka sibe ukuvezwa okucashile kwezenzakalo zesikhathi esizayo eziklanywe ngokunembile, khona-ke baye basuka kude nengqikithi nomoya weziprofetho zikaJesu,” kusho i-New International Bible. Ukuphawula ngaleliVangeli likaLuka” ekhasini 544.
Ukugxila kwethu
Uma kungenakwenzeka ukuthola ukuthi uKristu uyobuya nini futhi (futhi ngenxa yalokho akubalulekile uma kuqhathaniswa nalokho okushiwo iBhayibheli ngempela), khona-ke kufanele siwabhekise kuphi amandla ethu? Kufanele sigxile ekubeni sikulungele ukufika kukaJesu noma nini lapho kwenzeka!
“Ngakho-ke nani hlalani nilungile,” kusho uJesu, “ngoba iNdodana yomuntu iza ngehora eningalicabangiyo.” ( Mathewu 24,44). “Kepha lowo okhuthazelayo kuze kube sekupheleni nguyena oyakusindiswa.” ( Mathewu 10,22). Kufanele simlungele ukuze angene ezimpilweni zethu manje futhi asiqondise khona manje.
Okugxilwe kukho eBhayibhelini
Lonke iBhayibheli ligxile ekufikeni kukaJesu Kristu. NjengamaKristu, izimpilo zethu kufanele zigxile ekufikeni Kwakhe. UJesu wafika. Uza manje ngokuhlala kukaMoya oNgcwele. Futhi uJesu uzobuya futhi. UJesu uzokuza ngamandla nangenkazimulo “ukuze aguqule umzimba wethu oyize ufane nomzimba wakhe wenkazimulo” (Filipi 3,21). Khona-ke, “indalo nayo iyakukhululwa ebugqileni bokubhubha, iye enkululekweni yenkazimulo yabantwana bakaNkulunkulu.” 8,21).
YEBO, ngiyeza, kusho uMsindisi wethu. Futhi njengamakholwa nabafundi bakaKristu, sonke singaphendula ngazwi linye: “Amen, yebo, woza Nkosi Jesu” (IsAmbulo 2)2,20)!
UNorman Shoaf