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Ukukhanya, unkulunkulu nomusa
Ngisemusha, ngangizihlalele endaweni lapho kwakucima khona ugesi. Ebumnyameni ukukhononda kwezethameli kwakhula kakhulu njalo ngomzuzwana odlulayo. Ngabona ukuthi ngangizama kanjani ukusola ukuphuma ngokushesha lapho othile evula umnyango ngaphandle. Ukukhanya kugobhoze enkundleni yemidlalo yama-movie nokukhononda nokuseshwa kwami okusolisayo kwaphela ngokushesha.
Kuze kube lapho sibhekene nobumnyama, iningi lethu likuthatha kancane ukukhanya. Noma kunjalo, ngaphandle kokukhanya akukho lutho olubonwayo. Sibona okuthile kuphela lapho ukukhanya kukhanyisa igumbi. Nomaphi lapho le nto ifinyelela khona emehlweni ethu, ivuselela izinzwa zethu ze-optic futhi ivuse isignali yokuthi ubuchopho bethu buyibona njengento esesikhaleni ngokubukeka, isikhundla nokunyakaza okuthile. Ukuqonda ubunjalo bokukhanya kwakuyinselele. Imibono yaphambilini yayicabanga ukuthi ukukhanya kuyizinhlayiyana, bese kuba njengegagasi. Iningi lezazi ze-physics namuhla liqonda ukukhanya njenge-particle wave. Qaphela lokho u-Einstein akubhalile: Kubukeka sengathi kwesinye isikhathi kufanele sisebenzise umbono owodwa kwesinye isikhathi omunye, kanti kwesinye isikhathi singakusebenzisa kokubili. Sibhekene nohlobo olusha lokungaqondakali. Sinezithombe ezimbili eziphikisanayo zeqiniso. Ngayodwana, akekho noyedwa kubo ongachaza ngokugcwele ukubonakala kokukhanya, kodwa ndawonye bayakwenza.
Isici esithakazelisayo mayelana nemvelo yokukhanya yindlela ubumnyama obungenawo amandla phezu kwakho. Nakuba ukukhanya kuxosha ubumnyama, okuphambene akulona iqiniso. EmBhalweni, lesi simo sidlala indima ebalulekile maqondana nesimo sikaNkulunkulu (ukukhanya) nobubi (ubumnyama noma isigayegaye). Phawula ukuthi umphostoli uJohane wathini 1. UJohannes 1,5-7 (NIV) wabhala: “Nanku umyalezo esiwuzwile kuKristu futhi esiwudlulisela kini: UNkulunkulu ungukukhanya. Naye abukho ubumnyama. Ngakho-ke uma sithi singabakaNkulunkulu kepha sihlala ebumnyameni besono, siqamba amanga futhi siphikisana neqiniso ngempilo yethu. Kodwa uma siphila ekukhanyeni kukaNkulunkulu, khona-ke nathi sixhumene omunye nomunye. Negazi elachithwa iNdodana yakhe uJesu Kristu ngenxa yethu liyasikhulula kuwo wonke amacala.
Njengoba uThomas F. Torrance aphawula encwadini yakhe ethi Trinitarian Faith, umholi wesonto lokuqala u-Athanasius, elandela izimfundiso zikaJohane nabanye abaphostoli bokuqala, wasebenzisa isingathekiso sokukhanya nokukhanya kwakho ukuze akhulume ngesimo sikaNkulunkulu njengoba benza thina ngoJesu Kristu: Njengoba nje ukukhanya kungabikho ngaphandle kwemisebe yako, kanjalo noBaba akanayo iNdodana yakhe noma ngaphandle kwezwi lakhe. Ngaphezu kwalokho, njengoba nje ukukhanya nokukhanya kukodwa futhi kungeyona into engavamile komunye nomunye, kanjalo uyise nendodana bamunye futhi ababona abezizweni komunye nomunye, kodwa besimo esifanayo. Njengoba nje uNkulunkulu engukukhanya okuphakade, kanjalo neNdodana kaNkulunkulu, njengomsebe waphakade, inguNkulunkulu kuye ukukhanya okuphakade, ongenasiqalo nasiphelo (ikhasi 121).
U-Athanasius waveza iphuzu elibalulekile yena nabanye abaholi besonto abaliveza ngokufanelekile eSivumweni Sokholo SaseNicaea: UJesu Kristu uhlanganyela noYise ingqikithi eyodwa (ngesiGreki = ousia) kaNkulunkulu. Ukube bekungenjalo, bekungeke kube nengqondo lapho uJesu ethi, “Ongibonile mina umbonile noBaba” ( Johane 14,9). Njengoba nje uTorrance esho, ukube uJesu wayengekho consubstanti (an ousia) noYise (futhi kanjalo uNkulunkulu ngokugcwele), sasingeke sibe nesambulo esigcwele sikaNkulunkulu kuJesu. Kodwa lapho uJesu ememezela ukuthi uqinisile, leso sambulo, ukumbona kuwukubona uyise, ukumuzwa kuwukuzwa uyise njengoba enjalo. UJesu Kristu uyiNdodana kaBaba empeleni, okungukuthi, eqinisweni elibalulekile kanye nemvelo. U-Torrance uyaphawula kwethi “Ukholo LukaZiqu-zintathu” ekhasini 119: Ubuhlobo boYise neNdodana buqondana ngokugcwele nangokuphelele ebunyeni bukaNkulunkulu obufanele phakade futhi obukhona kanye noYise neNdodana. UNkulunkulu unguYise njengoba enguYise weNdodana phakade, futhi njengoba iNdodana inguNkulunkulu kaNkulunkulu, njengoba iyiNdodana kaYise yaphakade. Kunokusondelana okuphelele nokuphakade phakathi kukaYise neNdodana, ngaphandle “kokuqheleka” kokuba khona, isikhathi, noma ulwazi phakathi kwabo.
Ngenxa yokuthi uYise neNdodana bamunye engqikithini, nabo bamunye ekwenzeni (isenzo). Phawula lokho uTorrance akuloba ngalokhu ku-Christian Doctrine of God: Kunobudlelwane obungaphazamiseki bokuba khona nesenzo phakathi kweNdodana noYise, futhi kuJesu Kristu lobu budlelwane bahlanganiswa unomphela ebukhoneni bethu bobuntu. Ngakho akekho uNkulunkulu ngemuva kukaJesu Kristu, kodwa kuphela lo Nkulunkulu, esibona ubuso bakhe ebusweni beNkosi uJesu. Akukho Nkulunkulu omnyama, ongaqondakali, akekho unkulunkulu ongahleliwe esingazi lutho ngaye kodwa esingathuthumela ngaphambili kuyilapho unembeza wethu onecala udweba imigudu eqinile esithunzini sakhe.
Lokhu kuqonda kwemvelo (ingqikithi) kaNkulunkulu, esambulelwe yona kuJesu Kristu, kwadlala indima ebalulekile ohlelweni lokugunyazwa kohlu lwezincwadi zeTestamente Elisha. Ayikho incwadi eyayifaneleka ukufakwa eTestamenteni Elisha ngaphandle kokuba ilondoloze ubunye obuphelele bukaYise neNdodana. Ngakho-ke, leli qiniso neqiniso lasebenza njengokhiye wokuhumusha (okungukuthi, i-hermeneutic) iqiniso eliyisisekelo okwanqunywa ngalo okuqukethwe kweTestamente Elisha ebandleni. Ukuqonda ukuthi uYise neNdodana (okuhlanganisa noMoya) bamunye ngomqondo nangezenzo kusisiza ukuba siqonde uhlobo lomusa. Umusa awuyona into edalwe nguNkulunkulu ukuze ime phakathi kukaNkulunkulu nomuntu, kodwa njengoba uTorrance echaza, “uwukunikelwa kukaNkulunkulu kithi ngeNdodana yakhe esesimweni somuntu, okuyo isipho nomuphi ngokwabo banguNkulunkulu oyedwa ngokungenakuhlukaniswa.” ubukhulu bomusa kaNkulunkulu osindisayo ngumuntu oyedwa, uJesu Kristu, ngoba kuye, ngaye futhi kuvela kuye insindiso.
UNkulunkulu Oziqu Mthathu, ukuKhanya Okuphakade, ungumthombo wakho konke “ukukhanyiselwa,” kokubili okungokwenyama nokungokomoya. UYise owabiza ukukhanya kwaba khona wathumela iNdodana yakhe ukuba ibe ukukhanya kwezwe, futhi uYise neNdodana bathumela uMoya ukuba akhanyisele bonke abantu. Nakuba uNkulunkulu “ehlala ekukhanyeni okungenakufinyeleleka” (1. Isikhathi. 6,16), wazembula kithi ngoMoya wakhe, “ebusweni” beNdodana yakhe esesimweni somuntu, uJesu Kristu (cf 2. AbaseKorinte 4,6). Ngisho noma kufanele siqale sibheke ngokuxwaya ukuze "sibone" lokhu kukhanya okukhulu kakhulu, labo abakungenisa ngokushesha bayabona ukuthi ubumnyama buxoshiwe kude nakude.
Ekufudumaleni kokukhanya
UJoseph Tkach
UMongameli GRACE COMMUNION INTERNATIONAL
