UNkulunkulu wethu onguZiqu-zintathu: uthando oluphilayo

Lapho bebuzwa ngesidalwa esiphilayo esidala kunazo zonke, abanye bangabhekisa kuphayini waseTasmania oneminyaka engu-10.000 40.000 noma isihlahlana seminyaka engama-200.000 esihlala lapho. Abanye bangacabanga kakhulu ngokhula lwasolwandle oludala lweminyaka engama olwandle lwaseSpain Balearic Islands. Noma zindala kangakanani lezi zitshalo, kunokuthile okudala kakhulu - futhi lowo nguNkulunkulu Ongunaphakade, owembulwe emiBhalweni njengothando oluphilayo. Ingqikithi kaNkulunkulu izibonakalisa ngothando. Uthando olukhona phakathi kwabantu bakaZiqu-zintathu lube khona ingunaphakade ngaphambi kokudalwa kwesikhathi. Akukaze kube nesikhathi lapho uthando lweqiniso lwalungekho ngoba uNkulunkulu wethu waphakade, onguthathu ungumthombo wothando lweqiniso.

U-Augustine waseHippo (owaphila eminyakeni engama-430) waligcizelela leli qiniso ngokubhekisela kuYise ngokuthi “umthandi,” iNdodana ngokuthi “othandekayo,” noMoya oNgcwele njengowuthando phakathi kwabo. Ngothando lwakhe olungapheli, olungapheli, uNkulunkulu wadala yonke into ekhona, kuhlanganise nami nawe. Encwadini yaso ethi The Triune Creator, isazi semfundiso yenkolo uColin Gunton uphikisa le ncazelo kaZiqu-zintathu ngendalo, ephikisa ngokuthi kumelwe sithathe lonke iBhayibheli njengobufakazi, hhayi nje indaba yendalo. 1. Incwadi kaMose. UGunton uveza ukuthi le ndlela yokwenza ayisiyintsha - lena yindlela ibandla lamaKrestu lakuqala elaliqonda ngayo indalo. Ngokwesibonelo, u-Irenaeus wathola ukuthi umbono kaZiqu-zintathu wakwenza kwacaca ngokungenabungozi ukubheka indalo ngombono walokho okwenzeka kuJesu. UNkulunkulu, owadala yonke into ngaphandle kweze (ex nihilo), wakwenza lokhu ngokunakekela okuphelele - ngenxa yothando, othandweni nangenxa yothando.

UThomas F. Torrance nomfowabo uJames B. babevame ukuthi indalo yayiwumphumela wothando olungapheli lukaNkulunkulu. Lokhu kuba sobala emazwini kaSomandla: “Masenze umuntu ngomfanekiso wethu [...]” (1. mose 1,26). Enkulumweni ethi "Masi..." sibhekiselwa engqikithini yobuthathu bukaNkulunkulu. Abanye abahumushi beBhayibheli abavumelani, bephikisa ngokuthi lo mbono, ngokubhekisela kwawo kuZiqu-zintathu, ubeka ukuqonda kweTestamente Elisha ngeTestamente Elidala. Ngokuvamile bahlola "Masivumele [...]" njengethuluzi lesitayela sokubhala (i-Pluralis Majestatis) noma babone njengenkomba yokuthi uNkulunkulu ukhuluma nezingelosi njengabadali bakhe. Nokho, akukho lapho umBhalo uthi izingelosi zinamandla okudala. Ngaphezu kwalokho, kufanele silihumushe lonke iBhayibheli ngokuphathelene nobuntu bukaJesu nezimfundiso zakhe. UNkulunkulu owathi, "Masi..." wayenguNkulunkulu onguMthathu Emnye, kungakhathaliseki ukuthi okhokho bethu babekwazi noma cha.

Uma sifunda iBhayibheli ngombono kaJesu, kuba sobala kithi ukuthi indalo kaNkulunkulu yesintu ibuveza ngokucacile ubunjalo bakhe ngomfanekiso wakhe, obonakaliswa othandweni. Encwadini eya kwabaseKolose 1,15 nakweyesi-2 Korinte 4,4 sifunda ukuthi uJesu ngokwakhe ungumfanekiso kaNkulunkulu. Ubonakalisa umfanekiso kaBaba kithi ngoba Yena noBaba bayinto eyodwa ebudlelwaneni bothando oluphelele komunye nomunye. ImiBhalo isitshela ukuthi uJesu uhlobene nendalo (okungukuthi, kuhlanganise nesintu) ngokubhekisela kuye ‘njengezibulo’ elingaphezu kwayo yonke indalo. UPawulu ubiza u-Adamu ngomfanekiso (isifaniso) sikaJesu “owayezofika” (Roma 5,14). Ngakho-ke, uJesu ungumfuziselo waso sonke isintu. Emazwini kaPawulu, uJesu futhi ‘ungu-Adamu wokugcina’ lowo, ‘njengomoya ophilisayo,’ avuselele u-Adamu onesono (1 Kor.5,45) ukuze isintu sihambe ngomfanekiso waso.

Njengoba imiBhalo isitshela, ‘sembathe umuntu omusha, owenziwa musha ekwazini ngokomfanekiso walowo owamenzayo. 3,10), futhi “bonke ngobuso obungamboziwe babona inkazimulo yeNkosi [...]; futhi siyoguqulwa isimo sibe nomfanekiso wakhe kusukela kwenye inkazimulo kuye kwenye ngeNkosi enguMoya.”2. AbaseKorinte 3,18). Umlobi wamaHeberu usitshela ukuthi uJesu “uwukuvezwa kwenkazimulo yakhe [uNkulunkulu], nomfanekiso wesimo sakhe siqu.” ( Hebheru 1,3). Ungumfanekiso wangempela kaNkulunkulu owanambitha ukufa ngenxa yawo wonke umuntu ngokwamukela isimo sethu sobuntu. Ngokuba munye nathi, wasingcwelisa futhi wasenza abafowabo nodadewabo (Hebheru 2,9-15). Sadalwa futhi manje siyadalwa futhi ngomfanekiso weNdodana kaNkulunkulu, yona ngokwayo ebonakalisa kithi ubuhlobo obungcwele, obusekelwe othandweni kuZiqu-zintathu. Kufanele siphile, sinyakaze futhi sibe kuKristu, ofakwe enhlanganisweni yabantu abathathu yothando lukaYise, iNdodana noMoya oNgcwele. NgoKristu futhi singabantwana abathandekayo bakaNkulunkulu. Ngeshwa, nokho, labo abangakwazi ukuqaphela ubuthathu bukaNkulunkulu, ingqikithi yothando esekelwe othandweni balahlekelwa kalula leli qiniso elibalulekile ngoba esikhundleni salokho bamukela imibono eyiphutha ehlukahlukene:

• a Inkolo kaZiqu-zintathuophika ubunye obubalulekile bukaNkulunkulu futhi ngokusho kwabo kukhona onkulunkulu abathathu abazimele, lapho ingaphandle libhekwa kubo bonke ubuhlobo phakathi kwabo hhayi isici esitholakala ebukhoneni bukaNkulunkulu futhi esimchazayo.
• a I-Modalismokufundisa kwakhe kugxile esimweni sikaNkulunkulu esingahlukanisiwe, obonakala ngezikhathi ezihlukene kwesinye sezimo ezintathu ezahlukene. Le mfundiso iphika futhi noma yibuphi ubuhlobo bangaphakathi nobangaphandle noNkulunkulu.
• a I-Subordinationismofundisa ukuthi uJesu uyindalo (noma ungumuntu waphezulu, kodwa ongaphansi kukaYise) futhi ngaleyondlela akayena phakade iNdodana yoMninimandla onke efana noNkulunkulu. Le mfundiso futhi iyaphika ukuthi uNkulunkulu engqikithini yakhe uhlala ebuhlotsheni bukaziqu-zintathu obusekelwa uthando olungcwele lwaphakade.
• Ezinye izimfundiso ezisekela imfundiso kaZiqu-zintathu, kodwa ezingakwazi ukubamba inkazimulo yazo siqu: ukuthi uNkulunkulu onguziqu-zintathu wahlanganiswa futhi wanikeza uthando ngokwemvelo ngisho nangaphambi kokuba kube khona indalo.

Ukuqonda ukuthi uNkulunkulu onguziqu-zintathu uluthando oluvela emvelweni yakhe kusisiza ukuba sibone izisekelo zakho konke ukuba sothandweni. Inhloso yalokhu kuqonda ukuthi yonke into isuka futhi izungeza kuJesu, owembula uBaba futhi athumele uMoya oNgcwele. Ukuqonda uNkulunkulu nendalo yakhe (kuhlanganise nesintu) kuqala ngalo mbuzo: Ungubani uJesu?

Ngokungangabazeki ukucabanga kukaZiqu-zintathu ukuthi uBaba wadala konke futhi wamisa umbuso Wakhe ngokubeka iNdodana Yakhe phakathi necebo Lakhe, isiphetho kanye nesambulo. INdodana ikhazimulisa uYise futhi uYise ukhazimulisa iNdodana. UMoya oNgcwele, ungazikhulumeli, ulokhu ukhomba eNdodaneni, ukhazimulisa iNdodana noYise. UBaba, iNdodana kanye noMoya oNgcwele bayakuthokozela lokhu kusebenzisana okubuthathwé othandweni. Futhi lapho thina, bantwana bakaNkulunkulu, sifakaza ngoJesu njengeNkosi yethu, sikwenza ngoMoya oNgcwele kube inkazimulo kuBaba. Njengoba aprofetha, inkonzo yeqiniso yokukholwa “ingomoya nangeqiniso.” Ngokukhonza uYise, neNdodana, noMoya oNgcwele, sihlonipha uMdala owasidala othandweni, ukuze nathi simthande futhi sihlale kuye kuze kube phakade.

Kuqhutshwa uthando

UJoseph Tkach        
UMongameli GRACE COMMUNION INTERNATIONAL