UJesu ukubuyisana kwethu

Iminyaka eminingi ngizila ukudla ngo-Yom Kippur (isiNgisi: Usuku Lokubuyisana), usuku lwamaJuda olungcwele kunawo wonke. Ngakwenza lokhu ngaphansi kwenkolelo engamanga yokuthi ngokuyeka ngokuphelele ukudla noketshezi ngalolo suku ngabuyisana noNkulunkulu. Abaningi bethu basakhumbula le ndlela yokucabanga eyiphutha. Nokho sachazelwa, inhloso yokuzila ukudla eYom Kippur kwakuwukuzuza ukubuyisana kwethu noNkulunkulu ngemisebenzi yethu. Sasebenzisa uhlelo lwezenkolo lomusa-kanye nemisebenzi—singasinaki iqiniso lapho uJesu engunhlawulo wethu. Ungase ukhumbule incwadi yami yokugcina. Kwakumayelana neRosh Hashanah, uSuku LwamaJuda Lonyaka Omusha, olwaziwa nangokuthi uSuku lwamaCilongo. Ngaphetha ngokuthi uJesu walishaya icilongo kanye kuphela futhi uyiNkosi yonyaka - iNkosi yezikhathi zonke. Njengomphelelisi wesivumelwano sikaNkulunkulu no-Israyeli (iSivumelwano Esidala), uJesu, uMdali wesikhathi, washintsha izikhathi zonke kuze kube phakade. Lokhu kusinika umbono weSivumelwano Esisha ngeRosh Hashanah. Uma futhi sibheka iYom Kippur ngamehlo ethu eSivumelwaneni Esisha, siyaqonda ukuthi uJesu uyinhlawulo yethu. Njengoba kwakunjalo kuyo yonke imikhosi yama-Israyeli, uSuku Lokuhlawulela lukhomba kumuntu nomsebenzi kaJesu ukuze sisindiswe futhi sihlawulelwe. ESivumelwaneni Esisha uhlanganisa uhlelo oludala lwezinkonzo zama-Israyeli ngendlela entsha.

Manje sesiyaqonda ukuthi imikhosi yekhalenda lesiHeberu yayikhomba ukufika kukaJesu ngakho-ke isiphelelwe yisikhathi. UJesu usefikile futhi wamisa Isivumelwano Esisha. Ngakho siyazi ukuthi uNkulunkulu wasebenzisa ikhalenda njengethuluzi ukuze sazi ukuthi uJesu ungubani ngempela. Namuhla sigxile ezenzakalweni ezine ezibalulekile ekuphileni kukaKristu - ukuzalwa kukaJesu, ukufa, ukuvuka nokwenyuka kwakhe. U-Yom Kippur wakhomba ukubuyisana noNkulunkulu. Uma sifuna ukuqonda ukuthi iTestamente Elisha lisifundisani ngokufa kukaJesu, kufanele sikhumbule izibonelo zeTestamente Elidala zokuqonda nokukhonza eziqukethwe esivumelwaneni sikaNkulunkulu no-Israyeli (Isivumelwano Esidala). UJesu wathi bonke bayafakaza ngaye (Joh 5,39-enye).
 
Ngamanye amazwi, uJesu uyilensi esingahumusha ngayo lonke iBhayibheli ngendlela efanele. Manje siyaliqonda iTestamente Elidala (elihlanganisa neSivumelwano Esidala) ngeso lengqondo leTestamente Elisha (neSivumelwano Esisha uJesu Kristu asigcwalisa ngokugcwele). Uma siqhubeka ngokulandelana, sifika esiphethweni esingalungile, sithatha ngokuthi iSivumelwano Esisha sizoqala kuphela ngokubuya kukaJesu. Lokhu kucabanga kuyiphutha eliyisisekelo. Abanye ngephutha bakholelwa ukuthi sisenkathini yenguquko phakathi kweSivumelwano Esidala nesiSha, ngakho-ke banesibopho sokugcina izinsuku zemikhosi yamaHeberu.

Phakathi nenkonzo yakhe yasemhlabeni, uJesu wachaza uhlobo lokuqala lwenkonzo yokukhulekela kwama-Israyeli. Nakuba uNkulunkulu ayemise uhlobo oluthile lokukhulekela, uJesu wabonisa ukuthi wayeyolushintsha. Wakugcizelela lokhu lapho exoxa nowesifazane emthonjeni waseSamariya (Joh 4,1-25). Ngicaphuna uJesu emtshela ukuthi ukukhulekela kwabantu bakaNkulunkulu ngeke kusaba khona eJerusalema noma kwenye indawo. Kwenye indawo wathembisa ukuthi lapho ababili noma abathathu beyobuthana khona, uyoba phakathi kwabo (Mathewu 18,20). UJesu watshela owesifazane ongumSamariya ukuthi lapho inkonzo Yakhe emhlabeni iphela, yayingeke isaba khona into ebizwa ngokuthi indawo engcwele.

Sicela uqaphele ukuthi wamtshelani:

• Isikhathi siyeza, lapho ningayikukhuleka kuBaba kule ntaba noma eJerusalema.
• Isikhathi siyeza, sesikhona namanje, lapho abakhulekayo abaqinisileyo beyakukhuleka kuBaba ngomoya nangeqiniso; ngoba uBaba laye uyabafuna abanjalo. UNkulunkulu unguMoya, futhi labo abamkhulekelayo kumelwe bakhulekele ngomoya nangeqiniso (Joh 4,21-enye).

Ngalesi simemezelo, uJesu waqeda ukubaluleka komkhosi wokukhulekela wama-Israyeli - uhlelo olubekwe eMthethweni KaMose (Isivumelwano Esidala). UJesu wakwenza lokhu ngoba yena ngokwakhe wayeyogcwalisa cishe zonke izici zalesi simiso, esigxile ethempelini laseJerusalema, ngezindlela eziningi ezihlukahlukene. Incazelo kaJesu kowesifazane ongumSamariya ibonisa ukuthi inani elikhulu lemikhuba yokukhulekela engokoqobo yangaphambili alisadingeki. Ngenxa yokuthi abakhulekeli bakaJesu beqiniso akusadingeki ukuba baye eJerusalema, babengeke besakwazi ukwenza ngokuvumelana neziqondiso ezilotshwe eMthethweni KaMose, lapho isimiso sasendulo sokukhulekela sasincike ekubeni khona nasekusetshenzisweni kwethempeli.

Manje sishiya ulimi lweTestamente Elidala futhi siphendukela ngokugcwele kuJesu; sisuka ethunzini siye ekukhanyeni. Kithina lokhu kusho ukuthi sivumela uJesu, emsebenzini wakhe njengowukuphela komlamuleli phakathi kukaNkulunkulu nesintu, ukuba anqume ukuqonda kwethu ukubuyisana. NjengeNdodana kaNkulunkulu, uJesu wafika esimweni izimo zaso kwase kuyisikhathi eside zilungiselelwa yena kwa-Israyeli, futhi wenza ngokusemthethweni nangokudala ukuze agcwalise sonke iSivumelwano Esidala, kuhlanganise nokugcwaliseka koSuku Lokuhlawulela.

Encwadini yakhe ethi, Incarnation, The Person and Life of Christ, u-TF Torrance uchaza indlela uJesu akufeza ngayo ukubuyisana kwethu noNkulunkulu: UJesu akazange azenqabe izintshumayelo zikaJohane uMbhapathizi ngokumenyezelwa kokwahlulela: Empilweni yomuntu nangaphambi kokuQala ngokufa kukaJesu. UJesu, uNkulunkulu ukhipha isahlulelo sakhe ebubini hhayi ngokumane ashanele ububi ngamandla, kodwa ngokucwilisa ngokugcwele ekujuleni kobubi, ukuze asuse bonke ubuhlungu, icala nokuhlupheka okufanele kuthathe. Njengoba uNkulunkulu ngokwakhe engenela ukuze athathele kuye bonke ububi bomuntu, ukungenela kwakhe emnene kunamandla amakhulu futhi okuqhuma. Lawo amandla eqiniso kaNkulunkulu. Ngakho-ke, isiphambano (ofela esiphambanweni), kanye nabo bonke ubumnene baso obungenakunqotshwa, ukubekezela nozwelo, akusona nje isenzo sobuqhawe obukhuthazelela futhi obubukeka ngendlela emangalisayo, kodwa isenzo esinamandla nesinonya, njengezulu nomhlaba okungakaze kwenzeke. ngaphambili: ukuhlasela kothando olungcwele lukaNkulunkulu ngokumelene nonya lomuntu kanye nokucindezela kobubi, ngokumelene nazo zonke izingxabano zesono ezikhulayo (ikhasi 150).

Ukubheka ukubuyisana njengesivumelwano nje esingokomthetho ngomqondo wokuziqonda futhi noNkulunkulu kuholela ekuqondeni okunganele ngokuphelele, ngeshwa amaKristu amaningi anakho namuhla. Umbono onjalo untula ukujula maqondana nalokho uJesu akufeza ngenxa yethu. Njengezoni, sidinga okungaphezu nje kokukhululeka esijezisweni sezono zethu. Sidinga inxeba lokufa lesono ngokwaso, lisuswe emvelweni yethu.

Yilokho kanye uJesu akwenza. Esikhundleni sokwelapha izimpawu kuphela, waphendukela embangela. Lesi sizathu siqanjwe ngokufanelekile ukuthi Ukuhlehliswa kuka-Adam, okususelwa encwadini kaBaxter Kruger. Lesi siqu sibonisa lokho uJesu akufeza ekugcineni ngokubuyisana kwesintu noNkulunkulu. Yebo, uJesu wakhokha isijeziso sokuba nesono kwethu. Kodwa wenza okungaphezu kwalokho - wenza ukuhlinzwa kwe-cosmic. Wanikeza isintu esiwile, esigula ngesono ukufakelwa inhliziyo! Le nhliziyo entsha iyinhliziyo yokubuyisana. YiNhliziyo kaJesu - Lowo onguNkulunkulu nomuntu, uMlamuleli oyedwa nomPristi Omkhulu, uMsindisi wethu noMfowethu omdala. NgoMoya oNgcwele, njengoba nje uNkulunkulu athembisa ngomprofethi uHezekeli noJoweli, uJesu uletha ukuphila okusha ezithweni zethu ezomile futhi usinika izinhliziyo ezintsha. Kuye siyindalo entsha!

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