Imfundiso yokuhlwithwa

“Imfundiso Yokuhlwithwa” ekhuthazwa amanye amaKristu ikhuluma ngalokho okwenzeka eBandleni lapho uJesu ebuya - “Ukuza Kwesibili,” njengoba ngokuvamile kubizwa kanjalo. Imfundiso ithi amakholwa ahlangabezana nohlobo oluthile lokwenyuka; ukuthi bayodonswa ukuhlangana noKristu ngesinye isikhathi ekubuyeni Kwakhe enkazimulweni. Abakholelwa ekuhlwithweni ngokuyisisekelo basebenzisa isiqephu esisodwa njengobufakazi: «Ngokuba siyanitshela ngezwi leNkosi ukuthi thina esiphilayo futhi esisekhona kuze kube sekufikeni kweNkosi asiyikubandulela labo asebalala. Ngokuba yona uqobo, iNkosi, iyakwehla ezulwini, nxa kumenyezwa, kuzwakale izwi lengelosi enkulu necilongo likaNkulunkulu, nabafileyo kuKristu bayakuvuka kuqala. Khona thina esisekhona sisasele siyakuhlwithwa kanye nabo emafwini, sihlangabeze iNkosi emoyeni. Futhi kanjalo siyoba neNkosi ngaso sonke isikhathi. Ngakho duduzanani ngala mazwi »(1. Thesalonika 4,15-enye).

Imfundiso yokuhlwithwa ibonakala ibuyela emuva endodeni okuthiwa uJohn Nelson Darby cishe ngo-1830. Wahlukanisa isikhathi sokuza kwesibili kwaba izingxenye ezimbili. Okokuqala, ngaphambi kosizi, uKristu wayeyofika kwabangcwele bakhe, bayohlwithwa kanye naye. Ngemva kosizi wayezobuyela emhlabeni kanye nabo futhi kungaleso sikhathi kuphela lapho uDarby abona khona ukuza kwesibili kwangempela, ukubuya kwesibili kukaKristu ngobuhle nenkazimulo.

Abakholelwa ekuhlwithweni banemibono ehlukene mayelana nokuthi ukuhlwithwa kuzokwenzeka nini ngombono 'wosizi olukhulu': ngaphambi, phakathi, noma ngemva kosizi. Ngaphezu kwalokho, kunombono wedlanzana, okungukuthi yiqembu elikhethiwe kuphela ebandleni lobuKristu eliyohlwithwa ekuqaleni kosizi.

I-Worldwide Church of God iyibheka kanjani imfundiso yokuhlwithwa?

Uma thina 1. Uma sibheka kwabaseThesalonika, umphostoli uPawulu ubonakala ethi nje lapho kukhala “icilongo likaNkulunkulu” abafileyo abafele kuKristu bayovuka kuqala futhi benyuke kanye namakholwa asaphila “emafwini enyameni. umoya wokuhlangana neNkosi.” Akukho mbuzo wokuthi lonke iBandla - noma ingxenye yeBandla - ukuhlwithwa noma ukudluliselwa kwenye indawo ngaphambi, phakathi noma ngemva kosizi.

Kubonakala sengathi uMathewu ukhuluma ngesenzakalo esifanayo: “Kodwa masinyane ngemva kokucindezeleka kwalezo zinsuku ilanga liyoba mnyama nenyanga iyolahlekelwa ukukhanya kwayo, nezinkanyezi ziyokuwa ezulwini namandla ezulu ayozamazama. Khona-ke isibonakaliso seNdodana yomuntu siyobonakala ezulwini. Khona-ke zonke izizwe zomhlaba ziyolila futhi ziyobona iNdodana yomuntu iza iphezu kwamafu ezulu inamandla amakhulu nenkazimulo. Iyakuthuma izingelosi zayo namacilongo akhanyayo, zibuthe abakhethiweyo bayo emimoyeni yomine, kusukela emkhawulweni omunye wezulu kuze kube komunye.”— Mathewu 24,29-enye).

KuMathewu uJesu wathi abangcwele bayoqoqwa “kodwa masinyane ngemva kosizi lwangaleso sikhathi”. Ukuvuka, ukubuthwa, noma, uma uthanda, ukuhlwithwa kwenzeka kafushane ekubuyeni kwesibili kukaJesu. Kule mibhalo kunzima ukuqonda umehluko owenziwa yizimfundiso zokuhlwithwa.

Ngenxa yalesi sizathu ibandla lithatha incazelo eyiqiniso yemibhalo eshiwo ngenhla futhi aliboni ukuhlwithwa okukhethekile njengoba kunikeziwe. Amavesi okukhulunywa ngawo asho nje ukuthi abangcwele abafile bayovuswa futhi bahlanganiswe nalabo abasaphila lapho uJesu ebuya ngenkazimulo.
Umbuzo wokuthi kuzokwenzekani ebandleni ngaphambi, phakathi nangemuva kokubuya kukaJesu usalokhu uvuliwe kakhulu emiBhalweni. Ngakolunye uhlangothi, siqinisekile ngalokho okushiwo imibhalo ngokucacile nangokugoqela: UJesu uzobuya ngenkazimulo ezokwahlulela umhlaba. Lowo oye wahlala ethembekile kuye uyovuswa futhi aphile naye phakade ngenjabulo nenkazimulo.

nguPaul Kroll