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Uthotho lweShadow lugqityiwe, kodwa umsebenzi wethu ukude kuwo. Ngokwahlukileyo koko, uThixo usibizele ukuba sibe sisibane kumanzi asendle eSitshingitshane esikhulu esihla ngoku phezu koluntu. Ukuze sifezekise le njongo size sikhokele kootitshala abayi-144,000, siye savavanywa ngokuqatha. Kwafuneka sifumane kanye ukuba uEllen G. White wakubeka ntoni ngale ndlela ilandelayo:
Ixesha lenkxwaleko nenkxwaleko phambi kwethu liya kufuna ukholo olunokunyamezela ukudinwa; ukulibaziseka, nendlala—ukholo olungayi kuphelelwa ngamandla nangona ilingwa ngokuqatha. Ixesha lokulingwa linikezelwe kubo bonke ukuba balungiselele elo xesha. UYakobi woyisa ngenxa yokuba wazingisa, ezimisele. Uloyiso lwakhe lububungqina bamandla omthandazo onyanisekileyo. Bonke abaya kubambelela kumadinga kaThixo, njengoko wenzayo, baze banyaniseke yaye bazingise njengaye, baya kuphumelela njengoko waphumelelayo. Abo bangafuniyo ukuzikhanyela, ukuzingcungcuthekisa phambi koThixo, bathandazele intsikelelo yakhe ixesha elide nangokunyanisekileyo, abayi kuyifumana. Ukujijisana noThixo—hayi indlela abambalwa ngayo abayaziyo into okuyiyo! Bambalwa kangakanani abantu abakhe batsalelwa imiphefumlo yabo emva koThixo benomnqweno onzulu ade onke amandla abe phezu koludwe. Xa amaza onxunguphalo angenakuchazwa lulwimi ekhukulisa lowo ucelayo, bambalwa kangakanani ababambelele elukholweni olungagungqiyo kumadinga kaThixo. {GC 621.2}
Ebudeni beemvavanyo ezininzi esiye sajamelana nazo ukususela ngoFebruwari 27, 2012, sasingazi ukuba uThixo wayeza kusinika umqondiso okhethekileyo ukuze sazi ukuba silifumene itywina likaThixo ophilayo kumsebenzi wethu, nokuba kwakusafuneka siyibhengeze le nto imangalisayo ngexesha lakhe. Kweli tywina kuza icandelo lethu elitsha eliya kukukhapha kude kube lixesha lezibetho, okoko nje sisenonxibelelwano. Ngamana uThixo angasikelela eli candelo ngokukodwa kwaye anike uMoya oyiNgcwele kwabo bamaziyo kwaye baqonde ukuba akakhe enze nantoni na ngaphandle kokutyhila imfihlelo yakhe kubaprofeti bakhe ( Amos 3: 7 ).
Isipho Esihlala Sihleli Sesiprofeto
Ekupheleni kobomi bakhe ngeminyaka yee-1930, u-Arthur G. Daniells, owayesakuba nguMongameli weNkomfa Jikelele yeSeventh-day Adventists nowayengugxa wakhe kangangexesha elide uEllen G. White, wabhala incwadi ebalaseleyo ngalo mbandela ngesihloko esifanayo. Isipho Esihlala Sihleli Sesiprofeto. Ngaphezulu kwe-400 ephandwe ngokugqibeleleyo kwaye ngokoluvo lwam kwakhona amaphepha aphefumlelweyo, ubonisa ukuba ibandla likaThixo lalisoloko likhatshwa nguMoya weSiprofetho, kwaye ekugqibeleni indlela isipho sabonakaliswa ngayo kwibandla elikhethiweyo likaThixo lentsalela ngo-Ellen G. White.
Ugubungela yonke imbali yabantu bakaThixo ukuza kuthi ga namhlanje, elanda ubukho besipho sesiprofeto phakathi kwabantu bakaThixo kuzo zonke izizukulwana:
- Ukusuka eYiputa ukuya eKanan baqonda ngesipho sikaMoses, owafumana umyalelo othe ngqo ovela kuThixo ukususela kwityholo elivuthayo ukusa phambili.
- Ukusuka kuYoshuwa ukuya kuSamuweli ngoYoshuwa ngokwakhe, “amadoda kaThixo”, uDebhora kwaye ekugqibeleni ngoSamuweli omkhulu, owaseka izikolo zabaprofeti.
- Ngexesha lokuvukela kukaSirayeli ngemihla yookumkani xa bamgatyayo uThixo njengokumkani wabo, abangama-30 ekubhekiselwa kubo kwimibhalo yabaprofeti ukususela kuSamuweli ukusa kuYeremiya, kwanezinye ezimbalwa ezingakhankanywanga ngamagama.
- Ngexesha nasemva kokuthinjelwa eBhabhiloni ukusuka kuDaniyeli ukuya kutsho kuMalaki.
- Ubonakalisa ubukho besiphiwo sokuprofeta nkqu phakathi kukaMalaki noYohane umBhaptizi.
- ukusuka amaxesha abapostile ukuza kuthi ga ngoku, njengoko ubungqina babapostile ngokwabo bungqinayo, njengobo bukaPawulos owathi: “Musani ukuwucima umlilo uMoya, ningakudeli ukuprofeta. ( 1 Tesalonika 5:19-20 ) kwaye ngakumbi ngokuchasa uhlobo lwemvula yokuqala yePentekoste ngexesha lemvula yamva.
- Ngokubonakaliswa koMoya wesiprofeto ngo-Ellen G. White kwiCawa yama-Adventist ngexesha lesigwebo sophando.
UThixo akazange abashiye abantu bakhe ngaphandle kwesipho soMoya wesiprofetho. Iincwadi zikaDaniyeli zafikelela kwixesha lomgwebo wabafileyo, kodwa kuthekani ngexesha lokutshintshwa komgwebo wabafileyo ukuya kumgwebo wabaphilayo, yaye kuthekani ngexesha lomgwebo wabaphilayo? Ngaba inkwenkwezi kwisithsaba somfazi, elona bandla lincinane lentsalela yentsalela, yayingayi kusifuna ngokukhethekileyo esi sipho? Ngaba akumelanga silindele isipho sokuprofeta ngoku, okanye ngaba amaphepha ali-100,000 awabhalwa nguEllen G. White kwiminyaka engama-70 yenkonzo yakhe njengomthunywa kaThixo anele ukukhokela ibandla kwelona xesha lincinane lenkathazo?
UEllen G. White ngokwakhe uyawuphendula lo mbuzo ngokwalatha kukukhanya okutsha angazange akufumane yena, kodwa okwakunokufunyanwa kuphela ngabafundi abakhutheleyo beZibhalo, bencediswa sisipho soMoya oyiNgcwele.
UPetros ubongoza abazalwana bakhe ukuba ‘bakhule elubabalweni nasekuyazini iNkosi yethu, uMsindisi uYesu Kristu. (Funda eyesi-2 kaPetros 3:18.] Nanini na abantu bakaThixo bekhula elubabalweni, baya kuhlala befumana ukuqonda okucacileyo kwelizwi lakhe. Baya kuqonda ukukhanya okutsha nobuhle kwiinyaniso zayo ezingcwele. Oku kube yinyani kwimbali yebandla kuzo zonke izigaba, kwaye ngaloo ndlela kuya kuqhubeka kude kube sekupheleni. Kodwa njengoko ubomi bokomoya bokwenyani buye bawohloka, bekusoloko kulutyekelo lokuyeka ukuhambela phambili kulwazi lwenyaniso. Abantu baphumla banelisekile kukukhanya esele bakufumene elizwini likaThixo, baze batyhafise naluphi na uphando olubhekele phaya lweZibhalo. Baba ngoonqevu, kwaye bafuna ukuyiphepha ingxoxo. {GW 297.2}
Ngaba umfundi weBhayibhile, nangona esenokuba unesiphiwo, ungumprofeti ngale ngqiqo? Akunjalo, kuba ingcaciso yomprofeti ikukuba ufumana umyalelo othe ngqo ovela kuThixo aze eve ilizwi Lakhe emaphupheni okanye kwimibono. Nokuba umfundi weBhayibhile wakhokelelwa kwiinxalenye ezithile zeBhayibhile nakulwazi olutsha ngephupha elithile, oko akuyombonakaliso yesipho esipheleleyo soMoya weSiprofetho kuye.
Ngokuchasene noko, sixelelwa indlela isipho sesiprofeto esisebenza ngayo ngokunxulumene nabo basebandleni, abaphonononga iLizwi likaThixo ngokufunda, benxanelwe ukukhanya okungakumbi:
Uninzi lwabantu bethu aluqondi ukuba isiseko sokholo lwethu sibekwe ngokuqine kangakanani na. Umyeni wam, uMdala uJoseph Bates, uBawo uPierce, uMdala [uHiram] Edson, nabanye ababenenzondelelo, bebekekile, nabanyanisekileyo, babephakathi kwabo bathi, emva kokudlula kwexesha ngowe-1844, bayifuna inyaniso njengobutyebi obufihliweyo. Ndadibana nabo, saza safundisisa saza sathandaza ngokunyanisekileyo. Ngokufuthi sasihlala kunye de kube sezinzulwini zobusuku, yaye maxa wambi ubusuku bonke, sithandazela ukukhanya yaye sifundisisa iLizwi. Ngokuphindaphindiweyo aba bazalwana babehlanganisana ukuze bafundisise iBhayibhile, ukuze bayazi intsingiselo yayo, baze balungele ukuyifundisa ngamandla. Bakuba befikile kwinqanaba lokufunda kwabo apho bathi, “Asisenakwenza nto,” uMoya weNkosi wawusiza phezu kwam, ndisuswe embonweni, kwaye ingcaciso ecacileyo yeziqendwana ebesizifundisisa yayiza kunikwa mna. ngomyalelo wokuba sifanele sisebenze kwaye sifundise ngempumelelo. Ngaloo ndlela ke ukukhanya kwanikwa okwasinceda ukuba siqonde izibhalo ezingcwele ngokunxulumene noKrestu, umsebenzi wakhe, nobubingeleli Bakhe. Umgca wenyaniso owawunabela ukusuka kwelo xesha ukuya kwixesha laxa siya kungena kuwo umzi kaThixo, wenziwa wacaca kum, ndaza ndanikela kwabanye umyalelo endawunikwa yiNkosi.
Ngalo lonke eli xesha ndandingayiqondi indlela abazalwana ababeqiqa ngayo. Ingqondo yam yayitshixekile, ngokungathi kunjalo, ndandingayiqondi intsingiselo yezibhalo esasizifunda. Le yayiyenye yezona zinto zibuhlungu ebomini bam. Ndandikule meko yengqondo de zonke iingongoma eziziintloko zokholo lwethu zacaciswa ezingqondweni zethu, ngokuvisisana neLizwi likaThixo. Abazalwana babesazi ukuba xa ndingekho embonweni, ndandingayiqondi le mibandela, yaye babezamkela njengokukhanya okuthe ngqo okuvela ezulwini izityhilelo ezazinikelwe. {1SM 206.4–207.1}
Inxalenye yokugqibela yeso sicatshulwa sobomi bomthunywa kaThixo ityhila umgaqo obalulekileyo wasemoyeni: Umntu onesiphiwo soMoya wesiprofeto uyawenza. hayi baqonde ukuba izifundo zabafundi zithetha ntoni, hayi ngenxa yokuba bengenangqondo okanye bengazi, kodwa ngenjongo yokuba izityhilelo ezinikwa ibandla ngabo zinokuqondwa zinjalo.
Ngelishwa, ibali lesipho soMoya weSiprofetho ikwalibali lokulahlwa kwabantu uMoya weSiprofetho ababefanele bawamkele. Oku kwakunjalo kuzo zonke izizukulwana, kwaye kuya kutsalela ekufikeni kukaYesu.
U-Ellen G. White walikhokela ibandla ixesha elide, kwanakwiminyaka engama-120 yokubhadula entlango, okwaqala ngo-1890 ngenxa yokuba ibandla lakhaba kwasekuqaleni kokukhanya kwengelosi yesine. Kungekudala emva koko iqaqobana labantu lalikulungele ukwamkela oku kukhanya kuko konke. Ngoku, kamsinya nje emva kokuqalisa komgwebo wabaphilayo, oku kukhanya kuya kukhukhumala kuze kube sisikhalo esikhulu, isilumkiso esikhulu sokugqibela esiya kwihlabathi elifayo, eliya kutshatyalaliswa ngemigwebo kaThixo engaxutywanga nenceba, kunye nabo bonke abo bangazange bafune ukubunikela ngokupheleleyo ubomi babo kuThixo.
Ukusukela ngo-1915, unyaka awafa ngawo u-Ellen G. White, ibandla kwafuneka lithabathe uhambo lwalo entlango lilodwa ngaphandle koMoya ophilayo weSiprofetho. Kwakufuneka banyamezele izilingo zokulandela ubunkokeli babo bebandla obusoloko belahleka ukusuka kwebomvu, ukuya kwemnyama, ukuya kwihashe eliluthuthu—ibandla elifileyo laseSardesi—kuba “apho kungekho mbono, bayatshabalala abantu” ( IMizekeliso 29:18 ). Nangona imibhalo yakhe yayihamba nawo, esi siprofeto silandelayo somthunywa kaThixo sazaliseka:
USathana ... ehlala exinzelela ekulahlekeni—ukukhokelela kude kuyo inyaniso. Inkohliso yokugqibela kaSathana iya kuba kukubhangisa ubungqina boMoya kaThixo. “Kwakungekho mbono, bayatshabalala abantu” ( IMizekeliso 29:18 ). USathana uya kusebenza ngobuqhetseba, ngeendlela ezahlukeneyo nangamaziko ahlukeneyo, ukuze angazinzisi intembelo yentsalela yabantu bakaThixo kubungqina bokwenyaniso.— Ileta 12, 1890 .
Kuya kubakho intiyo evuthelweyo ngokuchasene nobungqina obukaSathana. Ukusebenza kukaSathana kuya kuba kukuphazamisa ukholo lwamabandla kuwo, ngenxa yesi sizathu: USathana akanako ukuba nomkhondo ocace kangako wokuzisa iinkohliso zakhe aze ayibophe imiphefumlo ekulahlekeni kwakhe ukuba izilumkiso nezohlwayo neziluleko zoMoya kaThixo ziyathotyelwa.—Ileta ye-40, yowe-1890. {1SM 48.3–4}
UArthur G. Daniells wabhala kwisahluko sokugqibela sencwadi yakhe Isipho Esihlala Sihleli Sesiprofeto:
Intlalo-ntle yebandla xa iyonke, neyamalungu alo ngamanye, ibotshelelwe ngokungenakuhlukaniswa nokholo nokubathobela abaprofeti bakaThixo. Aba, njengoko sesibonile, ngabathunywa bakhe abanyuliweyo, izithethi zakhe ezinyuliweyo, kwibandla laKhe elisemhlabeni. Njengoko sibonisile kananjalo ngokucacileyo, eli cebo lonxibelelwano belinyulwe nguThixo, lifana, nelungiselelo elilungileyo lokutyhila intando yaKhe emntwini, kususela ekwahlukaneni okubangelwe sisono. Ngale ndlela, uThixo uyaluleka aze ayalele, uyalumkisa, abongoze, aze alumkise, njengoko kuyimfuneko nanjengoko uthando lobuthixo lubonisa. Ngoko ke, ubukho bomprofeti phakathi kwabantu abuyonto intsha okanye engaqhelekanga, into engaqhelekanga okanye emangalisayo. UThixo ungumsunguli wolu lungiselelo, kwaye umntu ohamba ngendlela nguye ofumana uncedo. Indala ngokwesidingo somntu, kwaye ihlala ihleli njengothando lobuthixo olwayikhuthazayo yaza lwayisungula.
Ukuguquguquka kwebandla kuzo zonke izigaba kujongwe kukuthembeka kwalo okanye ukunganyaniseki kwalo kwisiphiwo sokuprofeta, nokhuseleko lwalo lulinganiswa ngokusabela kwalo kolu khokelo lwasezulwini. Ukutyhubela iinkulungwane ukususela kwixesha loosolusapho, likaMoses, kunye nexesha labapostile, siye sawubona lo mthetho ungasebenziyo usebenza, njengoko utyhilwe kumaphepha eSibhalo esiNgcwele.
Kuya kwandula ke emva kokufa kwabapostile, kuqalise uhlaselo oluyintlekele lweziganeko kwixesha lamaKristu, luxelwa ngegazi neenyembezi, lutshatyalaliswe kukukhukuliseka nowexuko. Ngokuthe ngcembe icawa ezibiza ngokuba yobuKristu iyaphambuka kuloo migaqo isisiseko—imithetho noqheliselo, incwadi nomoya—eyayibalaselisa icawa yabapostile. Ukumka kwakugxile ekugqwethekeni komthetho nevangeli, nangona kwakungena kuyo yonke inyaniso yobuKristu.
Ibibuhlungu kakhulu imeko yabo babemele ukholo lwamandulo. Bethiyiwe yaye benyeliswa, betshutshiswa yaye bengamakheswa, banikela ubungqina ngenyaniso. Kodwa amaxesha ngamaxesha abaprofeti—amadoda nabafazi—babevuka ngobizo lukaThixo, bebugxeka ubugwenxa babakreqi. Bakhuthaza ukuthembeka kwabathembekileyo, babakhokela kwaye babakhusela abalandeli benyaniso ukutyhubela iinkulungwane ezidiniweyo.
Ngoku kule “mihla yokugqibela” imiselwe ngokobuthixo, icebo likaThixo elikhulu lokuhlangula nekhondo lempambano lohlanga loluntu lisondela kwincopho yazo kunye. Ubugwenxa buxhaphake kakhulu phakathi kwabantu, intanda-bulumko yabantu idelele kakhulu, ukuzimela geqe komntu kuThixo namalungiselelo entlangulo kucinezela kakhulu kolu ngquzulwano lubalaseleyo phakathi kokulungileyo nokubi, kangangokuba kwakunyanzelekile ukuba isipho sokuprofeta sibonakale ngokuphawulekayo kwizintlu zebandla eliseleyo.
Isidingo Esibalulekileyo Ngemihla Yokugqibela
Ukuba kwakukhe kwathi ekuhambeni kogqatso umntu walufuna ukhokelo olungokobuthixo, ngokuqinisekileyo kukule mihla yokugqibela, xa yonke imikhosi yobungendawo iye yagqabhuka ukuze idideke ize yonakalise, xa ihlabathi lehlabathi liye lathanda izinto eziphathekayo, laza ihlabathi lonqulo liphethukela kwiimfundiso zale mihla. Ukuba kwakukhe kwenzeke embalini ukuba icawe ifune ukukhokelwa nguThixo, elo xesha lafikelelwa kwiyure yentlekele yentshukumo yokufika, emva nje kokuphoxeka kuka-1844, nakumashumi eminyaka alandelayo. Ukufikelela kude yayiyimiba; kodwa ukhokelo lukaThixo lwalulufanelekele.
Ungquzulwano lokugqibela luza phezu kokuthembeka kuThixo, kwaye lufikelela esiphelweni salo kumhla wethu. Umthetho ogqibeleleyo kaThixo, kunye netywina lawo leSabatha, uyinto ethiywa nguSathana, yaye wayeza kulijikela kwicala lakhe ihlabathi kuloo mfazwe. Usindiso olupheleleyo olunikelwa ngokukholwa kuKristu ngokulinganayo luyinto ezama ukungayeki ukukhanyela ukubamba kwakhe umntu, ukufa kwakhe okucamagushelayo, ubulungiseleli bakhe bobubingeleli, nokubuya kwakhe okusemnyango emandleni nozuko.
Ingqumbo kaSathana igxile kwibandla likaThixo lentsalela, eyona nto iphakamileyo yothando nokhokelo lukaThixo. Eli bandla ekugqibeleni liya kuma njengomkhuseli oyedwa womthetho kaThixo onyathelweyo, ekudityaniswe kuwo amalungiselelo apheleleyo entlawulelo. Ibandla alipheleli nje ekuhlaselweni ngulowo ungendawo, kodwa ilungu ngalinye nalo liyaxhatshazwa, ngenxa yokugcina ingqibelelo yomthetho neendaba ezilungileyo. Ngokufaka amathandabuzo, ukungakhathali, inkcaso, okanye ukuchasa, uSathana ngokufanayo ufuna ukuguqula ukunyaniseka kwiingcebiso zesipho sokuprofeta.
Yiyo loo nto imiba emithathu emikhulu esesichengeni kule yure yokugqibela icaciswe ngokucacileyo nakabukhali njengoko impembelelo inokuyiveza. Kodwa bonke aba baye babhideka kwiinkolelo nakuqheliselo phakathi kwezihlwele zeNgqobhoko.
Kodwa ngoku, ekuqukumbeleni lo mqulu, umba wobudlelwane bomntu nebandla kwisipho sikaThixo ubonakala ungowona ubalulekileyo. Amazwi am okuvala ke ngoko asisibongozo sokuqondwa kunye nokuhoywa kweli lungiselelo lobuthixo lengcebiso yebandla. Basisibongozo kwibandla ukuba lihlale likhumbula ezi zinto, kwaye lizilandele ngokuthembeka ekusebenzeni.
Nikela ingqalelo kwiiNgcebiso zaseZulwini
Phawula kakuhle, ngokubuyisela, ukuba esi sipho sathetha ntoni kwaba bantu kumashumi eminyaka adlulileyo. Phawula kakuhle indlela ekuye kwahlangatyezwana ngayo nobunzima emva kobunzima, nendlela ekuye kwasingathwa ngayo umba emva kombandela othile ngempumelelo. Ixesha lizingqinele iziluleko zasezulwini kuzo zonke iimeko. Khawuqwalasele, ngendlela echukumisayo yothelekiso nesibongozo, ngemihla kaSirayeli ngexesha likaMoses, uze ucamngce ngamaxesha ethu afana nalawa. Nanga amazwi enkokeli enkulu yakwaSirayeli yamandulo:
“Ndibeke phambi kwakho namhla ubomi nokulunga, ukufa nobubi. “Ndingqinisisa amazulu nehlabathi namhla ngani, ukuba ndibeke phambi kwenu ubomi nokufa, intsikelelo nesiqalekiso; nyula ke ubomi, ukuze uphile, wena nembewu yakho, ukuze umthande uYehova uThixo wakho, uliphulaphule ilizwi lakhe, unamathele kuye; ngokuba bubomi bakho nokolulwa kwemihla yakho. Dut. 30:15, 19, 20 .
Eqonda ukuba kungekudala wayeza kuzibeka phantsi iimbopheleleko zakhe, usolusapho owalupheleyo, uMoses, wayenikela imbopheleleko yakhe yokugqibela kubantu awayebakhokele kangangeminyaka engamashumi amane, ukususela eYiputa ukuya kutsho kumda weLizwe Ledinga.
Wayenethemba elikhulu ngekamva labantu bakhe abathandayo. Kodwa esazi, ngenxa yamava amadala, ubuthathaka bawo nobuthathaka bawo maxa wambi phantsi kwezilingo nobunzima, wayekwanoloyiko olunzulu lokuba ayenokujamelana nentlekele yelizwe aze oyiswe. Eqonda ukuba ikamva labo lobutyebi okanye yeha lalixhomekeke ekunxulumaneni kwabo nomyalelo ovela kuThixo, ngokomzobo, nangobude obude, wabeka phambi kwabo iintsikelelo, ezenyama nezomoya, ezaziya kuba zezabo ukuba babenentobelo, neziqalekiso ezaziya kuba ngumphumo wokungathobeli kwabo. (Bona iDuteronomi 27, 28.)
Ukungakhumbuli KwaSirayeli
Xa wayebaluleka ukuba bayithande iNkosi uThixo, kwaye balithobele ilizwi Lakhe, wayebabongoza ukuba bathobele imiyalezo yengcebiso nomyalelo athe yena, njengoko umthunywa kaThixo wayewudlulisele kubo. Ngaphandle kweMithetho Elishumi, yonke imiyalelo nezingqino nemimiselo ebekwe phezu kwabo yayithethwe ngoMoses. Into yokuba babefanele babone okanye beve kuphela isixhobo somntu akuzange kuthomalalise ityala lokugatya kwabo ezi mfuneko zobuthixo. Oko kuyinyaniso kwakhona, kungekuphela nje isizukulwana awathetha ngaso ngokobuqu, kodwa kumadoda nabafazi bamaxesha onke.
UMoses wenza ilungiselelo lokuba ezi zifungo zihlale zikhunjulwa. Abazali babefanele bazifundise abantwana babo, bathethe ngazo xa behleli endlwini okanye behamba endleleni, kwanangokuhlwa nangeeyure zonqulo lwakusasa. ( Dut. 11:19, 20 ) Zazifanele zibhalwe njengesikhumbuzo encwadini, zibekwe ecaleni kwetyeya. Rhoqo ngonyaka wesixhenxe ayekhutshwa aze afundwe esidlangalaleni phambi kwendibano yabahambi ngezonqulo ababehlanganisana ngoMthendeleko weMinquba. Kolu qheliselo lunzulu lwemibhalo yesiprofeto, kwakufuneka bahlanganise amadoda nabafazi, bengamlibali owasemzini osemasangweni abo. Ngokukhethekileyo abantwana ababesele beza kufikelela kwiminyaka yokuqonda bakhankanywa. Kananjalo babeza kuva, bafunde ukumoyika uYehova. (Bona iDut. 31:9-13 .)
Ngenxa yokusilela kukaSirayeli wamandulo ukukhumbula izigidimi ezindilisekileyo ezafika ngomthunywa kaThixo onyuliweyo, ngaba asifanele thina ‘bafikelwe ziziphelo zephakade eli’ siqinisekise ukuba umyalelo onikelwa kwibandla eliseleyo uya kugcinwa ngokucacileyo engqondweni?
Isipho Sesiprofetho Asinakwahlulwa Kwintshukumo
Ethabatha isifundo sanamhlanje kwimiyalelo kaMoses (kwiDut. 6:20-25 ) yokuba aqhelisele ebantwaneni, njengoko babefikelela kwixesha lokubuza, imiqondiso nezimanga ezenziwa ekuhlangulweni kwabo eYiputa, uNkskz White wabhala ngowe-1882:
“Nantsi imigaqo esingafanele siyijonge ngokungakhathali.” Abo bayibonileyo inyaniso baza bakuva ukubaluleka kwayo, baza baba namava kwizinto zikaThixo, bamele bafundise imfundiso ephilileyo ebantwaneni babo.Bafanele babenze baqhelane neentsika ezinkulu zokholo lwethu, izizathu zokuba singamaSeventh-day Adventist,—isizathu sokuba sibizwe, njengokuba sasibizwa ngokuba singabantu abahlukileyo, isizwe sakwaSirayeli esahlukileyo, singabantu abangcwele, abangcwele. bonke abanye abantu abasebusweni bomhlaba ezi zinto zifanele zicaciswe ebantwaneni ngolwimi olulula, oluqondakala lula, yaye njengoko bekhula, izifundo ezinikelwayo zifanele zifaneleke kumthamo wabo owandayo, de iziseko zenyaniso zibe zibekwe banzi kwaye zibe nzulu.”— “Testimonies for the Church,” Umqu. V, p. 330.
Ibali lokuzalwa kohlanga lwakwaSirayeli, lokukhululwa kwalo kubukhoboka obukhohlakeleyo nokungena kwalo kokugqibela eKanan, lalingenakubaliswa ngaphandle kokubalisa umsebenzi kaMoses njengomprofeti. Okudityaniswe nesigaba ngasinye sembali yayizizigidimi ezaziphuma ezulwini ngomprofeti omkhulu welo xesha. Wayesisithethi sikaYehova, esazisa ukuthanda Kwakhe, ebakhokela kwintlangano yabo nakwiintshukumo zabo; ekhalimela izono zabo, ekhalimela ukukreqa kwabo, ebabongoza njengoyise.
Ngokukwanjalo akunakwenzeka namhlanje ukuxelela abantwana bethu “izizathu zokuba kutheni singamaSeventh-day Adventist” ngaphandle kokubaqhelanisa nendima ebalaseleyo edlalwa sisipho esihlaziyiweyo sesiprofeto ekwakhiweni kwesiseko esingokwezibhalo, nokwakha phezu kwaso, ekukhokeleni kwimigaqo yombutho, ekwandiseni yonke inkalo ebalulekileyo yentshukumo yokufika, nasekunikeni ingcebiso nokukhalipha kwezigidimi zezohlwayo okanye inkalipho.
Kuyenzeka ukukholelwa ngegama ngegama nje kwisiphiwo sokuprofeta, ukwamkela izigidimi zabaprofeti bangaphambili, ukanti ukhabe kwaye uchase umthunywa welo xesha onyulwe nguThixo ukuba anike imiyalelo kubantu baKhe. Ngomhla kaKristu amazwi abaprofeti bamandulo ayefundwa rhoqo ngeSabatha kwizindlu zabo zesikhungu, ukanti iinkokeli zonqulo zamgatya uYohane uMbhaptizi, zaza zambethelela uMprofeti oweza ngqo evela ezulwini,—oyena mkhulu wakha wabonakala emhlabeni. Isizathu sokuba bavale iindlebe zabo ngokuchasene nezithunywa zezulu, kunye nobukho bobuFarisi bale mihla, sibekwe kakuhle ngala mazwi:
“Izohlwayo, izilumkiso, izilungiso zeNkosi ziye zanikelwa kwibandla laKhe kuzo zonke izizukulwana zehlabathi.” Ezi zilumkiso zadelwa zaza zagatywa ngomhla kaKristu ngabaFarisi ababezenza amalungisa, ababezibanga bengafuni ukohlwaywa okunjalo, yaye baphathwa ngokungekho sikweni. abantu kumhla wethu, besalatha iimpazamo zabo, bekhalimela ukuzenza amalungisa yaye begweba izono zabo, babeya kusuka bavukele, njengabemi baseNazarete xa uKristu wababonisa imeko yabo yokwenyaniso.”— “Testimonies for the Church,” Umqu. V, p. 689.
Kutheni Ubungqina Buyaliwa
Yayikukukhalimela kukaKristu izono ezithile ebomini babo okwabangela ukuba abaFarisi bagatye ibango lakhe lokuba nguNyana kaThixo. Kukho namhlanje, njengokuba bekusoloko kukho kwixa elidlulileyo, unxulumano oluthe ngqo phakathi kokuxatyiswa kwesono esithile kunye nokuthandabuza izigidimi zomkhonzi onyuliweyo weNkosi.
“Abaninzi abaye bayishiya inyaniso banikela isizathu sokuba bangabi nalukholo kubungqina.” Uhlolisiso lutyhila isibakala sokuba babenomkhwa othile wesono awawugwebayo uThixo ngokunikela ubungqina. umbuzo ofanele uzinziswe nawo ngowokuba, Ndiyazikhanyela na, ndize ndamkele njengokaThixo ubungqina obuzohlwaya izono zam, okanye ndiyabugatya ubungqina ngenxa yokuba buzohlwaya izono zam?”— “Testimonies for the Church,” Umqu. IV, iphe. 32.
Ekuqaleni kwalo mqulu kugxininiswa, ngobungqina obubambekayo, ukuba ecaleni kwesipho sikaKristu kwihlabathi lethu, isipho sokuprofeta sesona sipho sixabisekileyo sikaThixo phezu kwebandla. Ngoko ke kuqinisekile ukuba uSathana, utshaba olukhulu lukaThixo nomntu, uya kuba nentiyo enzulu ngako konke ukubonakaliswa kwesipho. Ukuba nalo yicawa eseleyo kunikelwa eZibhalweni njengengcaciso yengqumbo yenamba nxamnye nayo. ISityhi. 12:17 . Ukwazi oku, akusayi kumangaliswa kukuba ubungqina boMoya kaThixo buyinjongo yokuhlaselwa okukrakra nokungapheliyo. Ezona ngxoxo zifihlakeleyo ezinokuthi ziyilwe yingqondo enobuchule eqeqeshelwe ubuqhetseba kunye ne-330sophistry iya kuboniswa njengezizathu zokuba kutheni singazikholelwa.
Isiluleko Kubantu Bethu Abaseleyo
Ndiyanicebisa nina eninokuhlangana ngokuchasa amabango obungqina obunikelwe kumasalela, ukuba niqwalasele ukulingana okufanelekileyo phakathi komncinane nomkhulu, phakathi koko kunzima ukuqonda noko kucacileyo. Nantsi imigaqo ecacileyo nesisikhokelo:
"Akufuneki uhambe ngokungaqiniseki kunye namathandabuzo. USathana usondele ukucebisa iindidi zamathandabuzo; kodwa ukuba uya kuwavula amehlo akho ngokholo, uya kufumana ubungqina obaneleyo bokukholelwa. Kodwa uThixo akanakuze asuse kuye nawuphi na umntu zonke izizathu zamathandabuzo. Abo bathanda ukuhlala kwimo yentandabuzo nokuthandabuza ukungakholwa, banokuba nelungelo elingenakuphikiswa. akanako ukwenza kucace ekuqondeni kwakhe okusikelwe umda, uya kushiywa kwindawo ebandayo nepholileyo yokungakholwa namathandabuzo, yaye uya kwaphukelwa yinqanawa elukholweni.”— Id., iphepha 232, 233 .
“Abo baqeqesha ingqondo ukuba ibambe phezu kwayo yonke into abanokuthi bayisebenzise njengesikhonkwane sokuxhoma amathandabuzo, baze bacebise ezi ngcinga kwezinye iingqondo, baya kuhlala befumana ithuba lokuthandabuza.” Baya kuthandabuza baze bagxeke yonke into evelayo ekutyhilekeni kwenyaniso, bagxeke umsebenzi nesikhundla sabanye, bagxeke onke amasebe omsebenzi abangenanxaxheba kuwo. ‘iNkosi uYesu iya kusuka isuke emsebenzini wayo wokulamla kweyona ngcwele yasezulwini, ize yambathe izambatho zempindezelo, ibamangalise emthendelekweni wabo ongcolileyo, baze bazifumane bengasilungelanga isidlo sangokuhlwa somtshato weMvana. Ukungcamla kwabo kuye kwagqwetheka kangangokuba batyekele ekugxekeni kwanesithebe seNkosi ebukumkanini Bayo.”— “Testimonies for the Church,” Umqu. V, p. 690.
Amazwi kaMoses, anxulumanisa intsikelelo nentobeko nentlekele nokungathobeli, ayexela kwangaphambili. Zathethwa xa uSirayeli wayeqalisa imbali yesizwe sakhe. Ikamva lohlanga laliphawulwe ngokulungelelana kwempumelelo nokuthobela, nokuthinjwa ekugqibeleni nentshabalalo elandela ukungathobeli okuzingisileyo. Intlekele yeza kamsinya kwaSirayeli, owawagatyayo amacebiso abo bonke abaprofeti bakhe, kunakwaYuda, omhla wakhe wawuhlehliswa ngokuphindaphindiweyo ngenxa yohlaziyo lwamathuba athile.
Isifundo Ngexesha Lethu
Esi sifundo sinentsingiselo efanayo nakwixesha lethu. Imini yethu yentlangulo iye yalibaziseka ngenxa yokusilela kwethu ukufikelela ekuzahluleleni okusuka entliziyweni okubizelwe kwizigidimi zezulu ezinikelwe kuthi. Sisekweli hlabathi lizaliswe ziinkathazo ngenxa yokuba asikhange siqhubele phambili ngokholo, idini, nenyameko ukuze siwugqibe umsebenzi kaThixo emhlabeni esibongozwe ngokunzulu ngawo ngumkhonzi kaThixo. Ukuba besizithathele ingqalelo ngokupheleleyo iziyalo kunye neengcebiso ezithe zafika kuthi, ngekhe bonwabele ubuqaqawuli bezulu ngoku. Oku sikuxelelwe ngokucacileyo:
“Ukuba injongo kaThixo ibiphunyeziwe ngabantu Bakhe ekudluliseleni ehlabathini isigidimi senceba, uKristu ebeya kuthi, ngaphambi kokuba oku, eze emhlabeni, yaye abangcwele bebeya kwamkela ukwamkelwa kwabo kwisixeko sikaThixo.”— “Testimonies for the Church,” Umqu. VI, iphe. 450.
“Ukuba onke amajoni kaKristu ebewenzile umsebenzi wakhe, ukuba wonke umlindi osezindongeni zeZiyon wayenike ixilongo isandi esithile, ihlabathi ngebelisivile isigidimi sesilumkiso.” Kodwa umsebenzi usemva kweminyaka, ngoxa abantu belele, uSathana uye wasiba umngcelele wokusihlasela.”—Id., Umqu. IX, iphe. 29.
Akukho nto inokuchukumisa iintliziyo zethu, mhlawumbi, ngaphandle kwala mazwi andilisekileyo. Ukuza kweNkosi ebesikulangazelela kwaye sikuthandazela kwaye sikubulalela iminyaka emininzi kangaka, inokuba ngoku ibe yinyani efezekisiweyo, kwaye abantu bakaThixo bangene emvuzweni wabo, ukuba besiphile safikelela kumalungelo aphezulu kunye noxanduva oluzethu ngobabalo lukaThixo.
“Kholwani Ngabaprofeti Bakhe”
Ngamazwi eSibhalo, uThixo unike yonke inyaniso ebalulekileyo esindisayo. Uligcine ngokumangalisayo elo gama, kwaye uye waziphindaphinda iikopi zalo ukuze wonke umntu abe nalo ngoku. Iimpawu zomhla wethu zichazwe ngelo gama. Ubungqina boMoya kaThixo, njengoko bunikwe ibandla eliseleyo, buhambelana nelo lizwi, kwaye busikhokelela kwelo lizwi. Kodwa kubo kufunyanwa ubutyebi beenkcukacha, obufunwa ngabo baphila ‘kwixesha lokuphela,’ abo bamele bachase amaqhinga kaSathana achuliweyo naphakamileyo, baze bafezekise ummi ofanele abo baza kuguqulelwa. Njengoko iteleskopu ityhila, kodwa ingadali, iinkcukacha ezingaqondwanga liliso, ngoko ke ukufundwa kwemiyalezo esiyithunyelelweyo akuyongezi koko kukhulisa ilizwi likaThixo elingunaphakade.
Njengoko sifundisisa ngomthandazo nangenkuthalo ingcebiso nomyalelo uThixo athe ngobabalo lwakhe kwibandla laKhe eliseleyo, esenza ubomi bethu buvisisane nomgangatho wesimilo esityhiliweyo apho, kwaye sizabalazela ngenkuthalo ukugqibezela umsebenzi esiwunikiweyo, ngaloo ndlela siya kungqina ukuba “siyilindele kwaye siyingxamele ukufika kwemini kaThixo.” eyesi-2 kaPetros 3:12 .
“Kholwani kuYehova uThixo wenu, noqiniswa; kholwani ngabaprofeti bakhe, nokuphumelela. 2 Kron. 20:20. ISIPHELO
Kukangakanani ke ukuba konke oku kusebenza kwixesha langoku, xa—kungaphawulwa luninzi lwamakholwa eAdvent—umgwebo wabaphilayo sele uqalisile, yaye eneneni kubadala, iinkokeli ze-144,000 17. Ngexesha elibi lokuwexuka ngokupheleleyo enyanisweni kwiCawa yamaSabatha, kumaSabatha amalunga ne-27 lezigidi, kuquka iqaqobana lamaProtestanti awayefuna ukubhaptizelwa kwiCawa yamaSabatha kodwa akhanyelwa ngenxa yokukholelwa kwawo “kuwexuko lweOrion”—ngaphandle kwabo bonke abo, iqaqobana lamadoda nabafazi abanyulwe nguThixo bahlanganisana. Eli qela lincinane lavavanywa ngamandla! Kakhulu kakhulu! Izilingo zabo zaqala ngoFebruwari 2012, 621 ngendlela ekhethekileyo, kwaye kwafuneka bafunde umonde wabangcwele, kwaye bafumane ukholo olunokunyamezela ukulibaziseka-oko u-Ellen G. White waprofetayo, njengoko kukhankanyiwe ngaphambili (jonga i-GC 2015 isicatshulwa ngasentla). Liyinyaniso elokuba, ixesha lokufika kukaKristu alisayi kuphinda libe luvavanyo, kuba uYesu useza kufika ngokweOtshi yeOrion neSitya seXesha, kodwa iminyaka emithathu enesiqingatha yexesha lembandezelo yayiya kuqalisa emva konyaka kunokuba babelindele. Babewuqonda unyaka wezibetho ukuba yinxalenye yomgwebo wabaphilayo, nto leyo eyayingachanekanga kwaye yabakhokelela kwinkolelo yokuba uYesu wayeza kuza ngo-XNUMX kwaye ixesha lenkathazo liya kuqala ngaxeshanye nokugwetywa kwabaphilayo. Ngokwenyani, la maxesha mabini alungiswa omnye komnye unyaka omnye. Ke ngoko, iziganeko ezibonakalayo, njengeebhola zomlilo nomthetho weCawa, kwafuneka ukuba zize emva kwexesha kunezinye iziganeko ezikwingcwele yasezulwini esizichaze ngokwethu. Isilumkiso sokugqibela amanqaku. Ke kwixesha elizayo, kufuneka sahlule ngokucacileyo phakathi kwamaxesha amathathu anesiqingatha kaDaniyeli 12, ayiminyaka emithathu enesiqingatha yokugwetywa kwabaphilayo eya kuphela ngaphambi kokuqalisa kwezibetho, kunye neminyaka emithathu enesiqingatha yembandezelo equka ixesha elincinane kunye nelikhulu lembandezelo (unyaka wezibetho).
Alukho ukholo olwalunokumelana nalo nyaka “lokuphoxeka” ngaphandle kokuqinisekisa ngokobuthixo izifundo zeOrion neVessel of Time. Mna ngokwam andinakuze ndibe nesibindi sokupapasha isifundo se-Orion kwi-2010 ukuba andizange ndibambelele "kumgaqo" kaThixo u-Ellen G. White wayechaze kwisicatshulwa esingentla malunga namava akhe obuqu: Ukuze izifundo zamkelwe njengezokwenyani, kufuneka zibe nokuqinisekiswa ngoMoya weSiprofetho. Kufuneka kubekho inkokeli yokomoya efumana isiqinisekiso sezifundo ngeLizwi likaThixo kwaye engaziqondi izifundo ngokwazo. UEllen G. White wayebonile ukuba kwakuza kubakho ukukhanya okutsha kungekudala, kodwa yena akazange akufumane. Umntu owahlukileyo kwafuneka afezekise lo msebenzi, omnye umlawuli wokomoya owayeza kunceda ekukhuleni ngokomoya kwebandla elincinane lamasalela elalikwinguquko ukusuka kwisithsaba somfazi weSityhilelo 12 (iBandla leSDA) ukuya kwiinkwenkwezi kwisithsaba (ibandla le-144,000).
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PHAWULA:
Le ncwadi imangalisayo, Isipho Esihlala Sihleli Sesiprofeto, inokukhutshelwa ngokupheleleyo APHA. (Ukuba nabani na ufumana inguqulelo yesiJamani kwi-intanethi, nceda usazise.)