Imigca yetrone - Icandelo III

Ekuqaleni yapapashwa ngoLwesibini, Juni 15, 2010, 4:21 pm ngesiJamani e www.letztercountdown.org

Xa ndandingumfundisi weSikolo seSabatha kwicawa enkulu yeSDA, ndandisiva kwaye ndifunda kubazalwana, abadala, kunye nabafundisi ukuba “UYesu wayefana nathi ngandlela zonke, kodwa akazange ahendwe ngokwangaphakathi njengathi. Wayengazi ukuzihenda,” nokuba kwakuthetha ntoni na. Andizange ndifumane logic kuyo, yaye yayingacacelwa into ababefuna ukuyithetha kum. Ke, bandicacisela ngakumbi: “UYesu walingwa nguSathana ngaphandle, njengoko esenjenjalo nakuthi, kodwa uYesu wayengenatyekelo lokona njengathi.”

ManingamaNikolawo phakathi kwethu?

Namhlanje siyazi ngesifundo se-Orion ukuba babengalunganga kwaye le yenye yeemfundiso ezimbi kakhulu zecawa yama-Adventist, ephawulwe ngobomvu nguYesu e-Orion. Akayi kusivumela ukuba sihlale singacacanga ngale ngongoma. Hayi, wahendwa ngandlela zonke njengathi, kwaye uyasazi sonke isilingo ngokutyekela kwethu ukona, ngaphandle kokufuna ukuba uSathana angenelele. Sihendwe kuzo zonke iinkalo njengoko sinjalo, kuthetha ukuba, sihendwa kuzo ZONKE iingongoma njengoko sinjalo! Ungumzekelo wethu, oye wabandezeleka njengathi, kodwa engenasono. Ngoko, nathi sinako, ukuba sithembela kuncedo lwakhe nakumandla akhe, asinika wona ngokuzithandela, ukuba sithembela nje.

Masiqhubeke sifunde ILizwi leNyaniso kwirediyo into elakholwayo neyayifundiswa lihlelo lamaNikolawo ngexesha labapostile;

AmaNikolawo: Elinye lamahlelo abawexuki awayethwaxa amabandla ase-Efese nasePergamo, mhlawumbi nakwezinye iindawo. UIrenaeus uchaza amaNikolawo njengehlelo lamaGnostiki:

“UYohane, umfundi weNkosi, ushumayela olu kholo (ubuThixo bukaKristu), kwaye ufuna, ngokuvakaliswa kweVangeli, ukususa loo mpazamo eyayisasazwe nguCerinthus phakathi kwabantu, kwaye ixesha elide ngaphambili ngabo babizwa ngokuba ngamaNikolawo, abaphuma kolo “lwazi” lubizwa kuxokwa, ukuze ababhidekise, abenzele zonke izinto ngeLizwi lakhe. Irenaeus Against Heresies iii 11. 1 ANF vol.

Kukwakho nobungqina bembali behlelo lamaGnostic ekuthiwa ngamaNikolawo kwinkulungwane okanye emva koko.

Imfundiso yamaNikolawo ibonakala iluhlobo oluthile lokuchasa umthetho. (Antinomianism: Inkolelo esekelwe ekuqondeni inceba kaThixo njengomthombo wosindiso, kodwa yenza impazamo ebulalayo yokuba umntu athabathe ngokukhululekileyo abe nenxaxheba esonweni ngenxa yokuba uMthetho kaThixo awusabotshwa.” Yayibambe inyaniso ngentelekelelo yokubala ubulungisa; kodwa kucingelwa ukuba “ukukholelwa” nje kwengqondo kule nyaniso kwayikhaba ngaw’ omane imposiso kule nyaniso:2 19 umpostile uYakobi wayenokusindisa. Isiluleko esithi, “Nazo iidemon ziyakholwa, zibe namanwele”; esikhumbuza ukuba ukholo lokwenyaniso lusebenza ngothando yaye ludlulela ngaphaya kokuvuma ukholo, kodwa uya kwazi na, mntundini ungento, ukuba ukholo olu, ingekho imisebenzi, lufile, lufile? uYesu kwimisebenzi elungileyo, awayilungisayo uThixo ngenxa engaphambili, ukuze sihambe kuyo.” ( Efese 2:20 ) Ukholo lokwenyaniso luvelisa izenzo, kwanomnqweno wobungcwele nokuthobela. (2 Yohane 8:9; Tito 2:10-1; 3 Petros 18:2-11; ISityhilelo 15:1)

AmaNikolawo enkulungwane yesi-2 abonakala eqhubekile kwaye andisa iimbono zabalandeli benkulungwane yoku-1, ebambelele enkululekweni yenyama nesono, kwaye efundisa ukuba izenzo zenyama azinampembelelo kwimpilo yomphefumlo kwaye ngenxa yoko azinanto yakwenza nosindiso. Kwelinye icala, iBhayibhile ifundisa ukuba amaKristu afanele ‘afe’ esonweni nakwizenzo ‘zenyama’ yethu: “Sithini na ke ngoko? Sihlale esonweni na, ukuze ubabalo lwande? Makube lee oko. Thina safayo nje kwisono, singathini na ukuba sahlala kuso? ( Roma 6:1-2 ) “Ngokukwanjalo nani zibaleleni ekuthini, ningabafileyo okunene kwisono, kodwa ningabadla ubomi kuThixo, nikuKristu Yesu, iNkosi yethu. Ngoko isono masingalawuli emzimbeni wenu onokufa, ukuze nisilulamele ngokwenza iinkanuko zawo. Kanjalo amalungu enu maningawanikeli kuso isono, ukuba abe ziintonga zentswela-bulungisa; ( Roma 6:11-13 )

Namhlanje, imfundiso ngoku ubukhulu becala ifundiswa ukuba ivangeli kaKristu iwutshitshisile umthetho kaThixo: ngokuba “ngokukholwa” siyakhululwa kwimfuneko yokuba ngabenzi beLizwi. Kodwa le yimfundiso yamaNikolawo, awathi uKristu wayigweba ngokungenamkhethe kwincwadi yesiTyhilelo. “Kodwa yibani ngabenzi belizwi, ningabi ngabaphulaphuli kodwa, nizikhohlisa.” ( Yakobi 1:22 ) --Enkosi kuGeorge Blumenschein ngokuphendula lo mbuzo!

Namhlanje, “amaNikolawo” phakathi kwethu ama-Adventist axoxa nangakumbi. Bathi uYesu wayenendalo eyahluke kancinane kuneyethu. Ngokuqinisekileyo, akenzanga isono, kodwa akazange ahendwe njengathi “ngaphakathi,” kuba eneneni wayenemvelo ka-Adam ongawiyo. Noko ke, thina bantu ‘bangamahlwempu’ abanesimo esikuzuz’ ilifa okonakaliswa yiminyaka emalunga nama-6,000 XNUMX yesono, sihendwa yinyama yethu. Yiyo ke loo nto abazalwana bethu bamaNikolawo-Adventist becinga ukuba akufuneki sigqibelele njengoKristu, kuba uya kuthi nangayiphi na imeko asixolele zonke izono zethu xa efika. Ebeneadvantage esingenayo. Kuye akuzange kube nzima njengokuba kunjalo kuthi ukuba singoni.

Noko ke, ukuseka le mfundiso yobuxoki kunqulo lwethu, kwakunganelanga nje ukubhala amagama athile kwincwadi efundisiswayo. Kwakufuneka imigudu eyongeziweyo. “Imanifesto yesiganeko esitsha esibalulekileyo se-Adventist Christology” kwafuneka iqaliswe kwaye isasazwe ngokubanzi ukuze wonke umntu oza kule mibuzo ngokukhawuleza okanye kamva afumane ingqondo yakhe "ihlanjwe" ngale mfundiso yobuxoki. Oku kwakhokelela kwincwadi eyaziwa ngokubanzi ethi "Imibuzo ngeMfundiso" ngeminyaka yee-1950.

Ngoko ke, sifanele sihlolisise incwadi emangalisayo kaJean Rudolf Zurcher kwakhona, “Sichukunyiswe ziimvakalelo Zethu”, kwaye simvumele ukuba achaze ukuba le nkolelo yobuntu bukaYesu obungawelekiyo yakhokelela phi kwiCawa yama-Adventist kunye noko kwakuqulathwe yile ncwadi, eyapapashwa okokuqala ngowe-1957. “UbuNikolawo” kwizintlu zethu buqine njengeendonga zaseJeriko, ezazikhe zabonwa njengengenakoyiswa.

La manqaku ayelungiselelwe ukulungisa iingqondo ukuze zamkele “inyathelo elitsha elibalulekileyo lobuSabatha,” njengoko laliza kuphuhliswa kwincwadi ethi “Seventh-day Adventists Answer. Imibuzo ngeMfundiso”. Ngobusuku obungaphambi kokuvela kwayo, uAnderson wayibhengeza “kwiNkonzo yoBulungiseleli” njengeyona ncwadi imangalisayo yakha yapapashwa yicawa. Ekubeni ixubusha ngobume bomntu bukaKristu ngokweenkcukacha, kufuneka siyihlolisise ngokucokisekileyo le ncwadi.

Imibuzo ngeMfundiso

Le ncwadi isisiphumo seentlanganiso ezaziqhutywa nabameli bevangeli uDonald Gray Barnhouse noWalter R. Martin. UMartin wayesele eza kushicilela incwadi yakhe ethi “Inyaniso Malunga neSeventh-day Adventism”, eyapapashwa ngo-1960.

“Imibuzo ngeMfundiso” ayithethisani kuphela nemfundiso yoMbatho. Yimpendulo kwimibuzo yeemfundiso ezininzi edla ngokubuzwa ngabavangeli kwimixholo “yosindiso ngobabalo oluchasene nosindiso ngemisebenzi, umahluko phakathi komthetho wokuziphatha nomthetho, okokomfuziselo webhokhwe ka-Azazele, ubungubani bukaMikayeli njalo njalo ngoluhlu olubanzi lweenkolelo nezenzo ezisisiseko zama-Adventist, ezigubungela imfundiso nesiprofeto.”

UMartin noBarnhouse bazichasa ngokukodwa izikhundla ezithatyathwe ngoovulindlela bama-Adventist ngokunxulumene nobungcwele bukaKristu kunye nemvelo yomntu kaYesu, ababeyijonga ngokungafihlisiyo njengesiphoso kunye nobuqhekeki. Ngoko, akuzange kumangalise konke konke ukuba babuze enoba kwezi ngongoma ukuma kwasemthethweni kwakutshintshile kusini na. Kwabuzwa imibuzo engqalileyo ngokuphathelele uKuvela: “Yintoni amaSabatha ayiqondayo ngokusebenzisa kukaKristu isibizo esithi ‘uNyana woMntu’? Kwaye ucinga ukuba yayiyintoni eyona njongo yokuzalwa komntu? "

Ukuphendula, phantse zonke iindinyana zeBhayibhile ezinxulumene neChristology zacatshulwa. Ngokuphathelele iirowuti ezicacisayo, ngokuqhelekileyo zazisenziwa ngokwezicatshulwa ezivela kuEllen G. White. Amagosa amaSabatha enza konke okusemandleni awo ukuze abonise ukuba “imibhalo kaEllen G. White ivisisana ngokupheleleyo neZibhalo eziphathelele oku. Akuzange kukhanyelwe ukuba uKristu “wayenguAdam wesibini, esiza ‘efana’ nenyama yomntu enesono ( Roma 8:3 )”; okanye uEllen G. White wasebenzisa amabinzana anjengelithi “imvelo yomntu,” “imo yethu yesono,” “imo yethu ewileyo,” “indalo yomntu kwimeko yayo yokuwa.”

Akukho mntu uphikisayo ukuba “uYesu wayenesigulo okanye Wahlangabezana nobuthathaka obuyindlalifa yabo indalo yethu ewileyo. Kodwa Wakwenza oko ibhere konke oku. Ayinakuba Yena uyithwele le nto ngokukhawuleza kananjalo, kanye njengokuba ethwele izono zehlabathi liphela? Obu buthathaka, ubuthathaka, ubulwelwe, ukusilela zizinto esimele sizithwale, kunye nemvelo yethu yesono, ewileyo. Kuthi ziyindalo, ziyindalo, kodwa xa Wazithwala, akazange azithathe njengezinto Zakhe ngokwemvelo, kodwa Wazithwala njengendawo yethu. Wabathwala bekwimo yakhe egqibeleleyo, engenasono. Kwakhona siyaphawula, uKristu wakuthwala konke oku ngokukhawuleza, kanye njengokuba Wabuthwalayo ubugwenxa bethu sonke.”

Ngamafutshane, “nantoni na uYesu awayeyithabathile yayingeyiyo eyakhe intliziyo okanye ngokwasenyameni. . . . Konke awakuthabathayo uYesu, konke oko Wakuthabathayo bazala, nokuba ngumthwalo nesohlwayo sobugwenxa bethu, okanye izifo kunye nobuthathaka bendalo yethu yoluntu-zonke zathatyathwa kwaye zathwalwa. ngokukhawuleza. "

Ngokwenene eli binzana liyinkqubo yomlingo equlethwe “kwinkqubela phambili entsha yobu-Adventism.” Ngokutsho kwababhali be "Questions on Doctrine", "kukule ngqiqo ukuba bonke bafanele baqonde imibhalo ka-Ellen G. White xa ebhekisela ngamaxesha athile kwisono, ukuwa, kunye nokuwohloka kwemvelo yomntu."

Ababhali bale ncwadi bapapasha, kwisihlomelo, iingcaphulo ezimalunga nama-66 ezivela kuEllen G. White zahlulwa zaba ngamacandelo anemixholwana enjengale: “Took Sinless Human Nature,” okanye “Ukungabi Nasono Ngokugqibeleleyo Kubuntu BukaKristu.” Amabinzana anjalo, ngokuqinisekileyo, awazange abhalwe ngu-Ellen G. White.

Kucace gca ukuba “inkqubela entsha ye-Adventism” yahluke ngokuphawulekayo kwimfundiso engokwesithethe engobuntu bukaKristu ngeendlela ezine. Ibanga ukuba:

1. UKristu wathabatha ubume bomoya buka-Adam phambi kokuwa; oko kukuthi, umntu ongenasono.
2. UKristu wazuza ilifa kuphela iziphumo zenyama yesimo somntu wesono; oko kukuthi, ufuzo lwakhe lwancitshiswa ngeminyaka engama-4,000 XNUMX yesono.
3. Umahluko phakathi kwesihendo sikaKristu kunye no-Adam uxhomekeke kuphela kumahluko wemo engqongileyo kunye neemeko kodwa kungekhona ekuhlukeni kwemvelo.
4. U-Kristu wazithwala izono zehlabathi ngokungenalusini, kungekhona ngenene, kodwa nje ngokuthabatha indawo yomntu onesono, ngaphandle kokuthabatha inxaxheba kwimvelo yakhe yesono.

Inikelwe njengoko kwakunjalo ngetywina elicacileyo lokuvunywa kweNkomfa Jikelele, incwadi ethi “Seventh-day Adventists Answer Questions on Doctrine” yasasazwa ngokubanzi kwizikolo zabefundisi, kwiiyunivesithi, nakumathala eencwadi kawonke-wonke. Amawaka emibhalo yathunyelwa kubefundisi nakwiinjingalwazi zezakwalizwi ezingengawo amaSabatha. Phantse iikopi ze-140,000 ezipapashiweyo zinempembelelo eyahlukileyo ngaphandle nangaphakathi kwiCawa yama-Adventist.

Ukupapashwa kwale ncwadi kwavelisa imiphumo eyothusayo yaye abasabela ngayo kungekudala. Ayizange iphume kumaphephandaba xa yaba ngunobangela wempikiswano eshushu, eyaqhubeka iqatha ukutyhubela iminyaka ukuza kuthi ga kwimihla yethu.

Kuyinto nje isiqabu kuba ngeOrion ngoku siyazi ukuba ngubani owayelungile nendlela uYesu asiqikelela ngayo isono. Zonke ezi mpikiswano bezingayi kuba namsebenzi ukuba iinkokeli bezithembele kuMoya weSiprofetho kwaye azilahlekanga kwiingcamango zabo ezigqwethekileyo zobuntu. UYesu uyibeke le nyaniso eLizwini Lakhe ngokucace ngakumbi, kodwa ngeyakusahlula ehlabathini. Indlela eya kwi-ecumenism ngeyayivalekile ukuba besiqhubekile njengekuphela kwebandla elibanga ukuba uYesu weza esenyameni enesono kwaye ke ngoko kufuneka sifunde ukuphila ubomi obungenasono kunye naye nangaye. Le pilisi yayinkulu kakhulu ukuba “amaKristu” amaninzi angakwazi ukuyiginya, kwaye kule mihla nakuninzi “lwama-Adventist”. Bakhetha ubisi negwele lamaNikolawo, anikelwa namhlanje zizo zonke iicawa “zamaKristu,” kuba kulula kakhulu ukuginya.

Kuphando lwam ngezi zihloko, ndadibana neqela elinomdla. Bazichaza “njengama-Adventist embali”. Ndifumene inqaku eligqwesileyo kwenye yeendawo zabo, endiza kuphinda ndiyivelise apha ngokupheleleyo kuba ithetha kanye le nto ndiyifumene kuphando lwam. Vula Amanyathelo oBomi sifunda:

UAlfa kunye ne-Omega - Iingxaki ezimbini kwi-Adventism

Ukuba sinqwenela ukunyuka kwindawo yokugqibela yendlela eya ezulwini, kufuneka sifunde isifundo kwimbali. Oku akuyonyaniso kuphela kwinxalenye yembali ebhalwe eBhayibhileni (jonga eyoku-1 kwabaseKorinte 10:11) kunye neNgqungquthela Enkulu (jonga iNtshayelelo yaloo ncwadi), kodwa ngokukodwa kwimbali ye-Adventism. Kwakulo mongo apho uEllen G. White wathetha ngoAlfa no-Omega wowexuko. Ubhale wathi, “Ngoku siphambi kwethu ialpha yale ngozi. I-omega iya kuba yeyona nto imangalisayo. ” Imiyalezo Ekhethiweyo, vol.1, 197.

Njengoko siza kubona, kule ngxelo ilandelayo, eyona ndalo yothusayo yowexuko lwe-omega ibandakanya ubungakanani bentlekele. Ngelixa ialfa yowexuko imele isiqalo kwaye yayiza kulinganiselwa kwindawo ethile yendawo, i-omega yowexuko yayiza kukhula iye kuthi ga kwinqanaba elothusayo kude kube sekupheleni.

“Inye into esiqiniseke ngayo ukuba iza kuzaliseka kungekudala—uwexuko olukhulu, olukhulayo noluya lusanda ngakumbi, yaye luya kuqhubeka lusenjenjalo de iNkosi iya kuhla ivela ezulwini intswahla yesandi.” Isalathisi saseNew York, ngoFebruwari 7, 1906.

Qaphela: Ngaloo ndlela, uwexuko luya kuqhubeka de iNkosi ngokwayo ingenelele ize yehle ezulwini “ngentswahla”! Ngokuqinisekileyo ayisosikhalo esikhulu, kodwa yinto eza phambi kwayo. Kuvakala ukuba oku bekunjalo ngoku ngeOrion, ekubeni iliZWI LIKATHIXO elisibizayo ukusuka apho ukuba sivuke kwaye sicoce ibandla lethu.

Ukuba sifuna ukwazi ukuba yeyiphi ikhondo ekufuneka ilandelwe ngemihla yowexuko lwe-omega kufuneka sithobele iingcebiso kunye nemiyalelo enikezwe nguEllen G. White ngexesha lentlekele ye-alpha. Kufuneka sifunde kwimbali ukuze singaphindi iimpazamo ezenziwe kwixesha elidlulileyo. "Kubonisiwe kum ukuba kumava ethu besikhona kwaye sihlangabezana nale meko yezinto." Iileta ze-Battle Creek, i-124.

Kwingxaki ye-alpha sifumana inkcazo yekamva (okanye esele ikhona) imeko kunye namava abantu base-Adventist. UEllen G. White uyasixelela: “Imbali yamandulo iya kuphindwa; iimpikiswano ezindala ziya kuvusa ubomi obutsha, kwaye ingozi iya kubahlasela abantu bakaThixo macala onke.” Testimonies to Ministers, 116. “Asinanto yokoyika ikamva ngaphandle kokuba siyakuyilibala indlela iNkosi esikhokhele ngayo.” Ubungqina kuBaphathiswa, 31.

Iphuhliswe Njani iAlpha?

Embindini we-alpha-crisis kwakukho indoda enye, uJohn Harvey Kellogg, ugqirha wama-Adventist. Phantsi kobunkokeli bakhe, i-Battle Creek Sanitarium yafumana udumo lwehlabathi lonke ekuqaleni kwenkulungwane. Kodwa ngasekupheleni kweminyaka yee-1890, inzondelelo namandla akhe axubana ngakumbi nangakumbi nengcamango entsha—yokuba uThixo, engengomntu, wayekho kuyo yonke into ephilayo; nakwiintyatyambo zonke, kuyo yonke imithi, kwiqhekeza ngalinye lesonka. Oko uKellogg wayekholelwa ukuba "kukukhanya okutsha" kwanyanzela umprofeti kaThixo, nangaphambi kwe-1881, ukuba amnike umyalezo wesilumkiso. “Ezo ngcamango ziphosakele. Ndikhe ndadibana nabo ngaphambili.” Ukukhutshwa kombhalo-ngqangi, vol. 5, 278, 279.

Ekubeni wayetshate neSeventh Day Baptist, uKellogg wadibana nomfundisi we-Seventh Day Baptist ogama linguLewis. Le ndoda yayibambe iimbono zokuthanda unqulo. Kwingqondo kaKellogg iingcamango ze-pantheistic zaziswa ekuvuthweni, ngoko ke, ngo-1897, wathetha ngesi sihloko esidlangalaleni okokuqala. Abanye abafana noWagoner noKress beza kulweyiseko olufanayo baza bamthelela ekushumayeleni oku kwiNkomfa kaWonke-wonke yowe-1899, eMzantsi Lancaster, eMassachusetts. Kwinyanga enye ngaphambi kwaloo ngqungquthela, uEllen G. White wabhala waza wathumela iileta ezilumkisayo ezivela eOstreliya, ezafika kanye ngexesha elifanelekileyo. Kodwa okulusizi kukuba, ezi zilumkiso azizange zithotyelwe. Iingcamango zobuhedeni zaqhubeka zisasazwa kulo lonke ilizwe. Baye bafundiswa, e-Battle Creek, kuzo zombini iKholeji kunye neSanitarium. U-Ellen G. White kwafuneka athumele isilumkiso emva kwesilumkiso. NgoFebruwari 18, 1902 i-Battle Creek Sanitarium yatsha yaphela. Ukuxhasa ngemali i-sanitarium entsha, uKellogg wacelwa ukuba abhale incwadi, intlawulo eyayiza kuthathwa kwisakhiwo esitsha se-sanitarium. Incwadi eyabhalwa nguKellogg yayinomxholo othi “Itempile Ephilayo.” Umbhalo-ngqangi ogqityiweyo wawuzaliswe ziingcamango zakhe eziphosakeleyo ezazivela kwintanda-bulumko yezomoya, yobuhedeni. Kwalandela iingxoxo ezininzi.

U-Ellen G. White wabhala ngale ncwadi. “Kwincwadi ethi 'Living Temple' kuboniswe ialpha yamahlelo abulalayo. I-omega iya kulandela, kwaye iya kwamkelwa ngabo bangafuniyo ukusithobela isilumkiso sikaThixo.” Selected Messages, vol. 1, 200.

Phezu kwako nje ukukhalinyelwa ngumprofeti kaThixo, uKellogg wayezimisele ukuyishicilela incwadi yakhe ngendlela awayeyibhala ngayo. Ngoko wanika iReview and Herald Publishing Company iodolo yokushicilela, yaye bayayamkela. Kodwa uThixo ngokwakhe wangenelela. Emva kokuba iipatheni zokushicilela zigqityiwe yaza le ncwadi sele ilungele ukuprintwa, indlu yokushicilela, ngoDisemba 31, 1902, yatsha yaza yatsha. Oku akuzange kwenzeke ngequbuliso, kodwa kwakhankanywa ngumprofeti kaYehova ngaphezu konyaka omnye ngaphambili. (Bona iTestimonies, vol. 8, 91.) Ikrele lomlilo laliwile kwaye bonke babesazi ukuba uThixo uthethile. Phezu kwako konke oku, uKellogg wayengazimiselanga ukutshintsha ingqondo yakhe, yaye ngenkani waya komnye umzi wokushicilela ukuze aprinte incwadi yakhe. Emva koko wathatha iinzame zokuqinisekisa ukuba incwadi yakhe yayisasazwa ngokubanzi phakathi kwama-Adventist kunye nabangewona ama-Adventist. Ngoko ke umdiza wakhula waba yingozi kuwo wonke umsebenzi. UEllen G. White wayishwankathela le meko ngala mazwi: “I-Battle Creek iye yaba sisihlalo sovukelo phakathi kwabantu iNkosi ebanike ukukhanya okukhulu namathuba akhethekileyo.” Paulson Collection, 71.

Yintoni iOmega?

Kumxholo wengxaki ye-alpha, u-Ellen G. White uchaza umbono malunga nowexuko lwe-omega oluzayo oluzayo phakathi kwama-Adventist. “Utshaba lwemiphefumlo luye lwafuna ukuzisa ingcinga yokuba kwakuza kubakho uhlaziyo olukhulu phakathi kwama-Seventh-day Adventists, nokuba olu hlaziyo luya kubandakanya ukuncama iimfundiso ezime njengeentsika zokholo lwethu, kunye nokubandakanyeka kwinkqubo yohlengahlengiso. Ukuba olu hlaziyo lwaluza kwenzeka, wawuya kuba yintoni umphumo? Imigaqo yenyaniso athe uThixo ngobulumko bakhe wayinika ibandla eliseleyo, yayiya kulahlwa. Unqulo lwethu lwaluza kutshintshwa. Imigaqo esisiseko ethe yagcina umsebenzi kule minyaka ingamashumi amahlanu idlulileyo iya kuthathwa njengempazamo. Kwakuza kusekwa umbutho omtsha. Kwakuza kubhalwa iincwadi zeodolo entsha. Kwakuza kuqaliswa inkqubo yentanda-bulumko yobukrelekrele. Abaseki bale nkqubo babeya kungena ezixekweni, benze umsebenzi omangalisayo. Kakade ke, iSabatha yayiza kugqalwa njengento encinane, njengokuba kwanoThixo owayidalayo. Akukho nto yayiza kuvunyelwa ukuba ime endleleni yombutho omtsha. Iinkokeli zaziya kufundisa ukuba isidima silunge ngakumbi kunobubi, kodwa ekubeni uThixo eshenxisiwe, zaziya kuxhomekeka kumandla omntu, nto leyo, elilize, ngaphandle koThixo. Isiseko sawo sasiza kwakhelwa phezu kwentlabathi, yaye isaqhwithi nesaqhwithi sasiza kusitshabalalisa eso sakhiwo.” Imiyalezo Ekhethiweyo, vol. 1, 204, 205.

Uhlaziyo olwaluphefumlelwe nguMtyholi lwaluza kwenzeka, yaye lwaluya kuquka “ukuzincama iimfundiso ezimiyo njengeentsika zokholo lwethu.”

Zeziphi iintsika zokholo lwethu lwama-Adventist?

Zizo zilandelayo:

• Ubume bukaKristu
• Inkonzo yengcwele
• Umoya wesiprofeto
• IMiyalezo yeeNgelosi eziNtathu (ebhenca ubupopu, iBhabheli, i-ecumenism, icacisa umbuzo weSabatha-ngeCawa, ukuphakamisa umthetho kaThixo, njl.njl.)
• Imeko yabafileyo kunye nokuvezwa kokusebenzelana nemimoya

Kwenzeke Ntoni Kwiintsika Zokholo Lwethu?

Ngeminyaka yoo-1950 intshukumo yaqala eyayiza kuzisa iziphumo ezinzima ngayo kwiCawa yamaSabatha. Zonke iinzame ezinokwenzeka zathatyathwa ngamadoda akwizikhundla eziphambili kwiNkomfa Jikelele ukuze kugcinwe ama-Adventist ekubeni abizwe ngokuba “lihlelo” ngamaKristu evangeli. Lo mbandela waba nzulu xa uDonald Gray Barnhouse, umhleli wephephancwadi elithi “Eternity,” noWalter R. Martin, umfundisi wezakwalizwi wevangeli, bafuna ukubhala incwadi ethetha ngamaSabatha avakalisa ukuba “ayengamahlelo” angengomaKristu. Ngenxa yale njongo badibana neenkokeli zama-Adventist ukuze baxoxe ngeemfundiso ze-Adventism, apho uBarnhouse noMartin babeqinisekile ukuba ama-Adventist aya kubhengezwa njengehlelo elingengomaKristu. Isihloko esisembindini yayiyinkonzo yokugqibela yocamagusho lukaYesu, kwigumbi lesibini lengcwele, ngexesha lomgwebo xa wayeya kuzicima izono zabaguquka ngokwenene. Omnye umxholo yayibume bukaKristu. Xa iinkokeli zamaSabatha zajamelana neengcaphulo zeencwadi zethu, zakhawuleza zaqonda ukuba izibhengezo zazo zazingayi kwanela ukweyisela uBarnhouse noMartin ukuba iCawa yeSDA yayingelohlelo, kodwa yayiyicawa yobuKristu. Ngoko bagqiba ekubeni bapapashe incwadi entsha yeemfundiso zamaSabatha. Loo ncwadi yayiyi Questions on Doctrine (1957), yaye yaba sisiqalo somzamo wokushenxisa iintsika zokholo lwethu.

Malunga nalo intsika yokuqala, uhlobo lukaKristu, babhala oku: “Wayengenasono, kungekuphela nje ngehambo Yakhe yangaphandle, kodwa nakubuntu bakhe. ... Wayengenasono ebomini Bakhe nakwindalo yaKhe. . .” Imibuzo ngeMfundiso, 383

Njengabantu bexesha lesiphelo likaThixo abazingcwalisayo ukuba babe nyulu ngokwesimilo njengoko wayenjalo uYesu ngexesha lobomi bakhe emhlabeni (1 Yohane 3:3), kubaluleke gqitha ukukholelwa ukuba uYesu wayenokuhlala engenasono kwaloo nyama yethu (yesono) sinayo. Unceda ngantoni umsindisi otyhila ukuba inyama engafezekanga inokusixhathisa isono? Sifuna uMsindisi osibonisa ukuba sinako ukuphila ubomi obufezekileyo ( Hebhere 2:14, 17 ) kwimvelo yethu yesono. Yiloo nto kanye eyenziwa nguYesu. Usishiyele umzekelo wokuba umntu onesono akoni xa ukuthanda kwakhe kunikezelwe ngokupheleleyo kuThixo. UPawulos usixelela ukuba “uThixo ethumela owakhe uNyana ekwimfano yenyama enesono . . . " KwabaseRoma 8: 3. Lowo ungakungqineli oku, utyhila umoya womchasi-Kristu. ( 1 Yohane 4: 2, 3 . )

A intsika yesibini owasuswayo nguMoya weSiprofetho. Barnhouse wabhala kwinqaku lakhe elithi "Ngaba iiSDAs zingamaKristu?" oko waxelelwa ziinkokeli zama-Adventist malunga nesipho sesiprofeto sika-Ellen G. White.

“Inkokeli yamaSabatha ivakalisa ukuba imibhalo kaEllen G. White . . . azingqinelani neSibhalo. . . . Bayavuma ukuba imibhalo yakhe ayinakusilela. . . Imibhalo yakhe ayilovavanyo lobudlelane kwicawe yeSDA.”

UEllen G. White waboniswa: “Eyona nkohliso yokugqibela kaSathana iya kuba kukubenza bungabi namsebenzi ubungqina boMoya kaThixo.” Imiyalezo Ekhethiweyo, vol. 1, 48. Siyabona ukuba ingxaki yokugqibela—i-Omega—sele iqalisile.

A intsika yesithathu leyo ke isusiwe imfundiso yengcwele. Barnhouse wabhala: “UMnu. UMartin kunye nam saziva iinkokeli zama-Adventist zisithi, ngokuphandle, ziyakugatya konke oko kuzibaxa [leyo yimfundiso yokuba uYesu wangena kweyona ndawo ingcwele ngo-Oktobha 22, 1844, ukuze acamagushele ngaphambi koKuza Kwakhe kweSibini]. Oku bakutsho ngokungathandabuzekiyo.”

Ukugatywa kwale mfundiso ibalulekileyo kuye kwaqinisekiswa kwincwadi ethi Imibuzo Ngemfundiso. Kwiphepha 381 ithi: “UYesu . . . wangena ‘kwiindawo ezingcwele,’ waza wabonakala ebusweni bukaThixo ngenxa yethu. Kodwa kwakungekuko ngethemba lokusizuzela okuthile ngelo xesha, okanye kwixesha elizayo. Hayi! Wayesele esifumanele yona emnqamlezweni.” (Bona kwanama-354, 355)

Ukuba uYesu wagqiba ukucamagushela emnqamlezweni, umbuzo uyaphakama, yintoni le yenziwa nguYesu ezulwini ngoku enokubaluleka? Ukuba yonke into yayenziwe emnqamlezweni, ngoko akukho ntlawulelo ivalayo, akukho sigwebo siphandayo kwaye akukho kususwa kwesono. Umphumo waloo mfundiso yezakwalizwi yingcamango yokuba asinakuze sifezeke. Kwaye ukuba akukho bani unokusoyisa sonke isono, kutheni ukugcina imithetho kubaluleke kangaka? Bekungayi kuba lula ke ngoko ukusindiswa njengomgcini weCawa njengomgcini weSabatha? Kananjalo iMiyalezo yeeNgelosi eziNtathu iza kuqulatha umyalezo wokuba uYesu ukwenzele yonke into. Kulula ukubona ukuba apha kukho isizathu sobubi kunye nezono ezininzi kwiCawa yama-Adventist.

Ngaba ubuxoki obuthiwe thaca kwiMibuzo ngeMfundiso lusakholelwa kwi-Adventism eqhelekileyo namhlanje? UWalter Martin unikela impendulo yalo mbuzo kwincwadi yakhe ethi The Kingdom of the Cults. “NgoAprili 29, 1983, uW. Richard Lesher, usekela-mongameli weNkomfa Jikelele, waphendula ngeleta yakhe. Impendulo yakhe ngokuyinxenye yayifundeka ngolu hlobo: 'Niyabuza kuqala enoba amaSeventh-day Adventist asazixhasa na kwiimpendulo ezinikelwe kwimibuzo yenu kwi Questions on Doctrine njengoko wenzayo ngowe-1957. Impendulo nguewe.' “Ngenxa yesi sizathu sifumana kwiincwadi zamva, njengee-27 Fundamental Doctrines of SDA’s, kwaezo mfundiso zobuxoki zichaziweyo.

Kwiiseminari zabefundisi baseJamani, iimfundiso ezisenza sibe ngamaSeventh-day Adventist ziyakhatywa ngaphandle kokuhlazeka. Omnye umhlohli wathi: “Ndikholelwa ukuba ngowe-1844 akuzange kwenzeke nto, ezulwini nasemhlabeni.” U. Worschech weSikolo Sobulungiseleli Sobulungiseleli saseMarienhoehe, njengoko wakhutshelwa ebudeni beklasi yakhe “Inkonzo Yengcwele.”

Ngesinye isihlandlo kwa lo mfundisi-ntsapho wathi, “Kufuneka siyi-Ford-siphuhlise imfundiso yethu yezakwalizwi kwindawo engcwele.” U. Worschech ngethuba lotyelelo lukaDesmond Ford kwintlanganiso ye-AWA, ngo-Oktobha 24-26, 1986.

Leyo yinzaliseko ethe ngqo yeziprofeto zika-Ellen G. White eziphathelele i-omega-crisis kwaye iyichaza ngokwenene imeko yangoku: “Isiseko sokholo lwethu, esathi samiselwa ngomthandazo omkhulu, ukuziphengulula ngenyameko iZibhalo, sathotywa, intsika ngentsika. Ukholo lwethu lwalungenakuphumla—ingcwele yayingasekho, intlawulelo yayingasekho.” Ukujonga phezulu, i-152.

I-Omega kunye neMiyalezo yeeNgelosi eziThathu

Ukuba ukucamagushela okwenziwa kweyona ndawo ingcwele kuyasuswa, sonke isiseko seMiyalezo yeeNgelosi eziThathu kufuneka sidilike, kuba ezi ngelosi zalatha ngokuthe ngqo kumsebenzi kaYesu wokukhulula kweyona ndawo ingcwele. (Bona i<em>Early Writings, 256 .) UEllen G. White uthi: “Ndaboniswa amanyathelo amathathu—eyokuQala, eyesibini, neyesithathu yeengelosi. Yathi ingelosi yam endihamba nayo, 'Yeha kulowo uya kushenxisa ibhloko okanye ashukumise isikhonkwane sale miyalezo. Ukuqonda okuyinyaniso kwezi miyalezo kubaluleke kakhulu. Isiphelo semiphefumlo sixhomekeke kwindlela eyamkelwa ngayo.’ Ndaphinda ndehliswa yile miyalezo, kwaye ndabona indlela abantu bakaThixo ababewathenge ngayo amava abo. Yayifunyenwe ngenxa yokubandezeleka okukhulu nongquzulwano oluqatha. UThixo wabakhokela inyathelo ngenyathelo, wada wababeka phezu kweqonga eliqinileyo, elingenakususwa. Ndabona abantu besondela eqongeni baze bahlolisise isiseko. Bambi bevuya ngoko nangoko banyathela phezu kwayo. Abanye baqalisa ukufumana impazamo kwisiseko. Babenqwenela uphuculo olunokwenziwa, emva koko iqonga liya kuba ligqibelele ngakumbi, yaye abantu bonwabe ngakumbi. Abanye behla eqongeni ukuze bayihlolisise baza bathi ibekwe ngendlela engeyiyo. Kodwa ndabona ukuba phantse bonke bema ngokuqinileyo eqongeni kwaye ndababongoza abo babehlile ukuba baziyeke izikhalazo zabo; kuba uThixo wayeyingcibi yoMakhi, kwaye babesilwa naye. Imibhalo yamandulo 258, 259.

Xa siphuma sisenza umsebenzi wobuvangeli basemazweni yaye sisasaza amaphecana aqulethe iMiyalezo yeeNgelosi Ezintathu, kukangaphi sisiva abo bazibiza ngokuba bangamaSeventh-day Adventist bethetha ngolu hlobo? “Asingomsebenzi wobuvangeli basemazweni ukubeka irhamncwa, uphawu lwalo nomfanekiso walo ngaphambili. Asiyondlela ilungileyo. Kunzima kakhulu.” Nangona besithi nje bayayigatya le fomu okanye le nkqubo, kucacile ukuba boyika ukuba isigidimi sethu sinokuvakaliswa esidlangalaleni. Ukubhencwa kobupopu esidlangalaleni njengehenyukazi kunye neecawa zamaProtestanti ezizibiza ngokuba ziintombi zobuhenyu, kubenza bangakhululeki, hleze ezi cawa ziwagxeke ama-Adventist njengehlelo. Boyikela ukuba umphumo uya kuba kukuphakamisa inkcaso nokuthomalalisa ukwamkelwa nempembelelo yobu-Adventism, yaye boyika ukuba ekugqibeleni isenokuzisa intshutshiso. Abantu baqala ukufumana iimpazamo kwiqonga, bakhalaze ngalo kwaye banqwenela ukuba kwenziwe uphuculo. (Bona i-Early Writings, 258.) Babanga, mhlawumbi kungekhona ngokucacileyo ngamazwi abo, kodwa ngezenzo zabo, ukuba isiseko sakhiwe ngendlela engafanelekanga. Ezi ayizomvakalelo nje ezimbalwa zama-Adventist, kodwa lo ngumgaqo-nkqubo ongena kuwo wonke umbutho we-SDA, njengoko unokuboniswa ngalo mzekelo ulandelayo.

Owayesakuba nguMongameli weNkomfa kaWonke-wonke, uNeal Wilson, wathi kwiPasifiki Union Recorder: “Umsebenzi wethu asikokugxeka iCawa yamaRoma Katolika.” kaFebruwari 18, 1985. Oko kuvakala kukuhle, kodwa ngokwenene uthetha ukuthini? Kwityala lenkundla yoluntu, uWilson wathi, “Nangona kuyinyaniso ukuba kwakukho ixesha, kubomi beCawa yamaSabatha, xa ihlelo lathi lathabatha imbono echasayo ngokukhethekileyo kumaRoma Katolika, yaye ibinzana elithi ‘ulawulo lwabefundisi’ lasetyenziswa ngendlela ehlazisayo ukubhekisela kuhlobo lukapopu lolawulo lwecawa, eso simo sengqondo kwinxalenye yecawa sasiyimbonakaliso yesimo sengqondo esasisasazekile phakathi kweenkokeli zonqulo ezazixhaphakile kule nkulungwane yokuqala kunye nenkqubo yezonqulo eyayixhaphakile. inxalenye yokugqibela yeyokugqibela, kwaye ngoku sele ithunyelwe kwimfumba yenkunkuma yembali ukuya kuthi ga ngoku kwiCawa yeSDA.” I-EEOC vs PPPA kunye ne-GC, i-Civil Case #74-2025 CBR, ngo-1975.

Inokwenzeka njani into yokuba inkokeli yehlelo elabizelwa nguThixo ukuba ilumkise ngemigudu yobupopu, ‘yasithumela’ eso sigidimi “kwimfumba yenkunkuma yembali”? Unokuyigatya njani into yokuba uThixo ayithembe ngokugqibeleleyo? UNeal Wilson kwafuneka anike ubungqina bokholo lwakhe enkundleni ngamaxesha oxolo, kodwa wayingcatsha. Eyona nto imangalisayo kukuba le ngxelo, ngokucacileyo ayizange ibangele ingqumbo ebanzi. Umntu ufumana ngakumbi umbono wokuba umongameli usandula ukuqulunqa imbono eyamkelekileyo phakathi kwamaSeventh-day Adventist. UEllen G. White usichaza esi simo sengqondo ngala mazwi alandelayo: “Imbono iya isanda, yokuba, emva kwayo yonke loo nto, asahlukani ngokubanzi kwiingongoma ezibalulekileyo njengoko bekucingelwa, kwaye ukuvumelana kwethu okuncinci kuya kusizisa ekuqondeni ngcono kunye neRoma. Ngelo xesha amaProtestanti ayeyixabisa gqitha inkululeko yesazela eye yathengwa kakhulu. Bafundisa abantwana babo ukuba baluthiye unqulo lobupopu, yaye bekholelwa ukuba ukufuna imvisiswano neRoma kwakuya kuba kukunganyaniseki kuThixo. Kodwa indlela ezahluke ngayo ngokubanzi iimvakalelo ezivakaliswayo ngoku.” The Great Controversy, 563.

Ukuba ngoku, ngamaxesha oxolo, siyalukhanyela ukholo lwethu lokuba ngokuphandle, kuya kwenzeka ntoni kwixesha elizayo xa kuwiswa imithetho enxamnye nabantu bakaThixo abagcina imiyalelo? Ukuba ugidime nabeenyawo, bakudinisa, wothini na ukugidimana namahashe? ukuba ubukholose ngelizwe loxolo, wòthini na ekweneni kweYordan? Yeremiya 12:5 .

IBhabhiloni, iNtshukumo yeeNkonzo kunye neMiyalezo yeeNgelosi eziNtathu

Kuma-Adventist, ukuqondwa ngokucacileyo kwegama elithi “iBhabhiloni” kuya kuncipha ngakumbi yaye kubangela ukudideka. Inkokeli yenkomfa yandixelela kwiminyaka eyadlulayo ukuba “iBhabhiloni ikithi.” Umbuzo wam, wokuba bekunokwenzeka njani phantsi kwezi meko ukulandela ubizo lokuyishiya iBhabheli, wahlala ungenampendulo. Ezinye iingcaciso, eziphuma kwiimpapasho zamaSabatha, zezokuba iBhabhiloni “ibubungendawo besixeko sam,” “impembelelo embi” yaye “izama ukuzuza usindiso ngemisebenzi kabani.” Adventist Review, kaDisemba 31, 1992; I<em>Signs of the Times, kaJuni 1992; Uphononongo lwama-Adventist, ngoDisemba 31, 1992.

Apha eJamani, “iBhabhiloni” ingumxholo oshushu. Isizathu salokhu ubulungu bama-Adventist German unions kwi-ACK (i-confederacy of Christian Churches), ibhunga le-ecumenical yesizwe. Obu bulungu benziwa ngokufihlakeleyo, kwaye abantu baziswe emva koko. Iingxoxo zazingavumelekanga.

Qaphela: Ngaba uqaphele ukuba isicelo sobulungu kwi-ACK senziwa kwi-1986, engumnyaka we-Orion, ekhomba ekuqaleni kwesigaba saseTiyatira? Yaye iTiyatira ithetha: Isivumelwano noIzebhele, iCawa yamaRoma Katolika, okanye iBhabhiloni. Enjani yona imvisiswano ekhoyo phakathi kwabo bafunda imbali nesiprofeto baze bavule amehlo abo! Aba bambalwa bathembekileyo baya kuyiqonda nini kwakhona into yokuba iOrion—incwadi kaThixo yasezulwini—i-100% iqinisekisa zonke ezi ziganeko zoyikekayo, ize ihlanganiselwe ukuseka ibandla lokugqibela laseFiladelfi?

Ukuzigquma, iinkokeli zama-Adventist, apha eJamani, zizamile ukubonisa ukuba inkcazo yethu yembali ye "Babylon" ayinakuba yinyani. R. Nickel, umfundisi ophakamileyo, wathetha oku malunga nobulungu be-Adventist kwi-ACK, kwintshumayelo kwi-Adventist theological seminary yaseFriedensau. “Kwiinguqulelo zakudala zehlelo lethu elithi “iBhabhiloni” lithetha oku kulandelayo: unina wehenyukazi weSityhilelo okanye iCawa yamaRoma Katolika. Iintombi zakhe ezonakeleyo ziyimibutho ewileyo yobuProtestanti yeecawa ezahlukeneyo zokholo lobuProtestanti. . . . Umbuzo ngulo, Ngaba oko kwakukade kuyinyaniso nekhoyo ngoku kusasebenza? Ndifuna ukubuyela kwingxoxo malunga ne-ACK, kuba apha ingaboniswa: Ukuba iicawa zamaProtestanti ngokwenene ziyinxalenye yeBhabhiloni, umntu unokumanyana njani kunye nawo aze afumane ubulungu kwi-ACK? Ukuba besiya kuthatha utoliko lwakudala nzulu, sonke kuya kufuneka sichase i-ACK.” R. Nickel kwintshumayelo eyayiseFriedensau ngoNovemba 2, 1996.

Kuyinyani ukuba (phantse) bonke abaphathiswa kunye neenkokheli bathanda ubulungu be-ACK. Isigqibo esisengqiqweni ke ngoko sesokuba asinakubambelela kwingcaciso yembali “yeBhabhiloni” kwaye kwangaxeshanye sibe lilungu kumanyano lwamabandla. (Bona uLuka 16:13; 2 Korinte 6:14 .) Umxholo weMiyalezo yeeNgelosi eziNtathu uchasa ngokuthe ngqo kwintshukumo yeenkolo, ngenxa yokuba silunyukiswe ngokucacileyo ngomfanekiso werhamncwa. Ukuvakaliswa kwesi sigidimi kuyangqubana nemigaqo yonqulo, kuba akukho cawa ivumelekileyo ukuba iguqule amalungu ezinye iicawa. Kungathini na ke ukumemeza ukuthi, Phumani kuyo, bantu bam! ukuba ubani ulilungu kolo manyano? Inye into esinokuqiniseka ngayo: akukho maKatolika okanye amaProtestanti awamkelanga ama-Adventist njengelungu le-ACK ye-ecumenical ngaphandle kokuqinisekiswa kwangaphambili kubo ukuba ukuqonda kwembali yeMiyalezo yeeNgelosi eziNtathu kuyaliwa. Yiloo nto kanye eyenzekayo.

Kwintlanganiso ye-ACK, apho isincomo sanikezelwa ukuba samkele iCawa ye-SDA njengelungu, abameli bama-Adventist babuzwa ngokuthe ngqo ukuba ukutolikwa kwembali kweMiyalezo yeeNgelosi eziThathu kwakusasebenza. Amaxwebhu omgaqo-nkqubo wentlanganiso ye-ACK, ngoJuni 3 no-4, 1992, e-Arnoldshain anika le ngxelo. “Ngokwesicelo sommeli wamaRoma Katolika, uGqr. Impendulo yalo mbuzo yayikukuba le yimeko yesithethe eyayisusela emva kuHlaziyo yaye ngokungathandabuzekiyo yayiya kuhlala ikho, kodwa ubukhulu becala baphiliswa ekwaziseni isikhundla sikapopu kunye noMchasi-Kristu ngokweziko. Endaweni yoko kubanjwa ukuba umchasi-Kristu ziimpawu, ezinokuthi zifumaneke nakwihlelo lama-Adventist. Ngoko ke, ukugxeka ngokwesithethe kwesiTyhilelo 13 kunokuthi, ngokomgaqo, kubhengezwe ngokuchasene neBandla lamaSabatha. Le ngcaciso yanelisa icala lamaKatolika. Emva koko iinkokeli ze-ACK zagqiba ekubeni zicebise isicelo sama-Adventist ngokuvumayo kumalungu amanyeneyo ukuba avotelwe.” 54 Fragen, uXwebhu 3, 3.

Umongameli woManyano lwaseMantla eJamani, uMnu. Rupp, naye wasikhaba isigidimi sethu esisinikwe nguThixo kwiileta zakhe eziya kumongameli we-ACK, uBhishophu Held, nakunxibelelwano lwakhe lobuqu kunye naye. IBhabheli yachongwa kuphela njengemeko yezinto ezinokufumaneka kwibandla leSDA. UBishop Held ngokucacileyo watolika izimvo kwiileta zomongameli womanyano njengempazamo, njengoko kunokubonwa kwimpendulo yakhe:

“Mnu. Rupp othandekayo. . . . Ezi mbono zingasentla ziqinisekiswa ngokucacileyo ukuba wena—njengoko ubuthethela ubunkokeli beCawa yeSDA—wasixelela ukuba iiSDA azisakholelwa ukuba ‘kwinkqubela phambili yembali yegunya lobupopu bonqulo nezobupolitika kubonakala ukuzaliseka kweziprofeto zeBhayibhile. ( Daniyeli 7, ISityhilelo 13 ne-17. )’ “ Uxwebhu loku-1.

K. Schwarz, igosa eliphakamileyo leCawa yamaProtestanti eJamani ubhala oku: “Kuba lilungu leCawa yamaSabatha e-ACK, kuqondwa ukuba . . . iingxabano ozikhankanyayo [inkolelo yamaSabatha yokuba upopu ngumchasi-Kristu] . . . ayisekho njengenxalenye yeemfundiso zeSDA.” (Kwi-Kobialka, M. 1994. I-Ecumenical Movement kunye noRhulumente weHlabathi, i-100.)

Iinkokeli zecawe yeSDA bezisoloko zisithi ukuzimanya nemibutho yeecawa lithuba elihle lokungqina ngokholo lwethu. Bathi ngaloo ndlela uMyalezo weAdvent unokunikwa ngokunempumelelo ngakumbi kwamanye amabandla. Olunjani lona ugculelo nohanahaniso! Ubulungu kumbutho we-ecumenical kukungcatsha umyalezo wethu kwaye kuthetha ukubethelela uKristu ngokutsha. (“Ndabona ukuba njengoko amaYuda ambethelelayo uYesu emnqamlezweni, ngokunjalo namabandla afane ambethelele emnqamlezweni le miyalezo.” Early Writings, 261.)

Mininzi imiyalelo ephefumlelweyo malunga nobudlelwane nabangakholwayo okanye amakholwa okholo olwahlukileyo. Ndifuna nje ukukukhomba kwizicatshulwa ezimbini ezisuka kusiba luka-Ellen G. White:

"Abangendawo babotshwa ngamatyana, babotshelelwa ngamatyathanga, bamanyene, bangamayelenqe. Masingabi nanto yakwenza nale mibutho. UThixo unguMlawuli wethu, iRhuluneli yethu, yaye usibiza ukuba siphume ehlabathini size sahluke.” Ukukhutshwa kombhalo-ngqangi, umqulu. 4, 87.

"Abalindi basezindongeni zaseZiyon mabangazibandakanyi nabo bangayiphuthiyo inyaniso njengoko injalo kuKristu. Mabangazitheleli kumanyano lokungathembeki, ubupapa nobuProtestanti.” Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary, vol.4, 1141.

Sifanele siqonde ukuba yintoni i-ACK ngokwenene kunye nendlela upopu ayibona ngayo le ntlangano ye-ecumenical. Ngoxa wayetyelele eJamani, uPopu John Paul II wathi ePaderborn ngoJuni 22, 1996: “Unxibelelwano oluhle lweecawa luye lwenziwa kwiicawe zeli lizwe. Basebenza ngokukhutheleyo kunye neekomiti zeenkolo, ngakumbi kwi-'Alliance of Christian Churches in Germany' (ACK). Ngaloo nto, amanye amacebiso aluncedo okusekwa koluntu lwecawa afika eJamani. . . . Umanyano esijolise kulo kufuneka lukhule inyathelo nenyathelo. . . . Ngoko ke, ngumsebenzi wethu ukunciphisa imiqobo kwaye sifune umthendeleko omkhulu ngakumbi, sithembela ngokuqinileyo ukuba iNkosi iya kusikhokelela kuloo mini izukileyo xa umanyano olupheleleyo lokholo lufeziwe kwaye sikwazi ukubhiyozela ngokuhambelanayo uMthendeleko ongcwele weNkosi kunye.” Verlautbarungen des Apostolischen Stuhls, 126, Bonn 6/1996, 22ff.

Yintoni ama-Adventist ayifunayo kwi-ACK? Ngaba bafuna ukubhiyozela uMthendeleko kunye namaKatolika?

UOmega sele elapha. Yanga iNkosi ingasinceda siyibone size senze ngokufanelekileyo.

Yintoni eza Kwenziwa?

Kufuneka sisabele njani kule meko? Abaninzi bama-Adventist badidekile kwaye abazi ukuba benze ntoni. Kubonakala ngathi akukho bani wayelindele ukuba uwexuko lukhulu kangakanani na, nangona uDade White wabhala oku: “Iomega iya kuba yeyona nto imangalisayo.” Imiyalezo Ekhethiweyo, iNcwadi 1, 197. Njengama-Adventist sivile ngovavanyo oluzayo oluzayo kwaye sathetha ngalo ngokwethu, kodwa ngoku lukhoyo kwaye bambalwa abayaziyo.

Umbuzo wokuba kufuneka sijongane njani nengxaki ye-Omega uphendulwe ngokucacileyo kwimibhalo ephefumlelweyo malunga nengxaki ye-Alpha. Kwingxaki ye-Omega imigaqo efanayo kufuneka isetyenziswe, kuba imbali iyaziphinda. Liliphi icebiso elanikelwa nguEllen G. White ngexesha lengxaki yeAlpha? Nanku umzekelo omnye: “Umdala noNksk. Farnsworth baye bacelwa ukuba bachithe ixesha elithile e-Battle Creek, besebenzela inkonzo. Ndiyabakhuthaza ukuba benze njalo, kwaye ndiya kubacebisa ukuba basebenze njani. Kuya kuba kuhle kuMdala Farnsworth kunye noMdala AT Jones ukuma ngaxhatha linye beshumayela iLizwi emnqubeni okwexeshana, kwaye banike ixilongo isandi esithile. Kukho imiphefumlo e-Battle Creek efuna ukuqiniswa. Abaninzi baya kuva ngovuyo baze bahlule inqaku lesilumkiso. Kodwa uMdala Farnsworth akufuneki ahlale e-Battle Creek ixesha elide. Ndinibhalela ezi zinto, ngokuba kubalulekile ukuba ziqondwe. UThixo ebeya kuba namadoda anetalente angayi kuphambuka kwimigaqo yobulungisa ukuba ame ekukhuseleni inyaniso emnqubeni eBattle Creek. Indoda enye akufuneki imiswe e-Battle Creek ixesha elide. Emva kokuba eyivakalise ngokuthembeka inyaniso okwexeshana, ufanele anduluke aye kusebenza kwenye indawo, kuze kunyulwe omnye oza kuvakalisa isandi esithile sexilongo.” Paulson Collection, 108.

Kobu bungqina usiba oluphefumlelweyo lusinika ingcaciso echanekileyo yomsebenzi wethu kuzo zombini ezi ngxaki zika-Alfa kunye ne-Omega. Iinkalo ezimbini zigxininiswa ngokucacileyo. Kwelinye icala sibizelwe ukunika ixilongo isandi esithile sokulumkisa abazalwana noodade bethu. Kwelinye icala siyalunyukiswa ukuba singazibhentsi kwimpembelelo yowexuko ixesha elide.

Inkalo yokuqala, ukunika ixilongo isandi esithile, ifanele ibe linyathelo lethu lokuqala ukuba siyinxalenye yebandla elosulelwe luwexuko. Ngokuphindaphindiweyo u-Ellen G. White wabiza amanyathelo agqitywe ngexesha lobunzima be-Alpha. Nazi ezinye izicatshulwa:

“Ndaboniswa iqonga, elalixhaswe ngamaplanga—iinyaniso zeLizwi likaThixo. Umntu othile ophakamileyo kwimbopheleleko yezonyango wayeyalela le ndoda naloo ndoda ukuba ikhulule amaplanga axhasa eli qonga. Ndaza ndeva izwi lisithi, Baphi na ababoniseli ebemele ukuma ezindongeni zeZiyon? Ngaba balele? Esi siseko sakhiwa nguMsebenzi oyiNgcali, kwaye siya kuma uqhwithela noqhwithela. Ngaba baya kuyivumela le ndoda ukuba iveze iimfundiso eziwakhanyelayo amava abantu bakaThixo bexesha elidluleyo? Lifikile ixesha lokuba senze isigqibo.' " Imiyalezo Ekhethiweyo, Incwadi 1, 204.

“Idabi liyaqhubeka. . . . Baphi na abalindi bakhe? Ngaba zimi kwinqaba ephakamileyo, zinika umqondiso wengozi, okanye zivumela ingozi idlule ingahoywa?” Ibid., 194.

“Ngaba amadoda akumaziko ethu aya kuthi cwaka, avumele ubuxoki obufihlakeleyo ukuba bubhengezwe ukuze kutshatyalaliswe imiphefumlo? . . . Ngaba eli alikafiki ixesha lokuba sizibuze, Ngaba siya kuluvumela utshaba ukuba lusikhokele ukuba siyeke umsebenzi wokuvakalisa inyaniso?” Ibid., 195.

“Kufuneka inyathelo elibukhali. Ukungakhathali kunye nobuvila kuyakukhokelela ekuphulukaneni nenkolo yobuqu kunye nezulu.” Ibid.

“Ukuba uThixo uyasicekisa isono esinye ngaphezu kwesinye, abantu bakhe banetyala laso, akenzi nto kwimeko yonxunguphalo. Ukungakhathali nokungathabathi cala kwingxaki yonqulo kugqalwa nguThixo njengolwaphulo-mthetho olumanyumnyezi nolulingana nolona hlobo lubi lwentiyo nxamnye noThixo.” Testimonies, vol. 3, 281.

Ukusinceda ukuba siyiqonde ngenene ingozi emanyumnyezi yale meko yonxunguphalo esikuyo, uThixo wanika u-Ellen G. White umbono wexesha elibi. ngumkhenkce.

Qaphela: Ewe bazalwane abathandekayo, siza kwakhona. Ngaphandle kokwazi kakuhle apho izifundo zam ziya kukhokelela khona, ndaqala le webhusayithi ngesicatshulwa esifanayo esivela ku-Ellen G. White! Uyakhumbula? (I-Iceberg Phambili!)

“Ngobunye ubusuku kwaboniswa umfanekiso ocacileyo phambi kwam. Kwakukho isitya phezu kwamanzi, kwinkungu enzima. Ngequbuliso umlindi wadanduluka, 'Iceberg ikufuphi!' Apho, phezu kwenqanawa, kwakukho intaba yomkhenkce. Ilizwi elinegunya ladanduluka, 'Yihlangabeze!' Khange kubekho mathandabuzo nangomzuzu. Yayilixesha lesenzo esikhawulezileyo. Injineli yafaka umphunga, yaza indoda eyayihamba ngevili yaqhuba inqanawa yaya ngqo kwintaba yomkhenkce. Ngengozi wabetha umkhenkce. Kwabakho umothuko owoyikekayo, yaye ilitye lomkhenkce laqhekeka laziingceba ezininzi, lawa ngengxolo engathi yindudumo kumgangatho womgangatho.” Imiyalezo Ekhethiweyo, Incwadi 1, 205.

Ndiyalelwe ukuba ndithethe ngokungafihlisiyo. 'Yihlangabeze,' latsho ilizwi elathethwa kum. 'Hlangana nayo ngokuqinileyo, kwaye ngaphandle kokulibazisa.' . . . Kwincwadi ethi 'Living Temple' kubonisiwe ialpha yeemfundiso ezibulalayo. I-omega iya kulandela, kwaye iya kwamkelwa ngabo bangafuniyo ukusithobela isilumkiso sikaThixo. . . . Ndinomnqweno omkhulu wokubabona bemi ngokukhululekileyo eNkosini. Ndithandazela ukuba babe nesibindi sokuyimela ngokuqinileyo inyaniso njengoko injalo kuYesu, bebambelele nkqi ekuqaleni kwentembelo yabo kude kuse ekupheleni.” Imiyalezo Ekhethiweyo, Incwadi 1, 200.

“Bakubonile ukwenza okungendawo, beve amazwi agwenxa, babone kulandelwa iindlela zobutshinga, abathethi ngezohlwayo, ngokoyikela ukuba bahlekise. Ndibiza abo badityaniswe nezi mpembelelo zibophelelayo ukuba baphule idyokhwe ekudala bezithoba kuyo, baze beme njengamadoda akhululekileyo kuKristu. Akukho nto ngaphandle komzamo ozimiseleyo oya kukuphelisa ukupela okuphezu kwabo.” Imiyalezo Ekhethiweyo, Incwadi 1, 197.

Inokwenzeka njani into yokuba ubizo lokuthatha isigqibo lungxamiseke ngakumbi? Wonke umntu obona uwexuko unomsebenzi wokuqhankqalaza ngaphandle kokulalanisa. Ukuba kukhe kwakho ixesha lokuhlala nokuthi cwaka nelokuphulaphula intshumayelo ephosakeleyo kude kube sekupheleni (endithandabuzayo ngayo), ukuze isiphoso esiyingozi sibhekiswe kulo lonke ibandla, elo xesha liphelile. Akwanelanga ukuthetha nomphathiswa emva koko, ngasese, xa impazamo iye yafika ezingqondweni zabantu.

Makaphaphame wonke umntu, asebenze njengoko asukuba enethuba. Mvumele athethe amazwi ngexesha lonyaka nangaphandle kwexesha lonyaka, kwaye akhangele kuKristu ukuze afumane inkuthazo nokomelela ekwenzeni okulungileyo. . . . Umyalezo wam kuni ngowokuba: Musani ukuvuma ukumamela ngaphandle kokuchasa ukugqwethwa kwenyaniso. Ukutyhila ubucukubhede obunobuqhetseba obuya kuthi, ukuba bufunyenwe, bukhokele abaphathiswa noogqirha kunye nabasebenzi bezobufundisi bezonyango ukuba bayityeshele inyaniso. Wonke umntu ngoku kufuneka eme elugcinweni lwakhe. UThixo ubiza amadoda nabafazi ukuba bathathe ukuma kwabo phantsi kwebhanile enegazi yeNkosana u-Emmanuel. Ndiyalelwe ukuba ndilumkise abantu bakowethu; kuba abaninzi basemngciphekweni wokufumana iingcamango nobugocigoci obusingela phantsi iintsika zokholo.” Imiyalezo Ekhethiweyo, Incwadi 1, 195, 196.

Gcina Ulutsha Lwethu

U-Ellen G. White amaxesha amaninzi walumkisa ukuba abantu abatsha akufanele bathunyelwe kwikholeji yase-Battle Creek. Wayesoyikela ulutsha lwama-Adventist ngenxa yempembelelo embi eyayikho apho. "Abo baye baxinana kwi-Battle Creek, kwaye babanjelwe apho, babona kwaye beva izinto ezininzi ezithanda ukulwenza buthathaka ukholo lwabo, kwaye zibangele ukungakholwa." Paulson Collection, 109.

Kodwa kuthekani ngeekholeji zethu kunye neseminari namhlanje? Ngaba imeko ingcono kunokuba yayinjalo e-Battle Creek? Andinalo ulwazi oluninzi malunga nemeko yezikolo zama-Adventist e-US, kodwa ndiyazi into malunga neeseminari zaseJamani. Kwezi zikolo, imfundiso yengcwele yembali yama-Adventist iyakhatywa, kufundiswa ukugxekwa kweBhayibhile, ixesha lokudala leentsuku ezisixhenxe ulindelo lokubuya kwesibini kukaKristu okusemnyango kuyaphikiswa, njl. Ezi zinto zibhalwe kakuhle kwaye ziqinisekiswa ngabafundi be-seminar yaseJamani.

Yintoni injongo yesikolo esinjalo? Kukudlulisela inyaniso yokholo lwethu kwisizukulwana esilandelayo. Kodwa, ukuba isikolo sinika impazamo kubafundi namhlanje, abefundisi bangomso baya kuzidlulisela ezi mpazamo kwiicawa zabo. Ngolo hlobo inyaniso iyachithwa kwaye abantu bayatshabalala ngenxa yokuswela ulwazi.

Le meko iyingozi kakhulu, ingakumbi kulutsha lwethu. Injani imeko yolutsha lwama-Adventist namhlanje? Ndikhumbula ngobunye ubusuku, xa mna nomfazi wam sasinexesha lomthandazo apho wayethandazela abahlobo bama-Adventist awayenabo ngexesha lobutsha bakhe. Ecinga ngabo, umfazi wam wahlala phantsi waza walila yaye akazange ayeke. Bambalwa kakhulu kubahlobo bakhe bakudala ababesenyanisweni. Phantse bonke babengene ehlabathini; abanye njengamalungu ecawa yeSDA, abanye bewugatye ngokupheleleyo umsebenzi wabo.

Kodwa ngaba oko kuyamangalisa nakubani na? Benza ntoni abantu abaselula xa behlanganisene emva kwemini ngeSabatha? Ndiyibonile rhoqo: emva kokuzinikela okufutshane okunyanzelekileyo (ukuba kunjalo) baqala ukudlala i-basketball, intenetya yetafile okanye nantoni na. Ngesinye isihlandlo ndadibana nomfundisi owaqokelela ulutsha lwecawa yakhe kwindibano yasebusuku ukuze babukele iividiyo. Babukela imiboniso bhanyabhanya enesondo kunye neziganeko zolwaphulo-mthetho kwada kwasa.

Ndiyamangala ukuba mangaphi ama-Adventist acinga ukuba awufezile wonke umsebenzi wawo xa ethemba abantwana babo kubefundisi nakwizikolo zeSabatha ukuze bafundiswe ngonqulo. Bambalwa kangakanani abaqwalasela indlela abantwana babo abachatshazelwa ngayo yimpembelelo yecawe abaya kuyo rhoqo ngeSabatha?! Nakwingxaki ka-Alpha u-Ellen G. White walumkisa ngokuphindaphindiweyo ukuba asifanele sizibhence kwimpembelelo enjalo etshabalalisa ukholo. Oko kusebenza ngendlela ekhethekileyo kulutsha olubumbekayo. Ubhale wathi:

“Ndingathi, lumka ukuba yintoni na eyenziwayo. Asiyonjongo kaThixo ukuba ulutsha lwethu lubizelwe e-Battle Creek.” Iileta ze-Battle Creek, 4.

“Siyakuqhankqalaza egameni likaYehova uThixo kaSirayeli, ngokubizelwa kobutsha bethu endaweni athe uYehova akayi kuya kuyo.” Iileta ze-Battle Creek, 4, 5.

“Ukukhanya endikunikwe yiNkosi—ukuba ulutsha lwethu kufuneka lungaqokeleli e-Battle Creek ukuze lufumane imfundo yalo—alutshintshi. Inyaniso yokuba iSanitarium yakhiwe kwakhona kwi-Battle Creek ayitshintshi ukukhanya. Yonke le nto ngaphambili yenza ukuba i-Battle Creek ibe yindawo engafanelekanga kulutsha lwethu ikho namhlanje, ngokubhekisele kwimpembelelo. " Iileta ze-Battle Creek, 4.

Xa uMdala othembekileyo uHaskell kunye nenkosikazi yakhe bafumana ubizo lokuba beze e-Battle Creek, uEllen G. White wacebisa:

“Ukufumana isimemo sokuya e-Battle Creek, kwaye ufundise abongikazi kunye nabafundi bezonyango izifundo zeBhayibhile, ayindothusi. Ndiyalelwe ukuba kuya kwenziwa iinzame zokufumana amagama enu njengabafundisi-ntsapho kwabongikazi baseBattle Creek, ukuze abaphathi beSanitarium baxelele abantu bethu ukuba uMdala noNksk. Haskell bamele bafundise abongikazi baseBattle Creek Sanitarium, baze basebenzise oku njengendlela yokuqhatha eBattle Creek abo bebeya kuthi ngenye indlela banikele ingqalelo ukuya apho ukuze bafumane imfundo.” Paulson Collection, 108.

Abanye bathi iifowuni zika-Ellen G. White zokushiya i-Battle Creek zanikwa kuphela ukuthintela ukubekwa kwindawo ephakathi kuloo ndawo. Kodwa oku kuyinxalenye yenyaniso. La mazwi alandelayo kuMzalwana noDade uHaskell asenokuvakala engakholeleki kwimiphefumlo emininzi enothando olulula: “Kukho ithemba elincinane kwicala elinye: Thabatha abafana namabhinqa aselula, ubabeke kwindawo abaya kudibana kuyo kancinane kangangoko kunokwenzeka neecawa zethu, ukuze umgangatho ophantsi wobuthixo okhoyo namhlanje ungazishiyi iingcamango zabo ngoko kuthethwa kukuba ngumKristu.” Ukukhutshwa kombhalo-ngqangi, vol. 12, 333.

Ukuba uqhankqalazo lwakho ngokuchasene nowexuko aluhoywanga unokukhetha: ukuba uhlala kwaye unyamezele uwexuko okanye uyemka kwaye uzisindise wena nosapho lwakho kwezi mpembelelo. Impembelelo oyivumelayo ukuba ichaphazele umphefumlo wakho iya kugqiba ikamva lakho elingunaphakade. "Wonke umntu uya kutyhila umlingiswa we-bundle azibophe ngayo." 1888 Materials, 995. UEllen G. White uzisa le ngongoma kuthi: "'Out of Battle Creek' ngumyalezo wam." Paulson Collection, 111.

Isicelo kunye nesiphelo

Abanye basenokuthi: “Ecaweni yam akufundiswa unqulo lobuthixo. Andikwazi ukusebenzisa ezi ngxelo kwimeko yam yendawo. ” Mhlawumbi unyanisile. Makadunyiswe uThixo ngebandla ngalinye lasekuhlaleni elimi kwiinyaniso ezisisiseko zeMiyalezo yeeNgelosi eziNtathu. Zisekho ezinye zazo, kodwa inani labo liyancipha imihla ngemihla. Khumbula, nangona kunjalo, xa uvavanya icawe yakho, ukuba ubuhedeni bubodwa ayisosihloko sengxaki ye-Omega, kubandakanya imigaqo emininzi. Zibuze umbuzo, Bawuphatha njani uMoya weSiprofetho? Ngaba iphakanyiswe njengelizwi eliphefumlelweyo nelingenakusilela likaThixo esilinikwe ngomprofeti Wakhe wokugqibela? Zasabela njani iinkokeli zecawa xa wawuzama ukuzilungisa? Ngaba baqonda baza baguquka?

“Kwabo bahlala besebenzela ukusingela phantsi ukholo kwisigidimi uThixo asithumela kubantu Bakhe, ndiyalelwa ukuba ndithi, ‘Phumani phakathi kwabo, nizahlule.’” Review and Herald, ngoJulayi 23, 1908.

Ingaba icawe yakho iyinxalenye yombutho wenkonzo? Asabela njani amadoda akwizikhundla zembopheleleko xa wawuchasa loo nto? Ngaba baqonda baza baguquka? Mhlawumbi ungavumelana nam ekwahlukaneni nemibutho yeecawa, kodwa ingekuko ukwahlulwa kwabo bazibanga bengama-Adventist abavumayo nabaxhasa ubulungu benkonzo. Uya kuba wenza kakuhle ukucinga ngomzekelo kaNehemiya othembekileyo. “Xa abo bamanywe nehlabathi, kodwa bebanga ubunyulu obukhulu, bebongoza umanyano nabo bakha bachasa umsebenzi wenyaniso, simele soyike kwaye sibaphephe ngokugqith’ emgceni njengoko wenzayo uNehemiya.” Abaprofeti nookumkani, 660.

Ngaba kukho umlilo ongaqhelekanga owenziwayo ecaweni yakho ngendlela yemidlalo yeqonga, umculo wehlabathi okanye wothando? Ngaba umfundisi wakho usebenzisa i-NLP okanye nantoni na efanayo? Yasabela njani icawa yakho njengoko wawuchasa? Ngaba baqonda baza baguquka? “Njengoko amadoda akwaSirayeli ayezibonela ngawakhe amehlo ubungendawo bababingeleli, acinga ukuba kukhuselekile ngeentsapho zawo ukuba angezi kwindawo emiselweyo yonqulo. Abaninzi bemka eShilo bephazamisekile noxolo, ukucaphuka kwabo kwavutha, de ekugqibeleni bagqiba kwelokuba banikele ngokwabo imibingelelo, begqiba kwelokuba oku kwakuya kwamkeleka ngokupheleleyo kuThixo, ukuze bawamkele nangayiphi na indlela amasikizi awayesenziwa engcweleni.” Iimpawu zamaXesha, ngoDisemba 1, 1881.

Ibali leNtlalo 322-324:

“Utshaba olukhulu ngoku lwazabalazela ukuzuza ngobuqhetseba oko lwalusilele ukukufumana ngenkani. ... Ngokuvunyelwa okuthile kwecala labo, bacebisa ukuba amaKristu afanele enze iminyinyiva, ukuze bonke bamanyane eqongeni lokukholelwa kuKristu.

Ke kaloku ibandla lalisele lisemngciphekweni owoyikekayo. Intolongo, intuthumbo, umlilo nekrele yayiziintsikelelo xa zithelekiswa noku. Wambi kumaKristu ema eqinile, esithi awanakulalanisa. ... Elo yayilixesha lentlungu enzulu kubalandeli abathembekileyo bakaKristu. Phantsi kwengubo yobuKristu obungathi bubuKrestu, uSathana wayezingenisa ebandleni, ukuze onakalise ukholo lwabo aze ajike iingqondo zabo kwilizwi lenyaniso. ...

Kodwa akukho manyano phakathi kweNkosana yokukhanya kunye nenkosi yobumnyama, kwaye akunakubakho manyano phakathi kwabalandeli babo. Xa amaKristu avumayo ukuzimanya kunye nabo babesele beguquke ngokupheleleyo kubuhedeni, bangena endleleni eya kude nangakumbi enyanisweni. USathana wavuya kuba eye wakwazi ukukhohlisa inyambalala yabalandeli bakaKristu. Wandula ke wawazisa amandla akhe okuthwala ngokupheleleyo ngakumbi phezu kwabo, waza wabaphefumlela ukuba batshutshise abo bahlala benyanisekile kuThixo. Akukho namnye owayenokuyiqonda kakuhle indlela yokuchasa ukholo lwamaKristu okwenyaniso njengoko babenokuqonda abo babefudula bengabakhuseli balo; yaye la maKristu awexukileyo, emanyene namaqabane awo awayengabahedeni, alwa imfazwe yawo nxamnye nezona nkalo zibalulekileyo zeemfundiso zikaKristu. ...

Emva kongquzulwano olude noluqatha abathembekileyo abambalwa bagqiba kwelokuba balubhangise lonke umanyano nebandla eliwexukileyo ukuba lalisala ukuzikhulula kubuxoki nakunqulo-zithixo. Babona ukuba ukwahlukana kwakuyimfuneko ngokupheleleyo ukuba babethobela iLizwi likaThixo. Babengenabuganga bokubunyamezela ubugwenxa obubulalayo kwimiphefumlo yabo, bamisela umzekelo owawuya kulubeka esichengeni ukholo lwabantwana babo nabantwana babantwana babo. Ukuze bafumane uxolo nomanyano babekulungele ukwenza nakuphi na ukuvuma okuvisisana nokunyaniseka kuThixo; kodwa babevakalelwa kukuba noxolo lwaluya kuthengwa kakhulu ngokuncama umgaqo. Ukuba umanyano lwalunokukhuselwa kuphela kukulalanisa kwinyaniso nobulungisa, makubekho umahluko, kwanemfazwe. Bekuya kuba kuhle ngebandla nakwihlabathi ukuba imigaqo eyayiphembelela loo miphefumlo iqinileyo ibinokuvuselelwa ezintliziyweni zabo bathi bangabantu bakaThixo.

Ngaba siza kufunda kwizinto ezidluleyo? Ngaba siya kuliqonda ixesha lokutyelelwa kwethu? Ngaba siya kwenza ngokuvisisana nemigaqo efanelekileyo? Yanga iNkosi ingasinceda kweli lixa libaluleke kakhulu xa ikamva lethu lanaphakade, kunye neleentsapho zethu, kugqitywa ngalo.

Abathembekileyo abambalwa phakathi kwamaqela ama-Adventist babandezeleka ngendlela engathethekiyo! Nam ngokwam ndiyayiva le nto. Umntu uba nombono wokuthambeka kwimizila yomoya ezicaweni zethu; uziva ulilolo, ulahliwe, kwaye ungenamandla. Ngaba luvavanyo nje lomonde? Okanye ngaba uThixo ulindele umzuzu ofanelekileyo kwaye ufuna ukunika abantu bakhe ithuba lokugqibela? Uya kungenelela nini ekugqibeleni aze afune ubulungisa? Kwenzeke ntoni ukuvumela ibandla lethu lithathwe lutshaba? Ngaba yayikukungakhathali kwethu kwiimfundiso neziganeko ezisingqongileyo? Kwimibuzo emininzi mhlawumbi ayinakuphendulwa ngaphandle kwaphakade, kodwa eminye sinokuyiqonda. Masiqhubeke sicamngca!

Ngoko, ngoobani ezi nkokeli zingazange zizilungise zaza zalungisa ezi mfundiso zobuxoki kwiminyaka engama-61 yembali yebandla? Ewe, bahlobo bam, inqaku elimangalisayo elivela ngasentla lichaza ngokucacileyo: zinjalo Ecu-Adventists! Babefuna ukusithengisa—yaye basithengisa—kupopu, kanye njengokuba zonke ezinye iicawa ezazisakuba ngamaProtestanti nazo ziye zathengiswa kuSathana. Ngaloo ndlela, asingawo nama-Adventist, kodwa angabafundi bakaSathana!

Besisoloko sithetha ngePergamo, kodwa ekugqibeleni siye safikelela ekuqondeni ukuba sele sikwisigaba saseTiyatira ukususela kunyaka weOrion we-1986. Ngelo xesha, oko kwaqalisa ngowe-1949 kwade kwaba yeyona nyaniso yoyikekayo, ezalise yonke indawo. Imfundiso yobuxoki yobume obungawiyo bukaYesu yasikhokelela kukreqo nakwisivumelwano nehenyukazi likaSathana. Ke ngoko, imeko yecawe yethu namhlanje imbi kangangokuba abazalwana bethu abathembekileyo abalusizi nabanexhala bayancwina kwaye balile imini nobusuku. Iposi endiyifumanayo ithetha olo lwimi. Icawa yahlulelene ngokupheleleyo yaye ithe saa, ukanti kukho ukungalingani okungakholelekiyo kwabo bavumela “laa mfazi uIzebhele, ozibiza ngokuba ungumprofetikazi, ukuba abafundise abalahlekise abakhonzi bam, ukuba benze umbulo, badle izinto ezibingelelwe izithixo.” Icawa yethu, kwihlabathi jikelele, yalala kunye noopopu yaza yahenyuza.

Sathetha ngamaNikolawo okanye ama-Ecu-Adventists, kodwa kwixesha laseTiyatira, siyazi kakuhle ukuba ezi nkokeli zibizwa njani ezikhokelela kwezi mfundiso kunye nokuziphatha, kuba kukho iqela elikhethekileyo elinomsebenzi kanye nala maqhinga kunye neemfundiso: IiJesuits. Eli candelo lokulwa likapopu lamiselwa ukuze liguqule uHlaziyo. Lixesha ke mawethu ukuba sivuke siyeke ezi arhente zobubi ngokwezikhundla zethu. Ukuba ungathanda ukufunda ukuba amaJesuit afunge ntoni ekusungulweni kwawo, khangela kwiwebhu. Xa ndipapasha isifungo sabo mva nje kwiforamu, ndazifumana ndigxothiwe ngoko nangoko, kuba akukho mntu ufuna ukuyivuma inyani. Imbi kakhulu!

Ngoko ke, ukuba uphulaphule umntu ofundisayo othi, “UYesu walingwa nguSathana ngaphandle njengathi, kodwa wayengenalo utyekelo lwesono njengathi,” Ngoko niyazi ngoku, bazalwana baziintanda, ukuba niva umNikolawo okanye umJesuit (okanye abalandeli babo) kwaye hayi umAdventist ophilileyo, omiliselwe elukholweni lukaYesu. Yaye uYesu usixelela ukuba senze ntoni ngaloo nto? Kodwa unale ndawo, yokuba uyithiyile imisebenzi yamaNikolawo, endiyithiyileyo nam. ( ISityhilelo 2:6 )

Yithiyeni imisebenzi yamaNikolawo, kodwa hayi umntu! Mhlawumbi ngabo baqhathiweyo. Nangona kunjalo:

Ngokunjalo nawe unabayibambe bayiqinisa imfundiso yamaNikolawo, into leyo endiyithiyileyo. ( ISityhilelo 2:15 )

Ngaba kufuneka siyinyamezele le mfundiso phakathi kwethu ngokwale vesi? Akunjalo, bamele bashenxiswe kwizikhundla zabo baze bathatyathelw’ indawo ngabanye ababambelele enyanisweni.

Guquka; okanye ndoza kuwe kamsinya, ndenze imfazwe nabo ngalo ikrele lomlomo wam. ( ISityhilelo 2:16 )

Siguquka njani njengebandla? UThixo walwa nini ngekrele lomlomo wakhe ngokuchasene nale mfundiso? Okanye ngaba oku kuseza? Ukuba sele kwenzekile, kutheni singazi nto ngayo? Le yimibuzo ebalulekileyo esifanele siyicingisise nzulu.

Ekubeni idinga likaYesu lokulwa ngeZibhalo nxamnye nabo bangaguqukiyo lanikelwa kwisigaba sasePergamo ukususela ngowe-1936 ukusa kowe-1986, yaye ekubeni sisazi nokuba ungcikivo lwasePergamo lwaqalisa ngowe-1949, sifanele silindele ukuba uThixo waqalisa imfazwe ngeLizwi Lakhe kanye ngeli xesha—ngamanye amazwi, kungekudala emva kowe-1949 xa ibandla lalisengozini enkulu. Ngaba siye saphoswa yiyo nayiphi na into eyenzekayo kule minyaka kungekudala emva ko-1949 eyazalisekisa esi siprofeto? Le nto siza kuyifumana ngoku idelela yonke inkcazelo, bazalwana noodade abathandekayo.

Xa ndandisingatha imibandela yowe-1950, ndayiqonda eyona nto iyiyo iOrion, kuba le minyaka iphawula ukucinezelwa kwesona sigidimi sibalulekileyo kwicawa yethu eyakha yathunyelwa nguThixo. Bendithandaza kakhulu ukuba uThixo andincede ndiqokelele lonke ulwazi obuya kulufuna ukuze uphinde wenze umanyano lokholo phakathi kwawo onke amaqela ethu kunye “necawe likamama” phambi kokuba iSeshini yokugqibela yeNkomfa kaWonke-wonke iqhubeke ngoJuni/Julayi 2010 eAtlanta.

Ukuphanda lo mbandela, ndadibana nengqokelela elahlekileyo yamaxwebhu anokuthi achongwe kuphela ngophando olunzulu. Iingcebiso ezimbalwa ezifihliweyo kwiiwebhusayithi ezimbalwa ze-Adventist ezidabukisayo nezithembekileyo zindibeka kwindlela efanelekileyo. Ngoku, ndingathanda ukukushwankathela okwenzekayo ngonyaka wetrone ka-1950...

Ngowe-1950, uThixo wathumela abadala ababini (abathi kamva baba ngabafundisi beCawa yeSDA, ababekhonza amashumi eminyaka nabahlonitshwa kakhulu), uRobert Wieland noDonald K. Short, kwiSeshoni yehlabathi lonke yeNkomfa Jikelele yamaSeventh-day Adventists. Babesele benxibelelane neNkomfa Jikelele kwangaphambili malunga nenkcaso yabo ebaluleke kakhulu kwimiba ethile, kodwa babeyalelwe ukuba bawugade umcimbi ngokufihlakeleyo kwaye babhale iziphumo zabo zophononongo ngalo mbandela uphikisanayo ngendlela yombhalo-ngqangi. Ngoko ke, aba badala babini, basuka kwintsimi yobuthunywa baseAfrika, badibanisa incwadi ebanzi abathi bayinike isihloko esithi “1888 Re-Examination”.

KwiNkomfa kaWonke-wonke eMinneapolis ngowe-1888, kwakukho into embi eyayisele yenzekile. Oku ndithethe ngokufutshane kumanqaku am anomxholo othi Imbali iyaphinda. Ukhanyiso lwengelosi yesine lwalugatyiwe. Umphumo waba kukuba iCawa yama-Adventist yalahlekelwa sisiphatho sesibane, yaye njengamaSirayeli awayengaphambi kwawo, kwafuneka abhadule kwakhona iminyaka “engama-40” entlango ngaphambi kokuba uYesu eze kubathabatha abagoduse. Abadala uWieland noShort baphinda baluqwalasela lo mbandela kwakhona ngowe-1950, ekubeni babewufundisisa kangangeminyaka lo mbandela, yaye kwakhona babefuna ukuphakamisa inkcaso kwiChristology “entsha”. Okwavelayo kwabonisa ngokucacileyo ukuba icawa ayinakuze ize eKanan ngaphandle kwayo inguquko yequmrhu. Babhala uxwebhu lwabo oluthi “1888 Re-Examed” benenjongo yokuvusa amalungu eNkomfa kaWonke-wonke ngolu khanyiso longezelelekileyo ababelufumene kwizifundo zabo, baza bazama ukubaphembelela ukuba babuyele kwiindlela zakudala. Eso yayisisihloko esiqhushumbayo, xa ucinga ukuba ngo-1949 icawa yayisandula ukwenza isigqibo sokujikela kude kwindlela elungileyo.

Emva kokungenisa umbhalo-ngqangi wabo kwiNkomfa Jikelele, babengavunyelwanga ukuba badlulisele naluphi na ulwazi kuwo nawaphi na amalungu ecawa. Abadala bavuma ngaphandle kokuxhathisa, kodwa imeko “embi” yayisele yenzekile. Ngaphambi kokuba kubhengezwe ukuvalwa komsebenzi, abanye abahlobo babadala babesele belukhuphele baza benza olu xwebhu lubalulekileyo—oluquka amaphepha angaphezu kwama-200 ombandela oqhuma kakhulu—ukuba lufikeleleke kwamanye amalungu. Abavangeli basemazweni babuyela eAfrika baza balinda ngomonde impendulo evela kwiNkomfa Jikelele.

Kwafuneka balinde ixesha elide. Abanye babesele bebonile ukuba iWieland nesigidimi sikaMfutshane yayilixesha lesibini apho ukukhanya kwengelosi yesine yeSityhilelo 18 kuthunyelwa kwiNkomfa Jikelele. Ukungabi namonde kwakhula phakathi kwabathembekileyo bakaThixo, benethemba lokuba ngesi sihlandlo, uThixo owayesilwa ngekrele Lakhe wayeya koyisa idabi, kodwa isigidimi sasisele singahoywanga ngowe-1950. INkomfa Jikelele yathabatha ixesha elide ukuphendula. NgoDisemba 1951, impendulo engakholelekiyo nekudala ilindelwe yavela kwiNkomfa Jikelele. Ukukhanya kwengelosi yesine kwakugatywe okwesibini, kwaye ngeli xesha ngendlela enokufaniswa kuphela nesithuko esiselubala kuye wonke umSabatha othembekileyo. Kwathiwa kukungcatshwa kwabazalwana kwaye kufuneka kutshayelwe phantsi kwetafile.

Kwiminyaka eyalandelayo, kwakukho imbalelwano ethile phakathi (kwangoko) abefundisi uWieland noFutshane kunye neNkomfa Jikelele ngokuphathelele kuphando lwabo. Ngomsebenzi wobucuphi obucokisekileyo ekugqibeleni ndawafumana onke la maxwebhu, kubandakanywa nombhalo-ngqangi othi “1888 Re-Examined” kwimo yawo yantlandlolo ukususela ngo-1950. Onke amaxwebhu anxulumene neziganeko ezaqala ngowe-1950 ayesele eqokelelwe kwingqokelela yoxwebhu olubizwa ngokuba “Isilumkiso kunye Nokwamkelwa Kwaso”. UAL Hudson, umdala oyintloko wecawa yamaSeventh-day Adventist yaseBaker, eOregon, wayewaqokelele la maxwebhu waza wawanikela kwakhona kwiNkomfa yeZizwe eziManyeneyo ngowe-1959—ngaphandle kwayo nayiphi na impumelelo, njengoko unokuthelekelela.

Xa ndaqalisa ukufunda la maxwebhu, ukukhanya kwakhanya entliziyweni yam. Ukukhanya kukaThixo! Neyesine ingelosi yayisele ihlile kabini, ifuna ukuba ikhanyisele. Isicatshulwa esivela ngasentla sifumana intsingiselo entsha: "Inye into eqinisekileyo ukuba iza kuzaliseka kungekudala,—uwexuko olukhulu, olukhula yaye lusanda yaye lusiya lusiba namandla, oluya kuqhubeka lusenjenjalo de iNkosi iya kuhla ivela ezulwini intswahla.” {Ubungqina obukhethekileyo, uthotho B, No. 7, iphe. 57}. INkosi yayisele yehla kabini ngentswahla evela ezulwini—okokuqala ngowe-1888 yaye okwesibini ngowe-1950.

Noko ke, ubizo lwakhe lwahlala lungaviwa, kodwa umonde kaThixo phantse awupheli. Unomonde kakhulu kubantwana bakhe kuba ufuna ukuba umoni eze enguqukweni aze ekugqibeleni asindiswe. Icawe yethu egulayo nayo inokunyangwa koku kukhanya. Kuphela kufuneka ekugqibeleni yamkelwe. Kufuneka sibe ngabantwana bakaThixo abaqolileyo kwaye sikhuthaze iinkokeli zethu ukuba zingaphindi zikugatye ukukhanya.

I-Orion ikhomba kwi-1949 kunye ne-1950. Le migca iqulunqwe ngabantu abathathu beBhunga likaThixo kwaye ngokuhambelana nokuqonda kwam ngoku, nditolika oku kuthetha ukuba uThixo ufuna ukusixelela ukuba uYise, uNyana noMoya oyiNgcwele basemva ngokupheleleyo kwesigidimi se-1950. UNyana noYise benza umgca we-1950. Ngoba?

Isigidimi sika-1950 ngenene sisongezo sesigidimi sika-1888, “Ubulungisa ngokholo,” kodwa eso sigidimi asizange siqondwe kakuhle okanye sifundiswe kakuhle. Yonke le miba ishukuxwa kwi-"1888 Re-Examed". Ekugqibeleni imalunga necebo losindiso kunye nokuqonda okufanelekileyo kobudlelwane bethu nemithetho kaThixo. Umyalezo wawufanele ukuba ubizwe ngokufanelekileyo ngokuthi: “Akukho Bulungisa ngokholo, ukuba ukholo lufile” okanye “Ubulungisa ngokholo oluphilayo.”

UYise wathumela uNyana wakhe emhlabeni ukuze azalisekise inxalenye yokuqala yeso sigidimi, ukugwetyelwa kwethu. UMoya oyiNgcwele usebenza kuthi, kunye nenkonzo kaKristu kweyona ndawo ingcwele kwingcwele yasezulwini, inxalenye yesibini yesigidimi: intobeko nobungcwalisa. Imbambano enkulu phakathi kokukhanya nobumnyama imalunga nokuba aya kufunyanwa na amakholwa aneleyo agcina imiyalelo kaThixo aze ayiqinisekise ngobungqina bawo.

Zaye ezi ndaba zilungileyo zobukumkani ziya kuvakaliswa kulo elimiweyo liphela ngenxa yobungqina kuzo zonke iintlanga; kwandule ke kufike ukuphela. ( Mateyu 24:14 )

Imalunga nokungqina ngoThixo uBawo nokubonisa ukuba kukho ubuncinane i-144,000 elithembekileyo eliyigcinayo kwaye liyiqonde imiyalelo yaKhe ngaphandle kokuhendwa nguSathana. Kwimpikiswano enkulu, nguThixo uYise ngokwakhe omele ukugwetyelwa. Abo bahamba namaNikolawo bamqhwaba ngempama uThixo uBawo ebusweni baze bakhusele imfundiso kaBhileham, owabangela ukuba abantwana bakaSirayeli benze isono ngokuphila kwihlabathi nokuhendwa kwenyama. Ubulungisa nokuthobela ngenxa yothando—zontathu ezo zinto zikunye. Yonke into iyavakala kuphela xa siqaphela oku. Kwaye ngakumbi njengoko uThixo uYise enemithetho yakhe apha, uphawula kunye noNyana wakhe okuphela kwamzeleyo unyaka owachaswa ngawo kwakhona umyalezo wakhe: 1950.

Lo myalezo awamkelekanga, awunyusi inani lamalungu kwaye ngaloo ndlela ungenisa izishumi ezincinci, kwaye uyaboyikisa ubupopu namanye amabandla awileyo. Ngoko ke, yayiza kugatywa ngokuphindaphindiweyo—kabini ukuza kuthi ga ngoku!

Abo bangathanda ukukhuphela olu xwebhu ngoku, nceda ucofe APHA. Ndikwabongoza nawuphi na umSabatha othembekileyo othetha ulwimi lwasemzini ukuba asebenzise isiphiwo sakhe emsebenzini kaThixo ukuze aguqulele le ngqokelela yamaxwebhu kulwimi lwakhe lweenkobe aze ayisasaze nge-imeyile. Singenza kwakhona iiwebhusayithi ezininzi kwezinye iilwimi njengoko sifuna, kunye nesifundo se-Orion sonke. Kuxhomekeke kuwe!

Elinye icebiso… Ushicilelo olutsha luka-“1888 Re-Examed” lwapapashwa ngeminyaka yoo-1980 elunge ngakumbi ukufundeka kodwa lubandakanya iinguqu ezinzulu nociko xa kuthelekiswa nolokuqala luka-1950. Impendulo ye-1951 yeNkomfa Jikelele kwinkcaso ye-Wieland kunye neMfutshane ayibandakanywa kuyo nayo. Ndaba noluvo lokuba abefundisi uWieland noFutshane barhoxa kwiminyaka yamva, ngoko ndabhalela uRobert Wieland, osaphila kwaye onewebhusayithi, ukuze ndifunde okungakumbi kuye. Akazange aphendule, nangona kunjalo. Ndicinga ukuba uqhubeka ufunda, uya kuqonda ukuba kwenzeke ntoni nge-Wieland kunye noMfutshane. Kuyafana noWagoner noJones. Balalanisa baza balushiya uthando lwabo lokuqala, kodwa njengoko u-Ellen G. White watsho ngokucacileyo, oku akunanto yakwenza nomyalezo wokuqala kunye nokukhanya okunikwe ngawo. Ngokuqinisekileyo, kufuneka sifunde ukukhanya kwantlandlolo okuboniswe nguThixo ngomgca wetrone ka-1950, kwaye hayi ushicilelo olutsha oluyinkohliso oluvunywe yiNkomfa Jikelele kwaye lulungiswe ngumfundisi oxhomekeke kumhlalaphantsi wakhe.

Ukuze ndikunike umbono wento ekulindelweyo kunye nendlela eziqhushumba ngayo izixhobo endizifumene kwitrone yeOrion, ndipapasha intshayelelo ethi “Isilumkiso kunye noKwamkelwa Kwaso” nguMdala Hudson, owayihlanganisayo yonke:

Isilumkiso Nokwamkelwa Kwaso

intshayelelo

Ukuqokelela kwamaxwebhu aqulethwe apha kuye kwalungiselelwa ngokukodwa ukufundwa kunye nokukhokelwa kwamalungu eKomiti eLawulayo yeNkomfa yaseNyakatho ye-Pacific Union ye-Seventh-day Adventists ngokulandela iSindululo esifakwe kule Komiti ngoFebruwari 3, 1959, ngabasayiniweyo ngaphantsi.

Ayenzelwanga ukuba le ngqokelela isasazwe ngokubanzi kuzo zonke iindidi zamalungu ecawa yethu kodwa akucingwa nokuba iya kuphelela kumalungu eKomiti yoManyano.

Isindululo sethu sicela iKomidi ukuba yenze amaxwebhu aqulethwe apha afumaneke kubulungu beNkomfa yeManyano yaseNyakatho yePacific kwaye abonelele ngoviwo oluvulekileyo, olufanelekileyo, olufanelekileyo nolwaneleyo lwalo mbandela kule ntsimi.

Ngokucacileyo, le Komiti ayinakufikelela kwisigqibo esikrelekrele kwaye ithathe amanyathelo afanelekileyo ngesindululo de ibe iwafundile amaxwebhu ekuthethwa ngawo. Ezi azifumaneki lula ngenye indlela kungoko kulungiselelwe le ngqokelela. Kwakhona, ukulungiswa kolu qokelelo kuya kwenza kube lula kwiKomiti ukwenza ngokufanelekileyo iSindululo sethu malunga nokufumaneka kwezinto eziphathekayo kuchaphazelekayo. Ekubeni amagosa eNkomfa Jikelele ekuchasile ukuba ibandla lixelelwe ngalo mbandela, bekuya kuba yintloni ngandlel’ ithile ukuba lo mbandela upapashwe kwenye yezindlu zethu zopapasho eziqhelekileyo. Kodwa ngenxa yamacwecwe asele enziwe kunye nezixhobo zokushicilela eziphantsi kobunikazi bobuqu nokusebenza kwethu bekuya kuba lula ukunika iKomiti yoManyano ngeekopi ezaneleyo ngexabiso elifanelekileyo ukuze ithobele isicelo esikhoyo.

Njengoko kunokuthi kwenzeke ekuhambeni kwexesha ukuba le ncwadi iwele ezandleni zabanye abangazaziyo iinyani zempikiswano ebandakanyekayo siza kuthi thaca apha neSindululo esifakwe kwiKomiti kunye namagqabantshintshi andulela iSindululo.

Ngeli xesha sasisenza iSindululo yayiluluvo lwethu ukuba amaxwebhu abalulwe apho yayingawo onke ayimfuneko ekuqwalaselweni kombandela obandakanyekayo. Nangona kunjalo, ngexesha lokufakwa kweSindululo umongameli weNkomfa Jikelele owayekho wamelwa kwiKomiti ukuba ingxelo yesithathu yeNkomfa Jikelele kwi-Wieland-Short presentations kunye neleta yokugqibela yokuzibophelela ebhalwe nguWieland kunye noMfutshane phantsi komhla kaJanuwari 21, 1959, iya kuguqula kakhulu umfanekiso njengoko kuqulethwe kumaxwebhu akhankanywe ngaphambili. Ke ngoko, sibandakanya apha ingxelo yesithathu yeNkomfa Jikelele enesihloko esithi Wieland- Short Manuscript Committee Report kunye neleta ekhankanywe ngasentla. Imemorandam yokuqala enamaphepha angama-81 ebithiwe thaca kwiKomiti iqulethe ezinye izinto ezingamaphepha ezihambelana neenkcazo ezimfutshane zeWieland ezigubungela ithuba elandulela lo mbhalo-ngqangi, ngowe-1888 uHlolwa kwakhona.

INGCACISO KWIKOMITI YEMANYANO

Ngomhla wesi-3 kuFebruwari, 1959, lo mfaki-sicelo wavela ngokwakhe phambi kwale Komiti esenza ezi zindululo nezindululo zilandelayo.

Intshayelelo yeSindululo

UMnu. UMongameli: Uza ngoku lo Mceli, u-AL Hudson, ebonakala ngokwakhe kwaye wenza ezi zityholo zilandelayo kunye nokumelwa.

Ndililungu lebandla lamaSeventh-day Adventist kunye nobulungu kumbutho waseBaker, Oregon. Ndazalelwa kumyalezo, njengoko sisitsho, kulo mbutho wecawa kwaye ndiwusebenzele ngeendlela ezininzi ezahlukeneyo ukusuka ebuntwaneni bam. Ndinguye ngoku, kwaye kwiminyaka emininzi eyadlulayo, bendinguMdala wokuqala wale nkonzo.

Ngokufana nabo bonke abazalwana bam bomthendeleko wethu ndiyakholwa ukuba umbutho webandla lamaSeventh-day Adventist kuyo yonke imibutho nemibutho emanyeneyo ibe sisithuthi esisemthethweni nesihlangeneyo sokubhengeza izigidimi zeengelosi ezintathu ezikwiSityhilelo 14.

Ndiyakholelwa ukuba ubungqina obungathandabuzekiyo kwihlabathi lehlabathi kunye nehlabathi lezenkolo, kubandakanywa nebandla lethu elithandekayo, libonisa ngaphandle kwamathandabuzo kwabo babambelele kwiimfundiso zesiprofeto sokholo lwethu ukuba inqanawe elungileyo iZiyon isondela kwiZibuko. Ngoku sihamba ngenqanawa phakathi kweengxondorha zokungathembeki kunye nokuthanda izinto eziphathekayo emehlweni ngokupheleleyo eKhaya.

Ukuba siza kuzalisekisa injongo kaThixo kubukho bethu, ngoku kufuneka sikhwele i-Arbour Pilot size sigqibezele uhambo. Ngaphezu kwekhulu leminyaka eyadlulayo amadoda nabafazi abambalwa aboyika uThixo nabathanda uKristu badibana kunye kubudlelane obungcwele baseka oko kamva kwaziwa ehlabathini njengebandla lamaSabatha. Ngokuxhomekeka ngokuthobekileyo kuThixo ukuze kuphunyezwe okungaphakathi kubo kwaye ngabo umsebenzi ongenakwenzeka ngokwabantu bawuzalisekisa umthandazo woMyili oNgcwele, Ukuze bonke babe banye; njengokuba wena, Bawo, ukum, mna ndikuwe, ukuze nabo babe banye kuthi; ukuze ihlabathi likholwe ukuba wena wandithuma. Yohane 17:21

Ngokuhamba kweminyaka nokumiselwa kwamalungu okujikeleza ihlabathi lonke olu manyano lwentliziyo nengqondo luye lwancipha de kwangowe-1952, uMdala uRA Anderson, ethetha kwiNkomfa YeBhayibhile eWashington, DC, wavakalisa ekuhleni uloyiko lweenkokeli zecawa yethu lokubamba ingqungquthela enjalo hleze loo ntlanganiso yahlulwe ngamaqela alwayo.

Namhlanje umxokelelwane womanyano nobudlelane phakathi kwethu ngokumanyana kwethu noKristu neNkosi enye bubuthathaka kangangokuba igunya leecawa nobukrelekrele bengqondo nobomoya ubukhulu becala buthabathe indawo yobunye boMoya kumxokelelwane woxolo.

Umba okhoyo namhlanje ngumba wenkululeko yonqulo kwibandla lamaSabatha.

UMdala HL Rudy, uSekela mongameli weNkomfa kaWonke-wonke, wenze la magqabantshintshi alandelayo afanelekileyo kwinqaku lakhe elithi, Isipho seNkululeko, elathiwa thaca ngephecana kubadala bebandla ngoSuku lweNkululeko yeNkolo, iSabatha, kaJanuwari 17, 1959:

“Phakathi kwayo yonke inkululeko abantu abayixabisayo nabaye kwanzima ukuyizuza yinkululeko yesazela. Le nkululeko inika umntu isidima xa eyiphethe. Ngaphandle kwayo umgangatho wokuphila komntu akukho. Umntu akanako ukwala inkululeko yakhe ukuba unqwenela ukugcina isidima sakhe njengesidalwa esenziwe ngokomfanekiselo kaThixo. Kananjalo akanalungelo lakwala oko kwabanye.

“Ukunyanzeliswa ngokwasengqondweni ngenxa yosasazo oluninzi kuye kwamenza ukuba ayeke ukuzicingela, ayeke ukucinga ngokuyilayo. Akazange afundiswe inkululeko.

“Inkululeko ithandwa kuphela ngabo bangonelisekanga kukucinga njengoko baxelelwayo. Abantu abaninzi kakhulu abakhange baziqaphele njengabantu abakhululekileyo, bethwele ngaphakathi kwabo isidima kunye nolawulo lwenkululeko. Umntu okhululekileyo akathandi inkululeko kuphela kodwa uyayiqinisekisa nakwabanye.

“Inyaniso ifuna inkululeko, kulowo uyityhilayo nakwabanye ngokunjalo. Ukunyanyezelwa konqulo kwamkela isibakala sokuba inyaniso ayinamda, yaye iyakwazi ukuvula iimbono ezingenamda engqondweni.”

Ngokuchasa ngokuthe ngqo nokucacileyo kwezi mvakalelo zibekekileyo neziphakamileyo ezisandula ukuvakalisa iinyani endifuna ukuziveza zibonisa ukuba amaGosa eNkomfa kaWonke-wonke ayaphula imigaqo yenkululeko yonqulo kwaye anyelisa izindululo ezizukileyo ezichazwe ngulo sekela-mongameli.

I-Resume emfutshane ye-Wieland-Short Representations

Ekubeni nina bazalwana nikhe nazifumana ngaphambili iikopi zeencwadi zam eziya kumaGosa eNkomfa yeZizwe eziManyeneyo phantsi komhla wama-21 kaNovemba, 1958, nowe-9 kaJanuwari, 1959, nangenxa yobufutshane bexesha endilicelileyo phambi kwenu, andisayi kwenza naluphi na ucelomngeni olude lwezibakala eziqulathwe kwezo leta kodwa ndithabathe nje ithuba lokukhokelela kwingcaciso emfutshane phambi kwenu.

NgoJuni (Julayi) we-1950, uMdala u-HJ Wieland kunye noMdala u-DK Short benza iinkcazo ezibhaliweyo kumaGosa eNkomfa Jikelele ngexesha leseshoni yeNkomfa Jikelele eSan Francisco.

On Julayi 11, 1950 , aba bazalwana babhala ngokuyinxenye ngolu hlobo lulandelayo:

“Intetho kaMongameli evuselelayo phezolo, esicela ukuba siluse ukholo olukhe lwanikelwa kwabangcwele, kwaye sithethe ngokuphandle elukhusela, luzisa umngeni. Ngale nto engqondweni, kunyanzelekile ukuba sazi kakuhle ukuba yintoni na ekufuneka igadiwe, kuba ngokuqinisekileyo kukho ukubhideka okukhulu kuluhlu lwethu namhlanje.

Oku kubhideka kwabonakala ekushumayeleni “okusekelwe kuKristu” ekuye kwakhuthazwa ngokuphindaphindiweyo kuthi kwiintlanganiso zeMinisterial Association kwezi ntsuku zine zidluleyo. Ezi ntlanganiso bekumele ukuba zibeke iqonga lemvuselelo enamandla phakathi kwabantu bakaThixo kule seshoni yeNkomfa kaWonke-wonke. Le ntshumayelo “igxile kuKristu” ilindeleke ngabaxhasi bayo ukuba izise uhlaziyo olukhulu phakathi kwabasebenzi baseSeventh-day Adventist ehlabathini jikelele.

Akukho bani unokuthi okomzuzwana akujongele phantsi ukushunyayelwa kukaKristu wokwenyaniso njengoyena ndoqo wezigidimi zezithunywa zezulu ezithathu. Noko ke, kwesi siphithiphithi, akuzange kuqondwe ukuba ubukhulu becala lo kushumayela kubizwa ngokuba “kuKristu” kuyinyaniso. abachasi-Kristu nje ukushumayela okuzinze. Ichaphazela kakhulu isiphumo sale seshoni yeNkomfa Jikelele. Ukwenza intetho enjalo kwiKomiti yeNkomfa Jikelele ivakala imnandi. Kodwa izinto ezothusayo asinto ingalindelekanga libandla kule mihla yokugqibela.

Ngexesha leseshini yeNkomfa kaWonke-wonke akukho ngqalelo isemthethweni yanikwayo kumbandela we-Wieland- Umelo olufutshane. Emva koko eWashington, DC la madoda avela phambi kwekomiti ekwathi ngelo xesha kwanikelwa umbandela obhaliweyo nowomlomo.

U-Wieland kunye noMfutshane bacelwa ukuba baqhubeke bebhala iingxabano zabo kunye nombhalo wesandla, "I-1888 Re-Examination" yaba sisiphumo. Babuyela kwintsimi yabo yobuthunywa e-Afrika kwaye iKomiti yoLwazi lwezoKhuselo yacelwa ukuba yenze ingxelo esemthethweni malunga nokumelwa kwe-Wieland ne-Short.

Kule ngxelo eyakhutshwa ngo-1951, amaGosa eNkomfa kaWonke-wonke alukhaba ngawo omane uhlalutyo lwesiqendu seNkomfa yaseMinneapolis yowe-1888 awathi uWieland noFutshane basenza kumbhalo-ngqangi wabo kwaye kananjalo azikhaba izityholo zikaKristu wobuxoki zala madoda ngokuzichaza njengezinyeliso ngobulungiseleli bama-Adventist.

Kule ngxelo yeNkomfa kaWonke-wonke ukuthula kulo mba kwanyanzeliswa kwi-Wieland kunye noMfutshane ngamaGosa.

Kwabacaphukisa kakhulu abazalwana baseWashington, iikopi zombhalo-ngqangi zathengiswa nguWieland kunye noMfutshane kwabanye babahlobo babo abasondeleyo ngaphambi kokuba baye kwintsimi yabo yobuthunywa nangaphambi kokuba iKomiti ibe nexesha lokunika ingxelo yayo esemthethweni.

Xa isigqibo esisemthethweni saziswa kubabhali bathobela ngokupheleleyo kwaye bayeka nakuphi na ukuphazamiseka kwesifundo. Nangona kunjalo, iikopi ezimbalwa ezikhoyo zaphindaphindwa kaninzi kwiminyaka elandelayo ngama-Seventh-day Adventist amakhulu, anyanisekileyo ngamanye amaxesha naphantsi kweempumlo zabalawuli abangamkelwanga kwaye umyalezo woxwebhu wawujikeleza. Ukwamkelwa kwayo kwahlukahlukene, kodwa ubuncinane iqaqobana elikhulu ebandleni liye lakholelwa ukuba sisigidimi senyaniso esithunyelwe nguThixo ngexesha elinzima. .

Ngokuphathelele olu xwebhu uSosiba weNkomfa Jikelele wabhala oku ngoJanuwari 16, 1959: “Abaninzi entsimini nakumaziko ethu baye bawuqwalasela lo mbandela yaye kuye kwanikelwa iimbono ezininzi kuthi.”

Ubudlelwane boMceli kwiNgxaki

Kwiminyaka emine edlulileyo eli phepha lafunyanwa kum livela kumhlobo womfundisi. Ukusukela ngelo xesha bendisilwa namagosa eNkomfa Jikelele ukuba uvandlakanyo lwabo lokumelwa kwe-Wieland kunye noMfutshane luyimpazamo kwaye ingxelo yokuqala esemthethweni ayinakwenzeka ngokupheleleyo.

NgoFebruwari 28, 1958, ndafaka iSikhalazo esisesikweni neSicelo kumagosa eNkomfa kaWonke-wonke enxulumene nombandela wesiqendu saseBarnhouse-Martin ndaza ndasixhasa isiKhalazo ngoMfutshane omfutshane. Ngalo Mfutshane ndenze ireferensi kumbhalo wesandla weWieland-Mfutshane kwiphe. 30 ngolu hlobo lulandelayo:

“Lo mbhalo-ngqangi wabhalwa malunga neminyaka esixhenxe eyadlulayo kwaye wanikezelwa kumagosa eNkomfa Jikelele. Umbhalo-ngqangi, oonobumba abazandulelayo kunye nenkcazelo yobuqu enxulumene noko yayisisithako esikhulu kakhulu ukuba amagosa eNkomfa Jikelele angaginya; nanjengokuba le ntetho kaYesu kuPetros yayinkulu kakhulu ukuba angaginya. Wayengenako ukubukhanyela ubunyaniso bamazwi oMsindisi, kodwa akazange awaqonde kwaye ngenxa yoko akazange akholwe kwaye engazuzanga ngawo. Ngokufanayo, amagosa eNkomfa Jikelele awakwazanga ukukhanyela ubunyani bezikhundla ezithathwe nguWieland kunye noMfutshane; ababanga nako ukuzicikida kakuhle, ngoko abavumanga ukuzikholelwa, nokuzuza inzuzo ngazo.

Amagosa akwala naluphi na uhlobo lokuchotshelwa kwesi siKhalazo kodwa aye abhala isincoko ukuba abhale impendulo kwiSikhalazo ngaphandle kokunika ithuba lokundithethelela kwityala lam konke konke. Abanye benu banekopi yale mpendulo kutyholwa ngayo kumanqaku athile avela kuMfutshane oxhasa isikhalazo sam.

Noko ke, le mpendulo yayisisiqingatha kuphela sempendulo yamagosa. Esinye isiqingatha sasibandakanya ukuqwalaselwa okwesibini kombhalo-ngqangi weWieland-Short.

NgoSeptemba, 1958, le ngxelo yesibini yakhululwa kwaza kwathunyelwa umbhalo kum. Yayinesihloko esithi, “UVandlakanyo oloNgezelelweyo lombhalo-ngqangi, ngo-1888 waHlolwa kwakhona”.

Ingxelo yesibini yayinganelisi njengeyokuqala, ifikelela kwezinye zezigqibo ezifanayo njengengxelo yokuqala kwaye ifikelela kwezinye izigqibo ezingenakunyamezeleka.

Amagosa Ale Ukuphendula Imibuzo

Ngomhla wama-21 kuNovemba ka-1958, ndacela kumagosa eNkomfa kaWonke-wonke impendulo esemthethweni kulo mbuzo mathathu ulandelayo:

“Ingaba yinjongo yeNkomfa Jikelele (a) ukucinezela ngokuqwalasela okungafanelekanga, ngokungekho mthethweni kunye nokunganqwenelekiyo ingxoxo evulekileyo yombhalo-ngqangi weWieland-Short kunye nemixholo yawo kwibala lehlabathi; (b) ukunyanzela abadala uWieland kunye noFutshane ukuba bashiye izikhundla zabo okanye bathule malunga nabo ngobunzima begunya lakho lecawa xa ungakhange ube nakho kwiminyaka esibhozo ukugcina nayiphi na impazamo enkulu ngokufanayo; (c) esazi ukuba ingxelo ekubhekiselwe kuyo ngasentla ku-“Appraisal” bubuxoki, ukunyanzela abazalwana u-Wieland no-Short ukuba bame ngokuphandle ngokuchasene namagosa eNkomfa yeZizwe eziManyeneyo, i-arhente yabo eqeshayo, baze bakuchaze esidlangalaleni ukuma kwabo kokwenene?

Amagosa aye ala kabini ukuphendula lo mbuzo njengoko ububuzwa kwaye ekuphela kwezimvo ezifanelekileyo ebezimisele ukuwenza yile:

“Abazalwana bavakalelwa kukuba phantsi kweemeko zangoku indlela abaqhubana ngayo nalo mbandela ifanele ibe kuMzalwan’ uWieland noShort.

Le, ewe, yindlela echubekileyo neyozakuzaku yokuthetha kuthi amarhamente asentsimini ukuba ayisiyiyo eyethu into eyenzekayo eWashington kwaye ukuzimisela kwenyani kunye nempazamo kuya kwenziwa ngamadoda ekutyholwa ukuba afanelekele ukwenza umiselo olunjalo kwaye ukusukela ngoku kufuneka samkele izigqibo zabo ngaphandle kombuzo okanye uqhanqalazo. Esi sikhundla asimkelekanga kuthi ebaleni. Ngokwamazwi oMdala uRudy: “Inkululeko ithandeka kuphela kwabo bangonelisekanga kukucinga njengoko baxelelwayo.”

Ubunkokeli abusebenzisi ukuNgcathaza okanye ukuNyanzeliswa

Ekuphenduleni ingcebiso yethu yokuba ukunyanzeliswa okanye ukukhohlisa kunokusetyenziswa kwi-Wieland kunye noMfutshane ngamagosa, benze le mpendulo ebalulekileyo ilandelayo:

“Ubunkokeli benjongo kaThixo abusebenzisi kunyhwalaza okanye ukunyanzelwa ekusebenzisaneni nabasebenzi. Isimo sengqondo esinjalo sasemzini ngokupheleleyo ekuqondeni kwethu uxanduva lobunkokeli. Abazalwana uWieland kunye noFutshane ngabasebenzi abanamava kwaye baya kwenza izigqibo zabo njengoko becinga ukuba kufuneka. Intsimi abaqeshwe kuyo unokufuna ukuza ekuqondeni okuthile kunye nabo, kodwa oku akunanto yakwenza ‘nokukhohlisa’ okanye ‘ukunyanzelwa’.”

Andikholelwa ukuba amalungu ale komiti yeManyano angafuna naziphi na izimvo ezithe ngqo malunga nale nkcazo ngendlela yemifanekiso ebambekayo ephikisana nayo, kodwa nonke niyazi ukuba ubungqina obunjalo bungangeniswa. Kukho ubuncinane iinkomfa ezintathu kolu Manyano eziye zazama ukucinezela iingxoxo zeenyaniso ezibalulekileyo ezinxulumene nomcimbi okhoyo ngokunyanzelwa.

Ngoku, ngendlela yokushwankathela le qhubekeko imfutshane, sinemeko elandelayo. Abefundisi abamiselweyo abavunyiweyo bexabiso kunye nengqibelelo baye batyhola icawa yentsalela ngokunqula uKrestu wobuxoki ngomlinganiselo omkhulu. Amagosa eNkomfa yeZizwe eziManyeneyo azimisele ukungayihoyi kwaye ahlambele esi sityholo ngalo lonke ixesha ephantsi kohanahaniso lokusiqwalasela, ebumnyameni bokufihla, ekusithekeni kweenkomfa zabucala kunye neentlanganiso zekomiti eWashington kwaye zingenise iziphumo kuthi amarhamente azamkele ngaphandle kombuzo.

Oku asinakukwenza.

Ukuhamba

Umelo lwabadala Wieland kunye noMfutshane luqulethwe ngokwaneleyo kumaxwebhu amabini:

(1) Umbhalo-ngqangi wabo othi, “1888 Re-Examed”, kunye
(2) Impendulo yabo kwingxelo yesibini yeNkomfa Jikelele kumbhalo-ngqangi wabo.

Ukuma okusemthethweni kweNkomfa Jikelele kuqulethwe kumaxwebhu amabini:

(1) Ingxelo yokuqala eyanikelwa yiKomiti yoNcwadi yoKhuselo ngowe-1951;
(2) UVandlakanyo olongezelelweyo loMbhalo-ngqangi, “1888 Re-Examination”, owakhutshwa ngoSeptemba, 1958.

Ke ngoko, ukukholelwa ukuba ukwalelwa kwengxoxo kunye nokuphanda lo mbandela ekukholelwa ukuba ligcuntswana elikhulu njengomyalezo ovela kuThixo. ukumka kwimigaqo yenkululeko yonqulo kwibandla lamaNtsalela, NDIYASUKA le Komiti yenza amaxwebhu akhankanywe apha ngasentla afumaneke kubulungu beNkomfa yeManyano yaseNyakatho yePacific kwaye ibonelele ngoviwo oluvulekileyo, olufanelekileyo, olufanelekileyo nolwaneleyo lwalo mbandela kule ntsimi.

Ngentlonipho,

U-AL Hudson, uMdala wokuQala u-Baker we-Seventh-day Adventist Church Baker, e-Oregon

Xa ndaqalisa umsebenzi wam kungcelele lwamanqaku athetha ngetrone, ndacinga ukuba ndiphantse ndafikelela esiphelweni somsebenzi wam kuni. Ngoku ndiyabona ukuba uThixo unento engaphezulu kum, kunye nani, kwaye ndizinikela ekuthandeni kwakhe ngokukholekileyo. Eli nqaku lokugqibela loluhlu lweTrone Line lipapashwe kwiveki enye ngaphambi kweSeshini yeNkomfa Jikelele e-Atlanta. Oku akwenziwanga ngamabona-ndenzile, kodwa akuzange kube kukucwangcisa kwam. Ndicinga ukuba yayilicebo likaThixo.

Emva kweminyaka emihlanu yokufunda phantsi kolwalathiso lukaThixo, ndasebenza phantse imini nobusuku kangangesiqingatha sonyaka ukuze ndiphande kwaye ndipapashe lonke olu lwazi kwiiwebhusayithi ukuze ufunde oko iOrion ifuna ukusifundisa kona. Ngokuqinisekileyo uye waphawula ukuba isimo sam sengqondo nokuqonda kwam isigidimi seOrion kunye neecawa zatshintsha ekuhambeni kwexesha ngoxa ndandisebenza kuso. Zonke iicawe zethu kunye namaqela “amahlumela” asengxakini, hayi ibandla elikhulu kuphela. Sonke asinalo uthando lobuzalwana, kodwa kwakhona simanyene kwiintsika zethu zokholo.

Ndifunde lukhulu kangakanani ngokufunda iOrion—ngoYesu, isimilo saKhe, kunye necebo losindiso! Ndiyabona, nangona kunjalo, ukuba umdla kumyalezo we-Orion uye wehla ngokukhawuleza njengoko kwacaca ukuba AKUKHO nje umyalezo ococekileyo wexesha, kodwa umyalezo wesilumkiso kwicawa kunye nomntu ngamnye ukuba alungiselele abalinganiswa bethu ukuba bafane noKristu kwaye bafunde ukuphila ubomi obungenasono. Kodwa ndiye ndanazi uninzi lwenu apha phandle anisezontombi ezileleyo, kuba isikhalo ".uMyeni uyeza” ngoku ihlokoma okwesibini nelokugqibela ivela kwiOrion. Ilizwi likaThixo lithethile kwabaninzi, kwaye abaninzi baye baqonda kwaye batshintsha ubomi babo kwaye bafumana uthando lwabo lokuqala kuYesu kwakhona. Kweli nqanaba, ndiyabulela ngobungqina bakho kwaye ubusoloko undikhuthaza xa bendibufuna kakhulu!

Ngoku, andisafuni ukufihla into yokuba kukho ama-Adventist athile e-Atlanta awaphupha ngexesha elidlulileyo ukuba i-Atlanta yayiza kutshatyalaliswa ngokukhawuleza. Esinye isibini sada saliva “ilizwi likaThixo” ebudeni bentlanganiso yomthandazo eyayisendlwini yaso. Bonke bacelwa ukuba bathengise amakhaya abo kwaye bemke eAtlanta. Oku kubonisa ukuba intshabalalo inokuza phezu kweNkomfa Jikelele eza kunyulwa e-Atlanta, kwaye oko kunokukhokelela ekuhlanjululweni okukudala kulindelwe kwecawa yethu.

Ndicinga ukuba isifundo se-Orion sisihlandlo sesithathu nesokugqibela ukuba isithunywa sesine sithunyelwa kwiNkomfa Jikelele. Ndaqala isimemezelo se-Orion ngoJanuwari 2010, kwaye ndibonise umgca wetrone ye-1950 kwiiforamu ezininzi kunye noluhlu lokusabalalisa i-imeyile ukususela ngo-Ephreli. Inkokeli nganye ibifanele ukuba yazi kwakudala ukuba luhlobo luni lwesilumkiso sikaThixo apha, kuba thina “malungu aqhelekileyo” asazi kwanto ngembali yecawe yethu efihliweyo. Nangona kunjalo, akuzange kubekho nakuphi na ukusabela okuncomekayo okuvela kubunkokeli—kunye nakweyiphi na imibutho yeecawe, okanye nakuliphi na kumaqela ahlumayo.

Ngesi sihlandlo, isigidimi sesilumkiso asinikelwanga ngabefundisi ababini abanjengoWagoner noJones, yaye kungengabo abadala ababini abafana noWieland noFutshane, kodwa sinikelwa nguThixo ngokwakhe, obeke ilitye lesikhumbuzo emazulwini, ezo izazi ngeenkwenkwezi zide ziyibize ngokuba yeyona ndawo intle kwindalo iphela. Ukuze adlulisele esi sigidimi sisilumkiso sokugqibela, uThixo wasebenzisa umlimi olusizi waseMzantsi Merika ngesi sihlandlo—owayesoloko enethemba yaye ethandazela ukuba icawa yakhe iphiliswe ukuze abo bathembekileyo kuThixo bazive besekhaya kwakhona kwizihlalo zecawa. Ndiqinisekile ukuba ukuba iNkomfa Jikelele kunye namagosa ebandla akugatya ukukhanya kwakhona, uThixo uya kuyihlambulula indlu Yakhe kwaye abanye baya kukhokela indlu Yakhe ngemihla yokugqibela. UEllen G. White wathi:

Wonke umoya wemfundiso uya kuvuthuza. Abo baye banikela imbeko eyongamileyo “kwinzululwazi ebizwa ngokuba kuxokwa” [izakwalizwi, abahlalutyi abaphakamileyo] abayi kuba ziinkokeli ngelo xesha. Abo bathembela kubukrelekrele, ubukrelekrele okanye italente abayi kuma entlokweni yenqanaba kunye nefayile. Abazange bahambisane nokukhanya. Abo baye bazingqina bengathembekanga abayi kuphathiswa umhlambi. Kumsebenzi ondilisekileyo wokugqibela ambalwa amadoda amakhulu ayakubandakanyeka. Bazimele, abaxhomekekanga kuThixo, kwaye akanako ukuzisebenzisa. INkosi inabakhonzi abathembekileyo, abathi ngexesha lokuzamazama, ukuvavanywa baya kutyhilwa ukuba babone. Kukho abaxabisekileyo abafihliweyo ngoku abangaguqanga ngedolo kuBhahali. Abakhange babe nokukhanya okubengezela kwidangatye eligxile kuwe. Bisenokuba phantsi komphandle orhabaxa nongamemiyo ukubengezela okunyulu komlinganiswa wokwenene wobuKrestu kuya kutyhilwa. Emini sijonge ezulwini kodwa asiziboni iinkwenkwezi. Zikhona, zimisiwe esibhakabhakeni, kodwa iliso alinakwahlula. Ebusuku sibona ukubengezela kwabo okwenyani. {5T80.1}

Ibandla lokugqibela yiFiladelfi, yaye liquka abo bakhutheleyo nabangakuvumeliyo ukuba sichaswe kwakhona esi sigidimi—isigidimi ngoku esizisa ukukhanya kwengelosi yesine kuhla kwiOrion kuze kufike emhlabeni okwesihlandlo sesithathu nesokugqibela. Ukuba kunjalo, nangona kunjalo, kwaye ngelishwa kubonakala ngathi, ngoko uThixo uya kungenelela kwaye amalahle, aphantsi kwamavili etrone kaThixo eyiwotshi ye-Orion, uya kwenza umsebenzi wokuhlanjululwa ebandleni lakhe:

Ndabona, nanko, phezu kwesibhakabhaka esibe siphezu kwentloko yeekerubhi, kunjengelitye lesafire, kubonakala ngathi ngumfanekiso wetrone; wabonakala phezu kwazo uYehova. Wathetha kwindoda leyo yambethe ilinen emhlophe, wathi. Yiya phakathi kweevili ezijikelezayo phantsi kwekerubhi, uzalise isandla sakho ngamalahle omlilo, uwathabathe phakathi kweekerubhi; bazichithachithe phezu komzi. Wangena ke emehlweni am. ( Hezekile 10:1-2 )

Oku kuhlanjululwa ngomyalezo we-Orion, okungekho nto ingaphantsi kokuqinisekiswa kobuthixo kwesigidimi se-1888 kunye ne-1950, kuya kwenzeka ngokukhawuleza, kodwa kwabo baphethe indlu kaThixo kwaye bagatye yonke imiyalezo yakhe kwaye bakhokele abantu bakhe kwiimfundiso zikaBhileham namaNikolawo kwaye basingcatsha ezandleni zoopopu kunye nokunqula ilanga okulandelayo:

Wandisa entendelezweni ephakathi yendlu kaYehova, nanko, ekumnyango wetempile kaYehova, phakathi kwevaranda nesibingelelo. amadoda angathi amashumi mabini anamahlanu, eyinikele umva itempile kaYehova, ubuso bawo bubheke empumalanga; baqubuda elangeni ngasempuma. Wathi kum, Ubonile na, nyana womntu? Kuyinto elula na kwindlu kaYuda, ukuba benze amasikizi abawenzayo apha? ngokuba belizalisile ilizwe ngogonyamelo, babuye bandiqumbisa; Nam ndiya kwenza ngobushushu; aliyi kuba nanceba iliso lam, ndibaconge; nokuba badanduluke ezindlebeni zam ngezwi elikhulu, andiyi kuva. (UHezekile 8: 16-18)

Inani elithi “25” aliyongozi, kanye njengokuba kungekho nto iyenzeka ngamabona-ndenzile eLizwini likaThixo. Inani elichanekileyo labenzi bezigqibo eziphambili kwiKomiti yesiGqeba yeNkomfa Jikelele ukususela ekuqaleni kwekhulu leminyaka elidlulileyo. Amalungu angaphezulu ngokusemthethweni angamalungu eKomiti Elawulayo, kodwa phantse zonke izigqibo enyanisweni zenziwa ngamadoda angama-25. Ubume becawe yethu abukho, njengoko uWalter Veith watshoyo mva nje (endihlala ndimhlonela njengesifundiswa esiqaqambileyo), eyakhiwe ukusuka ezantsi ukuya phezulu, kodwa ngokungqongqo “iKatolika,” eyakhiwe ukusuka phezulu ukuhla njengoko sifundile koko abadala uHudson, Wieland, noFutshane bakubonisayo. Amazwi avela ezantsi akanabunzima. Ungajonga phambili koko unokukufunda kwaye ukufunde kumaxwebhu aqhuma kakhulu aya kuthi (ngethemba) afumaneke apha kungekudala. Zibandakanya imiyalezo engakholelekiyo kwaye ziqulethe ukukhanya okuninzi!

Ke ngoko, bazalwana, malukhanye ngokunjalo ukhanyiselo lwenu, ningalubeki phantsi kwesitya! Yamkela amazwi akhuthazayo oMoya weSiprofetho, ophinda utsho ngokucacileyo ukuba usindiso lwethu lusezandleni zikaYesu, kodwa kufuneka sithathe inxaxheba. Imbali iyaziphinda, kwaye ngeli xesha iZulu liqinisekile. IYeriko yethu kufuneka iwe ngoku, ukuba sifuna ukufikelela ekhaya...

UkuKhanya kweNyaniso

Nangona kunjalo, isiseko sikaThixo simi ngokuqinileyo. INkosi iyabazi abangabayo. Umlungiseleli ongcwalisiweyo ufanele angabi nankohliso emlonyeni wakhe. Kufuneka avuleke njengemini, akhululeke kulo lonke ibala lobubi. Ubulungiseleli obungcwalisiweyo kunye noshicilelo luya kuba ngamandla ekudanyazeni ukukhanya kwenyaniso kwesi sizukulwana sigwenxa. Ukukhanya, bazalwana, ukukhanya okungakumbi siyakufuna. Vuthelani isigodlo eZiyon; hlaba umkhosi entabeni engcwele. Hlanganisa umkhosi kaYehova ngeentliziyo ezingcwele, ukuba uphulaphule into aya kuyithetha uYehova kubantu bakhe; kuba ubakhanyisele bonke abevayo. Mabaxhobe, baxhobe, banyuke baye edabini, beze kumnceda uYehova nxamnye namagorha. UThixo ngokwakhe uya kusebenzela uSirayeli. Lonke ulwimi lobuxoki luya kunqunyulwa. Izandla zezithunywa zezulu ziya kuwabhukuqa amacebo enkohliso ayilwayo. Iindonga zikaSathana azinakuze zoyise. Uloyiso luya kubakho kwisigidimi sengelosi yesithathu. Njengoko umthetheli womkhosi kaYehova wazidiliza iindonga zaseYeriko, baya koyisa ngokunjalo abantu abagcina imithetho kaYehova, nazo zonke izinto ezichaseneyo ziya koyiswa. Makungabikho namnye ukhalazayo ngabakhonzi bakaThixo abaze kubo ngesigidimi esiphuma ezulwini. Ungabi sanyula iziphako kuzo, usithi, Zintle kakhulu; bathetha ngamandla kakhulu.” Basenokuthetha ngamandla; kodwa ayifuneki? UThixo uya kuzenza zithi nzwi iindlebe zabaphulaphuli ukuba abayi kuliphulaphula ilizwi lakhe okanye umyalezo wakhe. Uya kubagxeka abo balichasayo ilizwi likaThixo. {TM410.1}