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Sisempini. Cishe iminyaka eyizi-6000, impi echitha igazi phakathi kokuhle nokubi, ingelosi yobumnyama kanye noJesu Kristu, ilokhu idlanga emhlabeni wethu kusukela uLusifa aziphakamisa ezulwini waba uSathane, ummangaleli kaNkulunkulu, uJesu, nalabo abagcina imithetho kaNkulunkulu.
Kwaba khona impi ezulwini: UMikayeli nezingelosi zakhe balwa nodrako; nodrako walwa nezingelosi zakhe, kepha akanqobanga; nendawo yabo ayibange isatholakala ezulwini. Waphonswa phansi udrako omkhulu, inyoka endala ethiwa uDeveli noSathane, odukisa izwe lonke; waphonswa phansi emhlabeni, nezingelosi zakhe zaphonswa phansi kanye naye. ( IsAmbulo 12:7-9 )
USathane waxoshwa ezulwini—kanye nezingelosi zakhe eziwile, ezabala ingxenye eyodwa kwezintathu yazo zonke izingelosi ezulwini—futhi wadingiselwa emhlabeni lapho manje ngemva kweminyaka eyizinkulungwane eziyisithupha yokuhlupheka nempi, izifo nokufa, impi yokugcina izoba khona ekugcineni. UKristu uyonqoba uma ethola ukholo, ngoba kakade wayeseyifezile ingxenye Yakhe empini eyanqunywa eminyakeni eyizi-2000 edlule lapho uJesu ezithathela kuye ukufa okuwumhlatshelo wezono zethu futhi ngalokho wanikeza ngamunye wethu ithuba lokusindiswa. Umnyango womusa uvulelekile kunoma ubani ozinikela othandweni kuKristu futhi amkhethe njengeNkosi yempilo yakhe. Kodwa lomnyango uhlala uvuliwe isikhashana nje, njengoba lezi zihloko zizobonisa ngokucacile.
AmaKristu amaningi acabanga ukuthi impi isinqunyiwe kakade nokuthi kumane kuyindaba yokuthi bangaki abantu uSathane angababhubhisa ngenkohliso nokuthi uyoba mkhulu kangakanani umonakalo angawubangela. Ngempela kumayelana nokuthi bangaki abantu angabayekisa ukwethembeka kuMdali wendawo yonke nasekugcineni imiyalo Yakhe yeqiniso neyingqayizivele yothando. Bangaki abantu uSathane asazobayekisa ukunikela izinhliziyo zabo kuKristu, obanike konke ngenxa yabo kuhlanganise negazi Lakhe? Ngakho-ke, abaningi bakholelwa ukuthi icebo elimenyezelwe likadeveli oziphindiselela nonqotshiwe, liwukubangela uJesu ubuhlungu obukhulu ngangokunokwenzeka futhi adonse abantu abaningi ngangokunokwenzeka ngaphansi kwesipelingi sakhe, ukuze ababhubhise ukuze balahlwe phakade kuKristu futhi bathole ukuphila okuphakade ngokuhlanganyela noNkulunkulu onomusa nothando. Kepha kunokuningi emdlalweni, njengoba sizobona (okuningi) kamuva.
Zithibeni, niqaphe; ngokuba isitha senu, uSathane, siyahamba njengebhubesi elibhodlayo, sifuna engamshwabadela; (Funda eyoku-1 Petru 5:8-9.)
UPetru uyasiduduza lapha ezinsukwini ezizayo zokushushiswa okulindelekile koMphikukristu futhi usinika iseluleko sokuthi singamelana kanjani nezitha zikaNkulunkulu ngokuma siqinile okholweni. Ngakho, silwa nesidalwa esinamandla kunawo wonke owake wadalwa kanye nalo lonke ibutho lakhe lezigidigidi zamademoni. Bekungeke yini kube umqondo omuhle ukufunda kancane mayelana nezenzo isosha elilungile noma ujenene ongazithatha ukuze anqobe impi?
UPawulu usinika esinye iseluleko mayelana nalokhu:
Hlomani izikhali zonke zikaNkulunkulu, ukuze nibe namandla okumelana namaqhinga kaSathane. Ngokuba asibambene negazi nenyama, kodwa sibambene nemibuso, namandla, nababusi balobu bumnyama bomhlaba, nobubi bomoya ezindaweni eziphakemeyo. Ngakho hlomani izikhali zonke zikaNkulunkulu, ukuze nibe namandla okuzabalaza ngosuku olubi, nalapho senifeze konke, nime. Ngakho yimani izinkalo zenu ziboshiwe ngeqiniso, nifake isivikelo sesifuba sokulunga; Nezinyawo zigqokiswe ukulungela kwevangeli lokuthula; phezu kwakho konke nithathe isihlangu sokukholwa eniyakuba namandla okucima ngaso yonke imicibisholo evuthayo yomubi. Futhi namukele isigqoko sokuzivikela sensindiso, nenkemba kaMoya eyizwi likaNkulunkulu (Kwabase-Efesu 6:11-17).
Uyini umsebenzi webutho elisempini? Okokuqala, ukuzilungiselela ngokuqeqeshwa kanzima, ukuzuza ukuqina kwengqondo nomzimba, kanye nokuqeqeshwa kwethiyori nokusebenzayo ngezikhali. Izikhali zethu yilezi: iqiniso, ukulunga kukaKristu, ivangeli lokuthula, ukholo kanye nesiqiniseko sensindiso, ukunqoba—okungukuthi ithemba elimangalisayo lomqhele nokuphila okuphakade. Zonke lezi izinhlelo zezikhali zokuzivikela. Embhalweni kaPawulu, kunesikhali esisodwa kuphela esihlaselayo: inkemba. Leli yizwi likaNkulunkulu, imiBhalo Engcwele, futhi yilokhu engikusebenzisa njengoba ngibhala lo mbhalo. Umuntu wenza kahle ngokuzilungiselela ekusebenziseni zonke lezi zikhali ngaphambi kokuba kuqale impi enkulu yokugcina.
Kulungile, kodwa ingabe yilokho kuphela okwenziwa ibutho elihle? Cha! Okwesibili, umuntu kufanele aqaphe futhi abuke isitha. Uma sazi izinhloso zesitha, impi isicishe inqotshwe, ngoba labo ababona izinyathelo ezilandelayo zebutho lesitha bangalungisa ngokufanele futhi bathuthukise izindlela zokuphikisa ukuze bangaweli ogibeni lwesitha.
Ngokuba njengogibe liyakufika phezu kwabo bonke abahlezi ebusweni bomhlaba wonke. “Ngakho lindani njalo, nikhuleke, ukuze kuthiwe nifanele ukuphunyuka kuzo zonke lezi zinto eziyakwenzeka, nokuma phambi kweNdodana yomuntu. ( Luka 21:35-36 )
Ukubona kusengaphambili ukunyakaza kwesitha, noma imisebenzi yobumnyama, kuyingxenye ebalulekile yemisebenzi yansuku zonke yesosha likaKristu, futhi uma sithole noma yimaphi amacebo kaSathane nebutho lakhe, kufanele sazise amaqabane ethu:
Futhi ningabi nenhlanganyelo nemisebenzi yobumnyama engatheli, kodwa kunalokho niyisole. ( Efesu 5:11 )
Kulo lonke iBhayibheli, uKristu waxwayisa ngokuphindaphindiwe abantu Bakhe ngesiprofetho futhi wabikezela ngokuqondile ukuthi yikuphi ukunyakaza okulindeleke esitheni. Akekho noyedwa umKristu owalalela izixwayiso zikaJesu zokubhujiswa okuzayo kweJerusalema owabhubha lapho ibutho lamaRoma libhubhisa umuzi futhi libulala bonke abantu bawo ngo-AD 70. Lokho kwakungenxa yokuthi amaKristu amkholwa uJesu lapho Ethi:
Futhi lapho nibona iJerusalema lihaqwe amabutho, khona-ke yazini ukuthi ukuchithwa kwalo kuseduze. Khona abaseJudiya mababalekele ezintabeni; nabaphakathi kwawo mabaphume baphume; nabasemaphandleni bangangeni kuwo. ( Luka 21:20-21 )
Lapho ukuvinjezelwa kokuqala kweJerusalema ngo-AD 66 kuqedwa ngokuyisimangaliso ngezizathu okungekho muntu onganquma ngazo ngokomlando ngisho nanamuhla futhi ibutho lamaRoma lahoxa iminyaka emithathu nengxenye, amaKristu ayesazi isiprofetho sikaJesu abamba ithuba lokubaleka emzini. Kodwa labo ababengawakholwa amazwi kaJesu—futhi lokhu kwakuyiqiniso iningi labantu bamaJuda ababengamboni uMhlengi wabo futhi ababembethele esiphambanweni—bafa ngendlela enonya futhi engachazeki lapho impi yamaRoma ibuya. Esahlukweni sokuqala “sokuphikisana okukhulu”, u-Ellen G. White uchaza lesi senzakalo ngendlela egcizelelayo.
UDaniyeli, isAmbulo, nezinye izincwadi zesiprofetho zeBhayibheli zigcwele izixwayiso namazwi acacile ngamasu nokunyakaza komholi webutho lezingelosi ezihlubukayo ezifuna ukuqothula insali kaNkulunkulu emhlabeni. Okumangalisayo yikuthi ibutho likaNkulunkulu lenza okuncane kakhulu ukuze libukele ukuthi isitha senzani. Incazelo yokuthi kungani lokhu kunjalo ivela kuJesu uqobo. Uqhathanisa ibutho Lakhe nezintombi ezilele noma nomninindlu ongalungiselelwanga ngakho-ke uvumela isela ukuba lingene ngokuzuma. Manje njengoba sekusondele impi yokugcina embi, ngisho uJesu ozwelayo, onothando futhi ozigodlile usebenzisa amazwi anzima ukuvusa amasosha alele:
Nakuyo ingelosi yebandla laseLawodikeya loba ukuthi: Nakhu akushoyo u-Amen, ufakazi othembekileyo noqinisileyo, owokuqala kokudaliweyo kukaNkulunkulu; Ngiyayazi imisebenzi yakho, ukuthi awubandi, awushisi; ngabe uyabanda noma uyashisa. Ngakho-ke, ngenxa yokuba usivivi, ungashisi, ungabandi, ngiyakukuhlanza uphume emlonyeni wami. Ngokuba uthi: Ngicebile, ngicebile, angisweli lutho; futhi ungazi ukuthi ulusizi, nowokuhawukelwa, nompofu, nempumputhe, futhi uhamba-ze (IsAmbulo 3:14-17).
Isosha elivamile elilele likholelwa ukuthi ayikho ingozi futhi ngeke kube nengqondo ukubuka isitha, ngoba liqinisekile ukuthi linombono ophelele wokunyakaza kwesitha. Uyaqiniseka ukuthi ngisho isitha uqobo silele, futhi uyaqiniseka ukuthi akukho okungammangaza.
Njengesosha elilele, amaKristu amaningi namuhla akholelwa ukuthi ayikho ingozi. IBhayibheli likuveza lokhu ngomfanekiso odumile wezintombi ezilele kuMathewu 25:1-13, futhi kukhona okunye okucacile emavesini alandelayo:
Kodwa mayelana nezikhathi nezinkathi, bazalwane, anidingi ukuba nginilobele. Ngokuba nina ngokwenu nazi kahle ukuthi usuku lweNkosi luza njengesela ebusuku. Ngoba lapho bethi, Ukuthula nokuphepha; khona-ke ukubhujiswa okuzumayo kubehlele, njengomhelo phezu kowesifazane okhulelweyo; njalo kabayikuphunyuka. Kepha nina, bazalwane, anikho ebumnyameni, ukuba lolo suku lunifice njengesela. Nina nonke ningabantwana bokukhanya, nabantwana bemini; asisibo abobusuku noma abobumnyama. Ngakho-ke masingalali njengabanye; kodwa masiqaphele, sibe sisangulukile. Ngokuba abalalayo balala ebusuku; nabadakwayo badakwa ebusuku. ( 1 Thesalonika 5:1-7 )
Ngakho-ke, uma sifuna ukubuka isitha, kufanele siqale siqonde ukuthi isitha sixhumana kanjani nebutho laso. Phakathi neMpi Yezwe Yesibili kwakukhona impi ngezinga elingakaze likhulunywe kancane ezincwadini zomlando, kodwa yayisabalulekile ngaphezu kwazo zonke ezinye izimpi: impi yamakhodi ayimfihlo ezempi. Abakwazi ukulalela kanye ne-decipher amakhodi okuxhumana ebutho lesitha athole inzuzo. Wayengazi kuphela imiyalo yojenene ebuthweni labo, kodwa wayekwazi nokubona kusengaphambili ukunyakaza kwabo futhi asabele ngokufanele.
Kuzo zonke izimpi, amayunithi ngamanye kufanele axhumane ukuze azihlanganise. Lokhu kuxhumana kufanele kufihlwe esitheni esithile ukuze singakwazi ukukuchaza noma ngabe umlayezo wezempi uwela esandleni sakhe. Futhi yini enobuqili nakakhulu: uma kwenzeka isitha sinqamula umlayezo, kungaba ngcono ukumenza akholwe ukuthi uyakwazi ukucacisa umlayezo ngendlela efanele, kuyilapho okuqukethwe kwangempela komlayezo kuyinto ehluke ngokuphelele engaqondwa kahle kuphela ibutho elinobungane. Khona-ke isitha sizokhohliswa ekuvikelekeni okungamanga noma sithathe izinyathelo eziphikisanayo ezingenamphumela.
Isitha sethu uSathane futhi ibutho lakhe linguziqu-zintathu kaSathane oholwa upapa, osebenza ikakhulukazi ngezinhlangano zakhe eziyimfihlo: i-Illuminati, i-Opus Dei, i-Freemasons—zonke lezi izisekelo zamaJesuit, amaphoyisa omshoshaphansi eVatican. Iyinhlangano eyodwa futhi efanayo yamandla kaSathane—amabutho anamagama ahlukene—futhi ahlanganyela umgomo owodwa ofanayo njengabo bonke ababusi: ukuzuza ukubusa okuwukuphela kwembulunga yombusi wawo, udeveli. Leli butho lidala nakakhulu kunoKuwa, lapho isintu singena empini phakathi kokuhle nokubi. Selokhu kwathi nhlo kunezigaba ezimbili zabantu, futhi lokho akuhlangene nokucwasa ngokwebala kodwa kuphela ngokuzikhethela: labo abakhetha uMdali wendawo yonke njengeNkosi yabo, nalabo abazithoba ngokuqaphela noma ngokungazi kuSathane. UJesu ukubeka kanje:
Ongenami umelene nami; ongabuthi kanye nami uyahlakaza. ( Mathewu 12:30 )
Abanye bangabantwana bakaNkulunkulu, kanti abanye bangabantwana bakaSathane. Kulula kanjalo. Lapho abantwana Bakhe sebewele kwabambalwa baze bacishe baqothulwa, uNkulunkulu wabhubhisa ngozamcolo abakhileyo emhlabeni ababezinikele ekubuseni kukaSathane—ngaphandle kukaNowa nomndeni wakhe. Nokho, ngokushesha imbewu yobubi yabubuyisela ubukhulu bayo.
Abantwana bakaSathane abasha banquma ukwakha umuzi onombhoshongo owawuzophakama kangangokuthi uNkulunkulu wayengeke aphinde akwazi ukuwubhubhisa ngozamcolo. Sonke siyayazi indaba yoMbhoshongo waseBabele. UNkulunkulu wayefuna ukuba abantwana bakhe basakazeke emhlabeni wonke, baphile ukuphila okuthobekile njengabelusi nabalimi, kanjalo babe nokuxhumana nemvelo Yakhe futhi bakhulise izingane zabo kude nezwe elibi namathonya kaSathane. Kufanele balethe ivangeli emhlabeni wonke futhi bamemezele ukuza kukaKristu.
Ukubuthana ndawonye emadolobheni ngakolunye uhlangothi, kwakuhlale kuyindlela futhi kuwuphawu lokuhlubuka kukaSathane. Namuhla sazi kahle kamhlophe isifiso sabantu sokuzifaka emadolobheni angenabo ubuntu, lapho imijondolo yabampofu idlangile futhi imbewu yobubi idlondlobala. Bambalwa abaziyo ukuthi kunenhlangano eyimfihlo eholwa upapa—“amaMetropolitan”—efuna ukuqeda lo “mbhoshongo” njengamanje.
UMbhoshongo WaseBhabhele ukhona ngisho nasezikhathini zethu zanamuhla. Eminye yale mibhoshongo yesimanje yaseBabele, eyaveza ukuphakama kwabadali bayo kanye nokuzimela kwabo kuNkulunkulu, yawa ngo-2001 ngokulahlekelwa okubi kakhulu kokuphila komuntu, kodwa ukuze nje kuvuleke indawo yombhoshongo ophakeme nakakhulu, onomfanekiso osabekayo. Mhlawumbe ngizonikezela isihloko esifushane ku-“The Tower” ukuze uthole imininingwane eyengeziwe. Akukho okushintshile kusukela eBabele! Kusenguye “unkulunkulu” ofanayo ofuna ukubusa umhlaba, futhi manje ufuna ukukumisa empini yokugcina nengumnqamulajuqu. Uyazi ukuthi lokhu kuzoba yimpi lapho wonke umuntu angafa khona uma enqoba, kodwa umbuso wakhe awuwona umbuso wabaphilayo, ngoba "unkulunkulu" onesihluthulelo selasha lesihogo neHayidesi, futhi umgomo wakhe ukubhujiswa kwaso sonke isintu, ngoba "ungunkulunkulu wabafileyo". Ayikho into ezonda kuye njengomntwana kaJesu osindisiwe oyophila phakade.
Ukwenziwa ngempumelelo kwamacebo oMbhoshongo WaseBhabhele kwakuyobangela uNkulunkulu ukuba aqede umlando wesintu kudala, ngoba umlando wesintu uphela lapho kungasekho muntu ongasindiswa ngegazi likaJesu. Wonke umuntu uyobe esekhethele uJesu noma uSathane. Nokho, isikhathi sasingakafiki ngaleso sikhathi, ngoba uJesu kwakusafanele eze ukuzohlupheka ngokufa kwakhe okuwumhlatshelo esikhundleni sethu ukuze akhokhe icala lesono. Ngakho-ke, uNkulunkulu wasanganisa izilimi zabakhi bombhoshongo, okwakuyiqiniso ukuthi ngokuyinhloko babengabakhi bomsebenzi. Ngolunye usuku ekuseni, omunye wayengasamqondi omunye, futhi lokhu kwaholela ekungaqondini kuqala, kwase kuba nentukuthelo nokuphelelwa ithemba, futhi ekugcineni kwaba novalo oluyimpumputhe. Laba bamashi noma ama-freemason noma “amadolobha amakhulu” bahlakazeka kuyo yonke imimoya futhi icebo likaNkulunkulu lasekuqaleni labuyiselwa.
Cishe kwadlula iminyaka embalwa, amashumi eminyaka, noma amakhulu eminyaka ngaphambi kokuba abantu bafunde ukuphinde baxoxe. Manje kwase kudingeka banqobe imigoqo yolimi neyokukhulumisana, futhi lokhu kwathatha isikhathi eside. Nokho, icebo elidala likaSathane laqiniswa linganqamuki esimilweni sakhe esizidlayo nesokuzidla. Akumele futhi uNkulunkulu aphumelele ukuphambanisa izilimi ukuze uSathane angakwazi ukuhlanganisa ibutho lakhe ukuze akhe uphawu lokuthi unamandla, umbhoshongo omude kunayo yonke emhlabeni, owawuyofinyelela emazulwini, futhi amemezele ukubusa kwakhe okuphelele phezu kwale planethi, futhi aqedele abantwana bakaNkulunkulu.
USathane uyisidalwa esinenkohliso kunabo bonke endaweni yonke. IBhayibheli alishiyi kungabaza, futhi ubabukela phansi ngokuhlekisa labo abangamthathi ngokungathi sína futhi abakholelwa ukuthi akekho, noma ukuthi uyisidalwa sasenganekwaneni esinemilenze yembuzi. Cha, uSathane uyingelosi, ehlome wonke amandla engelosi. USathane wayazi ukuthi wayedinga ulimi olusha ukuze aqondise amabutho akhe empini yokugcina emhlabeni. Lolu limi kwakufanele kube ulimi uNkulunkulu ayengeke aluphambanise futhi. Kwakufanele kube ulimi olwalungasekelwe nje olimini olukhulunywayo, kodwa okufanele lusebenze njengekhodi futhi—njengoba kuchaziwe ngaphambili—emazingeni amabili. Umuntu oyofunda ikhodi kufanele akholelwe ukuthi uqonde yonke into ngendlela efanele futhi akhohliswe emcabangweni ongamanga wokulondeka kuyilapho incazelo yangempela yekhodi ingaqondwa kuphela abaqambi bakaSathane noma bakhanyiselwe (i-Illuminati). Ngaphezu kwalokho, abaningi kufanele bakhonze labo ababekhohliswe ukuqonda okungamanga kwekhodi.
Lelisu eliyinhloko likaSathane, ulimi okungafanele lisekelwe olimini olukhulunywayo kodwa emifanekisweni uNkulunkulu angeke akwazi ukuyiphambanisa, liye lafezeka: ulimi olungokomfanekiso lwabakhi boMbhoshongo WaseBabele, ulimi olungokomfanekiso lwabakhi noma abakhi noma izakhamuzi zedolobha elikhulu. Manje sesingaqondwa ngokucacile ukuthi kungani izimpawu ezibonakala “zingenangozi” zingaba nencazelo ehluke ngokuphelele neyesabeka ngempela eqinisweni, uma ukwazi ukucacisa okuqukethwe kwazo kwangempela.
Thina njengama-Adventist siye sabusiswa ngokukhethekile, ngoba omunye wabafowethu uyakwazi ukuthola incwadi ethize, INCWADI ye-Freemasonry, etholakala ku-inthanethi, kodwa hhayi ngenguqulo yayo ephelele neyiqiniso enazo zonke izimpawu. Ngithanda ukuncoma ukuthi uvakashele iwebhusayithi ye-Amazing Discoveries futhi ubuke yonke Uchungechunge Oluphelele Lokuhlasela kaProf. Walter Veith. Kukhona nencwadi enhle kakhulu eyabhalwa uDkt. Cathy Burns ngophawu lweFreemasonry, nayo eyayiyisisekelo socwaningo lwami.
Siyazi eziprofethweni zeBhayibheli zikaDaniyeli nesAmbulo, ukuthi ubani isitha, futhi upapa nezinhlangano ezihlangene nabo: abantwana besifebe, iBabiloni. Ngakho, kumelwe siqaphe kakhulu lapho iVatican ithumela “izincwadi ngolimi olungokomfanekiso.” Lezi zinhlamvu, yiqiniso, azizona "izinhlamvu" ezilula ngempela, kodwa imiyalezo engabukwa emhlabeni wonke, eqondiswe emaqenjini amabili abantu:
- Amathwasa, aqondayo okuqukethwe kwangempela ukuze akhiphe imiyalelo kaSathane futhi aqondise impi yokugcina.
- Abaduki, abangawuqondi kahle umyalezo futhi kufanele balaliswe ukuze babhujiswe.
Kunemithombo eminingana yolwazi yaseVatican. Okusobala kakhulu kulawa ijazi likapapa, elikhethwa upapa ngamunye osanda kukhethwa. Ezinye izikhathi ezikhethekile zokusabalalisa "izincwadi" ezinjalo, imikhosi esemthethweni yaseVatican noma iminyaka ekhethekile yesikhumbuzo emenyezelwa yiVatican. Kule micimbi, bathuthukisa izimpawu ezikhethekile ezinezimpawu eziningi. Ngisho nezincwadi zikapapa ezingokomthetho zivame ukuhlotshiswa ngezifanekiselo. Namuhla, sonke isintu siyakwazi ukufinyelela le mithombo yolwazi ngokusebenzisa abezindaba ikakhulukazi i-Internet. Ulwazi, njengoba kuchazwe ngenhla, alukho embhalweni noma isitatimende esisemthethweni esibonakala sichaza izimpawu (incazelo ye-exoteric), kodwa ngencazelo yangaphakathi noma esoteric yezimpawu kuphela "abaqalayo" noma labo abaye bafunda ukufunda ikhodi eyimfihlo abakwazi ukuyiqonda.
Kulesi sihloko Ijazi Lezikhali, ngizochaza ukuthi imuphi umlayezo omubi ofakwe ejazini lezikhali likaPapa uBenedict XVI kanye nesihloko Unyaka kaSawule izobonisa ukuthi ukubusa kukaSathane nezinsuku zokugcina zomlando wesintu sekuqalile kakade.
