Alukho usuku oluthi “usuku lokuzalwa” ku-Adventist kangcono kuno-October 22, 1844. Nokho, lolo suku lwaphela ngokudumala okwesabekayo, hhayi injabulo. Kodwa kwaba khona induduzo lapho amazulu avuleka embonweni kaHiramu Edson ngenkathi ehamba ensimini yombila ngakusasa ekuseni. Ngokushesha baqonda ukuthi uSuku Lokuhlawulela olukhulu oluphambene nokuvamile, olwaziwa nangokuthi isahlulelo sophenyo, sase luqalile. Esebenza njengompristi ophakeme ezulwini, uJesu wayeyohlanza indlu engcwele yasezulwini esonweni. Ngokusikisela, wayeyohlanza izinhliziyo zabesilisa nabesifazane, futhi, funa izono zabo—ezikhuphukela ezulwini ngomthandazo—ziqhubeke zingcolisa ithempeli lasezulwini futhi zenze kungenzeki ngaye ukuliqeda.
Iningi lama-Adventist lalingebona abagcini beSabatha ngaleso sikhathi, kodwa ukunyakaza kokugcina iSabatha kwase kuqala ukuqala:
Njengoba silandelela indaba yokuqala kokugcinwa kweSabatha phakathi kwama-Adventist akuqala, siya esontweni elincane elokishini lase-Washington enkabeni ye-New Hampshire, isifunda esihlangene ne-Maine empumalanga futhi umngcele waso osentshonalanga ungaphakathi kwamamayela angamashumi ayisithupha omugqa wesifunda saseNew York. Lapha amalungu ebandla elizimele lobuKristu ngo-1843 ezwa futhi akwamukela ukushunyayelwa kwesigijimi se-Advent. Kwakuyiqembu eliqotho. Phakathi kwabo kwafika umBhaptizi Wosuku Lwesikhombisa, uRachel Oakes, owasakaza amapheshana abeka izimfuno ezibophezelayo zomthetho wesine. Abanye bangene 1844 walibona futhi walamukela leli qiniso leBhayibheli. Omunye wabo, uWilliam Farnsworth, enkonzweni yangeSonto ekuseni, wema ngezinyawo zakhe futhi wamemezela ukuthi uhlose ukugcina iSabatha likaNkulunkulu lomthetho wesine. Ishumi nambili abanye bahlanganyela naye, bema beqinile kuyo yonke imiyalo kaNkulunkulu. BabengamaSeventh-day Adventist okuqala. {EW xx.2}
Naphezu kweqiniso lokuthi kwakukhona ama-Adventist athile agcina iSabatha ngo-1844, kwaba khona inkinga. Umoya Wesiprofetho wawunikezwe u-Ellen Harmon ngaphandle kwalabo ababegcina iSabatha. Kanjalo ukunyakaza okubili kwakwenzeka ngemva kokudumala okukhulu: labo ababethole ukukhanya ngeSabatha ngokufunda iBhayibheli, nalabo abamukele uMoya Wesiprofetho njengoba ubonakaliswe ku-Ellen Harmon (maduze nje u-Ellen G. White). Lezo zinyathelo ezimbili zazidinga ukuhlangana ukuze zinikeze Ubumbene izigijimi zezingelosi ezintathu zesAmbulo 14:6-11 emhlabeni.
Umjikelezo Wewashi Uyaqala
Inkanyezi “yehhashi elimhlophe” uSaiph, ephawula ukuqala nesiphetho somjikelezo ophelele wewashi le-Orion, ifanekisela ivangeli elimsulwa eliphuma liyonqoba. Kwe Isethulo se-Orion, kuhunyushwa ngokuthi kubhekiselwa onyakeni ka-1846—hhayi u-1844. Lokho kungenxa yokuthi iqiniso leSabatha lalingazange lemukelwe ubuholi benhlangano kwaze kwaba ngu-1846, futhi ngaleyo ndlela ivangeli lalingakabuyiselwa ngokugcwele ekuhlanzekeni kwaze kwaba yileso sikhathi. Ihhashi elimhlophe laqala ukugibela lapho uJames no-Ellen G. White bemukela iqiniso leSabatha futhi beqala ukulifundisa:
Umfundisi owayenakekela leli qembu lesonto, uFrederick Wheeler, ngokushesha walamukela iSabatha losuku lwesikhombisa futhi waba umfundisi wokuqala wamaSabatha ukwenza kanjalo. Omunye wabashumayeli be-Advent, u-TM Preble, owayehlala esifundeni esifanayo, wamukela iqiniso leSabatha futhi ngoFebhuwari, 1845, washicilela isihloko ku-Hope of Israel, enye yamajenali ama-Adventist, ebeka izimangalo ezibophezelayo zomthetho wesine. UJoseph Bates, umfundisi ovelele wama-Adventist ohlala eFairhaven, Massachusetts, wafunda isihloko esithi Preble futhi wamukela iSabatha Losuku Lwesikhombisa. Ngokushesha ngemva kwalokho, iGosa u-Bates wahamba waya eWashington, eNew Hampshire, ukuyofunda leli qiniso elisha elitholakale nama-Adventist agcina iSabatha ahlala lapho. Lapho ebuyela emzini wakhe, wayeqiniseka ngokugcwele ngeqiniso leSabatha. Ngokuhamba kwesikhathi uBates wanquma ukushicilela ipheshana elibeka phambili izimangalo ezibophayo zomthetho wesine. Ipheshana lakhe leSabatha elinamakhasi angama-48 lashicilelwa ku Agasti, i-1846. Ikhophi yayo yafika ezandleni zikaJames no-Ellen G. White cishe ngesikhathi sabo Umshado ngasekupheleni kuka-August. Ebufakazini obungokomBhalo obabukhona, bamukela, futhi baqala ukugcina iSabatha losuku lwesikhombisa. Ngalokhu kamuva u-Ellen G. White wabhala: “Ekwindla ka-1846 saqala ukugcina iSabatha leBhayibheli, nokulifundisa nokulivikela.”— Ubufakazi BeBandla 1:75. {EW xx.3}
“Ngalikholwa iqiniso ngombuzo weSabatha ngaphambi kokuba ngibone lutho embonweni mayelana neSabatha. Kwaba izinyanga ngemva kokuba ngiqale ukugcina iSabatha ngaphambi kokuba ngiboniswe ukubaluleka kwalo kanye nendawo yalo esigijimini sengelosi yesithathu.”—ISIG. White Letter 2, 1874.EW xxii.1}
AbaMhlophe balamukela ngokushesha iqiniso leSabatha—insika yomlayezo wengelosi yesithathu—ngokusekelwe ebufakazini bombhalo. Nokho, kunokuningi okwengeziwe endabeni okuhlobene kakhulu ekuqaleni komjikelezo wewashi le-Orion ngo-1846. Okunye futhi okwakudingeka ukuze isigijimi sengelosi yesithathu sihlangane nemiyalezo yezingelosi ezimbili zokuqala. Labo ababenoMoya wokuProfetha balamukela iSabatha, kodwa inhlangano yokugcina iSabatha yayingakawamukeli uMoya wesiprofetho.
Abagcini beSabatha (abamelelwe uBates) kwakudingeka bathembe isipho sokuprofetha nabo, ukuze baqhubekele phambili ndawonye, njengoba nje isibopho somshado sidinga ukwethembana kwabo bobabili abathintekayo. Futhi, uJoseph Bates (omele inhlangano yokugcina iSabatha) wayedinga ukwamukela ukufaneleka koMoya Wesiprofetho obonakaliswa ku-Ellen G. White (omele ukunyakaza kwezingelosi ezimbili zokuqala), njengoba nje yena noJames White balamukele iqiniso leSabatha elalilethwe kubo nguBates.
UJoseph Bates wayezele ingqungquthela eTopsham, eMaine. KwakungoNovemba, 1846, ngaphezu kweminyaka emibili ngemva kokudumala. Abanye babanye ababekhona kwakunguJames White, JN Andrews, HS Gurney (uBates ayesebenze naye eNingizimu), no-Ellen Harmon. Ezinyangeni ezintathu ngaphambili, yena noJames White babeshadile. Kanjalo wanikezwa nguJehova umvikeli onamandla, okwakumelwe ancike kuye ebuthakathakeni bakhe, kodwa okwakumelwe abe namandla amakhulu kuye. Niyazi ngalokho enginitshele khona ukuthi uJames White wayenamandla futhi engesabi futhi ezinikele kangakanani, futhi niyazi ukuthi uMiss Harmon wayethembeke kangakanani emsebenzini uNkulunkulu ayemnike wona ukuba awenze. Kodwa mhlawumbe anazi, njengoba babengakwazi ngaleso sikhathi, ukuthi wawumkhulu futhi unamandla kangakanani umsebenzi okwakumelwe bawufeze eminyakeni ezayo. Kusukela kulesi sikhathi kuqhubeke sazi u-Ellen Harmon njengoNkk Ellen G. White.
Ngalesi sikhathi uNkosikazi White akazange akubone ukubaluleka kokugcina iSabatha losuku lwesikhombisa, okuyinto uJoseph Bates ayinxusa, futhi. UJoseph Bates wayengenaso isiqiniseko sokuthi imibono kaNkk. White yayivela eNkosini, nakuba ayeqinisekile ukuthi ungumKristu olungile nothembekile owayekukholelwa lokho ayekusho. Futhi lapha iNkosi yabaletha bobabili, nabazalwane bonke kanye nabo, ukuba bakholwe iqiniso ngamunye analo.
I-Divine Astronomy
INkosi yabenza kanjani ukuba bakholwe iqiniso omunye nomunye ababenalo? I-akhawunti elandelayo ivela encwadini Owesifazane Wombono, p. 34:
Eminye imiphefumulo eqinile kamuva eyaba yizinsika zesonto yaqale yaba manqikanqika ukwamukela imibono ka-Ellen Harmon. Ovelele phakathi kwalaba kwakunguJoseph Bates.
UJoseph Bates wayekade eyisisebenzi esiqotho ekuvusweni kwe-Advent ka-1840-1844. Ukapteni wasolwandle owaphenduka umfundisi, watshala impahla yakhe namandla akhe ekumemezeleni ukuza kukaKristu okuseduze. Njengoba u-Ellen nodadewabo babeseNew Bedford, eMassachusetts, bamazi nomkhaya wakhe. Yebo, wafunda ngemibono eyanikezwa u-Ellen, futhi lokhu kwamkhathaza. Wabhala ngokuhlangenwe nakho kwakhe eminyakeni emibili kamuva:
Nakuba ngangingaboni lutho kubo olwaluphikisana neZwi, nokho ngazizwa ngishaqekile futhi ngazama kakhulu, futhi isikhathi eside ngingazimisele ukukholelwa ukuthi kwakungokunye okungaphezu kwalokho okwavezwa isimo sokuwohloka isikhathi eside somzimba wakhe.
Ngakho-ke ngafuna amathuba phambi kwabanye, lapho ingqondo yakhe ibonakala ikhululekile ekujabuleleni (ngaphandle komhlangano), ukuze ngibuze futhi ngibuze imibuzo, nabangane bakhe ababehamba naye, ikakhulukazi udadewabo omdala [uSara], ukuze bathole uma kungenzeka eqinisweni ( I-Life Sketches of Ellen G. White, 97, 98).
UBates wayekhathazwe ukungabaza okukhulu mayelana nemibono, kodwa ubufakazi bokuhlangenwe nakho kwaseTopsham, eMaine, emzini ka-Eli Curtis ngo-November 1846, babunjalo kangangokuthi wabamukela ngenhliziyo yonke kusukela ngaleso sikhathi kuqhubeke. UBates waxoxela umngane wakhe uJN Loughborough le ndaba, owayiqopha encwadini yakhe ethi The Great Second Advent Movement.
Incwadi iyaqhubeka nokuxoxa indaba ngokwayo, mayelana nezinto ezibambekayo ubufakazi abhekana nakho eTopsham, eMaine ngo-November 1846. Ngizoyihlathululela le ndaba ngemva kwalokho ukuze ngichaze ukujula okuphelele kokubaluleka kwayo, kodwa okokuqala ake sifunde ukulandisa okuphelele:
UNkosikazi White, ngesikhathi esembonweni, waqala ukukhuluma ngezinkanyezi, enikeza incazelo ekhazimulayo yamabhande anombala ophuzi awabona endaweni ethile emhlabeni, futhi wengeza ngokuthi, "Ngibona izinyanga ezine."
“O,” kusho iGosa uBates, “ubuka i-Jupiter!”
Khona-ke esenyakazile njengokungathi uhamba emkhathini, waqala ukuchaza amabhande namasongo ngobuhle bawo obushintshashintshayo, wathi: "Ngibona izinyanga eziyisikhombisa."
Umdala uBates wababaza, “Uchaza iSaturn.”
Ngokulandelayo wathi, "Ngibona izinyanga eziyisithupha," futhi ngaso leso sikhathi yaqala incazelo ye-Uranus, nezinyanga zayo eziyisithupha; bese incazelo emangalisayo ye “amazulu avulekayo,” ngenkazimulo yaso, eyibiza ngokuvuleka kwesifunda esikhanyiselwe kakhulu. Umdala u-Bates uthe incazelo yakhe idlula kude noma iyiphi indaba yamazulu avuleke ake wayifunda kunoma yimuphi umbhali.
Esakhuluma futhi esembonweni, wasukuma wama ngezinyawo zakhe, wababaza, “O, ngifisa kanjani ukuthi iNkosi uJohn Rosse ibe lapha kulobubusuku!” IGosa Elimhlophe labuza, “Ubani iNkosi uJohn Rosse?”
“O,” kusho iGosa uBates, “uyisazi sezinkanyezi esiyiNgisi. Ngifisa sengathi ngabe ulapha ukuze ezwe lowo wesifazane ekhuluma ngezinkanyezi, futhi ezwe leyo ncazelo 'yamazulu avulekayo.' Ingaphambi kwanoma yini engake ngayifunda ngale ndaba.”— GSAM, p. 258. {1BIO 113.3–114.1}
Umuntu udinga ukuqaphela ukuthi zazimbalwa izibonakude ezinkulu ngaleso sikhathi, futhi zazingenawo amandla okuthatha nokwenza kabusha izithombe njengoba kwenziwa namuhla. Izithombe ngokwazo bezingakathuthukisiwe ngokwanele okwamanje. Izazi zezinkanyezi zaziyolunguza kusibonakude bese zichaza ezikubonile ngamagama noma zenze umdwebo ephepheni. Bakhuluma kanjalo ngokwesaba okumangalisayo kwezulu.
Njengoba mina ngokwami ngidlalile ngesibonakude esingemuva kwendlu, ngingakufakazela ukumangala kokubuka ngamehlo akho njengoba izindikimba zasezulwini zigijima esibhakabhakeni. Okunye kokubona kwami kokuqala ngesibonakude sami kwaba ukuyikhomba enkanyezini ekhanyayo engangiqagele ukuthi yi-Jupiter, kanye nokuzibonela “amabhande ayo anombala ogqamile” ngokwami. Njengoba iso lami lijwayela okuhlangenwe nakho okusha, ngamangala futhi ngajabula ukubona izinyanga zayo ezincane eduze, ngayinye inephoyinti elincane lokukhanya.
Kunzima kakhulu ukulinda ngesineke kuyilapho omunye ebuka ngeso futhi echaza lokho akubukayo! Kwenza umuntu alangazelele njengengane encane ukuyibona! Akumangalisi ukuthi uJoseph Bates wasukuma futhi wenza isibabazo sakhe mayelana Nkosi John Rosse (umnikazi we isibonakude esikhulu kunazo zonke emhlabeni), njengokungathi ufuna ukuthatha elakhe ithuba lokubona lokho okwabonwa u-Ellen G. White!
Labo kini abanezinga eliyisisekelo lolwazi lwesimanje lwesimiso sethu sonozungezilanga kungenzeka ukuthi sebebonile kakade ukuthi u-Ellen G. White akazange alibone inani langempela lezinyanga ezaziwa ngokuzungeza amaplanethi, uBates alihlonze ezincazelweni zakhe. Eqinisweni, lokhu kuye kwafakazela ukuthi kuyicala kubagxeki besipho sika-Ellen G. White sesiprofetho. Nokho, akunzima ukuvumelanisa le ndaba, futhi ungazifunda ngokwakho amaphuzu esahlukweni 7 sencwadi. U-Ellen G. White nabagxeki Bakhe, itholakala ku-inthanethi.
Indlela ososayensi abahlukanisa ngayo amaplanethi, izinyanga nezinye izindikimba ezizungezayo ayiyona indaba ecacile, futhi izinombolo nezincazelo zamagama kuye kwashintsha izikhathi eziningi phakathi neminyaka. Ngokombono wami, izinombolo zezinyanga u-Ellen G. White wabona zisasebenza ngendlela enembile namuhla uma nje ubala imizimba ebukeka njengezinyanga ngempela. Kodwa iphuzu elibalulekile okumelwe lishiwo ukuthi uNkulunkulu wanika u-Ellen G. White umbono ngenjongo eyaziwayo yokunqoba uBates ukuzethemba ngesipho ayemnike sona. Akazange anikeze umbono ukuze azuze ukuzethemba kwezazi zezinkanyezi zanamuhla eziye zathola inqwaba yezinye izidumbu ezizungeza amaplanethi. Kwakungenxa ye-Bates ngo-1846, futhi-njengoba sizobona kakhulu-kithi ngo-2014.
Isiginesha Yewashi Le-Orion
Umbono kanye nezimo ezikuzungezile konke kuqinisekisa ukunemba kosuku lokuqala lwango-1846 lwenkanyezi yokuqala yewashi le-Orion. Ngaphezu kwezincazelo zekhwalithi zamaplanethi u-Ellen G. White azinikeza, inani lezinyanga azibona lanikeza iminwe yobuningi besimiso sonozungezilanga esaziwa ngaleso sikhathi. KuBates, owaqaphela ukuthi lona wesifazane osemusha ongafundile wayengenakukwazi ukusungula lokhu kwaziswa, kwakuwukuqinisekisa kwaphezulu kwesipho sakhe esingokomoya.
Sivumelanise izingcaphuno ezingenakubalwa ezivela emibhalweni ka-Ellen G. White ezifundweni zethu zesigijimi se-Orion. Lezo "izincazelo zakhe ezisezingeni eliphezulu" esizihumushe njengokusho umlayezo wethu, njengoba u-Bates ehumushe izincazelo zakhe njengamaplanethi ayewajwayele kakhulu. Kulo mbono wesayensi yezinkanyezi, uNkulunkulu wenezela “incazelo yobuningi” yewashi le-Orion ngokunikeza izinombolo ezakha “izigxivizo zeminwe” zalo.
Izinombolo zezinyanga ezinikezwe embonweni yilezi: 4, 7, kanye no-6.
Ngokushesha siqaphela inombolo u-7 njengenombolo ekhethekile emelela ukuphelela noma ukuphelela (njengakuKristu) ngakho-ke asiyibeke eceleni futhi sibheke ezinye izinombolo ezimbili: 4 no-6. Uma sihlanganisa u-4 no-6 sithola u-10, okubhekisela emthethweni kaNkulunkulu ophelele wothando (njengaseMiyalweni Eyishumi). Kungenjalo, singaphindaphinda izinombolo 4 no-6 ukuze sithole u-24, okusikhumbuza abadala abangama-24 abazungeze isihlalo sobukhosi kusAmbulo 4 & 5.
Lezo zahluko zencwadi yesAmbulo ziqukethe ipulani yokwakhiwa kwewashi likaNkulunkulu. Ingabe uyaqala ukubona izigxivizo zeminwe zomlayezo we-Orion ezinombolweni? Ngokufaka inombolo 7 kuzibalo ezigcwele, sithola:
7 × (4 × 6) = 7 × 24 = 168
Mfundi othandekayo, uyakubona ukubaluleka kwalokhu?
Umphumela wombono wawukususa konke ukungabaza engqondweni kaBates ukuthi imibono ka-Ellen G. White yayivela kuNkulunkulu futhi iqinisekisa ukuthi ngempela uNkulunkulu wayebeke phezu kwakhe isipho sokuprofetha. Umbono ofanayo manje uqinisekisa umlayezo we-Orion kithi namuhla ngokulungisa izici ezimbili ezibalulekile zanoma iyiphi inkathi yesiprofetho: indawo yokuqala, kanye nobude besikhathi. Umbono ngokwawo kanye nezimo zawo ngoNovemba ka-1846 zisinika idethi yokuqala yomjikelezo wewashi le-Orion, kuyilapho inani lezinyanga lihlanganisa ubude besikhathi obuphelele bomjikelezo weminyaka engu-168.
Ngaphezu kwalokho, kwakusohlelweni lwaphezulu ukuba abantu bathole inani elifanele lezinyanga ngesikhathi esifanele sale njongo. Eqinisweni, uhambo luka-Ellen G. White esuka eMhlabeni eya eZulwini enqamula amaplanethi agcwele inyanga nawo afanekisela iminyaka engu-168 yemiyalezo yezingelosi ezintathu. Yeka ukuthi kufaneleka kanjani ukuthi izinyanga ezisendleleni eya e-Orion zisetshenziswe ukuze zimelele uhambo lwe Umkhumbi Wesikhathi njengoba igingqika ibheke ezulwini ngamasondo ayo enyanga.
Lapha engxenyeni yokugcina yohambo, kufanele sikucabangele ngokungathi sína ukuthi yini enye esingayifunda kulokho okwenzeka emuva ngo-1846 ekuqaleni komjikelezo wewashi. Umlando uyaphinda manje ekupheleni komjikelezo! Okwenzeka ngaleso sikhathi kufinyezwa ekufakweni kukaNovemba 1846 kokulandelana kwezikhathi ku I-Ellen G. White Encyclopedia Ngokulandelayo:
Nov. 1846 - Ingqungquthela yokuhlela noJoseph Bates eTopsham, eMaine. Umbono ka-Ellen “ngamazulu avulekayo” waqinisekisa uBates ukuthi imibono yakhe yayingaphezu komuntu. Kusukela ngaleso sikhathi uBates nabaMhlophe baqala imisebenzi ebumbene. Bheka Izinkomfa ZeBhayibheli ZamaSabatha.
Ngakho, lowo mbono ofanayo waba inkathi yoshintsho okwathi ngemva kwalokho uJoseph Bates nabaMhlophe basebenza ndawonye umsebenzi obumbene. Isigijimi sengelosi yesithathu sase sihlangene nesigijimi sengelosi yokuqala neyesibili. Kwaba ukuqala kokumenyezelwa kwabahlangene imiyalezo yezingelosi ezintathu.
O mfundi, ingabe izwi likaNkulunkulu likhulumile nawe emazulwini avulekile? Ingabe nizohlanganisa umsebenzi wenu nathi ekumemezeleni lokho esizosheshe sikubize “ngeMilayezo Yezingelosi Ezine”?
Umnyango Ovulekile Okungekho Umuntu Ongawuvala
Kubalulekile ukuqonda ukuthi igama elithi “amazulu avulekayo” lalisho ukuthini ngezinsuku zika-Ellen G. White. Wahamba ngombono waya kuleyo ndawo ekhetheke kakhulu, okwakuyinto ethile eyaziwayo emkhathini onezinkanyezi. Igama elichazayo elithi “izulu elivulekayo” liye lathatha indawo yegama lalo elivame kakhulu: i-Orion Nebula.
UBates wayengukapteni wasolwandle, kodwa isithakazelo sakhe kusayensi yezinkanyezi ngokusobala sasidlulela ngalé kwesidingo sokuhamba. Wayazi kahle ukuthi u-Ellen G. White wayehambe waya kuphi embonweni wakhe. Eqinisweni, uBates wayebhale indaba ngesihloko esithi Amazulu Avulayo eyandulelwa entwasahlobo ngawo lowo nyaka, ka-1846. Kuyo, uchaza ukuthi leli gama lalisho ukuthini kuye, kwizazi zezinkanyezi, nakubabhali beBhayibheli. Ucaphuna incazelo yesazi sezinkanyezi esiyiNgisi uHuggins nge-Orion Nebula kanje:
UHuggens, umsunguli wawo wokuqala, unikeza incazelo yawo elandelayo: “Izazi zezinkanyezi zibeka izinkanyezi ezintathu eduze eNkembeni Ye-Orion; futhi lapho ngibuka indawo ephakathi kakhulu ne-Telescope, ngonyaka ka-1656, kwavela endaweni yaleyo, ezinye izinkanyezi eziyishumi nambili; phakathi kwalezi ezintathu ezicishe zithintene, futhi ezine ngaphandle kwalokho zabonakala zicwayiza njengoba ngokusebenzisa a ifu, kangangokuthi indawo ebazungezile yabonakala ikhanya kakhulu kunezulu lonke elibonakala limnyama bhuqe ngenxa yesimo sezulu esihle. njengoba ngokusebenzisa a ukuvulwa kwekhethini, okwathi ngalo omunye waba lombono okhululekileyo kwesinye isifunda esasikhona ekhanyiselwe kakhudlwana. Ngiye ngabona ukubukeka okufanayo endaweni efanayo ngaphandle kokushintshwa; ngakho-ke kungenzeka ukuthi lesi simangaliso, noma ngabe sinjani ngokwaso, besikhona kusukela ngezikhathi zonke; kodwa angikaze nginake into efana nayo phakathi kwezinye izinkanyezi ezingashintshi. "
Amaphuzu ambalwa avela ekushicilelweni kuka-Bates ayaphawuleka kulesi sihloko:
- Sekungamakhulu eminyaka i-Orion Nebula ibhekwa “njengesikhala” noma “indawo evulekile.” Isayensi yanamuhla isakufakazela ukuthi leyo ncazelo iyiqiniso.
- Izulu nensimu yase-Edene kuhlotshaniswa nokuvuleka kwezulu izikhathi eziningi eBhayibhelini.
- IBhayibheli libonisa ukuthi uJesu (futhi ngaleyo ndlela iDolobha Elingcwele elineNsimu yase-Edene) uzobuya evela e-Orion Nebula.
Ungakwazi yini ukubona endlini engcwele yasezulwini ngokukholwa? Ingabe niqala ukubona inkazimulo kaNkulunkulu efwini, njengoba kwenza uMose? Ingabe ikhethini (noma iveyili) lidonselwe eceleni ukuze ubone endaweni “ekhanyiselwe kakhulu”?
O, mngane! Ingabe kuyayithokozisa inhliziyo yakho ukwazi ukuthi uJesu Kristu—ngoMoya oNgcwele—uqondisa umhlambi wakhe emasangweni amaparele omuzi wasezulwini namuhla!?
UJoseph Bates wayebhale ngokuvuleka kwamazulu ngaphambi kokuba aqiniseke mayelana nesipho sesiprofetho sika-Ellen G. White—ngaphambi kokuba athole umbono wakhe wesayensi yezinkanyezi nangaphambi kokuba “indawo evulekile e-Orion” idume phakathi kwama-Adventist njengendawo lapho izulu likhona. Umbono wakhe waba isiqinisekiso salokho uBates asekutholile kakade ngokutadisha iBhayibheli. Umbono wakhe wenza into efanayo namuhla ukuze uqinisekise ukufunda kukaJohn Scotram kwe Iwashi likaNkulunkulu e-Orion!
Makukhanye Ukukhanya Kwakho
U-Ellen G. White akazange awushicilele lo mbono ngokwakhe. Injongo yayo ngokusobala yayigcwalisekile ekuwineni uJoseph Bates, futhi sasingasekho isidingo sayo ngesikhathi sakhe. Lokho kuletha umbuzo: umbono wehlela kanjani kithi?
U-JN Loughborough wabhala Ukuvuka nokuthuthuka kwamaSeventh-day Adventist futhi wayinyathelisa ngo-1892. Incwadi yakhe yayiqukethe ukulandisa kokuqala okushicilelwe ngombono ka-Ellen G. White wesayensi yezinkanyezi. Lokho kwakusemuva kwe-fiasco yango-1888, lapho “abasendulo” abafana noLoughborough ngokungangabazeki beqaphela ukuthi base bebadala kakhulu ukuba bangaphila kwelinye ihlane bezulazula ukuze babone i-Second Advent ngaphambi kokufa kwabo. Ithuba lokuya e-Orion laligejiwe, futhi ngenxa yalokho, kwakudingeka ukuba lo mbono uqoshwe isizukulwane esizayo.
We yileso sizukulwane esizayo okwalotshelwa kuso lo mbono! Iqhubeka nokucaphuna ngenhla kusuka Owesifazane Wombono, siyafunda:
U-Ellen G. White ubike ngalokhu okwenzeka ekhaya lika-Eli Curtis:
Ngemva kokuphuma embonweni ngalandisa engangikubonile. Umdala uBates wabe esebuza ukuthi ngabe ngifundele izinkanyezi. Ngamtshela ukuthi angikhumbuli ngake ngabheka isayensi yezinkanyezi [incwadi].
Wathi, “Lokhu kungokukaJehova.” Angikaze ngimbone enje mahhala futhi ujabule ngaphambili. Okwakhe ubuso bakhazimula ne ukukhanya kwezulu, futhi yena ekhuthaza isonto ngamandla.I-Life Sketches ka-James White no-Ellen G. White (1880) {I-LS80 238.1}
Ingabe lokhu kulandisa okufushane akukhulumi kakhulu? Kungesikhathi uNkulunkulu akhuluma ngaso isikhathi futhi “ubuso bethu baqala ukukhanya nokukhanya ngenkazimulo kaNkulunkulu!” Imayelana nokumemezela iSabatha ngokugcwele! Imayelana ‘nesimo esijabulisayo, esingcwele’ sabangu-144,000 XNUMX ababekwa uphawu futhi bahlanganiswe ngokuphelele!
Into eyodwa esiyifunda embonweni ka-Ellen G. White iwukuthi uma sifuna ukucinga elithi “Orion” emibhalweni yakhe (noma eBhayibhelini ngaleyo ndaba) kufanele sisebenzise igama lamagama alisebenzisa—“ukuvula amazulu.” Izingcaphuno ezilandelayo zikhuluma ngephuzu:
Izingelosi zazingakaze ziwulalele umthandazo onjengalowo uKristu awenza lapho ebhapathizwa, futhi zazikulangazelela ukuba abathwali besigijimi esivela kuYise sisiya eNdodaneni yakhe. Kodwa, cha! ovela kuYise okhipha ukukhanya kwenkazimulo yakhe. Amazulu avuleka, imisebe yenkazimulo yahlala phezu kweNdodana kaNkulunkulu futhi yathatha isimo sejuba, ibukeka njengegolide elikhazimulayo. Isimo esifana nejuba sasifanekisela ubumnene nobumnene bukaKristu. Ngenkathi abantu besamile bemangele, amehlo abo athe njo kuKristu, kwavela la mazwi avela ezulwini: “Lo uyiNdodana yami ethandekayo engithokozile ngayo.” Amazwi okuqinisekisa ukuthi uKristu uyiNdodana kaNkulunkulu anikezwa ukukhuthaza ukholo kulabo ababona lesi sigameko, nokusekela iNdodana kaNkulunkulu emsebenzini wayo onzima. Nakuba iNdodana kaNkulunkulu yembethe ubuntu, nokho uJehova, ngezwi lakhe siqu, uyayiqinisekisa ngobundodana bayo noPhakade. Kulokhu kubonakaliswa eNdodaneni yakhe, uNkulunkulu wamukela isintu njengoba iphakanyiswe ngobuhle beNdodana yakhe ethandekayo. {RH Januwari 21, 1873 isig. 5}
Wake wazibuza ukuthi kungani uJesu edinga ukubhapathizwa, kuyilapho engenazono zokugeza? UJohane uMbhapathizi wazibuza okufanayo, futhi uJesu wachaza ukuthi kwakudingeka ‘ukugcwalisa konke ukulunga. Ngamanye amazwi, wabhapathizwa ukuze abe isibonelo esiphelele kwabanye. Okuhlangenwe nakho kukaJesu kuyisibonelo ikakhulukazi kwabangu-144,000 XNUMX, ngoba babeyokwenza umsebenzi ofanayo. Kugcine lokho engqondweni njengoba sifunda esinye isicaphuna mayelana namazulu avuliwe:
Ubuntwana, ubusha, nobudoda bukaJohane, owafika ngomoya namandla ka-Eliya ukuzokwenza umsebenzi okhethekile wokulungisa indlela yoMhlengi womhlaba. [efanekisela abangu-144,000], wawuphawuleka ngokuqina namandla okuziphatha. USathane akakwazanga ukumsusa ebuqothweni bakhe. Lapho izwi lalomprofethi lizwakala ehlane, “Lungisani indlela yeNkosi, nenze imikhondo yayo iqonde.” USathane wayesaba umbuso wakhe. Wezwa lelo zwi likhala amacilongo [iwashi lecilongo] ehlane wabangela ukuba izoni ngaphansi kokulawula kwakhe zithuthumele. Wabona ukuthi amandla akhe phezu kwabaningi aphelile. Ukonakala kwesono kwembulwa ngendlela yokuthi abantu bethuke, futhi abanye, ngokuphenduka ezonweni zabo, bathola umusa kaNkulunkulu futhi bathola amandla okuziphatha okumelana nezilingo zakhe.
Wayephansi ngesikhathi uKristu eziletha kuJohane ukuze abhapathizwe. Wezwa izwi lobukhosi elihlokoma ezulwini futhi enanela emhlabeni wonke ukuduma kwezulu [Imidumo eyisikhombisa nomkhumbi wesikhathi]. Wabona imibani ibaneka ezulwini elingenafu, wezwa amazwi asabekayo avela kuJehova, “Lo uyiNdodana yami ethandekayo engithokozile ngayo.” Wabona ukukhazimula kwenkazimulo kaYise kusibekela isimo sikaJesu, kanjalo, ngokuqiniseka okungenakuphikwa, ekhomba Lowo wakulesosixuku amvuma njengeNdodana yakhe. Izimo ezixhumene nalesi sigcawu sobhapathizo zazivuse inzondo enkulu kakhulu esifubeni sikaSathane. Wayazi ngokuqinisekile ukuthi, ngaphandle uma engamnqoba uKristu, kusukela manje amandla akhe ayoba nomkhawulo. Wayeqonda ukuthi ukukhuluma okuvela esihlalweni sobukhosi sikaNkulunkulu kwakusho ukuthi iZulu lalifinyeleleka ngokuqondile kumuntu.
Njengoba uSathane eholele umuntu esonweni, wayenethemba lokuthi ukwenyanya kukaNkulunkulu isono kwakuyomehlukanisa phakade nomuntu, kunqamule ukuxhumana phakathi kweZulu nomhlaba. Kodwa i evula amazulu maqondana nezwi likaNkulunkulu ukukhuluma neNdodana yakhe kwakunjengokufa kuSathane. Wayesaba ukuthi uNkulunkulu wayesezohlanganisa umuntu ngokugcwele kuye, futhi umnike amandla ukunqoba amacebo akhe. {RH Mashi 3, 1874 isig. 19–21}
Siphila esikhathini lapho lesi sibonelo siba ngokoqobo kwabayizi-144,000 1844, futhi siphinda futhi sibona izinkulumo embhalweni ezifana kakhulu nalezo ezisembonweni ka-Ellen G. White ka-1847 no-144,000, lapho ezwa khona “usuku nehora.” Ukubhapathizwa kukaJesu kwakufanele kube isibonelo, futhi kunjalo! Manje sekuyizi-XNUMX XNUMX ukubhapathizwa kwabo ngomlilo okuyovusa inzondo enkulu kaSathane.
Amandla Esivivinyo
Isiqephu esilandelayo kuyo yomibili leyo mibono singesenkathazo embi kakhulu kanye nokushushiswa, njengoba nje isiqephu esilandelayo kuJesu kwakungesendlala nokulingwa ehlane. Bathandekayo, sesiyayibona inkathazo nokushushiswa kuyo yonke indawo. Lokhu kwakhonjiswa ku-Ellen G. White embonweni ofanayo wesayensi yezinkanyezi ka-November 1846. Phawula lokho okulotshwe kuyo U-Ellen G. White: Umqulu 1 - The Early Years: 1827-1862, iphe. I-115:
Kodwa ngaphezu kwamanye amaplanethi aboniswa u-Ellen G. White embonweni waseTopsham. Ngalokhu wabhala:
Ngaboniswa lokho Ngizohlupheka kakhulu, futhi lokho besiyoba nokuvivinywa kokholo lwethu lapho sibuyela eGorham.— Life Sketches of James White no-Ellen G. White (1880), 239.
Ukugcwaliseka kwakushesha. U-Ellen wayegula kakhulu. Ukumthandazela ngobuqotho akuzange kulethe mpumuzo. Kwaphela amasonto amathathu umlobokazi kaJames White ehlupheka kwaze kwaba yilapho osizini lwakhe olukhulu ecela ukuba kungabe kusakhulekelwa ngenxa yakhe, ngoba wayeqiniseka ngokuthi “imithandazo yabo yayithatha isikhathi eside” ukuphila kwakhe kanjalo nokuhlupheka kwakhe. Ukuphefumula konke kwafika ngokububula. U-Otis Nichols, eMassachusetts, wathumela indodana yakhe uHenry ukuba imphathele izinto ezithile zokumduduza, futhi ngesikhathi ilapho yahlanganyela emithandazweni eqotho yokululama kwakhe. U-Ellen G. White usitshela okwalandela:
Ngemva kokuba abanye sebethandazile, uMfowethu Henry waqala ukukhuleka, futhi ebonakala ethwele kanzima, futhi ngamandla kaNkulunkulu ehlezi phezu kwakhe, wasukuma emadolweni akhe, weza ngaphesheya kwegumbi, futhi wabeka izandla zakhe phezu kwekhanda lami, ethi, “Dadewethu Ellen, uJesu Kristu uyakuphilisa,” futhi wawa wawa ngobuso ngamandla kaNkulunkulu. [Ezikhathini eziningana eminyakeni ka-1840 kuya ku-1851—futhi ngisho nangemva kwalokho—kwaba khona izenzakalo lapho amandla kaNkulunkulu abonakaliswa khona ngokukhothama ngokomzimba. Izimo, kanye nesimilo esiphakeme sabantu abathintekayo, kwakuzoholela esiphethweni sokuthi izigameko ezinjalo zazingokoqobo futhi azisona isithelo sokushiseka ngokweqile.] Ngangikholelwa ukuthi umsebenzi wawungokaNkulunkulu, futhi ubuhlungu bangishiya. Umphefumulo wami wagcwala ukubonga nokuthula.—Ibid., 239, 240.
U-Ellen wabuyiselwa ngokuphelele empilweni evamile futhi ngokushesha nomyeni wakhe bahamba ngesikebhe baya eBoston. Kodwa lolu hambo lwalungelula neze kwabasanda kushada, ngoba isiphepho sabafica. Wachaza uhambo:
Isikebhe sagingqika ngokwesaba, amagagasi ashaya amafasitela endlu. Ishaneli elikhulu lawela phansi ngokuphahlazeka. Amatafula ayelungiselwe ukudla kwasekuseni, kodwa izitsha zazilahlwe phansi.
Kwakunokwesaba okukhulu endlini yabesifazane. Abaningi babevuma izono zabo, futhi bekhala kuNkulunkulu becela umusa. Abanye babebiza intombi uMariya ukuba izigcine, kuyilapho abanye benza izifungo kuNkulunkulu lokho uma befika emhlabeni bazofika banikele izimpilo zabo emsebenzini Wakhe.
Kwakuyindawo yokwesaba nokudideka. Njengoba isikebhe sinyakaza, omunye wesifazane ongaphezu kwami wawa phansi, ememeza ngephimbo lakhe. Omunye waphendukela kimi futhi wabuza, “Awuthuki? Ngicabanga ukuthi kuyiqiniso ukuthi kungenzeka singalokothi sifike emhlabeni. "
Ngamtshela ukuthi ngimenze uKristu isiphephelo sami, futhi uma umsebenzi wami wenziwa, ngingalala phansi kolwandle njengakunoma iyiphi enye indawo; kepha uma umsebenzi wami ungenziwanga, amanzi olwandle abengenakungiminza. Ithemba lami lalikuNkulunkulu, ukuthi wayezosiyisa ezweni eliphephile uma kwakungenxa yenkazimulo yaKhe.—Ibid., 240.
Wakwenza!
Kuyamangaza ukuthi iNkosi yanikeza kanjani okuhlangenwe nakho kwangempela ku-Ellen G. White ngo-1846 ekuqaleni komjikelezo wewashi le-Orion okuyisibonelo esihle kakhulu sezehlakalo ezenzeka lapha ngo-2014 ekupheleni komjikelezo. Okuhlangenwe nakho kwakhe kwakuwukuba isibonelo.
Wahamba Enqoba, futhi Eyonqoba
I-Loughborough ilandisa enye indaba ebonakala ihambisana kakhulu nolwazi lwethu. Indaba ayiqambe ngokuthi “Ihhashi Elinonya Lalithambisa Ngokungazelele,” nakho kwenzeka ngemva nje kombono wesayensi yezinkanyezi:
Ngokushesha ngemva kwalomhlangano eTopsham, kwenzeka esinye isigameko esiphawulekayo mayelana nemibono, engizoyilandisa njengoba ngitsheliwe nguMdala uBates:-
IGosa Elimhlophe lalisebenzise ithole lembongolo eliphukile ingxenye kanye nenqola yemakethe ehlala abantu ababili, eyakhiwe ngaphandle kwedeshibhodi, kodwa yayinesinyathelo ngaphesheya kwenqola, kanye nesitebhisi sensimbi esivela emigodini. Kwakudingekile ukuba kuqikelelwe kakhulu ekushayeleni ithole, ngoba uma kwenzeka imigqa noma noma yini ithinte izinhlangothi zalo wayekhahlela ngolaka ngaso leso sikhathi, futhi kwakudingeka aboshwe ngokuqhubekayo ngentambo ukuze alivimbe lingagijimi. Ithole leli lalingeleqembu ababefisa ukuya kulo, futhi njengoba uMdala uMhlophe wayejwayele ukuphatha amathole angaphukile, wayecabanga ukuthi ngeke abe nenkinga enkulu ngaleli. Nokho, ukube babazi ukuthi phakathi nemibhikisho yayo eshubile ngaphambili yayibulale amadoda amabili, eyodwa ngokuyigxoba emadwaleni eceleni komgwaqo, yayingase ingazethembi kangako.
Kulesi senzakalo kwakukhona abantu abane enqoleni, iGosa Elimhlophe nomkakhe esihlalweni esingaphambili, kanye neGosa uBates no-Israel Damon esihlalweni esingemuva. [U-Ellen G. White uqophe indaba ethokozisayo nesebenzayo mayelana no-Israel Damon ku Izipho ezingokomoya, vol. 2, p. 40-42.] Ngenkathi uMdala White enakekela kakhulu ukugcina ihhashi lilawulwa, uNkz. White wayexoxa ngeqiniso, lapho. amandla kaNkulunkulu ehlela phezu kwenkampani wathathwa embonweni ehlezi enqoleni. Ngesikhathi ememeza ethi “Glory!” lapho ingena embonweni, ithole lema lithule, lawisa ikhanda. Ngaso leso sikhathi uNkosikazi Mhlophe wasukuma, esekulesisimo, namehlo akhe ebheke phezulu, wehla ngaphambi kwenqola, wehlela emigodini, ebeke izandla ezinqeni zethole. Umdala uBates wamemeza iGosa Elimhlophe, “Ithole lizokhahlela lowo wesifazane afe.” IGosa Elimhlophe laphendula, “INkosi iyona ephethe ithole lembongolo;
Angifuni ukugxambukela.” Ithole lalimile limnene njengehhashi elidala. Eceleni komgwaqo usebe lwaphakama cishe amamitha ayisithupha, futhi eduze kothango kwakukhona indawo enotshani. UNkosikazi uMhlophe amehlo akhe elokhu ebheke phezulu, akabhekanga nakanye phansi, wakhuphuka ngosebe waqonda endaweni enotshani, wabe esehla enyuka imizuzwana ekhuluma echaza ubuhle bomhlaba omusha. Khona-ke, ikhanda lakhe limi ngendlela efanayo, wehla ngosebe, wakhuphukela enqoleni, wanyathela ezitebhisini, isandla sakhe siphezu kwesinqe sethole, kanjalo wakhuphuka waya emigodini, waphinde wangena enqoleni. Ngesikhathi ehlala esihlalweni waphuma embonweni, futhi ngaleso sikhathi ihhashi, ngaphandle kokusho lutho kumshayeli, lasuka lakhuphuka, laqhubeka nendlela yalo.
Ngesikhathi uNkosikazi Mhlophe ephumile enqoleni, uMdala uMhlophe wacabanga ukuthi uzovivinya ihhashi, abone ukuthi lithambile ngempela noma cha. Waqale wamthinta nje ngesiswebhu; ngezinye izikhathi ihhashi lalizophendula ngokukhahlela, kodwa manje kwakungekho mnyakazo. Wabe esemshaya kakhulu, waphinde wamshaya kakhulu, nangaphezulu. Ithole lembongolo alizange linake imivimbo, kodwa lalibonakala lingenabungozi njengamabhubesi amlomo wawo izingelosi zawuvala ngobusuku uDaniyeli abuchitha emphandwini wazo. “Kwakuyindawo enesizotha,” kwasho iGosa uBates, “futhi kwakubonakala ukuthi amandla afanayo aveza imibono, ngesikhathi enqoba imvelo yasendle yethole.”
Uma lo mbono wawuwumphumela wokunye ubuthakathaka bakhe bomzimba, umbuzo uphakama ngokwemvelo, Ingabe ihhashi lalihlushwa ngendlela efanayo?
Akuthakazelisi yini ukuthi lapho izigijimi zezingelosi ezintathu zihlangana, kunendaba yehhashi—ihhashi elathanjiswa izulu futhi lahamba ngomyalo wasezulwini. Ngokuqinisekile lokho kufanekisela uJesu egibele ihhashi elimhlophe lesAmbulo, ephuma ngo-1846 ukuze anqobe izwe ngezigijimi zezingelosi ezintathu.
Lithini ngehhashi elimhlophe lika-2014?
Ukuhlanzwa kweNdawo Engcwele
Lapho ihhashi elimhlophe ligibela, uJesu udinga ukuba nebandla elihlanzekile ukuze amemezele ivangeli elimsulwa. Kusukela umlingani wasemhlabeni wenkantolo yasezulwini ubelokhu uthuthelwe kithi, kwakunengqondo ukuthi ukwahlulela kwakuzoqala lapha. Futhi kwaba njalo. UHezekeli 9 useqalile.
Sasho phezulu isixwayiso secilongo ngemikhosi yokuwa, isixwayiso ngakho konke phakathi nenkathi yemikhosi eqinisekisiwe ngebhali. Kwakukhona amaSabatha amathathu aphezulu, uSuku Lokubuyisana olukhethekile “lwehhashi elimhlophe”, inyanga yegazi, icilongo lesithathu, nokuningi! UNkulunkulu wavumela isikhathi esanele sokuba isixwayiso siphume futhi silalelwe.
Bamkhohlisile uJehova, Ngoba baye bazala abantwana abangamaqaba. Manje ukwethwasa kwenyanga izobashwabadela kanye nefa labo. ( Hoseya 5:7 , NIV )
Ukuhlanzwa kwaqala kanye ngenyanga entsha okwesibili okungenzeka ngemikhosi, ngoSuku lwamaCilongo, futhi kwaqedwa ngesikhathi esifanele soSuku Lokubuyisana. Siyazi ukuthi ithuba lokuqala lemikhosi livame ukuhlobene nokuhamba kukaBaba, kanti ithuba lesibili lihlobene nokuhamba kukaJesu. Ngempela, usebenza ehlanza ibandla Lakhe—ngesikhathi esifanele.
Sasinomuntu phakathi kwethu owayengahlanzekile ngokomoya. USathane wayesemsebenzise isikhathi eside ngendlela ecashile ukuze ahlasele le nhlangano. Indaba yonke ingaphezu kwalesi sihloko, kodwa okubalulekile ukuthi u-Jan Meve ushiye iqembu futhi amakhasi ethu okuxhumana abuyekeziwe ngokufanele.
3:15 Bulalani, amaxhegu, nezinsizwa, nezintombi, nabantwana, nabesifazane, kepha ningasondeli kumuntu onophawu; futhi qala endlini yami engcwele. Baqala-ke emadodeni amadala aphambi kwendlu. (Hezekeli 9: 6)
Kuyisivivinyo esesabekayo, futhi kufanele sinikeze isizathu sokuzindla ngokujulile. Thina esibe namathuba amakhulu kakhulu okuguqulwa ukukhanya kwezulu sinomthwalo wokuziphendulela kakhulu.
Ngakho uma ukukhanya okukuwe kungubumnyama, bukhulu kangakanani lobo bumnyama! ( Mathewu 6:23 )
Kuyathakazelisa ukuthi manje sesingabantu abadala abayisikhombisa epulazini—hhayi bonke abaholi, kodwa sisonke sifanekisela izikhonzi zikaNkulunkulu eziningi ezizoveza uthando lukaKristu.
“Lezi zinto usho Lowo ophethe izinkanyezi eziyisikhombisa esandleni saKhe sokunene.” IsAmbulo 2:1. La mazwi akhulunywa kubafundisi bebandla—labo uNkulunkulu abaphathise imithwalo yemfanelo emikhulu. Amathonya amnandi okufanele abe maningi ebandleni ahlanganiswe nabefundisi bakaNkulunkulu, okumele baveze uthando lukaKristu. Izinkanyezi zezulu zingaphansi kokulawula Kwakhe. Ubagcwalisa ngokukhanya. Uyabaqondisa futhi abaqondise ukunyakaza kwabo. Uma Engakwenzanga lokhu, babeyoba izinkanyezi eziwile. Kanjalo nabefundisi baKhe. Bayizikhali nje ezandleni Zakhe, futhi konke okuhle abakufezayo kwenziwa ngamandla Akhe. Ngabo ukukhanya Kwakhe kuzokhanya. UMsindisi kufanele abe ukusebenza kahle kwabo. Uma bezobheka Kuye njengoba ebheke kuBaba bazokwazi ukwenza umsebenzi Wakhe. Njengoba benza uNkulunkulu isisekelo sabo, uyobanika ukukhanya Kwakhe ukuze babonakalise emhlabeni. {I-AA 586.3}
Ukwahlulela sekuqalile ngabadala bendlu kaNkulunkulu, kodwa ungaqiniseka ukuthi ngeke kuphele kuze kube yilapho lonke ibandla selihlanziwe.
Ngokuba sesifikile isikhathi sokuba ukwahlulela kuqale endlini kaNkulunkulu; uma kuqala kithi, kuyakuba yini ukuphela kwabangalaleli ivangeli likaNkulunkulu na? Uma olungileyo esindiswa kalukhuni, uyakuvelaphi ongamesabi uNkulunkulu nesoni na? (Funda eyoku-1 Petru 4:17-18.)
Usuku Lokuhlawulela belulokhu luhlotshaniswa nemizwa exubile. Kwakuwusuku olwesabekayo ukuhlupha umphefumulo, kodwa ekupheleni kosuku izono zesizwe zabekwa phezu kwembuzi yomhlatshelo lapho zazihlala khona.
Nokho, kulabo ababubulayo futhi bakhale—ikakhulukazi ngezono abazibona kwabanye, kodwa ngezono zabo siqu—inhlawulo iwukuthi: “ukubuyisana” noma ukusondelana okukhethekile noma ukuhlangana noNkulunkulu okungenzeka kuphela uma silahlwa isono.
Uma sizivuma izono zethu, uthembekile, ulungile, ukuba asithethelele izono, asihlanze kukho konke ukungalungi. ( 1 Johane 1:9 )
UKristu wazuza ukunqoba okukhulu ngokuthi abekho abanye abalahlekile ngenkathi ehlanza ikamu lethu, nezinhliziyo zethu, njengamanje ngo-2014. Iwashi le-Orion lishaya ihora futhi ihhashi elimhlophe liyagibela futhi. Ngithandazela ukuthi iNkosi e-Orion inqobe inhliziyo yakho futhi, "inqobe futhi inqobe," kuze kube yilapho sekuqedwa bonke abayizi-144,000.
Ekuphetheni, makushiwo ukuthi umprofethikazi othembekile u-Ellen G. White usiqinisekisa kakhulu isigijimi se-Orion, hhayi nje ngobuningi bezingcaphuno ezisebenzayo, kodwa futhi nasemibonweni yakhe ngokwayo ‘yamazulu avulekayo,’ ngisho nakokuhlangenwe nakho kwakhe ekuphileni okunikeza imifanekiso ecacile yesikhathi ‘sehhashi elimhlophe. Kuzame, kuvivinye, kunambitha—kodwa shiya ukungabaza kwakho ekugcineni! Le nkonzo iqinisekisiwe njenge izwi likaNkulunkulu emhlabeni. UKristu usesiphethweni salo, “futhi amasango esihogo awayikulahlula” (washo Yena).