Kungenzeka ukuthi lolu kungaba uchungechunge lwethu lokugcina lwezihloko, ngaphambi kokuba singene isenzakalo esizamazamisa umhlaba, noma ngaphambi kokuba siyeke inkonzo yethu.
Yebo, siyazi ukuthi ngaphezu kwe-99% yama-Adventist azobe ejabule futhi ehleka usulu kulokhu kwakamuva. Kunalokho, kufanele badabuke kakhulu. Ngokwegama lawo, “ama-Adventist” alindele ukubuya kweNkosi, kodwa lokhu kwakuyophinde kwehliselwe isikhathi esingenasiphelo—khona-ke i-Orion hhayi seliqinisekisile ibandla likaNkulunkulu leqiniso, likhombisa izinkolelo zalo eziyisisekelo, futhi uHlu lweSabatha Oluphakeme olwaqala ngo-1841, hhayi ziye zabonisa izinkathi zayo eziyisikhombisa zokuhlanzwa, lapho uNkulunkulu aye walungisa ngokucophelela ibandla ukuba likwazi ukukhala kakhulu. Khona-ke ngo-1888, uNkulunkulu wayeyobe esehlehlele ekhoneni lezulu nomhlaba, edabukile futhi equmbile, ngoba ukukhanya kwengelosi yesine, esiyikhombe ngokuthi UMoya oNgcwele, besengivele kwaba yenqatshwa ngaleso sikhathi. Iminyaka engu-120 yokuzulazula ogwadule olungokomoya yayingeke iphele ngo-2010 eBandleni Lama-Adventist, futhi mhlawumbe ngabe siseneminyaka engamakhulu ambalwa ukuze silinde ukubuya. Noma kunjalo, iningi lama-Adventist lifuna ukuthi leso sikhathi singaziwa, futhi basebenzisa izingcaphuno ezithile zika-Ellen G. White ukuze basekele umbono wabo. Ngokuvumelana nalokho, kwakuyodingeka siphile kuze kube isonto lokugcina ngaphambi kokubuya singasazi isikhathi, futhi ngisho noma umthetho wangeSonto ubukhona, akekho owayeyokwazi ukuthi ukuhlupheka kwethu kwakuyohlala isonto, inyanga, unyaka, ishumi leminyaka, ikhulu, noma inkulungwane yeminyaka. Umlando wawungeke uphinde, futhi ngaso sonke isikhathi isiprofetho sesAmbulo sasiyonikezwa kuphela isikhalo esiyiphutha sokuqala saphakathi kwamabili ukuze ukudumazeka kube kukhulu, kangangokuthi akekho owayeyoke akholelwe kunoma yisiphi isikhathi ehlela ngemva kuka-1844.
Eqinisweni, kwakunengqondo ngoNkulunkulu ukuba ayale ukuthi asikho isikhathi okufanele sibekwe kusukela ngo-1844 kuze kube yilapho ukukhanya okuphelele kwengelosi yesine kuzonikezwa, ngoba sasingeke sikusebenzise kahle. Isibonelo, uma besivele sazi eminyakeni eyi-120 edlule, ukuthi uJesu uyeza sekwephuze kangaka, mangaki ama-Adventist abengaphenduka ngokweqiniso, akholelwe isigijimi futhi aguqule izimpilo zawo? Nsuku zonke, kwakufanele ngabe zilungiselelwe izenzakalo zosuku lokugcina ezaziyoqala futhi ikakhulukazi ngemva kokwenqatshwa kwesigijimi sengelosi yesine ngo-1888. Naphezu kwenkani yabo, uNkulunkulu wanika abantu baseAdvent asebegugile kakade enye inkathi yeminyaka emi-3 ephindwe ka-40 ukuba bazulazule ehlane ngemva kuka-1890.
Noma kunjalo, iSonto Lama-Adventist lalisebenzisa kabi isikhathi esengeziwe seminyaka engu-120 eyayisinikezwe uNkulunkulu. Iphinde yazonakalisa futhi yaphinda amaphutha amanye amabandla. Kodwa kubi nakakhulu! Kwakungumphathi wokukhanya okukhulu okwanikezwa ibandla lesikhathi sokuphela, kodwa alizange likuvumele ukukhanya kwalo kukhanye—isimo uMoya Wesiprofetho owasiveza ngokuphindaphindiwe ngokukhathazeka okukhulu. Kunalokho, i- Inkanyezi ye-Islam manje uphakama phezu kwebandla, futhi “uNkulunkulu” wethu uthathwa njengongabahedeni ezintshumayelweni zabaholi abaphezulu abangama-25 beBandla lama-Adventist, kuyilapho ukhokho wethu u-Abrahama egcizelelwa njengempande esixhumanisa ne-Islam kanye namaJuda. Ngakho-ke iSonto Lama-Adventist lalandela kuze kube sencwadini, lokho okwakushiwo yi- uhlelo lukapapa lokukhanda ubuchopho weVatican, iUN eyamnika yona ngo-2000. Ubukholwa obuphelele, ukuhlubuka okuphelele!
Cha, Walter Veith othandekayo, angivumelani nawe ukuthi kufanele sihlale kuleli bandla ukuze sidlule kuze kube sekugcineni. Ukuphela kweBandla lama-Adventist njengenhlangano sekuvele kusungulwe ngomyalo waphezulu. Funda Umkhumbi Wesikhathi futhi usebenzise ulwazi lwakho lwezakhi zofuzo ukuze uqonde ukuthi i-stop codon isho ukuthini, ethi Emlandweni Wama-Adventist, ehambisana neminyaka ka-1861-1863. Futhi ekwakhekeni kukaNkulunkulu kwezakhi zofuzo, sithola ngisho “nendawo ephindwe kabili” ukuze sibonise ukuthi ukuphela komlando wezwe ufinyelelwe ngempela.
I-HSL ayizange iqale ngo-1861-1863, lapho inhlangano isungulwa. UJesu ubona ukuthuthukiswa okuphelele kwebandla likaNkulunkulu leqiniso njengomugqa wesikhathi oqhubekayo kusukela ngo-1841-2015 ohlukaniswe izigaba eziyisikhombisa. Lokhu kukhombisa ngokusobala ukuthi amazwi ka-Ellen G. White okuthi “ibandla liyodlula kuze kube sekugcineni” kufanele aqondwe kanjani. Ama-Adventist eqiniso abelokhu eyilabo abemukela izimfundiso futhi baphila ngokuvumelana nokukhanya okwanikezwa ibandla. Abaningi abasakwazi ukubekezelela ukuhlubuka okuphelele kwabazalwane ababazungezile, ngoba isono siyathelelana futhi nabo basengozini yokutheleleka uma behlala emabandleni abo. Thandazela abafowethu nodadewethu, ngokwethembeka kwabo kuNkulunkulu, asebephenduke abantu abanesizungu kulomhlaba—ngaphandle kokusekelwa amalungu omndeni noma amabandla aguqukile—ngenxa yezinkolelo zabo, ezikhuthaza ukulalela imiyalelo nezimiso. Kuyihlazo ukungazinaki ngoba nje ungathanda ukuhlala emholweni weGeneral Conference.
Lolu chungechunge lokugcina lwezihloko luqondiswe ngokukhethekile kubaholi abakhulu abanethonya ngaphakathi kweBandla lama-Adventist, okufanele bakhanye njengezinkanyezi futhi kufanele ngabe bakwamukela ngenjabulo ukukhanya okusha okunikezwa lapha iminyaka engaphezu kwemibili enzima. Kunamagama afana noDoug Batchelor, owathengisa yena nenhlangano yakhe ku-GC, noDavid Gates, owasebenza ngendlela emangalisayo emkhakheni wakhe, kodwa wabuye wanqotshwa ingcindezi yoquqaba neminikelo.
Ohlwini lwalabo abenqaba ukukhanya, kumelwe sifake namagama esengike ngawahlonipha, anjengoGerhard Pfandl, owathi “ngeSitatimende Somyalezo We-Orion” “njengomlomo we-BRI” wakhipha ukuzithwesa icala kangangokuthi isikhathi sami sasibaluleke kakhulu ukuba ngingakwazi ngisho nokuphendula lokho okucwaningwe kabi, okukha phezulu, kanye nombono ochemile walo “mbono.” Waze wavuma ekuqaleni ukuthi akazange azihluphe ngokufunda izihloko zami ezichazayo ngesethulo se-PowerPoint. Kungani-ke kufanele ngichithe isikhathi sami ukuze ngiphendule incwadi engangingabhalelwanga ngisho na? Yathunyelwa kimi ngabangane, ngemva kwezinyanga eziningi isatshalaliswa eBandleni. Yile ndlela abafowethu abamangalela ngayo umzalwane ngaphandle kokumnika ithuba lokuziphendulela, okuphambene nezimiso zeBhayibheli. Nokho, ngiyabonga ngokuthi ekugcineni ngazi ngokuqondile emlonyeni we-“BRI” ukuthi yini ngempela eyenzeka ngo-1936 eBandleni, nokuthi i-Orion iphawula ngokunembe nakakhulu kunalokho engangikucabanga. Inguqulo entsha yocwaningo lwe-Orion ihlanganisa Isitatimende se-BRI futhi isiphelele kakhulu kunangaphambili.
Phakathi kwezibani ezinkulu ezicishayo kukhona abefundisi abanethonya njengoHugo Gambetta, ohlonishwa kakhulu, ikakhulukazi eNingizimu Melika. Akaphenduli ezokuxhumana ezibhekiswe kuyena mathupha, okumbeka ezingeni elifanayo nelikaDoug Batchelor, ocashe ngemuva kuka-Eugene Prewitt ukuze agweme ukuhlukunyezwa “ngamahlanya” kanye “namambuka” afana noJohn Scotram. Hugo Gambetta othandekayo, ngicela ufunde Inyanga Egcwele EGetsemane futhi ukuze ekugcineni uqonde ukuthi uJesu akazange afe ngesikhathi kuhlatshwa iwundlu lePhasika, njengoba usho ezintshumayelweni eziningi ku-YouTube, ngisho nokucaphuna ngokuqondile iziqephu ezivela emisebenzini ka-Ellen G. White ezichaza ukuthi wafa ngesikhathi somhlatshelo wansuku zonke. Ungafunda ezifundweni zakhe eziningi ezibalulekile ocwaningweni lwakho “lohlobo”, njengoba bengenza nabanye abaholi nabo abacaphuna kuye ngaphandle kokuqonda okuphelele.
Phakathi kwabo kukhona izikhulumi zesikhathi sokuphela ezivelele ezifana no-Olaf Schröer no-Nicola Taubert be-Amazing Discoveries, abake babuka umlayezo okungenani kanye, kodwa babheka ukukhanya njengokuyingozi. Ngokwenza kanjalo, bagcwalisa lesi siprofetho sika-Ellen G. White:
Emabandleni kufanele kube nokubonakaliswa okumangalisayo kwamandla kaNkulunkulu, kodwa ngeke kuqhubekele phezu kwalabo abangazange bazithobe phambi kweNkosi, futhi bavule umnyango wenhliziyo ngokuvuma nokuphenduka. Ekubonakalisweni kwalawo mandla akhanyisa umhlaba ngenkazimulo kaNkulunkulu [ukukhanya kwengelosi yesine yesAmbulo 18], bayobona kuphela into okuthi ebumpumputheni babo bacabange ukuthi iyingozi, into ezovusa ukwesaba kwabo, futhi bayoziqinisa ukumelana nayo. Ngenxa yokuthi iNkosi ayisebenzi ngokwemibono yabo kanye nabakulindele, bazowuphikisa umsebenzi. “Kungani,” besho, “kungafanele yini simazi uMoya kaNkulunkulu, njengoba sesineminyaka eminingi kangaka sisemsebenzini na?”—Ngoba abazange baphendule ezixwayiso, ukunxusa kwemiyalezo kaNkulunkulu, kodwa baphikelela bethi, “Ngicebile, futhi ngicebile, futhi angisweli lutho.” Ithalente, isipiliyoni eside, ngeke kwenze abantu kube imigudu yokukhanya, ngaphandle uma bezibeka ngaphansi kwemisebe ekhanyayo yeLanga Lokulunga, futhi babizwe, bakhethwa, futhi balungiswa ngesiphiwo sikaMoya oNgcwele. Lapho abantu abaphatha izinto ezingcwele bezithoba ngaphansi kwesandla sikaNkulunkulu esinamandla, uJehova uyobaphakamisa. Uyobenza babe amadoda anokuqonda—amadoda anothile ngomusa woMoya wakhe. Isimilo sabo esiqinile, nobugovu, inkani yabo, kuyobonakala ekukhanyeni okuphuma ekuKhanyeni kwezwe. “Ngizakuza kuwe masinyane, ngilususe uthi lwesibane sakho endaweni yalo, ngaphandle kokuthi uphenduke. Uma nimfuna uJehova ngenhliziyo yenu yonke, uyakufunyanwa nguwe.
Ukuphela kuseduze! Asinaso isikhathi sokulahlekelwa! Ukukhanya kufanele kukhanye kubantu bakaNkulunkulu ngemisebe ecacile necacile, okuletha uJesu phambi kwamabandla naphambi kwezwe. Umsebenzi wethu akufanele uphelele kulabo asebelazi iqiniso; insimu yethu yizwe. Amathuluzi okufanele asetshenziswe yileyo miphefumulo eyamukela ngenjabulo ukukhanya kweqiniso uNkulunkulu adlulisela kuyo. Lezi izithunywa zikaNkulunkulu zokudlulisela ulwazi lweqiniso emhlabeni. Uma ngomusa kaKristu abantu bakhe beyoba izimvaba ezintsha, uyozigcwalisa ngewayini elisha. UNkulunkulu uzonikeza ukukhanya okwengeziwe, futhi amaqiniso amadala azobuyiselwa, futhi athathelwe indawo ohlakeni lweqiniso; futhi nomaphi lapho izisebenzi ziya khona, ziyonqoba. Njengamanxusa kaKristu, kufanele bahlole imiBhalo, bafune amaqiniso afihlwe ngaphansi kwemfucumfucu yamaphutha. Futhi yonke imisebe yokukhanya etholiwe kufanele idluliselwe kwabanye. Isithakazelo esisodwa siyonqoba, isifundo esisodwa siyogwinya esinye,—Kristu ukulunga kwethu. {RH Disemba 23, 1890, Art. B, isig. 18–19}
Kungani laba “baholi,” abanethonya elikhulu emhlambini we-Advent, bengazilaleli izixwayiso zesithunywa sikaNkulunkulu ezanikezwa ngokuqondile ngalesi sikhathi sokukhanya okusha kwengelosi yesine?
Abaningi balabo abantu ababheke kubo ukuze bathole imfundo abayiholeli imihlambi yabo emanzini ahlanzekile okuphila. Uma ngokufunda iZwi umuntu evuselwa ukufuna iqiniso, uma ngokufuna ukwazi okufundiswa imiBhalo, ebonisa ukuthi angaba umninikhaya ohlakaniphile, ubekwa icala lokwenza ububi obukhulu. Ubona iqiniso, hhayi ngendlela izikhonzi ezilimemezele ngayo, kodwa njengoba uKristu elethule eTestamenteni Elidala neLisha, futhi njengomphathi othembekile utshela labo abamzungezile; ngoba wayefuna ukuthi bahlanganyele laye ilizwi lomusa. Kodwa abafundisi benkolo bamphatha kanjani?— Njengoba nje uKristu aphathwa abaholi bamaJuda. Ubanjwe usulu. Abefundisi bayamgxeka epulpiti, bathi udala uqhekeko emasontweni. Izithakazelo zaphakade zisengozini, kodwa labo okufanele bamukele ukukhanya ngokujabula, balwa neZwi likaNkulunkulu njengengozi. Abasho kulabo abacabanga ukuthi badukisiwe: “Wozani, sihlole le ndaba ndawonye. Uma wamukele ukukhanya, siphe kona; ngoba sidinga yonke imisebe yokukhanya ekhanya eZwini likaNkulunkulu. Imiphefumulo yethu izoba sengozini uma sijabulisa futhi sifundisa amaphutha.” {ST March 1, 1899, isig. 5}
Kufanele ngempela bathathe lezi seluleko ezilandelayo ezivela kuMoya Wesiprofetho:
Ukuze Ulalele Nge-Candor
Uma ucelwa ukuthi uzwe izizathu zemfundiso ongayiqondi, ungawulahli umyalezo uze uwuphenye kahle, wazi ngokwezwi likaNkulunkulu ukuthi ayibambeki. Uma benginethuba, bengizokhuluma nabafundi bazo zonke izikole zeSabatha ezweni, ngiphakamise izwi lami ngokunxusa okuqotho ukuthi baye ezwini likaNkulunkulu, befuna iqiniso nokukhanya. UNkulunkulu unokukhanya okuyigugu okuzofika kubantu Bakhe ngalesi sikhathi, futhi kufanele ulwele ngobuqotho ophenyweni lwakho ukuze ungahlosanga lutho olungaphansi kolwazi olunzulu lwawo wonke amaphuzu eqiniso, ukuze ungatholwa ngosuku lukaNkulunkulu phakathi kwalabo abangaphilanga ngawo wonke amazwi aphuma emlonyeni kaNkulunkulu.
Izinkinga ezibalulekile ezisengozini ngenxa yokunganakwa kwezwi likaNkulunkulu kufanele zicatshangelwe ngokucophelela. Ukutadisha iBhayibheli kuwufanele umzamo wengqondo ongcono kakhulu, ikhono elingcweliswe kakhulu. Lapho ukukhanya okusha kwethulwa ebandleni, kuyingozi ukuzivalela kude nakho. Ukwenqaba ukuzwa ngoba ubandlulula umlayezo othunywe isithunywa ngeke kwenze icala lakho libe lizaba phambi kukaNkulunkulu. Ukulahla lokho ongakuzwanga nongakuqondi ngeke kuphakamise ukuhlakanipha kwakho emehlweni alabo abangagunci ekuphenyeni kwabo iqiniso. Futhi ukukhuluma ngendelelo ngalabo uNkulunkulu abathume ngesigijimi seqiniso, kuwubuwula nobuhlanya. Uma intsha yethu ifuna ukuzifundisa ukuba yizisebenzi emsebenzini Wakhe, kufanele ifunde indlela yeNkosi, futhi iphile ngawo wonke amazwi aphuma emlonyeni Wakhe. Akufanele banqume ukuthi lonke iqiniso lembulekile, nokuthi Ongenasiphelo akasenakho ukukhanya kubantu Bakhe. Uma bezigxilisa ekukholweni kokuthi lonke iqiniso lembuliwe, bayoba njalo engozini yokulahla amatshe ayigugu eqiniso lokho kuyotholakala lapho abantu benaka ukubheka imayini ecebile yezwi likaNkulunkulu. {I-CSW 31.2–32.1}
Incazelo elandelayo ifanela labo baholi:
Amanani ethu ayanda, izinsiza zethu ziyakhula, futhi konke lokhu kudinga ubunye phakathi kwabasebenzi, ukuzinikezela okuphelele nokuzinikela okuphelele emsebenzini kaNkulunkulu. Ayikho indawo emsebenzini kaNkulunkulu yabasebenzi abanhliziyo-mbili, kulabo abangabandi futhi abangashisi. UJesu uthi, “Bengingathanda ukuba uyabanda noma ushise. Ngakho-ke, ngokuba usivivi, ungashisi, ungabandi, ngiyakukuhlanza uphume emlonyeni wami. Phakathi kwalabo abanhliziyo-zincane kukhona ikilasi abathi bayaziqhenya ngokuqapha kwabo okukhulu ekutholeni “ukukhanya okusha,” njengoba besho. Kodwa ukwehluleka kwabo ukwamukela ukukhanya kubangelwa ubumpumputhe babo obungokomoya; ngokuba abakwazi ukuhlukanisa izindlela nemisebenzi kaNkulunkulu. Labo abahlela ukumelana nokukhanya kwezulu okuligugu, bayakwamukela umlayezo uNkulunkulu angawuthumelanga, futhi ngaleyondlela izoba yingozi emsebenzini kaNkulunkulu; ngoba bayomisa izindinganiso zamanga.
Kukhona abantu emsebenzini wethu abangaba usizo olukhulu uma nje bengafunda ngoKristu, futhi baqhubeke besuka ekukhanyeni baye ekukhanyeni okukhulu; kodwa ngenxa yokuthi zingavumi, ziyizithiyo ezinhle, zibuza njalo, zimosha isikhathi esiyigugu ngokuphikisana, futhi azifaki lutho ekuphakanyisweni kwebandla ngokomoya. Badukisa izingqondo, futhi baholele amadoda ekwamukeleni ukusikisela okuyingozi. Ababoni kude; abakwazi ukuqonda isiphetho sendaba. Amandla abo okuziphatha achithwa kwaba yize; ngoba babheka i-athomu njengezwe, futhi izwe njenge-athomu. {RI-HDmhlaka 6, 1892, isig. 5–6}
Futhi ngeshwa bekulokhu kunje:
Izilingo ezifanayo ziye zatholwa amadoda kaNkulunkulu ezikhathini ezidlule. UWycliffe, uHuss, uLuther, uTyndale, uBaxter, uWesley, banxusa ukuba zonke izimfundiso zivivinywe iBhayibheli futhi bamemezele ukuthi bayokulahla konke elikulahlayo. Ushushiso lwavutha ulaka olungapheli phezu kwalaba bantu; nokho abazange bayeke ukumemezela iqiniso. Izinkathi ezehlukene emlandweni webandla ngasinye ziye zaphawulwa ngokuthuthuka kweqiniso elithile elikhethekile, elivumelaniswe nezidingo zabantu bakaNkulunkulu ngaleso sikhathi. Wonke amaqiniso amasha enze indlela yawo ngokumelene nenzondo nokuphikiswa; labo ababusiswa ngokukhanya kwawo balingwa futhi bavivinywa. INkosi inikeza iqiniso elikhethekile kubantu esimweni esiphuthumayo. Ubani ongalokotha enqabe ukuyishicilela? Uyala izinceku Zakhe ukuthi zethule isimemo sokugcina somusa emhlabeni. Abakwazi ukuthula, ngaphandle kokubeka engcupheni imiphefumulo yabo. Amanxusa kaKristu awahlanganise lutho nemiphumela. Kufanele benze umsebenzi wabo futhi bashiye imiphumela kuNkulunkulu. {I-GC 609.1}
Futhi lokhu kuwumphumela kubaholi ngokwenqaba kwabo njalo ukukhanya okusha okuvela Orion futhi Umkhumbi Wesikhathi:
Ukuhlubuka Phakathi Kwabaholi BeBandla
Izinkanyezi eziningi ebesizincoma ngokukhazimula kwazo ziyophuma kumnyama.—Prophets and Kings, 188 (c. 1914).
Abantu abahloniphile kakhulu, ezenzweni zokugcina zomlando walomhlaba, bayofanekisa u-Israyeli wasendulo.... Ukuchezuka ezimisweni ezinkulu uKristu azibeke ezimfundisweni Zakhe, ukusebenza kwemiklamo yabantu, esebenzisa imiBhalo ukuthethelela inkambo yesenzo esingalungile ngaphansi kokusebenza okukhohlakele kukaLusifa, kuzoqinisekisa abantu ekungaqondini kahle, futhi iqiniso abalidingayo ukuze babavikele emikhubeni engalungile liyophuma emphefumulweni njengamanzi aphuma esitsheni esivuzayo..— Ukukhishwa Kwemibhalo Yesandla 13:379, 381 ( 1904 ).
Abaningi bayobonisa ukuthi abamunye noKristu, ukuthi abafile emhlabeni, ukuze baphile Naye; futhi kuyoba njalo ukuhlubuka kwamadoda aphethe izikhundla zomthwalo wemfanelo.—The Review and Herald, September 11, 1888. {I-LDE 178.3–179.1}
Ake sifunde manje ukuthi yini eyenza kube nzima kubaholi ukulandela ubizo lukaNkulunkulu futhi bezwe izwi likaNkulunkulu elivela e-Orion:
Inkampani yethulwa phambi kwami ngokungafani naleyo echazwe. Babelindile bebuka. Amehlo abo aqondiswe ngqo ezulwini, futhi amazwi eNkosi yawo ayesezindebeni zabo: “Engikusho kini ngikusho kubo bonke, Lindani.” “Ngakho lindani, ngokuba anazi ukuthi iNkosi yendlu iyakufika nini, kusihlwa, noma phakathi kobusuku, noma ngokukhala kweqhude, noma ekuseni, funa ifike ngokuzuma, inifumane nilele.” INkosi ithi ukubambezeleka kungakaphumi. Kepha Wayengafuni ukuba baphele amandla, noma bayeke ukulinda, ngoba ukusa akubavuleli ngokushesha njengoba bekulindele. Abalindile babemelwe kimi njengokubheka phezulu. Babekhuthazana ngokuphindaphinda la mazwi: “Iwashi lokuqala nelesibili selidlulile. Singaphakathi iwashi lesithathu,elindele ukubuya kukaNkosi. Kusele isikhathi esincane sokubuka manje. ” Ngabona abanye bekhathala; amehlo abo ayeqondiswe phansi, futhi ayegxile ezintweni zasemhlabeni, futhi ayengathembeki ekubukeni. Babethi: “Ngomlindo wokuqala sasilindele iNkosi yethu, kodwa saphoxeka. Sasicabanga ukuthi ngempela Wayezofika ngomlindo wesibili, kodwa lokho kwedlula, futhi Akafikanga. Singase siphinde siphoxeke. Akudingekile ukuba sikhethe. Angase angezi ngewashi elilandelayo. Sisemlindweni wesithathu, futhi manje sicabanga ukuthi kungcono kakhulu ukubeka ingcebo yethu emhlabeni, ukuze sivikeleke ekusweleni. Abaningi babelele, bekhungathekile yizinkathazo zalokhu kuphila futhi beyengwe ukukhohlisa kwengcebo ngenxa yokulinda nokubukela kwabo.
Izingelosi zavezwa kimi njengezibheke ngentshiseko enkulu ukuze ziphawule ukubonakala kwabalindi abakhathele kodwa bethembekile, funa balingwe kakhulu, bacwile ngaphansi kokukhandleka nobunzima obenziwe. kabili kanzima ngoba abafowabo babephambukisiwe emlindweni wabo. futhi nidakwe yizinkathazo zezwe futhi nikhohliswe ukuchuma kwezwe. Lezi zingelosi zasezulwini zadabuka ukuthi ababekade bebukele kufanele, ngobuvila nokungathembeki kwabo, andise ukulingwa nemithwalo yalabo ababezama ngobuqotho nangokuphikelela ukugcina isikhundla sabo sokulinda, sokubhekisisa.
Ngabona ukuthi kwakungenakwenzeka ukugxilisa uthando nezithakazelo izinkathazo zomhlaba, uku okwandisa impahla yasemhlabeni, futhi nokho nihlale nilindile, nibhekile, njengoba uMsindisi wethu eyalile. Ingelosi yathi: “Bangavikela izwe elilodwa kuphela. Ukuze bathole ingcebo yasezulwini, kumelwe banikele ngeyasemhlabeni. Abakwazi ukuba nayo yomibili imihlaba.” Ngabona ukuthi kwakudingeka kanjani ukuqhubeka nokwethembeka ekubukeni ukuze ngiphunyuke ezingibeni ezidukisayo zikaSathane. Uhola labo okufanele ngabe balindile futhi babhekile, ukuba bathathe isinyathelo kusengaphambili esibheke emhlabeni; abazimisele ngokuqhubekela phambili, kodwa leso sinyathelo esisodwa sabasusa kude kangako kuJesu, futhi senza kwaba lula ukuthatha esilandelayo; futhi ngaleyondlela isinyathelo ngesinyathelo sithathwa emhlabeni, kuze kube wonke umehluko phakathi kwabo nomhlaba uwumsebenzi, igama kuphela. Balahlekelwe isimilo sabo esingavamile, esingcwele, futhi akukho lutho ngaphandle komsebenzi wabo ongabahlukanisa nabathandi bezwe elibazungezile.
Ngabona ukuthi iwashi emva kwewashi lase lidlule. Ngenxa yalokhu, kufanele kube nokuntula ukuqapha? Hhayi, cha! Kunesidingo esikhulu sokuhlala ulindile, ngoba manje izikhathi zimbalwa kunangaphambi kokudlula kwewashi lokuqala. Manje isikhathi sokulinda sifushane kakhulu kunasekuqaleni. Uma sibuka ngokuqaphela okunganqamuki ngaleso sikhathi, singakanani isidingo sokuqapha kabili ewashini lesibili. Ukudlula komlindo wesibili kusifikise kowesithathu. futhi manje akunazaba ukuthi siyeke ukuhlala silindile. Iwashi lesithathu lidinga ubuqotho obuphindwe kathathu. Ukuntula isineke manje kungaba ukulahlekelwa yikho konke ubuqotho bethu nokuphikelela sibhekisisa ngaphambili. Ubusuku obude bobumnyama buyazama; kodwa ukusa kumisiwe ngomusa, ngokuba uma iNkosi ifika, baningi abayakufunyanwa bengakalungi. Ukungathandi kukaNkulunkulu ukuthi abantu Bakhe babhubhe kube yisizathu sokubambezeleka isikhathi eside. Kodwa ukufika kokusa kwabathembekile, nobusuku kwabangathembeki, kuphezu kwethu impela. Ngokulinda nokubuka, abantu bakaNkulunkulu kufanele babonakalise isimilo sabo esingajwayelekile, ukwehlukana kwabo nezwe. Ngokubuka kwethu kufanele sikhombise ukuthi singabafokazi ngempela nezihambi emhlabeni. Umehluko phakathi kwalabo abathanda izwe nalabo abathanda uKristu ucace ngendlela esobala. Nakuba abantu bezwe beyikushisekela nesifiso sokuthola ingcebo yasemhlabeni, abantu bakaNkulunkulu abafani nezwe, kodwa babonisa ngokukhuthala, ukubheka, nokulinda kwabo ukuthi bayaguqulwa; ukuthi ikhaya labo alikho kuleli zwe, kodwa bafuna izwe elingcono, ngisho nelasezulwini.
Ngiyethemba, bafowethu nodadewethu abathandekayo, ukuthi ngeke niwadlulise amehlo enu kula mazwi ngaphandle kokukucabangela ngokugcwele ukubaluleka kwawo. Njengoba amadoda aseGalile emi ebuka niqinise ezulwini, ukubamba, uma kungenzeka, amazwibela oMsindisi wabo okhuphukayo, amadoda amabili embethe izingubo ezimhlophe, izingelosi zasezulwini ezazithunywe ukubaduduza ngokulahlekelwa ukuba khona koMsindisi wabo, zama ngakubo. abuza athi: “Madoda aseGalile, nimeleni nibheke ezulwini na? UJesu lo, onyuswe kini enyuselwa ezulwini, uyakuza kanjalo njengalokho nimbonile eya ezulwini.”
UNkulunkulu uhlela ukuthi abantu Bakhe bagxilise amehlo abo ezulwini, babheke ukubonakala okukhazimulayo kweNkosi noMsindisi wethu uJesu Kristu. Nakuba ukunaka kwabantu basemhlabeni kubhekiselwe emabhizinisini ahlukahlukene, okwethu kufanele kube okwasezulwini; ukholo lwethu kufanele lufinyelele ngokuqhubekayo ezimfihlakalweni ezikhazimulayo zengcebo yasezulwini, ukudonsa okuyigugu, imisebe yokukhanya engcwele evela endaweni engcwele yasezulwini ukuba ikhanye ezinhliziyweni zethu, njengoba bekhanya ebusweni bukaJesu. Abahleka usulu baklolodela abalindile, ababhekile, futhi bayabuza: “Siphi isithembiso sokuza Kwakhe na? Uphoxekile. Hlanganyela nathi manje, uzophumelela ezintweni zezwe. Thola inzuzo, uthole imali, futhi uhlonishwe emhlabeni. " Abalindile bheka phezulu bese uphendula: “Sibhekile.” Futhi ngokufulathela injabulo yasemhlabeni nodumo lwezwe, nasekukhohliseni ingcebo, bazibonakalisa bekuleso sikhundla. Ngokubuka baba namandla; banqoba ubuvila nobugovu kanye nothando lokukhululeka. Umlilo wosizi ubavuthela, futhi isikhathi sokulinda sibonakala siside. Ngezinye izikhathi bayadabuka, futhi ukholo luyantengantenga; kodwa baphinde bahlangane, banqobe ukwesaba nokungabaza kwabo, futhi lapho amehlo abo ebheke ezulwini, bathi ezitheni zabo: “Ngibhekile, ngilindele ukubuya kweNkosi yami. ngiyakuzibonga osizini, osizini, ngezidingo.”
Isifiso seNkosi yethu ukuthi kufanele sihlale sibhekile, ukuze kuthi lapho ifika futhi ingqongqoze siyivulele masinyane. Isibusiso simenyezelwa phezu kwalezo zinceku azithola zilindile. “Uyozibhinca, futhi abahlalise phansi ukuze badle, futhi uyophuma futhi abakhonze.” Ngubani phakathi kwethu kulezizinsuku zokugcina oyodunyiswa ngokukhethekileyo yiNkosi yemihlangano? Ingabe sikulungele ngaphandle kokulibala ukumvulela ngokushesha futhi simamukele? Buka, bukela, bukela. Cishe bonke sebeyekile ukubuka nokulinda; asikakulungeli ukumvulela ngokushesha. Uthando lwezwe ithathe kakhulu imicabango yethu ukuze amehlo ethu angabheke phezulu, kodwa phansi emhlabeni. Siyaphuthuma, sihlanganyela ngentshiseko nangentshiseko emabhizinisini ahlukene, kodwa uNkulunkulu ukhohliwe, futhi 196 ingcebo yasezulwini ayibalulekile. Asikho endaweni yokulinda, yokubuka. Uthando lwezwe nokukhohlisa kwengcebo kudlula ukholo lwethu, futhi asikulangazeleli, nothando, ukuvela koMsindisi wethu. Sizama kanzima ukuzinakekela thina ngokwethu. Asikhululekile futhi asinakho ukumethemba okuqinile uNkulunkulu. Abaningi bayakhathazeka futhi basebenze, baklame futhi bahlele, besaba ukuthi bangase bahlupheke. Abanaso isikhathi sokuthandaza noma sokuya emihlanganweni yenkolo futhi, ekuzinakekeleni kwabo, abashiyi ithuba lokuba uNkulunkulu abanakekele. Futhi uJehova akabenzeli okuningi, ngoba abamniki ithuba. Bazenzela okuningi kakhulu, futhi bakholelwa futhi bathembele kuNkulunkulu kancane kakhulu.
Uthando lwezwe lubambe kabi abantu iNkosi ebayalile ukuthi balinde njalo bakhuleke, hlezi ifike ngokuzuma ibafice belele. “Ningathandi izwe nezinto ezisezweni. Uma umuntu ethanda izwe, uthando lukaBaba alukho kuye. Ngokuba konke okusezweni, inkanuko yenyama, nenkanuko yamehlo, nokuzigabisa ngalokhu kuphila, akuveli kuYise, kodwa kuvela ezweni. Futhi izwe liyadlula kanye nenkanuko yalo, kodwa lowo owenza intando kaNkulunkulu uhlala kuze kube phakade.”
Ngibonisiwe ukuthi abantu bakaNkulunkulu abathi bayakholelwa eqinisweni lamanje abekho esimweni sokulinda, sokubukela. Bayanda ingcebo futhi bazibekelela ingcebo emhlabeni. Baceba ngezinto zezwe, kodwa abacebile kuNkulunkulu. Abakholelwa ebufishane besikhathi; abakholwa ukuthi ukuphela kwezinto zonke sekusondele, ukuthi uKristu usemnyango. Bangase bathi banokholo olukhulu; kodwa bakhohlisa imiphefumulo yabo, ngoba bayokwenza konke ukukholwa abanakho ngempela. Imisebenzi yabo ikhombisa isimo sokholo lwabo futhi ifakaza kulabo ababazungezile ukuthi ukufika kukaKristu akufanele kube kulesi sizukulwane. Ngokukholwa kwabo kuyoba yimisebenzi yabo. Amalungiselelo abo enziwa ukuze bahlale kulo mhlaba. Bengeza indlu nendlu, nomhlaba nomhlaba, futhi bayizakhamuzi zalo mhlaba. {2T 192.1–196.2}
Emsebenzini kaNkulunkulu, abaholi bethu abenzi njengabaholi bakaNkulunkulu, kodwa njengabavimbi bombani bakaSathane, abakhipha ukukhanya okufanele kushaye ibandla lama-Adventist, ukuze lingabonakali, lapho kufanele ngabe selikhanyise ngokugcwele. Ukukhanya okukhanya phansi kithi ngemisebe ekhanyayo evela e-Orion, eyakha isihlalo sobukhosi sikaNkulunkulu, basebenzisa ukuhlekisa ngoNkulunkulu nokuphonsa izixwayiso Zakhe emoyeni. Esikhundleni sokuphenya ukukhanya, bayawenqaba umyalezo nesithunywa. Eminyakeni emibili edlule, AKUKHO NOyedwa ukuphikisana okunengqondo ngokweBhayibheli kwethulwe kimi okungaphikisa umlayezo we-Orion. Bagcwele umoya oshisayo nje, kubuza umbuzo othi kungani laba bantu bengakwamukeli ukukhanya, esikhundleni sokuthi baveze ukuthi akukhona eBhayibhelini ngaphandle kokubonisa amaphutha.
Sengivele ngibhekane ngokuningiliziwe nazo zonke izingcaphuno eziphikisana nesikhathi zika-Ellen G. White ezihlokweni zami, futhi ngichazile ukuthi kungani u-Ellen G. White kwadingeka acabange futhi abhale kanje. Ngabonisa nalokho iBhayibheli elikushoyo ngale ndaba. Yebo, kwakukhona isikhathi ngemva kuka-1844 okwakungafanele sibekwe ngaso isikhathi, kodwa manje sekuyisikhathi sokuthi iziprofetho eziningi zesikhathi ezingagcwaliseki zikaDaniyeli 12 nesAmbulo zigcwaliseke, ngoba uNkulunkulu akazange abhale lutho eBhayibhelini olungenanjongo.
Ngasolwa ngokuthi angizange ngisebenzise noma iyiphi i-hermeneutics. Kumele ngi? Akufanele yini abaholi asebefunde imfundiso yenkolo futhi benqaba umlayezo, bangitshele “ngokuvumelana nezimo” ukuthi kungani benza kanjalo? Ingabe mina, “intamo ebomvu” yemfundiso yenkolo, ngidinga ukuchazela odokotela abafundile balo mkhakha ukuthi amathuluzi abo kufanele abe yini? Abaphenduli ngoba i-hermeneutics yabo ayinayo incazelo yokuthi kungani i-Orion ivela kathathu eBhayibhelini futhi uthatha indawo ekhetheke kakhulu eNcwadini Yezincwadi.
Ngakho-ke, kulolu chungechunge lokugcina lwezihloko ngaphambi kwenhlekelele enkulu, ngikhuluma nalabo baholi bebandla, abasenenhlansi yokwethembeka eNkosini ezinhliziyweni zabo futhi bekulungele ukuphenduka, ukuze bakwazi ukuqonda ububanzi bokukhanya engizokunikeza lapha ngokuhlaziya nangemfundiso yenkolo, futhi bakulungiselele ngendlela ezoba mnandi kuma-Adventist asadinga ubisi. Lokhu kukhanya akukwazi ukuqinisekiswa noma kuphikiswe ngeBhayibheli ngokuqondile, kodwa kuyoba ukukhanya okusekelwe ekukhanyeni okukhona kwama-Adventist futhi kuvele kunezele kukho. Uhlaka lomcabango lwethulwa ngesikhathi somlando we-Advent ngezinye izazi zezenkolo ezihlonishwa kakhulu zama-Adventist, kodwa Ngayilandela esiphethweni sayo esinengqondo. Futhi ngiyazi ukuthi lena akuyona nje imicabango yami, kodwa yagqugquzelwa nguMoya oNgcwele kulesi sikhathi esiqondile emlandweni womhlaba.
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