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Isikhathi eside impela ngangimanqikanqika ukuqala le webhusayithi futhi ngiyishicilele ku-inthanethi. Kusukela ngo-2005, ngangixoxile nabafowethu nodadewethu besonto lethu ngezinto engikholelwa ukuthi ngizithole ngokubuka izenzakalo zomhlaba nezifundo zeBhayibheli, ikakhulukazi iziprofetho. Izifundo zami zazikhombisa ukuthi kwase kuyisikhathi sokuthi ngilungiselele ukukhala okukhulu nokuphuma emadolobheni, ngisafinyelela kuwo. Nokho, impendulo evamile yaba: “O yebo, kuyathakazelisa impela lokho. Hhayi-ke, sizobona ukuthi uqinisile yini.” Futhi yilokho kuphela iningi elikhulu elalikusho.
Akekho owaphendula. Akekho owabona ukuthi konke okwakushunyayelwe kusukela ngo-1844 manje kwase kusondele phambi kwethu, iBandla lamaSeventh-day Adventist kanye nomhlaba wonke. “Izintombi” zonke zase zilele njengoba uJesu ayekubonise ngendlela ehlaba umxhwele emzekelisweni. Bambalwa kakhulu ababefuna ukwazi ukuthi sasikuphi ngempela ekuhambeni kwesikhathi esingokwesiprofetho. Kwakunabazalwane abambalwa kuphela eCanada ababetadisha ngenkuthalo besebenzisa uhlelo lwezikhathi oluningiliziwe lwezenzakalo zokugcina. I-timetable yabo, nokho, yayinobuthakathaka obuncane ngoba yaqala impela ezinsukwini ezingama-295 ngaphambi kokumenyezelwa komthetho wangeSonto e-US futhi yayingelona usizo kangako uma ufuna ukwazi ukuthi ukude kangakanani umthetho wangeSonto. Akekho owayazi ukuthi izinsuku ezingu-295—kanye nalo lonke uhlelo lwezikhathi—zaziyoqala nini. Noma kunjalo, iningi lacabanga ukuthi ukubala okunjalo kwakungeke kube ngokweBhayibheli futhi kuze kungqubuzane ngokusobala noMoya Wesiprofetho (Ellen G. White) ngaphandle kokungabaza ukuthi kungaba khona iqiniso elithile kukho.
Kwenzekeni kuma-Adventist? Lapho ngibhapathizwa ngo-2003 njengeSeventh-day Adventist, ngajabula ngokuthi ekugcineni ngilitholile ibandla elalinalo lonke ulwazi lwesiprofetho engangilokhu ngilufuna ize iminyaka engu-25. Ekuqaleni, ngaba nenhlanhla yokuba nabanye abazalwane edolobheni elincane laseSpain ababeqonda okuningi ngemibhalo yoMoya Wesiprofetho, futhi eminingi yemibuzo yami yaphendulwa. Nokho, ngokushesha ngaqaphela ukuthi abaningi base beyekile ukubheka noma abakaze baqale ukufuna izibonakaliso zokugcwaliseka kweziprofetho endaweni abahlala kuyo, kwezombangazwe, isayensi, futhi ikakhulukazi esihlalweni sobukhosi sezilo zesAmbulo 13 no-17 .
Kamuva, lapho ngifika ensimini yemishini eNingizimu Melika, umbono wami omubi ngokuqapha kwesonto waqiniswa. Abafowethu lapha bonke babeneliseke ngokuphelele ukwazi ukuthi ngolunye usuku “uMthetho WeSonto Kazwelonke” e-US uzomenyezelwa, ukuthi sizobhekana nezikhathi ezinzima, ukuthi kungaleso sikhathi kuphela lapho kwakuyodingeka sibe izitsha ezihlanzekile zokuthululwa kukaMoya oNgcwele—imvula yamuva—nokuthi noma kunjalo uKristu uzofika maduze azosiholela ekhaya ezindlini ezinkulu zasezulwini. Iningi lalingazi ngisho nemibhalo kaMoya Wesiprofetho. Ngokuphindaphindiwe, wonke amabandla ayengigqolozela engakholwa lapho ngishumayela ukuthi imithetho yangeSonto iyasondela. Babengakaze bezwe ngalokhu kubefundisi babo.
Singakuchaza kanjani lokhu kunganaki? Ukulungiselela kwethu izehlakalo zokugcina kufanele kugxile ikakhulukazi “ekungcwelisweni” kwezimpilo zethu nemindeni yethu, nasekumenyezweni kwemiyalezo yezingelosi ezintathu (Isambulo 14). Nokho, ezweni lakithi eNingizimu Melika, babengazi lutho ngezimiso ezivamile zokuguqulwa kwezempilo, u-Ellen G. White azihlanganisa ngokungenakuhlukaniswa nomyalezo wengelosi yesithathu. Futhi abazalwane babengenawo nombono wobunzima obuseza ebandleni nezwe. Ngaqala ukukhuluma nabadala nabefundisi abaningi, ngase ngibhekana nokuntula ukuqonda okwengeziwe. Ngatshelwa ngokucacile ukuthi kwakungewona umsebenzi wethu ukuqonda ikusasa nokuthi akekho owayengachaza isiprofetho ngokunembile. Abanye babo baze bashumayela nokuthi kwakungeke kuphinde kufike ukushushiswa kwensali—ukuthi lokhu kwase kugcwalisekile kakade ekubhujisweni kweJerusalema futhi kwakungeke kuphinde kwenzeke!
Lapho ngibona ibandla isikhathi eside, kwadingeka ngivume nakakhulu kimina ukuthi abafowethu babengakuthandi ngempela ukuthi uJesu wayezobuya maduze. Okwakubonwa ngobuqili kuphela eSpain kwase kubonakala kulo lonke isonto eNingizimu Melika. Babemanqikanqika ukuba ukuphila kwabo kuhlanzwe uKristu ekwahluleleni kophenyo okwaqala ngo-1844. Kwakuwumzamo omkhulu kakhulu ukuphila ukuphila okungcwele NGAPHAMBI kokuthululwa kwemvula yamuva nokukhala okukhulu. Abaningi babecabanga ukuthi kwakukhathaza kakhulu ukuzama ukubhekana nendaba yokuzama ukubambisana noKristu ukuze asuse iziphambeko ezisele ezimilweni zabo. Kwakulula kakhulu ukuqhubeka nokwazisa i-ego yabo. Isiqubulo esavezwa yimpilo yabafowethu sasisithi “Ngifuna ukuhlala nginjengami.”
Ngezwa izitatimende ezivela epulpiti ezinjengokuthi: “O, ukuzila kukaKristu ehlane? Masingakuqondi kahle! IBhayibheli labhalwa abantu nje, futhi ngempela ababhali babesebenzisa ulimi lwabantu kanye nemicabango yabo. Akekho ongaphila izinsuku ezingu-40 ngaphandle kokudla! Kwamila izithelo eziningi ogwadule lapho uJesu ayekhona—lapha uphayinaphu, lapho ubhanana! Ukuzila ukudla kukaJesu kwakuhlobene nenyama kuphela, futhi lokho kwakuwuvivinyo olubi lokholo, njengoba kwakuyoba njalo nakithi! Kodwa asiyena uKristu, futhi ngaphandle kwalokho, akudingekile ukuba sithathe izinguquko zezempilo njengento ebalulekile lapha eNingizimu Melika ngoba izilwane zethu zisenempilo. Asikho isifo senkomo esihlanyayo okwamanje! Futhi uma simenywe endaweni yabangakholwa, yebo singayidla inyama yengulube, ukuze singabakhubekisi! Ngisho noKristu akazange azithathe ngokungathi sína izinto! Noma kunjalo, uNkulunkulu uluthando futhi angeke afune ukuthi izingane Zakhe zizijezise.” Ngingakutshela nezindaba zokuthi ngibone abefundisi abagcotshiwe bedla ingulube phambi kwabantu esidlweni sasemini seSabatha ngemva kwesonto, endaweni yamaSeventh-day Adventist, bese beyinikeza abanye.
Izinkulumo nokuziphatha okunjalo akukona okweBhayibheli, okungewona ama-Adventist, futhi kuyingozi impela! Ngabona ukuthi abafowethu nodadewethu babengenandaba nokungcweliswa kwezimpilo zabo, ngoba uMoya Wesiprofetho wawusunyamalele kukho konke ukushumayela epulpiti. Noma ucabanga ukuthi kuyiqiniso ukuthi kufanele sishumayele nje uthando lukaNkulunkulu hhayi okunye?
Ngokuqhubekayo, ngaqala ukuzibuza ukuthi kungani iBhayibheli lizichaza ngokunembe kangaka izenzakalo zokugcina futhi lizisho ngokunembe kangaka, futhi ngazibuza ukuthi kungani ngokusobala lezi zinto zazingenasithakazelo kubafowethu nodadewethu. Ngokuka-Ellen G. White, abaprofethi beTestamente Elidala babhala okuncane ngesikhathi sabo, futhi ngaphezulu "kwesikhathi sethu sokuphela." Futhi ngokufunda izincwadi eziningi zika-Ellen G. White, owabusiswa uNkulunkulu ekuphileni kwakhe futhi owayethole izinkulungwane zemibono eyaveza izinkulumo ezingokwesiprofetho phakathi kwezinye izinto eziningi, ngaphawula ukuthi siyakwazi ukuhlanganisa ezimbalwa zalezo zinkulumo ngokuqondile neBhayibheli. Wayehlale ethi “uwukukhanya okuncane” okwakuyoholela ekutadisheni “ukukhanya okukhulu,” iBhayibheli, nokuthi ukube sasilitadisha ngempela iBhayibheli njengoba kufanele, kwakungeke kudingeke ukuba uNkulunkulu amthumele.
Iqiniso liwukuthi, iningi lama-Adventist likuthola kunzima kakhulu ukuthola umthetho wangeSonto eBhayibhelini. Yebo, impela, bayazi ukuthi uphawu lwesilo luwukugcina iSonto. Kodwa uma lokho kubaluleke kangaka, futhi u-Ellen G. White wabhala ngakho ngokuphindaphindiwe, sikuphi isimemezelo soMthetho Wesizwe WangeSonto e-United States esilotshwe eBhayibhelini? Awu, ubani ongangitshela? Ingabe kunzima? Noma ngitshele, ziphi izinhlekelele zemvelo ezinkulu uMoya Wesiprofetho akhuluma ngazo, uma wonke amacilongo nezimpawu ziye zagcwaliseka ngokwesiprofetho ngaphambi kuka-1844? Kulungile, ngakho-ke sisenoMathewu 24 kanye noLuka 21, kodwa ingabe lezi ziqephu zikhombisa ukulandelana kwezehlakalo? Noma kunzima nakakhulu: Siyitholaphi “incithakalo yesizwe yase-United States” ilandela umthetho wangeSonto? Noma, singakubonisa kanjani ngokusuka eBhayibhelini ukwakheka okulandelayo kukaHulumeni Wezwe Elilodwa, upapa ephezu kwawo, emgqeni wesikhathi ongokwesiprofetho?
"Oh", ungase uthi, "ingabe konke lokhu kubaluleke kakhulu?” Njengoba uMoya Wesiprofetho uye wabonisa izikhathi ezingamakhulu ukuthi kufanele sitadishe izindinyana ezithile nezincwadi zeBhayibheli ngaphambi kokuba kufike ukuphela, futhi njengoba ngisho noJesu ngokwakhe agcizelela izikhathi eziningi ukuthi kufanele sitadishe izincwadi ezithile, akufanele yini kube nokwenzeka ngathi ukuba sibonise zonke lezi zinto eBhayibhelini? Ngempela, kumelwe kubaluleke kithina ngoba uNkulunkulu akabonisi lutho olungabalulekile!
Kodwa kungani ibalulekile? Kungani uNkulunkulu ethatha inkathazo ukuze asazise imininingwane eminingi kangaka ngezenzakalo zokugcina? UJesu ngokwakhe uphendula le mibuzo:
Manje senginitshelile kungakenzeki. ukuze kuthi, lapho sekwenzeka, nikholwe. ((Johane 14:29)
Isiprofetho seBhayibheli, esinikezwe uNkulunkulu, sinenjongo eyodwa: Iwukwenza kube lula amathuba amabili kulabo abasiqonda kahle isiprofetho. Okokuqala, ukusindisa izimpilo zabo, bese-ke bexwayisa abanye futhi bebanxusa ukuba nabo bemukele isipho somusa seNkosi. Isixwayiso esikhulu sokugcina wonke ama-Adventist azobekwa uphawu azosinika isintu sibizwa ngolimi lwama-Adventist ngokuthi “ukukhala okukhulu”! Ababekwe uphawu, abayizi-144,000 28 ngokweBhayibheli, bayozwakalisa ukukhala okukhulu ngaphambi nje kokuvalwa kokuvivinywa ngaphansi kwezimo ezinzima kakhulu kubo. Ingaphansi kokushushiswa uhulumeni womhlaba ngaphansi kokubusa kopapa, futhi ingaphansi kwengcindezi yemithetho yezwe ezophikisana nemithetho kaNkulunkulu. Kuyoba cishe okungenakwenzeka “ngabangcwele abagcina imiyalo kaNkulunkulu,” besongelwa ngokujeziswa ngisho nangokufa, ukuba bathembeke kuNkulunkulu ngaphandle kokweqa imithetho yomuntu futhi kanjalo baphathwe “njengezigebengu”. Ngaphansi kwazo zonke lezi zimo ezimbi umsebenzi omkhulu kaMathewu 18:20-XNUMX uyoqedwa futhi ivangeli leqiniso likaJesu liyoshunyayelwa okokugcina emhlabeni wonke. Khona-ke ukuphela kuyofika.
Abantu be-Advent kumele bakulungele ukwenza umsebenzi wokukhala kakhulu. Okokuqala, lokho kusho ukulungela ukwamukela uMoya oNgcwele, “imvula yakamuva.” Akekho oyothola “ukuqabuleka” kukaMoya oNgcwele ngaphandle uma efunde ukuphila ukuphila okungcwele. UMoya oNgcwele uthululelwa “ezitsheni ezihlanzekile” kuphela. Abangu-144,000 XNUMX bayosebenza kanye noJesu futhi balolonge abalingiswa babo ukuba babe msulwa futhi bafane noKristu. Ukwahlulela kophenyo kuzophela uma bonke sebebekwe uphawu nguMoya oNgcwele futhi sebenikeze isixwayiso esikhulu sokugcina emhlabeni.
Kodwa hhayi lokho kuphela! Laba ngabantu abazothola ubuhlobo obuseduze noJesu ngokufunda iBhayibheli nangokuthandaza njalo ukuze bafane neNkosi yabo kukho konke. UJesu wayenguMfundisi Omkhulu, futhi wayeyazi imiBhalo ngaphezu kweminye. Ngemva kokuvuka Kwakhe, wachazela abafundi endleleni eya e-Emawuse konke okwakuprofethwe Ngaye eTestamenteni Elidala, okuhlanganisa ukuza Kwakhe kanye nomsebenzi Wakhe emhlabeni. Wayeyingcweti engavamile esiprofethweni seTestamente Elidala! Phela kusukela ekhasini lokuqala kuya kwelokugcina, iBhayibheli likhuluma ngoJesu. UnguMdali wendawo yonke, futhi walungiselela icebo lokuhlenga izwe elilahlekile nangaphambi kokudalwa kwalo. Iziprofetho ezingakagcwaliseki zeTestamente Elidala neLisha zizogcwaliseka maduze nje phambi kwamehlo ethu, futhi eziningi zeziprofetho ezagcwaliseka ngokomfanekiso esikhathini somlando ziyophindwa ngisho nangendlela engokoqobo. Sesiphakathi kwale micimbi yokugcina nesheshayo, nokho abaningi sebevale amehlo kunokuthi bazame ukuzithuthukisa belungiselela isililo esikhulu. IBhayibheli lifundisa ukuthi kanjani; selubonisiwe yiNkosi yabo eNkulu.
Thina ma-Adventist sizibona singu-Eliya wesithathu. Owokuqala kwakungumprofethi uqobo lwakhe, owesibili kwakunguJohane uMbhapathizi, owamemezela ukufika kokuqala kukaKristu, futhi thina singabesithathu esizomemezela ukuza kwesibili kukaKristu. Futhi lokhu kuthola isiphetho sakho ngokukhala okukhulu. Khona-ke akufanele yini sikwazi ukukhombisa abanye abantu konke okwaprofethwa ngokubuya kwesibili kukaKristu eBhayibhelini? Inkulumo kaJesu kusAmbulo 10:11, esebenza isikhathi esingemva kokudumazeka okukhulu ngo-1844 kuze kube sekupheleni kokuvivinywa, ithi:
Yasisithi kimi: Kumelwe uprofethe futhi phambi kwabantu abaningi, nezizwe, nezilimi, namakhosi. (Isambulo 10:11)
Igama lesiGreki elithi prophēteuō elisetshenziswe lapha, lisho ukuthi “profetha"Noma"ukubikezela izenzakalo”. Ngakho-ke uJesu wagcizelela ukuprofetha hhayi nje ukushumayela okuvamile! Abantu ezinsukwini zokugcina zomlando wesintu bayoba lukhuni kangangokuthi uNkulunkulu kuyodingeka asebenzise izindlela zokugcina anazo engcebweni Yakhe yezinyathelo zokuletha abaningi ekuguqukeni nasekuphendukeni ngomzuzu wokugcina: impi, indlala, izifo eziwumshayabhuqe, nokufa kwezixuku ezihlanyayo ngenxa yokwesaba nokucindezeleka, ezingenayo incazelo noma ukuqonda okungalungile ngezenzakalo ezimbi ezisilindele maduze.
Khona-ke futhi, ama-Adventist amaningi akholelwa ukuthi abantu bazoqala ukuphaphama uma sesishumayela ngokungathí sina ukuthi uMthetho KaSonto Kazwelonke uzomenyezelwa e-United States nencithakalo yezwe okufanele ilandelwe, nokuthi maduze lomthetho wangeSonto uzosabalala emhlabeni wonke. Nokho, lolu ulwazi lwesiprofetho olugxilile futhi lezi zibikezelo zeza kubantu be-Advent ngemibhalo ka-Ellen G. White, ngakho-ke noma ubani ongakholelwa kuMoya Wesiprofetho sika-Ellen G. White-futhi (ngeshwa) akekho owenza ngaphandle kwama-Adventist ngokwabo-ngeke aguqulwe ngisho noma lezi ziprofetho "ezingaphezu kweBhayibheli" zigcwaliseka phambi kwamehlo abo. Futhi ngangingeke ngibuyele ebuKatolikeni noma ngabe iziphrofetho zemibono yaseMarian kufanele zigcwaliseke zonke. Kungani kungenjalo? Ngoba angiwuqondi umongo wonke. Ngiyazi ukuthi lezi ziprofetho azikho eBhayibhelini futhi ngenxa yalokho zingamanga, nokuthi ngingathembela kuphela eBhayibhelini eliyiZwi likaNkulunkulu.
Ngiqonda kahle kakhulu ngokufunda nokuqhathanisa ukuthi umsebenzi ka-Ellen G. White unengqondo ngokuphelele ngokweBhayibheli futhi uyisibusiso; ukuthi akakaze asho noma abhale noma yini ephikisana neBhayibheli. Kodwa abangewona ama-Adventist abanako lokhu kuqonda okujulile. Baqonda izinto kuphela ezingeni lokuqonda kwabo okuvame ukunganeli kwebhayibheli. Akukho okungaphezu kwalokho. Uma ukukhala okukhulu kuzwakala ngaphansi kokushushiswa, ngeke sisaba khona isikhathi sezifundo zeBhayibheli ezinde nezijulile ukuqhathaniswa noMoya Wesiprofetho. Abantu ngeke besaguqulwa ngokufunda incwadi eyodwa noma ngaphezulu enamakhasi angu-800. Akekho ozokwazi ukuhlala phansi afunde “Impikiswano Enkulu”, ngenxa yezinhlekelele ezizobe zivakashele iplanethi yethu. Konke kuzokwenzeka ngokushesha okukhulu nangaphansi kokuhlupheka okukhulu!
Ngesikhathi sokukhala okukhulu, kuzoba nombuzo owodwa kuphela: Ubani okufanele asolwe ngosizi nezenzakalo ezinyantisayo emhlabeni wethu, ezingenayo incazelo engokwesayensi?
Futhi kuzoba nezimpendulo nezincazelo ezimbili ezahlukene ezinikezwe amaqembu amabili ahlukene abantu:
- Iqembu lokuqala lizothi: “Labo banecala abaphikisana nenhlangano yokuthula nokuvikeleka emhlabeni wonke futhi bagcina iSabatha leBhayibheli esikhundleni soSuku Lokuphumula oluhlonishwa umhlaba wonke, uSuku Lokuthula Nomndeni, iSonto. Bahlanganisa intukuthelo kaJesu engeke isakwazi ukudanjiswa, noma ngoMariya, osanta, noma onkulunkulu.”
- Futhi iqembu lesibili lizothi: “Labo banecala labo abagcina iSonto njengoSuku Lokuphumula bephikisana nomyalo wesine kaNkulunkulu, futhi bashushisa idlanzana lamaKristu elifuna ukugcina iMithetho Eyishumi yokuqala kaNkulunkulu, iSabatha. Ngakho-ke babonakalisa ulaka lukaNkulunkulu, ngoba ‘bathinta inhlamvu yeso Lakhe,’ abantu baKhe.”
Womabili amaqembu azokholwa ukuthi aqinisile. Kodwa yiqembu elilodwa kuphela eliyoshushisa elinye. Umehluko omkhulu phakathi kwamaqembu wukuthi omunye uzobe exabana nje omunye ecindezela futhi ejezisa. Iqembu elilodwa liyoba nawo wonke amandla emhlabeni futhi lisebenzise ithuba legatsha lezomthetho, lezobulungiswa, nelezikhulu zikahulumeni ukuze lithulise futhi liqede elinye iqembu.
Iqembu elilodwa kuphela eliyolwela ukuthula ngempela futhi lingalimazi ngisho nolunye unwele ekhanda lanoma ubani, nokho liyosolwa ngamanye ngakho konke ukuhlupheka okusemhlabeni. Bayi-144,000, okuyohlanganisa ama-Adventist ambalwa athembekile nalabo abaphuma eBabiloni ngomzuzu wokugcina. Ngizokuchaza lokhu esihlokweni esihlukile kamuva, ngoba ukungaqondi kahle kukhulu ngendlela emangalisayo futhi kuningi ukushumayela okuyiphutha ngakho. Kuyoba khona iqembu elincane kuphela labantu abaneqiniso, futhi bayoshushiswa futhi babulawe ngenxa yalo, njengeNkosi yabo, uJesu Kristu, emakhulwini eminyaka ngaphambili. Kodwa labo abakuqondayo konke lokho ngaphambi lezo zenzakalo eziqalayo ekugcineni zizobona ukuthi yiliphi iqembu okufanele balijoyine ngaphambi kokuba umnyango wesihe uvalwe uma nabo befuna ukusindiswa. Lesi isililo esikhulu: iqembu elishushiswayo labantu abathanda ukuthula abafuna ukwenza into eyodwa kuphela, okuwukulalela uNkulunkulu wabo, libiza lokho elingase libe nakho...ngisho noma kuyimpilo yalo. Okungakafezwa ngokugcwele eminyakeni eyizi-2000 yokushumayela ivangeli ekugcineni kuzofezwa yileli qembu elincane labantu. Kuzophuma isinqumo sokugcina somuntu ngamunye ophilayo ukuthi uyafuna yini ukujoyina leli qembu noma cha. Ngamunye kuzoba uMphisheli noma Ophishekelwayo. Khona-ke ukuphela kuyofika!
Futhi, konke kuzokwenzeka njengoba kuprofethiwe! Kuyoba khona ukushushiswa ngenxa yemithetho yangeSonto, kodwa ukuvuka kwabantu ngeke kuze ngemithetho yangeSonto ngokwabo, kodwa ngokushushiswa nokuhlupheka kwedlanzana labantu abafuna nje ukulalela nokwethembeka kuNkulunkulu wabo neNkosi.
Ngakho-ke kufanele kuboniswe ngaphambili ukuthi iBhayibheli libhekisela ngokuphindaphindiwe ekushushisweni kwedlanzana lofakazi bakaJesu abathembekile. Kumelwe kuboniswe ukuthi iBhayibheli lisitshela ngokuqondile ukuthi izinhlaka zamandla ziyokwakheka kanjani ezinsukwini zokugcina, eziyoma ekuholeni kukahulumeni womhlaba ukuze zihlanganise imibuso emithathu emikhulu. Uma singathola konke lokho eBhayibhelini futhi singabonisa ukuthi manje seliyagcwaliseka phambi kwamehlo ethu, futhi ngubani iyimbangela yakho konke, ngakho-ke abaningi bangaqaphela ukuthi yiliphi iqembu elibhekene nazo zonke izinsizi: iqembu elizogomela ukubusa komhlaba futhi lizame ukubhubhisa abanye. Iqembu eliyoba namandla okwesikhathi esifushane lokushushisa abantwana bakaNkulunkulu futhi libabulale liyothwala icala.
Ngakho-ke, umbuzo uba: ngubani okwamanje ohlela uhulumeni womhlaba futhi obani amandla aholayo ngemuva kwawo? Futhi okubaluleke nakakhulu: izinhlelo zabo zithuthuke kangakanani? Kuzothatha isikhathi esingakanani ukuthi konke lokhu kuqedwe?
Thina ma-Adventist sazi ngeBhayibheli kanye noMoya Wesiprofetho ukuthi obani la mandla aholayo: upapa kanye ne-US, okuzokhuthaza zonke izizwe zomhlaba ukuthi zikhethe upapa njengomholi wazo "olungile". Kodwa asazi ukuthi amalungiselelo esitha aqhubekele phambili kangakanani, ngoba cishe sonke silinde simile “ekukhanyeni okuluhlaza”: The National Sunday Law in the United States. Kodwa ngithi: khona-ke kuyobe sekwephuze kakhulu ukuchaza (noma ukuprofetha) kubantu ukuthi idlanzana elishushiswayo liyoba neqiniso, ngoba ngabe sesivele sihlushwa ukushushiswa. Ukumenyezelwa kwamandla okushushisa kungaba ukuthi sishushiswa ngenxa yokuthi singamalungu “ehlelo lobugebengu” eliphula umthetho wezwe noma wamazwe ngamazwe. Ngakho, ngaleso sikhathi bambalwa kakhulu ababengalalela ngisho nalokho esikushoyo.
Isihluthulelo sempumelelo sisesitatimendeni esilula kaKristu:
Manje senginitshelile kungakenzeki, ukuze, nxa sekwenzeka, nikholwe. ((Johane 14:29)
Ngithanda ukucaphuna isihloko sika-Ellen G. White esibhalwe ngesikhathi sobunzima ebandleni. Ngiyazi ukuthi ayikhulumi ngqo nomthetho wangeSonto. Noma kunjalo, indlela eshiwo lapha yokuhlangana nezingozi njengebandla iyafana kukho konke ukuhlasela kwesitha:
I-Iceberg! “Sihlangabeze”
Ngaphambi nje kokuba ngithumele ubufakazi obuphathelene nemizamo yesitha yokucekela phansi isisekelo sokholo lwethu ngokusabalalisa imibono eyengayo, ngangifunde isigameko somkhumbi owawunenkungu uhlangana nentaba yeqhwa. Ngalala kancane ebusuku. Ngabonakala ngikhotheme njengenqola ngaphansi kwezithungu. Ngobunye ubusuku kwavezwa isenzakalo ngokucacile phambi kwami. Isitsha sasiphezu kwamanzi, kunenkungu enkulu. Ngokushesha umlindi wakhala, “Iceberg iseduze nje!” Lapho, phezulu ngaphezu komkhumbi, kwakunentaba yeqhwa enkulukazi. Izwi elinegunya lamemeza, “Sihlangabeze!” Kwakungekho nokungabaza nomzuzwana. Kwakuyisikhathi sokuthatha isinyathelo ngokushesha. Unjiniyela wafaka umusi omkhulu, futhi indoda eyayishayela yaqondisa umkhumbi yaqonda ngqo endaweni eyiqhwa. Ngokuphahlazeka washaya iqhwa. Kwaba nokwethuka okwesabekayo, futhi intaba yeqhwa yaphuka yaba izingcezu eziningi, yawa ngomsindo ofana nokuduma esiteji. Abagibeli banyakaziswa kanzima ngenxa yezingozi, kodwa akekho oshonile. Umkhumbi ulimele, kodwa awukalungiseki. Waphindela emuva esuka lapho ethintwa khona, eqhaqhazela esuka esiqwini aye ngasemuva, njengesidalwa esiphilayo. Wabe eseqhubeka nendlela yakhe.
Phela ngangiyazi incazelo yalokhu kumelwa. Nganginama-oda ami. Ngangiwezwile amazwi, njengezwi elivela kuKapteni wethu, “Sihlangabeze!” Ngangazi ukuthi wawuyini umsebenzi wami, nokuthi sasingekho isikhathi sokulahlekelwa. Sase sifikile isikhathi sokuthatha isinyathelo esinqunyiwe. Kumelwe ngaphandle kokulibala ngilalele umyalo othi, “Yihlangabeze!”.
Ngalobo busuku ngavuka ngehora lokuqala, ngibhala ngokushesha njengoba isandla sami sasidlula phezu kwephepha. Ezinsukwini ezimbalwa ezalandela ngasebenza kusenesikhathi futhi sekwephuzile, ngilungiselela abantu bakithi umyalo engangiwunikezwa mayelana namaphutha ayengena phakathi kwethu.
Bengilokhu nginethemba lokuthi kuzoba nenguquko egcwele, nokuthi izimiso esasizilwela ezinsukwini zokuqala, futhi ezakhishwa ngamandla kaMoya oNgcwele, zizogcinwa. {1SM 205.3-206.3}
Okokuqala, ngithanda ukuthi uqaphele ukuthi "wathumela ubufakazi mayelana nemizamo yesitha”. Ama-Adventist amaningi aphikisa ngokuthi akuwona umsebenzi wethu ukubuka ukuthi isitha senzani. Kodwa ngivumelana no-Ellen G. White ukuthi ngempela futhi (!) kudingekile "ukubikezela ama-icebergs" ku-fairway. Futhi intaba yeqhwa enkulu kunazo zonke esilindile cishe uMthetho Kazwelonke WangeSonto e-US, ngoba siyazi ukuthi isikhathi sethu sokulungiselela kufanele siqedwe kusengaphambili. Ngeke yini kube kuhle kithi ukuthi “sihlole le ntaba yeqhwa” ngokushesha ukuze sivale isikhathi esilahlekile?
Okwesibili, ngivumelana no-Ellen G. White ukuthi ayikho indlela yokugwema iqhwa. Lokho—njengase-Titanic—kungaholela kuphela ekubhujisweni komkhumbi (isonto) futhi uwucwilise. Ukuyekethisa ngala mandla akunakwenzeka! Okuwukuphela kwethuba elithi “ukushuba okugcwele phambili ngasentabeni yeqhwa!” Ngizama ukuhlangana nayo ngewebhusayithi yami encane ngokuvumela imali yami encane. Ngabona umthetho weSonto, kanye nenye "i-iceberg", ukubonakala kukaKristu wamanga, kusukela kwabaqaphi futhi manje shaya insimbi ye-alamu futhi ushaye icilongo, ukuze sikwazi ukushisa izinjini futhi sihlangabezane nezithiyo ngamandla aphelele.
Noma ingabe sesivele sagawula intaba yeqhwa singayinakile, futhi “i-Titanic” yethu isivele yaklebhuka kusukela esiqwini kuya kwesinye futhi isizocwila ekuthuleni kwaphakade kolwandle? Ingabe siye sazizwa siqiniseka ngokweqile ngathi, sithembela kubaklami futhi sicabanga ukuthi sisemkhunjini ongacwili? Lokho kungaba ukuqaphela okubi futhi kwakuyosho ukuthi kwakuzodingeka siwushiye umkhumbi—inqobo nje uma sisekhona isikhala ezikebheni zokusindisa abantu ezimbalwa—i-Titanic yayingenazo izinhlinzeko ezanele zokuba bonke abagibeli babaleke nabo.
Kuthe mhla ziyi-10 kuJulayi 2009 ngithola obunye ubufakazi bokunemba kwezifundo zami zangaphambilini, ngayeka ukungabaza ngaqala ukusebenza kule webhusayithi. Ngiyazi ukuthi ngiphuze kakhulu, kodwa ibandla lethu akulona ibandla elamukela kalula “ukukhanya okusha”, yingakho sekudlule cishe iminyaka emine ngaphambi kokuba ngiqale le ngosi. Okwamanje angifuni ukugcizelela ukuthi “nginokukhanya okusha”, kodwa ukuthi ngibone izingozi ezaziwayo, futhi ngicabanga ukuthi ngiyazi ukuthi sikude kangakanani nokushayisana. Kodwa futhi kufanele ngiveze ukuthi angibanga nesikhathi esilula nabafowethu ngaphambi kokuba ngiphethe ngokuthi kufanele ngishicilele engikutholile lapha. Kuyisinqumo esisekelwe emthandazweni nokholo kuNkulunkulu. Ozogxeka lokhu akufundayo lapha uyacelwa ukuthi angigxeke mina ngokwami futhi ayeke ibandla lonke ngoba angenzi ngokuvuma noma ngokuvuma kwalo. Angihlaseli, angilungisi, noma ngingabuzi noma yiluphi ulwazi lwangaphambili olwakha izinsika ezisemthethweni zeqiniso lamanje, kodwa ngokuphambene nalokho umfundi uzoqaphela ukuthi ulwazi oludala lwakha isisekelo salo lonke ulwazi olusha, futhi “ulwazi olusha” luqinisekisa oludala.
Ekuqaleni engangikutholile kwakukusha njengokwazi ukuthi izintaba zeqhwa zikhona. Umbuzo wawuwukuphela kokuthi: kuzokwenzeka nini ukushayisana, noma sekuvele kwenzeka kungabonwa? Njengoba thina njengebandla sinoMoya Wesiprofetho, akufanele yini sixwayise ibandla nomhlaba wonke imini nobusuku njengoba kwenza u-Ellen G. White ukuze sihlangabezane nalezi zinsongo ezisifikela sinomfutho ogcwele ngaphambili?
Ngafunda ngokuzikhandla futhi ngabuka indawo engizungezile. Izimo zesonto lethu eNingizimu Melika ngokushesha zangiqhubezela lapho ngangingasakwazi ukuzihlanganisa nalo. Angifuni ukwethula lapha okwenzeka kimi, ngoba ngiyazi ukuthi baningi abafowethu nodadewethu abaqotho engingafuni ukubazwisa ubuhlungu. Kodwa angikwazanga nje ukuqonda ukuthi zingakanani izono zomphakathi ezazivunyelwe, ikakhulukazi phakathi kobuholi beBandla lamaSeventh-day Adventist. Bonke ngokusobala bashaywe ubumpumputhe. Ngacela uNkulunkulu ukuba angicacisele. Ngathandaza imini nobusuku izinyanga eziningi, ngisho neminyaka. INkosi yavula kancane kancane umnyango walezi zifundo, ezaholela eWashini LikaNkulunkulu e-Orion. Okokuqala, ngabona ukuthi kwakwenzekani Ngemuva kwemigqa yesitha nokuthi izimpawu eziyisikhombisa zaziphindaphinda ngemva kuka-1844 emfanekisweni “weJeriko” nokuthi, njengoba u-Ellen G. White esho njalo, Umlando Uyaphinda futhi kanjalo amabandla ayisikhombisa ayaphinda.
Ngabona ukuthi ekuphindaphindeni kwabo, uphawu lwesibili nolwesithathu ngokusobala lumelela iziMpi Zezwe ezimbili ezinkulu, okukhulunywa ngazo futhi kuMathewu 24 noLuka 21. Kodwa babekuphi abafel’ ukholo baseSmirna phakathi kwethu phakathi naleyonkathi ababefele ukholo lwabo begcina iMithetho Eyishumi, ehambisana nomjikelezo wokuqala wezimpawu? Le mibuzo neminye efana nayo ingenze ngangakhululeki. Ngaqala ukufunda umlando weSonto Lama-Adventist, futhi ngathola amaqiniso asabekayo! Nganyakaziswa kwaze kwaba sekupheleni kokholo lwami futhi ngicabanga ukuthi abaningi benu bayonyakaziswa futhi lapho nifunda lokho uNkulunkulu azosibonisa kona, ikakhulukazi, bazalwane bami abathandekayo, ngendlela emangalisayo Akwenza ngayo!
Ngithole izeluleko eziyinqaba ebufakazini buka-Ellen G. White. Ngokwesibonelo:
Isahluko sesihlanu sesAmbulo kudingeka sihlolisiswe. Kubaluleke kakhulu kulabo abazoba nengxenye emsebenzini kaNkulunkulu walezi zinsuku zokugcina. Kukhona abakhohliswayo. Abaqapheli ukuthi yini ezayo emhlabeni. Labo abaye bavumela izingqondo zabo ukuba zifiphazwe mayelana nokuthi yini eyisono bakhohliswa ngokwesabekayo. Ngaphandle uma benza ushintsho olunqunyiwe bayotholakala bentula lapho uNkulunkulu ekhipha isahlulelo kubantwana babantu. Beqile umthetho futhi baphule isivumelwano esiphakade, futhi bayokwamukela ngokwemisebenzi yabo. {9t267.1}
U-Ellen G. White wakhuluma ngokukhohliswa kweqembu labantu. Obani leli qembu? Le migqa iqondiswe kithi njengamaSeventh-day Adventist. Kungenzeka yini ukuthi abanye bethu baye bakhohliswa? Uma kunjalo, ubani? Ingabe ukhona oqondayo incazelo yalo mlayezo ongajwayelekile? Le webhusayithi inikeza izimpendulo futhi ngithandazela ukuthi ube phakathi kwalabo “ababubulayo bekhala ngezinengiso ezenziwa emzini [ibandla lethu]”, ngoba yilabo kuphela futhi akekho omunye oyothola uPhawu lukaNkulunkulu (ngokukaHezekeli 9).
Ngethemba ukuthi wena, mfowethu othandekayo, dade othandekayo, isivakashi esithandekayo salengosi, uzofunda ngomkhuleko engikushicilele lapha. Wonke umuntu unomthwalo wemfanelo ngokwakhe futhi kufanele alalele izwi lakhe elingaphakathi uma kuziwa ekuqapheleni iqiniso. Ngithanda ukuvumela uMoya Wesiprofetho, ibandla lethu elibusiswe kakhulu ngawo, uqondise kuwe amazwi okugcina alesi sihloko sesethulo:
Isidingo SeBandla
Leli zwe kumKristu liyizwe lezihambi nezitha. Ngaphandle kokuthi athathele ukuzivikela kwakhe uhlaka lwaphezulu futhi asebenzise inkemba kaMoya uyoba yimpango yamandla obumnyama. Ukholo lwabo bonke luyovivinywa. Bonke bayovivinywa njengoba igolide livivinywa emlilweni.
Ibandla lakhiwe ngabesilisa nabesifazane abangaphelele, abaphambukayo, abafuna ukuba kusetshenziswe umusa nokubekezela. Kodwa kube khona isikhathi eside sokuba sivivi jikelele; umoya wezwe oza ebandleni uye walandelwa ukuhlukaniswa, ukusola, ububi, ukuxabana, kanye nobubi.
Uma kwenzeka kube nokuncane ukushumayeza abantu abangazingcweli ngenhliziyo nokuphila, futhi abanikele isikhathi esengeziwe ekuthobiseni umphefumulo phambi kukaNkulunkulu, singathemba-ke ukuthi uJehova uzovela ukuze anisize futhi aphulukise ukuhlehla kwenu. Okuningi kokushumayeza kwakamuva kudala ukulondeka okungamanga. Izithakazelo ezibalulekile emsebenzini kaNkulunkulu azikwazi ukulawulwa ngokuhlakanipha yilabo abangenakho ukuxhumana kwangempela noNkulunkulu njengoba abanye babefundisi bethu baye baba nakho. Ukuphathisa amadoda anjalo umsebenzi kufana nokubeka izingane ukuba zilawule imikhumbi emikhulu olwandle. Labo abaswele ukuhlakanipha kwasezulwini, abangenawo amandla okuphila noNkulunkulu, abakwazi ukuqondisa umkhumbi wevangeli phakathi kwezinguzunga zeqhwa neziphepho. Ibandla lidlula ezingxabanweni ezinzima, kodwa engozini yalo abaningi bangalethemba ezandleni ezizolibhidliza ngempela. Sidinga umshayeli wendiza manje, ngoba sesisondele ethekwini. Njengabantu kufanele sibe ukukhanya kwezwe. Kodwa zingaki izintombi eziyiziwula, zingenamafutha ezitsheni kanye nezibani zazo. Sengathi iNkosi yomusa wonke, echichima umusa, egcwele ukuthethelela, isihawu futhi isisindise, ukuze singabhubhi kanye nababi!
Kulesi sikhathi sokungqubuzana nokulingwa sidinga konke ukwesekwa kanye nenduduzo esingayithola emithethweni yokulunga, ezinkolelweni eziqinile zenkolo, esiqinisekweni esihlala njalo sothando lukaKristu, kanye nolwazi olucebile lwezinto ezingcwele. Siyofinyelela ekukhuleni okuphelele kwabesilisa nabesifazane kuKristu Jesu kuphela ngenxa yokukhula okuqhubekayo emseni.
O, ngingathini ukuvula amehlo ayizimpumputhe, ukuze ngikhanyisele ukuqonda komoya! Isono kumele sibethelwe. Ukulungiswa kokuziphatha okuphelele kufanele kwenziwe nguMoya oNgcwele. Kufanele sibe nothando lukaNkulunkulu, sibe nokholo oluphilayo, oluhlala njalo. Leli yigolide elivivinywe emlilweni. Singakuthola kuKristu kuphela. Wonke umfuni oqotho futhi oqotho uyoba umhlanganyeli wesimo sobunkulunkulu. Umphefumulo wakhe uyogcwala ukulangazelela okukhulu ukwazi ukugcwala kwalolo thando oludlula ulwazi; njengoba ethuthuka ekuphileni kobunkulunkulu uzokwazi kangcono ukubamba amaqiniso aphakeme, aphakamisayo ezwi likaNkulunkulu, kuze kuthi ngokubona aguquke futhi akwazi ukubonakalisa isimo soMhlengi wakhe. {5T 104.2–105.2}
