Mai Baftisma da Shaidu Biyu

An Ɗauki Iliya a Cikin Kasuwar Wuta, na Giuseppe Angeli, kimanin 1740

Kamar yadda aka ɗauki annabi Iliya
zuwa sama cikin karusar wuta,
Ya saka wa annabi Elisha rigarsa,
matashin almajirinsa.
Elisha cikin ƙarfin hali ya tambaya
don "rabo biyu"
na ruhun Iliya. (duba 2 Sarakuna 2:9-11)

A zamaninmu, kowane almajirin Yesu
an kira shi don ya ba da shaidar annabci
a kan al'adar mutuwa,
ko dai ƙaramin yanki ne na alkyabbar ko babba.
—Michael D. O'Brien

I Ina yin addua a gabanin Sakramenti mai Albarka a cikin gidan ibada na darekta na ruhaniya lokacin da kalmomi, kamar a waje na, suka tashi a zuciyata:

Ina ba ku hidimar Yahaya Maibaftisma.

Yayin da nake tunani game da ma'anar wannan, sai na yi tunani game da kalmomin Baptist da kansa a cikin Linjila:

Ni murya ce ta mai kira a cikin hamada, 'Ku daidaita tafarkin Ubangiji'…

Washegari, aka kwankwasa kofar gidan, sannan sakatare ya kira ni. Wani dattijo ne ya tsaya a wurin, hannunsa ya mika bayan gaishe gaishe.

"Wannan naku ne," in ji shi. “Shi ne relic ajin farko Yahaya Maibaftisma. "

Ma'anar wannan za ta bayyana a cikin shekaru masu zuwa yayin da gargaɗin St. John Paul na Biyu ga matasanmu a shekara ta 2002 zai zama babban jigon wannan manzon Allah kuma a ƙarshe sabon aikina:

Ya ku samari, ya rage a gare ku ku zama matsara na safiya wanda ke shelar zuwan rana wanda shi ne Tashin Kristi! —KARYA JOHN BULUS II, Sakon Uba Mai Girma ga Matasa na Duniya, XVII Ranar Matasa ta Duniya, n. 3; (A.S. 21: 11-12)

Wannan gayyatar, daga baya ya lura, za a yi alama ta buƙatar duka aminci ga Uba Mai tsarki da Ikilisiyar Kristi, da kuma yin shahada don ci gaba ta hanyar annabci don sanarwa Alfijir mai zuwa.

Matasan sun nuna kansu sun zama don Rome da kuma domin Cocin baiwa ta musamman ta Ruhun Allah… Ban yi jinkiri ba in tambaye su su zabi zabi mai karfi na bangaskiya da rayuwa kuma in gabatar musu da babban aiki: su zama “masu-tsaro na safe” a wayewar sabuwar shekara ta dubu. —POPE YOHAN PAUL II, Novo Millenio Inuent, n. 9

Wataƙila ba daidaituwa ba ne, to, akwai wani abu na biyu da aka haɗe tare da Yahaya mai Baftisma, na 'yar Poland shahidai St. Hyacinth. An san shi da "Manzon Arewa". Ina zaune a Kanada… kuma kakana ɗan Poland ne.

Na yi matuƙar mamaki yayin da na riƙe da wani ɓangare na ƙashin Yahaya Mai Baftisma a hannuna - ƙashin da ya “tsallake” a cikin mahaifar Elizabeth bisa ga gaisuwar Maryamu. Ƙashin da aka miƙa don yi wa Yesu baftisma, Mai Cetonmu kuma Ubangijinmu. Ƙashin da ya tsaya cak a cikin bangaskiya kamar Mai Baftisma an yanke kansa bisa ga umarnin Hirudus.

A cikin Linjilar yau, mun karanta game da zuwan Iliya da kuma yadda aka cika shi, aƙalla wani ɓangare, a cikin Yohanna Mai Baftisma. Ga abin da ke tafe daga tunani na. Alokacin da Iliyasu Zai dawo:

Alokacin da Iliyasu Zai dawo

Yana ɗaya daga cikin annabawan da suka fi tasiri a Tsohon Alkawari. A gaskiya ma, ƙarshensa a nan duniya kusan tatsuniya ne, domin kuwa… bai da ƙarshe.

Suna tafiya suna hira, sai karusa mai harshen wuta da dawakai masu harshen wuta suka haɗu a tsakaninsu, Iliya kuwa ya hau sama cikin guguwa. (Sarakuna 2 2: 11)

Elijah da Elisha, na Michael D. O'Brien

Hadisai suna koyar da cewa an kai Iliya zuwa “aljanna” inda aka kiyaye shi daga lalata, amma cewa aikinsa a duniya bai ƙare ba.

An ɗauke ku sama cikin guguwar wuta, cikin karusa mai dawakai masu wuta. An ƙaddara ku, kamar yadda aka rubuta, a lokacin da za ku zo don ku kawo ƙarshen fushi kafin ranar Ubangiji, Don ku mayar da zukatan ubanni ga 'ya'yansu maza, da kuma sake kafa ƙabilar Yakubu. (Surah 48:9-10)

Haka nan annabi Malachi ya sake maimaita wannan jigon, yana ba da takamaiman lokacin:

Yanzu zan aiko muku da annabi Iliya, kafin ranar Ubangiji ta zo, babbar rana mai ban tsoro; Zai juyar da zuciyar ubanni ga 'ya'yansu, zuciyar 'ya'ya kuma ga ubanninsu, domin kada in zo in lalata ƙasar gaba ɗaya. (Mal 3: 23-24)

Saboda haka, Isra’ilawa suna da bege mai girma cewa Iliya zai zama babban jigon da zai maido da Isra’ila, ya yi shelar sarautar Almasihu da ake sa ran zai yi. Saboda haka, a lokacin hidimar Yesu, mutane sukan yi tambaya ko shi ne ainihin Iliya. Kuma a lokacin da aka gicciye Ubangijinmu, mutane har ma suna kira, "Dakata, bari mu gani ko Iliya ya zo ya cece shi." ^[1]cf. Matt 27: 49

Iliya a cikin Al'ada

Fatan Iliya zai dawo, kamar yadda aka ambata, an bayyana shi a sarari a cikin Ubannin Coci da Likitoci. Kuma ba Iliya kaɗai ba, amma Anuhu, wanda shi ma bai mutu ba, amma “aka mai da shi aljanna, domin ya ba da tuba ga al'ummai." ^[2]cf. Sirach 44:16; Douay-Rheims St. Irenaeus (140-202 AD), wanda dalibi ne na St. Polycarp, wanda shi kuma almajirin Manzo Yahaya ne, ya rubuta:

Almajiran manzanni sun ce (Anuhu da Iliya) waɗanda aka ɗauko jikinsu daga duniya, an saka su cikin aljanna ta duniya, inda za su kasance har zuwa ƙarshen duniya. - St. Irinaus, Adresus Haereses, Liber 4, Cap. 30

ta Anagni Cathedral, kimanin 1250

St. Thomas Aquinas ya tabbatar da cewa:

An ta da Iliya a cikin sararin sama, ba sararin samaniyar mulkin mallaka ba, wanda shine wurin zama na Waliyai, haka nan kuma aka tafi da Anuhu zuwa aljanna ta duniya, inda aka yi imani da shi da Iliya, za su zauna tare har zuwan Ubangiji. Maƙiyin Kristi. -Summa Theologica, iii, Q. xlix, art. 5

Saboda haka, Ubannin Coci sun ga Iliya da Anuhu a matsayin cikar “shaidu biyu” da aka kwatanta a Ru’ya ta Yohanna 11.

Shaidun biyu, to, za su yi wa'azi shekara uku da rabi; kuma maƙiyin Kristi zaiyi yaƙi da tsarkaka yayin sauran sati, kuma ya lalatar da duniya… -Hippolytus, Uban Coci, Ayyuka na yau da kullun da Hippolytus, "Fassarar da Hippolytus, bishop na Rome, game da wahayin Daniyel da Nebukadnezzar, aka ɗauka tare", n.39

Amma mene ne kalmomin Yesu game da Iliya cewa ya riga ya zo?

“Hakika Iliya zai zo ya maido da komai; amma ina gaya muku, Iliya ya riga ya zo, ba su kuma san shi ba, amma sun yi masa duk abin da suka ga dama. Haka nan kuma Ɗan Mutum zai sha wahala a hannunsu.” Sai almajiran suka fahimci cewa yana yi musu magana game da Yahaya Maibaftisma. (Matt. 17: 11-13)

Iliya da Mai Baftisma

Yesu ya ba da amsar da kansa: Iliya zai zo kuma yana da riga zo. Wato, maidowar Yesu ya fara ne daga rayuwarsa, mutuwarsa, da tashinsa daga matattu, wanda Yohanna Mai Baftisma ya yi shelarsa. Amma nasa ne jikin sufi wanda ya kawo ƙarshen aikin fansa, kuma wannan shine wanda mutumin, Iliya zai yi shelarsa. Annabi Malachi ya ce zai zo kafin “ranar Ubangiji”, wanda ba lokacin awa 24 ba ne, amma a alamance ake magana a kai a cikin Nassi a matsayin “shekaru dubu.” ^[3]gwama Sauran Kwanaki Biyu “Zamanin salama” shine maidowa Ikilisiya da duniya, shirye-shiryen amaryar Kristi wanda Shaidu Biyu suka taimaka wajen kawowa ta hanyar shiga tsakaninsu mai ban mamaki a kololuwar mugunta.

…da Ɗan Halaka ya kusantar da nufinsa dukan duniya, za a aiko Anuhu da Iliya domin su ruɗe Mugun. - St. Ephrem, Siriya, III, Kol. 188, Huduba II; cf. dailycatholic.org

Ɗan Bazata, Rembrandt (1661–1669)

“Kafin” Ranar Ubangiji ne, ko kuma aƙalla koli, da Iliya zai bayyana ya juyar da zukatan ubanni ga ’ya’yansu, wato, Yahudawa ga Ɗan, Yesu Kristi. ^[4]gwama The Wave of Unity Hakazalika, Anuhu zai yi wa Al’ummai wa’azi “har yawan al’ummai ya shigo.” ^[5]cf. Rom 11: 25

Anuhu da Iliya… suna rayuwa har yanzu kuma za su rayu har sai sun zo su yi hamayya da maƙiyin Kristi da kansa, da kuma kiyaye zaɓaɓɓu cikin bangaskiyar Almasihu, kuma a ƙarshe za su tuba Yahudawa, kuma yana da tabbacin cewa wannan bai riga ya cika ba. - St. Robert Bellarmine, Liber Tertius, P. 434

Amma kamar yadda Yahaya Maibaftisma ya “cika da Ruhu Mai Tsarki tun daga cikin mahaifiyarsa” kuma ya ci gaba “cikin ruhu da ikon Iliya,” haka nan ma ina yi imani Allah yana ta da kananan sojoji na "shaidu." Rayukan da ake samarwa a cikin mahaifar Uwarmu Mai Albarka don fita cikin ruhu da iko a ƙarƙashin rigar annabci na Iliya, na Yahaya Maibaftisma. St. Paparoma John XXIII ɗaya ne irin wannan ruhu wanda ya ji an kira shi don fara maido da mutanen Allah, don ya mai da su su zama mutane masu tsarki da aka shirya don saduwa da ango:

Aikin Fafaroma mai tawali'u shine “shirya wa Ubangiji cikakkiyar mutane,” wanda yayi daidai da aikin Baptist, wanda shine majibincin sa kuma daga wanda yake karbar sunan sa. Kuma ba zai yiwu a yi tunanin kamala mafi girma da daraja fiye da na nasarar Kiristanci, wanda ke zaman lafiya, kwanciyar hankali a tsarin zamantakewar jama'a, rayuwa, cikin walwala, girmama juna, da kuma dangantakar 'yan uwantaka . —POPE YAHAYA XXIII, Aminci na Gaskiya, Disamba 23, 1959; www.karafarinanebartar.ir

Hakanan yana da mahimmanci cewa Uwargidanmu ta Medjugorje an yi zargin ta zo ƙarƙashin taken "Sarauniyar Salama" - bayyanar da suka fara a ranar idin Yahaya Maibaftisma. Duk waɗannan alamun suna iya zama farkon sa’ad da Iliya ya dawo, kuma wataƙila da wuri fiye da yadda mutane da yawa suka yi tunani.