NO KA MEA ke wānana nei i ka lā o ko Kristo hoʻi ʻana mai no ka mea i ʻōlelo ʻia e Iesū. ʻO ka hopena, loaʻa ka poʻe cynical - i ka helu ma hea i kekahi ʻO ke kūkā kamaʻilio ʻana o nā ʻōuli o ka manawa i manaʻo ʻia he "fundamentalist" a me ke kaʻe.
Ua ʻōlelo ʻo Iesū ʻaʻole mākou e ʻike i kāna wā e hoʻi mai nei? Pono e pane akahele ʻia kēia. No ka mea i loko o ka pane e waiho ana kahi pane ʻē aʻe i ka nīnau: Pehea wau e pane ai i nā hōʻailona o nā manawa?
PELA I KA MEA Ua hana ʻo DID ʻLelo ʻo ia?
I ka ʻeuanelio mua o Advent i kēia makahiki, lohe mākou iā Iesū e ʻōlelo ana,
E kiai oukou, no ka mea, aole oukou i ike i ka la e hiki mai ai ko oukou Haku. Akā e ʻike i kēia, inā i ʻike ka mea hale ma ka ʻāpana o ka pō e hele mai ai ka ʻaihue, e kiaʻi ʻo ia a ʻaʻole ia e ʻae i kona hale e wāwahi ʻia. No laila e mākaukau hoʻi ʻoe; no ka mea, e hele mai ana ke Keiki a ke kanaka i ka hora e manao ole ai oukou. (Mat 24: 42-44)
No laila ʻaʻole mākou e ʻike i ka wā a Kristo e hoʻi mai ai, ʻeā? Akā laila, i kekahi mau paukū wale nō ma mua, ua ʻōlelo mai ko mākou Haku,
Mai ka lāʻau fiku e aʻo i kāna haʻawina: aia a palupalu kāna lālā a ʻōpala i nā lau, ʻike ʻoe ua kokoke ke kauwela. Pēlā nō hoʻi, ke ʻike ʻoe i kēia mau mea āpau, ʻike ʻoe e kokoke mai ana ʻo ia, ma nā puka pono. (Mat 24: 32-33)
ʻ sayslelo ʻo Iesū ʻaʻole mākou e ʻike i ka hola a me ka lā, akā haʻi akāka ʻo ia e ʻike mākou ke kokoke mai ʻo ia, i ka ʻoiaʻiʻo, "ma nā puka pono." ʻ sayslelo ʻo Iesū ma nā ʻeuanelio e hele mai ʻo ia e like me ka ʻaihue i ka pō, a pēlā ʻo ia i ʻōlelo ai, "kiaʻi." Eia kekahi, haʻalele ʻo ia iā mākou nā hōʻailona i ʻike mākou "i ka ʻāpana o ka pō e hele mai ai ka ʻaihue." ʻAʻole mākou e ʻike i ka hola, akā e ʻike mākou "i ka hapa hea o ka pō" inā mākou e kiaʻi ana a mākaukau. Ua haʻi ʻo St. Paul iā mākou i ka ʻāpana o ka pō:
ʻIke ʻoe i ka manawa; ʻO ka hora kēia e ala aʻe ʻoe mai ka hiamoe ʻana ... ua hala ka pō, ua kokoke mai ke ao. (Rom 13: 11-12)
He aha ka pō, akā ʻo ka pō o ka lawehala? ʻO ia hoʻi, e piʻi i mua ka hewa i ka honua e koi ai i ka ʻā ʻana o ka pono; no ka mea, e haʻalulu ka honua, nā lāhui, a me nā lāhui, ke kaniʻuhū nei ma lalo o ke kaumaha o nā lawehala kanaka a me nā mea hoʻopailua pūʻiwa.
E hoʻomanaʻo, e oʻu mau hoa aloha, ka mea a nā lunaʻōlelo a ko mākou Haku ʻo Iesū Kristo i haʻi aku ai iā ʻoe e manaʻo ʻia 'I ka hopena o ka manawa,' haʻi lākou iā ʻoe 'aia kekahi poʻe e hoʻomāʻewaʻewa i ka haipule a me ka ukali ʻole i kā lākou iho makemake i ka hewa. ' (Iude 1: 17-18)
E hiamoe, ʻaʻole naʻe i loko o ka hewa
ʻO ka hoʻomākaukau a Iesu i kāhea aku ai i ka Halepule i kēia Advent ʻaʻole ia ʻo ka hūnā ʻana i loko o ko mākou mau hale a me ka mālama ʻana i nā puʻu ʻai. ʻO ka hoʻomākaukau, kahi o ka puʻuwai.
E makaʻala o lilo kou puʻuwai i ka hiamoe mai ka carousing ʻana a me ka ʻona ʻana a me nā hopohopo o ke ola o kēlā me kēia lā, a hopu ʻia ʻoe e kēlā lā e ke kahaha e like me kahi hei. (Luka 21: 34-35)
Ua haʻi mai ʻo Iesū iā mākou i kahi nane e pili ana i kahi ʻōlelo hoihoi loa - ʻo ia me nā puʻupaʻa he ʻumi (Matt 25). I loko o laila, lawe mai nā puʻupaʻa ʻelima i aila no kā lākou mau kukui, a no laila, mākaukau e hālāwai me ke kāne mare. ʻAʻole i hana nā mea ʻelima. Akā i ka moʻolelo,
ʻOiai ua lohi ka wahine mare. lākou a pau hiamoe a hiamoe. (Mat 25: 5)
ʻO ia, no ka lohi, hele lākou a pau i ke ola. Noho lākou i kēia manawa, ka hana o ka manawa, ma kahi o ka noho ʻana ma ko lākou mau lima e nānā ana i ka puka. Akā he aha ka mea e mākaukau ai nā puʻupaʻa 5 me ka aila e hālāwai me ia? ʻO kā lākou naʻau ʻaʻole i hiamoe! ʻAʻole lākou i hāʻule i loko o ka hiamoe o ka lawehala. He wahine puʻupaʻa lākou āpau - ʻo ia hoʻi, ua pau i ka bapetizo ʻia. Akā he ʻelima wale nō o lākou i mālama i ko lākou mau lole bapetizo me ka hoʻomaʻemaʻe ʻole ʻia e ka holoi ʻana iā lākou i ka Confessional i kēlā me kēia manawa e haumia ai lākou, e hilinaʻi ana i ke aloha a me ke aloha o ke Akua.
He ʻōlelo aʻoaʻo mua kēia a me ka poʻokela, ʻaʻole i ka poʻe hoʻomaloka, akā i ka "churched."
Ua hoʻopakele ʻo Iēhova i ka lāhui mai ʻAigupita mai, Akā ma hope ua luku ʻo ia i nā kānaka i hilinaʻi ʻole iā ia. (Iude 1: 5)
E ALA 'OE!
ʻAʻole hiki iaʻu ke haʻi iā ʻoe ke hoʻi mai ʻo Kelisto. Akā ka manawa kēia, no ke aloha o ke Akua, ua hoʻōki mākou i ka lapuwale o ke kanu ʻana i ko mākou mau poʻo i ke one a me ka hoʻohālike ʻana e like me ka maʻa mau o ka honua. Ke uē nei nā ʻōuli o ka manawa i ko mākou naʻau hoʻolohe:
Kokoke ka hora! Ua kokoke mai ʻo ia—i ka ʻīpuka pono! ʻO ka lā, ua kokoke mai ka lā nui o ka Haku!
ʻO kēia ka manawa i hoʻomaka ai mākou e ʻōlelo e like me nā kāula a Kristo i hana ai iā mākou, i kūʻai ʻia a uku ʻia me ke kumu kūʻai o kona koko. Mai ka polina o ko mākou nohona o kēlā me kēia lā a me kā mākou mau hale pule, pono mākou e ʻike ʻaʻole pono e kamaʻilio wale no nā ʻōuli o kēia manawa, he kuleana ia!
ʻĀnō hoʻi, e hele i ka poʻe pio i kou poʻe hoahānau, a e ʻōlelo aku iā lākou, Ke ʻī mai nei Iēhova ka Haku, penei; … Inā e ʻōlelo aku au i ke kanaka hewa, E make ʻiʻo nō ʻoe; ʻaʻole ʻoe e papa aku iā ia, ʻaʻole hoʻi e ʻōlelo aku e hoʻohuli iā ia mai kāna hana hewa i ola ai ia: e make kēlā kanaka hewa no kona hewa, akā, e hoʻohewa au iā ʻoe no kona make. (ʻEzek 3:11, 18)
ʻAe, ola i kēia manawa; no ka mea hiki iā Kristo ke hele mai no kēlā me kēia o kākou i kēlā me kēia manawa. Akā pono nō hoʻi e akahele kākou mai hele a hōʻole i ka wā e maopopo ʻole ai nā hōʻailona a puni mākou ... ʻaʻole hoʻi e hiamoe i ka nāwaliwali, e like me nā lunaʻōlelo ma Getsemane, ke poina iā lākou ka manaolana e waiho ana ma waho o ka Passion.
Pono mākou e ala. ʻO ka poʻe ʻike ʻole i ka lāʻau fiku, manaʻoʻiʻo wau e haʻo wau i ke kau.
