USUKU LWENKOSI- ICANDELO II
THE Ibinzana elithi "imini yeNkosi" akufuneki iqondwe njenge "mini" yokoqobo. Endaweni yoko,
ENkosini imini enye injengeminyaka eliwaka, newaka leminyaka injengemini enye. (2 Pet 3: 8)
Ewe, imini yeNkosi iya kuba yiminyaka eliwaka. -Umhla kaBharnabhas, Ootata beCawe, Ch. Ngama-15
Isithethe saBaseki beCawa kukuba kusele “iintsuku ezimbini” zoluntu; Nye Ngaphakathi imida yexesha nembali, enye, ingunaphakade kwaye ngonaphakade usuku. Ngosuku olulandelayo, okanye "usuku lwesixhenxe" yile bendikhe ndayibhekisa kuyo kule mibhalo njenge "IXesha loXolo" okanye "Ukuphumla kweSabatha," njengoko oobawo bakubiza njalo.
Isabatha, ebimele ukugqitywa kwendalo yokuqala, ithathelwe indawo yiCawa ekhumbula indalo entsha eyasungulwa luVuko lukaKrestu. -Katekisiki yeCawa yamaKatolika, n. I-2190
Ootata babona kufanelekile ukuba, ngokwe-Apocalypse yaseSt. John, ngasekupheleni "kwendalo entsha," kuyakubakho "usuku lwesixhenxe" lokuphumla kweCawa.
USUKU LWESIXHENXE
Ootata balibiza eli xesha loxolo "usuku lwesixhenxe," ixesha apho amalungisa anikwa ithuba "lokuphumla" elisahleliyo kubantu bakaThixo (jonga ku-Heb 4: 9).
… Siyaqonda ukuba ixesha leminyaka eliwaka libonakalisiwe kulwimi lokomfuziselo… Indoda phakathi kwethu egama linguYohane, omnye wabaPostile bakaKrestu, wamkela waxela kwangaphambili ukuba abalandeli bakaKrestu bazakuhlala eJerusalem iminyaka eliwaka, kwaye emva koko iyonke kwaye, ngamafutshane, uvuko olungunaphakade nomgwebo ziyakwenzeka. —St. UJustin Martyr, Incoko kunye noTraypho, Ootata beCawe, Ilifa lamaKristu
Eli lixesha yandulelwa Ngexesha lokubandezeleka okukhulu emhlabeni.
Isibhalo sithi: 'Waza waphumla uThixo ngawo umhla wesixhenxe kuyo yonke imisebenzi yakhe'… Kwaye iintsuku ezintandathu izinto ezidaliweyo zagqitywa; kuyacaca, ke ngoko, ukuba ziyakufikelela esiphelweni ngomnyaka wamawaka amathandathu… Kodwa xa umchasi-Kristu etshabalalise zonke izinto kweli hlabathi, uya kulawula iminyaka emithathu neenyanga ezintandathu, ahlale etempileni eYerusalem; INkosi iyakuza isemazulwini ngamafu… ithumele le ndoda nabo bamlandelayo edikeni lomlilo; kodwa ukuzisa amalungisa amaxesha obukumkani, oko kukuthi, okunye, usuku olungcwalisiweyo lwesixhenxe… Oku kuyakwenzeka ngamaxesha obukumkani, oko kukuthi, ngomhla wesixhenxe… iSabatha yokwenene yamalungisa. —St. UIrenaeus waseLyon, uBawo weCawa (140- 202 AD); IiNdawo zokuHamba, UIrenaeus waseLyons, V.33.3.4, Ootata beCawe, Ukupapashwa kweCIMA Co .; (UIrenaeus oyiStudani wayengumfundi waseSt.Polycarp, owayesazi kwaye efunda kuMpostile uJohn kwaye kamva wangcwaliswa njengobhishophu waseSmirna nguJohn.)
Njengosuku lwelanga, uMhla weNkosi ayiloxesha leeyure ezingama-24, kodwa uqulethwe kukusa, emini emaqanda, nangorhatya ololule ixesha elithile, oko oobawo bakubiza ngokuba yi "millennium" okanye "iwaka unyaka ”ixesha.
… Ngalo mhla wethu, ohambelana nokuphuma nokutshona kwelanga, ngumfuziselo wosuku olukhulu apho isekethe eliwaka leminyaka lixhoma imida yayo. -Lactantius, Ootata beCawa: Amaziko kaThixo, iNcwadi VII, Isahluko 14, Intyilalwazi yamaKatolika; www.newadvent.org
UBusuku
Njengobusuku nokusa okuhlangana phakathi kwendalo, ngokunjalo neMini yeNkosi iqala ebumnyameni, kanye njengosuku ngalunye luqala phakathi kobusuku. Okanye, ukuqonda okungakumbi kwe-liturgical kukuba umlindo yemini yeNkosi iqala ngongcwalazi. Elona candelo limnyama ebusuku amaxesha Umchasi-Kristu owandulela ulawulo “lweminyaka eliwaka”.
Makungabikho namnye unikhohlisayo nangayiphi na indlela; ye ngolwa suku ayiyi kuza, ngaphandle kokuba imvukelo ifike kuqala, aze umntu ongenamthetho atyhilwe, unyana wentshabalalo. (2 Tes. 2: 3)
Kwaye waphumla ngomhla wesixhenxe. Oku kuthetha ukuba: xa uNyana wakhe eza kuza atshabalalise ixesha labachasene nomthetho agwebe abangenabuthixo, kwaye atshintshe ilanga nenyanga neenkwenkwezi — uyakuphumla ngenene ngomhla wesixhenxe. -Ileta kaBharnabhas, ibhalwe nguBawo OngumPostile wenkulungwane yesibini
Ileta kaBharnabhas yalatha kumgwebo wabaphilayo phambi kokuba Ixesha loXolo, umhla wesixhenxe.
DAWN
Kanye njengokuba sibona imiqondiso evelayo namhlanje ebonisa ukuba ilizwe elinobuzwilakhe elinobutshaba kubuKrestu, nathi ngokunjalo siyabona “imijelo yokuqala yokusa” iqalisa ukuqaqamba kuloo ntsalela yeCawa, ikhanya ngokukhanya kwasekuseni Inkwenkwezi. Umchasi-Kristu, osebenza ngaphakathi kwaye echongwe "nerhamncwa nomprofeti wobuxoki," uyakutshatyalaliswa ngokuza kukaKrestu oza kususa ububi emhlabeni, amisele ulawulo lomhlaba loxolo nobulungisa. Ayikokuza kukaKrestu esenyameni, ingekuko nokuza kwakhe eKuqaqawulini, kodwa kukungenelela kwamandla eNkosi ukumisela ubulungisa nokwandisa iVangeli emhlabeni wonke.
Uya kumbetha amanqe ngentonga yomlomo wakhe, ambulale umoya wemilebe yakhe. Ubulungisa buya kuba ngumbhinqo ezinqeni zakhe, Ukuthembeka kubhinqise umbhinqo emanqeni akhe. Ingcuka iya kundwendwela itakane, ingwe ibuthe netakane lebhokhwe… Akuyi kubakho kwenzakala, akukho monakalo, kuyo yonke intaba yam engcwele; ngokuba umhlaba uya kuzala kukwazi uYehova, njengamanzi egubungele ulwandle. Ngaloo mini ke uNdikhoyo uya kuyiphatha kwakhona, ayibuyise intsalela yabantu bakhe (Isaya 11: 4-11.)
Njengokuba ileta kaBharnabhas (incwadi yokuqala kaBawo weCawa) ibonisa, “ngumgwebo wabaphilayo,” wabangenabuthixo. U-Yesu uza kuza njengesela ebusuku, ngelixa umhlaba, ulandela umoya woMchasi-Kristu, awuyi kuqaphela ukubonakala kwakhe ngesiquphe.
Kuba nani ngokwenu niyazi ngokucacileyo, ukuba imini yeNkosi, njengesela ebusuku, yenjenjalo ukuza kwayo.… Njengokuba kwakunjalo ngemihla kaLote: babesitya, besela, bethenga, bethengisa, betyala, besakha. (1 Tes.5: 2; Luka 17:28)
Yabona, ndiya kuthuma umthunywa wam, agece indlela phambi kwam. kwaye ngequbuliso Uya kuza etempileni kaYehova, lowo umfunayo, kwaumthunywa womnqophiso omthandayo. Uyeza, utsho uYehova wemikhosi. Ngubani na ke onokuyinyamezela imini yakuza kwakhe? (Mal 3: 1-2)
Intombi Enyulu enguMariya usikelelwe ngeendlela ezininzi isithunywa esiphambili samaxesha ethu- “ikhwezi lokusa” -likhokele iNkosi, Ilanga loBulungisa. Utsha Eliya ukulungiselela indlela yolawulo lwehlabathi lweNtliziyo eNgcwele kaYesu kwi-Ekaristi. Qaphela amazwi okugqibela kaMalaki:
Yabonani, ndiya kuthumela kuni u-Eliya umprofeti, ingekafiki imini kaYehova. (Mal 3:24)
Kuyathakazelisa ukuba nge-24 kaJuni, umthendeleko kaJohn uMbhaptizi, kwaqala ukubonwa kukaMedjugorje. UYesu wabhekisa kuYohane umBhaptizi njengoEliya (jonga uMat 17: 9-13).
PHAKATHI
Emini emaqanda kuxa ilanga likhanya kakhulu kwaye zonke izinto ziyaqaqamba kwaye zifudumele kwimfudumalo yokukhanya. Eli lixesha apho abangcwele, abo basindayo kwimbandezelo engaphambili nokucocwa komhlaba, nabo banamava “Uvuko Lokuqala“Uya kulawula noKrestu ebukhweni Bakhe beSidlo.
Emva koko ubukumkani negunya nobungangamsha bazo zonke izikumkani phantsi kwamazulu ziya kunikwa abantu abangcwele bOsenyangweni… (UDan 7:27)
Ndabona iitrone; abo babehleli phezu kwabo babephathiswa izigwebo. Ndabona nemiphefumlo yabo babenqunyulwe iintloko ngenxa yobungqina babo kuYesu nangenxa yelizwi likaThixo, nababengalinqulanga irhamncwa nomfanekiso walo, abangalwamkelanga uphawu lwalo ebunzini nasesandleni. Babuyela ebomini baza balawula kunye noKristu iminyaka eliwaka. Abafileyo abaseleyo ababuyanga badle bomi, yada yadlula iminyaka eliwaka. Olu luvuko lokuqala. Unoyolo, ungcwele, lowo unesabelo eluvukweni lokuqala; Ukufa kwesibini akunagunya kubo. baya kuba ngababingeleli bakaThixo nabakaKristu, babe ngookumkani kunye naye iminyaka eliwaka. (ISityhi. 20: 4-6)
Elo iya kuba lixesha ekwaprofethwa ngalo ngabaprofeti (esiva ukufundwa kwe-Advent) apho iBandla liza kuba seJerusalem, kwaye iVangeli izoyisa zonke izizwe.
Kuba iZiyon iya kuphuma imfundiso, ilizwi leNkosi liyile iYerusalem… Ngaloo miniIsebe likaYehova liya kubengezela ngobuqaqawuli, nesiqhamo somhlaba sibe yimbeko nozuko kuYehova abasindileyo kaSirayeli. Ohlala eZiyon, noseleyo eYerusalem uya kuthiwa ungcwele, bonke abaphawulelwe ubomi eYerusalem. (Is 2:2; 4:2-3)
NGOKUHLWA
Njengoko uPopu Benedict wabhala kwi-encyclical yakhe yakutshanje, inkululeko yokuzikhethela ihleli kude kube sekupheleni kwembali yoluntu:
Kuba umntu uhlala ekhululekile kwaye inkululeko yakhe ihlala iethe-ethe, ubukumkani bokulunga abunakuze bumiswe ngokuqinisekileyo kweli hlabathi. -Thetha uSalvi, Ileta Encyclical of POPE BENEDICT XVI, n. 24b
Oko kukuthi, ukugcwala koBukumkani bukaThixo kunye nokugqibelela akuyi kufezekiswa de sibe seZulwini:
Ekupheleni kwexeshauBukumkani bukaThixo buza kuza buphelele… Icawe… iyakufumana ukugqibelela kwayo kuzuko lwezulu. -IKatekism yeCawa yamaKatolika, n. I-1042
Umhla weSixhenxe uya kufikelela kurhatya lwayo xa inkululeko yomntu iya kukhetha ububi okokugqibela ngokulingwa nguSathana kunye "nomchasi kristu wokugqibela," uGogi noMagogi. Kutheni kukho esi siphithiphithi sokugqibela singaphakathi kwezicwangciso ezimangalisayo zokuthanda kukaThixo.
Yakuba igqityiwe iminyaka eliwaka, uSathana uza kukhululwa entolongweni. Uya kuphuma aye kulahlekisa iintlanga kwiimbombo zone zomhlaba, uGogi noMagogi, ukubahlanganisela emfazweni; inani labo lingangentlabathi yaselwandle. (ISityhi. 20: 7-8)
Isibhalo sisixelela ukuba lo Mchasi-Kristu wokugqibela akaphumeleli. Endaweni yoko, umlilo uvela ezulwini utshise iintshaba zikaThixo, ngelixa uMtyholi ephoswa echibini lomlilo nesalfure "apho lalikhona irhamncwa nomprofeti wobuxoki" (ISityhi. 20: 9-10). Kanye njengokuba uSuku lweSixhenxe lwaqala ebumnyameni, ngokunjalo noMhla wokugqibela ongunaphakade.
USUKU LWESIBHOZO
The Ilanga loBulungisa ubonakala esenyameni kuYe ukuza kozuko lokugqibela ukugweba abafileyo kunye nokusungula ukukhanya komhla "wesibhozo" kunye naphakade.
Uvuko lwabo bonke abafileyo, "kokubini abalungileyo nabangalunganga," kuya kwandulela uMgwebo wokuGqibela. --CCC, 1038
Ootata babhekisa kulo mhla "njengoMhla wesibhozo," uMthendeleko oMkhulu wemiNquba (kunye "neminquba" ebeka imizimba yethu evusiweyo…) —Fr. UJoseph Iannuzzi, Uloyiso loBukumkani bukaThixo kwi-Millennium eNtsha nakwixesha lokuphela; iphe. 138
Emva koko ndabona itrone enkulu emhlophe, nalowo wayehleli kuso. Umhlaba nezulu zasaba zemka ebusweni bakhe, zaza azafunyanelwa ndawo. Ndabona abafileyo, abakhulu nabaphantsi, bemi phambi kwetrone, nemisongo yayivuliwe. Kwavulwa omnye umsongo, incwadi yobomi. Abafileyo bagwetywa ngokwezenzo zabo, ngoko kwakubhalwe kuloo misongo. Ulwandle lwabakhupha abafileyo balo kwaza ukufa neHadesi kwabakhupha abafileyo babo. Bonke abafileyo bagwetywa ngokwezenzo zabo. (ISityhi. 20: 11-14)
Emva koMgwebo wokuGqibela, uMhla uyagqobhozela ekukhanyeni okungunaphakade, usuku olungaze luphele:
Emva koko ndabona izulu elitsha nomhlaba omtsha. Izulu langaphambili nomhlaba wangaphambili wadlula, nolwandle alusekho. Mna ndabona isixeko esingcwele, iYerusalem entsha, isihla ivela ezulwini kuThixo, ilungisiwe njengomtshakazi ehonjiselwe indoda yakhe… Isixeko asifuneki langa nenyanga ukuba sikhanye kuso, kuba ubuqaqawuli bukaThixo basikhanyisela, kwaye isibane sayo yayiyiMvana ... Emini amasango awo akasayi kuvalwa, kwaye ubusuku abuyi kubakho apho. (ISityhi. 21: 1-2, 23-25)
Olu suku lwesibhozo sele lulindelwe kumbhiyozo we-Ekaristi- “ubudlelane” obungunaphakade noThixo:
Icawe ibhiyozela usuku loVuko lukaKrestu “ngomhla wesibhozo,” ngeCawa, ebizwa ngokufanelekileyo ngokuba yiMini yeNkosi… usuku loVuko lukaKrestu lukhumbula indalo yokuqala. Kuba “ngumhla wesibhozo” ulandela isabatha, ufuzisela indalo entsha engeniswe luVuko lukaKrestu… Kuthi imini entsha ifikile: umhla woVuko lukaKrestu. Umhla wesixhenxe ugqibezela indalo yokuqala. Usuku lwesibhozo luqala indalo entsha. Yiyo ke loo nto, umsebenzi wendalo ufikelela esiphelweni ngomsebenzi omkhulu wokuhlangula. Indalo yokuqala ifumana intsingiselo yayo kunye nengqungquthela yayo kwindalo entsha kuKristu, ubuqaqawuli bayo obugqwesa obo bendalo. -IKatekism yeCawa yamaKatolikan. 2191; 2174; 349
NGUBANI IXESHA?
Ngubani ixesha? Ubusuku obumnyama bokuhlanjululwa kweCawa kubonakala kungenakuphepheka. Kwaye okwangoku, iKhwezi lasekuseni livelile libonisa ukukhanya okuzayo. Ixesha elingakanani? Kude kube nini ngaphambi kokuba iLanga lezoBulungisa liphume lizise iXesha loxolo?
Mlindi, kuthekani ngobusuku? Mlindi, kuxa liphi na ebusuku? ” Umlindi uthi: “Kusasa kuyeza, kwanobusuku…” (Isa 21: 11-12)
Kodwa ukuKhanya kuyakoyisa.
Ukupapashwa kokuqala, nge-11 kuDisemba, 2007.
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