Inkwenkwezi yasekuseni NguGreg Mort
Abancinci bazibonakalisile ukuba bangabaseRoma nabeCawa isipho esikhethekileyo soMoya kaThixo… Khange ndithandabuze ukubacela ukuba benze ukhetho olungqongqo lwenkolo kunye nobomi kwaye ndibanike umsebenzi omkhulu: ukuba babe "ngabalindi bakusasa" ekuqaleni kwewaka leminyaka elitsha. —UAPOPE JOHN PAUL II, UNovo Millenio Inuente, n. 9; (Umz. 21: 11-12)
AS omnye waba "bancinci", omnye "wabantwana bakaJohn Paul II," ndizamile ukuphendula kulomsebenzi ubaluleke kakhulu ocelwe kuthi nguBawo oyiNgcwele.
Ndiza kuma kwindawo yam yokulinda, ndize ndime eludongeni, ndize ndibukele ukuze abone into aya kuyithetha kum. Wandiphendula ke uYehova, wathi, Bhala umbono ngokucacileyo emacwecweni ukuze uwazi ngokulula.(Habb. 2: 1-2)
Kwaye ke ndinqwenela ukuthetha endikuvayo, kwaye ndibhale endikubonayo:
Sisondela ekuzeni kokusa kwaye ukuwela umda wethemba kwi Imini yeNkosi.
Khumbula, nangona kunjalo, ukuba “intsasa” iqala ezinzulwini zobusuku — elona xesha limnyama emini. Ubusuku buhamba ngaphambi kokusa.
Imini yeNkosi
Ndiva ukuba iNkosi indikhuthaza ukuba ndibhale ngale nto ibizwa ngokuba yi "Usuku lweNkosi" kwimibhalo embalwa elandelayo. Libinzana elisetyenziswe ngababhali beTestamente eNdala neNtsha ukubhekisa ekufikeni ngesiquphe nangokuzimisela komthetho kaThixo kunye nembuyekezo yabathembekileyo. Ngokusebenzisa Ukuhamba kwexesha, "imini yeNkosi" ifikile ngeendlela ezahlukeneyo kwizizukulwana ezininzi. Kodwa into endithetha ngayo apha lusuku oluzayo olukhoyo Jikelele, eyaprofetwa nguSt. Paul noPeter ukuba iyeza, kwaye ndiyakholelwa ukuba isemgubasini…
UBUKUMKANI BAKHO BUZA
Igama elithi "apocalypse" livela kwisiGrike apokalypsisi Oko kukuthi "ukutyhila" okanye "ukuvula".
Ndibhalile ngaphambili ukuba ndiyakholelwa isigqubuthelo siyaphakamisa, ukuba incwadi kaDaniyeli itywinwe.
Wena ke, Daniyeli, gcina oku kuyimfihlo, uyitywine incwadi, kude kube lixesha lokuphela. Baninzi abaya kukhubeka, nabubi bande; (Daniyeli 12: 4)
Kodwa qaphela ukuba ingelosi ixelela iSt. John kwi-Apocalypse:
Musa ukutywina phezulu amazwi esiprofeto sale ncwadi, kuba ixesha likufuphi. (ISityhi. 22:10)
Oko kukuthi, iziganeko ezichazwe kwiNcwadi yeSityhilelo zazisele "zityhilwa" ngexesha lika-St. John, zizalisekiswa kwelinye lamanqanaba amaninzi ahlukeneyo. U-Yesu ukwasibonisa lomba-mbini xa wayeshumayela:
Ixesha lizalisekile, kwaye ubukumkani bukaThixo busondele. (UMk 1:15)
Ukanti, uYesu wasifundisa ukuba sithandaze sithi “Mabufike uBukumkani bakho.” Oko kukuthi, uBukumkani buza kumiselwa kumanqanaba amaninzi phakathi koNyuko lukaKristu kunye nokubuya kwakhe ekugqibeleni ebuqaqawulini. Omnye wale milinganiselo, ngokutsho kwaBaseki beCawa bokuqala, “bubukumkani bokwexeshana” apho zonke izizwe zaziza kuthontelana ukuya eJerusalem ngexesha lokomfuziselo “leminyaka eliwaka”. Eli iya kuba lixesha lokuzaliseka kwamazwi alandelayo kaYesu kuTata wethu:
Makwenziwe ukuthanda kwakho nasemhlabeni, njengokuba kusenziwa emazulwini.
Oko kukuthi, ubukumkani bexeshana obuza kusekwa buya kuba yi ulawulo lokuthanda kukaThixo kwihlabathi lonke. Kucacile ukuba oku akunjalo okwangoku, kwaye ekubeni ilizwi likaThixo lingabuyeli kuye lide lide "lifezekise isiphelo" awasithumela lona (Isa 55:11), silindele eli xesha xa ngokwenyani Intando kaThixo "iyakwenziwa emhlabeni njengasezulwini."
AmaKristu abizelwe ukuzilungiselela iNtlokoma enkulu yokuqalisa kweMillenium yesiThathu ngokuhlaziya ithemba labo ekufikeni okuqinisekileyo koBukumkani bukaThixo, bebulungiselela yonke imihla ezintliziyweni zabo, kwindawo yamaKristu abakuyo, ngakumbi imeko yezentlalo, nakwimbali yehlabathi uqobo. -UPOPU JOHN PAUL II, Tertio Millennio Adveniente, n. 46
JUBILEE OMKHULU
Singalingeka ukuba sidlulise iNkululeko enkulu yoNyaka ka-2000 njengomnye "umbhiyozo omnandi we-liturgical" oye wafika wadlula. Kodwa ndiyakholelwa ukuba uPopu John Paul wayesilungiselela ukuba silindele ukufika koBukumkani bukaThixo ngendlela enzulu. Oko kukuthi, ixesha xa uYesu, "umkhweli wehashe elimhlophe" "agwebayo enze imfazwe" (ISityhi. 19:11) eze kumisa ubulungisa baKhe emhlabeni.
UMoya weNkosi uphezu kwam, Ethe ngenxa yoko yandithambisela ukushumayela iindaba ezilungileyo kumahlwempu. Undithumele ukuba ndibhengeze inkululeko kubathinjwa, Nokubuyiselwa kokubona kwabaziimfama, Ndindulule abacudisiweyo bakhululeke, Ndivakalise umnyaka owamkelekileyo eNkosini, usuku lomvuzo. (ULuka 4: 18-19); ukusuka kwi-NAB. ILatin Vulgate (kunye nenguqulelo yayo yesiNgesi, iDouay-Rheims) yongeza amagama et diem ukubuyisela “Umhla wembuyekezo,” “impindezelo” okanye “umvuzo”.
Oko uKristu wafika, besiphila kulo "nyaka", kwaye singamangqina "enkululeko" ayenzileyo uKristu ezintliziyweni zethu. Eli linqanaba elinye kuphela lokuzaliseka kwesi Sibhalo. Ngoku, bazalwana noodade, silindele "unyaka owamkelekileyo eNkosini", ukumiselwa kobulungisa bukaKristu nobukumkani jikelele isikali. Usuku loMvuzo. Nini?
UBUKUMKANI BUKATHIXO BUSEDUZE
ENkosini imini enye injengeminyaka eliwaka, newaka leminyaka injengemini enye. (2 Pet 3: 8)
"Umhla womvuzo" ozayo ufana "neminyaka eliwaka", oko kukuthi, "iminyaka eliwaka" yolawulo ekuthethwa ngalo nguYohane oPostile oyintanda:
Ndabona ingelosi isihla ivela ezulwini, iphethe isitshixo senzonzobila kunye nomxokelelwane onzima ngesandla sayo. Wayibamba inamba, inyoka yakudala enguMtyholi, uSathana ke, wayibopha iminyaka eliwaka, wayiphosa enzonzobileni, wayitshixela, wayitywina, ukuze ingabi nakuzilahlekisa iintlanga ade Iminyaka eliwaka igqityiwe. (ISityhi. 20: 1-3)
Eli xesha lifuzisela iminyaka eliwaka yinkululeko…
… Yonke indalo [leyo] igcuma ekukhuleni kunye de kube ngoku… (igumbi 8: 22).
Kukusekwa, emhlabeni, kolawulo lukaKristu, ngeCawe yaKhe, kwi-Ekaristi eNgcwele. Iya kuba lixesha apho injongo ekujongwa kuyo yiNtlokoma enkulu izalisekiswa: inkululeko yelizwe ekungabikho sikweni. Ngoku sinokuqonda okunzulu ngezenzo zikaPopu John Paul ngonyaka ka-2000. Wayecela ukuxolelwa kwezono zeCawe, esithi makucinywe amatyala, kufunwe uncedo kumahlwempu, kwaye kupheliswe iimfazwe nokungabikho kobulungisa. UBawo Oyingcwele wayehlala kulo mzuzu wangoku, eprofeta ngezenzo zakhe into ezayo.
Kule umbono we-eschatological, amakholwa kufuneka abizelwe kuhlaziyo oluxabisekileyo lobufundisi yethemba, esele beve bevakaliswa "kwilizwi lenyaniso, iVangeli" (Col 1: 5). Isimo esisiseko sethemba, kwelinye icala sikhuthaza umKristu ukuba angalahli umbono wokugqibela wokugqibela onika intsingiselo kunye nexabiso ebomini, kwaye kwelinye, unikezela ngezizathu eziqinisekileyo nezinzulu zokuzibophelela kwemihla ngemihla ukuguqula inyani ukuze enze iyahambelana necebo likaThixo. -Tertio Millennio Adveniente, n. 46
Hayi, kodwa nini-Lifeza nini eli themba lizalisekileyo?
WINQAMULA UMNXEBA WETHEMBA
Incwadi kaDaniel sisitshixo esivula eli xesha.
… Gcina imfihlo yomyalezo kwaye uyitywine incwadi kude kube lixesha lokuphela; Baninzi abaya kukhubeka, nabubi bande;
Ngenxa yokwanda kobubi, luya kuphola uthando lwabaninzi. (UMateyu 24:12)
… Uwexuko luza kuqala… (2 Tes. 2: 3)
Nangona ngoku siphila ethembeni, siya kuthi lamkela eli themba kubukhulu bayo obupheleleyo emva kwexesha lokreqo nobubi obukhulu buwuthathile umhlaba. Ixesha uYesu wayethetha ngalo xa kuyakubakho ubunzima obukhulu kwindalo nakwindawo esihlala kuyo, nalapho kwakuza kubakho intshutshiso enkulu yeCawe. Ixesha apho bobabini uDaniel no-St John bathetha ngobukhosi bezopolitiko obabuzakuba kwaye buza kubakho kwakhona-ilizwe eliphakamileyo apho amaProtestanti kunye nabaphengululi bamaKatolika bayavuma ukuba "bubukhosi baseRoma obuhlaziyiweyo."
Kodwa ngaphezulu kwayo yonke loo nto, iyakuba lixesha apho umkhweli wehashe elimhlophe, u-Yesu Krestu, eza kungenelela ngendlela ethatha isigqibo kwimbali, esoyisa irhamncwa kunye noMprofethi wakhe wobuxoki, ukuze ahlanze ihlabathi ngobubi, amisele ezizweni zonke Inyaniso yakhe nokusesikweni.
Iya kuba kukungqinelwa kobulumko.
Ewe, bazalwana noodade, njengokuba ndihleli kule nqaba, ndibona ukuqala kwexesha elitsha, Ilanga loBulungisa ukumilisela “umhla womvuzo”, umhla weNkosi. Ikufuphi! Ukukhanya ngokuqaqambileyo ngalo mzuzu esibhakabhakeni ubhengeza ukukhanya, ngu nkwenkwezi yasekuseni: i umfazi owambethe iLanga loBulungisa.
Lilungelo likaMariya ukuba yiNkanyezi yasekuseni, ebhengeza ilanga. Akazikhanyiseli yena, okanye aphume kuye, kodwa ungumfanekiselo woMhlawuleli wakhe nowethu, kwaye uyamzukisa. Xa evela ebumnyameni, siyazi ukuba ukufuphi. NguAlfa no-Omega, owokuqala nowokugqibela, isiqalo nesiphelo. Yabona, uyeza kamsinya; umvuzo wakhe unaye, ukubaabuyekeze elowo ngokwemisebenzi yakhe. Inene, ndiza kamsinya. Amen. Yiza, Nkosi Yesu. ” -Khadinali John Henry Newman, Ileta eya kuMfu EB Pusey; "Ubunzima bama-Anglican", uMqulu II
EZINYE IZIFUNDO:
- Qonda ukuba kutheni iBandla libiza uMariya "ngeNkwenkwezi yasekuseni" ngelixa eli ikwalisihloko sikaYesu kwi-Rev 22: 16: 'Yabona Iinkwenkwezi zoBungcwele.
