AS I-Melika ityhila elinye iphepha kwimbali yayo njengoko ilizwe liphela lijonge, ukuvusa iyantlukwano, impikiswano kunye nokulindelwa kokulindelwe kuphakamisa imibuzo ebalulekileyo kubo bonke… ingaba abantu balibeka gwenxa ithemba labo, oko kukuthi, kwiinkokheli kunoMdali wabo?Qhubekeka ukufunda
Kuba nani ngokwenu nazi kakuhle
ukuba imini yeNkosi iya kuza njengesela ebusuku.
Xa abantu besithi, Luxolo nokunqaba,
ize ngequbuliso ibafikele.
Njengenimba kumfazi omithiyo,
abayi kusinda.
(1 Tes. 5: 2-3)
NGOKU Njengomlindo wangoMgqibelo ebusuku uxela iCawa, into ebizwa yiCawe ukuba “ngumhla weNkosi” okanye “usuku lweNkosi”[1]CCC, n. 1166, ngokunjalo, iBandla lingene iyure yomlindo yemini enkulu yeNkosi.[2]Intsingiselo, sikubusuku bangaphambili Usuku lwesithandathu Kwaye lo mhla weNkosi, wafundisa aBaseki beCawe yasekuqaleni, ayilulo usuku lweeyure ezingamashumi amabini anesine esiphelweni sehlabathi, kodwa lixesha loyiso apho iintshaba zikaThixo ziya koyiswa, Umchasi-Kristu okanye "irhamncwa" waphoswa edikeni lomlilo, waza uSathana wabotshelelwa “ngeminyaka eliwaka” ngamatyathanga.[3]cf. Ukujonga kwakhona amaxesha okuGcinaQhubekeka ukufunda
| ↑1 | CCC, n. 1166 |
|---|---|
| ↑2 | Intsingiselo, sikubusuku bangaphambili Usuku lwesithandathu |
| ↑3 | cf. Ukujonga kwakhona amaxesha okuGcina |
IT yabonakala ngathi yintanda-bulumko—ubuqhetseba. Ukuba umhlaba wadalwa nguThixo ngenene… kodwa emva koko washiya umntu ukuba azicwangcise ngokwakhe kwaye azimisele ikamva lakhe. Yayibubuxoki obuncinci, obazalwa ngenkulungwane ye-16, obabuyinxalenye yenxalenye yexesha "lokuKhanyiselwa", elathi lazala ukungakholelwa kubukho bukaThixo, obabubo Ubukomanisi, olungiselele umhlaba apho sikhona namhlanje: kumda we a Uhlaziyo lwehlabathi.
I-Global Revolution eyenzeka namhlanje ayifani nantoni na eyakhe yabonwa ngaphambili. Ngokuqinisekileyo inemilinganiselo yezopolitiko neyoqoqosho njengotshintsho oludlulileyo. Ngapha koko, kwa ezo meko zikhokelele kuQhushululu lwaseFrance (kunye nokutshutshisa kwayo iCawa ngogonyamelo) ziphakathi kwethu namhlanje kwiindawo ezininzi zehlabathi: intswela-ngqesho ephezulu, ukunqongophala kokutya, kunye nomsindo oxhokonxa kwigunya leCawa noRhulumente. Ngapha koko, iimeko ezikhoyo namhlanje vuthiwe yesiphithiphithi (funda AmaTywina aSixhenxe oHlaziyo).