Xa uEliya Ebuyayo

ILIZWI NGOKU NGOKUFUNDA KWENKOSI
NgoJuni 16th-Juni 21, 2014
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Eliya

HE wayengomnye wabaprofeti abanempembelelo kwiTestamente eNdala. Ngapha koko, isiphelo sakhe apha emhlabeni siphantse sibe sentsomi kumgangatho okoko, ewe… ebengenasiphelo.

Njengoko babehamba bencokola, kwavela inqwelo evuthayo kunye namahashe amadangatye phakathi kwabo, uEliya wenyukela ezulwini ngesivuthuvuthu. (Ufundo lokuqala lwangoLwesithathu)

Isiko lifundisa ukuba uEliya wasiwa “eparadesi” apho wayegcinwe khona ekonakaleni, kodwa indima yakhe emhlabeni ayikapheli.

Ubunyuswe ngesaqhwithi somlilo, enqwelweni yamahashe omlilo. kubhaliwe kwathiwa, ukuze uphele ingqumbo, phambi kwemini kaYehova, ukuba uyibuyisele intliziyo yooyise koonyana babo, umise izizwe zakwaYakobi. (ufundo lokuqala lwangoLwesine)

Umprofeti uMalaki ngokufanayo uphinda lo mxholo, enikela ixesha elichane ngakumbi:

Ngoku ke ndithumela kuni uEliya umprofeti, ingekafiki imini yeNkosi, loo mini inkulu yoyikekayo. Wobuyisela iintliziyo zooyise kunyana wabo, neentliziyo zabantwana kooyise, hleze ndize ndilichithe ilizwe ngokuliphanzisa. (Mal 3: 23-24)

Ngenxa yoko, amaSirayeli ayenolindelo olukhulu lokuba uEliya wayeya kuba ngoyena mntu wayeya kubuyisela uSirayeli, evakalisa kulawulo lukaMesiya olindelweyo. Ngoko ebudeni bobulungiseleli bukaYesu, abantu babedla ngokuthandabuza enoba wayenguEliya ngokwenene kusini na. Kwaye xa iNkosi Yethu yabethelelwa emnqamlezweni, abantu bada bakhwaza, “Yimani, sibone ukuba uEliya uyeza na ukuba amsindise.” ^[1]cf. Mat 27:49

Ulindelo lokuba uEliya uya kubuya, njengoko kukhankanyiwe, lwachazwa ngokucacileyo kubaSeki beCawa nooGqirha. Akazange abe nguEliya kuphela, kodwa noEnoki, naye ongafanga, kodwa “wafuduselwa eParadisi, ukuze azinike inguquko iintlanga." ^[2]cf. Sirach 44:16; Douay-Rheims USt. Irenaeus (140-202 AD), owayengumfundi waseSt. Polycarp, owathi naye waba ngumfundi othe ngqo woMpostile uYohane, wabhala:

Abafundi babaPostile bathi bona (uEnoki noEliya) imizimba yabo ephilayo yanyuswa emhlabeni, babekwe kwiparadesi yasemhlabeni, apho baya kuhlala kude kube sekupheleni kwehlabathi. —St. UIrenaeus, IiNdawo zokuHamba, Liber 4, Cap. 30

Thomas Aquinas oNgcwele wangqina ukuba:

UEliya waphakanyiselwa esibhakabhakeni, hayi izulu le-Empire, eliyindawo yokuhlala yabaNgcwele, kwaye ngendlela efanayo uEnoki wathatyathelwa kwiparadesi yasemhlabeni, apho yena noEliya, kukholelwa ukuba baya kuhlala kunye kude kube kokufika kweNkosi. Umchasi-Kristu. -Summa Theologica, iii, Q. xlix, ubugcisa. 5

Ngenxa yoko, abaSeki beCawa babona uEliya noEnoki njengenzaliseko ‘yamangqina amabini’ achazwe kwiSityhilelo 11 .

Amangqina amabini ke ngoko aya kushumayela iminyaka emithathu enesiqingatha. Umchasi-kristu uya kwenza imfazwe nabangcwele phakathi evekini, kwaye aliphanzise ihlabathi ... -Hippolytus, Bawo weCawa, Umsebenzi oNinzi kunye neziqwenga zeHippolytus, "Ingcaciso kaHippolytus, ubishophu waseRoma, yemibono kaDaniel noNebhukadenetsare, ithathwe ngokudibeneyo", n.39

Kodwa kuthekani ngamazwi kaYesu ngokuphathelele uEliya njengosele efikile?

“Okunene uya kufika uEliya, azimise zonke izinto; Ke ndithi kuni, uEliya uselefikile. Abamazanga, basuka benza kuye konke abakuthandayo; kwangokunjalo naye uNyana woMntu uya kuva ubunzima ezandleni zabo. Bandula ukuqonda abafundi ukuba ubethetha kubo ngaye uYohane umbhaptizi. ( Mateyu 17:11-13 )

UYesu unikela impendulo ngokwakhe: uEliya ndiza kuza kwaye sele ndifikile. Oko kukuthi, ukubuyiselwa kukaYesu kwaqala ngobomi, ukufa, nokuvuka kwakhe, okwabhengezwa nguYohane umBhaptizi. Kodwa yeyaKhe umzimba oyimfihlakalo lowo uzisa umsebenzi wentlawulelo ekugqityweni, kwaye kuko oku kuya kuvakaliswa yindoda, uEliya. Umprofeti uMalaki uthi uya kuza phambi kokuba “Imini yeNkosi”, engeyiyo isithuba seeyure ezingama-24, kodwa ngokufuziselayo kubhekiselwa kuyo eSibhalweni ‘njengewaka leminyaka. ^[3]cf. Iintsuku ezimbini ezingakumbi "Ixesha loxolo" ke, kukubuyiselwa kweCawe kunye nehlabathi, ukulungiswa koMtshakazi kaKristu athi amaNgqina amabini ancede ukuzisa ngongenelelo lwabo olumangalisayo kwincopho yobubi.

…xa uNyana weNtshabalalo etsalele kwinjongo yakhe yehlabathi lonke, uEnoki noEliya baya kuthunyelwa ukuze babe nokubhidanisa Lowo ungendawo. —ISt. Ephrem, eSiriya, III, Kol. 188, Sermo II; cf. dailycatholic.org

“Kungaphambi” kweMini yeNkosi, okanye ubuncinane incopho yayo, awathi uEliya abonakale aze aguqulele iintliziyo zooyise koonyana babo, oko kukuthi, amaYuda kuNyana, uYesu Kristu. ^[4]cf. Ukuza kwamaza eYunithiy Ngokufanayo, uEnoki uya kushumayela kwiiNtlanga “de kufike inani elipheleleyo leeNtlanga.” ^[5]cf. Roma 11: 25

U-Enoki no-Eliya… baphila ngoku kwaye baya kuphila bade bade baphikise umchasi-Kristu ngokwakhe, kwaye balondoloze abanyuliweyo elukholweni lukaKrestu, kwaye ekugqibeleni baya kuguqula amaJuda, kwaye ngokuqinisekileyo oku akukenzeki. —St. URobert Bellarmine, Liber Tertiyo, Iphe. 434

Kodwa kanye njengokuba uYohane uMbhaptizi “wazaliswa nguMoya oyiNgcwele kwasesizalweni sikanina” waza waya phambili “ekumoya namandla kaEliya”, nam ndiyakholelwa ukuba uThixo uvelisa umkhosi omncinane “wamangqina.” Imiphefumlo eyenziwayo esibelekweni sikaMama wethu osikelelekileyo ukuba iphume emoyeni nangamandla ngaphantsi kwe ingubo yesiprofeto kaEliya, kaYohane umbhaptizi. UPope oNgcwele uJohn XXIII wayengomnye womphefumlo onjalo owaziva ubizelwe ukuqalisa ukubuyiselwa kwabantu bakaThixo, ukubenza babe ngabantu abangcwele abalungiselelwe ukudibana noMyeni:

Umsebenzi kaPopu John othobekileyo “kukulungiselela iNkosi abantu abafezekileyo,” kanye okufana nomsebenzi womBhaptizi, umxhasi wakhe nalowo uthatha igama lakhe. Kwaye akunakwenzeka ukuba ucinge ngokugqibeleleyo okuphezulu nangaphezulu okuxabisekileyo kunoloyiso loxolo lobuKristu, oluseluxolweni entliziyweni, uxolo ngolungelelwaniso lwentlalo, ebomini, impilo-ntle, ukuhloniphana, kunye nobuzwe bezizwe . —UPOPU UYOHANE XXIII, Uxolo lwenene lwamaKristu, Nge-23 kaDisemba ngo-1959; www.catholicculture.org

Kuyaphawuleka ukuba iNenekazi lethu laseMedjugorje kutyholwa ukuba lingene phantsi kwesihloko esithi "UKumkanikazi woXolo” — imiboniso eyaqala ngomhla kaYohane umbhaptizi. Yonke le miqondiso isenokuba izandulela xa uEliya ebuya, yaye mhlawumbi kungekudala kunokuba abaninzi becinga.

Kwabonakala njengomlilo umprofeti uEliya omazwi akhe anjengeziko elidangazelayo; Kuhamba umlilo phambi kwakhe, uzidle ngeenxa zonke iintshaba zakhe. Ikhanyisa elimiweyo imibane yakhe; liyakubona ihlabathi, liyanyikima. (ufundo lokuqala lwangoLwesine kunye neNdumiso)