IZIGIDI yabantu abafikile futhi bahamba eminyakeni eyinkulungwane eyedlule. Labo ababengamaKrestu babelindele futhi bethemba ukubona ukuBuya Kwesibili KukaKristu… kodwa kunalokho, badlula emnyango wokufa ukuze bambone ubuso nobuso.
Kulinganiselwa ukuthi kushona abantu ababalelwa ku-155 000 usuku ngalunye, futhi okungaphezulu kancane kwalokho okuzelwe. Izwe lingumnyango wemiphefumulo ojikelezayo.
Wake wazibuza ukuthi kungani isithembiso sikaKristu sokubuya kwakhe sibambezelekile? Kungani izigidigidi sezifikile zadlula esikhathini kusukela ekuZalweni Kwakhe Kwenyama, leli “hora lokugcina” elineminyaka engama-2000 lokulinda? Futhi yini eyenza lokhu isizukulwane futhi esiseduze sokubona ukuza Kwakhe ngaphambi kokuba kudlule?
Ngaphandle kokungena kunoma iyiphi ingxoxo yebhayibheli yezibonakaliso ezisizungezile noma emazwini ayisiprofetho osuku lwethu, ngifuna ukwabelana ngesithombe esafika engqondweni yami emthandazweni.
Umzimba womuntu wakhiwe izigidigidi zamangqamuzana. Usuku ngalunye, izigidigidi zalawo mangqamuzana ziyafa futhi kudaleke izigidigidi. Kodwa umzimba ngokwawo uyaqhubeka nokukhula. Kunjalo nangoMzimba kaKristu obonakalayo. Imiphefumulo iyafika ihambe, kodwa uMzimba uyaqhubeka nokwakhiwa. Umbuzo uthi, "kuze kube nini?"
… size sifinyelele sonke ebunyeni bokukholwa, nasekuyazini iNdodana kaNkulunkulu, ebudodeni obupheleleyo, ekupheleleni kobukhulu bukaKristu. (Efesu 4: 13)
Kuzofika isikhathi lapho uMzimba kaKristu uyobe usuqedile “ukuthuthukiswa” kwawo - lapho uyobe usulungile njengoMlobokazi ukwamukela uMyeni wakhe. Nini?
Angithandi, bazalwane, ukuba ningayazi le mfihlakalo, ukuze ningahlakaniphi ngokwenu; ukuqina kufikile phezu kuka-Israyeli inxenye, kuze kungene isibalo esiphelele sabezizwe, kanjalo bonke. U-Israyeli uzosindiswa... (KwabaseRoma 11: 25-26)
Lapho “ingqamuzana” lokugcina labeZizwe selingenile, khona-ke isizwe samaJuda siyokholwa kuJesu.
Ngokushesha ngemva kwalokho, Uzobuya.
Funda isifundo esihlahleni somkhiwane. nxa igatsha lawo selithambile, lihluma amaqabunga, niyazi ukuthi ihlobo seliseduze. Kanjalo nani, nxa nibona zonke lezi zinto, yazini ukuthi iseduze, ngasemasangweni. (UMathewu 24: 32-33)
