ISt. UMikayeli Ingelosi enkulu ngu-Michael D. O'Brien
AS siza ukubona futhi siqonde kangcono ubukhulu becebo lesitha, Inkohliso Enkulu, akufanele sikhungatheke, ngoba uhlelo lwakhe luzokwenza hhayi phumelela. UNkulunkulu wembula i-Masterplan enkulu kakhulu — ukunqoba osekuzuzwe nguKristu njengoba singena esikhathini seMpi Yokugcina. Futhi, ake ngivule ibinzana kusuka Ithemba liyasa:
Lapho uJesu efika, okuningi kuzovela ekukhanyeni, futhi ubumnyama buyohlakazeka.
ISITHUTHU SETHEMBA
Ngikholwa ukuthi sisemngceleni wokugcwaliseka kweSambulo 12. Akuwona umyalezo wenhlekelele, kodwa umyalezo wethemba nokukhanya okukhulu. Ikona umkhawulo wethemba.
Ngemuva kwalokho kwavulwa ithempeli likaNkulunkulu ezulwini, kwabonakala umphongolo wesivumelwano sakhe ethempelini. Kwaba nemibani, ukuduma, nokuduma kwezulu, ukuzamazama komhlaba, nesichotho esinamandla. (IsAm 11: 19)
Sekungamashumi eminyaka, uMama kaNkulunkulu, uMphongolo weSivumelwano Sakhe, ubekhuluma nalo mhlaba ngemibono ehlukahlukene, ukuqoqa izingane ziphephe futhi ziphephele enhliziyweni yakhe. Ngasikhathi sinye sibone iziyaluyalu ezinkulu emphakathini, emvelweni naseSontweni, kodwa ikakhulukazi umndeni.
Njengoba nje u-11: 19 no-12: 1 weSambulo behlukaniswe yisihloko esithi “isahluko”, umuntu angakucabanga lokhu njenge- okungokomoya umkhawulo. Lo wesifazane ogqoke ilanga usebenza kanzima ukuze abelethe iNdodana yakhe futhi. Futhi Uyeza, kulokhu, njengokuKhanya kweQiniso.
Kwavela uphawu olukhulu esibhakabhakeni, owesifazane embethe ilanga, nenyanga ingaphansi kwezinyawo zakhe, nasekhanda lakhe umqhele wezinkanyezi eziyishumi nambili. Swayekhulelwe futhi wakhala ngezinhlungu njengoba ayesebenza kanzima ebeletha. (IsAm 12: 1)
Umgibeli Wehhashi Elimhlophe uzofika njengelangabi eliphilayo loThando ukukhanyisa izinhliziyo zesintu kulokho okuzoba isenzo esingakaze sibonwe sesimo Sakhe sangempela — uMusa noBuhle uqobo. Lolu Thando luzokwenza wonke owesilisa, owesifazane, nengane bazibone ekukhanyeni kweQiniso, ekhipha izilo ubumnyama obuvela ezinhliziyweni eziningi, eziningi…
UMICHAEL NEDOKOKA
Kwase kuba khona impi ezulwini; UMikayeli nezingelosi zakhe balwa nodrako. Udrako nezingelosi zakhe balwa nabo, kepha abaze banqoba futhi akusekho ndawo yabo ezulwini. Udrako omkhulu, inyoka yasendulo, obizwa ngokuthi uDeveli noSathane, owakhohlisa umhlaba wonke, waphonswa phansi emhlabeni, nezingelosi zakhe zaphonswa phansi kanye nawo. (v. 7-9)
Igama elithi “izulu” kungenzeka alibhekiseli eZulwini, lapho kuhlala khona uKristu nabangcwele baKhe (qaphela: incazelo efaneleke kakhulu yalombhalo hhayi ukulandisa kokuwa nokuhlubuka kwasekuqaleni kukaSathane, njengoba ingqikithi icacile ngokuqondene neminyaka yalabo “abafakaza ngoJesu” [cf. IsAm 12:17]). Esikhundleni salokho, “izulu” lapha libhekisela endaweni yomoya ehlobene nomhlaba, umkhathi noma amazulu (bheka uGen 1: 1):
Ngokuba umzabalazo wethu awuhlangene nenyama negazi kepha ngowababusi, namandla, nababusi bezwe balobu bumnyama banamuhla, kanye nemimoya emibi emazulwini. (Efe 6:12)
Kwenzani ukukhanya uma kuza? Kusakaza ubumnyama. UJesu uzofika nezingelosi Zakhe ziholwa ngu-St. Michael the Archangel. Bazokhipha uSathane. Kuzophulwa imilutha. Izifo zizokwelashwa. Abagulayo bazosinda. Abacindezelwe bayoqhuma ngenjabulo. Izimpumputhe zizobona. Izithulu zizozwa. Iziboshwa zizodedelwa. Futhi kuzakuvela ukukhala okukhulu:
Manje sekufike insindiso namandla, nombuso kaNkulunkulu wethu negunya loGcotshiweyo wakhe. Ngoba umangaleli wabafowethu uxoshiwe, obamangalela phambi kukaNkulunkulu wethu imini nobusuku… (v.10)
Siwela umkhawulo sibe yisikhathi esinamandla sokuphulukisa nokubuyisana!
Ngakho-ke thokozani nina mazulu nani enihlala kuwo. Kodwa maye kuwe mhlaba nolwandle, ngoba uDeveli wehlele kuwe ngokufutheka okukhulu, ngoba uyazi ukuthi unesikhathi esifushane. (v. 12)
Njengoba ngike ngabhala kwenye indawo, lesi “sikhathi esifushane” kuzoba yimizamo yokugcina kaDeveli yokukhohlisa ngezimpawu nangezimangaliso zamanga — i Ukuhlunga kokugcina kakolweni emakhobeni. Yilapho insali idlala khona indima ebalulekile engizoxoxa ngayo komunye umbhalo.
Lesi sikhathi somusa
Nali iphuzu okungafanele siliphuthe: ngomkhuleko wethu nokunxusa kwethu, inani lalabo abangahle bakhohliswe lingancishiswa. Manje, kunanini ngaphambili, kufanele sikuqonde ukubaluleka kwalesi sikhathi somusa! Bheka, futhi, kungani uPapa Leo XIII ephefumulelwe ukuthi akhe umthandazo kuSt. Michael ozokhulunywa njalo emva kweMisa ngalinye.
Ukukulungela kwethu ukufakaza ngezimpilo zethu nsuku zonke yilokhu uJesu asekade ekucelile kithina eminyakeni engama-2000 eyedlule, futhi umthandazo, ukuzisola, ukuguquka nokuzila ukudla kusisiza ukuthi sisetshenziswe nguMoya oNgcwele. Lesi sikhathi ku IBastion akuyona "ukulinda" ukuthi kudlule isiphepho. Kunalokho, ukulungiselela nokulungiselela impi emangazayo yemiphefumulo esivele ikhona futhi eza futhi… ukuqoqwa kokugcina kwezingane zikaNkulunkulu eMphongolweni, ngaphambi kokuba kuvalwe umnyango.
