Ngeke sikufihle iqiniso lokuthi amafu amaningi asongelayo aseqoqene emkhathizwe. Akumele, nokho, siphele amandla, kunalokho kufanele sigcine ilangabi lethemba liphila ezinhliziyweni zethu. Kithina njengamaKristu ithemba leqiniso nguKristu, isipho sikaYise esintwini… NguKristu kuphela ongasisiza sakhe umhlaba lapho ubusa nothando kubusa khona. —I-POPE BENEDICT XVI, I-Catholic News Agency, Januwari 15, 2009
THE ISphepho Esikhulu sesifikile ogwini lwesintu. Kungekudala kuzodlula umhlaba wonke. Ngoba kukhona ifayela le- Ukuzamazama Okukhulu kwakudingeka ukuvusa lobu buntu.
Usho kanje uJehova Sebawoti, uthi: “Bheka, Inhlekelele isukela esizweni iye kwesinye; kudedelwa isivunguvungu esikhulu esivela emaphethelweni omhlaba. (Jeremiya 25:32)
Ngenkathi ngicabanga ngezinhlekelele ezimbi ezenzeka ngokushesha emhlabeni jikelele, iNkosi yangazisa impendulo kubo. Ngemuva 911 neTsunami yase-Asia; ngemva kweSiphepho uKatrina kanye nomlilo wequbula waseCalifornia; ngemuva kwesiphepho eMynamar nokuzamazama komhlaba eChina; phakathi nalesi sivunguvungu sezomnotho samanje — akukaze kube khona ukuqashelwa okuhlala njalo lokho sidinga ukuphenduka futhi sibuye ebubini; akukho ukuxhumana kwangempela kokuthi izono zethu ziyabonakala emvelweni uqobo (Rom 8: 19-22). Ngokudelela okumangazayo, izizwe ziyaqhubeka nokufaka ngokusemthethweni noma zivikele ukukhipha isisu, zichaze kabusha umshado, ziguqule futhi zifane nokudala, futhi zifaka izithombe zocansi ezinhliziyweni nasemakhaya emindeni. Umhlaba wehlulekile ukwenza ukuxhumana ukuthi ngaphandle kukaKristu, kukhona isiphithiphithi.
Yebo… IZINKINGA igama lalesi Siphepho.
Akucaci yini ukuthi kuzothatha okungaphezulu kakhulu kwesiphepho ukuvusa lesi sizukulwane? Ngabe uNkulunkulu ubengenabo ubulungiswa nokubekezela, ukubekezela nesihawu? Ngabe akasithumelanga amagagasi abaprofethi ukusibuyisela ezingqondweni zethu, sibuyele Kuye?
-Nokho anivumanga ukulalela, ukulalela, kepha uJehova unithumile nakanjani zonke izinceku zakhe abaprofethi, ethi: 'Buyani, kube yilowo nalowo endleleni yakhe embi nasezenzweni zakhe ezimbi,' khona niyakuhlala ezweni uJehova alikunike lona nawoyihlo kusukela endulo kuze kube phakade. Ungalandeli onkulunkulu abangaziwa ukubakhonza nokubakhonza, hleze ungicasule ngomsebenzi wakho wezandla, ngilethe okubi kuwe. Kepha anizange ningilalele, ”usho uJehova,“ ngakho-ke niyangicunula ngemisebenzi yenu yezandla, kube kubi kini. (Jeremiya 25: 4-7)
IMPILO INGCWELE!
Indlela yeBhayibheli yokujezisa ithi “inkemba, indlala, nobhadane” (cf. Jer 24:10) - zona kanye izinhlungu zokubeletha uKristu akhuluma ngazo — kanye nezahlulelo ezimaphakathi zeSambulo. Kwaphinda lokho, China kuza engqondweni… koze kube nini leso sizwe singabekezelela izinhlekelele zaso ezenziwe ngabantu nezemvelo ngaphambi kokuba kube khona ayikho indawo eshiyelwe abantu bayo ukuba bangabi namakhaya? Makube yisexwayiso eCanada naseMelika, amazwe enala lapho amanzi, izwe, uwoyela ongahluziwe ugcwele. Awukwazi ukukhipha isisu izingane zakho uhole umhlaba ekubhubhiseni umndeni wendabuko ngaphandle kokuvuna okutshalile!
Ingabe ukhona olalelayo?
Ngiyafunga angijabuli ngokufa komuntu omubi, kodwa kunalokho ngokuguquka komuntu omubi, ukuze aphile. Phendukani, nibuye ezindleleni zenu ezimbi. (Hezekeli 33:11)
Ukuphela kwalesi sikhathi kuphezu kwethu. Kukwahlulela okunomusa, ngoba uNkulunkulu ngeke avumele umuntu ukuthi aziqothule ngokuphelele, noma iBandla Lakhe.
Isho kanje iNkosi uJehova, ithi: Inhlekelele phezu kwenhlekelele; Bheka iza! Ukuphela kuyeza, ukuphela kuyeza kuwe! Bheka iza! Isikhathi sesifikile, usuku lukhanya. Umvuthwandaba ufikile kini enihlala ezweni! Isikhathi sesifikile, usuku luseduze: isikhathi sokwethuka, hhayi esokuthokoza… Bheka, usuku lukaJEHOVA! Bhekani, ukuphela kuyeza! Ukungabi namthetho kuqhakaze ngokugcwele, inhlamba iyanda, udlame seluvukile ukuxhasa ububi. Akusensuku zatshwala ufike, futhi awuyikulibala. Isikhathi sesifikile, usuku lukhanya. Umthengi makangajabuli noma umthengisi akhale, ngoba ulaka luzoba khona konke isixuku… (Hezekeli 7: 5-7, 10-12)
Awuyizwa emoyeni? Okusha I-Era Yokuthula kuyasa, kodwa hhayi ngaphambi kokuba lokhu kuphele.
ANATOMY YESIPhepho
Ngokususelwa koFata beSonto Lokuqala kanye nababhali bezenkolo, futhi okukhanyiswe ukwambulwa okuyimfihlo okuyiqiniso kanye namazwi oPhapha bethu banamuhla, kunezikhathi ezine ezihlukene zeSiphepho esifikile. Kuhlala isikhathi esingakanani lezi zigaba kuyinto esingeke siqiniseke ngayo, noma ngabe zizophothulwa kulesi sizukulwane. Kodwa-ke, izehlakalo zenzeka ngokushesha okukhulu futhi ngizwa sengathi iNkosi ingitshela ukuthi isikhathi impela, kakhulu mfushane, nokuthi kuyaphuthuma ukuthi siqhubeke nokuhlala siphapheme futhi thandaza.
Impela iNkosi uNkulunkulu ayenzi lutho, ingayidalulanga imfihlo yayo ezincekwini zayo abaprofethi… Ngikusho konke lokhu kuwe ukuze uvikeleke ekuhlubukeni… (Amose 3: 7; Johane 16: 1)
ISIGABA SOKUQALA
Isigaba Sokuqala siyingxenye yomlando osuvele: isikhathi sokuxwayiswa kusengaphambili. Ikakhulukazi kusukela ngo-1917, uMama wethu waseFatima wabikezela ukuthi lesi Siphepho besizofika uma bekungekho ukuphenduka okwanele ngabakhileyo emhlabeni. USt Faustina ubuye wabhala amagama uJesu amnike wona, ukuthi “ukwandisa isikhathi somusa ngenxa yezoni”Nokuthi lokhu bekuyi"sayina izikhathi zokugcina.”UNkulunkulu uqhubekile nokuthumela uMama wethu, okhulume nathi ngqo, noma ngokusebenzisa abantu abakhethiwe: izimfihlakalo, ababoni, kanye neminye imiphefumulo esebenzisa isikhundla esijwayelekile sokuprofetha, esiye saxwayisa ngeSiphepho esisondelayo esizophetha isikhathi somusa.
Umhlaba manje uhlangabezana ngokubambisana nemimoya yokuqala yalesi Siphepho Esikhulu. UJesu wababiza ngokuthi "izinhlungu zokubeletha" (Luka 21: 10-11). Abakhombisi ukuphela kwesikhathi, kepha kunalokho ukuphela kwesikhathi okusondelayo. Le ngxenye yeSiphepho izokhula ngesihluku ngaphambili the Iso Lesiphepho ifinyelela esintwini. Imvelo izosinyikinya, nokunethezeka nokuphepha komhlaba kuyowela emhlabathini njengamakhiwane esihlahleni (Jeremiya 24: 1-10).
ISIGABA SESIBILI
Ngenhlekelele ehlasele izifunda eziningi zomhlaba, the Iso Lesiphepho izovela ngokuzuma ngaphezulu. Imimoya izonqamuka, ukuthula kuzomboza umhlaba, futhi ukukhanya okukhulu kuzokhanya ezinhliziyweni zethu. Ngomzuzwana, wonke umuntu uzozibona ngendlela uNkulunkulu abona ngayo imiphefumulo yakhe. Leli yihora elikhulu lesihe elizonikeza umhlaba ithuba lokuphenduka futhi lamukele uthando olungenamibandela nesihe sikaNkulunkulu. Impendulo yomhlaba ngalesi sikhathi izocacisa ubukhulu besigaba sesiThathu.
ISIGABA SESITHATHU
Lesi sikhathi sizoletha ukuphela okucacile kwalesi sikhathi kanye nokuhlanzwa komhlaba. I- Iso Lesiphepho kuzobe kudlulile, futhi imimoya emikhulu izoqala futhi ngokufutheka. Ngikholwa ukuthi uMphikukristu uzovela phakathi nalesi sigaba, futhi isikhashana uzosibekela iLanga, alethe ubumnyama obukhulu emhlabeni. Kepha uKrestu uzodabula amafu obubi abulale lo “ongenamthetho”, abhubhise umbuso wakhe wasemhlabeni, amise umbuso wobulungiswa nothando.
Kepha lapho lo Mpikukristu esebhubhise zonke izinto kuleli zwe, uzobusa iminyaka emithathu nezinyanga eziyisithupha, futhi ahlale ethempelini eJerusalema; khona-ke iNkosi izofika… ithumela lo muntu nalabo abamlandelayo echibini lomlilo; kodwa ulethele abalungileyo izikhathi zombuso, okungukuthi, okunye, usuku olungcwelisiwe lwesikhombisa. —USt. U-Irenaeus waseLyons, Izingcezu, iNcwadi V, Ch. 28, 2; kwethi The Early Church Fathers and Other Works, eyashicilelwa ngo-1867.
ISIGABA SESINE
ISiphepho siyobe sesihlanze ububi emhlabeni futhi, isikhathi eside, iSonto lizongena esikhathini sokuphumula, ubunye obungakaze bube khona, nokuthula (IsAm 20: 4). Impucuko izokwenziwa lula futhi umuntu uzoba nokuthula naye, nemvelo, futhi ngaphezu kwakho konke noNkulunkulu. Isiphrofetho sizogcwaliseka, futhi iSonto lizolungiselela ukwamukela uMyeni walo ngesikhathi esimisiwe nesaziwa nguYise kuphela. Lokhu kubuya kukaKristu enkazimulweni kuzokwandulelwa ukuvuka kokugcina kukaSathane, ukukhohliswa kwezizwe ngu "Gogi noMagogi" ukuphetha I-Era Yokuthula.
Lapho isiphepho sidlula, umuntu omubi akasekho; kepha olungileyo uzinzile kuze kube phakade. (IzA 10:25)
SIPHELA ISIKHATHI SOKULUNGISELELA
Bafowethu nodadewethu, njengoba kusho uBaba oNgcwele ngenhla, isiphepho sinjalo lapha, Ngiyakholwa, iSiphepho Esikhulu besilindelwe amakhulu eminyaka. Kufanele sikulungele okuzayo ngaphandle kokulahla ithemba. Kalula nje, lokho kusho ukuthi siphila esimweni somusa, sigxilisa amehlo ethu othandweni nasesiheni saKhe, futhi senze intando yeNkosi umzuzwana nomzuzu sengathi namuhla usuku lwethu lokugcina emhlabeni. UNkulunkulu uhlele, kulabo abaphendulile ngalesi sikhathi somusa, izindawo zokuphephela nokuvikelwa okungokomoya, engikholwa wukuthi, nakho kuzoba yizikhungo ezinkulu ze ivangeli kanjalo. Futhi, lokhu isikhathi sokulungiselela okusondela emaphethelweni akuyona ibhukwana lokuzisiza ukuze ulondolozwe kepha ukusilungiselela ukumemezela i- Igama likaJesu ku amandla kaMoya oNgcwele, into iBandla elibizelwe ukuyenza ngaso sonke isikhathi, kuyo yonke inkathi, nakuzo zonke izindawo.
Izinhloso ezimbili ezicace bha phambili kwethu: Eyokuqala ukuqoqa imiphefumulo eminingi ngangokunokwenzeka uMphongolo ngaphambi kweSigaba Sesithathu; okwesibili ukuzinikela ngokuphelele ethembeni elinjengengane kuNkulunkulu, obheke futhi anakekele iSonto Lakhe njengoMyeni woMlobokazi Wakhe.
Ungesabi.
Ngoba batshalile umoya, futhi bazovuna isivunguvungu. (Hos 8: 7)
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