I-Apocalypse kaKhisimusi

 

NGAPHELA ukulandisa kukaKhisimusi kunephethini ye- izikhathi zokuphela. Eminyakeni eyi-2000 ngemuva kokutshelwa kwayo okokuqala, iSonto selikwazi ukubheka emBhalweni oNgcwele ngokucacile nangokuqonda okujule kakhulu ngenkathi uMoya oNgcwele wembula incwadi kaDaniel-incwadi eyayizovalwa kuze kube sekupheleni kwesikhathi lapho umhlaba uzoba khona isimo sokuhlubuka — ukuhlubuka. ^[1]qhathanisa Ngabe Isembozo Siyasuswa?

Kepha wena, Daniyeli, gcina lo myalezo uyimfihlo futhi uyivale incwadi kuze isikhathi sokuphela; abaningi bayokuwa, ububi bande. (Daniyeli 12: 4)

Akukhona ukuthi kunokuthile "okusha" okuvezwayo, ngayinye se. Kunalokho, yethu ukuqonda we ukwembula "imininingwane" sekucaca ngokwengeziwe:

Kodwa-ke noma ngabe iSambulo sesivele siphelele, asicaciswanga ngokuphelele; kusala okholweni lobuKristu kancane kancane ukukuqonda ngokugcwele ukubaluleka kwalo ngokuqhubeka kwamakhulu eminyaka. —Ikhathekizimu yeSonto LamaKatolika 66

Ngokufanisa ukulandisa kukaKhisimusi nezikhathi zethu, singanikwa ukuqonda okukhulu ngokwenzekayo lapha…

 

UMFANA WOKUQALA

Ukhiye ukuqonda lokhu kufana nezikhathi zethu kulele embonweni kaSt. John kusAmbulo 12 'wowesifazane ogqoke ilanga' esebenza ukubeletha ingane. ^[2]qhathanisa Ukuphila Incwadi Yesambulo

Lona wesifazane umele uMariya, uMama woMhlengi, kepha umele ngasikhathi sinye iBandla lonke, Abantu bakaNkulunkulu bazo zonke izikhathi, iBandla okuthi ngezikhathi zonke, elinobuhlungu obukhulu, liphinde lizale uKristu. —UPOPE BENEDICT XVI kubhekiswe kuMfu 12: 1; UCastel Gandolfo, e-Italy, u-AUG. 23, 2006; I-Zenit

ISt. John ibuye ikhulume ngesibonakaliso sesikhathi esifanayo…

… Udrako omkhulu obomvu, onamakhanda ayisikhombisa nezimpondo eziyishumi, nasemakhanda akhe kukhona imiqhele eyisikhombisa. (IsAm 12: 3)

Udrako wema phambi kowesifazane ukushwabadela ingane yakhe lapho ebeletha. UHerodi-ke wakha iqhinga lokuthola iNkosi eyayibikezelwe futhi ambulale, ngoba wayesaba ukuthi wayezobamba isihlalo sakhe sobukhosi. Usebenzisile ukukhohlisa, eqamba amanga kuZazi ngezinhloso zakhe. Kodwa uNkulunkulu wavikela lona wesifazane nengane yakhe ngokuxwayisa aBantu Abahlakaniphileyo ephusheni ukuthi bangabuyeli kuHerode.

… Ingelosi yeNkosi yabonakala kuJosefa ephusheni yathi, “Sukuma uthathe umntwana nonina, ubalekele eGibhithe, uhlale khona ngize ngikutshele. UHerode usezothungatha ingane azoyibulala. (Math 2:13)

Owesifazane uqobo wabalekela ehlane lapho ayenendawo ayilungiselelwe nguNkulunkulu, ukuze anakekelwe lapho izinsuku eziyikhulu namashumi amabili nambili. (IsAm 12: 6)

UHerode ulandela uMariya nengane yakhe:

Lapho uHerode ebona ukuthi izazi zazimkhohlisile, wathukuthela wagana unwabu. Wayala ukuba kubulawe bonke abafana baseBhetlehema namaphethelo abaneminyaka emibili nangaphansi… (Math 2:16)

Udrako, ngokufanayo, ulandela noma ngubani ophethe uphawu lukaKristu:

Khona-ke udrako wathukuthelela owesifazane futhi wahamba wayokulwa nabaseleyo benzalo yakhe, labo abagcina imiyalo kaNkulunkulu futhi abafakaza ngoJesu. (IsAm 12:17)

 

UMFANA WESIBILI

Ukusibekelwa

ISonto lakhulelwa uKristu, ungasho, ngePentekoste lapho, njengoMariya, wayesitshekelwa nguMoya oNgcwele. Sekuyiminyaka eyi-2000, iSonto lisebenze kuzo zonke izizukulwane ukuzala uJesu ezinhliziyweni zezizwe. Kodwa-ke, ngifuna ukugxila kulesi sifaniso kuleso sikhathi esithile ku- ukuphela kuka-age lapho iSonto lizobekezelela lezo “zinhlungu” zokubeletha okukhombisa ukuzalwa okusha empilweni yakhe.

Ngo-1967, uMoya oNgcwele wamboza iSonto futhi lapho iqembu elincane labafundi baseyunivesithi lathola “iPentekoste” ngenkathi bekhuleka phambi kweSakramente elibusisiwe. “Amandla oPhezukonke” afika phezu kwabo, ^[3]isib. ULuka 1:34 futhi ngaleyo ndlela kwenziwa ukuvuselelwa kweSonto, inhlangano "enomusa" esabalele emhlabeni wonke. Samukelwa ngoPhapha, sakhuthazwa ngemfundiso yakhe esemthethweni, futhi samukelwa njengesipho esivela kuNkulunkulu:

Kungakhathalekile ukuthi kuvamile yini noma kulula futhi kuthobekile, izipho zomusa zingumusa woMoya oNgcwele ozuzisa iBandla ngqo noma ngokungaqondile, eliyalelwe kanjalo ekwakheni kwalo, ekulungiseni abantu, nasezidingweni zomhlaba... Ama-charism kufanele amukelwe ngokubonga ngumuntu owemukelayo nawo wonke amalungu eSonto. Ziwumusa ocebile ngokumangalisayo wobungqabavu babaphostoli nobungcwele bawo wonke umzimba kaKristu… -Ikhathekizimu leSonto LamaKatolika, n. 799-800

Njengoba uMariya aprofetha eMagnificat yakhe ukudilizwa “kwabanamandla” nokuphakanyiswa “kwabaphansi” —into ayifundayo eyayizofika ogwadule, iSiphambano, ngenkemba ehlaba inhliziyo yakhe uqobo — ngokunjalo nalokhu kuthululwa UMoya wawuhambisana nezwi lesiprofetho phambi kukaPapa Paul VI:

Ngoba ngiyakuthanda, ngifuna ukukukhombisa engikwenzayo emhlabeni namuhla. Mina ngifuna ukukulungiselela okuzayo. Izinsuku zobumnyama ziyeza umhlaba, izinsuku zosizi… Izakhiwo ezimi manje azizukuba khona emi. Isekela lokho lapho okwabantu bami manje ngeke kube khona. Ngifuna nizilungiselele, bantu bakithi, ukwazi mina kuphela futhi ninamathele kimi futhi nibe nami ngendlela ejulile kunanini ngaphambili. Ngizokuholela ehlane… Mina ngizokuhlubula konke othembele kukho manje, ngakho-ke uthembele kimi. Isikhathi se- ubumnyama buyeza emhlabeni, kodwa isikhathi senkazimulo siyeza seBandla lami, a isikhathi senkazimulo siyeza sabantu bami. Ngizothululela phezu kwakho zonke izipho zoMoya wami. Ngizokulungiselela ukulwa ngokomoya; Ngizokulungiselela isikhathi sokushunyayelwa kwevangeli umhlaba ongakaze usibone…. Futhi uma ungenalutho ngaphandle kwami, uzoba nakho konke: umhlaba, amasimu, amakhaya, nabafowenu nodadewenu nothando futhi injabulo nokuthula kunanini ngaphambili. Hlalani nilungile, bantu bami, ngifuna ukunilungiselela… —URalph Martin, Meyi, 1975, eSt. Peter's Square, eVatican City

Lokhu kuthululwa kukaMoya, ngenkathi kunikelwa iSonto kanye nomhlaba wonke, kwamukelwa kuphela yinsali ngaphakathi koMzimba kaKristu.

Kwakukhona abelusi kuleyo ndawo ababehlala endle, belinda imihlambi yabo ebusuku. Ingelosi yeNkosi yabonakala kubo futhi inkazimulo yeNkosi yabakhanyisa nxazonke, futhi bashaywa ukwesaba okukhulu. Ingelosi yathi kubo: “Ningesabi; ngokuba bhekani, ngimemezela kini izindaba ezinhle zenjabulo enkulu ezoba ngeyabantu bonke. ” (Luka 2: 8-10)

Kanjalo futhi, “inkazimulo yeNkosi” ethelwe phezu kweBandla isifikile iwashi lasebusuku, njengoba ingena emlindelweni woSuku lweNkosi ekupheleni kwalesi sikhathi. ^[4]qhathanisa Izinsuku Ezimbili Ezengeziwe Ubumnyama bungobomoya, umhlaba osongwe ngobusuku bokuhlubuka.

UNkulunkulu uyanyamalala emkhathizwe womuntu, futhi, ngokufiphala kokukhanya okuvela kuNkulunkulu, isintu silahlekelwa ukubekezelela kwaso, nemiphumela ebonakala ngokucekelayo ebonakalayo. -Incwadi Yobungcwele Bakhe uPapa Benedict XVI kubo Bonke Ababhishobhi Bomhlaba, Mashi 10, 2009; I-Catholic Online

Kufike ngesikhathi lapho uNkulunkulu enika umakoti wakhe uPapa owakhala kakhulu, "Ungesabi!" ^[5]—UJOHN PAUL II, eHomily, eSaint Peter's Square, ngo-Okthoba 22, 1978, No. 5 Ngoba, njengoMariya, iSonto liyazi ukuthi ukuketulwa kwabanamandla kuyoza ngokuhlakanipha nangamandla eSiphambano — ekugcineni ngePhupho leSonto uqobo.

Inkohliso Enkulu

NjengoHerode, owaluka iwebhu yamanga ukuze abambe isidumbu sikaJesu ngaphakathi kuyo, kanjalo noSathane ubeluka, kusukela esikhathini sokukhanyiselwa emakhulwini amane eminyaka edlule, iwebhu yenkohliso yokufaka uMzimba kaKristu ogibeni lwama-sophistries. ^[6]qhathanisa Ukuhlakanipha nokuhlangana kwesiphithiphithi uJesu wathi ngale ngelosi ewile:

Wayengumbulali wabantu kwasekuqaleni… ungumqambimanga noyise wamanga. (Johane 8:44)

UDeveli uqamba amanga ukuze ekugcineni abulale umphefumulo ngisho nomzimba (isib. UbuKhomanisi, ubuNazi, ukukhipha isisu, njll.). Ngibhale okuningi ngale mpi yomlando phakathi kowesifazane nodrako, ^[7]qhathanisa Owesifazane Nedrako ukuthi uSathane ubelokhu ehlwanyela amanga efilosofi ukuze ahambise izingqondo zabantu kude kakhulu nentando kaNkulunkulu, ukuthi bazokhulelwa futhi emukele inkholo isiko lokufa. Yebo, ungakhohlwa ngalokho - impi phakathi kukaMariya (inzalo yeSonto) noSathane, eyaprofethwa kusukela ekuqaleni kuGenesise 3:15.

Ukukhanya

The Ukukhanyiselwa Konembeza Kade ngibhala ngakho kungumusa wokukhipha amadoda embusweni kaSathane ngokubambulela umusa nothando lweNhliziyo Engcwele. Abangcwele nabangaziwa bachaza lo mcimbi njengento engaphakathi futhi ephelezelwa yi uphawu lwangaphandle esibhakabhakeni. Ngabe lokhu ngeke kuqhathaniswe nokukhanya kweNkanyezi yaseBethlehem eholela amadoda eNkosini yamakhosi?

… Bheka, inkanyezi ababeyibonile ekuphumeni kwayo yabandulela, yaze yafika yama phezu kwendawo lapho kwakukhona ingane. Bajabula kakhulu lapho bebona inkanyezi… (Mat 2: 9-10)

Kepha akuwona wonke umuntu owayejabule kakhulu ngokubona inkanyezi, yize kwakumemezela ukuza koMsindisi. Ukukhanya kwenkanyezi lukhuni Inhliziyo kaHerode… namabutho enza izinhloso zakhe zokubulala.

Ukunikezwa NguNkulunkulu

Kuleso siprofetho eRoma, uNkulunkulu ukhuluma ngokuhlubula iBandla laKhe, ngokuliholela ehlane aze angabi nalutho ngaphandle kwaKhe. Lapho izinhlungu zokubeletha zanda kuMariya waze wabeletha, kanjalo nokwanda kukaNkulunkulu ngaleso sikhathi kwakwanda. Ukuhlinzekwa kwesitebele, izipho zaBantu Abahlakaniphileyo, amaphupho angaqondakali ahola futhi aholela uMariya noJoseph ezindaweni zabo zokuphephela… Kuzobanjalo naseBandleni njengoba ezala “inani eliphelele labezizwe”: ^[8]isib. Rom 11:25; isib. Lesi Sizukulwane? UNkulunkulu uzomnika indawo yokuphephela nokuvikeleka kudrako:

… Owesifazane wanikezwa amaphiko amabili okhozi olukhulu, ukuze akwazi ukundiza aye endaweni yakhe ehlane, lapho, kude nenyoka, anakekelwa khona unyaka, iminyaka emibili, nengxenye yonyaka. (IsAm 12:14)

Ukuvuka Kwesilo

Sibona namuhla izimpawu ezingakholeki “zesikhathi esisha sentwasahlobo” esikhona eSontweni. Ama-oda amasha avela lapha nalaphaya nabantu abasha bavutha ngomlilo ngenxa kaNkulunkulu; izinhlelo zesibindi zokuvikela impilo eziholwa ngabantu abasha; izinsizwa ezithembekile nezijwayelekile zingena emaseminari; nezinhlelo eziningi emazingeni aphansi ezikhiqiza izithelo zikaMoya oNgcwele. USathane akakwazi ukulinqoba iBandla likaKrestu uqobo wathembisa ukuthi amasango esihogo ngeke alinqobe. ^[9]isib. Mat 16:18

Inyoka, nokho, ikhiphe isifufula samanzi emlonyeni wayo ngemuva kokuthi lo wesifazane amkhukhulise ngalo msinga. Kepha umhlaba wamsiza owesifazane, wavula umlomo wawo, wagwinya isikhukhula leso sasiphuma emlonyeni waso. Khona-ke udrako wathukuthelela owesifazane futhi wahamba wayokulwa nabaseleyo benzalo yakhe, labo abagcina imiyalo kaNkulunkulu futhi abafakaza ngoJesu. (IsAm 12: 15-16)

Lapho uHerode ebona ukuthi izazi zazimkhohlisile, wathukuthela wagana unwabu. Wayala ukubulawa kwabantu… (Math 2:16)

[Isilo noma uMphikukristu] savunyelwa futhi ukulwa nabangcwele futhi sibanqobe. (IsAm 13: 7)

USathane uthatha uhlangothi lwakhe lokugcina "lokulwa okokugcina" ngokumelene nenzalo yowesifazane. 

Manje sesibhekene nengxabano yokugcina phakathi kweBandla nabamelene neBandla, leVangeli ngokuqhathaniswa neVangeli. Lokhu kungqubuzana kungaphakathi kwezinhlelo zikaNkulunkulu; kuyicala iBandla lonke… —Ukhadinali Karol Wojtyla (JOHN PAUL II), e-Eucharistic Congress, ePhiladelphia, PA; Agasti 13, 1976

Labo abenqabile umusa woKukhanya, ukukhanya “kwenkanyezi” obekuzobaholela kuMsindisi, nakanjani bayoba yingxenye ye “anti-Church,” ibutho lesilo. Bazokwazi noma cha, bazosiza ukufeza imiphumela yokugcina yomphakathi osamukele “isiko lokufa.” Bazoshushisa iSonto, njengoba uKristu aprofetha, bechitha igazi labafel 'ukholo abasha ngenxa yokholo.

Bayonikhipha emasinagogeni; eqinisweni, isikhathi siyeza lapho wonke umuntu onibulalayo eyocabanga ukuthi ukhonza uNkulunkulu… Bakhonza udrako ngoba wanika isilo amandla aso; bakhonza nesilo^* wathi: “Ngubani ongafana nesilo noma ngubani ongalwa naso na? (Johane 16: 2; IsAm 13: 4)

Isikhathi Sokuthula

Ngemuva kokufa kukaHerode, siyafunda:

Vuka, thatha umntwana nonina, uye ezweni lakwa-Israyeli, ngokuba babefile labo abafuna umphefumulo wengane. ” Wavuka, wathatha umntwana nonina, waya ezweni lakwa-Israyeli. Kodwa lapho ezwa ukuthi u-Arkelawu wayebusa eJudiya esikhundleni sikayise uHerode, wesaba ukubuyela lapho. Futhi ngenxa yokuthi wayexwayisiwe ephusheni, wamuka waya esifundeni saseGalile. (Mat 2: 20-22)

Kanjalo futhi, ngemuva kokufa kukaMphikukristu, uSt. John ubhala ukuthi akusikho ukuphela komhlaba, kodwa ukuqala kwenkathi yokugcina lapho Isonto lizobusa noKristu kuze kube semikhawulweni yomhlaba. Kepha njengoba uJoseph noMariya bengabuyelanga “ezweni lakwa-Israyeli” elithenjisiwe njengoba babethembe, ngokunjalo, umbuso wesikhashana wombuso kaNkulunkulu emhlabeni awuyona indawo yokugcina yaseZulwini, kepha ungumbono wokuthula okuphakade nenjabulo. Kuzoba yisikhathi lapho iNtando Engcwele kaNkulunkulu izobusa khona emhlabeni “njengaseZulwini” “iminyaka eyinkulungwane”; isikhathi lapho iSonto lizokhula kakhulu ebungcweleni ukuze lilungiselele ukwamukela uJesu “lingenabala noma sici” ^[10]cf. Efe 5:27 lapho eza futhi ngenkazimulo.

Isilo sasibanjwa kanye laye umprofethi wamanga owayenze phambi kwaso izibonakaliso adukisa ngazo labo ababemukele uphawu lwesilo lalabo ababekhonza umfanekiso waso. Laba bobabili baphonswa besaphila echibini lomlilo elivutha isibabule… Ngabe sengibona izihlalo zobukhosi; labo ababehlala phezu kwabo baphathiswa ukwahlulela. Ngabona nemiphefumulo yalabo ababenqunywe amakhanda ngenxa yobufakazi babo kuJesu nangezwi likaNkulunkulu, futhi ababengasikhonzi isilo noma umfanekiso waso futhi bengazange bamukele uphawu lwaso emabunzini abo noma ezandleni zabo. Baphila futhi babusa noKristu iminyaka eyinkulungwane. (IsAm 19 :; IsAm 20: 4)

Mina nawo wonke amanye amaKhristu angama-Orthodox sizwa siqinisekile ukuthi kuzoba novuko lwenyama oluzolandelwa iminyaka eyinkulungwane ekwakhiweni kabusha, kwahlanganiswa, nokwandiswa kwedolobha laseJerusalema, njengoba kumenyezelwe abaProfethi uHezekeli, u-Isaya nabanye… Indoda phakathi kwethu ogama lakhe nguJohane, omunye wabaPhostoli bakaKristu, wamukela futhi wabikezela ukuthi abalandeli bakaKristu bazohlala eJerusalema iminyaka eyinkulungwane, nokuthi emva kwalokho umhlaba jikelele futhi, ngamafuphi, uvuko laphakade nokwahlulela kuzokwenzeka. —USt. UJustin Martyr, Ingxoxo noTrypho, uCh. 81, Obaba beBandla, Amagugu ObuKristu

 

VUSA ITHEMBA LAKHO!

Ukulandisa kukaKhisimusi — ukukhulelwa, ukuzalwa, nezinsuku zokuqala zomndeni waseNazaretha — makube yinduduzo enkulu emphefumulweni wakho. UNkulunkulu uzobavikela kulezi zikhathi labo abahlala bethembekile Kuye. ^[11]isib. IsAm 3:10 Ngokuphepha, ngiqonde ukuphepha okubaluleke kunakho konke: ukuvikelwa komphefumulo womuntu. UJesu akasithembisi umbhede wama roses. Eqinisweni, uthembisa iSiphambano. Kepha Isiphambano yinsimu enkulu okuvela kuyo uvuko ngemuva kokuthi "inhlamvu kakolweni iwele emhlabathini ife." ^[12]isib. Johane 12:24

Silingeka ukubuza imibuzo,

"Uyaphila" uHerode ”(Umphik'ukristu) namuhla?”

“Sisondele kangakanani kweminye yale micimbi?”

“Ngiyophila yini ngibone iNkathi Yokuthula?”

Kepha umbuzo obaluleke kunayo yonke owokuthi noma ngabe mina, njengabelusi noma Abahlakaniphileyo, ngilandele yini ukukhanya kwaphezulu komusa wokukhulekela uJesu, lapha manje, ngikhona enhliziyweni yami, ngikhona kuMthendeleko oNgcwele? Ngokuba umbuso wezulu awukude, kwenye indawo kude. Kuseduze, kusho uJesu. ^[13]isib. Marku 1:14 Noma ingabe ukungikhohlisa kukaHerode kungibambile kuwebhu yalo, kudambisa ingqondo yami nenhliziyo yami ukuze ngilale, ngindikiwe yisiko lokufa nokuthanda izinto ezibonakalayo okuqeda umphefumulo womhlaba? Noma ngabe iyiphi impendulo, noma ngabe isimo somphefumulo wami — noma ngabe silungiselelwe ngokwengeziwe, njengabahlakaniphileyo, sithobeke kakhulu njengabelusi, noma asizilungiselele, njengomgcini wezihambi — asisheshiseni ngokushesha ukuze sitholakale phansi kwezinyawo Lowo onguThando noMusa uqobo.

 

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