Ngakho-ke, Isikhathi Sini Lesi?

 

NGOKUSHO ezambulweni uJesu azinika uSt. Faustina, sisemngceleni “wosuku lobulungiswa”, uSuku lweNkosi, ngemuva kwalesi "sikhathi somusa". Obaba beSonto bafanisa uSuku lweNkosi nosuku lwelanga (bheka UFaustina, nosuku lweNkosi). Umbuzo-ke uthi, siseduze kangakanani phakathi kwamabili, ingxenye emnyama yoSuku — ukufika koMphikukristu? Yize “umphikukristu” engenakulinganiselwa kumuntu oyedwa, ^[1]Mayelana nomphik 'ukristu, sesibonile ukuthi eTestamenteni eNtsha uhlala ecabanga ngemininingwane yomlando wesikhathi samanje. Angeke akhawulelwe kunoma yimuphi umuntu. Ngokufanayo uthwala imaski eminingi esizukulwaneni ngasinye. -Cardinal Ratzinger (IPOPE BENEDICT XVI), I-Dogmatic Theology, i-Eschatology 9, UJohann Auer noJoseph Ratzinger, 1988, k. 199-200 njengoba uSt. John wafundisa, ^[2]isib. 1 Johane 2:18 Isiko lithi impela kuzofika umlingiswa oyedwa, "indodana yolahleko," "ezikhathini zokuphela." ^[3] … Ngaphambi kokufika kweNkosi kuzoba nokuhlubuka, futhi kuchazwe kahle ngokuthi “umuntu ongenamthetho”, “indodana yokubhujiswa”, ubani osiko lakhe elizobiza Umphik'ukristu. —UPOPE BENEDICT XVI, Izithameli Ezijwayelekile, "Kungaba sekupheleni kwesikhathi noma ngesikhathi sokushoda kokuthula: Woza Nkosi Jesu!", L'Osservatore Romano, Novemba 12, 2008

Ngokuza komphikukristu, umBhalo usitshela ukuthi sibheke izimpawu eziyisihlanu eziyinhloko:

Isikhathi sokungabi namthetho noma ukuhlubuka okholweni.

II. Ukwanda kobushiqela bomhlaba jikelele

III. Ukuqaliswa kohlelo lwezohwebo lomhlaba jikelele

IV. Ukuvuka kwabaprofethi bamanga

V. Ukushushiswa kweSonto emhlabeni jikelele

UJesu wasixwayisa ukuthi singalali, sibheke futhi sithandaze — hhayi ngokwesaba, kodwa ngaphakathi isibindi esingcwele njengoba sibona izimpawu "zezikhathi zokugcina" zivela. Ngoba njengoba uSuku lweNkosi luqhubeka, kunezinto eziningi ezizomangaza abantu — abanye, empeleni, abazobe belahlekelwe yithuba labo lokuba sekhempini likaNkulunkulu ngoba bazenze lukhuni izinhliziyo zabo, futhi balala.

Ngokuba nina uqobo lwenu nazi kahle ukuthi usuku lweNkosi luyakufika njengesela ebusuku. Lapho abantu bethi, ukuthula nokuvikeleka, khona-ke inhlekelele engazelelwe ifika phezu kwabo, njengezinhlungu zokubeletha owesifazane okhulelwe, futhi ngeke baphunyuke. (1 Thes. 5: 2-3)

Ngakho-ke ake sibheke kafushane iphuzu ngalinye kulawa amahlanu, okusinikeza inkomba yesikhathi esiseduze esiphila kuso…

 

KUNGASIPHI ISIKHATHI?

I. Ukuhlubuka

“Ukuhlubuka” kusho ukuwa okukhulu okholweni. Empeleni, uSt. Paul uxwayisa abafundi bakhe ngalabo ababesho futhi bebhala izinto…

… Kuze kufike usuku lweNkosi. Makungabikho muntu onikhohlisa nganoma iyiphi indlela; ngoba lolo suku ngeke lufike, ngaphandle kokuba kufike ukuhlubuka kuqala, kwembulwe umuntu ongenamthetho, indodana yokubhubha… (2 Thes. 2: 2-3)

Ngakho, kungasiphi isikhathi?

Ubani ongehluleka ukubona ukuthi umphakathi okwamanje, ngaphezu kwanoma iyiphi enye inkathi edlule, uhlushwa yisifo esibi nesigxile kakhulu okuthi, kuthuthukisa nsuku zonke futhi kudle okungaphakathi kwayo, ikudonsele ekubhujisweni? Niyaqonda, Bazalwane Abahloniphekile, ukuthi siyini lesi sifo — ukuhlubuka kuNkulunkulu… Uma konke lokhu kubhekwa kunesizathu esizwakalayo sokwesaba hleze lokhu kubi okukhulu kube sengathi kunambitheka, futhi mhlawumbe kungukuqala kwalobo bubi obugcinelwe izinsuku zokugcina; nokuthi kube khona vele emhlabeni "iNdodana yokulahlwa" lowo uMphostoli akhuluma ngaye. —I-POPE ST. I-PIUS X, E Supremi, I-Encyclical On the Return of All All Christ in Christ, n. 3, 5; Ngo-Okthoba 4, 1903

Ukuhlubuka, ukulahleka kokholo, kusakazeka emhlabeni wonke kuya emazingeni aphakeme kakhulu eSontweni. —UPOPE PAUL VI, Ikheli ngeSikhumbuzo Saminyaka Engamashumi Amashumi Amathandathu Sokubonakala Kwe-Fatima, ngo-Okthoba 13, 1977

UPius X wakusho lokho ngo-1903. Wayezothini ukube wayesaphila namuhla? Mhlawumbe okushiwo uPius XI:

Ngalokho-ke, nangokuphikisana nentando yethu, umcabango uvuka emqondweni wokuthi manje lezo zinsuku ziyasondela iNkosi yethu eyaprofetha ngazo: “Futhi ngenxa yokuthi isono sesandile, uthando lwabaningi luyophola” (Math. 24:12). —POPE PIUS XI, I-Miserentissimus Redemptor, Encyclical on Reparation to Sacred Heart, n. 17 

II. Ubushiqela Bomhlaba Wonke

Umprofethi uDaniel, uSt. John, kanye nabaFata beSonto bokuqala babemunye ngazwi linye ekumemezeleni ukuthi kuzofika umbuso womhlaba wonke ozonyathela ubukhosi namalungelo ezizwe nabantu abaningi.

Emva kwalokhu, emibonweni yasebusuku ngabona isilo sesine, esesabekayo, esesabekayo, esilamandla amakhulu kakhulu; lalinamazinyo amakhulu ensimbi elalishwabadela futhi lichoboza ngalo, lanyathela ngezinyawo zalo okusele. (Daniyeli 7: 7)

Ngakho, kungasiphi isikhathi?

Ngemiphumela ebuhlungu, inqubo ende yomlando ifinyelela ekuguqukeni. Inqubo eyake yaholela ekutholeni umqondo we “Amalungelo abantu” —amalungelo atholakala kuwo wonke umuntu nangaphambi kwanoma yimuphi umthetho-sisekelo noMbuso — namuhla kuphawulwe ngokungqubuzana okumangazayo… lona kanye ilungelo lokuphila liyenqatshwa noma linyathelwe… Lokhu kungumphumela omubi wobumbano olubusa ngaphandle kokuphikiswa : "ilungelo" liyayeka ukuba njalo, ngoba alisasekelwa ngokuqinile esithunzini somuntu esingaphepheki, kepha lenziwa lithobele intando yengxenye enamandla. Ngale ndlela intando yeningi, ephikisana nemigomo yayo, ihamba ngempumelelo ifike ohlotsheni lobushiqela. —I-POPE JOHN PAUL II, IVangelium Vitae, "IVangeli Lokuphila",n. 18, 20

Impi phakathi kwesiko lempilo kanye nesiko lokufa namuhla empeleni iyimpi phakathi kweVangeli ne-anti-gospel, uMfazi weSambulo noDrako, futhi ekugcineni, nguKristu noMphikukristu ofuna ukuphoqa isiko lokufa umhlaba wonke ^[4]qhathanisa Ukuhlulwa Okukhulu  ngombono wezwe ongakholelwa kuNkulunkulu nokokuthanda izinto ezibonakalayo.

Lo mzabalazo uhambisana nempi ebhubhisayo echazwe ku- [IsAm 12]. Izimpi zokufa ezilwa nokuPhila: “isiko lokufa” lifuna ukuzibophezela esifisweni sethu sokuphila, futhi siphile ngokugcwele… Imikhakha emikhulu yomphakathi ididekile ngokuthi yini elungile nengalungile, futhi isemseni walabo amandla "okudala" umbono nokuwuphoqa kwabanye… “Udrako” (IsAm. 12: 3), “umbusi waleli zwe” ((Johane 12:31) “noyise wamanga” (Joh 8:44), engapheli amandla ukuqeda ezinhliziyweni zabantu umuzwa wokubonga nokuhlonipha isipho sokuqala sikaNkulunkulu esingajwayelekile nesisisekelo: impilo yomuntu uqobo. Namuhla lowomzabalazo usuqonde ngqo. —I-POPE JOHN PAUL II, eCherry Creek State Park Homily, eDenver, eColorado, ngo-1993

III. Umnotho Womhlaba Wonke

Umbono kaSt. John kwakucacile ukuthi "isilo" seSambulo sizofuna ukuphoqa indlela eyodwa abantu abangathenga ngayo bathengise ngalokho akubiza ngokuthi "uphawu lwesilo." ^[5]I-Rev 13: 16 Ithuba lokuthi umhlaba wonke ungabanjiswa ngohlelo olulodwa lwezomnotho kubonakale kungenakwenzeka esizukulwaneni esedlule. Kepha ubuchwepheshe kushintshe konke lokho emashumini ambalwa nje eminyaka.

Ngakho, kungasiphi isikhathi?

I-Apocalypse ikhuluma ngomphikisi kaNkulunkulu, isilo. Lesi silwane asinalo igama, kodwa inombolo. [Ekusabekeni kwamakamu okuhlushwa], bakhansela ubuso nomlando, baguqula umuntu abe yinombolo, bamehlisa waba yingcosana emshinini omkhulu. Umuntu akawona nje umsebenzi. Ezinsukwini zethu, akufanele sikhohlwe ukuthi zifanekisela ikusasa lomhlaba obeka engcupheni yokwamukela ukwakheka okufanayo kwamakamu okuhlushwa, uma umthetho womhlaba wonke womshini wamukelwa. Imishini eyakhiwe ibeka umthetho ofanayo. Ngokwalo mqondo, umuntu kufanele ahunyushwe ngu- a ikhompyutha futhi lokhu kungenzeka kuphela uma kuhunyushelwa ezinombolweni. Isilo siyinombolo futhi siguquka sibe ngamanani. Kodwa-ke, uNkulunkulu unegama futhi ubiza ngamagama. Ungumuntu futhi ubheka umuntu. —UKhadinali Ratzinger, (UPAPA BENEDICT XVI) uPalermo, Mashi 15, 2000 (omalukeke bangeziwe)

… Ubushiqela bemali […] buhlanekezela isintu. Abukho ubumnandi obenele, futhi ukweqisa kophuzo oludakayo kuba wudlame oludabula izifunda zonke - futhi konke lokhu egameni lokungaqondi kahle kwenkululeko okuyilona elilulaza inkululeko yomuntu futhi ekugcineni kuyonakalise. —UPOPE BENEDICT XVI, Ikheli Elibhekiswe Kumkhosi WaseRoma, ngoDisemba 20, 2010

IV. Abaprofethi Bamanga

Kucacile ezixwayisweni zikaKrestu ezisemaVangelini nasezincwadini ukuthi ingozi izovela, hhayi ngaphandle kuphela, kepha ikakhulu Ngaphakathi iSonto “liphendukezela iqiniso.” ^[6]qhathanisa Ngiyazi ukuthi emva kokuhamba kwami ​​kuzongena phakathi kwenu izimpisi ezinonya, futhi aziwuhawukeli umhlambi. Futhi eqenjini lenu, amadoda azofika phambili ehlanekezela iqiniso ukuze adonse abafundi babalandele. Ngakho-ke qaphela… (Izenzo 20: 29-31) Okungukuthi, “abaprofethi bamanga” abanjalo yilabo abangafuni “ukuzamazamisa
isikebhe, ”abachitha imfundiso yeSonto, noma abayishaye indiva ngokuphelele njengephasishi, ayisebenzi, noma iphelelwe yisikhathi. Imvamisa babona iMfundiso kanye nokwakheka kweSonto njengokucindezelayo, ukukhonza uNkulunkulu kakhulu, nokungabuswa ngentando yeningi. Bavame ukufaka umthetho wokuziphatha wemvelo esikhundleni semithetho eshintshashintshayo "yokubekezelelana."