Ekuphumeni EBhabhiloni

Uzobusa, by UTianna (Mallett) Williams

 

Namuhla ekuseni lapho ngivuka, "izwi manje" enhliziyweni yami bekuwukuthola umbhalo ovela esikhathini esedlule mayelana "nokuphuma eBabiloni." Ngithole le, eshicilelwe okokuqala eminyakeni emithathu edlule ngo-Okthoba 4, 2017! Amagama kulokhu aqukethe konke okusenhliziyweni yami ngalelihora, kufaka phakathi umBhalo wokuvula ovela kuJeremiya. Ngiyivuselele ngezixhumanisi zamanje. Ngiyathandaza lokhu kuzoba njengokwakhayo, okuqinisekisayo, futhi okunenselelo kuwe njengoba kwenzeka kimi nakuleSonto ekuseni… Khumbula, uyathandwa.

 

LAPHO yizikhathi lapho amazwi kaJeremiya ehlaba umphefumulo wami njengokungathi awami. Leli sonto lingezinye zalezo zikhathi. 

Noma nini lapho ngikhuluma, kufanele ngimemeze, ngimemezele udlame nolaka; izwi leNkosi lingilethele ukuthukwa nokuhlekwa usuku lonke. Ngithi angizokhuluma ngaye, ngeke ngisakhuluma egameni lakhe. Kodwa-ke kunjengokungathi umlilo uvutha enhliziyweni yami, uboshwe emathanjeni ami; Ngikhathele ukuzibamba, angikwazi! (Jeremiya 20: 7-9) 

Uma unanoma yiluphi uhlobo lwezinhliziyo, khona-ke nawe uyadangala ngemuva kwezenzakalo ezenzeka emhlabeni wonke. Isikhukhula esesabekayo e-Asia esidale izinkulungwane zokufa kwabantu… ukuqothulwa kohlanga eMiddle East… iziphepho e-Atlantic… usongo oluseduze lwempi kumaKorea… ukuhlasela kwamaphekula (kanye nezidubedube) eNyakatho Melika naseYurophu. Ingabe amagama abhalwe ekugcineni kweNcwadi Yesambulo — incwadi esibonakala ukuthi siphila ngesikhathi sangempela — awathathi ukuphuthuma okusha?

UMoya nomlobokazi bathi: “Woza!” Umuntu ozwayo makathi, “Woza.” Owomileyo akeze ngaphambili, futhi lowo okufunayo athole isipho samanzi anika impilo… Woza, Nkosi Jesu! (IsAm. 22:17, 20)

Kunjengokungathi uSt. John ubelindele ukulangazelela nokoma iqiniso, ubuhle, nobuhle lokho kungagcina kunqobe isizukulwane esizayo esine “Bashintshanisa iqiniso likaNkulunkulu ngamanga, bahlonipha, bakhonza isidalwa, bakhonza uMdali.” ^[1]I-Rom 1: 25 Noma kunjalo, njengoba ngikhombe Isijeziso Esibi Kakhulu, lokhu kumane nje kuyisiqalo sezinhlupheko izulu osekuyisikhathi eside zixwayisa ngazo ukuthi lesi sintu sizovuna njengomphumela wokwenqaba uJesu Kristu neVangeli Lakhe. Siyakwenza kithi! Ngoba iVangeli aliyona imibono ethile ethandekayo, enye ifilosofi phakathi kwabaningi. Kunalokho, kuyimephu yaphezulu enikezwe nguMdali ukuhola indalo yakhe emandleni esono nokufa aye enkululekweni. Kungokoqobo! Akuyona inganekwane! Izulu lingokoqobo! Isihogo ngesangempela! Angels namademoni ngeqiniso! Lesi sizukulwane sidinga kangakanani ukubona ubuso bobubi ngaphambi kokuba sizithobe bese sikhala kuNkulunkulu sithi, “Jesu sisize! Jesu sisindise! Siyakudinga ngempela! ”? 

Kuyadabukisa ukusho, kude, kude kakhulu. 

 

IBHABHILONI LIYASHONA

Esikubonayo, bafowethu nodadewethu, kungukuqala kokuwa kweBabiloni, uPapa Benedict akuchazayo ukuthi…

… Uphawu lwamadolobha amakhulu emhlabeni angenankolo… 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, Ngesikhathi Sokubingelelwa Kukhisimusi, ngoDisemba 20, 2010; http://www.vatican.va/

In Imfihlakalo iBabiloni, Ukuwa Kwemfihlakalo IBabiloni (futhi Ukuwa Okuzayo KweMelika), Ngachaza umlando oyinkimbinkimbi waseMelika nendima yawo enkabeni yecebo lobudemoni lokuchitha ubuKrestu nobukhosi bezizwe. Ngokusebenzisa “intando yeningi ekhanyisiwe” kwakuzosabalala ukungakholelwa ebukhoneni bukaNkulunkulu nokuthanda izinto ezibonakalayo — i "Amaphutha eRussia"—Njengoba uMama Wethu waseFatima ababiza kanjalo. Izithelo zazizofana neBabiloni, njengoba kuchaziwe kusAmbulo:

Sekuphenduke indawo yokuhlala amademoni, indawo yokuhlala kuyo yonke imimoya emibi, indawo yezinyoni zonke ezingcolileyo nezizondayo; ngoba zonke izizwe ziliphuzile iwayini lobufebe balo, namakhosi omhlaba afebile nalo, nabathengisi bomhlaba bacebile ngengcebo yobufebe balo. (IsAm 18: 2-3)

Kukangaki, lapho omashiqela behliswa noma abangaphakathi behlanganyela izindaba zabo, sithola ukuthi, kunokuba sizonde isiko laseNtshonalanga njengoba besho, laba baholi abakhohlakele bafeba naye! Banayo angenise ukuthanda kwakhe izinto ezibonakalayo, izithombe zobulili ezingcolile, ukuziphatha okubi, nobugovu.

Kodwa kuthiwani ngathi? Kuthiwani ngawe nami? Ngabe silandela iNkosi yamakhosi, noma nathi, nathi, siphuza iwayini lenkanuko engcolile egcwala kuyo yonke imigwaqo nemizi nge i-inthanethi — i “Umfanekiso wesilo”?

“Izimpawu zezikhathi” zifuna ukuba sihlole unembeza wethu ngamunye, kusuka kumbhishobhi kuya kumuntu ovamile. Lezi yizikhathi ezibucayi ezifuna impendulo ebucayi - hhayi ukukhathazeka nempendulo esabekayo — kepha iqotho, ithobekile futhi ithembekile. Ngoba yilokhu uNkulunkulu akushoyo kithi abahlala ethunzini leBabiloni ngalesi sikhathi sokuphela:

Sukani kuyo, bantu bami, ukuze ningahlanganyeli ezonweni zayo futhi ningahlanganyeli ezinhluphekweni zayo, ngoba izono zayo zanqwabelana zaze zafika esibhakabhakeni, futhi uNkulunkulu uyabukhumbula ubugebengu bayo. (IsAm 18: 4-5)

UNkulunkulu uyabukhumbula ubugebengu bakhe ngenxa yokuthi iBabiloni liyilo hhayi bephenduka kubo. 

INkosi inesihe futhi inomusa, yephuza ukuthukuthela futhi igcwele umusa wothando… njengoba nje empumalanga ikude nentshonalanga, kuze kube manje ususa izeqo zethu kithi. (IHubo 103: 8-12)

Izono zethu ziyasuswa lapho siphenduka, leyo! Ngaphandle kwalokho, ubulungiswa bufuna ukuthi uNkulunkulu aphendule ababi ukukhala kwabampofu. Futhi yeka ukukhala okukhulu kangakanani! 

 

UKUJIKELELA NGAPHAKATHI

UJesu wathi, 

Noma ngubani okholwa kimi, njengoba kusho umbhalo othi: 'Kuyogeleza kuye imifula yamanzi aphilayo.' (Johane 7:38)

Abanye babhalile, bemangele, bememeza bethi, “Kuyophela nini konke lokhu kubhujiswa? Sizokuthola nini ukuphumula? ” Impendulo ithi izophela nini abantu baphuze ukwanelisa ngokungalaleli:^[2]qhathanisa Ukugcwala Kwesono: Okubi Kumele Kuzikhandle

Thatha le ndebe yewayini eligwebu esandleni sami, uziphuzise zonke izizwe engizokuthuma kuzo. Bayakuphuza, badideke, bahlanye, ngenxa yenkemba engizoyithuma phakathi kwabo. (Jeremiya 25: 15-16)

Futhi-ke, uBaba akasiniki yini isintu iNdebe yoMusa nsuku zonke kuma-altare amasonto ethu? Lapho, UJesu uzenza abe khona kithina, uMzimba, uMphefumulo, nobuNkulunkulu njengesibonakaliso sothando Lwakhe, isihe, kanye nesifiso sokubuyisana kwesintu, noma kunjalo. Ngisho namanje! Lapho, ezinkulungwaneni zamasonto amaningi angenalutho eNtshonalanga, ngemuva kwesihenqo seTabernakele, uJesu uyamemeza, “Ngomile!” ^[3]John 19: 28

Ngomile. Ngomele insindiso yemiphefumulo. Ngisize, ndodakazi yami, ukusindisa imiphefumulo. Joyina izinhlupheko zakho ku-Passion Yami bese uzinikela kuBaba osezulwini wezoni. —UJesu kuya eSt Faustina, Isihe SikaNkulunkulu Somphefumlo Wami, Idayari; n. 1032

Uyabona ukuthi kungani ngikubhalela namhlanje, ngemuva kwamasonto ambalwa edlule lapho ngigxile khona Cross? UJesu udinga ukuhlupheka nokuzidela kwakho kunanini ngaphambili ngalesi sintu esimpofu. Kepha singamnika kanjani noma yini uJesu ngaphandle uma simunye naye ngokweqiniso? Ngaphandle kokuba thina ngokwethu sinakho “Phuma eBabiloni”? 

Ohlala kimi, nami kuye, uyakuthela izithelo eziningi, ngokuba ngaphandle kwami ​​ningenze lutho. (Johane 15: 5)

Kepha abaningi bethu bahlala kuphi? Yimuphi umvini esixhunyelelwe kuwo — uJesu, noma ama-Smartphones ethu? Noma njengoba omunye oNgcwele asho, “Yini, Mkristu, wenzani ngesikhathi sakho?” Kwabaningi abaphoqelela ukufinyelela kubuchwepheshe ngokuma kancane osukwini; baphenya i-Facebook ne-Instagram befuna umuntu ozovala ukuthula; baskena iTV ngethemba lokuthi kukhona okuzonciphisa isithukuthezi sabo; bathakazelisa iwebhu bezwela ubulili, noma izinto, bezama ukwelapha ubuhlungu imiphefumulo yabo yokuthula…. Kepha akukho kulokhu okunganikeza uMfula Wamanzi Okuphila uJesu akhuluma ngawo… ngoba okwakhe kungukuthula “Lomhlaba awukwazi ukupha.” ^[4]isib. Johane 14:27  Kungaleso sikhathi kuphela lapho sifika kuYe “njengezingane ezincane” ngokulalela, ngomkhuleko, kumaSakramente, lapho sizoqala khona ukuba imikhumbi yamanzi aPhilayo okomhlaba. Kumele siphuze eMthonjeni ngaphambi kokuthi sazi ukuthi sinikani.

 

IZIXWAYISO ZOMUSA

Yebo, lokhu kubhala kuyisexwayiso! Manje sibona imicimbi igcwala, omunye komunye njengokuphahlazeka kwesitimela… njengoba uJesu asho ukuthi bazokwenza, ngokusho komboni oyedwa waseMelika:

Ngisho kufanele ngigweme amehlo ami kulo lonke “udlame nolaka” engilubona kokuthunyelwe kwami ​​okuncane obondeni, noma kuzonciphisa ukuthula kwami! UJesu usitshele ukuthi sibuke izimpawu zezikhathi, yebo, kodwa futhi wathi:

Buka futhi nikhuleke ukuze ungavivinywa. Umoya uyavuma kodwa inyama ibuthakathaka. (UMarku 14:38)

Kufanele sithandaze! Kufanele siyeke ukubuka ngaphandle kakhulu kuzamcolo wokungcola nokubhujiswa uSathane akhafula kuwo umhlaba, futhi sibheke ngaphakathi lapho kuhlala khona uZiqu-zintathu Ongcwele. Cabanga ngoJesu, hhayi okubi. Kufanele siye lapho ukuthula, umusa, nokuphiliswa kusilindele khona, noma nje ukubhujiswa kugcwele. Futhi uJesu utholakala kuMthendeleko nasezinhliziyweni zamakholwa. 

Zihloleni nibone ukuthi nihlala ngokukholwa yini. Zihloleni nina. Awazi yini ukuthi uJesu Kristu uphakathi kwakho? - ngaphandle-ke uma uhluleka isivivinyo. (2 Kor 13: 5)

Ngoba uyiNkosi isiphephelo sakho futhi wenze oPhezukonke waba yisiphephelo sakho, akukho okubi okuzokwehlela, akukho ukuhlupheka okusondela etendeni lakho. (bheka iHubo 91)

Lapho, esiphephelweni sobukhona bukaNkulunkulu, Ufuna ukukugeza ekuphulukisweni, emandleni, nasemandleni kulezi zikhathi.

Ukwazi ukulinda, ngenkathi ukhuthazelela uvivinyo ngokubekezela, kuyadingeka ukuze okholwayo akwazi "ukwamukela lokho akuthembisile" (Heb 10:36) —UPOPE BENEDICT XVI, ubumbene I-Spe Salvi (Saved In Hope),n. 8

Silinda kanjani? Thandaza, thandaza, thandaza. Ukuthandaza ukulinda ngokomoya; ukulinda ngokomoya ukukholwa; nokukholwa kugudluza izintaba.

Isikhathi sesihambile, futhi isikhathi sokuphuma eBabiloni sikhona manje, ngoba izindonga zakhe seziqala ukuwa.  

Umlando, empeleni, awuwedwa ezandleni zamandla amnyama, ithuba noma ukukhetha komuntu. Ngokudalulwa kwamandla amabi, ukuphazanyiswa ngamandla kukaSathane, kanye nokuvela kwezishayo nobubi obuningi, kuphakama iNkosi, umxazululi omkhulu wezenzakalo zomlando. Uhola umlando ngokuhlakanipha ngasekuseni kwamazulu amasha nomhlaba omusha, okuculwa engxenyeni yokugcina yeNcwadi ngaphansi kwesithombe seJerusalema elisha (bheka iSambulo 21-22). —UPOPE BENEDICT XVI, Izithameli ezijwayelekile, May 11, 2005

 

KUFUNDWA OKUFUNDILE

I-Counter-Revolution

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