Mary, isibonelo seSonto:
Ukwenyuka kweNtombi, UBartolomé Esteban Murillo, ngawo-1670
Ishicilelwe okokuqala ngo-Agasti 3, 2007.
IF Umzimba kaKristu kufanele ulandele iNhloko yawo ngokusebenzisa a Ukuguqulwa kokuguquguquka, passion, Ukufa futhi Uvuko, lapho-ke nayo izokwabelana ngeYakhe ukunyukela.
UKUVULA ISILENDA
Ezinyangeni ezimbalwa ezedlule, ngabhala ukuthi i- iqiniso—“idiphozi yokholo” eyanikezwa abaPhostoli nabalandela emva kwabo — injengembali ebisembuleka emakhulwini eminyaka edlule (bheka Ubukhazikhazi Beqiniso Eliqhubekayo). Lokho wukuthi, awekho amaqiniso amasha noma "amacembe" angangezwa "kuMkhuba Ongcwele. Kodwa-ke, ngekhulu ngalinye leminyaka sifinyelela ekuqondeni okujulile nokujule ngokwengeziwe kweSambulo sikaJesu Kristu lapho imbali ivuleka.
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
Lokhu kuphathelene futhi, futhi ikakhulukazi, kulezo zinsuku zokugcina lapho incwadi kaDaniyeli izovulwa (bheka Ngabe Isembozo Siyasuswa?). Ngakho-ke, ngikholelwa ukuthi sesiqala ukubona ngokusobala isithombe "sezikhathi zokuphela" esenzeka, mhlawumbe ngokwandayo.
ABAPHIKISI BESIBILI ABANGAPHAMBILI?
Ngibhale isikhathi eside mayelana nalokho uSt. John the Apostle, the Fathers of Church, kanye nababhali bokuqala be-Ecclesiastical abakubiza ngokuthi "a period of peace" or "era of peace" which is kwandulelwe usizi lapho uMphikukristu abonakalisa khona njengeNdoda Yesono. Ngemuva kwalolo sizi lapho "umprofethi wamanga nesilo" bephonswa "echibini lomlilo" noSathane eboshwe ngamaketanga iminyaka eyinkulungwane, iSonto lizongena, ngamandla kaMoya oNgcwele, -mangalisa isimo lapho ehlotshiswe khona ngobuhle futhi wenziwa ngcwele, eba ngumakoti ohlanziwe olungele ukwamukela uJesu lapho ebuya ngenkazimulo.
USt. John usitshela ukuthi kwenzekani ngokulandelayo:
Lapho kuphela iminyaka eyinkulungwane, uSathane uyokhululwa etilongweni lakhe. Uyophuma ukudukisa izizwe emagumbini omane omhlaba, UGogi noMagogi, wabaqoqela empini… Kepha kwehla umlilo uvela ezulwini wabaqeda. UDeveli owayebadukisile waphonswa echibini lomlilo nesibabule, lapho isilo nomprofethi wamanga ngamashumi… Ngokulandelayo ngabona isihlalo sobukhosi esikhulu esimhlophe nalowo owayehlezi kuso… (IsAm 20: 7-11)
Lokho kungukuthi, uNkulunkulu, ecebeni lakhe eliyindida lensindiso, izovumela uSathane ithuba elilodwa lokugcina lokukhohlisa izizwe nokuzama ukubhubhisa abantu bakaNkulunkulu. Kuzoba ukubonakaliswa kokugcina 'komoya womphikukristu' okugcotshwe ngaye uSt. John abiza ngaye "uGogi noMagogi." Kodwa-ke, icebo likaMphikukristu lizohluleka njengoba umlilo uzokuwa, umbhubhise yena kanye nalezo zizwe zihambisane naye.
Kunzima ukuqonda ukuthi kungani uNkulunkulu evumela ububi bube khona ngasekupheleni kuka I-Era Yokuthula. Kepha kufanele kuqondwe ukuthi nakuleyo nkathi yomusa ongakaze ubonwe nempilo yaphezulu yesintu, inkululeko yomuntu eyisisekelo izosala. Ngakho-ke, kuze kube sekupheleni komhlaba, uzobe esengozini yokulingwa. Kungenye yalezo zimfihlakalo esizoziqonda ngokugcwele ekugcineni. Kepha kunento eyodwa eqinisekile: ukunqotshwa kokugcina kobubi kuzokwembulela yonke indalo izimfihlakalo ezifihliwe kanye nohlelo lokuhlenga lukaNkulunkulu kusukela ekuqaleni kwesikhathi:
Ngakho-ke, ndodana yomuntu, profetha, uthi kuGogi… Ezinsukwini zokugcina ngiyakukuletha umelane nezwe lami, ukuze izizwe zingazi, lapho ngawe, Gogi, ngiqinisekisa ubungcwele bami phambi kwamehlo abo. (Hezekeli 38: 14-16)
Bese kuzofika uvuko lokugcina noma ezayo Ascension.
UKUDLWENGULA KWANGEMPELA
Kungaleso sikhathi lapho iBandla ngempela 'liyohlwithwa ndawonye' emafwini (1 Thes 4: 15-17) ku a mthoko noma "ukuhlwithwa." Lokhu kwehlukile kunesiphambeko sanamuhla esithi abathembekile bazohlwithelwa esibhakabhakeni ngaphambi kosizi okuphikisana, okokuqala, imfundiso yeMagisterium:
Ngaphambi kokuza kwesibili kukaKristu iBandla kumele lidlule esivivinyweni sokugcina esizonyakazisa ukholo lwamakholwa amaningi... ISonto lizongena enkazimulweni yombuso kuphela ngaleli Phasika lokugcina, lapho lizolandela iNkosi yalo ekufeni nasekuvukeni kwalo. - ICatechism of the Catholic Church 675, 677
Okwesibili, umBhalo Ongcwele usikhombisa ngokusobala isikhathi:
Futhi abafele kuKristu bayovuka kuqala; khona-ke thina esiphilayo, esisele, siyohlwithwa kanye nabo emafwini ukuhlangabeza iNkosi emoyeni; ngakho-ke siyoba neNkosi njalo. (1 Thes. 4: 15-17)
“Ukuhlwithwa” kwenzeka lapho abafile kuKristu bevuka, okungukuthi, Ekuvukeni Kokugcina lapho “siyohlala sinoNkosi njalo.” Kubandakanya futhi, labo abake baphila ngesikhathi sokubusa kukaMthendeleko kaJesu ngeNkathi Yokuthula, labo “abaphilayo, abasele”Ngemuva kokujeziswa noma" ukwahlulelwa okuncane "okwenzekayo ngaphambi iNkathi Yokuthula (bheka Ukuqonda Ukuphuthuma Kwezikhathi Zethu). [Qaphela: lesi “sahlulelo esincane” sandulela futhi siyingxenye ye- kusasa "woSuku lweNkosi" uSt. Faustina athi luzofika ngemuva "kosuku lomusa" esiphila kulo njengamanje. Lolu suku luzophela lapho ubusuku bokugcina kaSathane—UGogi noMagogi—usibekele umhlaba, kepha uphela ngomlilo wokugcina lapho amazulu nomhlaba nakho konke lokho okungubumnyama kudlula (2 Pet. 3: 5-13). Uqala kanjalo-ke lolo suku olungasoze lwaphela…]
Emva kwalokhu Ukukhuphuka Komzimba KaKristu kuza ukwahlulela kokugcina, ngakho-ke, kuphetha isikhathi nomlando. Lokhu kuzongenisa amazulu amasha nomhlaba omusha lapho abantwana boPhezukonke bezohlala khona babuse kuze kube phakade naphakade noNkulunkulu wabo.
Umbuso uzogcwaliseka-ke, hhayi ngokunqoba kweSonto ngokwenyuka okuqhubekayo, kodwa kuphela ngokunqoba kukaNkulunkulu ekuqedeni ububi bokugcina, obuzobangela ukuba uMlobokazi wakhe ehle ezulwini. Ukunqoba kukaNkulunkulu ekuvukeleni kobubi kuzothatha isimo Sokwahlulela Kokugcina ngemuva kwesiyaluyalu sokugcina sasemhlabeni saleli zwe elidlulayo. —Ikhathekizimu yeSonto LamaKatolika 677
IZWI LENDABUKO
Kwaphinda futhi, imbali yeSiko emakhulwini eminyaka adlule yayisesimweni esidala ngokwengeziwe. Ngakho-ke, obaba beSonto bokuqala nababhali bavame ukusinikeza isithombe esingacacile nesingokomfanekiso sezinsuku zokugcina. Kodwa-ke, emibhalweni yabo sivame ukubona lokho okuchazwe ngenhla:
Ngakho-ke, iNdodana kaNkulunkulu oPhezukonke nonamandla… izobhubhisa ukungalungi, futhi ikhiphe ukwahlulela Kwayo okukhulu, futhi izokhumbula ekuphileni abalungileyo, abazo ... umyalo… Futhi nesikhulu sodeveli, esingumgqugquzeli wabo bonke ububi, sizoboshwa ngamaketanga, futhi sizoboshwa phakathi neminyaka eyinkulungwane yokubusa kwasezulwini…
Ngaphambi kokuphela kweminyaka eyinkulungwane udeveli uzothukululwa futhi aqoqe zonke izizwe ezingamaqaba ukwenza impi ngokumelene nedolobha elingcwele… .Kuyakufika ulaka lukaNkulunkulu lokugcina ezizweni, luzibhubhise ”kanye nomhlaba ziyokwehla ngomlilo omkhulu. —Umlobi wabefundisi wangekhulu le-4, uLactantius, “Izikhungo Zaphezulu ”, The Ante-Nicene Fathers, Umq. 7, k. 211
Umprofethi wamanga kufanele avele kuqala kumkhohlisi othile; bese kuthi-ke, ngendlela efanayo, ngemuva kokususwa kwendawo engcwele, iVangeli leqiniso kumele lithunyelwe ngasese phesheya ukuze kulungiswe ubuhlubuki obuyoba khona. Emva kwalokhu, futhi, kuze kube sekupheleni, Umphikukristu kufanele eze kuqala, bese kuthi uJesu wethu abonakaliswe ukuthi unguKristu ngempela; futhi emva kwalokhu, ukukhanya kwaphakade sekuqhamukile, zonke izinto zobumnyama kufanele zinyamalale. —USt. UClement waseRoma, Obaba BeSonto Lokuqala Neminye Imisebenzi, The Clementine Homilies, Homily II, Ch. XVII
Sizokwazi ukuhumusha amagama athi, “Umpristi kaNkulunkulu nokaKristu uyakubusa naye iminyaka eyinkulungwane; Lapho sekuphele iminyaka eyinkulungwane, uSathane uyakhululwa etilongweni lakhe. ” ngoba ngale ndlela babonisa ukuthi ukubusa kwabangcwele kanye nokugqilazwa kukadeveli kuzophela ngasikhathi sinye ... ngakho ekugcineni bayophuma abangasibo abakaKristu, kodwa babe yilokho okokugcina Umphik'ukristu… —USt. Augustine, O-Anti-Nicene Fathers, Idolobha LikaNkulunkulu, Incwadi XX, Chap. 13, 19
