Abasha bazikhombisile ukuthi bangabaseRoma kanye neBandla isipho esikhethekile sikaMoya kaNkulunkulu… Angizange nginqikaze ukubacela ukuthi benze ukukhetha okukhulu ngempilo futhi ngibanikeze umsebenzi omkhulu: ukuba babe “abalindi basekuseni” ekuqaleni kwenkulungwane entsha yeminyaka. —I-POPE JOHN PAUL II, UNovo Millenio Inuente, n. 9; (bheka u-21: 11-12)
AS omunye walaba “abancane”, omunye “wezingane zikaJohn Paul II,” ngike ngazama ukuphendula kulo msebenzi omkhulukazi obuzwe uBaba Ongcwele kithina.
Ngizoma endaweni yami yokuqapha, ngime phezu kodonga, ngihlale ngibhekile ukuze ngibone ukuthi uzothini kimi ... INKOSI yangiphendula yathi: Bhala phansi umbono ngokucacileyo ezibhebheni, ukuze umuntu awufunde kalula.(Hab. 2: 1-2)
Ngakho-ke ngifisa ukukhuluma engikuzwayo, futhi ngibhale engikubonayo:
Sisondela entathakusa futhi sikhona ukweqa umkhawulo wethemba ukungena Usuku lweNkosi.
Nokho, khumbula ukuthi “ukusa” kuqala phakathi kwamabili — ingxenye emnyama kakhulu yosuku. Ubusuku buyandulela ukusa.
USUKU LWENKOSI
Ngizwa iNkosi inginxusa ukuba ngibhale ngalokhu okubizwa ngokuthi “Usuku lweNkosi” emibhalweni embalwa elandelayo. Yinkulumo esetshenziswe ngababhali beTestamente Elidala neLisha ukubhekisa ekufikeni okungazelelwe nokwinqumayo kobulungisa bukaNkulunkulu kanye nembuyiselo yabathembekile. Ngokusebenzisa ukuhamba kwesikhathi, “usuku lweNkosi” selufike ngezindlela ezahlukahlukene ezizukulwaneni eziningana. Kepha engikhuluma ngakho lapha wuSuku oluzayo okungukuthi Jikelele, okwaprofethwa nguSt. Paul noPetru ukuthi kwakuza, futhi engikholwa wukuthi sekusemngceleni…
UBUKHOSI BAKHO BUFIKA
Igama elithi "apocalypse" livela esiGrekini i-apokalypsis okusho ukuthi “ukwembula” noma “ukwembula.”
Ngibhale phambilini ukuthi ngiyakholelwa umgubuzelo uyaphakamisa, ukuthi incwadi kaDaniyeli iyavulwa.
Kepha wena Daniyeli, gcina isigijimi kulo, uyibambe le ncwadi kuze kube-sesikhathini sokugcina; abaningi bayokuwa, ububi bande. (Daniyeli 12: 4)
Kepha yazi ukuthi ingelosi itshela uSt.John ku-Apocalypse:
Musa ukufaka uphawu phezulu amazwi esiprofetho sale ncwadi, ngoba isikhathi siseduze. (IsAm 22:10)
Okungukuthi, izehlakalo ezichazwe eNcwadini Yesambulo besezivele “zembulwa” ngesikhathi sikaSt. John, zigcwaliseka kwelinye lamazinga alo amaningi ahlukahlukene. UJesu futhi usikhombisa lesi sici esinezici eziningi lapho eshumayela:
Isikhathi sigcwalisekile, futhi umbuso kaNkulunkulu useduze. (UMk 1:15)
Noma kunjalo, uJesu wasifundisa ukuthandaza sithi “Umbuso wakho mawuze.” Okungukuthi, uMbuso kufanele umiswe emazingeni amaningi phakathi kokuPhakama kukaKristu nokubuya kwaKhe ekugcineni enkazimulweni. Obunye balobo bukhulu, ngokusho koFata BeSonto bokuqala, “ngumbuso wesikhashana” lapho zonke izizwe zazizothutheleka ziye eJerusalema phakathi nenkathi “eyinkulungwane” engokomfanekiso. Lesi kuzoba yisikhathi lapho kugcwaliseka khona amazwi kaJesu alandelayo kuBaba Wethu:
Intando yakho mayenziwe emhlabeni njengasezulwini.
Okusho ukuthi, umbuso wesikhashana ozomiswa uzoba yi umbuso wentando kaNkulunkulu kuwo wonke umhlaba. Kuyacaca ukuthi lokhu okwamanje akunjalo, futhi njengoba izwi likaNkulunkulu lingabuyeli Kuye lize lize “lifeze isiphetho” alithumele lona (Isa 55:11), silindele lesi sikhathi lapho empeleni Intando kaNkulunkulu “izokwenziwa emhlabeni njengaseZulwini.”
AmaKrestu abizelwe ukuzilungiselela iJubili eliKhulu lokuqala kweMinyaka Eyinkulungwane Yesithathu ngokuvuselela ithemba labo ekufikeni okucacile koMbuso kaNkulunkulu, bewulungiselela nsuku zonke ezinhliziyweni zabo, emphakathini wamaKrestu abakuwo, ikakhulukazi umongo wezenhlalo, nasemlandweni wezwe uqobo. —UPOPE JOHN PAUL II, Tertio Millennio Adveniente, n. 46
UJUBILEE OMKHULU
Singalingeka ukuthi sidlulise iJubili Elikhulu lonyaka ka-2000 njengomunye “umgubho omuhle wemikhosi” owafika wadlula. Kodwa ngikholelwa ukuthi uPapa John Paul wayesilungiselela ukuthi silindele "ukufika koMbuso kaNkulunkulu" ngendlela ejulile. Yilesi sikhathi lapho uJesu, "umgibeli wehhashi elimhlophe" "ahlulela futhi alwe khona" (IsAm 19: 11) eza ukuzomisa ubulungiswa Bakhe emhlabeni.
UMoya weNkosi uphezu kwami, ngoba ingigcobile ukuletha izindaba ezinhle kwabampofu. Ungithume ukumemezela inkululeko kwabathunjiweyo nokubona emehlweni kwabangaboni, ukukhulula abacindezelweyo ukuba bakhululeke, nokumemezela unyaka owamukelekayo eNkosini, usuku lomvuzo. (Luka 4: 18-19); kusuka ku-NAB. IVulgate yesiLatin (nenguqulo yayo yesiNgisi, iDouay-Rheims) afaka amagama et diem ukubuyisela “Usuku lokuphindisela,” “imbuyiselo” noma “umvuzo”.
Kusukela ekufikeni kukaKristu, besiphila kulowo “nyaka”, futhi sibe ngofakazi “benkululeko” eyenziwe nguKristu ezinhliziyweni zethu. Kepha leli yizinga elilodwa kuphela lokugcwaliseka kwalowo mBhalo. Manje, bafowethu nodadewethu, silindele "unyaka owamukelekayo eNkosini", ukumiswa kobulungiswa bukaKristu noMbuso global isikali. Usuku Lomvuzo. Nini?
UMBUSO KANKULUNKULU USEDUZE
NgeNkosi usuku olulodwa lufana neminyaka eyinkulungwane, neminyaka eyinkulungwane injengosuku olulodwa. (2 Pt 3: 8)
"Usuku lomvuzo" oluzayo "lunjengeminyaka eyinkulungwane", okungukuthi, umbuso "weminyaka eyinkulungwane" okukhulunywa ngawo nguSt. UJohane uMphostoli othandekayo:
Ngabe sengibona ingelosi yehla ivela ezulwini, iphethe isihluthulelo sakwalasha neketanga elisindayo esandleni sayo. Wabamba udrako, inyoka yasendulo, okunguDeveli noma uSathane, wayibopha iminyaka eyinkulungwane wayiphonsa kwalasha, wayivalela phezu kwayo, wayivala, ukuze ingabe isakwazi ukudukisa izizwe kuze kube iminyaka eyinkulungwane isiqediwe. (IsAm 20: 1-3)
Lesi sikhathi seminyaka eyizinkulungwane esingokomfanekiso ukukhululwa kwe…
… Yonke indalo [ebilokhu ibubula) ngokubeletha ndawonye kuze kube manje… (Rome 8: 22).
Kungukusungulwa, emhlabeni, kokubusa kukaKristu, ngeSonto Lakhe, kuMthendeleko oNgcwele. Kuzoba yisikhathi lapho injongo ehlosiwe yeJubili Elikhulu igcwaliseka: ukukhululwa komhlaba ekungabini nabulungiswa. Manje sesinokuqonda okujulileyo ngezenzo zikaPapa John Paul ngonyaka ka-2000. Wayecela ukuxolelwa kwezono zeBandla, ecela ukwesulwa kwezikweletu, efuna usizo kwabampofu, futhi efuna kuphele impi nokungabi nabulungisa. UBaba oNgcwele ubephila okwamanje, ephrofetha ngezenzo zakhe lokho okuzayo.
kulesi umbono we-eschatological, amakholwa kufanele abizelwe ekuvuseleleni ukwazisa ubuhle bemfundiso yenkolo wethemba, asebeke bakuzwa kumenyezelwa "ezwini leqiniso, iVangeli" (Col 1: 5). Isimo esiyisisekelo sethemba, ngakolunye uhlangothi sikhuthaza umKristu ukuthi angakhohlwa umgomo wokugcina onikeza injongo nokubaluleka kwempilo, kanti ngakolunye uhlangothi, kunikeza izizathu eziqinile nezijulile zokuzibophezela kwansuku zonke ukuguqula iqiniso ukuze kwenziwe kuyahambisana necebo likaNkulunkulu. - UTertio Millennio Adveniente, n. 46
Ah, kepha nini- sifinyelela nini ekugcwalisekeni okugcwele kwaleli themba?
WELALELA UMTHALO WETHEMBA
Incwadi kaDaniel ingukhiye ovula lesi sikhathi.
… Gcina imfihlo yomyalezo bese uyifaka uphawu encwadini kuze kube isikhathi sokugcina; abaningi bayokuwa, ububi bande.
Ngenxa yokwanda kobubi, uthando lwabaningi luzophola. (Mathewu 24:12)
… Ukuhlubuka kuza kuqala… (2 Thes. 2: 3)
Yize manje siphila ethembeni, sizokwenza njalo lamukela leli themba ngobukhulu bayo obugcwele ngemuva kwesikhathi sokuhlubuka nobubi obukhulu buwuthathile umhlaba. Isikhathi uJesu akhuluma ngaso lapho kuzoba khona ukuhlupheka okukhulu emvelweni nasemphakathini, nokuthi kuzokwenzeka nini ukuhlushwa okukhulu kweSonto. Isikhathi lapho bobabili uDaniel noSt. John bekhuluma ngombuso wezepolitiki owawuzobuye ube khona futhi — umbuso ophakeme kakhulu okuvunyelwa izazi ezingamaProthestani namaKhatholika ukuthi "uwuMbuso waseRoma ovuselelwe."
Kodwa ngaphezu kwakho konke, kuzoba yisikhathi lapho umgibeli wehhashi elimhlophe, uJesu Kristu, ezongenelela ngendlela enqumayo emlandweni, ukuze anqobe iSilo noMprofethi wakhe Wamanga, ukuze ahlanze umhlaba ngobubi, futhi asungule ezizweni zonke Iqiniso nobulungiswa bakhe.
Kuzoba ukufakazelwa kokuhlakanipha.
Yebo, bafowethu nodadewethu, njengoba ngihleli kule ngqwaba, ngibona ukuqala kwenkathi entsha, ukuvuka ILanga Lezobulungiswa ukwethula “usuku lomvuzo”, uSuku lweNkosi. Luseduze! Ngokukhanya ngokukhanyayo kulo mzuzu esibhakabhakeni umemezela ukusa, yi inkanyezi yasekuseni: the owesifazane embethe iLanga Lezobulungiswa.
Kuyilungelo likaMariya ukuba yiNkanyezi yasekuseni, ememezela elangeni. Akazikhanyiseli yena, noma uqobo lwakhe, kepha ungumfanekiso woMhlengi wakhe nowethu, futhi uyamdumisa. Lapho evela ebumnyameni, siyazi ukuthi useduze. Ungu-Alfa no-Omega, owokuqala nowokugcina, isiqalo nesiphetho. Bheka uyeza masinyane, futhi umvuzo Wakhe ukuye, ukubuyisela kulowo nalowo ngokwemisebenzi yakhe. “Impela ngiyeza masinyane. Amen. Woza, Nkosi Jesu. ” —UKhadinali John Henry Newman, Incwadi eya kuMfu EB Pusey; "Ubunzima bama-Anglican", Umqulu II
UKUFUNDA OKWENGEZIWE:
- Qonda ukuthi kungani iSonto libiza uMary nge "Inkanyezi yokusa" kanti lokhu futhi kuyisihloko sikaJesu kuRev 22:16: Bheka Izinkanyezi Zobungcwele.
