Impendulo

U-Eliya Ulele, ngu-Michael D. O'Brien

 

Kamuva nje, Mina uphendule imibuzo yakho maqondana nokwambulwa ngasese, kufaka phakathi umbuzo mayelana newebhusayithi ebizwa nge- www.catholicplanet.com lapho indoda ethi "ingumfundisi wezenkolo", ngokuzimela kwayo, ithathe khona inkululeko ukumemezela ukuthi ngubani eSontweni ongumethuli "wamanga" isambulo sangasese, futhi ngubani ohambisa izambulo “eziyiqiniso”.

Ezinsukwini ezimbalwa zokubhala kwami, umbhali waleyo webhusayithi wavele washicilela udaba lokuthi kungani lokhu iwebhusayithi “igcwele amaphutha namanga.” Sengivele ngichazile ukuthi kungani lo muntu akulimaze kakhulu ukuthembeka kwakhe ngokuqhubeka nokusetha izinsuku zezenzakalo zesiprofetho zesikhathi esizayo, bese kuthi - lapho zingafezeki — kusethwe kabusha izinsuku (bheka Eminye Imibuzo Nezimpendulo… Kwisambulo Esizimele). Ngalesi sizathu kuphela, abaningi abamthathi ngokungathí sina lo muntu. Yize kunjalo, imiphefumulo eminingana iye kwiwebhusayithi yakhe futhi yashiya lapho idideke kakhulu, mhlawumbe uphawu lokuxoxa ngokwalo (Math 7:16).

Ngemuva kokucabanga ngalokho okwabhalwa ngale webhusayithi, ngibona sengathi kufanele ngiphendule, okungenani ukuthola ithuba lokukhanyisa ngokwengeziwe izinqubo ezenziwa ngemuva kokubhalwa lapha. Ungafunda i-athikili emfushane ebhalwe ngaleli sayithi ku- hokline.info lapha. Ngizocaphuna izici ezithile zayo, bese ngiphendula ngokulandelana ngezansi.

 

ISAMBULO SANGASESE VS. UKUZINDLA NGOMTHANDAZO

Endabeni kaRon Conte, uyabhala:

UMark Mallet [sic] uthi uthole isambulo sangasese. Uchaza lokhu kuvezwa okuyimfihlo ngezindlela ezahlukahlukene: "Ngesonto eledlule, kwafika izwi elinamandla kimi" futhi "NGIZIZWA ngigama eliqinile leSonto namhlanje ekuseni ngomkhuleko… [njll."

Impela, kokuningi engikubhalile, ngihlanganyele kwi-inthanethi yami "nsuku zonke" imicabango kanye namagama afike kimi ngomkhuleko. Isazi sethu semfundiso yenkolo sifisa ukuhlukanisa lezi zinto kalula ngokuthi “ukwambulwa okuyimfihlo.” Lapha, kufanele sihlukanise phakathi "komprofethi" kanye "nethonya lesiprofetho" kanye "nesambulo sangasese" vs. lectio divina. Akukho ndawo emibhalweni yami lapho ngithi ngingumboni, umbonisi, noma umprofethi. Angikaze ngibone ukubonwa yizwi noma ngizwe izwi likaNkulunkulu ngokuzwakalayo. Njengabaningi benu, nokho, ngiyibonile iNkosi ikhuluma, ngezikhathi ezithile ngamandla, ngoMbhalo, iLiturgy the Hours, ngengxoxo, iRosari, yebo, ngezibonakaliso zezikhathi. Endabeni yami, ngizwe iNkosi ingibiza ukuthi ngihlanganyele le micabango esidlangalaleni, engiqhubeka ngiyenza ngaphansi kokuqondisa komoya kompristi othembekile futhi onesiphiwo esikhulu (bheka Ubufakazi bami).

Ngicabanga ukuthi, kungenzeka ukuthi ngisebenza kwesinye isikhathi ngaphansi kwethonya lesiprofetho. Ngiyethemba kunjalo, ngoba leli yifa lawo wonke amakholwa abhapathiziwe:

… Abantu abavamile benziwa ukuba bahlanganyele esikhundleni sikaKristu sobupristi, nesobuprofethi, nesobukhosi; ngakho-ke, eSontweni nasemhlabeni, banesabelo sabo emsebenzini wabo bonke abantu bakaNkulunkulu. - ICatechism of the Catholic Church, n. 904

Lo msebenzi yilokho uKristu ulindele lawo wonke amakholwa abhapathiziwe:

UKristu… ufeza lesi sikhundla esingokwesiprofetho, hhayi kuphela ngabaphathi… kepha nangabantu abavamile. Ngakho-ke ubamisa babe ngofakazi futhi ubanikeze umqondo wokholo [izinzwa fidei] nomusa wegama ... Ukufundisa ukuze uhole abanye ekukholweni kungumsebenzi wawo wonke umshumayeli nowekholwa ngalinye. —Ikhathekizimu yeSonto LamaKatolika,n. 904

Ukhiye lapha, noma kunjalo, ukuthi asishumayeli a ivangeli elisha, kodwa iVangeli esilitholile kusukela iSonto, futhi eligcinwe ngokucophelela nguMoya oNgcwele. Mayelana nalokhu, ngiye ngazama ngokuzikhandla ukufanelekela cishe yonke into engiyibhalile ngezitatimende ezivela kuCatechism, the Holy Fathers, Early Fathers, futhi kwesinye isikhathi ngivume isambulo sangasese. “Igama” lami alisho lutho uma lingenakusekelwa, noma liphikisana neZwi elivezwe enkambisweni yethu Engcwele.

Ukwembulwa okuyimfihlo kuwusizo kulokhu kukholwa, futhi kukhombisa ukwethembeka kwaso ngokunembile ngokungibuyisela emuva kusAmbulo somphakathi esichazayo. —Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger (IPOPE BENEDICT XVI), Ukuphawula Kwezenkolo Ngomlayezo kaFatima

 

UBIZO

Ngingathanda ukwabelana ngento yami "yomsebenzi" wami. Eminyakeni emibili edlule, ngaba nesipiliyoni esinamandla esontweni lomqondisi wami wezomoya. Ngangithandaza phambi kweSakramente elibusisiwe lapho ngokungazelelwe ngezwa ngaphakathi amazwi athi "Ngikunika inkonzo kaJohane uMbhapathizi. ” Lokho kwalandelwa ukuqhuma okunamandla okugijima emzimbeni wami cishe imizuzu eyi-10. Ngakusasa ekuseni, kwaqhamuka indoda endlini yabefundisi yangicela. “Nangu,” esho, ngenkathi enweba isandla, “Ngibona sengathi iNkosi ifuna ngikunikeze lokhu.” Kwakuyinsalela yezinga lokuqala ISt. John uMbhaptizi. ^[1]qhathanisa Izinsalela noMlayezo

Emasontweni ambalwa kamuva, ngafika esontweni laseMelika ngenza umsebenzi wobufundisi. Umpristi wangibingelela wathi, “Kukhona engikuphathele khona.” Wabuya wathi uzwe ukuthi iNkosi ifuna ngibe nayo. Kwakuyisithonjana se UJohane uMbhapathizi.

Ngesikhathi uJesu esezoqala inkonzo Yakhe yasobala, uJohane wakhomba kuKristu wathi, “Bheka, iWundlu likaNkulunkulu.” Nginomuzwa wokuthi le yinhliziyo yomsebenzi wami: ukukhomba kwiWundlu likaNkulunkulu, ikakhulukazi UJesu ukhona phakathi kwethu kuMthendeleko oNgcwele. Umsebenzi wami ukuletha ngamunye wenu kwiWundlu likaNkulunkulu, iNhliziyo Engcwele kaJesu, Inhliziyo Yomusa Ongcwele. Yebo, senginenye indaba engingakutshela yona… ukuhlangana kwami ​​nomunye “wobabamkhulu” besihawu sikaNkulunkulu, kodwa mhlawumbe lokho ngesesinye isikhathi (selokhu kwashicilelwa le ndatshana, leyo ndaba manje seyifakiwe lapha).

 

IZINSUKU EZINTATHU ZOBUMNYAMA

UNkulunkulu uzothumela izijeziso ezimbili: esisodwa siyoba ngesimo sezimpi, imibhikisho, nobunye ububi; uyakuvela emhlabeni. Omunye uzothunyelwa evela eZulwini. Kuyakufika phezu komhlaba wonke ubumnyama obukhulu obuhlala izinsuku ezintathu nobusuku obuthathu. Akukho okungabonwa, futhi umoya uzogcwala izifo eziwumgogodla ezizobanga izitha zenkolo ikakhulukazi, kodwa hhayi kuphela. Ngeke kube lula ukusebenzisa noma yikuphi ukukhanyisa okwenziwe ngumuntu kulobu bumnyama, ngaphandle kwamakhandlela abusisiwe. - Ubusiswe u-Anna Maria Taigi, d. 1837, Iziprofetho Zomphakathi Nezangasese Ngezikhathi Zokugcina, Fr. UBenjamin Martin Sanchez, 1972, k. 47

Ngishicilele imibhalo engaphezu kuka-500 kule webhusayithi. Esinye sazo sabhekana nalokho okwakuthiwa “izinsuku ezintathu zobumnyama.” Ngithinte kafushane ngale ndaba ngoba akuwona umcimbi okhonjiswa ngqo yiNkambiso yeSonto lethu njengoba kuchaziwe embonweni, kepha kuhle kakhulu kuyindaba yokwambulwa ngasese. Kodwa-ke, abafundi abaningana bebebuza ngakho, ngakho-ke, ngikhulume ngesihloko (bheka Izinsuku ezintathu zobumnyama). Ngokwenza njalo, ngathola ukuthi impela kunesibonelo seBhayibheli somcimbi onjalo (Eksodusi 10: 22-23; qhathanisa no-Wis. 17: 1-18: 4).

Kubukeka sengathi isisekelo salokhu kugomela kukaMnu. Conte sokuthi “imibono” engiyethula “ngendaba ye-eschatology igcwele amaphutha namanga” isemcabangweni wokuthi nini lo mcimbi kungenzeka (bheka Imephu yaseZulwini.) Kodwa-ke, isazi sethu semfundiso yenkolo siliphosile iphuzu ngokuphelele: lokhu kuyi- isambulo sangasese hhayi indaba yokholo nokuziphatha, noma ingahle ikhonjiswe ngaphakathi kwemiBhalo ye-apocalyptic. Ukuqhathanisa kungaba yithi, isiprofetho sokuzamazama komhlaba okukhulu enkabeni yedolobha laseMelika. Umbhalo ukhuluma ngokuzamazama komhlaba okukhulu ngezikhathi zokuphela, kepha ukukhomba kumcimbi owodwa odalulwe esambulweni sangasese ngeke kwenze leso siprofetho esithile sasemidwest sibe yingxenye yediphozi yokholo. Kuhlala kuyisambulo sangasese okungafanele kube yiso edelelekile, njengoba kusho uSt. Paul, kodwa ihlolwe. Ngakho-ke, lezi Zinsuku Ezintathu Zobumnyama zivulekele izincazelo eziningi ezahlukahlukene ngoba azikho kwi-athikili yokholo uqobo.

Isimo sokuprofetha sidinga ukuqagela ngomkhuleko nokuqonda. Lokho kungenxa yokuthi iziphrofetho ezinjalo azikaze “zibe msulwa” ngokuphelele ngokuthi zidluliswa ngomkhumbi womuntu, kulokhu, Ubusisiwe u-Anna Maria Taigi. UPapa Benedict XVI uchaza lesi sizathu sokuqapha lapho ehumusha isambulo sangasese ekuphawuleni kwakhe ngemibono kaFatima:

Imibono enjalo-ke ayikaze ibe “yizithombe” ezilula zomunye umhlaba, kepha ithonywa amandla kanye nokulinganiselwa kwendaba ebonwayo. Lokhu kungakhonjiswa kuyo yonke imibono emikhulu yabangcwele… Kepha futhi akufanele bacatshangwe sengathi okwesikhashana iveli lomunye umhlaba lihlehlisiwe, izulu livela ngokusobala kwalo, njengoba ngolunye usuku sethemba ukubona ebunyeni bethu noNkulunkulu. Esikhundleni salokho izithombe, ngendlela yokukhuluma, ziyinhlanganisela yesikhuthazo esivela phezulu kanye namandla okuthola lo moya kulabo ababonayo… —Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger (IPOPE BENEDICT XVI), Ukuphawula Kwezenkolo Ngomlayezo kaFatima

Ngakho-ke, iThe Three Days of Darkness ingumcimbi okuthi uma wake wenzeka, kumele uvulelwe ukubukisisa, noma ngabe uvela kumfihlakalo ongcwele kakhulu futhi othembekile onesiphrofetho sakhe esikhombise ukuthi sinembile esikhathini esedlule.

 

UHLOBO LWALO

UMnu Conte uyabhala:

Okokuqala, uMark Mallet [sic] yenza iphutha lokuphetha ngokuthi Izinsuku Ezintathu Zobumnyama zingadalwa yinkanyezi enomsila, kunokuba zibe mnyama ngokuphelele. Njengoba kuchazwe kabanzi ku-eschatology yami, akunakwenzeka ukuthi lo mcimbi, njengoba kuchazwe ngabangcwele nabangaziwa, ungabi ngaphezu kwamandla emvelo (nangaphambi kwemvelo). UMallet ucaphuna abangcwele nabangqondongqondo ngesihloko esithi Izinsuku Ezintathu Zobumnyama, kepha bese eqhubeka nokuthola iziphetho eziphikisana nalezi zingcaphuno.

Engikubhalile empeleni:

Ziningi iziphrofetho, kanye nezikhombo ezisencwadini yeSambulo, ezikhuluma ngenkanyezi enomsila edlula eduze noma ethinta umhlaba. Kungenzeka ukuthi umcimbi onjalo ungafaka umhlaba enkathini yobumnyama, umboze umhlaba nomoya osolwandle nothuli nomlotha.

Umqondo we-comet ozayo ungowaseBhayibhelini futhi uyisiprofetho esiphethwe ngabangcwele nabangaziwa ngokufanayo. Ngacabanga ukuthi lokhu kuyimbangela 'engenzeka' yobumnyama—hhayi imbangela eqondile, njengoba kusikisela uMnu Conte. Eqinisweni, ngacaphuna umuntu oyimfihlakalo ongumKatolika obonakala echaza iZinsuku Ezintathu Zobumnyama ngezindlela zokomoya nezemvelo:

Amafu anemisebe yomlilo nesiphepho somlilo azodlula emhlabeni wonke futhi isijeziso siyoba esibi kunazo zonke ezake zaziwa emlandweni wesintu. Izothatha amahora angama-70. Ababi bayochotshozwa futhi basuswe. Abaningi bazolahleka ngoba bahlala ngenkani ezonweni zabo. Lapho-ke bazozwa amandla okukhanya ngaphezu kobumnyama. Amahora obumnyama asesondele. - Sr. U-Elena Aiello (indela elingunogada waseCalabrian; d. 1961); Izinsuku ezintathu zobumnyama, Albert J. Herbert, ikhasi. 26

UmBhalo ngokwawo ukhombisa ukusetshenziswa kwemvelo ebulungiseni bukaNkulunkulu:

Lapho ngikusula, ngiyomboza amazulu, ngenze izinkanyezi zawo zibe mnyama; Ngiyomboza ilanga ngefu, nenyanga ayiyikukhanya. Zonke izibani ezikhanyayo zezulu ngiyakuzenza mnyama phezu kwakho, ngibeke ubumnyama ezweni lakho, isho iNkosi uJehova. (Ez 32: 7-8)

Yini enye “ukububula” kwendalo okuchazwa uSt.Paul ngaphandle kwezakhi zemvelo, mhlawumbe indawo yonke uqobo lwayo, esabela esonweni sesintu? Kungakho-ke noJesu uqobo echaza ukuvumela kukaNkulunkulu ukusebenza okuyisimangaliso “ngokuzamazama komhlaba okukhulu… indlala nezifo” (Luka 21:11; bona futhi iSamb 6: 12-13). Umbhalo ugcwele izimo lapho imvelo iyisitsha sosizo lukaNkulunkulu noma ubulungiswa baphezulu.

Isiprofetho sokuqala sithi lesi sijeziso "sizothunyelwa sivela ezulwini." Kusho ukuthini lokho? UMnu Conte ubukeka ethathe lokhu ngokoqobo waze wafika ekugcineni kwayo, ukuthi kungabe kusaba khona imbangela yesibili noma ebambe iqhaza ebumnyameni obuhambisana nento engaphezu kwalesi siprofetho: ukuthi umoya uyogcwala isifo - amadimoni, angumoya, hhayi izinto ezibonakalayo. Akashiyi ithuba lokuthi kungenzeka ukuthi ukuwa kwenuzi, umlotha wentaba-mlilo, noma mhlawumbe inkanyezi enomsila kungenza lukhulu “ekwenzeni ilanga libe mnyama” futhi “kuguqule inyanga ibe bomvu njengegazi.” Kungenzeka yini ukuthi ubumnyama kube ngenxa yezici ezingokomoya kuphela? Impela, kungani kungenjalo. Zizwe ukhululekile ukuqagela.

 

ISIKHATHI

UMnu Conte wabhala:

Okwesibili, uthi izinsuku ezintathu zobumnyama ziyenzeka ngesikhathi sokubuya kukaKristu, lapho Umphik'ukristu (ie iSilo) nomprofethi wamanga baphonswa esihogweni. Uyehluleka ukuqonda omunye wemibono eyisisekelo ku-eschatology yamaKatolika, ukuthi usizi luhlukaniswe izingxenye ezimbili; lokhu kusobala emiBhalweni Engcwele, emazwini eNcasakazi uMariya eLa Salette, kanye nasemibhalweni yabaNgcwele abahlukahlukene nabangaziwa.

Akukho ndawo kunoma yikuphi emibhalweni yami lapho ngiphakamisa khona ukuthi Izinsuku Ezintathu Zobumnyama zenzeke "ngesikhathi sokubuya kukaKristu." Ukucabanga kukaMnu. Conte kukhombisa iqiniso lokuthi akazange ayihlole ngokucophelela imibhalo yami ekhuluma “ngezikhathi zokuphela” njengoba zaqondakala ngoFata BeSonto Lokuqala. Wenza umbono ongamanga wokuthi ngikholwa ukuthi “konke kuzokwenzeka kulesi sizukulwane samanje.” Labo abalandela imibhalo yami bayazi ukuthi ngixwayise ngokungaguquguquki ngalokhu kucabanga (bheka Umbono ongokwesiprofetho). Kuyalingana manje ukuthi ngishiye impendulo yami ngoba okushiwo nguMnu Conte akucwaningiswanga kahle, iziphetho zakhe azikho ngokomongo, okungathatha amakhasi ukukuveza lokhu. Yize kunjalo, ngizozama ukulungisa isikhashana ukudideka kwakhe ukuze kuzuze okungenani abanye babafundi bami.

Ngaphambi kokuba ngiqhubeke, ngifuna ukusho ukuthi le ngxoxo ngiyithola isikhathi ukuthi ibaluleke njengokuphikisana ngombala wamehlo eNcasakazi Ebusisiwe. Ingabe kunendaba ngempela? Cha. Ngabe nginendaba? Akunjalo Empeleni. Izinto zizofika lapho ziza…

Lokho kusho ukuthi ngibeke iZinsuku Ezintathu Zobumnyama ngokulandelana kwezigameko ngesizathu: ukulandelana kwezikhathi okuthathwe ekuqondeni kwezinsuku zokugcina ngoFata beSonto bokuqala kanye nababhali bezenkolo. Kulokhu kubalwa kwezikhathi, ngithe ku Imephu yaseZulwini, “Kubukeka njengokugabadela kimi ukusikisela ukuthi le mephu kubhalwe ngamatshe nokuthi kuzokwenzeka kanjani. ” Lapho ngifaka imibhalo yami emicimbini ye-eschatological in Isivivinyo Seminyaka Eyisikhombisa, Ngibhalile:

Lokhu kuzindla kuyizithelo zomkhuleko emzamweni wami wokuqonda kangcono imfundiso yeSonto yokuthi uMzimba kaKristu uzolandela iNhloko yawo ngothando lwawo noma "ukulingwa kokugcina," njengoba kusho iCatechism. Njengoba incwadi yeSambulo ikhuluma ngokuyingxenye yalesi silingo sokugcina, ngihlolisise lapha a kungenzeka ukutolika kwe-Apocalypse yaseSt.John ngokuhambisana nephethini ye-Passion kaKristu. Umfundi kufanele akhumbule ukuthi lezi yizo ukucabanga kwami ​​siqu futhi hhayi ukutolika okucacile kweSambulo, okuyincwadi enezincazelo nobukhulu obuhlukahlukene, hhayi okuncane kakhulu, okuyi-eschatological.

UMnu Conte ubonakala ephuthelwe yile midlalo yokuhlunga ebalulekile exwayisa umfundi ngento yokuqagela ekhona.

Ukubekwa kwezinsuku ezintathu zobumnyama kwafinyelelwa ngokuxhumanisa isiprofetho sikaHana Anna Maria namazwi agunyazayo obaba abaningi beSonto lapho bahlanganyela khona into efanayo: ukuthi umhlaba uzohlanzwa ebubini ngaphambi an "inkathi yokuthula. " Ukuthi lizohlanzwa njengoba u-Anna Maria Esikisela kusikisela ukuthi isiprofetho senzelwe ukuqonda. Mayelana nalokhu kuhlanzwa komhlaba, ngabhala encwadini yami Ubuso bokugcina, lokho kuncike ezimfundisweni zoFata beSonto Lokuqala…

Lesi ukwahlulela, hhayi kwabo bonke, kepha kuphela kwabaphilayo emhlabeni, okufika kuvuthondaba, ngokusho kwabangaziwa, ezinsukwini ezintathu zobumnyama. Lokho wukuthi, akusona isahlulelo sokugcina, kepha isahlulelo esihlanza umhlaba kubo bonke ububi futhi sibuyisele uMbuso kulowo ayethenjiswe nguKristu, insali esele emhlabeni. —P. 167

Futhi, ngombono ka-Anna Maria:

Zonke izitha zeBandla, noma ngabe ziyaziwa noma azaziwa, zizoshabalala emhlabeni wonke ngalobo bumnyama bendawo yonke, ngaphandle kwabambalwa uNkulunkulu azobaguqula kungekudala. -Iziprofetho Zomphakathi Nezangasese Ngezikhathi Zokugcina, Fr. UBenjamin Martin Sanchez, 1972, k. 47

Ubaba weSonto, uSt. U-Irenaeus waseLyons (140-202 AD) wabhala:

Kepha uma umphik'ukristu esezichithile zonke izinto kulomhlaba, uyakubusa iminyaka emithathu nezinyanga eziyisithupha, ahlale ethempelini eJerusalema; khona-ke iNkosi izofika ivela ezulwini ngamafu… ithumele lo muntu nalabo abamlandelayo echibini lomlilo; kepha ukuletha ukulunga kwezikhathi zombuso, okungukuthi, okuseleyo, kungcweliswe usuku lwesikhombisa… Lokhu kuzokwenzeka ngezikhathi zombuso, okungukuthi, ngosuku lwesikhombisa… iSabatha leqiniso labalungile. - (140–202 AD); Ama-Adersus Haereses, U-Irenaeus waseLyons, V.33.3.4, Obaba beBandla, I-CIMA Publishing Co

Lokhu kwenzeka “ngezikhathi zombuso” noma lokho abanye oFata BeSonto abakubiza ngokuthi “usuku lwesikhombisa” ngaphambi kosuku “lwesishiyagalombili” lwaphakade. Umbhali wezenkolo, uLactantius, owamukelwa njengengxenye yezwi le-Tradition, naye uphakamisa ukuhlanzwa komhlaba ngaphambi kosuku "lokuphumula," noma I-Era Yokuthula:

Njengoba uNkulunkulu, eseqedile imisebenzi yaKhe, waphumula ngosuku lwesikhombisa futhi walubusisa, ekupheleni konyaka weminyaka eyizinkulungwane eziyisithupha bonke ububi buzosuswa emhlabeni, nokulunga kubuse iminyaka eyinkulungwane… -UCaecilius Firmianus Lactantius (250-317 AD; umbhali wenkolo), Izikhungo Zaphezulu, Umq. 7

'Futhi waphumula ngosuku lwesikhombisa.' Lokhu kusho ukuthi: lapho iNdodana yakhe izofika izobhubhisa isikhathi somuntu ongenamthetho futhi yahlulele abangamhloniphi uNkulunkulu, futhi iguqule ilanga nenyanga nezinkanyezi — khona-ke izophumula ngosuku lwesikhombisa ... -Incwadi kaBarnaba, eyabhalwa uBaba OngumPhostoli wekhulu lesibili leminyaka

Ukuqhathanisa ngokucophelela iNcwadi kaBarnaba nabanye oFata beSonto kwembula ukuthi ukuguqulwa “kwelanga nenyanga nezinkanyezi” akusho ukuthi kulokhu, kubhekiswe eZulwini Elisha naseMhlabeni oMusha, kodwa ukuguqulwa kohlobo oluthile imvelo:

Ngosuku lokuhlaba okukhulu, lapho imibhoshongo iwa, ukukhanya kwenyanga kuzofana nokukhanya kwelanga futhi ukukhanya kwelanga kuzokuphinda kasikhombisa (njengokukhanya kwezinsuku eziyisikhombisa). Ngosuku uJehova azobopha ngalo amanxeba abantu bakhe, uyopholisa imivimbo eshiywe yimivimbo yakhe. (Is 30: 25-26)

Ilanga lizokhanya ngokuphindwe kasikhombisa kunalokhu elikhona manje. - UCaecilius Firmianus Lactantius (250-317 AD; uBaba weSonto kanye nomlobi wokuqala wesonto), Izikhungo Zaphezulu

Futhi-ke siyabona ukuthi isiprofetho sika-Anna Obusisiwe singaba yi incazelo ngalokho uBaba weSonto akusho emakhulwini eminyaka ngaphambili. Noma cha.

 

UVUKO LOKUQALA

Uma sekuzwakala ukuthi kungani iZinsuku Ezintathu Zobumnyama zibekwa njengoba zinjalo emibhalweni yami, konke okunye kuzowela endaweni maqondana nokunye ukugxeka kukaMnu. Okusho ukuthi, ngokwemiBhalo kanye nezwi laBaba BeSonto, ukuhunyushwa kovuko lokuqala ukuthi kwenzeka ngemuva umhlaba uhlanziwe:

Ngakho-ke, iNdodana kaNkulunkulu oPhezukonke nonamandla… izokuqeda ukungalungi, futhi ikhiphe ukwahlulela Kwayo okukhulu, futhi izokhumbula ekuphileni abalungileyo, aba… abazibophezela phakathi kwabantu iminyaka eyinkulungwane, futhi bazobabusa ngobulungisa obukhulu umyalo… Futhi nesikhulu sodeveli, esingumgqugquzeli wabo bonke ububi, sizoboshwa ngamaketanga, futhi sizoboshwa phakathi neminyaka eyinkulungwane yokubusa kwasezulwini… Ngaphambi kokuphela kweminyaka eyinkulungwane uSathane uzokhululwa kabusha futhi hlanganisela zonke izizwe ezingamaqaba ukuzolwa nomuzi ongcwele… “Lapho-ke ulaka lokugcina lukaNkulunkulu luzokwehlela izizwe, futhi luzozibhubhisa ngokuphelele” futhi umhlaba uzokwehla ngomlilo omkhulu. —Umlobi wezenkolo wangekhulu le-4, uLactantius, Izikhungo Zaphezulu, The ante-Nicene Fathers, Umq. 7, k. 211

UMnu. Conte uthi “angiqondi ukuthi usizi luhlukaniswe izingxenye ezimbili, ngezikhathi ezimbili ezihlukaniswe amakhulu eminyaka…” Nakulokhu futhi, isazi sethu semfundiso yenkolo sifinyelele eziphethweni eziyiphutha, ngoba yilokhu engikubhalile kuyo yonke iwebhusayithi yami futhi incwadi yami, engasuselwa eziphethweni zami, kodwa kulokho oFata beSonto asebekushilo. Ukucaphuna okungenhla kukaLactantius kuchaza iNkathi Yokuthula eyandulelwa usizi lapho uNkulunkulu "eyoqeda ukungalungi." I-Era bese ilandelwa ngosizi lokugcina, ukuhlangana kwezizwe ezingamaqaba (uGogi noMagogi), abanye ababhali ababheka njengabamele “umphikukristu” wokugcina ngemuva kweSilo noMprofethi Wamanga, owayesevele phambi kweNkathi Yokuthula kuleso silingo sokuqala noma usizi (bona IsAm 19:20).

Ngempela sizokwazi ukuhumusha la mazwi, “Umpristi kaNkulunkulu noKristu bazobusa kanye naye iminyaka eyinkulungwane; kuyothi lapho kuphela iminyaka eyinkulungwane, uSathane akhululwe aphume etilongweni lakhe. ” ngoba ngaleyo ndlela zikhombisa ukuthi umbuso wabangcwele kanye nobugqila bukaSathane kuyophela ngasikhathi sinye… ngakho-ke ekugcineni bayophuma okungebona abakaKristu, kodwa balowo Mpikukristu wokugcina…  —St. Augustine, The Anti-Nicene Baba Idolobha likaNkulunkulu, Incwadi XX, Chap. 13, 19

Futhi, lezi akuzona izitatimende eziqondile, kepha izimfundiso ezivezwa yiSonto lokuqala ezinesisindo esikhulu. Kumele sikugcine engqondweni lokho iSonto elisanda kukusho mayelana nokuba khona kwesikhathi sokuthula:

IHoly See ayikenzi isimemezelo esicacile maqondana nalokhu. —Fr. UMartino Penasa wethule umbuzo "wokubusa kwezinkulungwane zeminyaka" kuKhadinali Joseph Ratzinger (uPapa Benedict XVI), ngaleso sikhathi, owayenguMphathi weBandla Elingcwele Lemfundiso Yokholo. I-Il Segno del Soprannauturale, Udine, Italia, n. 30, ikhasi. 10, Ott. 1990

Ngakho-ke yize singancika ngokuphepha esiqondisweni soFata BeSonto 'osukwini lokuphumula' ngaphakathi kwemingcele yesikhathi, ulimi olungokomfanekiso loMbhalo Ongcwele lushiya imibuzo eminingi maqondana nezikhathi zokuphela zingaxazululiwe. Futhi kungokwakhiwa kobuhlakani:

Uzifihlile lezo zinto ukuze sihlale siqaphile, ngamunye wethu ecabanga ukuthi uzofika ngosuku lwakhe. Ukube wayembule isikhathi sokuza kwakhe, ukuza kwakhe kwakuzolahlekelwa yiphunga lako: bekungeke kusaba yinto yokulangazelela izizwe kanye nesikhathi lapho kuzokwembulwa khona. Wathembisa ukuthi uzofika kodwa akashongo ukuthi uzofika nini, ngakho-ke zonke izizukulwane neminyaka zimlindele ngokulangazela. —USt. Ephrem, Ukuphawula ngeDiatessaron, k. 170, Imfundo yamahora, Umq

Okokugcina, uMnu Conte ubhala ukuthi ngiholelwe "emcabangweni ongamanga wokuthi Umphik'ukristu usevele esemhlabeni." (Ugcizelela emibhalweni yakhe ukuthi “uMphikukristu kungenzeka angabi khona emhlabeni namuhla.”) Nakulokhu futhi, angikaze ngenze isimangalo esinjalo emibhalweni yami, noma ngabe ngikhombe kwezinye izimpawu ezibalulekile zokukhula kokungabi namthetho emhlabeni ukuthi ayengakwenza ube isikhuthazi sokusondela “kwalowo ongenamthetho.” UPaul Paul uthi Umphik'ukristu noma "indodana yokulahlwa" ngeke ivele kuze kube khona ukuhlubuka emhlabeni (2 Thes 2: 3).

Engingakusho ngale ndaba akulutho uma kuqhathaniswa nombono wezwi elikhulu kakhulu kunelami embhalweni onegunya:

Ngubani ongehluleki ukubona ukuthi umphakathi usesikhathini samanje, ngaphezu kwanoma yisiphi isizukulwane esedlule, uhlushwa yisifo esibi futhi esinezimpande ezijulile, esithuthuka nsuku zonke futhi sidla okungaphakathi kwaso, siyidonsela ekubhujisweni? Niyaqonda, Bazalwane Ababonakala kahle, ukuthi lesi sifo siyini—ukuhlubuka okuvela kuNkulunkulu… Uma konke lokhu kubhekwa kunesizathu esizwakalayo sokwesaba hleze lokhu kuphazamiseka okukhulu kube sengathi kunambitheka, futhi mhlawumbe kungukuqala kwalobo bubi obugcinelwe izinsuku zokugcina; nokuthi kube khona vele emhlabeni "iNdodana Yokubhujiswa" lowo uMphostoli akhuluma ngayo. —UPAPA ST. PIUS X, E Supremi, Encyclical On the Ukubuyiselwa Kwazo Zonke Izinto KuKristu, n. 3, 5; Okthoba 4, 1903

 

ISIPHETHO

Ezweni lapho iBandla liya ngokuya liphakanyiswa, futhi isidingo sobunye phakathi kwamaKrestu sibaluleke kakhulu kunakuqala, kungiphatha kabi ukuthi izimpikiswano ezinjalo zidinga ukwenzeka phakathi kwethu. Hhayi ukuthi izingxoxo mpikiswano zimbi. Kepha uma kukhulunywa nge-eschatology, ngikuthola kungelutho kunenzuzo ukuphikisana ngezinto ezinjalo kuyilapho kukhona okuningi okungaziwa. Incwadi Yesambulo ibizwa nangokuthi “i-Apocalypse.” Igama Apocalypse kusho ukuthi “ukwembula,” ukubhekisa ekwambulweni okwenzeka emshadweni. Lokho kusho ukuthi le ncwadi engaqondakali ngeke ivezwe ngokugcwele aze uMlobokazi embulwe ngokuphelele. Ukuzama ukuthola konke kungumsebenzi ongenakwenzeka. UNkulunkulu uzosivezela yona ngesidingo sokwazi, ngakho-ke, siyaqhubeka nokubuka futhi sithandaze.

UMnu Conte wabhala: “Ukucabanga kwakhe ngesihloko se-eschatology kugcwele ukungazi namaphutha. 'Amazwi akhe aqinile angokwesiprofetho' awawona umthombo othembekile wolwazi ngekusasa. ” Yebo, uMnu Conte uqinisile impela kuleli phuzu. Ukucabanga kwami is kugcwele ukungazi; “amazwi ami angokwesiprofetho aqinile” angama hhayi umthombo othembekile wolwazi ngekusasa.

Yingakho ngizoqhubeka ngicaphune oFata beSonto Lokuqala, opapa, iCatechism, imiBhalo futhi ngivuma isambulo sangasese ngaphambi kokuba ngibe nesibindi sokuphetha nganoma ikusasa. [Selokhu ngibhale le ndatshana, ngifingqe lawa magunya ashiwo ngenhla "ezikhathini zokuphela" aphikisana nse nobumpofu bamanye amazwi amakhulu abanganaki ukuphelela kwesiko nezambulo ezivunyiwe. Bheka Ukucabanga Ngezikhathi Zokugcina.]