THE "Isiko lokufa", lokho Ukudweba Okukhulu futhi Ubuthi Obukhulu, akulona igama lokugcina. Ukucekelwa phansi kwendalo okwenziwe umuntu emhlabeni akusona isinqumo sokugcina ezindabeni zesintu. Ngoba iTestamente Elisha noma iTestamente Elidala alikhulumi ngokuphela komhlaba emva kwethonya nokubusa “kwesilo.” Esikhundleni salokho, bakhuluma ngoNkulunkulu ukulungiswa kabusha lomhlaba lapho ukuthula kweqiniso nobulungiswa kuzobusa khona okwesikhashana njengoba “ulwazi lweNkosi” lusakazeka kusuka olwandle kuye kolunye ulwandle (cf. Is 11: 4-9; Jer 31: 1-6; Hez 36: 10-11; Mik 4: 1-7; Zak 9:10; Mat 24:14; IsAm 20: 4).
Zonke imikhawulo yomhlaba iyakukhumbula, iphendukele kuJehovaOKULANDELAYO; konke imindeni yezizwe iyokhothama phambi kwakhe. (IHu 22:28)
Isikhathi esisha esizayo, ngokwemiBhalo, savuma izimfihlakalo ezinjengeZinceku zikaNkulunkulu uLuisa Piccarreta, uMarthe Robin, noVenerable Conchita — kanye nopapa uqobo — bazoba ngothando olukhulu nobungcwele obuzonqoba izizwe (bheka Oopapa kanye ne-Dawning Era). Kepha kuthiwani nge- ngokomzimba ubukhulu baleyonkathi, ikakhulu uma kubhekwa ukuthi, ngokwemiBhalo, umhlaba uyobe udonseke kakhulu futhi wabhujiswa?
Ngabe silokotha sibe nethemba ngeNkathi Yokuthula enjalo?
IZIBUSISO ZOMOYA
Ngemuva kokufika kwesilo — Umphikukristu, [1]qhathanisa Umphik'ukristu Ngezikhathi Zethu futhi Ihora Lokungabi Namthetho USt. John wakhuluma ngokubusa kukaKristu “iminyaka eyinkulungwane” kwabangcwele Bakhe. Lokhu yilokho obaba beSonto Lakuqala (ababizwa kanjalo ngenxa yokusondela kwabo ezikhathini zabaPhostoli kanye nokuqhamuka kweNkambiso Engcwele) okubizwa ngokuthi "usuku lweNkosi."
Bheka, uSuku lweNkosi luyakuba yiminyaka eyinkulungwane. —Ingxenye kaBarnaba, Obaba beBandla, Ch. 15
Njengoba uSt. Justin Martyr asho, "Siyaqonda ukuthi inkathi yeminyaka eyinkulungwane ikhonjiswe ngolimi olungokomfanekiso," hhayi impela iminyaka eyinkulungwane engokoqobo. Kunalokho,
… Lolu suku lwethu, oluboshwe ekuphumeni nasekushoneni kwelanga, luyisibonakaliso salolo suku olukhulu umjikelezo weminyaka eyinkulungwane uncike ngalo emikhawulweni yawo. —ULactantius, Obaba beSonto: I-Divine Institutes, iNcwadi VII, Isahluko 14, Catholic Encyclopedia; www.newadvent.org
AbaFata Besonto bachaza ngale nkathi yokuthula — uSuku lweNkosi — njengenkathi ngokuyinhloko eyi okungokomoya ukuvuselelwa noma “ukuphumula kweSabatha” kwabantu bakaNkulunkulu okuvinjelwe yisigwebo: [2]bheka Izahlulelo Zokugcina futhi Ilahlekile kanjani i-Era
Labo abasemandleni ale ndima [IsAm 20: 1-6], basola ukuthi uvuko lokuqala lukhona esikhathini esizayo futhi ngomzimba, luye lwasuswa, phakathi kokunye, ikakhulukazi ngenani leminyaka eyinkulungwane, njengokungathi kuyinto efanelekile ukuthi abangcwele ngaleyo ndlela bajabulele uhlobo lokuphumula kweSabatha phakathi nalokho isikhathi, ukuzilibazisa okungcwele ngemuva kokusebenza kweminyaka eyizinkulungwane eziyisithupha kusukela umuntu adalwa… (futhi) kufanele kulandelwe ukuqedwa kweminyaka eyizinkulungwane eziyisithupha, njengezinsuku eziyisithupha, uhlobo lweSabatha losuku lwesikhombisa eminyakeni eyinkulungwane eyalandela… Futhi lo mbono ubungeke uphikiswe, uma bekukholelwa ukuthi injabulo yabangcwele, kuleloSabatha, iyoba ngeyomoya, futhi ibe nomphumela ebukhoneni bukaNkulunkulu… —St. U-Augustine waseHippo (354-430 AD; Udokotela weSonto), I-De Civival Dei, Bk. XX, uCh. 7, iCatholic University of America Press
Kubalulekile ukuqaphela ukuthi iSonto lasheshe lasilahla isiphambeko esaziwa ngokuthi “yi-millenarianism” lapho abanye baqala khona ukutolika umbono kaSt. ngokomzimba ubuse emhlabeni phakathi kwamadili edili nemikhosi. Kodwa-ke, kuze kube namuhla, iSonto liyayenqaba imibono enjalo njengamanga: [3]bheka IMillenarianism — Ukuthi iyini futhi ayikho
Inkohliso Yomphik'ukristu isivele iqala ukwakheka emhlabeni ngaso sonke isikhathi lapho kwenziwa isimangalo sokubona emlandweni lelo themba likaMesiya elingafinyelelwa ngaphezu komlando ngokwahlulelwa komkhathi. ISonto selinqabile ngisho nezindlela eziguquliwe zalokhu kufakazelwa kombuso ukuthi kube ngaphansi kwegama leminyaka, ikakhulukazi uhlobo lwezepolitiki "oluphambeke ngokwedlulele" lobuMesiya bezwe. -Catechism weSonto LamaKatolika (CCC, n. 676
Lokho iSonto elingakwenqabanga ukwakhiwa "kwempucuko yothando" efinyelela emaphethelweni omhlaba, ixhaswe futhi inakekelwa yi-Sacramental Presence of Jesus:
Isikhathi esisha lapho uthando lungenabugovu noma luzifunela okwalo, kepha lumsulwa, luthembekile futhi lukhululekile ngokweqiniso, luvulekele abanye, luhlonipha isithunzi sabo, lufune okuhle kwabo, lukhanye injabulo nobuhle. Isikhathi esisha lapho ithemba lisikhulula khona ekunciphiseni, ukunganaki, nokuzithathela okubulala imiphefumulo yethu futhi kungcolise ubudlelwano bethu. —I-POPE BENEDICT XVI, i-Homily, uSuku lweNtsha lweMhlaba, eSydney, e-Australia, ngoJulayi 20, 2008
Ukuletha iminyaka engaka, empeleni, kungumsebenzi wakho nowokuprofetha kwami:
Ngokuhlala evangela abantu besilisa, iSonto lisebenzela ukubenza bakwazi “ukufaka umoya wobuKrestu emqondweni nasezintweni, emithethweni nasezinhlakeni zemiphakathi abahlala [kuyo].” Umsebenzi womphakathi wamaKrestu ukuhlonipha nokuvusa kumuntu ngamunye uthando lweqiniso nokuhle. Kudinga ukuthi bazise ukukhonzwa kwenkolo eyodwa yeqiniso exhasa iSonto LamaKatolika nelabaphostoli. AmaKrestu abizelwe ukuba ngukukhanya kwezwe. Ngakho-ke, iSonto likhombisa ubukhosi bukaKristu phezu kwayo yonke indalo futhi ikakhulukazi emiphakathini yabantu. -CCC, 2105, (bheka uJohane 13:34; Math 28: 19-20)
Ngamafuphi, inhloso yethu ukubambisana ekusunguleni umbuso kamoya kaKristu nombuso Wakhe emhlabeni wonke “Aze abuye futhi.” [4]isib. Mat 24:14 Ngakho uPapa Benedict uyanezela:
Bathandekayo abasha, iNkosi ikucela ukuba nibe ngabaprofethi balonyaka omusha… —I-POPE BENEDICT XVI, i-Homily, uSuku lweNtsha lweMhlaba, eSydney, e-Australia, ngoJulayi 20, 2008
Kepha ingabe iNkathi yokuThula enjalo iyokuba ngcwele ngokuphelele, noma ingabe izothela izithelo emvelweni uqobo?
UKUKHULULWA KUKANKULUNKULU KUFAKA NENDALO
Ngokusobala, uNkulunkulu wayengadala u-Adamu no-Eva ngaphandle yonke indalo. Ngiqonde ukuthi, bebengaba khona njengemimoya ekhululekile behlala “esikhaleni” sothando. Kodwa-ke, ekuhlakanipheni Kwakhe okungenamkhawulo, uNkulunkulu wayefisa ukuxhumana nokuzwakalisa okuthile ngobuhle baKhe, ubuhle, nothando ngokusebenzisa indalo.
Ukudalwa kuyisisekelo “sawo wonke amacebo kaNkulunkulu okusindisa,”… uNkulunkulu wabona inkazimulo yendalo entsha kuKristu. -CCC, 280
Kepha indalo ayizange ivele ephelele ezandleni zikaMdali. Umkhathi “usesimweni sokuhamba” usiya ekupheleleni okuphelele okusazotholakala. [5]CCC, 302 Yilapho isintu singena khona:
Kubantu uNkulunkulu uze abanikeze amandla okuhlanganyela ngokukhululekile ekuphatheni kwakhe ngokubanikeza umthwalo "wokunqoba" umhlaba nokuba negunya phezu kwawo. Ngaleyondlela uNkulunkulu unika amandla amadoda ukuba abe yizizathu ezihlakaniphile nezikhululekile ukuze aqedele umsebenzi wokudala, ukuze aphelelise ukuvumelana kwawo ukuze kuzuze wona kanye nomakhelwane bawo. -CCC, 307
Futhi-ke, isiphetho sendalo sinjalo ixhunyaniswe ngokungenakuhlukaniswa ekudalelweni komuntu. Inkululeko yomuntu, kanjalo nendalo, yathengwa esiphambanweni. UJesu wabaizibulo lendalo," [6]Col 1: 15 noma omunye angakwenza 
yithi, izibulo lesidalwa esisha noma esibuyiselwe. Iphethini yokufa nokuvuka Kwakhe sekuyindlela yokuthi yonke indalo izalwe kabusha. Kungakho ukufundwa kwePhasika Vigil kuqala nge-akhawunti yendalo.
… Emsebenzini wensindiso, uKristu ukhulula indalo esonweni nasekufeni ukuze ayingcwelise kabusha ayibuyisele kuYise, kube yinkazimulo yakhe. -CCC,n. 2637
KuKrestu Ovukile yonke indalo ivukela empilweni entsha. —UPOPE JOHN PAUL II, Umlayezo we-Urbi et Orbi, NgeSonto lePhasika, ngomhlaka 15 Ephreli 2001
Kepha futhi, leli themba libe kuphela wakhulelwa ngeSiphambano. Kusalele esintwini kanye nayo yonke indalo ukuthi ikhululeke ngokuphelele, ukuze 'izalwe kabusha.' Ngiphinda ngicaphune uFr. UWalter Ciszek:
Isenzo sikaKristu sokuhlenga asizibuyisanga ngokwaso zonke izinto, simane senza umsebenzi wokuhlengahlengiswa waba khona, saqala ukuhlengwa kwethu. Njengoba bonke abantu behlanganyela ekungalalelini kuka-Adamu, ngakho-ke bonke abantu kumele babambe iqhaza ekulaleleni uKristu entandweni kaBaba. Ukuhlengwa kuzophelela kuphela lapho bonke abantu behlanganyela ekulaleleni kwakhe. -Uyangihola, ikhasi. 116-117; kucashunwe ku Ubukhazikhazi bendalo, Fr. UJoseph Iannuzzi, ikhasi. 259
Ngakho-ke, yilokho kanye "ukuhlanganyela" ekulaleleni kukaKristu, lokhu siphila ngentando yaphezulu egqokisa futhi ilungise uMlobokazi kaKristu [7]qhathanisa Ukuya ePharadesi futhi Ukuza Ubungcwele Obusha NobuNkulunkulu ukubuya Kwakhe ekugcineni, ukuthi yonke indalo ilinde:
Ngoba indalo ilindele ngokulangazela okukhulu ukwambulwa kwabantwana bakaNkulunkulu; ngoba indalo yenziwa yaba ngaphansi kobuze, hhayi ngokuthanda kwayo kodwa ngenxa yalowo owayibeka phansi, ngethemba lokuthi indalo ngokwayo yayizokhululwa ebugqilini bokonakala futhi ihlanganyele enkululekweni ekhazimulayo yabantwana bakaNkulunkulu. Siyazi ukuthi yonke indalo ibubula ngezinhlungu zokubeletha kuze kube manje… (Rom 8: 19-22)
Ngokusebenzisa isingathekiso esithi “izinhlungu zokubeletha,” uSt. Paul ubopha i- ukuvuselelwa kwendalo kuya ukuzala “wabantwana bakaNkulunkulu.” USt. UJohane ubona lokhu kuzalwa okuzayo "kukaKristu wonke" —abaJuda nabezizwe, umhlambi owodwa ngaphansi koMalusi oyedwa — embonweni "wowesifazane owembethe ilanga" osebenza kanzima, ekhala njengoba ebeletha ingane yesilisa. ” [8]isib. IsAm 12: 1-2
Lo wesifazane umele uMariya, uMama woMhlengi, kepha umele ngasikhathi sinye iBandla lonke, Abantu bakaNkulunkulu bazo zonke izikhathi, iBandla okuthi ngezikhathi zonke, elinobuhlungu obukhulu, liphinde lizale uKristu. —CASTEL GANDOLFO, e-Italy, e-AUG. 23, 2006; I-Zenit
UJesu uphinde wasebenzisa lesi sifaniso sokubeletha ukuchaza ukuphela kwalesi sikhathi kanye nokudlikizela obekuzokwenzeka, hhayi ngokomoya kuphela, kepha nangokwenyama:
… Kuyoba khona indlala nokuzamazama komhlaba kusuka endaweni kuya kwenye. Konke lokhu kungukuqala kwemihelo. (Math 24: 6-8)
Ukuzalwa kwale "ngane yesilisa," ngokusho kukaSt. John, kufinyelela umvuthwandaba kulokho akubiza ngokuthi "uvuko lokuqala" [9]isib. IsAm 20: 4-5 ngemuva kokubhujiswa “kwesilo.” Lokho akusikho ukuphela komhlaba, kepha isikhathi sokuthula:
Mina nawo wonke amanye amaKrestu asendulo siqinisekile ukuthi luyoba khona uvuko lwenyama olulandelwe iminyaka eyinkulungwane edolobheni laseJerusalema elakhiwe kabusha, elihlotshisiwe, nelikhulisiwe, njengoba kwamenyezelwa abaProfethi uHezekeli, u-Isaya nabanye… Indoda phakathi kwethu ogama lakhe linguJohane, ongomunye wabaPhostoli bakaKristu, wemukela futhi wabikezela ukuthi abalandeli bakaKristu bazohlala eJerusalema iminyaka eyinkulungwane, bese kuthi emva kwalokho abendawo futhi
ngamafuphi, ukuvuswa kwaphakade nokwahlulelwa kwakuzokwenzeka. —St. UJustin Martyr,Ingxoxo noTrypho, Ch. 81, Obaba beBandla, Amagugu ObuKristu
Uma kunjalo, khona-ke indalo nayo ibingayikuvuswa ngohlobo oluthile?
Ngingamletha yini umama aze azalwe, angabe esavumela ukuthi ingane yakhe izalwe? kusho uJehova; noma ngivumela yena ukuba akhulelwe, kepha ngivale isibeletho sakhe na? (Isaya 66: 9)
IPHENTEKOSTE ELISHA
Siyathandaza njengeBandla:
Woza uMoya oNgcwele, gcwalisa izinhliziyo zabathembekile bakho bese uvutha kubo umlilo wothando lwakho.
V. Thumela umoya wakho, futhi ziyodalwa.
R. Futhi uzabuvuselela ubuso bomhlaba.
Uma inkathi ezayo kuzoba yi Iminyaka Yothando, [10]qhathanisa Ukuza kweminyaka yothando khona-ke kuzokwenzeka 
ngokusebenzisa ukuthululwa koMuntu wesithathu kaZiqu-zintathu Ongcwele lowo umBhalo omchaza "njengothando lukaNkulunkulu": [11]qhathanisa Okuhehayo? Ingxenye VI
… Ithemba alidumazi, ngoba ukuthanda kaNkulunkulu uthelwe ezinhliziyweni zethu ngoMoya oNgcwele esimnikiwe wona. (Rom 5: 5)
Isikhathi sesifikile sokuphakamisa uMoya oNgcwele emhlabeni… Ngifisa ukuthi lesikhathi sokugcina singcweliswe ngendlela ekhetheke kakhulu kuloMoya oNgcwele… Yithuba lakhe, yisikhathi saKhe, kungukunqoba kothando eBandleni Lami , endaweni yonke. —UJesu ku-Conchita Cabrera de Armida ohloniphekile, UConchita Marie Michel Philipon, k. 195-196
Ukunqoba Kwenhliziyo Engaphelele kaMariya ("owesifazane ogqoke ilanga") kuzongenisa lokhu "iPhentekoste elisha. ” Lokho kusho ukuthi, izinhlungu zokubeletha zizophinda ziveze indalo "yokuzalwa kabusha":
Indalo, izalwe kabusha futhi ikhululwe ebugqilini, izokhiqiza inala yokudla kwayo yonke inhlobo evela emazolweni ezulu nasekuvundiseni komhlaba. —USt. U-Irenaeus, Ama-Adersus Haereses
INDALO ESISHA
Incwadi ka-Isaya yisiprofetho esinamandla esibikezela ngokuza kukaMesiya ozokhulula abantu baKhe. Umprofethi unikeza umbono oqhubeka phambili eziningana izingqimba ngokusebenzisa eziningana izizukulwane ngezizukulwane eziningana izinkathi, kufaka phakathi ingunaphakade. Umbono ka-Isaya uhlanganisa nesikhathi esizayo sokuthula, futhi empeleni, “amazulu amasha nomhlaba omusha” Ngaphakathi imingcele yesikhathi.
Manje khumbula ukuthi ababhali beTestamente Elidala basebenzise amagama afanekisela kakhulu nezincazelo ezingokomfanekiso ngezikhathi ezithile, kufaka phakathi nolimi lwabo ukuchaza iNkathi Yokuthula. Ngokwesibonelo, lapho uNkulunkulu ekhuluma 'ngezwe eligeleza ubisi nezinyosi,' lalikhombisa izwe elichumayo, hhayi imifudlana engokoqobo yobisi noju. AbaFata Besonto Bakuqala babuye bacaphuna futhi baqhubeka nokusetshenziswa kwalolu limi olungokomfanekiso, yingakho abanye bebasola ngokudla iminyaka eyinkulungwane. Kepha sisebenzisa i-hermeneutics efanelekile yaseBhayibhelini, siyabona ukuthi bakhuluma ngomfanekiso wesikhathi se- okungokomoya ukuchuma.
Babona esiprofethweni sika-Isaya iNkathi Yokuthula ezayo, leyo “minyaka eyinkulungwane” yokubusa kwabangcwele kusAmbulo 20:
Lawa ngamazwi ka-Isaya maqondana neminyaka eyinkulungwane: 'Ngoba kuzoba khona izulu elisha nomhlaba omusha, futhi okwangaphambili ngeke kukhunjulwe noma kungene enhliziyweni yabo, kepha bayojabula bathokoze ngalezi zinto, engizidalayo… Ngeke kusaba nosana lwezinsuku lapho, noma ikhehla elingeke ligcwalise izinsuku zalo; ngokuba umntwana uyakufa eneminyaka eyikhulu… Ngokuba njengezinsuku zomuthi wokuphila ziyakuba-njalo izinsuku zabantu bami, nemisebenzi yezandla zabo iyakwandiswa. Abakhethiweyo bami abayikusebenzela ize, noma bazalele abantwana isiqalekiso; ngoba bayoba inzalo elungile ebusisiwe yiNkosi, kanye nenzalo yabo kanye nabo. ' —St. UJustin Martyr, Ingxoxo noTrypho, Ch. 81, Obaba beBandla, Igugu LobuKristu; isib. Is 54: 1 nezahluko 65-66
Obaba beSonto baqonda ukuthi iminyaka eyinkulungwane izobandakanya uhlobo oluthile lokuvuselelwa kwendalo okungaba yi uphawu futhi ukulindela wezulu elisha nomhlaba omusha okuzayo ngemuva Isahlulelo Sokugcina (bheka iSamb. 21: 1).
Umhlaba uzovula ukuthela kwawo futhi uthele izithelo eziningi kakhulu ngokwawo; izintaba ezinamadwala ziconsa uju; imifula yewayini iyakugobhoza, nemifula igeleze ubisi; ngamafuphi nje izwe ngokwalo lizojabula, nayo yonke imvelo iphakame, isindiswe futhi ikhululwe ebubini bobubi nokungazihloniphi, necala nephutha. - UCaecilius Firmianus Lactantius, Izikhungo Zaphezulu
The umhlaba, odidizela ekubhujisweni okwenziwe "yisilo", uzovuselelwa:
Ngosuku uJehova azobopha ngalo amanxeba abantu bakhe, uyopholisa imivimbo eshiywe yimivimbo yakhe. (Is 30:26)
Kuyafaneleka-ke ukuthi indalo uqobo, njengoba ibuyiselwe esimweni sayo sokuqala, ngaphandle kokuzibamba kufanele ibe ngaphansi kokubusa kwabalungile… Futhi kulungile ukuthi lapho indalo ibuyiselwa, zonke izilwane kufanele zithobele futhi zithobele umuntu, bese ubuyela ekudleni kwasekuqaleni okunikezwe nguNkulunkulu… okungukuthi, imikhiqizo yomhlaba… —St. U-Irenaeus waseLyons, uBaba weSonto (140- 202 AD); Ama-Adersus Haereses, U-Irenaeus waseLyons, udlula uBk. 32, uCh. 1; 33, 4, Obaba beBandla, I-CIMA Publishing Co
Futhi-ke, lesi sikhathi sesikhashana sizoqhubeka nokuba ngaphansi kwemijikelezo yemvelo kungakapheli isikhathi, ngoba iSonto — nangalo lonke izwe — ngeke lipheleliswe kuze kubuye inkazimulo kaKristu ekupheleni kwesikhathi: [12]qhathanisa CCC, 769
Uma nje umhlaba usaqhubeka, isikhathi sokuhlwanyela nokuvuna, amakhaza nokushisa, ihlobo nobusika, imini nobusuku akuyikunqamuka. (UGenesise 8:22)
Kepha lokho akukushiyi ngaphandle ukusungulwa kwe- umbuso ongokomoya wesikhashana emhlabeni noma ushintsho olungajwayelekile emhlabeni, ngokwemiBhalo kanye Nesiko:
Ngosuku lokuhlaba okukhulu, lapho imibhoshongo iwa, ukukhanya kwenyanga kuzofana nokukhanya kwelanga futhi ukukhanya kwelanga kuzokuphinda kasikhombisa (njengokukhanya kwezinsuku eziyisikhombisa). (Is 30:25)
Ilanga lizokhanya ngokuphindwe kasikhombisa kunalokhu elikhona manje. - UCaecilius Firmianus Lactantius, Izikhungo Zaphezulu
Was Isimangaliso Selanga eFatima isibonakaliso sohlobo oluthile 
ushintsho ekuzungezeni komhlaba noma ekujikelezeni komhlaba, noma komunye umcimbi wasemkhathini ongaba yisijeziso futhi ube yindlela yokuhlanza indalo? [13]qhathanisa UFatima, kanye nokushushuluza okukhulu
Wema wazamazamisa umhlaba; wabheka wazamazamisa izizwe. Izintaba zasendulo zabhidlizwa, amagquma amadala akhothama phansi, imizila endala yawa. (Hab. 3:11)
UMUNTU NOKUDALWA, KUHLANZEKILE KWABUVUSELELWA
Encwadini yakhe yokubhala, E Supremi, UPapa Pius X wathi, “omkhulu futhi ububi obunyanyekayo obuningi kangaka esikhathini sethu [yi] ukufaka umuntu esikhundleni sikaNkulunkulu… ”Ngempela, ngokuziqhenya kwakhe, umuntu wakha omunye umbhoshongo waseBabele. Ufinyelela emazulwini ngaloyo mandla okaNkulunkulu kuphela: ukuguqula zona kanye izisekelo zokuphila — amakhodi ezakhi zofuzo aqaqa indalo ngokomyalelo obekwe yiNhlakanipho. Lokho, kanye nobugovu, sekwenze ukububula kwendalo kucishe kungabekezeleleki. [14]qhathanisa Ubuthi Obukhulu
Ah, ndodakazi yami, isidalwa sihlala sigijimela ebubini. Mangaki amaqhinga enhlekelele abalungiselela wona! Bazokuya kude nokuzikhandla ebubini. Kepha ngenkathi bematasa ngokwenza indlela yabo, Mina ngizozibandakanya Ekuqedeni nasekugcwalisekeni kukaMy I-Fiat Voluntas Tua (“Intando yakho mayenziwe”) ukuze Intando Yami ibuse emhlabeni — kodwa ngendlela entsha sha. Ah yebo, ngifuna ukudida umuntu kuThando! Ngakho-ke, lalelisisa. Ngifuna nawe silungiselele leNkathi Yothando lwasezulwini nesibhakabhaka… —Nceku kaNkulunkulu, ULuisa Piccarreta, Imibhalo yesandla, Febhuwari 8, 1921; kucashunwe kusuka Ubukhazikhazi bendalo, UMfu Joseph Iannuzzi, k. 80, ngemvume ka-Archbishop waseTrani, owayengamele imibhalo kaPiccarreta, okwathi ngo-2010, yathola imfundiso yenkolo kwizazi zenkolo zaseVatican.
Ngempela, ku Isikhathi Esizayo Sothando, indalo izovuselelwa ngokwengxenye nge ukuthobeka phambi kukaNkulunkulu nokuhleleka komzimba.
Intobeko kaNkulunkulu izulu. Futhi uma sisondela kulokhu kuthobeka, khona-ke sithinta izulu. Khona-ke nomhlaba wenziwa musha ... —UPOPE BENEDICT XVI, Umlayezo kaKhisimusi, NgoDisemba 26, 2007
Babusisiwe abamnene, ngokuba bayakudla ifa lomhlaba. (Mat 5: 5; qhathanisa neHu 37)
Love, okuvezwe ngokulalela intando kaNkulunkulu, kuzosiza ukuvuselela nokwelapha indalo ngokubambisana namandla okudala kaMoya oNgcwele. Ukuthobeka kwaBantu bakaNkulunkulu enkathini ezayo kuzolingisa lokho kukaMama Obusisiwe okunomthelela omkhulu emhlabeni. Lokhu kuzoba izithelo zoMnqobi wenhliziyo yakhe awuthembisa kuFatima: “inkathi yokuthula” ezozwakala kuyo yonke indalo.
Bazothi: “Lomhlaba oyincithakalo wenziwe waba yinsimu yase-Edene. (UHezekeli 36:35)
Yebo, kwathenjiswa isimangaliso kuFatima, isimangaliso esikhulu kunazo zonke emlandweni womhlaba, esesibili kuphela emva Kovuko. Futhi leso simangaliso kuzoba inkathi yokuthula engakaze inikezwe ngaphambili emhlabeni. —UKhadinali Mario Luigi Ciappi, isazi senkolo kapapa sikaPius XII, uJohn XXIII, uPaul VI, uJohn Paul I, noJohn Paul II, ngo-Okthoba 9, 1994; Ikhathekizimu Yomndeni, (Septhemba 9, 1993); k. 35
Yokuphila Isikhathi Eside Ise
Isibonelo, obaba beSonto bafundisa ukuthi lokhu kuthula kuzothela izithelo zokuphila isikhathi eside:
Njengeminyaka yesihlahla, injalo neminyaka yabantu bami; futhi abakhethiweyo bami bayojabulela isikhathi eside umkhiqizo wezandla zabo. Abayikukhandlekela ize, noma bazalele abantwana ekubhujisweni okungazelelwe; ngokuba bayinzalo ebusiswe nguJehova bona nenzalo yabo. (Is 65: 22-23)
Futhi ngeke kube khona ongavuthiwe, noma indoda endala engasifezi isikhathi sayo; ngoba intsha iyoba neminyaka eyikhulu ubudala… - uSt. Irenaeus waseLyons, uBaba weSonto (140-202 AD); Ama-Adersus Haereses, Bk. 34, uCh. 4
Labo abazobe besaphila emizimbeni yabo abayikufa, kepha kuleyo minyaka eyinkulungwane bayokhiqiza isixuku esingenamkhawulo, futhi inzalo yabo iyoba ngcwele futhi bathandwe uNkulunkulu .. - UCaecilius Firmianus Lactantius, Izikhungo Zaphezulu
Ngizomisa izixuku zamadoda nezilwane phezu kwakho, ukuze zande futhi zizale. Ngizokususa njengasesikhathini esedlule, ngiphane kakhulu kuwe kunakuqala; niyakwazi ukuthi nginguJehova. (Ez 36:11; qhathanisa noZek 10: 8)
Ukuthula
Ngemuva kokuthi uNkulunkulu ehlanze umhlaba ngozamcolo ngesikhathi sikaNowa, umphumela wesikhashana wesono sokuqala wasala emvelweni ngenxa yokulahleka kobumbano lomuntu kwiNtando Yaphezulu: ukungezwani phakathi komuntu nesilwane.
Ukwesaba nokwesaba kuyakwehlela zonke izilwane zomhlaba, nezinyoni zonke zezulu, naphezu kwazo zonke izidalwa ezihamba emhlabeni, nezinhlanzi zonke zolwandle; zinikelwe esandleni sakho. (UGenesise 9: 2)
Kepha ngokusho kuka-Isaya, umuntu nesilwane bazokwazi isivumelwano sesikhashana nomunye njengoba iVangeli lisakazekela emaphethelweni omhlaba:
Lapho-ke impisi iyoba yisimenywa sewundlu, ingwe ilale phansi nezinyane lembuzi; ithole nebhongo lengonyama kubuka kanyekanye, nomntwana omncane wokuzihola. Inkomo nebhere kuyomakhelwane, amazinyane azo ayakuphumula kanyekanye; ingonyama izodla utshani njengenkabi. Ingane izodlala ngasedolophini, futhi ingane ibeke isandla sayo emhhumeni wenyoka. Akuyikubakho monakalo noma incithakalo kuyo yonke intaba yami engcwele; ngokuba umhlaba uyakugcwala ukumazi uJehova njengamanzi asibekela ulwandle. (Isaya 11: 6-9)
Zonke izilwane ezisebenzisa imikhiqizo yenhlabathi ziyoba nokuthula nokuzwana esinye nesinye, ngokuphelele ngokomuntu nangokubizwa kwakhe. - uSt. Irenaeus waseLyons, uBaba weSonto (140-202 AD); Ama-Adersus Haereses
Ngakho-ke isenzo esiphelele sohlelo lokuqala loMdali sachazwa: indalo lapho uNkulunkulu nendoda, owesilisa nowesifazane, ubuntu nemvelo kuyavumelana, kungxoxo, ekuhlanganyeleni. Leli cebo, elicasulwe yisono, lathathwa ngendlela emangalisayo nguKristu, Olenza ngendlela engaqondakali kepha ngempumelelo eqinisweni lamanje, In the ukulindela lokukugcwalisa… —I-POPE JOHN PAUL II, Izilaleli Ezivamile, ngoFebhuwari 14, 2001
Impilo eyenziwe lula
Ingqalasizinda, eyenziwe lula noma yacekelwa phansi ngaphambi kweNkathi Yokuthula, izoshiya umuntu abuyele kwezolimo njengendlela yakhe eyinhloko yokudla:
Bayakwakha izindlu, bahlale kuzo; bayakutshala izivini, badle izithelo zazo, baphuze iwayini ... nemisebenzi yezandla zabo iyakwandiswa. Abakhethiweyo bami abayikusebenzela ize. —St. UJustin Martyr, Ingxoxo noTrypho (bheka u-65: 21-23, no-9: 14)
Njengoba uSathane eboshelwe kwalasha “iminyaka eyinkulungwane,” [15]isib. IsAm 20:3 indalo "izophumula" isikhashana:
Ekupheleni konyaka wezinkulungwane eziyisithupha, bonke ububi kufanele buqedwe emhlabeni, nokulunga kubuse iminyaka eyinkulungwane; futhi kufanele kube nokuthula nokuphumula emisebenzini umhlaba osekuyisikhathi eside uyikhuthazelele… Kuwo wonke lesi sikhathi, izilwane ngeke zondliwe ngegazi, noma izinyoni ngokudla; kodwa konke kuzakuba lokuthula lokuthula. - UCaecilius Firmianus Lactantius, Izikhungo Zaphezulu
Ngakho-ke, kusasele ukuphumula kwesabatha kwabantu bakaNkulunkulu. (Hebheru 4: 9)
NGASEKUPHELENI KWENKATHI
Lokhu “kuthula nokuphumula” kuzoza ngokwengxenye enkulu ngoba ububi buzobe buqediwe ngokujeziswa futhi, futhi, namandla wobubi aboshelwe ngamaketanga “iminyaka eyinkulungwane” elinde ukukhululwa kwawo. [16]qhathanisa Izahlulelo Zokugcina Bobabili u-Isaya no-St. John bachaza lokhu:
Ngalolo suku uJehova uyakujezisa ibandla lamazulu ezulwini, namakhosi omhlaba emhlabeni. Bayobuthelwa ndawonye njengeziboshwa emgodini; bayovalelwa emgodini ongaphansi komhlaba, futhi emva kwezinsuku eziningi bayojeziswa… Wayibamba udrako, inyoka yasendulo, enguDeveli noma uSathane, wayibopha iminyaka eyinkulungwane, wayiphonsa kwalasha, wayivalela phezu kwayo, wayivala, ukuze ingabe isadukisa izizwe; ize iphele iminyaka eyinkulungwane. (Isaya 24: 21-22; IsAm 20: 2-3)
Futhi nokho, phakathi neNkathi Era, intando yabantu yokuzikhethela ngokukhululekile okuhle noma okubi izosala. Ngakho-ke isidingo esiqhubekayo sohlelo lwesakramente. Eqinisweni, uMthendeleko oNgcwele uzoba "ngumthombo nengqungquthela" egcina futhi ikhulise ukuthula nokuzwana phakathi kwezizwe kuleyo nkathi, okuyiyo yokugcina Ukuqinisekiswa Kokuhlakanipha:
Umbuso wesikhashana, ngakho-ke, uyoba nengqikithi yawo, ezinhliziyweni nasemiphefumulweni yabo bonke abathembekile, uMuntu okhazimulayo kaKristu Jesu ozokhanya ngaphezu kwakho konke ekunqobeni koMuntu Wakhe weSidlo Sobungcwele. UMthendeleko uzoba yingqungquthela yabo bonke abantu, welule imisebe yawo yokukhanya kuzo zonke izizwe. Inhliziyo kaJesu Yesidlo, ehlala phakathi kwabo, ngaleyo ndlela iyohlakulela ngokwethembeka umoya wokukhuleka nokukhulekela okukhulu ongakaze ubonwe. Bekhululiwe ekukhohlisweni komgibeli, ozoboshelwa isikhashana isikhashana, abathembekile bazohlangana bazungeze wonke amatabernakele omhlaba ukuzodumisa uNkulunkulu — ukondliwa kwabo, induduzo yabo kanye nokusindiswa kwabo. —Fr. UJoseph Iannuzzi, Ukunqoba KoMbuso KaNkulunkulu Eminyakeni Eyinkulungwane Nesikhathi Sokuphelas, k. 127
Yize besivele sikhona eBandleni lakhe, ukubusa kukaKristu kusazogcwaliseka “ngamandla nenkazimulo enkulu” ngokubuyela kweNkosi emhlabeni. Lokhu kubusa kusalokhu kuhlaselwa ngamandla amabi, noma behlulwe ngokuphelele yiPhasika likaKristu. Kuze kube konke kungaphansi kwakhe, “kuze kube yilapho kugcwaliseka amazulu amasha nomhlaba omusha okuhlala kuwo ubulungiswa, iSonto le-pilgrim, emasakrameni nasezikhungweni zalo, okungokwalonyaka wamanje, liphethe uphawu lwaleli zwe elizodlula, futhi uqobo lwayo uhlala phakathi kwezidalwa ezibubulayo nezinomunyu okwamanje futhi zilindele ukwambulwa kwamadodana kaNkulunkulu. ” -CCC, 671
“Isambulo” lapho yonke indalo isazobubula ngaso, kungukuvuka okuqinisekile ekupheleni yesikhathi lapho, siguqulwe ngokuphazima kweso, amadodana namadodakazi kaNkulunkulu ayokwembathiswa i umzimba waphakade, sikhululwe emandleni esono nekufa. Indalo isazobubula ngokwengxenye kuze kube yileso sikhathi, ngoba umuntu usazobhekana nesono nokulingwa ngenkathi ekuleli zwe lamanje, esengaphansi "kwemfihlakalo yokungalungi."
Lapho kuphela iminyaka eyinkulungwane, uSathane uyokhululwa etilongweni lakhe. Uzophuma ayodukisa izizwe emagumbini amane omhlaba, uGogi noMagogi, ukuze abaqoqele impi; inani labo lingangesihlabathi solwandle. Bahlasela ububanzi bomhlaba futhi bazungeza ikamu labangcwele nomuzi othandekayo… (IsAm 20: 7-9)
Futhi-ke, ngomlilo omkhulu, yonke indawo yonke izodunga okokugcina ngaphansi kwesisindo salokho kuvukela kokugcina. Kuyakuwa umlilo ezulwini, uqothule izitha zabantu bakaNkulunkulu. Futhi ngokukhala kwecilongo, abafileyo bayovuswa, futhi wonke umuntu oyedwa uyokuma phambi kwesihlalo sobukhosi sikaNkulunkulu ekwahlulelweni kokugcina. Lesi simiso samanje sizoshiswa ngomlilo kanti amaZulu Amasha noMhlaba Omusha bazokwamukela abantwana bakaNkulunkulu, lowo Mlobokazi KaKristu ohlanziwe, ozohlala eDolobheni laseZulwini. The new futhi okuphakade indalo iyoba ngumqhele wayo futhi ngeke kusaba khona ukufa, kungasekho zinyembezi, futhi kungabikho buhlungu. Yonke indalo ekugcineni izokhululeka ingunaphakade ..
… Ngokuba izinto zokuqala zidlulile. (IsAm 21: 4)
Leli ithemba lethu elikhulu nokunxusa kwethu ukuthi, 'Umbuso wakho mawuze!' - Umbuso wokuthula, ubulungiswa kanye nokuzola, okuzomisa kabusha ukuvumelana kokuqala kwendalo. —ST. UPAPA JOHN PAUL II, Izethameli Ezijwayelekile, ngoNovemba 6, 2002, iZenit
Ishicilelwe okokuqala ngo-Okthoba 9, 2010.
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| ↑1 | qhathanisa Umphik'ukristu Ngezikhathi Zethu futhi Ihora Lokungabi Namthetho |
|---|---|
| ↑2 | bheka Izahlulelo Zokugcina futhi Ilahlekile kanjani i-Era |
| ↑3 | bheka IMillenarianism — Ukuthi iyini futhi ayikho |
| ↑4 | isib. Mat 24:14 |
| ↑5 | CCC, 302 |
| ↑6 | Col 1: 15 |
| ↑7 | qhathanisa Ukuya ePharadesi futhi Ukuza Ubungcwele Obusha NobuNkulunkulu |
| ↑8 | isib. IsAm 12: 1-2 |
| ↑9 | isib. IsAm 20: 4-5 |
| ↑10 | qhathanisa Ukuza kweminyaka yothando |
| ↑11 | qhathanisa Okuhehayo? Ingxenye VI |
| ↑12 | qhathanisa CCC, 769 |
| ↑13 | qhathanisa UFatima, kanye nokushushuluza okukhulu |
| ↑14 | qhathanisa Ubuthi Obukhulu |
| ↑15 | isib. IsAm 20:3 |
| ↑16 | qhathanisa Izahlulelo Zokugcina |