Ukuhumusha iSambulo

 

NGAPHANDLE ngokungangabazeki, iNcwadi yeSambulo ingenye yezimpikiswano kakhulu kuyo yonke imiBhalo Engcwele. Ngakolunye uhlangothi lwe-spectrum kukhona abanenkolelo-ze abathatha igama ngalinye ngokwezwi nezwi noma ngaphandle komongo. Ngakolunye uhlangothi yilabo abakholelwa ukuthi le ncwadi isivele yagcwaliseka ngekhulu lokuqala noma abathi incwadi incazelo nje engokomfanekiso.

Kepha kuthiwani ngezikhathi ezizayo, yethu izikhathi? Ngabe isambulo sinokuthile esingakusho? Ngeshwa, kukhona ukuthambekela kwanamuhla phakathi kwabefundisi abaningi kanye nezazi zemfundiso yenkolo zokwehlisa ingxoxo yezici ezingokwesiprofetho ze-Apocalypse kumgqomo we-loony, noma bamane bayichithe imibono yokuqhathanisa izikhathi zethu nalezi ziprofetho njengeziyingozi, eziyinkimbinkimbi kakhulu, noma ezilahlekile ngokuphelele.

Kukhona inkinga eyodwa kuphela ngalesi simo, noma kunjalo. Indiza ebusweni beSiko eliphilayo leSonto LamaKatolika kanye nawo kanye amagama eMagisterium uqobo.

 

IZIMPAHLA EZIMBILI

Umuntu angazibuza ukuthi kungani kunokungabaza okunje ukucabanga ngezindima zesiprofetho ezisobala kakhulu. Ngikholwa ukuthi kuhlobene nenkinga ejwayelekile yokukholwa eZwini likaNkulunkulu.

Kunezinkinga ezimbili ezinkulu ezikhathini zethu uma kukhulunywa ngoMbhalo ongcwele. Okunye ukuthi amaKatolika awafundi futhi athandaze ngebhayibheli ngokwanele. Okunye ukuthi imiBhalo iye yabulawa inzalo, yahlinzwa futhi esatshalaliswa yisichasiso sanamuhla njengengxenye nje yezincwadi zomlando kune Ukuphila IZwi likaNkulunkulu. Le ndlela yokwenza izinto ingenye yezinkinga ezichaza isikhathi sethu, ngoba ivule indlela yokuhlubuka, yesimanjemanje, kanye nokungahloniphi; kuye kwasusa izimfihlakalo, abafundisi bezenkolo abadukile, futhi kwezinye izimo uma kungenjalo, kwaphuka umkhumbi wokholo lwabathembekile — abefundisi nabantu nje abavamile. Uma uNkulunkulu engaseyona iNkosi yezimangaliso, yezinhlangano ezijabulisa abantu, yamaSakramente, yamaPentekoste amasha nezipho zikamoya ezivuselela nokwakha uMzimba kaKristu… Ungubani uNkulunkulu wangempela? Inkulumo yengqondo kanye nezinkolelo ezingenamandla?

Encwadini ebhalwe ngokucophelela eyabizwa ngokuthi yi-Apostolic Exhortation, uBenedict XVI waveza okuhle kanye nezici ezimbi zendlela ebucayi yomlando yencazelo yeBhayibheli. Uyaphawula ukuthi ukutolika okungokomoya / kwezenkolo kubalulekile futhi kuyancomeka ekuhlaziyweni okungokomlando:

Ngeshwa, ukwahlukana okuyinyumba kwesinye isikhathi kudala umgoqo phakathi kwe-exegesis nemfundiso yenkolo, futhi lokhu “kwenzeka ngisho nasezingeni eliphakeme kakhulu lemfundo”. —UPOPE BENEDICT XVI, Isikhuthazo SabaPhostoli - Isinodi I-Verbum Domini, n. 34

"Amazinga aphakeme ezifundweni. ” Lawo mazinga avame ukuba yizinga lokufundwa okusho ukuthi abapristi besikhathi esizayo bavame ukufundiswa umbono osontekile woMbhalo, nawo oholele ku…

Imindeni ejwayelekile futhi engaqondakali efihla ukuqonda kwezwi likaNkulunkulu… kanye nokuphambuka okungenamsebenzi okubeka engcupheni ukudonsela ukunaka okukhulu kumshumayeli kunasenhliziyweni yomyalezo weVangeli. —Iyid. n. 59

Omunye umpristi osemusha wangitshela ukuthi isikole sabefundisi ayefunda kuso siwuqede kanjani umBhalo kangangokuthi washiya umbono wokuthi uNkulunkulu akekho. Uthe abangane bakhe abaningi ababengenakho ukwakheka kwangaphambilini bangena esikoleni sabefundisi bejabule ngokuba ngabangcwele… kepha ngemuva kokwakheka, baphucwa intshiseko yabo yiziqholo zesimanje ababezifundisiwe… nokho, baba ngabapristi. Uma abelusi beyinto eyodwa, kwenzekani ezimvwini?

UPapa Benedict ubonakala egxeka lona kanye lolu hlobo lokuhlaziywa kweBhayibheli, ekhomba imiphumela emibi yokuzikhawulela ekubukeni okungokomlando kweBhayibheli. Uphawula ikakhulukazi ukuthi isikhala sokuchazwa kwemibhalo esekwe enkolweni sekuvame ukugcwaliswa ukuqonda komhlaba nefilosofi yokuthi…

… Noma nini lapho into yaphezulu ibonakala ikhona, kufanele ichazwe ngenye indlela, kuncishiswe konke kube yingxenye yomuntu… Isimo esinjalo singaba yingozi empilweni yeSonto kuphela, siphonsa ukungabaza ngezimfihlakalo eziyisisekelo zobuKrestu kanye nomlando wazo— njengesibonelo, isikhungo soMthendeleko nokuvuka kukaKristu… —UPOPE BENEDICT XVI, Isikhuthazo SabaPhostoli - Isinodi I-Verbum Domini, n. 34

Ngabe lokhu kuhlangene ngani neNcwadi Yesambulo nencazelo yanamuhla yombono wayo ongokwesiprofetho? Asikwazi ukubheka isAmbulo njengombhalo nje womlando. Kuyinto Ukuphila IZwi likaNkulunkulu. Ikhuluma nathi emazingeni amaningi. Kepha eyodwa, njengoba sizobona, yisici esingokwesiprofetho sika namuhla—Izinga lokuchazwa elinqatshwe ngokumangazayo izazi zemiBhalo eziningi.

Kepha hhayi ngopapa.

 

ISAMBULO NAMUHLA

Okuxakayo ukuthi nguPapa Paul VI owasebenzisa indinyana yombono ongokwesiprofetho kaSt. John ukuchaza, ngokwengxenye, yona le nkinga yokukholwa eZwini likaNkulunkulu.

Umsila kasathane usebenza ekuhlakazekeni kwamaKatolika umhlaba. Ubumnyama bukaSathane bungene basabalala kulo lonke iSonto LamaKhatholika kuze kufike esiqongweni salo. Ukuhlubuka, ukulahleka kokholo, kusakazeka emhlabeni wonke kuya emazingeni aphakeme kakhulu eSontweni. —Ikheli le-Anniversary of the Sixtieth Anniversary of the Fatima Apparitions, ngo-Okthoba 13, 1977

KwakunguPaul VI owayebhekisa kusAmbulo Isahluko 12:

Kwabe sekuvela esinye isibonakaliso esibhakabhakeni; kwakungudrako omkhulu obomvu, onamakhanda ayisikhombisa nezimpondo eziyishumi, nasemakhanda akhe kukhona imiqhele eyisikhombisa. Umsila wayo wakhukhula ingxenye yesithathu yezinkanyezi esibhakabhakeni yaziphonsa emhlabeni. (IsAm 12: 3-4)

Esahlukweni sokuqala, uSt. John ubona umbono kaJesu ephethe eziyisikhombisa inkanyezis esandleni saKhe sokunene:

… Izinkanyezi eziyisikhombisa yizingelosi zamabandla ayisikhombisa. (Isamb. 1:20).

Incazelo engenzeka kakhulu enikezwa yizifundiswa zeBhayibheli ukuthi lezi zingelosi noma izinkanyezi zimelela ababhishobhi noma abefundisi abengamele imiphakathi eyisikhombisa yamaKrestu. Ngakho-ke, uPaul VI ubhekisa kuye ukuhlubuka phakathi kwabefundisi “abakhukhulwe.” Futhi, njengoba sifunda ku-2 Thes 2, ukuhlubuka kwandulela futhi kuhambisane "nomuntu ongenamthetho" noma Umphik'ukristu uBaba weSonto ababebiza ngaye "njengesilo" kusAmbulo 13.

UJohn Paul II naye wenza ukuqhathanisa okuqondile kwezikhathi zethu nesahluko seshumi nambili sesAmbulo ngokudweba okuhambisana nempi phakathi kwe isiko lempilo futhi isiko lokufa.

Lo mzabalazo ufana nempi yokubhubhisa echazwe ku- [IsAm 11: 19-12: 1-6, 10 empini phakathi "kowesifazane owembethe ilanga" kanye "nodrako"]. Ukufa kulwa nokuPhila: "isiko lokufa" lifuna ukuzibophezela esifisweni sethu sokuphila, futhi siphile ngokugcwele…  —I-POPE JOHN PAUL II, eCherry Creek State Park Homily, eDenver, eColorado, ngo-1993

Empeleni, uSt. John Paul II unikeza ngokucacile i-Apocalypse esikhathini esizayo…

“Ubutha,” obabikezelwa ekuqaleni, buqinisekiswa ku-Apocalypse (incwadi yemicimbi yokugcina yeSonto kanye neyomhlaba), lapho siphinda siphinda khona isibonakaliso “sowesifazane,” kulokhu “embethe ilanga” (Isamb. 12: 1). -UPAPA JOHN PAUL II, I-Redemptoris Mater, n. 11 (inothi: umbhalo kubakaki kungamazwi kaPapa uqobo)

Futhi uPapa Benedict akazange anqikaze ukungena endaweni yesiprofetho yesAmbulo eyisebenzisa ezikhathini zethu:

Le mpi esizithola kuyo… [silwa] namandla abhubhisa umhlaba, kukhulunywa ngayo esahlukweni 12 seSambulo… Kuthiwa udrako uqondisa umfula omkhulu wamanzi kulowo wesifazane obalekayo, ukumshanela… ngicabanga ukuthi kulula ukuhumusha lokho okumelwe ngumfula: yila maqhuqhuva abusa wonke umuntu, futhi afuna ukuqeda ukholo lweBandla, olubukeka lungenandawo yokuma phambi kwamandla ale misinga eziphoqa njengeyona kuphela indlela yokucabanga, ukuphela kwendlela yokuphila. —UPOPE BENEDICT XVI, umhlangano wokuqala wesigungu esikhethekile eMiddle East, ngo-Okthoba 10, 2010

UPapa Francis wenanela leyo micabango lapho ebhekisa ngqo kunoveli yoMphikukristu, Nkosi Yomhlaba. Wakuqhathanisa nezikhathi zethu kanye "nokwenziwa kwamakoloni ngokombono" okwenzeka okufuna wonke umuntu "the umcabango owodwa. Futhi lo mcabango uyisithelo sokuthanda izwe… Lokhu… kubizwa ngokuthi ukuhlubuka. ”^[1]Ngomndeni, Novemba 18, 2013; Zenit

… Labo abanolwazi, futhi ikakhulukazi imithombo yezomnotho yokuzisebenzisa, [banamandla] okubusa okumangalisayo phezu kwabo bonke ubuntu nomhlaba wonke… Wonke amandla lawa asezandleni zikabani, noma ekugcineni ayophela? Kuyingozi enkulu ukuthi ingxenye encane yesintu ibe nayo. —I-POPE FRANCIS, Laudato si ',n. 104; www.v Vatican.va

UBenedict XVI ubuye ahumushe igama elithi “Bhabhiloni” kusAmbulo 19, hhayi njengenhlangano edlule, kodwa ebhekisa emadolobheni akhohlakele, kuhlanganisa nalezo zesikhathi sethu. Le nkohlakalo, lokhu "kukhumbula umhlaba" - ukuthanda ngokweqile injabulo - uthi, kuholela esintwini ubugqila. 

The Incwadi yesAmbulo kufaka phakathi kwezono ezinkulu zaseBabiloni - uphawu lwamadolobha amakhulu emhlabeni angenankolo - iqiniso lokuthi lidayisa ngemizimba nemiphefumulo futhi liwaphatha njengezimpahla (cf. Rev 18: 13). Kulo mongo, inkinga yezidakamizwa nayo ikhulisa ikhanda layo, futhi ngamandla akhulayo ilula izintambo zayo ze-octopus emhlabeni wonke - ukubonakaliswa okucacile kobushiqela bemamone okuhlanekezela isintu. 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/

Ubugqila kubani?

 

ISILO

Impendulo, yebo, yileyonyoka yasendulo, udeveli. Kepha sifunda ku-Apocalypse kaJohn ukuthi udeveli unikeza "amandla akhe nesihlalo sakhe sobukhosi negunya lakhe elikhulu" "esilo" esikhuphuka olwandle.

Manje, kaningi ezincwadini ezibucayi zomlando, kunikezwa incazelo encane kulo mbhalo njengobhekise kuNero noma komunye umshushisi wakuqala, ngaleyo ndlela kusikisela ukuthi “isilwane” saseSt. Nokho, lowo akuwona umbono oqinile woFata BeSonto.

Iningi loFata libona isilo njengesimele umphikukristu: U-St. Iranaeus, uyabhala: “Isilo esivelayo siyisibonelo sobubi namanga, ukuze amandla aphelele okuhlubuka asibekayo angaphonswa isithando somlilo. ” —Cf. U-St. Irenaeus, Ngokumelene Nobuqili, I-5, 29; I-Navarre Bible, Isambulo, iphe. I-87

Isilo senziwe samuntu nguSt. John obonayo ukuthi siyaphiwa “Umlomo okhuluma ngokuziqhenya oziqhayisa nokuhlambalaza,”  futhi ngasikhathi sinye, ungumbuso ohlanganisiwe. ^[2]I-Rev 13: 5 Nakulokhu futhi, uSt. John Paul II uqhathanisa ngqo lokhu "kuhlubuka" kwangaphandle okuholwa "yisilo" nalokho okwenzekayo kulelihora:

Ngeshwa, ukumelana noMoya oNgcwele okugcizelelwa nguSt. Paul ebangeni elingaphakathi nelingaphansi njengokungezwani, umzabalazo nokuhlubuka okwenzeka enhliziyweni yomuntu, kutholakala kuzo zonke izinkathi zomlando futhi ikakhulukazi esikhathini samanje ubukhulu bangaphandle, okuthatha ifomu likakhonkolo njengokuqukethwe kwamasiko nempucuko, njenge uhlelo lwefilosofi, umbono, uhlelo lokusebenza kanye nokwakheka kokuziphatha komuntu. Ifinyelela ekuchazeni kwayo okucacile ngokuthanda izinto ezibonakalayo, kokubili ngesimo sayo sethiyori: njengohlelo lokucabanga, nangendlela elisebenza ngayo: njengendlela yokuhumusha nokuhlaziya amaqiniso, futhi kanjalo uhlelo lokuziphatha okuhambisanayo. Uhlelo oluthuthukise kakhulu futhi lwaholela emiphumeleni yalo ebucayi lolu hlobo lomcabango, umbono kanye ne-praxis luyinto ethanda ukuvela futhi engokomlando, esabhekwa njengengqangi ebalulekile I-Marxism. —UPOPE JOHN PAUL II, I-Dominum et Vivificantem, hhayi. 56

Eqinisweni, uPapa Francis uqhathanisa uhlelo olukhona manje — uhlobo lokuhlanganiswa kobuKhomanisi futhi i-capitalism—Kuhlobo oluthile lwesilo lokho ushwabadela:

Kulesi simiso, esivame uku shwabadela yonke into emi endleleni yenzuzo ekhuphukile, noma yini entekenteke, njengemvelo, ayikwazi ukuzivikela ngaphambi kwezintshisekelo ze- a senziwe emakethe, okuba ukuphela komthetho. -U-Evangelii Gaudium,n. 56

Ngenkathi esengukhadinali, uJoseph Ratzinger wakhipha isexwayiso maqondana nalesi silo — isexwayiso okufanele sithinte bonke kulesi sikhathi sobuchwepheshe:

I-Apocalypse ikhuluma ngomphikisi kaNkulunkulu, isilo. Lesi silwane asinalo igama, kodwa inombolo [666]. [Ekuthuseni kwamakamu okuhlushwa], akhansula ubuso nomlando, aguqula umuntu abe yinombolo, amnciphisa abe yi-cog emshinini omkhulu. Umuntu awusewona umsebenzi.

Ezinsukwini zethu, akufanele sikhohlwe ukuthi bafanekisela ikusasa lomhlaba eligijimayo ubungozi bokumukelwa kwesakhiwo esifanayo semakamu okuhlushwa, uma umthetho womhlaba wonke womshini wamukelwa. Imishini eseyakhiwe ibeka umthetho ofanayo. Ngokwalo mbono, umuntu kufanele ahunyushwe yikhompyutha futhi lokhu kungenzeka kuphela uma kuhunyushwa ngezinombolo.
 
Isilo siyinombolo futhi siguquka sibe izinombolo. Nokho, uNkulunkulu unegama futhi ubiza ngegama. Ungumuntu futhi ubheka umuntu. —UKhadinali Ratzinger, (UPAPA BENEDICT XVI) uPalermo, Mashi 15, 2000

Kuyacaca-ke ukuthi ukusebenzisa iNcwadi yeSambulo esikhathini sethu akuyona nje umdlalo olungile, kepha kuyavumelana phakathi kwabapapa.

Vele, obaba beSonto Lakuqala kabazange banqikaze ukuhumusha iNcwadi yeSambulo njengombono wezinto ezizayo (bheka Ukucabanga Ngezikhathi Zokugcina). Bafundisa, ngokweNkambiso ephilayo yeSonto, ukuthi iSahluko 20 seSambulo siyi- Ngokuzayo umcimbi empilweni yeSonto, isikhathi esingumfanekiso “seminyaka eyinkulungwane” lapho, ngemuva isilo siyabhujiswa, uKristu uzobusa kwabangcwele Bakhe “esikhathini sokuthula.” Eqinisweni, umzimba omkhulu wesambulo sesimanjemanje esingokwesiprofetho ukhuluma ngokunembile ngokuvuselelwa okuzayo eSontweni okwandulelwa usizi olukhulu, kubandakanya nomphikukristu. Ziyisibuko sesibuko sezimfundiso zoFata Besonto bokuqala namazwi ayisiprofetho opapa banamuhla (Ingabe UJesu Uyeza Ngempela?). INkosi yethu uqobo ikhomba ukuthi izinhlupheko ezizayo zezikhathi zokugcina akusho ukuthi ukuphela komhlaba sekusondele.

… Izinto ezinjalo kumele zenzeke kuqala, kepha ngeke kube ukuphela ekugcineni. (Luka 21: 9)

Eqinisweni, inkulumo kaKristu ngezikhathi zokuphela ayiphelele kuze kube manje njengoba Enikeza umbono ocindezelwe wokuphela. Yilapho abaprofethi beTestamente Elidala kanye neNcwadi yeSambulo zisinikeza ukuqonda okuqhubekayo okusivumela ukuthi sinciphise amazwi eNkosi yethu, ngaleyo ndlela sithole ukuqonda okugcwele "kwezikhathi zokuphela." Kakade, ngisho nomprofethi uDaniyeli utshelwa ukuthi imibono yakhe yesiphelo nomyalezo — okuyisibuko salabo abase-Apocalypse — kufanele ivalwe kuze kube sesikhathini sokugcina. ^[3]isib. Dan 12: 4; bona futhi Ngabe Isembozo Siyasuswa? Kungakho iSiko Elingcwele kanye nokuthuthuka kwemfundiso evela kuBaba BeSonto kubalulekile. Njengoba uSt. Vincent waseLerins abhala:

… Uma kungavela omunye umbuzo omusha okunganikwanga sinqumo esinjalo, kufanele babhekise emibonweni yoFata abangcwele, yalabo okungenani, abathi, ngamunye ngesikhathi sakhe nasendaweni yakhe, basale ebunyeni besidlo nasenkolweni, bamukelwa njengamakhosi avunyelwe; futhi noma yini lezi ezingatholakala zithathwa, ngamqondo munye nangemvume eyodwa, lokhu kufanele kuthathwe njengemfundiso eyiqiniso neyamaKatolika yeSonto, ngaphandle kokungabaza noma ukudideka. -Okuvamileka-434 AD, “For the Antiquity and Universality of the Catholic Faith Against the Profane Novelties of All Heresies”, uCh. 29, n. 77

Ngoba akuwona wonke amagama eNkosi yethu abhalwe phansi; ^[4]isib. Johane 21:25 ezinye izinto zazidluliselwa ngomlomo, hhayi ngokubhala kuphela. ^[5]qhathanisa Inkinga Eyisisekelo

Mina nawo wonke amanye amaKhristu angama-Orthodox sizwa siqinisekile ukuthi kuzoba novuko lwenyama oluzolandelwa iminyaka eyinkulungwane ekwakhiweni kabusha, kwahlanganiswa, nokwandiswa kwedolobha laseJerusalema, njengoba kumenyezelwe abaProfethi uHezekeli, u-Isaya nabanye… Indoda phakathi kwethu ogama lakhe nguJohane, omunye wabaPhostoli bakaKristu, wamukela futhi wabikezela ukuthi abalandeli bakaKristu bazohlala eJerusalema iminyaka eyinkulungwane, nokuthi emva kwalokho umhlaba jikelele futhi, ngamafuphi, uvuko laphakade nokwahlulela kuzokwenzeka. —St. UJustin Martyr, Ingxoxo noTrypho, Ch. 81, The Fathers of the Church, Christian Heritage

 

INGABE ISAMBULO ASIYO INCWADI YAPHEZULU YONKE?

Kuye kwavezwa yizazi eziningana zemiBhalo, kusukela kuDkt.Scott Hahn kuya kuKhadinali Thomas Collins, ukuthi iNcwadi yeSambulo ifana neLiturgy. Kusuka ku- “Rititential Rite” ezahlukweni zokuqala kuya kwiLiturgy of the Word kuya ku- ukuvulwa komqulu esahlukweni 6; imithandazo yokuncenga (8: 4); “u-Amen omkhulu” (7:12); ukusetshenziswa kwempepho (8: 3); ikhandlela noma izinti zezibani (1:20), njalonjalo. Ngakho-ke ingabe lokhu kungqubuzana nencazelo yesikhathi esizayo yomsuka wesAmbulo? 

Kunalokho, kuyisekela ngokuphelele. Eqinisweni, iSambulo sikaSt. John sifaniswa ngamabomu neLiturgy, okuyisikhumbuzo esiphilayo se- Ukukhathazeka, Ukufa Nokuvuka leNkosi. ISonto ngokwalo lifundisa ukuthi, njengoba iNhloko yaphuma, kanjalo noMzimba uzodlula entshisekelweni yakhe, ukufa, nokuvuka kwakhe.

Ngaphambi kokuza kwesibili kukaKristu iSonto kumele lidlule esivivinyweni sokugcina esizonyakazisa ukholo lwamakholwa amaningi… ISonto lizongena enkazimulweni yombuso kuphela ngaleli Phasika lokugcina, lapho lizolandela khona iNkosi yalo ekufeni nasekuVukeni kwalo. -Catechism weSonto LamaKatolika, 675, 677

Ngukuhlakanipha Kwaphezulu kuphela okwakungagqugquzela iNcwadi Yesambulo ngokwendlela yeLiturgy, ngenkathi ngasikhathi sinye yavula amacebo wobubi omelene noMlobokazi kaKristu nokunqoba kwakhe okulandelayo phezu kobubi. Eminyakeni eyishumi edlule, ngabhala uchungechunge ngokususelwa kulokhu kufana okubizwa ngokuthi Isivivinyo Seminyaka Eyisikhombisa. 

 

NANGOMLANDO

Ukuchazwa kwesikhathi esizayo kweNcwadi yeSambulo, ngakho-ke, akushiyi umongo womlando. Njengoba uSt. John Paul II asho, le mpi phakathi 'kowesifazane' naleyo nyoka yasendulo "ingumzabalazo ozoqhubeka kuwo wonke umlando wesintu."^[6]qhathanisa I-Redemptoris Mater, n.11 Ngokuqinisekile, i-Apocalypse yaseSt. John nayo ibhekisa ezinkingeni zosuku lwakhe. Ezincwadini eziya kumaBandla ase-Asiya (ISamb. 1-3), uJesu wayekhuluma ngqo namaKrestu namaJuda angaleso sikhathi. Ngasikhathi sinye, la magama aphethe isexwayiso esihlala njalo seBandla ngaso sonke isikhathi, ikakhulukazi maqondana nothando olukhulile olubandayo kanye nokholo olusivivi. ^[7]qhathanisa Uthando Lokuqala Lulahlekile Empeleni, kwangimangaza ukubona ukufana phakathi kwamazwi kaPetru Francis okuvala iSinod kanye nezincwadi zikaKristu eziya emabandleni ayisikhombisa (bheka Ukulungiswa Okuhlanu). 

Impendulo akukhona ukuthi iNcwadi yeSambulo ingaba ngokomlando noma ngekusasa kuphela-kunalokho, yikho kokubili. Kungaba okufanayo kusho abaprofethi beTestamente Elidala abamazwi abo akhuluma ngezehlakalo ezithile zendawo nezikhathi zomlando, kepha-ke, zibhalwe ngendlela yokuthi zisazogcwaliseka esikhathini esizayo.

Ngoba izimfihlakalo zikaJesu azikenziwa ngokuphelele futhi zigcwaliseke. Aphelele, empeleni, asesimweni sikaJesu, kodwa hhayi kithi, angamalungu akhe, noma eSontweni, okuwumzimba wakhe ongaqondakali. —St. UJohn Elies, qaphela "EMbusweni KaJesu", Imfundo yamahora, IVol IV, ikhasi 559

Umbhalo ufana nokuvunguza okuthi, njengoba uzungeza ngesikhathi, ugcwaliseke kaninginingi, emazingeni ehlukene. ^[8]qhathanisa Umbuthano… Kuvunguza Isibonelo, ngenkathi ukukhathazeka nokuvuka kukaJesu kugcwalisa amazwi ka-Isaya encekwini ehluphekayo… akuphelele maqondana noMzimba Wakhe Oyimfihlakalo. Kusamele sifinyelele “kwinani eligcwele” labeZizwe eSontweni, i ukuguqulwa kwamaJuda, ukuvuka nokuwa kwesilo, ngamaketanga kaSathane, ukubuyiselwa kokuthula komhlaba wonke, nokusungulwa kokubusa kukaKristu eBandleni kusuka ogwini kuya ogwini ngemuva kokwahlulelwa kwabaphilayo. ^[9]qhathanisa Izahlulelo Zokugcina

Ezinsukwini ezizayo intaba yendlu yeNkosi iyomiswa njengentaba ephakeme kakhulu futhi iphakanyiswe ngaphezu kwamagquma. Zonke izizwe zizogobhozela khona… Uyakwahlulela phakathi kwezizwe, amise imigomo yezizwe eziningi. Bayakukhanda izinkemba zabo zibe-ngamakhuba, nemikhonto yabo ibe-ngocelemba; isizwe esisodwa asiyikuphakamisela inkemba kwesinye, futhi abayikuphinda baqeqeshele impi futhi. (Isaya 2: 2-4)

ISonto lamaKatolika, elingumbuso kaKristu emhlabeni, kulindeleke ukuba lisatshalaliswe phakathi kwabo bonke abantu nezizwe zonke… —I-POPE PIUS XI, Ama-Quas Primas, I-Encyclical, n. 12, Disemba 11, 1925; cf. Math 24:14

Ukuhlengwa kuzophelela kuphela lapho bonke abantu behlanganyela ekulaleleni kwakhe. —Fr. UWalter Ciszek, Uyangihola, ikhasi. 116-117

 

ISIKHATHI SOKUBUKA NOKUTHANDAZA

Noma kunjalo, umbono weSambulo wokubhujiswa uvame ukubhekwa njengemfundiso phakathi kwezifundiswa zamaKatolika futhi uxoshwe kalula njenge- "paranoia" noma "i-sensationalism." Kepha umbono onjalo uphikisana nokuhlakanipha okungapheli kukaMama Church:

Ngokusho kweNkosi, isikhathi samanje yisikhathi sikaMoya nesokufakaza, kodwa futhi nesikhathi esisagcwele “usizi” nokulingwa kobubi okungalisindisi iSonto futhi kungenisa izingqinamba zezinsuku zokugcina. Yisikhathi sokulinda nokubuka.  -CCC, 672

Yisikhathi sokulinda nokubuka! Ukulinda ukubuya kukaKristu futhi ukubheke — noma ngabe kungukuza kwakhe kwesibili noma Ukuza kwakhe uqobo ekugcineni kwempilo yemvelo yethu. INkosi yethu uqobo yathiqaphelani futhi nithandaze!"^[10]I-Matt 26: 41 Iyiphi indlela ephumelela ngokwengeziwe yokubuka nokuthandaza ngaphandle kweZwi likaNkulunkulu eliphefumulelwe, kubandakanya neNcwadi yeSambulo? Kepha lapha sidinga iziqu:

… Asikho isiprofetho sombhalo esiyindaba yokuzichaza komuntu, ngoba asikho isiprofetho esake savela ngentando yomuntu; kepha kunalokho abantu abaqhutshwa nguMoya oNgcwele bakhuluma ngaphansi kwethonya likaNkulunkulu. (2 Pet. 1: 20-21)

Uma kufanele sibheke futhi sithandaze neZwi likaNkulunkulu, kufanele kube kanye neBandla uqobo obhale futhi ngaleyo ndlela uyahumusha leloZwi.

… UmBhalo kufanele umenyezelwe, uzwiwe, ufundwe, wamukelwe futhi ube nolwazi njengezwi likaNkulunkulu, emfudlaneni weSiko LabaPhostoli ongahlukaniseki kulo. —UPOPE BENEDICT XVI, Isikhuthazo SabaPhostoli - Isinodi I-Verbum Domini, n. 7

Ngempela, lapho uSt. John Paul II ebiza abasebasha ukuba babe "abalindi basekuseni" ekuqaleni kwenkulungwane entsha yeminyaka, 'wakubalula ngokukhethekile ukuthi kufanele "sisekele iRoma kanye neSonto."^[11]UNovo Millenio Inuente, n. 9, Janawari 6, 2001

Ngakho-ke, umuntu angafunda iNcwadi Yesambulo azi ukuthi ukunqoba kwesikhathi esizayo kukaKristu neBandla laKhe kanye nokwehlulwa okwalandela Umphikukristu noSathane kuyizinto zamanje nezesikhathi esizayo ezilindele ukugcwaliseka.

… Ihora liyeza, futhi selikhona, lapho abakhulekeli beqiniso beyokhuleka kuBaba ngoMoya nangeqiniso… (Johane 4:23)

 

Ishicilelwe okokuqala ngoNovemba 19, 2010 ngezibuyekezo namuhla.  

 

UKUFUNDA OKUFANELEKILE:

Ukulandela lo mbhalo:  Ukuphila Incwadi Yesambulo

AmaProthestani neBhayibheli: Inkinga Eyisisekelo

Ubukhazikhazi Beqiniso Eliqhubekayo

 

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