THE ukucabanga kwazo zonke izizukulwane, kunjalo, lokho they kungaba yisizukulwane esizobona ukugcwaliseka kwesiprofetho seBhayibheli mayelana nezikhathi zokuphela. Iqiniso liwukuthi, zonke izizukulwane enza, ngezinga elithile.
ISITHOMBE ESIKHULU
Cabanga ngesihlahla. Noma amaqabunga eza futhi ahambe unyaka nonyaka, isihlahla uqobo sihlala futhi siqhubeka nokukhula. Njengoba ngibhala, amaqabunga ayaqhakaza, namaqabunga ayawa…
ISonto linjengalo muthi, futhi amaqabunga awo — okusho ukuthi, isizukulwane ngasinye — ayafika adlule. UNkulunkulu uyaqhubeka nokunakekela lesi sihlahla, kepha isikhathi eside, ngokubona kwethu. Lapho iNkosi ikhuluma izwi lesiprofetho ngezinceku zayo, kubhekiswe esihlahleni, kodwa hhayi ngempela zonke iqabunga phezu kwesihlahla. Lokho wukuthi, kufanele sikuqonde ukuthi isihlahla sikhula kancane, sikhule futhi sikhule ngaphezu kwezizukulwane eziningi. Uma isihlahla sesigula, imvamisa kungenxa yesifo esasithelela lesi sihlahla mhlawumbe emakhulwini eminyaka adlule. Cabanga ngeNguquko yaseFrance noma ngeNguquko yamaProthestani. Namuhla, isihlahla manje sesithela, siqhakaze ngokugcwele, isithelo esimnandi sokwehlukana nokuhlubuka kwamakhulu eminyaka adlule. (Note: Angibhekiseli ebuqothweni babalandeli bakaJesu beqiniso, eminyakeni engama-500 emva kweNkathi Yezinguquko, kodwa kubuProthestani obazalwa ngumoya wokuhlubuka kanye nokuhlanekezelwa okuyisisekelo kwezimfundiso zencazelo ye-Incarnation -ukuhlanekezelwa okuqhubeka kuze kube namuhla. )
Ngakho-ke noma ngabe, uPapa ubengasitshela ukuthi uLwesihlanu weviki elizayo uJesu uzokwenza isimangaliso esikhulu elangeni, abaningi — cha izinkulungwane yabantu bebengeke fakaza ngoba kungaleso sikhathi lapho kufa abantu abaningi usuku ngalunye emhlabeni jikelele… empeleni, amashumi ezinkulungwane.
ISIKHATHI SEPROFETHO
Ikhulu leminyaka elidlule ligcwele iziphrofetho ezithandanayo. Okubaluleke kakhulu, kube ukuqhuma okungakaze kube khona kwezibuko zeNcasakazi uMariya. Yize kungangabazeki ukuthi eminye yale mibono uSathane ubonakala “njengengilosi yokukhanya,” miningi imibhoshongo evunyelwe ngababhishobhi bendawo. Futhi kulezi zimfanelo ezingavamile ezithunyelwe izulu, uMary uletha igama elifanayo isimemo, ukuzisola, isexwayiso, Futhi Mercy.
Ngaphezu kwalokho, izimfihlakalo eziningi nabangcwele bathole imibono nezindawo zangaphakathi, futhi kwanda ezikhathini zethu. Singakhathala yile milayezo futhi sizizwe sengathi iyafana nje… Kepha nali iphuzu: cabanga ukuthi kuthatha isikhathi esingakanani ukuguqula! Zingaki izinkathi ezithatha isihlahla ukuze sikhule noma sibhidlikile emhlabathini! Ngokufanayo, kwesinye isikhathi kuthatha iminyaka eminingi, mhlawumbe izizukulwane ngaphambi kokuba amasiko aqale ukuguqula isimo.
Kepha linganaki leli qiniso, bathandekayo, lokuthi eNkosini usuku olulodwa lunjengeminyaka eyinkulungwane neminyaka eyinkulungwane injengosuku olulodwa. INkosi ayilibali isithembiso sayo, njengoba abanye bethi “ukubambezeleka,” kodwa iyanibekezelela, ingathandi ukuthi kubhubhe namunye kodwa bonke baphenduke. (2 Pet. 3: 8-9)
Lesi sizukulwane
UPapa John Paul II uchaze isizukulwane samanje ngokuthi “isiko lokufa.” Amazwi akhe angaphezulu kweqiniso njengoba sibuka yonke into kusuka kudlame olwedlulele nolwesabekayo oluqhamuka emindenini nasezizweni zonke, kuye ekuhlolweni kokugabadela nokuziqhenya kwemibungu yabantu kanye nezofuzo, ekubulaweni okuthula nokubi kwabantu asebekhulile, abagulayo nabangakazalwa. KwakunguPapa ofanayo owaprofetha amagama agcwaliseka ngokushesha:
Manje sesimi lapho sibhekene nengxabano enkulu yomlando esidlule kuyo isintu. Angicabangi ukuthi imibuthano ebanzi yomphakathi waseMelika noma imibuthano ebanzi yomphakathi wamaKrestu iyakubona lokhu ngokugcwele. Manje sibhekene nengxabano yokugcina phakathi kweBandla nabamelene neBandla, leVangeli kanye ne-anti-Gospel. Lokhu kungqubuzana kuphakathi kwezinhlelo zikaNkulunkulu. Kuyicala lelo iBandla lonke. . . kumele uthathe. —Ukhadinali Karol Wojtyla (John Paul II), waphinde wanyathelisa umagazini kaNovemba 9, 1978 The Wall Street Journal kusuka enkulumweni yango-1976 eya kuBabhishobhi baseMelika
Mangaki amaqabunga azomila bese ewa ngaphambi kwalokhu kungqubuzana? UNkulunkulu kuphela owazi ngokweqiniso. Kepha uma isiko lihlwanyela ekufeni lizovuna ukufa. Mhlawumbe lesi yisibonakaliso esikhulu kunazo zonke sesikhathi esiphambi kwethu, sokuthi isiko lethu selikwamukele ukufa njengo ubuhle, Futhi ukuthi leli siko lokufa lisabalale umhlaba wonke. Kungenzeka ukuthi i- indawo yonke yokuhlubuka kwamanje eyehlise yena kanye uMama kaNkulunkulu futhi okufanele isenze sizindle ngokungathi sína ngamazwi kaKristu akuMathewu 24.
Ngiyazi ukuthi zonke izikhathi ziyingozi, nokuthi ngaso sonke isikhathi izingqondo ezibucayi nezikhathazayo, eziphila ngenjongo yokudumisa uNkulunkulu nezidingo zomuntu, zikulungele ukucabanga ukuthi azikho izikhathi eziyingozi njengalezo zazo. Ngaso sonke isikhathi isitha semiphefumulo sihlasela ngolaka iSonto elingumama wabo weqiniso, futhi okungenani sisongela futhi sethuse lapho sehluleka ukwenza okubi. Futhi ngaso sonke isikhathi kunezivivinyo zabo ezikhethekile abanye abangenazo. Futhi kuze kube manje ngizovuma ukuthi kwakukhona izingozi ezithile kumaKristu ngezikhathi ezithile, ezingekho kulesi sikhathi. Akungabazeki, kepha ngisavuma lokhu, noma kunjalo ngicabanga ukuthi… owethu unobumnyama ohlukile ngomunye kunanoma yikuphi okwake kwenzeka ngaphambi kwawo. Ingozi ekhethekile yesikhathi esiphambi kwethu ukusabalala kwaleyo nhlupho yokungathembeki, ukuthi abaPhostoli neNkosi yethu uqobo babikezele njengenhlekelele embi kakhulu yezikhathi zokugcina zeSonto. Futhi okungenani isithunzi, isithombe esijwayelekile sezikhathi zokugcina siyeza emhlabeni jikelele. —UJohn Henry Cardinal Newman (1801-1890), intshumayelo yokuvula iSeminary yaseSt. Bernard, ngo-Okthoba 2, 1873, Ukungathembeki Kwesikhathi Esizayo
Kunomuzwa wokuphuthuma ezinhliziyweni eziningi, kuhambisana nokwanda kwezimpawu ezingajwayelekile emvelweni kanye nokuqala kokushushiswa okunamandla komhlaba kweSonto. Izimpawu zibukeka kakhulu njengezixwayiso zeVangeli. Okungenani yilokho uPapa Paul VI akusho:
Kuyenzeka manje ukuthi ngiphinde kimina ibinzana elingaqondakali likaJesu eVangelini likaSt. Luke: 'Lapho iNdodana yoMuntu ibuya, ingabe isazoluthola ukholo emhlabeni?'… Ngezinye izikhathi ngifunda isigaba seVangeli sokuphela izikhathi futhi ngifakazela ukuthi, ngalesi sikhathi, ezinye izimpawu zalesi siphelo ziyavela. —UPapa Paul VI, Imfihlo UPaul VI, UJean Guitton
Kepha futhi, lokho kwakungaphezu kweminyaka engama-40 edlule. Futhi kusukela lapho, amaqabunga amaningi awile futhi aphephuka nemimoya yesikhathi.
Futhi manje cishe Eminyakeni engama-40 kusukela lo Pope ofanayo wakhipha izexwayiso esebenzisa incwadi yakhe yokubhala I-Humanae Vitae mayelana nobungozi obungehlela isintu uma ukuvunywa kokubeletha kungamukelwa.
Ngazalwa ngawo lowo nyaka, uma nje ngangizokutshela namhlanje ukuthi wayeqinisile.
Iminyaka engamashumi amane ngasibekezelela leso sizukulwane. Ngathi: “Bangabantu abanezinhliziyo eziphambukayo futhi abazi izindlela zami.” Ngakho ngafunga ngithukuthele ngathi, “Ngeke bangene ekuphumuleni kwami. (IHubo 95)
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