Ingonyama yakwaJuda

LAPHO umzuzu onamandla wedrama komunye wemibono kaSt. John eNcwadini yeSambulo. Emuva kokuzwa iNkosi ijezisa amabandla ayisikhombisa, yawaxwayisa, yawakhuthaza, futhi yawalungiselela ukuza kwayo ^[1]isib. IsAm 1:7 ISt. John ikhonjiswa umqulu onombhalo ezinhlangothini zombili obekwe uphawu ngezimpawu eziyisikhombisa. Lapho ebona ukuthi “akekho noyedwa ezulwini noma emhlabeni noma phansi komhlaba” okwaziyo ukukuvula nokukuhlola, uqala ukukhala kakhulu. Kepha kungani uSt.John ekhala ngento angakayifundi?

Izolo, uPapa Francis ukhulekele ukuthi iNkosi ithumele abaprofethi eSontweni. Ngoba ngaphandle kwesiprofetho, uthe, iSonto lisabambelele kulesi sikhathi samanje, alikho inkumbulo yezithembiso zayizolo, futhi alikho ithemba ngekusasa.

Kepha uma kungekho moya wokuphrofetha phakathi kwabantu bakaNkulunkulu, siwela ogibeni lobufundisi. —UPAPA FRANCIS, Homily, Disemba 16, 2013; Umsakazo weVatican; radiovatican.va

Abefundisi — itreadmill yokuqhuba iSonto usuku nosuku ukugcina izibani zikhanya, kunokuba ube yiLight uqobo. Futhi lo moya wobufundisi ngokwengxenye yingxenye yezincwadi ezibhekiswa emabandleni ayisikhombisa engxenyeni yokuqala ye-Apocalypse kaJohn. UJesu uyabaxwayisa:

Nokho nginale nto ngawe: ulahlekelwe uthando owawunalo ekuqaleni. Qaphela ukuthi uwe kude kangakanani. Phenduka, wenze imisebenzi owawenza ekuqaleni. Uma kungenjalo, ngizokuza kuwe ngisuse uthi lwakho lwesibani endaweni yalo, ngaphandle kokuthi uphenduke. (IsAm 4: 2-5)

Lokhu futhi bekuyisixwayiso sikaBenedict XVI ngemuva nje kokhetho lukapapa ngo-2005:

Isahlulelo esimenyezelwe yiNkosi uJesu [eVangelini likaMathewu isahluko 21] ibhekisa ngaphezu kwakho konke ekubhujisweni kweJerusalema ngonyaka wama-70. Nokho usongo lokwahlulelwa lusithinta nathi, iSonto laseYurophu, eYurophu kanye naseNtshonalanga iyonke. Ngaleli Vangeli, iNkosi futhi ikhala ezindlebeni zethu amazwi athi eNcwadini Yesambulo ayibhekise eBandleni Lase-Efesu: "Uma ungaphenduki ngizokuza kuwe ngisuse uthi lwakho lwezibani endaweni yalo." Ukukhanya kungasuswa kithina futhi senza kahle ukuvumela lesi sixwayiso sizwakale ngokungathi sína okuphelele ezinhliziyweni zethu, ngenkathi sikhala eNkosini: “Sisize siphenduke! Siphe sonke umusa wokuvuselelwa kwangempela! Ungavumeli ukukhanya kwakho phakathi kwethu kuqhume! Qinisa ukukholwa kwethu, ithemba lethu nothando lwethu, ukuze sithele izithelo ezinhle! ” -UPapa Benedict XVI, Kuvulwa uHomily, ISinodi Yababhishobhi, Okthoba 2, 2005, eRoma.

Ngakho-ke manje siyaqonda ukuthi kungani uSt.John ekhala — ulangazelela izwi lesiprofetho lethemba eliqinisekisa ukuthi icebo likaNkulunkulu lensindiso alihluleki.

… Lapho umabhalane ubusa kakhulu… amazwi kaNkulunkulu aphuthelwe kabuhlungu, futhi amakholwa eqiniso ayakhala ngoba ayitholi iNkosi. —UPAPA FRANCIS, Homily, Disemba 16, 2013; Umsakazo weVatican; radiovatican.va

Lelo themba yilokho okulele njengengonyama eguqayo otshanini obude ekufundweni kweMisa kwanamuhla. Ukufundwa kokuqala kukhuluma ngengonyama ephuma kwaJuda, "inkosi yezilwane" evezwa iVangeli likaMathewu uJesu ngohlu lozalo lwakhe. Umbhali kaGenesise uyaphikelela:

Intonga yobukhosi ayisoze yasuka kuJuda, nentambo phakathi kwemilenze yakhe.

Le Bhubesi liyohlala libusa ngobulungiswa, kodwa ikakhulukazi, kumaHubo lithi, “ezinsukwini zakhe":

O Nkulunkulu, ngokwahlulela kwakho nika inkosi, nangokulunga kwakho, ndodana yenkosi; Uyakubusa abantu bakho ngokwahlulela, nabahluphekayo bakho ngesahlulelo… Ubulungiswa buyoqhakaza ezinsukwini zakhe, nokuthula okujulileyo, ize ingabikho inyanga. Kwangathi angabusa kusukela olwandle kuye kolwandle…

Yize uJesu ebambe isihlalo sobukhosi sikaDavide futhi wasungula umbuso wakhe waphakade ngokufa nokuvuka Kwakhe, kusalokhu ukuthi umbuso Wakhe umiswe ngokugcwele kusukela “olwandle kuze kube solwandle.” ^[2]isib. Mat 24:14 UJohn oNgcwele wayazi ngalezi ziprofetho zeTestamente Elidala, ngesikhathi “sokuthula okujulile” okuza lapho, njengoba embula kamuva, "isilo nomprofethi wamanga" ukungabi nabulungisa uzophonswa echibini lomlilo oletha ukubusa kukaKristu nabangcwele Bakhe “iminyaka eyinkulungwane”. ^[3]isib. IsAm 20: 1-7 U-St. Irenaeus nabanye oFata BeSonto bakhulume ngalokhu kubusa kokuthula ngokuthi “izikhathi zombuso” kanye “nosuku lwesikhombisa,” ngaphambi kosuku lwesishiyagalombili nolungunaphakade laphakade.

Kepha lapho Umphikukristu esebhubhisile zonke izinto kuleli zwe, uzobusa iminyaka emithathu nezinyanga eziyisithupha, futhi ahlale ethempelini eJerusalema; iNkosi izobuya ivela ezulwini ngamafu… ithumele lo muntu nalabo abamlandelayo echibini lomlilo; kepha ukuletha kwabalungile izikhathi zombuso, okungukuthi, okunye, usuku olungcwelisiwe lwesikhombisa… Lokhu kuzokwenzeka izikhathi zombuso, okungukuthi, ngosuku lwesikhombisa… iSabatha leqiniso labalungileyo. —USt. U-Irenaeus waseLyons, uBaba weSonto (140-202 AD); U-Adversus Haereses, U-Irenaeus weLyons, V.33.3.4, The Fathers of the Church, CIMA Publishing Co.

Kodwa lezi ziprofetho zizokwenzeka nini futhi kanjani? Ekugcineni, ngemuva kokukhala izinyembezi eziningi, uSt.John uzwa izwi lokwehlisa ithemba:

“Ningakhali. Ibhubesi lesizwe sakwaJuda, impande kaDavide, seliphumelele, limenza akwazi ukuvula umqulu ngezimpawu zawo eziyisikhombisa. ” (IsAm 5: 3)

Kunokuxhumana okujulile phakathi kohlu lozalo lukaJesu, “impande kaDavide,” 'neNkathi Yokuthula' ezayo ngemuva izimpawu eziyisikhombisa zokwahlulela ziyavulwa. Kusukela ku-Abrahama kuye kuJesu, kunezizukulwane ezingama-42. Isazi semfundiso yenkolo uDkt. Scott Hahn uveza ukuthi,

Ngokomfanekiso, izizukulwane zikaJesu ezingama-42 zizonke zikhombisa amakamu ama-Israyeli angama-42 phakathi kokuFuduka nokungena kwawo eZweni Lesithembiso. —UDkt. UScott Hahn, Ignatius Study Bible, IVangeli likaMathewu, k. 18

Manje, eTestamenteni Elisha, okungukugcwaliseka kweNdala, uJesu, iNgonyama yakwaJuda, uhola abantu baKhe ekuphumeni baphume “kubushiqela obusha” ^[4]UPAPA UFRANCIS, U-Evangelii Gaudium, hhayi. 56 sesikhathi sethu 'sesikhathi sokuthula' esithenjisiwe. Ngalesi sikhathi sokuqhakaza kobulungiswa nokuthula, uMhubi uthi uzobusa kusukela olwandle kuye kolwandle, futhi ... zonke izizwe ziyomemezela injabulo yakhe. Lowo ngumyalezo wethemba uSt.John ayekhalela wona futhi elindele ukuwuzwa:

“Ufanele wena ukwamukela umqulu nokuvula izimpawu zawo, ngoba wabulawa futhi ngegazi lakho wathengela uNkulunkulu labo abavela kuzo zonke izinhlanga nezilimi, abantu nezizwe. Wabenza umbuso nabapristi bakaNkulunkulu wethu, futhi bazobusa emhlabeni. ” (IsAm 5: 9-10)

Kwangathi leli themba eliduduzayo lingagcina us ekukhaleni njengoba sibuka futhi sithandaza futhi silalela uJehova bhonga weNgonyama yakwaJuda ezofika “njengesela ebusuku,” iqede ukubusa kwesilo.

“Futhi bayolizwa izwi laMi, futhi kuyakuba mhlambi munye nomalusi munye.” Sengathi uNkulunkulu… maduze angagcwalisa isiprofetho saKhe sokuguqula lo mbono oduduzayo wesikhathi esizayo ube ngokoqobo kwamanje… Kungumsebenzi kaNkulunkulu ukuletha lelihora elijabulisayo nokwenza laziwe kubo bonke ... Lapho lifika, lizophendukela ube yihora elinesizotha, libe linye elikhulu elinemiphumela hhayi kuphela ekubuyiselweni koMbuso kaKristu, kodwa futhi nasekuthuliseni… umhlaba. Sithandaza ngokuzimisela okukhulu, futhi sicela nabanye ngokufanayo ukuthi bathandazele lokhu kuxolelana okufiswa umphakathi. —I-POPE PIUS XI, Ubi Arcani dei Consilioi “Ekuthuleni KukaKristu eMbusweni wakhe”, Disemba 23, 1922

Sikude kulokho okubizwa ngokuthi “ukuphela komlando”, ngoba izimo zentuthuko esimeme nenokuthula azikachazwa ngokwanele futhi zagcwaliseka ngokwanele. —I-POPE FRANCIS, U-Evangelii Gaudium,n. 59

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