USUKU LENKOSI - INGXENYE II
THE ibinzana elithi "usuku lweNkosi" akufanele liqondwe njengosuku "lwangempela" olungokoqobo. Kunalokho,
NgeNkosi usuku olulodwa lufana neminyaka eyinkulungwane, neminyaka eyinkulungwane injengosuku olulodwa. (2 Pt 3: 8)
Bheka, uSuku lweNkosi luyakuba yiminyaka eyinkulungwane. —Ingxenye kaBarnaba, Obaba beBandla, Ch. 15
Isiko loFata beSonto ukuthi “kusele izinsuku ezimbili” zesintu; eyodwa Ngaphakathi imingcele yesikhathi nomlando, enye, ingunaphakade futhi okuphakade usuku. Ngosuku olulandelayo, noma "usuku lwesikhombisa" yilolo ebengikhuluma ngalo kule mibhalo ngokuthi "iNkathi Yokuthula" noma "Ukuphumula kweSabatha," njengoba uBaba akubiza kanjalo.
Isabatha, ebelimele ukuqedwa kwendalo yokuqala, selithathelwe indawo yiSonto elikhumbuza indalo entsha eyasungulwa ngoVuko lukaKristu. -Ikhathekizimu leSonto LamaKatolika, hhayi. 2190
Obaba bakubona kufanele ukuthi, ngokwe-Apocalypse of St. John, ngasekupheleni "kwendalo entsha," kuzoba nokuphumula "kosuku lwesikhombisa" kweSonto.
USUKU LWESIKHOMBISA
Obaba babiza lenkathi yokuthula ngokuthi “usuku lwesikhombisa,” isikhathi lapho abalungileyo benikezwa khona isikhathi “sokuphumula” esisasele kubantu bakaNkulunkulu (bona amaHeb 4: 9).
… Siyaqonda ukuthi inkathi yeminyaka eyinkulungwane ikhonjiswa ngolimi olungokomfanekiso… Indoda phakathi kwethu egama layo linguJohane, omunye wabaPhostoli bakaKristu, wemukela futhi wabikezela ukuthi abalandeli bakaKristu bazohlala eJerusalema iminyaka eyinkulungwane, nokuthi emva kwalokho ukuvuswa nokwahlulelwa okungunaphakade kuzokwenzeka emhlabeni wonke, futhi ngamafuphi. —St. UJustin Martyr, Ingxoxo noTrypho, Obaba beBandla, Amagugu ObuKristu
Lesi yisikhathi kwandulelwa ngesikhathi sokuhlupheka okukhulu emhlabeni.
Umbhalo uthi: 'Futhi uNkulunkulu waphumula ngosuku lwesikhombisa kuyo yonke imisebenzi yakhe'… Futhi ngezinsuku eziyisithupha izinto ezidaliwe zaqedwa; kusobala-ke ukuthi zizophela ngonyaka wezinkulungwane eziyisithupha… Kepha lapho Umphik'ukristu esebhubhise konke okukulo mhlaba, 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 ngezikhathi zombuso, okungukuthi, ngosuku lwesikhombisa… iSabatha leqiniso labalungileyo. —St. U-Irenaeus waseLyons, uBaba weSonto (140- 202 AD); Ama-Adersus Haereses, U-Irenaeus waseLyons, V.33.3.4, Obaba beBandla, I-CIMA Publishing Co .; (U-St. Irenaeus wayengumfundi waseSt. Polycarp, owayazi futhi wafunda kuMphostoli uJohane futhi kamuva waba ngumbhishobhi waseSmirna ogcotshwa nguJohn.)
Njengosuku lwelanga, uSuku lweNkosi alusona isikhathi samahora angama-24, kodwa luqukethe ukuntwela kokusa, emini enkulu, kanye nobusuku obeluleka isikhathi esithile, lokho oFata bakubiza ngokuthi “yinkulungwane yeminyaka” noma “inkulungwane unyaka ”isikhathi.
… 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
MIDNight
Njengoba ubusuku nokuntwela kokusa kuhlangana emvelweni, kanjalo noSuku lweNkosi luqala ebumnyameni, njengoba usuku ngalunye luqala ngo Phakathi kwamabili. Noma, ukuqonda okwengeziwe ngokwamalungelo enkonzo yilokho umlindelo zoSuku lweNkosi kuqala kusihlwa. Ingxenye emnyama kakhulu yobusuku yile izikhathi zomphikukristu ezandulela ukubusa "kweminyaka eyinkulungwane".
Makungabikho muntu onikhohlisa nganoma iyiphi indlela; ngoba ngalolosuku ngeke ize, ngaphandle kokuthi kufike ukuhlubuka kuqala, futhi kwembulwe umuntu ongenamthetho, indodana yokubhujiswa. (2 Thes. 2: 3)
'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
Incwadi kaBarnaba ikhomba ekwahlulelweni kwabaphilayo ngaphambi iNkathi Yokuthula, uSuku Lwesikhombisa.
DAWN
Njengoba nje sibona izimpawu eziqhamukayo namuhla ezikhombisa ukuthi kungenzeka ukuthi umbuso wobushiqela womhlaba wonke unobutha nobuKristu, kanjalo nathi sibona “imicu yokuqala yokusa” iqala ukukhanya kuleyo nsali yeSonto, ikhanya ngokukhanya kwasekuseni Inkanyezi. Umphikukristu, osebenza ngokusebenzisa futhi ehlotshaniswa "nesilo nomprofethi wamanga," uzobhujiswa ngokuza kukaKristu ozoqeda ububi emhlabeni, futhi amise umbuso wokubusa wokuthula nobulungiswa. Akukhona ukuza kukaKristu esenyameni, futhi akusikho ukuza kwakhe kokugcina enkazimulweni, kodwa ukungenelela kwamandla eNkosi ukumisa ubulungiswa nokunweba iVangeli emhlabeni wonke.
Uyakushaya ononya ngenduku yomlomo wakhe, abulale omubi ngomoya wezindebe zakhe. Ubulungisa buyakuba yibhande okhalweni lwakhe, nokuthembeka kube yibhande okhalweni lwakhe. Impisi iyakuba yisivakashi sewundlu, ingwe ilale phansi nezinyane lembuzi… Akuyikubakho monakalo noma incithakalo kuyo yonke intaba yami engcwele; ngokuba umhlaba uyakugcwala ukumazi uJehova njengamanzi asibekela ulwandle. Ngalolo suku iNkosi izophinda ikuthathe ngesandla ukubuyisa insali yabantu bayo (Isaya 11: 4-11.)
Njengoba i-Letter of Barnabas (umbhalo wokuqala kaBaba weSonto) ukhombisa, "kungukwahlulelwa kwabaphilayo," kwabangenaNkulunkulu. UJesu uzofika njengesela ebusuku, kanti umhlaba, ulandela umoya woMphikukristu, uzobe enganakile ngokuvela Kwakhe okungazelelwe.
Ngokuba nina uqobo lwenu nazi kahle ukuthi usuku lweNkosi luyakufika njengesela ebusuku.… Njengasezinsukwini zikaLoti: babedla, bephuza, bethenga, bethengisa, betshala, bakha. (1 Thes.5: 2; Luka 17:28)
Bheka, ngiyathuma isithunywa sami ukulungisa indlela phambi kwami; futhi ngokungazelelwe kuyakufika ethempelini uJehova olifunayo, nesithunywa sesivumelwano osifunayo. Uyeza, ”usho uJehova Sebawoti. Kodwa ngubani ozobekezelela usuku lokuza kwakhe? (Mal 3: 1-2)
INcasakazi uMariya Ebusisiwe ngezindlela eziningi iyisithunywa esiyinhloko sezikhathi zethu - “inkanyezi yokusa” —imelela iNkosi, ILanga Lezobulungiswa. Ungumuntu omusha U-Eliya silungiselela indlela yokubusa komhlaba wonke kweNhliziyo Engcwele kaJesu kuMthendeleko. Phawula amazwi okugcina kaMalaki:
Bhekani, ngiyakuthumela kini u-Eliya umprofethi, lungakafiki usuku lukaJehova, usuku olukhulu nolwesabekayo. (Mal 3:24)
Kuyathakazelisa ukuthi ngoJuni 24th, uMkhosi kaJohane uMbhapathizi, kwaqala ukubonakala kwezinsolo zikaMedjugorje. UJesu wabiza uJohane uMbhapathizi ngokuthi u-Eliya (bheka uMathewu 17: 9-13).
PHAKATHI
Emini lapho ilanga likhanya kakhulu futhi zonke izinto zikhanya futhi zithokozela imfudumalo yokukhanya kwalo. Lesi yisikhathi lapho abangcwele, bobabili abasinda osizini olwedlule kanye nokuhlanzwa komhlaba, nalabo abathola “Uvuko Lokuqala“, Uzobusa noKristu ebukhoneni Bakhe beSakramente.
Lapho-ke ubukhosi nokubusa nobukhosi bayo yonke imibuso ngaphansi kwamazulu izonikezwa abantu abangcwele boPhezukonke(Dan 7:27)
Ngase ngibona izihlalo zobukhosi; labo ababehlala phezu kwabo baphathiswa ukwahlulela. Ngabona nemiphefumulo yalabo ababenqunywe amakhanda ngenxa yobufakazi babo kuJesu nangezwi likaNkulunkulu, nabangazange basikhonze isilo noma umfanekiso waso futhi bengazange bamukele uphawu lwaso emabunzini abo noma ezandleni zabo. Baphila futhi babusa noKristu iminyaka eyinkulungwane. Abanye abafileyo abaphilanga yaze yaphela iminyaka eyinkulungwane. Lokhu kungukuvuka kokuqala. Ubusisiwe, ungcwele lowo ohlanganyela ekuvukeni kokuqala. Ukufa kwesibili akunamandla phezu kwalokhu; bayoba ngabapristi bakaNkulunkulu nabakaKristu, futhi bazobusa kanye naye iminyaka eyinkulungwane. (IsAm 20: 4-6)
Leso kuzoba yisikhathi esaprofethwa ngabaprofethi (esisizwa lapho kufundwa i-Advent) lapho iSonto lizobe lizinze khona eJerusalema, futhi iVangeli lizonqoba zonke izizwe.
Ngoba ukuyala kuyophuma eSiyoni, nezwi leNkosi lenze iJerusalema… Ngalolo suku, Igatsha leNKOSI liyakuba yinkazimulo nenkazimulo, isithelo somhlaba sibe ludumo nobukhazikhazi kuJehova abasindile ka-Israyeli. Ohlala eSiyoni noshiye eJerusalema uyakuthiwa ungcwele: bonke ababekwa uphawu lokuphila kwaseJerusalema. (Is 2:2; 4:2-3)
KUSIHLWA
Njengoba uPapa Benedict abhala encwadini yakhe yakamuva, inkululeko yokuzikhethela ihlala kuze kube sekupheleni komlando wesintu:
Njengoba umuntu ehlala ekhululekile futhi njengoba inkululeko yakhe ihlala intekenteke, umbuso wokulunga awusoze wamiswa ngokuqinisekile kulo mhlaba. -Isikhulumi uSalvi, Incwadi Encyclical of PAPE BENEDICT XVI, n. 24b
Lokho wukuthi, ukugcwala koMbuso kaNkulunkulu nokupheleliswa ngeke kuze kufezwe size sibe seZulwini:
Ekupheleni kwesikhathi, umbuso kaNkulunkulu uzofika ngokugcwala kwawo… ISonto… lizokwamukela ukuphelela kwalo enkazimulweni yezulu kuphela. -Catechism weSonto LamaKatolika,n. 1042
Usuku lwesiKhombisa luzofinyelela ukuhwalala kwalo lapho inkululeko enkulu yomuntu izokhetha okubi okokugcina ngokulingwa nguSathane kanye "nomphikukristu wokugcina," uGogi noMagogi. Kungani kunalesiyaluyalu sokugcina esisezinhlelweni eziyimfihlakalo zeNtando Yaphezulu.
Lapho kuphela iminyaka eyinkulungwane, uSathane uyokhululwa etilongweni lakhe. Uzophuma ayodukisa izizwe emagumbini amane omhlaba, uGogi noMagogi, ukuze abaqoqele impi; inani labo lingangesihlabathi solwandle. (IsAm 20: 7-8)
UmBhalo usitshela ukuthi lo Mpikukristu wokugcina akaphumeleli. Kunalokho, umlilo uvela ezulwini uqothule izitha zikaNkulunkulu, kanti uDeveli uphonswa echibini lomlilo nesibabule “lapho kwakukhona isilo nomprofethi wamanga” (IsAm 20: 9-10). Njengoba uSuku lweSikhombisa lwaqala ebumnyameni, kanjalo noSuku lokugcina nolungunaphakade.
USUKU LWESIBILI
The ILanga Lezobulungiswa ibonakala enyameni kuYe ukuza kokugcina okukhazimulayo ukwahlulela abafileyo nokuvula intathakusa yosuku “lwesishiyagalombili” nolungunaphakade.
Ukuvuka kwabafileyo bonke, “kwabalungile nabangalungile,” kuzokwandulela ukwahlulelwa kokugcina. --CCC, 1038
Obaba babhekisela kulolu suku ngokuthi "Usuku Lwesishiyagalombili," "Umkhosi Omkhulu Wamatabernakele" (onama "tabernakele" okusho imizimba yethu evukile… —Fr. UJoseph Iannuzzi, Ukunqoba koMbuso kaNkulunkulu kwiThe New Millennium ne-End Times; k. 138
Ngokulandelayo ngabona isihlalo sobukhosi esikhulu esimhlophe nalowo owayehlezi kuso. Umhlaba nezulu kwabaleka ebusweni bakhe futhi kwakungekho ndawo yazo. Ngabona abafileyo, abakhulu nabaphansi, bemi phambi kwesihlalo sobukhosi, futhi imiqulu yavulwa. Kwase kuvulwa omunye umqulu, incwadi yokuphila. Abafileyo bahlulelwa ngokwezenzo zabo, ngalokho okwakulotshwe emiqulwini. Ulwandle lwakhipha abafileyo balo; khona-ke uKufa neHayidesi kwakhipha abafileyo babo. Bonke abafileyo bahlulelwa ngokwezenzo zabo. (IsAm 20: 11-14)
Ngemuva Kokwahlulelwa Kokugcina, uSuku luqhuma lube ngukukhanya kwaphakade, usuku olungapheli:
Ngase ngibona izulu elisha nomhlaba omusha. Izulu langaphambili nomhlaba wangaphambili kwase kudlulile, nolwandle lwalungasekho. Mina futhi wabona idolobha elingcwele, iJerusalema elisha, wehla uvela ezulwini kuNkulunkulu, ulungisiwe njengomlobokazi ehlotshiselwe umyeni wakhe… Umuzi wawungenasidingo selanga noma inyanga yokuwukhanyisela, ngoba inkazimulo kaNkulunkulu yawukhanyisa, futhi isibani sawo kwakuyiWundlu… emini amasango awo awasoze avalwa, nobusuku abuyikuba khona; (IsAm 21: 1-2, 23-25)
Lolu suku lwesishiyagalombili seluvele lulindelwe ekugubheni uMthendeleko - "ukuhlangana" kwaphakade noNkulunkulu:
ISonto ligubha usuku loVuko lukaKrestu “ngosuku lwesishiyagalombili,” iSonto, olubizwa ngokufanelekile ngokuthi uSuku lweNkosi… usuku Lokuvuka KukaKristu lukhumbuza indalo yokuqala. Ngoba "usuku lwesishiyagalombili" lulandela isabatha, lufanekisela indalo entsha engeniswe ngovuko lukaKristu… Kithi usuku olusha selifikile: usuku Lokuvuka KukaKristu. Usuku lwesikhombisa luqedela indalo yokuqala. Usuku lwesishiyagalombili luqala indalo entsha. Ngakho-ke, umsebenzi wokudala uphelela emsebenzini omkhulu wokuhlenga. Indalo yokuqala ithola incazelo kanye nesiqongo sayo endalweni entsha kuKristu, ubukhazikhazi bayo obudlula obendalo entsha. -Catechism weSonto LamaKatolika,n. 2191; 2174; 349
KUNGASIPHI ISIKHATHI?
Kungasiphi isikhathi? Ubusuku obumnyama bokuhlanzwa kweSonto bubukeka bungeke bubaleke. Futhi-ke, iNkanyezi yokusa ivele ikhombisa ukusa okuzayo. Isikhathi eside kangakanani? Kuthatha isikhathi esingakanani ngaphambi kokuthi iLanga Lezobulungiswa liphume ukuletha iNkathi Yokuthula?
Mlindi, kuthiwani ngobusuku? Mlindi, kuthiwani ngobusuku? ” Umlindi uthi: “Ukusa kuyeza, kanti futhi nobusuku…” (Isaya 21: 11-12)
Kepha ukuKhanya kuzonqoba.
Ishicilelwe okokuqala, ngoDisemba 11, 2007.
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