Imikhomo efile e-Opoutere Beach yaseNew Zealand
"Kuyethusa ukuthi lokhu kwenzeka ngezinga elikhulu kangaka," -UMark Norman, Umgcini weMnyuziyamu yaseVictoria
IT kungenzeka kakhulu ukuthi sibona lezo zakhi zesikhathi sabaprofethi beTestamente Elidala ziqala ukuvela. Njengombili wesifunda nowamazwe omhlaba ukungabi namthetho qhubeka ukwanda, sibona umhlaba, isimo sezulu, nezinhlobo zezilwane zawo kudlula "ukudlikizela".
Lesi siqephu esivela kuHoseya siyaqhubeka nokusuka ekhasini-elinye lamashumi lapho ngokuzumayo, kukhona umlilo ngaphansi kwala mazwi:
Zwanini izwi likaJehova nina bantu bakwa-Israyeli, ngokuba uJehova unenkathazo ngabakhileyo ezweni. Akukho ukuthembeka, akukhohawu, nakwaziwa uNkulunkulu ezweni. Inhlamba yamanga, ukuqamba amanga, ukubulala, ukweba nokuphinga! Ukweqa kwabo umthetho, ukuchitheka kwegazi kulandela ukuchitheka kwegazi. Ngalokho izwe liyalila, nakho konke okukulo kuyafa. Izilo zasendle, izinyoni zezulu, nezinhlanzi zolwandle ziyabhubha. (Hoseya 4: 1-3; qhathanisa nabaseRoma 8: 19-23)
Kepha masingahluleki ukulalela amazwi abaprofethi, okuthi nangaleso sikhathi, ageleza esuka enhliziyweni enesihe kaNkulunkulu, phakathi kwezixwayiso:
Zihlwanyele ngokulunga, uvune izithelo zomusa; phula umhlabathi wakho wokulima, ngoba yisikhathi ukufuna iNkosi, ukuze ifike inise insindiso phezu kwenu. (Hoseya 10: 12)
