5. Umkhombe kaNowa

 5. Umkhombe kaNowa


IGenesis 6:14 Zenzele umkhombe ngomthi wegofere; wenze amagumbi emkhombeni, uwuqabe ngetela ngaphakathi nangaphandle.’ Umkhukula ufuzisela umgwebo kaThixo. Lufuzisela ukufa ngenxa yesono. Kweyoku-1 kaPetros 3:21 , “Lowo ufana nqwa nobhaptizo olusisindisayo ngoku, ( ingekuko ukulahla ukungcola kwenyama, kodwa kukuphendula kwesazela esilungileyo ngakuThixo), ngovuko lukaYesu Kristu. Ubhaptizo luthetha ukufa emnqamlezweni kunye noYesu. KwabaseRoma 6:3, “Anazi na ukuba thina sonke, sabhaptizelwayo kuKristu Yesu, sabhaptizelwa ekufeni kwakhe? Kuthetha ukuba bonke abantu abasehlabathini ngabo barhaxwayo.

UThixo waxelela uNowa ukuba akhe umkhombe ngomthi wegofere. Ke ngoko, igama lesiHebhere elithi gopher (גֹ֔פֶר) liba ngumkhombe. wenze amagumbi emkhombeni, uwuqabe ngetela ngaphakathi nangaphandle. 』Itela yenziwe ngokuxuba ibhitumene yomthi wegofere. 『Inowuti yomthi wegopher』 ifuzisela igazi likaYesu Krestu. KwiGenesis 19:24, “uYehova wanisa isulfure nomlilo ezulwini, ophuma kuYehova, phezu kweSodom neGomora.” Igama lesiHebhere eliguqulelwe njengesulfure apha lithi “Gophyrt” (pitch of the Gopher tree). Undoqo womthi wegophe umela igazi elaphalazwa nguYesu Kristu ekufeni kwakhe okucamagushelayo.

Ngoko ke, isibakala sokuba uNowa nentsapho yakhe bangena emkhombeni sithetha ukuba babhaptizwa emanzini baza babhaptizwa emlilweni. Umntu omdala (isono) sele efile emanzini, kwaye umphefumlo (impahla endala) utshiswe ngumlilo woMoya oyiNgcwele. Kwaye baba ngabantu abavusiweyo njengezidalwa ezitsha. Ngoko ke umkhombe ngaxeshanye umele ukufa kukaYesu emnqamlezweni nokuvuka kukaKristu. Abo bangena enqanaweni ngabo bafa kunye noYesu ngumthetho, kwaye abo baphuma emkhombeni ngabo bavuswe kunye noKristu ngamandla oMoya oyiNgcwele. Ngoko umkhombe ufuzisela uYesu Kristu.

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