Abo bafumana ubomi bovuko
Abo bafumana ubomi bovuko
Ngaba ubukumkani bukaThixo
nobukumkani bamazulu (izulu) buyafana okanye zineentsingiselo ezahlukeneyo?
Kulo mbuzo, inkoliso
yamakholwa ithi, “Kungenxa yokuba xa uMateyu wayebhala iVangeli,
abalawulwa bakhe babengamaYuda. Ithiyori yeyokuba amaYuda akujonga
njengokunyelisa ukusebenzisa igama elithi Thixo, ngoko akubiza ngokuba
bubukumkani bamazulu. 』Bambi bathi ubukumkani bukaThixo nobukumkani bamazulu
bunentsingiselo efanayo, bunendlela eyahlukileyo yokuzibonakalisa. Bathetha
ngokwezimvo zabo, kodwa bamele bathethe ngengqiqo echanileyo yeBhayibhile
yesiGrike.
KuMateyu 3:2, “Guqukani, kuba ubukumkani
bamazulu (He Basileia ton Uranon “ἡ βασιλεία τῶν οὐρανῶν”) busondele.” I-Ton Uranon (τῶν οὐρανῶν) ihambelana nezulu. Nangona kunjalo, igama
elithi 『Ton Uranon
(τὸν οὐρανόν ezulwini)』 alisetyenziswa kuphela kwiVangeli kaMateyu, kodwa nakwiincwadi
zeVangeli zikaMarko nekaLuka.
ULuka 24: 51-53 "Kwathi,
ekubasikeleleni kwakhe, wahlukana nabo, wenyuswa wasiwa emazulwini. Baza bona,
bakuba bequbudile kuye, babuyela eYerusalem benovuyo olukhulu. Bamana behleli
etempileni, bedumisa, bebonga uThixo. Amen.
KuMarko 16:19 , “Yathi ngoko, emveni
kokuthetha kubo iNkosi, yanyuselwa emazulwini (τῶν οὐρανῶν), yahlala ngasekunene kukaThixo.』 Eli libali lokunyukela
kukaYesu ezulwini. UYesu unyuselwe ezulwini waza wahlala ngasekunene kukaThixo.
Ukujonga oku, akulunganga
ukuthi ubukumkani bamazulu busetyenziswa kuphela kwiVangeli kaMateyu. Kwakhona,
ukuba ikholwa lithi ubukumkani bukaThixo nobukumkani bezulu buthetha into enye
nje, kutheni ke ngokuphixanisayo iBhayibhile isebenzisa igama elinye nelinye
endaweni yokusebenzisa igama elimanyeneyo? Kungenxa yokuba kukho isizathu
KwiBhayibhile yesiGrike,
igama elithi "epulanios", elisetyenziswe ngokufanayo nezulu (ton
uranon), liguqulelwe ngokuthi izulu okanye indawo yokuhlala yasezulwini.
KWABASE-EFESE 2:5-6 “Nakuba besifile zizono,
usidlise ubomi ndawonye noKrestu (nisindisiwe ngobabalo,) Wasivusa naye,
wasihlalisa naye kwezasemazulwini iindawo. abangcwele nabo babehleli ezulwini
kuKristu.
Kweyoku-1 kwabaseKorinte
15:48 , ithi: “Kwaye njengokuba sawambathayo umfanekiselo
wowomhlaba, siya kuwambatha nomfanekiselo wowasemazulwini.”
I-Ton Uranon kunye
ne-Epulaniois (ἐπουρανίοις:
umfanekiso wezulu) zikwimo yesininzi kunye nenqaku, ngoko zithetha ubukumkani
bukaThixo obukhoyo kwiintliziyo zamakholwa.
EBhayibhileni, uBukumkani
bukaThixo uBawo buchazwa ngokuthi “tes basileia to deu” (τῆς βασιλείας τοῦ
θεοῦ: uBukumkani bukaThixo). Noko ke, uKristu
wenyukela ezulwini. Ukuze kucaciswe ubukumkani bukaThixo kunye nobukumkani
bezulu, amakholwa anokuqondwa ngethiyori kaBathathu Emnye.
Ithiyori kaBathathu Emnye
kufuneka yamkelwe “njengoThixo uYise, uYesu Kristu, kunye
neengcwele ngoMoya oyiNgcwele†. Kufuneka iqondwe kakuhle into yokuba
uBathathu Emnye akagxilwanga kuThixo, kodwa sisixhobo sokucacisa ubudlelwane
phakathi koThixo namakholwa. IBhayibhile ithetha ngobudlelwane phakathi
kobukumkani bukaThixo nezulu (izulu) kwinqanaba abantu abanokuluqonda. Lilonke,
uBukumkani bukaThixo okanye uBukumkani bamaZulu (iZulu) bunye. Noko ke,
iBhayibhile iluchaza ulwalamano oluphakathi kwezi zibini ngokomlinganiselo
wokuqonda komntu.
Izulu lokuqala lithetha “ubukumkani bukaThixo uYise
osetroneni.” Bubukumkani bukaThixo apho uThixo uYise ekho
njengoMoya. Akukho mntu uyibonileyo. Nangona kunjalo, amakholwa ayakwazi
ngoYesu Kristu. Kweyoku-1 kuTimoti 6:16 , “okuphela konokungafi, ehleli
ekukhanyeni, ekungekho namnye unako ukusondela kuye; ekungekho namnye wakha
wambona, nonako ukumbona; kuye makubekho imbeko namandla angunaphakade. Amen.
Izulu lesibini bubukumkani
bukaYesu Kristu, ubukumkani boNyana okhoyo kumzimba womoya. KwabaseKolose
1:12-13 , “nibulela kuye uYise, owasenza sakulingana ukuba
nesabelo kwilifa labangcwele ekukhanyeni; uNyana wakhe oyintanda: UMarko 16:9
uthi, “uKristu uhleli ngasekunene kukaThixo.” Izulu lesibini lichazwa
njengesandla sasekunene sobukumkani bukaThixo.
Izulu lesithathu bubukumkani bukaThixo obukhoyo
kumakholwa. Umpostile uPawulos ukhankanya izulu lesithathu kweyesi-2
kwabaseKorinte 12:2. Xa amakholwa ekholelwa kuvuko lwangoku, kwakhiwa itempile entsha
ezintliziyweni zawo, kwaye kule tempile intsha, uKristu ubuya njengoMoya
oyiNgcwele aze angene, ethulula ubukumkani bukaThixo. Kwabase-Efese 2:6 bathi, “Waza
wasivusa naye, wasihlalisa naye kwezasemazulwini iindawo, sikuKristu Yesu.”
Ngoko ke, igama elithi “kuKristu” linika intsingiselo yezulu lesithathu. Ngamanye amaxesha
oku kubizwa ngokuba nguMyezo wase-Eden, okanye izulu elitsha nomhlaba omtsha.
Kumakholwa, ubukumkani bukaThixo bubunye, kodwa bubonakala bubathathu.
IZulu lokuQala, iZulu leSibini, kunye neZulu leSithathu
zinxibelelene noMoya Oyingcwele yaye zisebenza ngokwelizwi likaYehova uThixo.
Ubukumkani bukaThixo bunye, kodwa ngenxa yesithunywa esonayo ebukumkanini
bukaThixo, ubukumkani bukaThixo bubonakala emehlweni amakholwa ngeendlela ezintathu.
Ibinzana elithi “isandla
sikaKristu” livela kweyesi- 2 kwabaseKorinte 5:17 , elithetha ukuthi,
『Ngoko ke, ukuba ubani ukuKristu,
usisidalwa esitsha; izinto ezindala zidlule; Yabonani ke, zisuke zaba ntsha
izinto zonke.’ Oku kuthetha ukufa nomnqamlezo kaYesu nokuvuswa kunye
noKristu. Kwakhona, kwabaseRoma 6:4 , “Ngoko
ke sangcwatywa naye ngokubhaptizelwa ekufeni; ukuze, njengokuba uKristu
wavuswayo kwabafileyo ngalo uzuko loYise, sithi ngokunjalo nathi sihambe
sinobomi obutsha.”
Indalo entsha, ubomi obutsha, bubomi bovuko. Abantu
bangabantu bomoya, kodwa umoya wabo ubanjiswa eluthulini. Xa umzimba usifa, uya
eluthulini, kodwa umoya kufuneka ubuyele ebukumkanini bukaThixo. KwiNtshumayeli
12:7 , “luya kwandula ke uthuli lubuyele emhlabeni njengoko
lwalunjalo, yaye umoya uya kubuyela kuThixo owawunikayo.”
Umoya kufuneka ubuyele ebukumkanini bukaThixo, kodwa kukho abathile abangenako
ukubuya. KwiNtshumayeli 3:21, “Ngubani na owaziyo umoya woonyana babantu, ukuba uyenyuka
na uye phezulu; nomoya wenkomo, ukuba uyehla na uye phantsi emhlabeni?
Abantu abaninzi basenokujonga le ndinyana baze bacinge
ukuba izilwanyana nazo zinemimoya, kodwa abo banyukela ezulwini bathetha abo
bakuKristu, yaye abo behla beza emhlabeni bathetha abo bangaphandle kukaKristu.
Igama elithi umhlaba yiShiyol (Hedes). Abo bangaphandle kukaKristu baya
kugwetywa ngokufa kwesibini. Ukuba umntu akakholelwa ukuba wafa noYesu waza
wavuswa ngoku, akanakugqalwa ekuKristu. Kuba abo bangaphandle kukaKristu
abanabo ubomi obutsha.
UYesu Kristu uthi ububomi obehla buvela ezulwini.
Ngokubhekiselele kwigama elithi uvuko, ngokwembono yomzimba, amakholwa
akholelwa ukuba umzimba uvusiwe, kodwa ngokwembono yomoya, ekuqaleni bubomi
basezulwini, kodwa emva kokubanjiswa emhlabeni kangangexesha elithile, ubomi bomoya.
izulu liyavuswa kwakhona. UYesu Kristu ububomi basezulwini, ngoko umzimba wakhe
wafa waza wavuswa kubomi basezulwini. Noko ke, ukuba uthi umzimba uvusiwe,
kungenxa yokuba uwubona ngamehlo omzimba.
UYesu
Krestu ebenkqonkqoza kwiminyango yabantu ngobomi basezulwini (ubomi bovuko)
ukususela kwixesha leTestamente eNdala. UYesu wavuka wabonakala kubafundi bakhe
nabafundi ababini endleleni eya e-Emawusi, ebaxelela ukuba iTestamente eNdala
yayibubungqina bukaKristu. UThixo wabonakala kuAbraham esenyameni, kwaye
amakholwa anokubona ubukho bakhe ngeendlela ezahlukeneyo ngeBhayibhile. UThixo
wanyula uSirayeli njengomzekelo phakathi kwabo bonke abantu behlabathi waza
wankqonkqoza ezintliziyweni zabantu ukuba abanike ubomi basezulwini
ngomnqophiso, kodwa babembalwa kakhulu abantu abaluqondayo baza baluvula ucango
ngaphandle kwabantu abambalwa bokholo.
UYesu weza
ehlabathini ekwimo yenyama waphinda wankqonkqoza kucango lwangaphakathi
lwentliziyo yomntu wonke. Wasixelela ukuba siguquke kuba izulu (ubukumkani
bamazulu: ubomi bovuko) busondele. UYesu wathi usisonka sobomi esehla sivela
ezulwini. UYohane 6: 48-50 "Ndim isonka sobomi. Ooyihlo bayidla imana leyo
entlango, bafile noko. Siso eso isonka esihla emazulwini, ukuze umntu adle
kuso, angafi.
KuMateyu 7:7-8 , “Celani, nophiwa;
funani, nofumana; nkqonkqozani, novulelwa; kuba wonke umntu ocelayo uyazuza;
nalowo ufunayo, uyafumana; nalowo unkqonkqozayo uya kuvulelwa.”
KwiSityhilelo 3:20, “Yabona, ndimi emnyango ndinkqonkqoza; ndidle naye, naye adle nam. 』
UYesu uthi: “Ngenxa
yokuba ucango lwentliziyo alunakuvuleka kungenxa yokuba ummandla wentliziyo
ulukhuni.” Ngoko, ngomzekeliso womhlwayeli, ugxininisa ukuba imele ibe yintsimi
elungileyo. Le yimfihlelo yezulu. Oku kuthetha ukuba amakholwa kufuneka
aqhubeke ephonononga ngeBhayibhile ukuba anengqondo yenyama okanye anengqondo
yomoya. Kukho isiganeko apho uYesu wankqonkqoza kwiingcango zeentliziyo
zabantu. Yimeko yomfazi owakrexezayo. UYesu wabhala okuthile emhlabeni waza
wathi “abo babezama ukumxuluba umfazi” ukuba bayeke abo
bangenasono bagibisele amatye. “Ukubhala emhlabeni” kuthetha
into efanayo nokunkqonkqoza kumnyango weentliziyo zamaYuda.
Ngokuphathelele ubomi
basezulwini (ubomi bovuko), uYesu wathi kuYohane 11:25-26 , “Wathi
uYesu kuye, Ndim uvuko, ndim ubomi; lowo ukholwayo kum, nokuba ubethe wafa,
wodla ubomi. : Bonke abadla ubomi bekholwa kum, abasayi kufa naphakade;
uyakholwa na koko?”—UYesu wazityhila ukuba ububomi bovuko.
UYesu wenza
umzekeliso wezonka ezithathu. ULuka 11:5-9 Wathi kubo, Nguwuphi na kuni
ongathi, enomhlobo, aze aye kuye phakathi kobusuku, athi kuye, Sihlobo,
ndiboleke izonka zibe zithathu; kuba ke umhlobo wam uphambukele kum
eseluhambeni, ndaye ndingenanto ke ndingayibeka phambi kwakhe? Aphendule ke
ongaphakathi athi, Musa ukundikhathaza; seluvaliwe ucango, nabantwana bam
basesililini nam; andinako ukuvuka ndibanike; Ndithi kuni, Nokuba akayi kuvuka
amnike, ngakuba engumhlobo wakhe, noko ngenxa yokubaluleka kwakhe wovuka,
amnike inani alisweleyo. Nam ndithi kuni, Celani, nophiwa; funani, nofumana; nkqonkqozani,
novulelwa.’
Umhlobo uthetha uYesu. Izonka ezithathu zifuzisela ubomi bovuko. Umntu
othile wacela uYesu Kristu ukuba amboleke ubomi bovuko. Noko ke, umhlobo
uboleka umntu isonka “nangona umhlobo wakhe
elele egumbini lokulala.” “Intsingiselo
yokuboleka isonka” kukubuyisela. “Ukubuyisela ubomi
bovuko” kuxa umntu ofumene ubomi bovuko ebubuyisela kwabanye.
Kumzekeliso
weentombi ezinyulu ezilishumi, iintombi eziziziyatha ezintlanu azizange zikwazi
ukungena kwisango lomtshato ngenxa yokuba zazingenayo ioli. I-oyile ibonisa
ubomi bovuko. Ngobhaptizo loMoya oyiNgcwele (ioli), ubomi bovuko buza
kwikholwa. Kwimeko yeentombi eziziziyatha ezintlanu, ekuqaleni kwakukho ioli,
kodwa ioli yasetyenziswa yaphela. Le yinkolelo eluvukweni, kodwa yinkolelo
yokuba umzimba uyavuswa emva kokufa. Nabani na ocinga ngovuko emva kokufa
komzimba akanaoli.
UYesu
wafa emnqamlezweni, wangena ezintliziyweni zabo bonke abantu ngomoya wakhe,
wankqonkqoza elucangweni kwakhona. Eyoku-1 kaPetros 3:18-19 ithi: “Ngokuba noKristu wabuva kwakanye
ubunzima ngenxa yezono, ilungisa lisiva ubunzima ngenxa yabangemalungisa, ukuze
asisondeze kuye uThixo, ebulewe esenyameni, kodwa edliswe ubomi ngawo umoya:
Wemka waya kushumayela koomoya abasentolongweni.』 Intolongo
ithetha umzimba. Umoya womntu wonke uvaleleke eluthulini lomzimba. Ngoko,
kumele ukuba kukho umntu owalivayo ilizwi likaKristu. KuYohane 5:25, “Inene, inene, ndithi kuni, Liyeza
ilixa, nangoku selikho, xa abafileyo baya kuliva ilizwi loNyana kaThixo, bathi
abalivayo badle ubomi.”
Noko ke, iBhayibhile ithi xa umntu engaliva ilizwi, ufana nomntu ongazange
aguquke ngexesha lomkhukula kaNowa. Balindelwe ngumgwebo.
Kweyoku-1
kaPetros 3:20 , ithi: “Eyayingathobeliyo,
ekulindeni ukuzeka kade umsindo kukaThixo ngemihla kaNowa, kwakubon’ ukuba kulungiswa umkhombe, ekwathi
ngawo bambalwa, oko kukuthi, imiphefumlo esibhozo, yasindiswa emanzini.” ubomi basezulwini. IBhayibhile
ibonisa ukuba bambalwa kakhulu abantu abayamkelayo. Kwakukho abantu ababini
abangena eKanan ngexesha leMfuduko: uYoshuwa noKalebhi. Ewe, abantwana
abangaphantsi kweminyaka eyi-19 kunye nabantu abatsha abazalelwe entlango nabo
bangena eKanan, kodwa babini kuphela kubantu abadala abaphuma eYiputa abangena
eKanan, kwaye bonke abanye bafela entlango. Namhlanje, bambalwa kakhulu abantu
abafuna ubomi bovuko lwangoku.
Nasemva
kokunyukela kwakhe ezulwini, uKristu ubuyela ezintliziyweni zabangcwele kwaye,
ngabangcwele, unkqonkqoza ezintliziyweni zabantu. Injongo yokunkqonkqoza
emnyango kukwamkela ubomi bangoku bovuko. Ukuba umntu uguquka kuThixo,
unokuvuswa ngoku. Inguquko ithetha ukufa emnqamlezweni kunye noYesu. Kwixesha
leTestamente eNdala, ukuba umoni wenze isono ngokomthetho, wayengena eyadini
yengcwele nexhwane ledini. Umoni uya kubeka isandla sakhe phezu kwentloko
yesilwanyana eso, aze ke ayixhele ixhwane, aliqokelele igazi, alinike
umbingeleli. Umbingeleli ufefa ngegazi esibingelelweni, aze umoni axolelwe
nguThixo.
Noko
ke, umbuzo ngulo “ngubani
ixhoba elifileyo”?
Umoni ugqalwa njengofileyo. Ngoko ke, iBhayibhile ithi, qonda ukuba umzimba
ofileyo, imvana etshiswe (ubhaptizo ngomlilo) yaza yafefa ngegazi (ubhaptizo
ngamanzi) ingumoni ngokwakhe. Ngubani umzimba ofileyo emnqamlezweni?
Ukuba ikholwa aliqondi ukuba
umzimba owafela emnqamlezweni lilo, alikaguquki. Inguquko iqala ngokuqonda
ukuba ubani ufanelwe yingqumbo evela kuThixo. Oku kungenxa yokuba umnqweno
wokufana noThixo uye wendele ezintliziyweni zabantu. Ngoko iBhayibhile
isixelela ukuba sife esonweni. Eso sono ngumnqweno wokufana noThixo.
KwabaseRoma 6:7 kuthiwa, “Abafileyo
bakhululekile esonweni.”
Nanamhlanje, uThixo unkqonkqoza emnyango weentliziyo zabantu. IBhayibhile
isixelela ukuba sife emnqamlezweni ngoku kwaye sifumane ubomi bovuko ngoku. Olu
lukholo.
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