Kungani uJesu akhetha lesi silwane? Ibhalwe ngu-Stephan Kobes

Isikhathi sokufunda: imizuzu eyi-12

Ukumemeza okujabulisayo kwe-hosanna kunanela emoyeni. Izibukeli ezinelukuluku ziyagijima zisuka nhlangothi zonke ukuze zimbone kancane. Ngokushesha banqamula igatsha lesundu ukuze bahloniphe le ndoda. Akushiwongo yini ukuthi lena kwakuyinkosi entsha yakwa-Israyeli? Nanguya eza. Ezungezwe abangane bakhe abathembeke kakhulu, ugibela imbongolo. Igama lakhe nguJesu. Wawuzwile okuningi ngaye. Ingabe kwakuwumzuzu osekukudala elindelwe manje lapho ezothatha khona intonga yesizwe?

Sisazi kahle lesi sigameko. Lapho engena eJerusalema ngalolosuku, isahluko sokugcina—esibaluleke kakhulu—somsebenzi wakhe wokuphila oyisisekelo savuleka phambi kukaJesu. Umprofethi uZakariya wayememezele ukuthi ngolunye usuku inkosi enamandla yayiyogibela ithole lembongolo ingene eMzini Ongcwele: “Jabula kakhulu, ndodakazi yaseSiyoni; jabula, ndodakazi yaseJerusalema! Bheka, inkosi yakho iza kuwe; Ulungile noMsindisi, uthobekile, ugibele imbongolo, futhi egibele ithole lembongolo.” ( Zakariya 9,9:XNUMX ) Ngakho-ke, imbongolo yakhe iphakeme kakhulu.

Imbongolo kamesiya?

Eqinisweni, ngalolo suku uJesu wakhetha imbongolo “okungekho muntu owake wagibela phezu kwayo” ( Luka 19,30:XNUMX ). Khona-ke, njengoba engena eJerusalema ngalolo suku, isixuku esasilindele sakubona njengesibonakaliso sokubusa kukaMesiya okuzayo. Kodwa kungani uNkulunkulu akhetha imbongolo ukuba yenze lokhu? Ingabe uNkulunkulu wawuxhuma nenjongo ejulile? Yini lesi silwane esisivumela ukuba sithwale iNkosi enguMesiya osekunesikhathi eside ilindelwe lapho ibekwa?

Sekuyisikhathi eside imbongolo iyisilwane esibalulekile emazweni aseMpumalanga. Njengesilwane esithwalayo nehhashi lomsebenzi, kwakuyingxenye ebalulekile yokuphila kwansuku zonke (Genesise 1:42,26; 45,23:1; 16,20 Samuweli 2:16,1.2; XNUMX Samuweli XNUMX:XNUMX). Kwesinye isikhathi kuthulekile, kwesinye isikhathi kukhale kakhulu, imbongolo ibonakale futhi yezwakala edolobheni nasemazweni. Abantu babemazisa: ezimisele ukusebenza, eqinile futhi enokwethenjelwa njengoba ayenjalo, wayeyisisebenzi esihle kakhulu. Kodwa ngempela imbongolo ingaphezu nje kokuba umthwali onesineke! Lesi sidalwa esongayo, esihlakaniphile nesimnene singumpetha weqiniso wenguquko: besingaphila impilo enhle njengombusi wamathafa akude nayo yonke impucuko. Kodwa wayiyeka leyo nkululeko ukuze azihlukanise njengenceku yesintu.

Kusukela kumbusi ukuya encekwini

Umbusi wamathafa? Yebo! Imbongolo yasendle ingakwazi ukubhekana nokuswela okukhulu futhi ihambe amabanga amade. Uphila ngokudla okuncane kakhulu namanzi, futhi uyakwazi ukubekezelela ngisho nokushisa okukhulu. Lezi zimfanelo zamtholela isicoco sokuhlonishwa esithi «Inkosi Yasogwadule« phakathi kochwepheshe. Ngenxa yalezi zimfanelo, imbongolo yasendle nayo iyasetshenziswa emiBhalweni Engcwele njengophawu lwenkululeko:

»owakhulula imbongolo yasendle, yazithukulula izibopho zayo. Ngamnika isitebhisi ukuba ahlale kuzo, izindawo ezinosawoti azohlala kuzo. Iyawuhleka umsindo womuzi, ayikuzwa ukukhala komshayeli.”— Jobe 39,5:7-XNUMX .

Imbongolo yasendle ithanda inkululeko. Angakwazi futhi ukuphila impilo emnandi eyedwa. Akumangalisi-ke ukuthi umlingani womuntu ofuywayo - imbongolo - wayetholakala njalo eyinceku ethembekile eceleni komuntu? Yebo! Kodwa lokhu yikho kanye okwenza imbongolo ikhetheke kangaka, okwenza yaba uphawu oluyigugu lomsebenzi nenqubekelaphambili.

Ayikho inqubekela phambili ngaphandle kwembongolo

Ungamthola emhlabeni wonke. Ikuwo wonke amazwe, kuwo wonke amazwekazi. Ngisho nangezikhathi zobumnyama kakhulu, imbongolo yakhulula abantu ngokuzithandela emsebenzini onzima kakhulu: njengendlela yokuthutha, yezolimo, kanye nokukhiqizwa kwempahla ebalulekile. Ngale ndlela, ilulwane elithembekile elinamadlebe amade lenze umsebenzi omkhulu futhi ladlala indima ebalulekile ekuchumeni kwayo yonke impucuko.

Pho kungani singabe sisambona namuhla?

Ukushintshana okungenakubonga

Isikhathi eside, imbongolo yayibhekwa njengendlela engcono kakhulu yokuthutha. Kodwa ngokusungulwa kwenqola enamasondo amabili - "imbongolo yebhayisikili" yethu ethandwa emhlabeni wonke - kanye nokufika kwenjini yomlilo yangaphakathi, imbongolo njengendlela yokuthutha yayingasekho. Impucuko echumayo yadudula imbongolo yabuyela emaphandleni. Kodwa ngisho nakwezolimo, imbongolo yagcina isithathelwe indawo imishini esebenza kahle kodwa ehlokomayo. Ngokwenza kanjalo, abantu bakushaya indiva iqiniso lokuthi ayikho imoto, ibhayisikili noma iloli elinamehlo anesimo esihle nemvelo enothando njengembongolo.

Ithalente eliphelele

Kodwa usekhona! Ezifundeni eziningi ezisezintabeni, ezingakathuthukiswa ukuze kuzuzwe inqubekelaphambili yezimboni, imbongolo isengakhombisa amandla akhethekile: ngoba imbongolo iqinisiwe impela ngisho nasezindaweni ezingenakudlula. Ngenxa yalokho, izakhamuzi zalezo zifunda ziyamthanda!

Njengoba engafuni futhi eqinile, ubonisa ukuthi uhlakaniphile, umnene futhi uzimisele ukufunda ngesikhathi esifanayo. Uma imbongolo isikuqondisile lokho ecelwa kuyo, ingakwazi ukuzenzela umsebenzi othile. Imbongolo ihlale ikhetha indlela engcono kakhulu. Lokho ngezinye izikhathi kungase kuqondwe kabi njengenkani - uma imbongolo ingeke ikhethe enye indlela umkhuzi ohlakaniphile afuna ukumnika yona.

Unenkani njengembongolo?

Ngakho-ke, njengoba imbongolo ihamba, ingabe imbongolo iyaguquguquka noma inenkani? Cha! Izimbongolo ziqaphile futhi zicabangisise ngalokho ezikwenzayo - ngaphambi kokuba zenze. Lesi sidalwa esihlakaniphile sicubungula ngokucophelela konke esikubonayo nesikwenzayo. Lokhu sekuvele kusindise abanye abantu ekulimaleni okukhulu!

“Ngenzeni kuwe ukuba ungishaye izikhathi ezintathu manje?” ( Numeri 4:22,28 ) UBhalami wathukuthela. Imbongolo yakhe yensikazi ayizange ifune ukuqhubeka. Ingozi yayiphambi kwakhe engayibonanga ngisho uMprofethi. Ingelosi kaNkulunkulu yayimi endleleni yomprofethi ukuze imvimbele ukuba aqhubeke. Lapho uBhalami, enethemba lokuyikhipha imbongolo yakhe, ethatha induku yakhe futhi ephindelela isilwane esimpofu ngayo, uNkulunkulu wanika imbongolo ithuba lokuveza imizwa yayo ngolimi lwabantu. Imbongolo yathi kuBileyamu: “Angisiyo yini imbongolo yakho ohlezi uyigibela kuze kube namuhla na? Bekuwumkhuba wami yini ukukuphatha ngale ndlela?” ( Numeri 4:22,30 ) Umprofethi wathi cha. UNkulunkulu wabe esembonisa ukuthi imbongolo yakhe yayisanda kusindisa ukuphila kwakhe ngenkani yakhe okwakucatshangwa ukuthi iyiyo.

uthando oluthambile

Imbongolo inokulinganisela nokuzwela. Izwa kahle kakhulu, izwa kahle ukuhogela futhi ibona kahle. Ngakho ubona okwenzeka eduze kwakhe ngokujulile. Uma enenkani, kungenzeka ukuthi uye wabona ingozi noma uvele wathola enye indlela engcono. Ngakho kwakungeyona injabulo enonya eyenza imbongolo kaBhalami yenqabe intando yomnikazi wayo. Cha! Imbongolo, njengoba sizobona maduze, empeleni iyinceku ngaphezu kwembuka.

Kwezinye izindawo zaseRomania, abantu basemaphandleni ngezinye izikhathi babengenayo enye indlela ngaphandle kokushayela imbongolo yabo ehlathini ngasekupheleni kwekwindla. Babempofu kakhulu kangangokuthi babengenakukwazi ukondla nembongolo. Abadingiswa abampofu babe sebephoqeleka ukuba babekezelele ubusika obushubisa umnkantsha endaweni yasebusika ewugwadule. Nokho, lapho imvelo ivuselela entwasahlobo, izimbongolo ezimbalwa impela zabuyela kubanikazi bazo. Lokhu kukhombisa isimangaliso sokuzinikela okungabambeleli amagqubu ubuthakathaka bomuntu!

Njengesilwane esisebenzayo nesilwane esithwalayo, njengomngane othembekile nomngane onozwela, imbongolo ayizange isuke ohlangothini lomuntu. Njengesikhonzi sobuthakathaka bobuntu ( Eksodusi 2:4,20; 2 Samuweli 19,27:2; 28,15 IziKronike XNUMX:XNUMX ), Usazisa ukuthi asisodwa emithwalweni yokuphila. Izindlebe ezinamathelayo ezinezindlebe ezinde zembula uthando oluyisimangaliso.

Isilwane esiphelele sikaMesiya

Ngakho ingabe imbongolo, ngezici zayo ezimangalisayo, iyasikhanyisela ukuthi kungani uNkulunkulu ayikhetha ukuba iyise uMesiya endaweni lapho, ngokushesha ngemva kwalokho, ayeyobonisa khona uthando lukaYise olungenamkhawulo? Yebo! Lowo owake waba uphawu lwenkululeko - umbusi we-steppe - uba inceku yomuntu. Esikhundleni sokuthi ahlale yedwa, aqhelelane nesintu futhi ahleke okwenziwa abantu, waba inceku, umngane, kungakhathaliseki ukuthi isimo sinjani. Lokho ukwethembeka. lolu uthando

Ngale ndlela, imbongolo igcina iphila inkumbulo yothando lukaNkulunkulu—yezimiso zakhe zokubusa, ezibonisa ukusebenzelana kwakhe nathi bantu kuze kube namuhla: “Ngokuba niyawazi umusa weNkosi yethu uJesu Kristu: nakuba ecebile, waba nempumelelo. mpofu ngenxa yenu, ukuze ngobumpofu bakhe nina nicebe.” ( 2 Korinte 8,9:2,6.7 ) “Wayelingana noNkulunkulu ezintweni zonke, nokho akazange abambelele ngobugovu ekubeni njengoNkulunkulu. Wadela wonke amalungelo akhe waba njengesigqila. Waba ngumuntu kuleli zwe futhi wahlukanisa ukuphila kwabantu.”— Filipi XNUMX:XNUMX, XNUMX .

Imbongolo newundlu

Yebo, akufanele sikhohlwe ukuthi imbongolo yayingahloselwe ukumelela iWundlu likaNkulunkulu. Akuyona imbongolo okufanele idonse ukunaka. Kwakungewona umsebenzi wakhe, futhi kwakungesona isitayela sakhe. Noma kunjalo, kwakuyinqola ekhethiwe ukuba ithwale iWundlu likaNkulunkulu iliyise endaweni lapho uthando olukhulu lukaNkulunkulu ngesintu lwaluzovezwa khona: Umuzi Ongcwele.

IWundlu likaNkulunkulu, elisusa izono zezwe, ligibele imbongolo liya endaweni yomhlatshelo omkhulu. Ingabe lokhu akusikhumbuzi futhi ngo-Abrahama ebophela imbongolo yakhe futhi ethatha indodana yakhe u-Isaka ukuze anikele ngomhlatshelo ayewuyalile (Genesise 1:22,3)? Yebo!

Isibindi kuze kube sekugcineni

Kuleli qophelo, enye into engavamile yembongolo ifika phambili: imbongolo - ngokungafani nehhashi - hhayi isilwane sokundiza. Lapho ithole lembongolo lithwala uJesu limngenisa eMzini Ongcwele, akazange atatazele, naphezu kwesimo esicacile esasiphambi kwakhe. Kwakungekho kuvukela, akukho kuvukela. Ngesibindi wathuthuka ngaphansi kokuqondisa kweNdodana kaNkulunkulu.

Yebo, imbongolo yazibonakalisa iwumngane ophelele. Ngisho noJesu wayengafuni ukubaleka lapho ebhekene nengozi eyayisondela: Wayebhekise ubuso bakhe ngokuqinile eJerusalema ukuze ahambe lapho - azi kahle kamhlophe ukuthi kwakuzomlahlekisela ngokuphila kwakhe - kodwa lutho futhi akekho okufanele amvimbele kukho. ( Luka 9,51:XNUMX ). Lapho izimvu zomhlambi wakhe zihlakazeka, imbongolo yamyisa ngokwethembeka eJerusalema, indawo yesijeziso.

Imbongolo nomahluleli

Yebo, noma ubani ojwayelene neBhayibheli ngeke ahluleke ukuqaphela ukuthi ngezikhathi zeTestamente Elidala amadodana abahluleli ayegibela amathole ezimbongolo.

Ngokwesibonelo, uJayire ( Heb. ‘uyakhanyisa’), umahluleli wakwa-Israyeli, ‘wayenamadodana angu-30 agibele amathole ezimbongolo angu-30, futhi athatha imizi engu-30 ebizwa ngokuthi ‘imizana kaJayire’ kuze kube namuhla’ ( AbaHluleli 10,4 . :XNUMX).

U-Abidoni umahluleli wayenamadodana angamashumi amane nabazukulu abangamashumi amathathu ababegibela amathole ezimbongolo angamashumi ayisikhombisa; wamahlulela u-Israyeli iminyaka eyisishiyagalombili.”— AbAhluleli 40:30;

Nalokhu kunencazelo ejulile. Abahluleli bakwa-Israyeli babenomsebenzi wokumemezela ukuza kukaNkulunkulu njengomahluleli. Ayikho imininingwane ebingabalulekile. Mhla uJesu Kristu engena eDolobheni eliNgcwele, umzuzu omkhulu wawusufikile ekugcineni. NjengeNdodana kaNkulunkulu, uJesu ngokuqinisekile ‘wayengumahluleli omiswe uNkulunkulu wabaphilayo nowabafileyo’ ( IzEnzo 10,42:XNUMX ). UJesu wagibela siphi isilwane? Impela! Embongolweni!

Impi ekhethekile

UJesu akazange angene eMzini Ongcwele egibele ihhashi, engahlonyiselwe impi noma impi. Cha! Imbongolo ayizange ibe isilwane sempi. Kodwa isimo sakhe sokuthobeka, sokuthanda inkonzo sasifanelana nomsebenzi kaJesu njengoMesiya. Akazelanga ukuzonqoba ngenkemba, kodwa ngothando oluthobekile, lomhlatshelo. Lapho kwakulele isibonakaliso samandla akhe aphezulu.

Lapho uJesu engena eJerusalema ngalolo suku, weza njengomahluleli, kodwa hhayi ukuzonqoba empini. Futhi akezanga ukuzobaleka. Weza ukuzosindisa. Wangena ejele lokuqala. Kuye ngokwakhe - emzimbeni wakhe - ukwahlulelwa kwakufanele kushaywe bonke abeqa umthetho kaNkulunkulu. Lokhu kwakufanele kwenziwe ukuze bonke abakholwa kuye babe nokuphila okuphakade. Umahluleli wavuma ukubethelwa esiphambanweni “njengeWundlu likaNkulunkulu elisusa izono zezwe” ukuze thina sikhululeke (Johane 1,29:XNUMX).

Umlayezo omnene womusa

Kulesi senzo sokuqala sosuku olukhulu lokwahlulela, imbongolo yema ngokwethembeka eceleni komahluleli omiswe uNkulunkulu. Ngalokhu, izindlebe ezithembekile ezinezindlebe ezinde zasiza iWundlu likaNkulunkulu ngezici zalo ezimangalisayo ukuba ligcine inkumbulo yomusa kaNkulunkulu oyingqayizivele uphila kuze kube namuhla.

Yeka isidalwa esimangalisayo!