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Isikhathi sokufunda: imizuzu eyi-15

UJesu waxwayisa abafundi bakhe kabanzi ngezimfundiso zamanga ngokuZa kwesiBili ( Mathewu 24,4:5.24-27, XNUMX-XNUMX ). Sikhuthazwa nokuba sitadishe iZwi likaNkulunkulu ngokucophelela ukuze singakhohliswa esikhathini sokugcina.

Okuwukuphela kwesivikelo ekukhohliseni okugqame kakhulu emlandweni wezwe

“Umphikukristu uzokwenza izimangaliso zakhe phambi kwamehlo ethu. Umgunyathi uyobe usondelene kakhulu nowokuqala kangangokuthi ngeke kwenzeke ukwehlukanisa laba ababili ngaphandle kwemiBhalo Engcwele.”impikiswano enkulu, 593)

“Yilabo kuphela abafunde iBhayibheli ngokujulile futhi bamukela uthando lweqiniso abayosindiswa ekukhohliseni okunamandla okuzothumba umhlaba.” (Ibid. 625)

Kodwa akusiyo imiBhalo Engcwele kuphela, kodwa nemibhalo kaMoya Wesiprofetho iyisivikelo sethu: “Abantu mabenze icebo emva kwelinye, nesitha masizame ukuphambukisa imiphefumulo eqinisweni, kepha bonke bavikelekile ezinkohlisweni zabo eziningi. ezinsukwini zokugcina abakholelwa ukuthi uJehova ukhulumile ngoDadewethu White futhi wabathuma.” (Umcimbi wosuku lokugcina, 44)

IZwi eliphefumulelwe liyichaza ngokucacile indlela uJesu abuya ngayo nokuthi Umphik’ ukristu usesendleleni eya emandleni. Wonke umlandeli kaJesu “unebalazwe lapho kungatholakala khona zonke izici ezibalulekile ohambweni lwakhe lokuya ezulwini. Ngakho-ke akancikile kunoma yikuphi ukucatshangelwa. " (impikiswano enkulu, 598)

Izinhlobonhlobo zemibono

Nokho, zonke izinhlobo zemibono mayelana nohlelo lwezwe elisha nokubuya kukaJesu zisakazwa emibuthanweni yobuKristu yangaleso sikhathi. Yebo, akuzona zonke lezi zimfundiso ezingaba zinembile.

AmaKristu amaningi akholelwa kuMphikukristu wesikhathi sokuphela. Kodwa akahlangene kangako noMphikukristu ochazwa yimiBhalo Engcwele kanye noMoya Wesiprofetho.

Ngokuqinisekile akuwona umsebenzi wethu ukungabaza ubuqotho balabo abasese “Babiloni.” Futhi asikungabazi ukuzimisela kwabo ukuphila ngokuvumelana nolwazi uNkulunkulu abanikeze lona kuze kube manje. Kodwa namanje akuphephile ukusekela ukuqonda kwethu emibonweni yobuKristu eyaziwayo mayelana nenhlekelele ezayo. Isiqubulo esithi “Emthethweni nasebufakazini” ( Isaya 8,20:XNUMX ) kuphela esingaholela emibuzweni engokomoya.

Isiprofetho sikhanyisa emandulo, iNkathi Ephakathi nezikhathi zanamuhla

Amakhasi omBhalo afundisa ngokusobala ukuthi kwakuyovela amandla aphikisana nobuKristu enkathi yokuphela. Izolwa noNkulunkulu nabalandeli bakhe. Izincwadi zikaDaniyeli nesAmbulo zibonisa ukuvuka nokuwa kwemibuso emikhulu yomlando womhlaba. Njengomvuthwandaba walokhu kuthuthukiswa, amandla okugcina oshushiso abonakala ekugcineni esiteji. Uvezwe njengophondo oluncane kuDaniyeli 7 no 8, njengesilo sokuqala kuSambulo 13, nanjengesifebe kuSambulo 17. “Umuntu wesono” kweyesi-2 Thesalonika 2 futhi uyigama lesimiso esifanayo sokuhlubuka. Noma ubani ohlanganisa izinkulumo zemiBhalo Engcwele namaqiniso omlando angabona kuphela la mandla njengobupapa baseRoma.

IsAmbulo sichaza umfelandawonye omelene nobuKristu wesikhathi sokuphela njengombimbi lwamaqembu amathathu. Kwenzeka ngemizuzu yokugcina yempi enkulu emelene noNkulunkulu nabantu bakhe (IsAmbulo 16,13:14-588). U-Ellen White ubala ubuKatolika, ubuProthestani obuhlubukile kanye nemimoya phakathi kwezinhlangothi ezintathu zalomfelandawonye (Ibid. XNUMX; Ubufakazi 5, 451).

Umphikukristu uzibonakalisa engumKristu

Ubufakazi obuphefumulelwe bukwenza kucace ukuthi amandla ezihlubuki ezikhathi zokuphela awawona nje ezenkolo kuphela kodwa nawobuKristu ngokwedlulele. Ulimi olukweyesi-2 Thesalonika 2 lusikisela lokhu. Ngoba lithi umuntu wesono owaprofethwayo uhlala phansi “ethempelini likaNkulunkulu” (ivesi 4). Leli gama lisetshenziswa uPawulu kwenye indawo ebandleni (1 Korinte 3,16:2; 6,16 Korinte 2,19:21; Efesu 17:1,21-3,1). Lapho iSambulo 1,11 sichaza lesi simiso sezihlubuki njengesifebe, sinanela amavesi eTestamente Elidala. Laba bakhuluma ngokuthi “umuzi othembekileyo” (umphakathi kaNkulunkulu ozishoyo) usuphenduke isifebe (Isaya 15:7,4; Jeremiya XNUMX:XNUMX). Iziqephu zenza kucace ukuthi u-Israyeli wayesazibiza ngokuthi abantu bakaNkulunkulu ngalesi sikhathi. Lokhu kungabonakala futhi ezinhlotsheni eziqhubekayo zokukhulekela nemikhosi (Isaya XNUMX:XNUMX-XNUMX; Jeremiya XNUMX:XNUMX).

Leli phuzu lenziwa lacaca nakakhulu indlela u-Ellen White akuveza ngayo ukuwa kokuziphatha kwe-United States ezinsukwini zayo zokugcina. Bazonqotshwa ngaphakathi ngamandla ahlubukayo:

»Uma isimiso sesisebenza e-USA sokuthi ibandla lingasebenzisa amandla ombuso ukuguqula imithetho yezenkolo ibe imithetho yezwe - ngamafuphi, uma isonto neziphathimandla zezwe zithatha indawo yokuqala kunonembeza womuntu ngamunye, iRoma izoqiniseka ukuthi izonqoba e-USA. .” (impikiswano enkulu, 581)

UMoya Wesiprofetho uprofetha ukuthi ukushushiswa kokugcina kwebandla likaNkulunkulu kuyovela emabandleni kazwelonke. Bazothola ithonya phezu kweziphathimandla zombuso, hhayi ngenye indlela. Lesi sici sokuqonda kwesiprofetho sama-Adventist sizihlukanisa ngokusobala kulokho okulindelwe yiziprofetho zamaKrestu.

Lokho amanye amaKristu akufundisayo

Lapho sivakashela isitolo sezincwadi zobuKristu esiseduze noma silalela izinhlelo ezimbalwa emsakazweni wobuKristu, sihlangana kaningi nezixwayiso zokuthi umbuso ongumzalwane omkhulu ufuna ukucindezela amaKristu futhi uphoqelele “ubuntu bezwe” kuwo. Kunenkulumo eqhubekayo phakathi kwamaKristu alandela imithetho yetulo lokusebenzisa uhulumeni waseMelika ukuvimba amaKristu ukuba akhulume obala ngokholo lwawo noma ekufundiseni izingane zawo emakhaya. Ukwesaba okunjalo akunasisekelo ngokuphelele, kodwa kunomthelela enkolelweni yokuthi isimiso soMphik’ ukristu sezinsuku zokugcina siyoba inhlangano yezwe, iningi elingamesabi uNkulunkulu elizinikele ekuqedeni ubuKristu. Lapho ubukhomanisi baseSoviet busewumbuso wezwe omkhulu, abantu abanale nkolelo bazizwa beqinisekisiwe ngokukhethekile!

Lezi zitatimende ezilandelayo azihloselwe ukugxeka imibono yezombangazwe noma yezenhlalo yabanye, kodwa kunalokho ukukhombisa umehluko omkhulu phakathi kosongo olukhulu olukhulu lwenkululeko yenkolo olulindelwe abavangeli kanye nalokho uNkulunkulu asithumelele kona ekubhaleni ngakho.

Abavangeli bakholelwa kuMphik’ ukristu ongeyena umKristu

Umsakazi wohlelo lwevangeli uMarlin Maddoux wafingqa umbono wevangeli olandelanayo wohlelo lwezwe elisha ikakhulukazi lapho ebhala encwadini yakhe. IMelika Yakhashelwa wabhala lokhu okulandelayo mayelana “nokubuswa kwezwe kobuntu okuzayo”:

“IBhayibheli lifundisa ukuthi ezinsukwini zokugcina kuyoba nohulumeni womhlaba wonke ngaphansi kombusi onamandla - Umphik' ukristu. Le nhlangano yomhlaba wonke yokungamesabi uNkulunkulu izoletha izizwe ekupheleni kwezwe, njengoba kwabikezelwa izizukulwane ezidlule ngabaprofethi basendulo. ”(UMarlin Maddoux) IMelika Yakhashelwa, Shreveport. LA. Huntington House Inc., 1984; ikhasi 45)

Ngaphandle kokucaphuna noma yibuphi ubufakazi beBhayibheli, uMaddoux uchaza le nhlangano “engamesabi uNkulunkulu” ngokuthi i-humanism, ubukhomanisi, i-socialism, i-feminism kanye nemvelo, konke okuthiwa ihlose ukuqeda imingcele yezwe futhi emele inqwaba yeminye imibono yezombangazwe angavumelani nayo. Ibid. 17-49).

Ngemva kokucaphuna isAmbulo 13,16:18-666 , esikhuluma ngokuvinjelwa okuzayo kokuthenga nokudayisa - kanye nenombolo eyimfihlakalo engu-48 - uMaddoux uyachaza: “Ngokuqinisekile ngaphandle kokuqaphela, izazi zesintu ziye zakha icebo Ukubulawa kuzogcwalisa iziprofetho zasendulo. .. Lolu hlelo lusekelwe kufilosofi kaKarl Marx hhayi emnothweni wemakethe yamahhala yaseMelika. Ama-Humanists abiza i-socialist, uhlelo lomhlaba jikelele ... olulawula zonke izici zomnotho. UNkulunkulu wazibikezela lezi zizukulwane ezidlule, kodwa ekuhlubukeni kwakhe umuntu uwela ngekhanda e-Armagedoni.« (Ibid. XNUMX)

Abavangeli bacela ukuhambahamba ezikhungweni

Ekupheleni kwencwadi yakhe, uMaddoux wethula ikhambi lakhe ezinkingeni zaseMelika:

“Ngikholwa wukuthi kulesi sizwe inqwaba yabesilisa nabesifazane abanekhono, abaphilile, abakhanyiselekile nabanesibindi bazongena kwezombusazwe - nazo zonke izingxabano ezishubile - bakhuphukele esicongweni salesi sizwe basibuyisele esikhungweni sokuziphatha. kanye nokuholela ekuphathweni kahle kwezimali kanye nenqubomgomo. Abantu ababaluleke kakhulu abangavusa imvuselelo yomoya kulesi sizwe kungaba abameleli abakhethiwe abazohlala eminyangweni enhlokodolobha yethu, iNdlu yabaMeli kanye neSigele sase-United States. Nakuba abefundisi bethu nabaholi bezomoya bangabiza ukuba benze okuthile, izikhulu ezikhethiwe zinamandla okwenza! Singasibuyisela isizwe kuNkulunkulu.” (Ibid.153)

Ingabe lokho kukhalela insimbi yakho?

Ngeshwa, incwadi efanayo nganikezwa yona eminyakeni embalwa edlule udade othile wokholo owayebonakala eshisekela kakhulu lezi zincwadi. Umbhalo ongabazekayo kwakuyiphepha lezindaba elisekela ezomnotho kanye ne-ajenda yezombangazwe nezenhlalo yelungelo lezenkolo (Donald S. McAlvany, "Toward a Soviet America: Strangling America's Freedom and Constitution" in: I-McAlvany Intelligence Advisory, March 1994, 1-28). Ngashaqeka ukuthi lo dade wayekholelwa kakhulu eBhayibhelini nasemoyeni wesiprofetho. Ngikuthola kunzima ukuqonda ukuthi amaSeventh-day Adventist angayifunda kanjani le nto ngaphandle kokuqaphela ukuthi imele yona kanye ifilosofi okuyothi ngelinye ilanga, ngokusho kokuphefumulelwa, kubangele ukushushiswa kwabangcwele bakaNkulunkulu.

Le ncwajana engabazekayo ichaza izinkinga zamanje zaseMelika bese ikhuthaza amaKristu kanye nabanye abaqapheli ukuthi bazithathele ngokwabo inqubo yezombangazwe:

»EMelika, iminyaka engama-30 noma engama-40, iningi lamadoda nabesifazane abalungile (kuhlanganise namaKristu) alenzanga lutho ukuvimbela izikhundla zokuthonya ukuba zithathwe amaSocialists kanye nabacekela phansi uMthethosisekelo wethu kanye nendlela yethu yokuphila yendabuko. Ukumelana nama-socialists akukwazi ukuvela phezulu, kodwa kuphela kusuka phansi, kusukela esisekelweni, iningi elithulile elikhulu, elidlula ama-socialists nge-factory ye-50 uma ngabe ivuka futhi iguqule imisipha yayo yezombangazwe ebumbene. « (Ibid. 25)

Ukugqama

Akunzima ukubona ukuthi abavangeli abalandela imithetho emisiwe abacashunwe ngenhla basiphendulela ngokuphelele isiprofetho seBhayibheli sohlelo olusha lwezwe oluzayo ekhanda laso!

Isimemo esikulesi siqephu esingenhla sokuba amaKristu abambelele enkambweni asebenze kwezombusazwe sihambisana nazo zonke izindlela okuzobonakala ngazo, ngokusho kokuphefumulelwa, uhlelo oluzayo lukaMphik'ukristu! Inguquko yobuKristu elandelanayo eMelika ilindeleke “hhayi kusuka phezulu, kodwa kusuka phansi, kusukela phansi, iningi elikhulu elithule.” (Ibid.) Yile ndlela kanye u-Ellen White achaza ngayo ukusungulwa kwesithombe sesilwane eMelika:

"Ukuze kutholwe umusa womphakathi, ababusi kanye nezishayamthetho bazovumela abantu ukuthi kube nomthetho owenza ukugujwa kweSonto kube yimpoqo." (impikiswano enkulu, 592)

“Ukuze bazenze bathandeke kubantu futhi bathole umusa wamasonto, izishaya-mthetho zizovuma ukuba kube nomthetho wangeSonto.” (Ubufakazi 5, 450)

Inhlangano yezombangazwe zobuKristu ezivamile

Okuxakayo ukuthi amaKristu akhuluma kakhulu ngezingozi zohlelo lwezwe elisha abonakala enza konke okusemandleni ukuze alumise njengoba nje iZwi eliphefumulelwe labikezela! Ngenkathi umuntu ecabanga ukuthi ubona Umphik'ukristu ohlelweni lwezikole zikahulumeni zaseMelika, eHollywood, naseNhlanganweni Yezizwe Ezihlangene, umBhalo ubona Umphik'ukristu ebandleni elizibiza ngamaKristu ngokwalo (2 Thesalonika 2,4:17; IsAmbulo XNUMX). Ukuvumelana okuseduze kwamaKatolika namaProthestani okungagcinwa namuhla emalungelweni enkolo aseMelika kuhlangabezana nazo zonke izindlela zokugcwaliseka kwezibikezelo zaphezulu (Umcimbi wosuku lokugcina, 124).

Isibonelo esicacile sendlela izikhulumi eziholayo zobuKristu eziphambuka ngayo endabeni ethi Umphikukristu nguPat Robertson, owabhala incwadi eminyakeni embalwa edlule exwayisa amaKristu ngohlelo lwezwe olusha oluzayo (Pat Robertson, I-New World Order, Waco, TX: Izincwadi Zegama. Inc. 1991). Kodwa u-Pat Robertson, ngokusungula nokuhola i-Christian Coalition, wenze okuningi emandleni akhuthaza inhlangano yezihlubuki yesikhathi sokuphela mhlawumbe kunanoma yimuphi omunye umholi wamaKrestu waseMelika. Ngo-1994, uRobertson wayephakathi kwezikhanyiso zevangeli ezasayina iSimemezelo Esihlangene Abavangeli NamaKatolika Ndawonye (Abavangeli namaKhatholika bendawonye), i-ajenda yobuKristu benkolo eyaba sematheni ngezihloko ezinjengethi “Amakhatholika nabavangeli babambana ngezandla” (David Briggs, AmaKhatholika, Abavangeli Bahlanganisa Izandla, San Bernadino Sun, March 30, 1994). Umuntu wayengangeza: “phezu kwalasha!” (impikiswano enkulu, 588)

AmaKristu Evangelical sekuyiminyaka efuna Umphik'ukristu wamanga. Kusukela ku-Billy James Hargis kanye no-Hal Lindsey kuya ku-Pat Robertson kanye no-Tex Marrs, wonke umuntu uhlale ekhomba abanye ngomunwe, kude nomhlambi wobuKristu ukuya kumakhomanisi angakholelwa kuNkulunkulu, abantu bezwe, kanye neminye imibono nokunyakaza okufanayo. Nokho iZwi likaNkulunkulu lisakhomba umunwe wobunjalo obungokwesiprofetho emuva eBandleni lamaKrestu!

Iyini imbangela yokuwohloka kokuziphatha kwamasiko aseNtshonalanga?

AmaKristu amaningi kakhulu, ngisho nama-Adventist, akhathazeke ngokweqile ngokusongelwa kwezwe. Kungase kufaneleke kakhulu ukuchaza isiyaluyalu sokuziphatha esikweni laseMelika njengomkhiqizo wobuzenzisi benkolo. Ngokusobala kunezigidi zamaKristu athembekile e-United States athi akholelwa ezindinganisweni zokuziphatha ezingantengantengi eziseBhayibhelini. Nokho abaphili ngaso. Uma sibheka ukuthi maningi kangakanani amaKristu akholelwa ukuthi ngeke alahlekelwe insindiso yawo ngokuziphatha okuyisono, akunzima ukuqonda ukuthi kungani abaningi kangaka bephila ngale ndlela.

Kuncane iBhayibheli elikushoyo ngosongo lwenkolo. Umane abize ophika uNkulunkulu ngesiwula (IHubo 14,1:53,1; 7,21:23). Eqinisweni, ingqondo yezwe ayinalo nhlobo ithuba ezinsukwini zokugcina nazo zonke izimangaliso nezenzakalo ezingaphezu kwemvelo ezisazokwenzeka. Akumangalisi ukuthi lapho uJesu ekhuluma ngabalahlekile ekupheleni komlando wezwe, akashongo lutho ngalabo abamenqabayo, kodwa kunalokho wathi okuthile ngalabo ababembiza ngokuthi Nkosi kodwa bengafuni ukumlandela ( Mathewu 2 . 3,5-XNUMX). UPawulu uthi lesi simo siyoba khona ezinsukwini zokugcina. Ngemva kokubala ububi obuningi obukhona emhlabeni, uyanezela: “Babonakala kwangaphandle besaba uNkulunkulu, kepha amandla ako bayawaphika.” ( XNUMX Thimothewu XNUMX:XNUMX ) Ngakho-ke, ukwesaba uNkulunkulu kubangelwa ukwesaba uNkulunkulu.

Ngamanye amazwi, ngeke kube ukukhohlakala okusobala okuyoba isitha esikhulu sikaNkulunkulu ekupheleni komlando, kodwa kunalokho ukubonakala kwempilo yokuhlonipha uNkulunkulu ephika amandla kaNkulunkulu okulalela.

Yini esingayenza?

Njengoba izenzakalo zokugcina zisondela, uSathane ukhiqiza izinto mbumbulu neziphazamiso ezengeziwe emkhakheni wesiprofetho. Singase sithambekele ekuthatheni ngokungathi sína izinkolelo-mbono ezithile mayelana nohlelo lwezwe elisha ngoba zikhuthazwa abantu ababonakala benokuningi okufanayo namaSabatha. Abaningi balaba bantu bafunda emakhaya, basekela ukuphila kwasemaphandleni, batadisha iBhayibheli nsuku zonke, futhi bakholelwa ukuthi uJesu uyeza maduze. Kodwa ugqozi lusho ngokucacile ukuthi imigunyathi kaSathane ifana kakhulu nento yangempela. “Indlela yephutha ngokuvamile ibonakala iseduze nendlela yeqiniso,” kodwa “ngemva kwesikhashana uyabona ukuthi lezi zinto ezimbili ziqhelelene kakhulu.” (Ubufakazi 8, 290-291)

Uma kungenzeka, kubalulekile ukufundisa abantu abanjalo ngale mibono yoMphik’ ukristu engamanga, yiqiniso njalo ngothando nokunakekela kobuKristu. Kodwa ngeke sizihlanganise nabo ngokusekela imibono nezimfundiso eziphikisana nogqozi.

Umphostoli uyabhala: “Futhi lokhu akumangalisi, ngoba uSathane ngokwakhe uziguqula ingelosi yokukhanya. Ngakho akukho lutho olukhethekile uma izinceku zakhe ziziguqula izinceku zokulunga; kodwa ukuphela kwabo kuyakuba njengokwemisebenzi yabo.” ( 2 Korinte 11,14:15-XNUMX ) Inkinga ngezinkolelo-mbono eziningi zobuKristu mayelana nohlelo lwezwe olusha oluzayo imfundiso yokuthi uSathane uza ngendlela emnyama.

AmaSeventh-day Adventist angenza kahle uma elalela izimfundiso zemiBhalo kanye noMoya Wesiprofetho, oxwayisa ngesitha esiqaphela kakhulu. Kutuswa ukuba siqaphe ukuze sihlanganyele nomphostoli lapho ethi ngoSathane: “Ngokuba asibona abangenalwazi ngezinhloso zakhe” ( 2 Korinte 2,11:XNUMX ).

Yashicilelwa okokuqala ngesiJalimane ngo Isisekelo sethu esiqinile, 1-2005, amakhasi 4-8.

Kufushaniswe kusukela ku-: Isisekelo Sethu Esiqinile, February 2000