KumaHeberu 11:1, kulotshiwe, Manje ukukholwa kungukuqiniseka ngezinto ezithenjwayo, ubufakazi bezinto ezingabonwayo. Ngokuba ngakho, abadala bathola umbiko omuhle. Ngokukholwa, siyaqonda ukuthi imihlaba yakhiwe ngezwi likaNkulunkulu, ukuze okubonwayo akuvelanga kokubonwayo. Lithini ibhayibheli ngobaba bokukholwa? Bangobani obaba bokholo eBhayibhelini?
Lithini ibhayibheli ngobaba bokukholwa?
Ngokukholwa u-Abela wanikela kuNkulunkulu ngomhlatshelo omuhle kunokaKayini, athola ngakho ubufakazi bokuthi ulungile, UNkulunkulu efakaza ngezipho zakhe: futhi ngalo usakhuluma, nakuba efile (Funda futhi: Kungani uNkulunkulu engazange awuhloniphe umnikelo kaKayini?).
Ngokukholwa u-Enoke wasuswa ukuze angaboni ukufa; futhi akatholakalanga, ngoba uNkulunkulu wayemthathile: ngoba ngaphambi kokuthathwa kwakhe wayenalokhu bufakazi, ukuthi uthokozise uNkulunkulu.
Kodwa ngaphandle kokholo akwenzeki ukumthokozisa: ngoba oza kuNkulunkulu kufanele akholelwe ukuthi ukhona, nokuthi ungumvuzi walabo abamfuna ngenkuthalo.
Ngokukholwa uNowa, bexwayiswa nguNkulunkulu ngezinto ezingakabonwa, eshukunyiswano ngokwesaba, walungisa umkhumbi wokusindisa indlu yakhe; ngalo walahla umhlaba, futhi waba yindlalifa yokulunga okukholwa (Funda futhi: Yiziphi izici eziyisikhombisa zezinsuku zikaNowa?)
Ngokukholwa u-Abrahama, lapho ebizwe ukuba aphume aye endaweni abezakuyamukeliswa ibe yifa, walalela; waphuma, engazi lapho eya khona.
Ngokukholwa u-Abrahama wagogobala ezweni lesithembiso, njengasezweni elingajwayelekile, ehlala ematabernakele no-Isaka noJakobe, izindlalifa kanye naye zesithembiso esifanayo: Ngokuba wayebheke umuzi onezisekelo, omakhi nomenzi wayo nguNkulunkulu.
Ngokukholwa, USara wathola amandla okukhulelwa inzalo
Ngokukholwa naye uSara uqobo wathola amandla okukhulelwa, futhi wabeletha umntwana esedlulelwe yisikhathi, ngoba wathi uthembekile owayethembisile. Ngakho kwavela khona ngoyedwa, laye engathi ufile, abangangezinkanyezi zezulu ngobuningi, nanjengesihlabathi esingasogwini lolwandle esingenakubalwa (Funda futhi: Ukulindela isithembiso sikaNkulunkulu).
Bonke laba bafela ekukholweni, bengazamukeli izithembiso, kodwa ezibonele khatshana, basebevunyiswa yibo, futhi abagone, futhi bavuma ukuthi bangabafokazi nezihambi emhlabeni. Ngokuba abasho izinto ezinjalo bafakaza ngokusobala ukuthi bafuna izwe lakubo. Futhi ngempela, uba bebekhumbule lelolizwe abaphuma kulo, mhlawumbe babenethuba lokubuya. Kodwa manje bafisa izwe elingcono, leyo, owasezulwini: ngalokho uNkulunkulu akanamahloni ukubizwa ngokuthi unguNkulunkulu wabo: ngoba ubalungisele umuzi.
Ngokukholwa, U-Abrahama wanikela ngo-Isaka
Ngokukholwa u-Abrahama, lapho equliswa icala, wanikela u-Isaka: futhi owayamukele izithembiso wanikela ngendodana yakhe ezelwe yodwa, Kwashiwo ngaye, ukuthi ngoIsaka inzalo yakho iyakubizwa: Elandisa ngokuthi uNkulunkulu wayenamandla okumvusa, ngisho kwabafileyo; lapho laye wamamukela khona ngomfanekiso.
Ngokukholwa, U-Isaka wabusisa oJakobe no-Esawu mayelana nezinto ezizayo.
Ngokukholwa uJakobe, ngenkathi efa, wabusisa amadodana kaJosefa womabili; futhi wakhuleka, encike phezu kodondolo lwakhe.
Ngokukholwa uJosefa, lapho efa, yakhuluma ngokuphuma kwabantwana bakwa-Israyeli; walaya ngamathambo akhe (Funda futhi: Ukulinda iphupho kuba iqiniso).
Ngokukholwa uMose wakhetha ukuhlupheka kanye nabantu bakaNkulunkulu,
kunokuthokozela ubumnandi besono
Ngokukholwa uMose, mhla ezalwa, wafihlwa abazali bakhe izinyanga ezintathu, ngoba bebona ukuthi ungumntwana ofanele; futhi abawesabanga umyalo wenkosi.
Ngokukholwa uMose, lapho efika iminyaka, wenqaba ukubizwa ngokuthi indodana yendodakazi kaFaro; ekhetha ukuhlupheka kanye labantu bakaNkulunkulu, kunokujabulela ubumnandi besono isikhashana; ethi ukuthukwa kukaKristu kuyingcebo enkulu kunengcebo yaseGibithe: ngoba wayebheke umvuzo.
Ngokukholwa uMose washiya iGibithe, engesabi ulaka lwenkosi: ngoba wakhuthazela, sengathi uyambona ongabonwayo.
Ngokukholwa uMose wagcina iPhasika, kanye lokufafazwa kwegazi, funa obhubhisa amazibulo awathinte.
Ngokukholwa, badabula uLwandle Olubomvu emhlabathini owomileyo: abaseGibithe bekulinga ukukwenza baminza.
Ngokukholwa, izingange zaseJeriko zawa, sebezungezwe kungathi izinsuku eziyisikhombisa (Funda futhi: Zawa kanjani izindonga zaseJeriko?).
Ngokukholwa uRahabi isifebe akabhubhanga,
esezamukele izinhloli ngokuthula
Ngokukholwa, isifebe uRahabi akabhubhanga kanye nabangakholwanga, esezamukele izinhloli ngokuthula.
Futhi ngisazothini? Ngoba isikhathi singaphela ukutshela uGidiyoni, kanye noBharaki, kanye noSamsoni, noJefta; ekaDavide futhi, kanye noSamuweli, labaprofethi: okwathi ngokholo banqoba imibuso, wenza ukulunga, wathola izithembiso, avimbe imilomo yamabhubesi, bacima amandla omlilo, baphunyula obukhali benkemba, ebuthakathakeni benziwa baqiniswa, waba nesibindi ekulweni, waphenduka ukuba abaleke amabutho abafokazi.
Abesifazane bamukela abafileyo babo bevusiwe futhi: abanye bahlukunyezwa, engakwamukeli ukukhululwa; ukuze bathole ukuvuka okungcono kakhulu:
Futhi abanye balingwa ngokuhlekwa ngonya nangokubhaxabulwa, yebo, phezu kwalokho kwezibopho lokubotshwa: bakhandwa ngamatshe, bahlukaniswa phakathi, balingwa, babulawa ngenkemba: bazulazula bembethe izikhumba zezimvu nezezimbuzi; ukuswela, ukuhlupheka, ehlushwa; (izwe lalingabafanele:) bazulazula ezingwadule, nasezintabeni, lemihume lemigede yomhlaba.
Futhi lezi zonke, ethole umbiko omuhle ngokholo, kabamukelanga isithembiso: UNkulunkulu esesilungiselele okuthile okungcono, ukuze bona ngaphandle kwethu bangapheleliswa
amaHebheru 11
‘Yiba usawoti womhlaba’
