Kusho ukuthini uNkulunkulu athumele iZwi laKhe futhi aphulukise? Wathumela iZwi laKhe futhi wabaphulukisa kuvame ukucashunwa futhi kusetshenziselwa ukuphulukiswa kokugula. Kepha ingabe liyahunyushwa 107:20 ibhekisela kuphela ekwelapheni ngokomzimba noma ibhekisela kokungaphezu kwalokho?
Iziwula, ababehlushwa ngenxa yeziphambeko neziphambeko zabo
Iziwula ngenxa yesiphambeko sabo, langenxa yeziphambeko zabo, bayahlupheka. Umphefumulo wabo wenyanya konke ukudla; basondela emasangweni okufa. Base bekhala kuJehova ekuhluphekeni kwabo, futhi uyabakhulula ezinsizini zabo. Wathumela izwi laKhe, wabaphulukisa, wabakhulula ekubhujisweni kwabo. O kwangathi abantu bangadumisa uJehova ngobuhle bakhe, nezimangaliso zakhe kubantwana babantu! Futhi mabanikele imihlatshelo yokubonga, futhi nimemezele imisebenzi yakhe ngokuthokoza (Amahubo 107:17-22)
IHubo 107:17-22 imayelana neziwula, abahlushwa ngenxa yeziphambeko zabo (isono) nobubi babo. Obani abayiziwula? Iziwula yizo, abangamesabi uNkulunkulu futhi bahlubuke uNkulunkulu neZwi laKhe futhi baqhubeke behamba ezonweni nasebubini ngakho-ke bayizoni, noma ngamanye amagama, -bi. Ababi banamandla okuphenduka futhi baphenduke ezindleleni zabo ezimbi, kodwa abafuni ngoba bathanda ukwenza imisebenzi yenyama (isono).
Ngenxa yobubi bokuhaha kwakhe ngathukuthela, wamshaya: Ngifihle Mina, wathukuthela, waqhubeka ephambuka endleleni yenhliziyo yakhe.
Ngizibonile izindlela zakhe, njalo lizamphilisa: ngizomhola futhi, futhi ubuyisele induduzo kuye nakubo abalilayo. ngidala isithelo sezindebe; Ukuthula, ukuthula kuye okude, nakuye oseduze, isho iNkosi; ngiyakumphulukisa.
Kodwa ababi banjengolwandle olugubhayo, lapho lingaphumuli, amanzi awo achitha udaka nenhlabathi. Akukho ukuthula, kusho uNkulunkulu wami, kwababi (Isaya 57:17-21)
Iziwula aka ababi baphila ngaphansi kwegunya likasathane ecindezelweni lokufa futhi bayahlushwa emiphefumulweni yabo.. Abanakho ukuthula ezinhliziyweni zabo, kodwa bahlale ngokwesaba futhi basendleleni eya ekufeni okuphakade.
Bahlala befuna izindlela nezindlela zokususa ukuhlushwa emiphefumulweni yabo kanye nokwesaba kwabo kanye nokuthola ukuphumula nokuthula ezimpilweni zabo.
Kodwa lokhu kuthula, etholakala ngokusetshenziswa kwe (-yimvelo) amasu nezindlela kungokwesikhashana futhi ngeke ukwazi ukuhlenga umuntu ekwesabeni kwabo futhi abakhulule ekufeni..
UNkulunkulu wathumela izwi Lakhe ngabaprofethi Bakhe
Futhi lapho bengavumelananga phakathi kwabo, bahamba, emva kwalokho uPawulu wayesekhulume izwi elilodwa, Wakhuluma kahle uMoya oNgcwele ngo-Isaya umprofethi kobaba bethu, Esho, Hamba uye kulaba bantu, futhi uthi, Ngokuzwa niyakuzwa, futhi ngeke baqonde; lokubona lizakubona, futhi bengaboni: Ngoba inhliziyo yalababantu isibe lukhuni, lendlebe zabo zingezwakali, futhi bawacimezile amehlo abo; hlezi babone ngamehlo, futhi bezwe ngezindlebe zabo, futhi baqonde ngenhliziyo yabo, futhi kufanele iguqulwe, futhi kufanele ngibaphulukise. Ngakho makwazeke kini, ukuthi insindiso kaNkulunkulu ithunyelwe kwabezizwe, nokuthi bazoLizwa (IzEnzo 28:25-28, bheka futhi u-Isaya 6:9-10, Mathewu 13:13-15, UJohane 12:39-41)
Esivumelwaneni Esidala, UNkulunkulu wathumela izwi Lakhe izikhathi eziningi ngabaprofethi Bakhe, ukuguqula iziwula aka omubi ezindleleni zazo ezimbi futhi azibuyisele (balaphe) KuNkulunkulu.
Izikhathi eziningi, UNkulunkulu wabiza abantu Bakhe ukuba baphenduke ekuhambeni kwabo okuyize okwabangela ukuhlubuka futhi kwaholela ekucindezelweni, ukugqilazeka, kanye nokuthunjwa. Kodwa abantu babehlubuka futhi benenkani futhi abazange balalele amazwi kaNkulunkulu futhi abazange balalele amazwi Akhe., kodwa benqaba amazwi kaNkulunkulu futhi bethemba ukuqonda kwabo siqu.
UNkulunkulu welapha abantu baKhe kanye nezwe, lapho abantu bephenduka
Woza, futhi masibuyele eNkosini: ngokuba uklebhulile, futhi Uyosiphulukisa; Ushayile, futhi Uzosibopha. Emva kwezinsuku ezimbili uyakusiphilisa: ngosuku lwesithathu uyosivusa, futhi siyakuphila phambi kwamehlo akhe. Khona-ke sizokwazi, uma silandela ukwazi iNkosi (Hoseya 6:1-3)
Kodwa ngaso sonke isikhathi abantu babebiza uNkulunkulu enkingeni yabo futhi baphenduke baphendukela kuNkulunkulu, UNkulunkulu wakuzwa ukukhala kwabantu bakhe wathumela izwi lakhe wabaphulukisa.
UNkulunkulu wathumela abasindisi bakhe ukuba bakhulule abantu bakhe esandleni sezitha zabo futhi babasindise ezinkingeni zabo, usizi, kanye/noma ukuthunjwa nokubuyisela (philisa) izwe noma akhulule abantu futhi wababuyisela ezweni labo. Futhi ngakho uNkulunkulu wabaphulukisa abantu baKhe kanye nezwe (Oh. 2 IziKronike 15, UNehemiya 9:26-31).
Lithini igama elithi ‘râphâ’ kusho?
Igama elithi ‘râphâ’ (H7495) kusho u-a.o., ukuphulukisa, lulama, qeda, ukulungisa, odokotela.
Igama elithi ‘ukuphulukisa’ libhekisela ezintweni eziningi ngaphezu nje kokugula komzimba womuntu.
UNkulunkulu waphilisa (futhi usaphulukisa) abantu abaningi, ababegula, kodwa uNkulunkulu welapha (futhi usaphulukisa) kakhulu ngezwi Lakhe. UNkulunkulu waphilisa ngezwi Lakhe elakhulunywa ngabaprofethi Bakhe, amanzi, izwe, umphefumulo, Abantu bakhe (ukubuthana), isimo esibi sesono (ukungcola) wabantu Bakhe, njll. (Oh. 2 Amakhosi 2:21-22, 2 IziKronike 7:14; 30:170-20, Amahubo 41:4, Isaya 6:9-10;19:22; 57:18-19, Jeremiya 3:22, UHezekeli 47:8, Hoseya 6:1; 7:1.
UNkulunkulu wathumela iZwi laKhe futhi wabaphulukisa
Iisiqalo wayekhona uLizwi, futhi uLizwi wayenoNkulunkulu, futhi uLizwi wayenguNkulunkulu. Yena lowo wayekhona ekuqaleni kuNkulunkulu. Zonke izinto zenziwa nguye; ngaphandle kwakhe akubangakho lutho olwenziwe. Kuye kwakukhona ukuphila; ukuphila kwakungukukhanya kwabantu. Futhi ukukhanya kukhanya ebumnyameni; ubumnyama abukwamukelanga.
Kwakukhona umuntu ethunywe nguNkulunkulu, obizo lakhe lalinguJohane. Kwafika okufanayo nangobufakazi, ukufakaza ngokukhanya, ukuze bonke bakholwe ngaye. Wayengesikho lokho kuKhanya, kodwa wayethunyelwe ukufakaza ngalokho ukukhanya.
Lokho kwakungukuKhanya kweqiniso, okukhanyisa wonke umuntu ozayo emhlabeni. Wayesezweni, futhi umhlaba wenziwa nguye, futhi umhlaba awumazi. Wafika kweyakhe, nabakhe abamamukelanga. Kepha abaningi njengabo, kubo wanika amandla okuba ngamadodana kaNkulunkulu, ngisho nakubo abakholwayo egameni lakhe: Ezalwe, hhayi ngegazi, noma intando yenyama, kanye nentando yomuntu, kodwa kaNkulunkulu.
Futhi uLizwi waba yinyama, wahlala phakathi kwethu, (sabona inkazimulo yakhe, inkazimulo njengeyozelwe yedwa kuYise,) egcwele umusa leqiniso (UJohane 1:1-14)
Ekugcineni, UNkulunkulu wathumela iZwi laKhe ukuphilisa (buyisela) ukwehlukana phakathi kukaNkulunkulu nomuntu kanye nesikhundla somuntu owile, lapho isithembiso sikaNkulunkulu sagcwaliseka sokubuyisela (philisa) abantu futhi abenze baphelele, futhi ibuyisele ukubusa uNkulunkulu ayekunikeze umuntu ekuqaleni lapho ebadala, ku (okusha) indoda (Oh. Genesis 3:15, UHezekeli 11:19-20; 36:25-29 (Funda futhi: ‘Ukuthula okwabuyiselwa uJesu phakathi komuntu owile noNkulunkulu‘ futhi ‘UJesu wabuyisela isikhundla somuntu owile‘).
UJesu wakhala wathi, Okholwa kimi, akakholwa Kimi, kodwa kuye oNgithumileyo. Ongibonayo Mina ubona ongithumileyo. Ngiza ukukhanya emhlabeni, Ukuthi yilowo nalowo okholwa kimi akufanele ahlale ebumnyameni. Futhi uma umuntu ezwa amazwi aMi, futhi ningakholwa, Angimahluleli: ngoba kangizanga ukuthi ngahlulele umhlaba, kodwa ukusindisa umhlaba. Ongalayo Mina, futhi akawemukeli amazwi Ami, unomahlulelayo: izwi engilikhulumile, nguyena oyakumahlulela ngosuku lokugcina. Ngokuba angikhulumanga ngokwami; kodwa uBaba ongithumileyo, Wanginika umyalo, okufanele ngikusho, nalokho okufanele ngikukhulume. Futhi ngiyazi ukuthi umyalo wakhe ungukuphila okuphakade: ngakho-ke lokhu engikukhulumayo, njengalokhu uBaba asho kimi, ngakho ngiyakhuluma (UJohane 12:44-50)
UZimu wathumela iNdodana yakhe uJesu Kristu, iZwi eliphilayo likaNkulunkulu noMsindisi wesintu, emhlabeni ukuze akhulule isintu ekubhujisweni.
UJesu weza ukuzokhulula isintu emandleni kasathane (umcindezeli, umhlukumezi) isono, ububi obukhona, nokufa futhi asindise isintu esihogweni (hadesi), futhi uphulukise umuntu owile, noma ngamanye amagama, ukubuyisela isimo esilungile kanye nesikhundla somuntu owile futhi abuyisele umuntu kuNkulunkulu.
Umuntu angasindiswa kuphela ekubhujisweni kwaphakade futhi aphunyuke esihogweni (hadesi) uma umuntu ekholwa iZwi futhi aphenduke futhi akhululwe nguJesu Kristu; iZwi futhi libuyiselwe (ephulukisiwe) ekuweni kwakhe futhi aphiliswe , nangegazi likaJesu Kristu nokuvuka kukaMoya kwabafileyo, ubuyisana noNkulunkulu.
UJesu washumayela ngoMbuso kaNkulunkulu futhi wabiza abantu ukuba baphenduke. UJesu weza kuqala ngenxa yezimvu ezilahlekile zendlu ka-Israyeli futhi waphulukisa zonke, ababecindezelwe ngusathane, ngokushumayela uMbuso kaNkulunkulu, ebiza abantu ekuphendukeni, ethethelela izono zabo, Ukuphulukisa Abagulayo, Ukukhipha amademoni, njll. (Oh. Mathewu 9:12-13; 15:24, Luka 4:18-19; 5:32, IzEnzo 10:38-39)
NgoJesu Kristu, iZwi noMsindisi, nomsebenzi Wakhe wokuhlenga umuntu uyaphulukiswa
Futhi ekugcineni, UJesu waqeda umsebenzi ophelele wokuhlenga isintu, ngokuthatha indawo yomuntu owile esiphambanweni.
UJesu wathwala izono zomhlaba, uBaba ayembeke phezu kwakhe, futhi ngenxa yalokho uJesu wangena esihogweni (hadesi), lapho uJesu anqoba ukufa futhi wavuka njengoMnqobi kwabafileyo ephethe izihluthulelo zesihogo nokufa (Funda futhi ‘Ukubethelwa komphefumulo‘, ‘Ukubethelwa kwenyama‘ futhi ‘Incazelo yangempela yesiphambano‘).
UJesu wayesewuqedile umsebenzi wokuhlenga futhi wanikela, futhi namanje uyakunika, kuwo wonke umuntu amandla okukhululwa emandleni kaSathane nasesonweni nasekufeni, ngokukholwa nokwenziwa kabusha kuye; ukufa kwenyama nokuvuka kukaMoya kwabafileyo kanye nokuhlala kukaMoya oNgcwele.
UJesu wabuyisela umuntu, noma ngamanye amagama, UJesu wamphulukisa ngokuphelele umuntu; umoya, umphefumulo, kanye nomzimba. UNkulunkulu wabuyisela umoya Wakhe wokuphila kumuntu omusha ngoMoya Wakhe oNgcwele.
Umuntu omusha uzalwa nguNkulunkulu futhi uyaphulukiswa (yenziwe yaphelela) kuJesu Kristu futhi ukhululiwe emandleni kadeveli nasesonweni nokufa futhi usindiswe ekubhujisweni kwaphakade!
Futhi ngakho uNkulunkulu wathumela iZwi laKhe futhi wabaphulukisa.
‘Yibani usawoti womhlaba’
