ULuisa kunye nesilumkiso

I-Mystics isebenzise amagama ahlukeneyo ukuchaza isiganeko esiza kwihlabathi liphela apho izazela zesizukulwana esithile ziya kugungqiswa kwaye zityhileke. Abanye bayibiza ngokuba "sisilumkiso", abanye "kukukhanya kwesazela," "isigwebo esincinci", "ukushukuma okukhulu" "usuku lokukhanya", "ukucocwa", "ukuzalwa ngokutsha", "intsikelelo", njalo njalo. Kwisibhalo esingcwele, "itywina lesithandathu" elibhalwe kwisahluko sesithandathu seNcwadi yeSityhilelo lisichaza esi siganeko kwihlabathi liphela, esingenguwo uMgwebo wokugqibela kodwa luhlobo oluthile lokunyikima okwethutyana kwehlabathi:

… Kwabakho inyikima enkulu; ilanga laba mnyama njengengubo erhwexayo, inyanga iphela yaba njengegazi, iinkwenkwezi zezulu zawela emhlabeni… Ke ookumkani bomhlaba, namadoda amakhulu, neenjengele, nezityebi, nabomeleleyo, nabo bonke; Bakhoboka kwaye bakhululekile, bazifihle emiqolombeni nasemaweni eentaba, bebiza ezi ntaba namatye, “Welani phezu kwethu nize nisifihle ebusweni balowo uhleli etroneni, nakuyo ingqumbo yeMvana; ngokuba ufikile umhla omkhulu wengqumbo yawo; ngubani na ke onokuma phambi kwawo? (ISityhi. 6: 15-17)

Kwimiyalezo eliqela kuMkhonzi kaThixo uLuisa Piccarreta, INkosi yethu ibonakala ikhomba kulomnyhadala, okanye uthotho lweziganeko, ezizakuzisa umhlaba "kwimeko yokufa":

Ndabona iBandla liphela, iimfazwe ezenziwa lunqulo kwaye ekufuneka bezifumene kwabanye, neemfazwe phakathi koluntu. Kwakubonakala ngathi kukho isiphithiphithi nje ngokubanzi. Kwakubonakala ngathi uBawo Oyingcwele wayeza kusebenzisa abantu abambalwa kakhulu benkolo, ukuzisa imeko yecawa, abefundisi nabanye, kunye noluntu olukule meko yezidubedube. Ngoku, ngelixa bendibona oku, uYesu osikelelekileyo wandixelela: "Ucinga ukuba uloyiso lweCawa lukude?" Kwaye mna: 'Ewe ngokwenene - ngubani onokubeka ucwangco kwizinto ezininzi eziphazamisekileyo?' Kwaye: Ndithi kuni, Kusondele. Kuthatha ukungqubana, kodwa komelele, kwaye ke ndiyakuvumela yonke into kunye, phakathi kwenkolo kunye neyasekhaya, ukunciphisa ixesha. Kwaye phakathi kolu ngquzulwano, zonke iziphithiphithi ezinkulu, kuyakubakho ungquzulwano olulungileyo nolucwangcisiweyo, kodwa kwimeko enjalo yokufa, kangangokuba amadoda azibone sele elahlekile. Nangona kunjalo, ndiza kubanika ubabalo kunye nokukhanya okuninzi ukuze babenako ukuqonda okubi kwaye bayamkele inyaniso… —Agasti 15, 1904

Ukuqonda indlela "amatywina" angaphambili kwiNcwadi yeSityhilelo athetha ngayo "kungqubana" kweziganeko ezikhokelela kwesi silumkiso, funda Umhla omkhulu wokuKhanyaKwakhona, bonani Ixesha kwi-Countdown to the Kingdom kunye neenkcazo ezihamba nazo kwi "tabs" phantsi kwayo. 

Kwiminyaka eliqela kamva, uYesu ukhala ngokuba umntu esiba nzima kakhulu, kangangokuba kungade kube yimfazwe iyanele ukumshukumisa:

Umntu uya esiba mandundu. Uqokelele ubofu obuninzi ngaphakathi kwakhe kangangokuba nditsho nemfazwe ikwazile ukukhupha le pus. Imfazwe ayizange imdilize umntu; Ngokuchasene noko, kwamenza waba nesibindi. Uvukelo luya kumenza abe nomsindo; Iintsizi ziya kumenza aphelelwe lithemba kwaye zimenze azinikezele kulwaphulo-mthetho. Konke oku kuyakusebenza, ngandlela thile, ukwenza konke ukubola akuqulathileyo kuphume; kwaye ke, ukulunga kwam kuya kubetha umntu, hayi ngokungangqalanga kwizidalwa, kodwa ngokuthe ngqo kuvela ezulwini. Ezi zohlwayo ziya kuba njengombethe oluncedo usihla uvela ezulwini, oya kubulala umntu [ukuzingca]; Kwaye ke yena ochukumiswe sisandla sam uya kuziqonda, uya kuvuka ebuthongweni besono, aqonde uMdali wakhe. Ke ngoko, ntombi, thandazela ukuba yonke into ibe yeyokulungelwa komntu. -Okthobha 4, 1917

Eyona nto iphambili ekufuneka uyiqwalasele apha kukuba iNkosi iyakwazi ukuthatha ubungendawo nobubi obuzidinisayo kumaxesha ethu, kwaye ibusebenzisele nosindiso, ukungcwaliswa, nozuko lwaYo olukhulu.

Oku kuhle kwaye kuyamkholisa uThixo uMsindisi wethu, onqwenela ukuba wonke umntu asindiswe kwaye afikelele ekuyazini inyaniso. (1 Tim 2: 3-4)

Ngokwababoni kwihlabathi liphela, ngoku singene kumaxesha eembandezelo ezinkulu, iGetsemane lethu, ilixa lePassion yeCawe. Abathembekileyo, oku ayisosizathu soloyiko kodwa ulindelo lokuba uYesu ukufuphi, uyasebenza, kwaye woyisa ububi-kwaye uyakwenza njalo ngokwanda kweziganeko kwindalo yokomoya nendalo. Isilumkiso esizayo, njengengelosi ethunyelwe ukomeleza uYesu kwiNtaba yemiNquma,[1]Luke 22: 43 iya komeleza iBandla ngokuLangazelela kwalo, ukumfaka ngobabalo boBukumkani bokuThanda kukaThixo, kwaye ekugqibeleni umkhokelele Uvuko lweCawa

Xa le miqondiso iqala ukwenzeka, yimani nkqo nize niphakamise iintloko zenu kuba inkululeko yenu isondele. (Luka 21: 28)

 

—UMark Mallett

 


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1 Luke 22: 43
exhonyiweyo Abaxhasi bethu, ULuisa Piccarreta, imiyalezo, Isikhanyiso seSazela, Isilumkiso, ukuRhoxiswa kwakhona, kunye noMmangaliso.