Luisa – Uvuko kunye noLawulo

Inesinye seziqendwana ezingaqondakaliyo nezixoxwa kakhulu zeNcwadi yeSityhilelo, uYohane oNgcwele ubhala athi:

Ndabona iitrone; abo babehleli phezu kwawo baphathiswe ugwebo. Ndayibona nemiphefumlo yabo babeye banqunyulwa iintloko ngenxa yobungqina babo ngoYesu nangenxa yelizwi likaThixo, abo bangazange balinqule irhamncwa nomfanekiso walo, bengalwamkelanga nophawu lwalo emabunzini abo okanye ezandleni zabo. Babuya badla ubomi, baba ngookumkani kunye noKristu iminyaka eliwaka. Ke abafileyo abaseleyo ababuyanga badle bomi, kwada kwaphela iminyaka eliwaka. Olo luvuko lokuqala. Unoyolo, ungcwele, lowo unesabelo eluvukweni lokuqala; Ukufa kwesibini akunagunya kubo aba; baya kusuka babe ngababingeleli bakaThixo nabakaKristu, babe ngookumkani kunye naye iminyaka eliwaka. (ISityhi. 20: 4-6)

Kwesi sicatshulwa, umfundisi wezakwalizwi owaziwayo uKhadinali uJean Daniélou (1905-1974) wabhala:

Isiqinisekiso esiyimfuneko sesigaba esiphakathi apho abangcwele bavukekileyo basesemhlabeni kwaye bengekangeni kwinqanaba labo lokugqibela, kuba le yenye yezinto zemfihlakalo yeentsuku zokugqibela ekusafuneka zityhilwe.. -Imbali yeMfundiso yoBukristu bokuqala phambi kweBhunga laseNicea, 1964, iphe. 377

"Iisigaba esiphakathi", ngokutsho zombini iimfihlelo kwaye mapapa, lixesha le ubungcwele boyiso yiyo zombini isiqinisekiso yeLizwi likaThixo kunye ne ukuhlanjululwa koMtshakazi kaKristu ukuze “ukuze azimise kuye iBandla linobungangamsha, lingenabala okanye mibimbi nanye into enjalo, ukuze libe ngcwele kwaye lingabi nasiphako” (Efe 5:27, ISityhilelo 19:8).

NgoNovemba 6, 1927, uYesu waphinda wasikrobisa ngoMkhonzi kaThixo ULuisa Piccarreta ukuba yintoni na olu “vuko” luyimfihlakalo:

Ndize emhlabeni ukuze ndivuse umntu kwimeko yokufa, ndimphilise, ndimnike onke amayeza anokubakho, ndimenze abuyele kwimeko yokuqala yemvelaphi yakhe, esazi ukuba ukuba ubuyele kwintando yethu, apho aphuma khona, uya kuba sele ekulungele ukugcinwa kwimo yasebukhosini yobukhosi. Ngaphezu koko, kufuneka wazi ukuba kwabo bahlala okanye baya kuhlala kuyo, izenzo endizenzileyo kwiNtlalo aziyi kusebenza njengonyango, kodwa njengolonwabo, uvuyo, kunye neyona nto intle kakhulu kwibhotwe lasebukhosini leNtando yam. —Umqulu 23

Ngenxa yoko, luvuko kwintando kaThixo awathi uAdam waphulukana nako (bona Uvuko lweCawa). 

Kodwa ngaphezu koko, uYohane oNgcwele uthetha “ngolawulo… lwe iminyaka eliwaka.” Luluphi uhlobo lolawulo lwezobupolitika?^[1]Katekisiki yeCawa yamaKatolika, n. I-676 Ulawulo lukaYesu esenyameni njengoKumkani nomlawuli? Hayi, ukulindela ukubuya komzimba kukaYesu ukuba alawule emhlabeni kuye kwafana noqhekeko lwe Millenarianism. 

Kunoko, uYesu usixelela ukuba lulawulo lomntu Kwintando kaThixo (oko kukuthi, “i-Supreme Fiat”), engekokuthobela kuphela (njengomkhonzi) kodwa ukubamba zonke iimpahla zeNdalo (njengonyana okanye intombi), ngokwenene, ukuba bathathe inxaxheba kubomi obungaphakathi bukaBathathu Emnye. 

...kulowo uzigcinayo kwimeko yemvelaphi ngokuhlala kwi-Supreme Fiat, ngenxa yemeko yokumkanikazi, kwaye, njengokumkanikazi, ufanelekile ukuba abe nelifa. Ngaphezu koko, kuba eyindlovukazi ehlala kwibhotwe lasebukhosini leNtando Yethu, kwaye ke ngoko ifanelekile ukuba iphathe izikumkani, ilanga, amazulu, iilwandle, nokuba uKumkani ngokwakhe aphile ubomi kunye naye, evuyisa ukumkanikazi wakhe, njengoko esenza uKumkani wakhe onwabe. Yiloo nto ke izinto zeNdalo zaziza kuba banzi; kungenjalo, yayiya kuba njani imeko yakhe njengokumkanikazi, ukuba wayengenagunya, nezikumkani ukuba zilawule? -Ibhididi. 

 

Abanesabelo kuKristu

NjengamaKristu abhaptiziweyo, sinesabelo kwiofisi kaKristu:

UKristu, umbingeleli omkhulu nomlamli okhethekileyo, wenze kwiBandla “ubukumkani, ababingeleli boThixo wakhe noYise.” Uluntu lonke lwamakholwa, lunjalo, lungababingeleli. Abathembekileyo basebenzisa ububingeleli babo bokubhaptizwa ngokuthatha inxaxheba, ngamnye ngokobizo lwakhe, kubufundisi bukaKristu njengombingeleli, umprofeti, nokumkani. -Katekisiki yeCawa yamaKatolika, n. I-1546

Yintoni "enkosi" ngaphezu kokulawula umzimba wam ngokuphila ngokupheleleyo nangokuhambelana nentando kaThixo? Yiyiphi inzaliseko ephezulu yesikhundla sobubingeleli ekhoyo kunokuzisa yonke indalo kucwangco nemfezeko eyayidalelwe ukuba ibe yiyo?

Ebantwini uThixo ude abanike amandla okwabelana ngesisa ekuboneleleni kwakhe ngokubanika uxanduva "lokoyisa" umhlaba nokuba negunya kuwo. Yiyo loo nto uThixo esenza ukuba abantu babe nezizathu ezikrelekrele nezikhululekileyo ukuze bagqibezele umsebenzi wokudala, ukuze bagqibelele ukuvumelana kwawo ukuze kulungelwe bona kunye nabamelwane babo. -CCC, 307; bona Ukudalwa ngokutsha

Okokugqibela, sisiphi isabelo esiphakamileyo esikhoyo kwisigxina sikaKristu sesiprofeto kunobungqina obungokwesiprofeto balowo ufikelele kucwangco, kwindawo nenjongo ezidalelwe yona nguThixo, oko kukuthi, ukuba nazo. Isipho lokuthabatha indawo kabani kuBukumkani boKuthanda Kobuthixo ekuthandazelwa yiCawa yonke imihla kuBawo Wethu Osezulwini?

UYesu uyeza, ewe, kodwa kuphela ukuba alawule kwiBandla laKhe ngendlela entsha yonke emva kokuba elandele iNkosi yakhe kwiMvalelo Yayo, ukufa nokuvuka kwayo (Umnqweno weCawa). Nguye IPentekoste eNtsha ekuthethwa ngabo ngooopontifi ngokufanayo; “lixesha loxolo” kwaprofetwa ngabaprofeti bamandulo kwaye icaciswe yi OoCeba bamandulo; yi uloyiso lweCawa, njengoko babevakaliswa ngoopopu.

Kwaye kubonakala ngathi uvuko awathetha ngalo uYohane eya kuba linyathelo lokugqibela elikhokelela ‘kuvuko nomgwebo ongunaphakade’^[2]“Mna nawo onke amanye amaKristu angooOthodoki siqinisekile ukuba kuya kubakho uvuko lwenyama olulandelwa yiminyaka eliwaka kwisixeko saseYerusalem, esakhiwe ngokutsha, sahonjiswa, saza sandiswa, njengoko kwavakaliswa ngumprofeti uHezekile, uIsaya nabanye… Thatha indawo." —ISt. UJustin Martyr, Ingxoxo kunye noTrypho, uCh. 81, Ootata beCawe, Ilifa lamaKristu ekupheleni kwexesha. 

 

—UMark Mallett

 

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