14. (a) Kodi masomphenya a Zekariya a mitengo iwiri ya maolivi ankatanthauza chiyani? Nanga choikapo nyale chinkatanthauza chiyani? (b) Kodi n’chiyani chimene Akhristu odzozedwa anachita pa nthawi ya nkhondo yoyamba yapadziko lonse?

¹⁴ M’nthawi ya Zekariya panali ntchito yomanganso kachisi, ndipo masomphenya ake a mitengo iwiri ya maolivi anatanthauza kuti Zerubabele ndi Yoswa adzadalitsidwa ndi mzimu woyera wa Yehova kuti athe kulimbikitsa anthu kugwira ntchitoyo. Ndipo masomphenya a choikapo nyale anakumbutsa Zekariya kuti sayenera ‘kunyoza zinthu zochepa zoyamba.’ Iye sanayenera kunyoza zinthu zimenezi chifukwa cholinga cha Yehova wa makamu kuti chichitike, Yehovayo anati: “Sipakufunika gulu lankhondo, kapena mphamvu, koma mzimu wanga.” (Zekariya 4:6, 10; 8:9) Mofanana ndi zimenezi, pa nthawi ya nkhondo yoyamba yapadziko lonse, gulu laling’ono la Akhristu limene linkalengeza mwakhama choonadi chimene chinali ngati kuwala, linagwiritsidwa ntchito yomanganso kachisi mwauzimu. Iwo analimbikitsa ena, ndipo ngakhale kuti analipo ochepa, anaphunzira kudalira mphamvu za Yehova komanso sankanyoza zinthu zochepa zoyamba.

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