• ‘Ndani Ali Woyenera Kutsegula Mpukutu?’
    Mapeto Osangalatsa a Masomphenya a M’buku la Chivumbulutso

    • Nyimbo Zotamanda

      14. (a) Kodi zamoyo zinayi pamodzi ndi akulu 24 anachita chiyani Yesu atalandira mpukutu? (b) Kodi zimene Yohane anaona zokhudza akulu 24 aja zikutithandiza bwanji kuwazindikira bwino komanso kuzindikira udindo wawo?

      14 Kodi zamoyo zinayi pamodzi ndi akulu 24 amene anazungulira mpando wachifumu wa Yehova, anachita chiyani? “Atatenga mpukutuwo, zamoyo zinayi ndi akulu 24 aja anagwada ndi kuwerama pamaso pa Mwanawankhosa. Aliyense wa iwo anali ndi zeze woimbira ndi mbale yagolide yodzaza ndi zofukiza. Zofukizazo zikuimira mapemphero a oyera.” (Chivumbulutso 5:8) Mofanana ndi zamoyo zinayi zomwe zinazungulira mpando wachifumu wa Mulungu, zomwe ndi akerubi, akulu 24 anagwada ndi kuweramira Yesu. Iwo anachita zimenezi posonyeza kuti akuzindikira udindo wake. Koma akulu okhawa ndi amene anali ndi azeze oimbira ndiponso mbale za zofukiza.a Ndipo iwo okha ndi amene ankaimba nyimbo yatsopano. (Chivumbulutso 5:9) Choncho, iwo akufanana ndi a 144,000 amene ndi “Isiraeli [wopatulika] wa Mulungu,” amenenso ali ndi azeze oimbira ndipo akuimba nyimbo yatsopano. (Agalatiya 6:16; Akolose 1:12; Chivumbulutso 7:3-8; 14:1-4) Komanso, akulu 24 akuoneka m’masomphenyawa akukwaniritsa udindo wawo wokhala ansembe kumwamba, umene unkachitiridwa chithunzi ndi ansembe akale ku Isiraeli omwe ankapereka nsembe ya zofukiza kwa Yehova kuchihema. Nsembe zimenezi zinatha padziko lapansi pamene Mulungu anachotsa Chilamulo cha Mose pochikhoma pamtengo wozunzikirapo wa Yesu. (Akolose 2:14) Kodi tikupezapo mfundo yotani pa zonsezi? Tikupeza mfundo yakuti masomphenya amenewa akusonyeza Akhristu odzozedwa opambana pa nkhondo akuchita utumiki wawo monga ‘ansembe a Mulungu ndi a Khristu, ndipo akulamulira monga mafumu limodzi naye zaka 1,000.’—Chivumbulutso 20:6.

      15. (a) Ku Isiraeli, ndani yekha amene anali ndi mwayi wolowa ku Malo Oyera Koposa a chihema? (b) N’chifukwa chiyani kuwotcha zofukiza asanalowe ku Malo Oyera Koposa inali nkhani ya moyo kapena imfa kwa mkulu wa ansembe?

      15 Kale ku Isiraeli, mkulu wa ansembe yekha ndi amene ankalowa ku Malo Oyera Koposa, kumene kunkakhala Yehova mophiphiritsira. Kwa mkulu wa ansembe, kunyamula zofukiza inali nkhani ya moyo kapena imfa. Yehova analamula kuti: “[Aroni] azitenga chofukizira chodzaza ndi makala amoto ochokera paguwa lansembe limene lili pamaso pa Yehova. Azitenganso zofukiza zonunkhira zabwino kwambiri zokwana manja awiri odzaza, ndi kulowa nazo kuchipinda, kuseri kwa nsalu yotchinga. Akatero, aziika zofukizazo pamoto umene uli pamaso pa Yehova, ndipo utsi wa zofukizazo uzikuta chivundikiro cha Likasa, chimene chili pa Umboni, kuopera kuti angafe.” (Levitiko 16:12, 13) Zinali zosatheka kuti mkulu wa ansembe alowe bwinobwino ku Malo Oyera Koposa popanda kuwotcha zofukiza.

      16. (a) Mumpingo wachikhristu, ndani amalowa ku Malo Oyera Koposa akumwamba? (b) N’chifukwa chiyani Akhristu odzozedwa amafunikira ‘kuwotcha zofukiza’?

      16 Mumpingo wachikhristu, si Yesu Khristu yekha, amene ndi Mkulu wa Ansembe, yemwe adzalowe ku Malo Oyera Koposa akumwamba, kumene Yehova amakhala. Ansembe aang’ono a 144,000 nawonso pamapeto pake adzalowa kumalo amenewa. (Aheberi 10:19-23) N’zosatheka kuti ansembe amenewa, amene akuimiridwa ndi akulu 24, alowe ku Malo Oyera Koposa popanda ‘kuwotcha zofukiza,’ zimene zikutanthauza kupereka kwa Yehova nthawi zonse mapemphero opempha ndi opembedzera.—Aheberi 5:7; Yuda 20, 21; yerekezerani ndi Salimo 141:2.