3, 4. (a) Kutonga kwaJehovha kupfurikidza naJesu Kristu navane 144 000 kuchava kwenguva yakareba sei zvomenemene? (b) Ishokoi rinoshandiswa nokuda kwenhambo iyoyo yenguva, uye iroro rakaratidzirwa sei mumisoro yezvinyorwa zvakati zveWatch Tower?

³ Urefu hwokutonga kwoUmambo hwaJehovha hunodzorwa naJesu Kristu navadzidzi vake vakapiwa mbiri vane 144 000 hwakadeya kutaurwa kuva makore ane chiuru. Pamusoro poKutonga ikoko kwaMakore Ane Chiuru, mutana muapostora Johane akanyora, achiti: “Ini ndakaona zvigaro zvoumambo, uye pakanga pana avo vakagara pazviri, uye simba rokutonga rakavapiwa. Hungu, ini ndakaona mweya yaavo vakaurawa nedemo nokuda kwouchapupu hwavakapupurira kuna Jesu uye nokuda kwokutaura pamusoro paMwari, uye avo vakanga vasina kunamata chikara kana kuti mufananidzo wacho uye vakanga vasina kugamuchira chiratidzo pahuma dzavo naparuoko rwavo. Uye ivo vakava vapenyu ndokutonga samadzimambo pamwe chete naKristu kwamakore ane chiuru. (Vakasara vavakafa havasati vakava vapenyu kusvikira makore ane chiuru aguma.) Urwu ndirwo rumuko rwokutanga. Aninaani anowana rutivi murumuko rwokutanga anofara uye mutsvene; rufu rwechipiri haruna simba pana ivava, asi ivo vachava vaprista vaMwari navaKristu, uye vachatonga samadzimambo naye kwamakore ane chiuru.”—Zvakazarurwa 20:4-6, NW.

⁴ Sezvo makore ane chiuru ari mireniyumu, nhambo iyoyo inonzi Kutonga kweMireniyumu kwaKristu. Avo vanogamuchira ndokudzidzisa iyi dzidziso yeBhaibheri pane dzimwe nguva vanonzi vemireniyumu kana kuti vamakore ane chiuru, mukuwirirana neshoko rechiGiriki nokuda kwe“chiuru.” Nenzira inofadza, mavhoriyamu eStudies in the Scriptures (akambobudiswa neWatch Tower Bible and Tract Society) pakuvamba akanzi Millennial Dawn. Uye bhuku renziyo rakamboshandiswa neInternational Bible Students raiva nomusoro unoti Hymns of the Millennial Dawn.

7. Chii chinoratidzira Bhaibheri pamusoro penguva norudzi zvokutonga kweMireniyumu kwaJesu Kristu?

⁷ Mukuwirirana naMagwaro, zvisinei, Kutonga kwechokwadi kweMireniyumu kwaJesu Kristu kuchiri munguva yemberi. Zadziko yomuzuva razvino uno youporofita hweBhaibheri inoratidza kuti kwava pedyo zvikuru. Mukati meMireniyumu yechokwadi, Satani namadhemoni ake vachaiswa zvomenemene mugomba rakadzika-dzika, uye Jesu Kristu navadyi venhaka pamwe chete naye vake vane 144 000 vachatonga parudzi rwose rwomunhu pasina dzongonyedzo inobva kusangano raDhiabhorosi. Kukomborerwa kusingaperi kworudzi rwose rwomunhu rwakadzikinurwa, muzadziko yesungano yaJehovha ne“shamwari” yake Abrahama, kuchavamba ne“boka guru,” avo vachapukunyuka “dambudziko” risingaenzaniswi rinoguma naro tsika ino yezvinhu. Iko kuchatambanukira kumabhirioni avanhu vakafa vakadzikinurwa ne“ropa reGwaiana,” Jesu Kristu. (Jakobho 2:21-23; Zvakazarurwa 7:1-17; Genesi 12:3; 22:15-18; Mateo 24:21, 22) Neiri donzo, ivava vachamutswa vachibva mukurara kwavo murufu mumakuva echirangaridzo kuupenyu pasi pano.—Johane 5:28, 29.