¹⁶ Saa awiei nna yi mu yɛ den titiriw ma Onyankopɔn nkurɔfo a ahene baanu no nyinaa ataa wɔn wɔ afeha yi mu no. Ɔbɔfo no bɔɔ kɔkɔ sɛ benkum fam hene no ‘bɛba asase fɛfɛ no so, na nnipa bebree bɛtotɔ.’ “Asase fɛfɛ no” yɛ Onyankopɔn nkurɔfo asase wɔ sɛnkyerɛnne kwan so. Ɛnde ɛsɛ sɛ ɔbɔfo no nsɛm kyerɛ sɛ wɔ di a benkum fam hene no bedi aman pii so nkonim akyi no, ɔtow hyɛ honhom mu tebea a Yehowa nkurɔfo wom no so, (Daniel 8:9; 11:41-44; Hesekiel 20:6) Wɔ nkyekyem 45 no, nkɔmhyɛ no de ka ho sɛ: “Na obesi n’ahemfi ntamadan ɛpo no ne bepɔw fɛfɛ kronkron no ntam.” Wɔ ɔkwan foforo so no, ɔyɛ krado sɛ ɔbɛtow ahyɛ wɔn honhom mu paradise no so nea etwa to.

18 (a) “Nsɛm” a ɔbɔfo no kaa ho asɛm siei no fi he? (b) Dɛn na awiei koraa no ɛbɛba benkum fam hene no so?

¹⁸ Ɛbɛyɛ nsɛm bɛn? Ɔbɔfo no anka nanso ɔkyerɛ ne fibea. Efi “apuei,” na wɔka Yehowa Nyankopɔn ne Yesu Kristo ho asɛm sɛ “ahene a wofi awia apuei.” (Adiyisɛm 16:12) Amanneɛbɔ ahorow yi fi “benkum fam” nso, na Bible no ka Bepɔw Sion, Ɔhenkɛse Yehowa kurow no ho asɛm wɔ sɛnkyerɛnne kwan so sɛ ɛwɔ “benkum fam twɔtwɔw.” (Dwom 48:2) Enti ɛyɛ “nsɛm” a efi Yehowa Nyankopɔn ne Yesu Kristo hɔ no na ɛma benkum fam hene no tu ne sa kɛse a etwa to no. Nanso nea ebefi mu aba no bɛyɛ ɔsɛe pasaa ama no. Da 11 Nkyekyem 45 fã a etwa to no ka kyerɛ yɛn sɛ: “N’awiei bɛba a obi nni hɔ a obedi aboa no.”

 2, 3. (a) Nkɔmhyɛ a yehu wɔ Hesekiel nhoma no mu bɛn na ɛboa yɛn ma yɛte nkɔmhyɛ a ɛfa benkum fam hene ne nifa hene no ho no ase? (b) Sɛnea Hesekiel nkɔmhyɛ no kyerɛ no, dɛn na ebefi ntua kɛse a etwa to a ɛbɛba Onyankopɔn nkurɔfo so no mu aba?

² Nkɔm a Hesekiel a ɔtraa ase wɔ Daniel bere so hyɛe no boa yɛn ma yebua nsemmisa ahorow yi? Wɔde honhom kaa Hesekiel nso ma ɔkaa “nna a edi akyiri no” ho asɛm na ɔde kɔkɔbɔ mae wɔ sɔre a ‘Gog a ofi Magog’ bɛsɔre ahyɛ Onyankopɔn nkurɔfo asase no ho. (Hesekiel 38:2, 14-16; Daniel 10:14) Wɔ saa nkɔmhyɛ no mu no, Gog gyina hɔ ma Satan na n’asraafo gyina hɔ ma Satan adwumayɛfo a wɔwɔ asase so a wɔbɛbɔ mmɔden a etwa to sɛ wɔbɛtɔre Onyankopɔn nkurɔfo ase no nyinaa. Esiane sɛ saa ntua yi a ɛte sɛ benkum fam hene de no ba wɔ nna a edi akyiri no mu nti, ɛyɛ nea ntease wom sɛ yɛbɛka sɛ benkum fam hene no ‘ahemfi ntamadan a ɔde si bepɔw fɛfɛ kronkron no ntam’ no yɛ nea ɔde boa Gog ntua no. (Daniel 11:40, 45) So ntua no bedi nkonim?