19, 20. (a) Kuw bɛn na epuei wɔ 1870 mfe na mu na dɛn nti na wɔtwee wɔn ho fii akuw afoforo ho? (b) Nsɛmma nhoma bɛn na ɛbɛyɛɛ kuw yi adwinnade titiriw, na ɔkwan bɛn so na nsɛmma nhoma yi aboa nokware Kristofo a wɔn dodow rekɔ anim?

¹⁹ Wɔn a na wɔka wɔn a wɔfrɛ wɔn asɔretiafo akuw a na wɔrewɛn wɔ Kristo sanba ho sɛnkyerɛnne no ho no ho wɔ afeha a ɛto so 19 no awiei mu hɔ ne Bible asuafo kuw bi a Charles Russell da wɔn ano wɔ Pittsburgh, United States no. Russell kyerɛwee sɛ: “Efi 1870 besi 1875 yɛ bere a ɔdom ne nimdeɛ ne Onyankopɔn ne n’Asɛm no ho dɔ nyaa nkɔso bere nyinaa. Nanso, saa bere no na afei na yɛrenya Onyankopɔn nhyehyɛe ho adwene, ná yɛregyae mfomso ahorow pii a wɔagye atom bere tenten no. . . .Yedi awerɛhow kɛse wɔ Second Adventfo a na wɔrehwɛ Kristo kwan wɔ honam mu mfomso no ho.”

²⁰ Russell ne ne mfɛfo no tee ase ntɛm ara sɛ Kristo ba no bɛyɛ nea aniwa nhu. Wɔtwee wɔn ho fii akuw afoforo no ho na wɔ 1879 mu no, wofii ase daa honhom mu aduan adi wɔ Zion’s Watch Tower and Herald of Christ’s Presence no mu. Efi afe a edi kan a wotintimii no so no, nsɛmma nhoma yi de Kyerɛwnsɛm mu akontaabu a emu da hɔ twee adwene sii 1914 so sɛ bere a ɛkyerɛ biribi wɔ Bible mmerebu mu. Enti bere a Kristo ba a waba wɔ honhom mu no fii ase wɔ 1914 mu no, Kristofo yi ani gyei sɛ wɔahu wɔn sɛ wɔrewɛn! Wɔ nea ɛboro mfirihyia ɔha mu no, nsɛmma nhoma yi a mprempren wɔfrɛ no Ɔwɛn-Aban​—Ɛka Yehowa Ahenni Kyerɛ no aboa nokware Kristofo a wɔn dodow rekɔ anim bere nyinaa ma ‘wɔakɔ so ahwɛ’ na ‘wɔawɛn’ nso. (Marko 13:33) Yebesusuw ɔkwan a wɔafa so ayɛ eyi ho wɔ adesua a edi hɔ no mu.

“Monwɛn”​—Wɔ Dɛn Ho?

 3. Dɛn nti na na Kristofo rentumi mmu wɔn ani ngu bere ho asɛm a ɛwom no so?

³ Bible nkɔmhyɛ ahorow a ɛfa “Nneɛma a Etwa To” ho no mu a wobɛhwehwɛ yiye da nneɛma pɔtee a ɛsɛ sɛ Kristofo ‘wɛn’ wɔ ho no adi. Nea edi kan no na ɛnsɛ sɛ wɔma wɔn adwene fi bere ho asɛm a ɛwom no so, efisɛ Yesu kaa “bere a wɔahyɛ” bi a n’Agya nkutoo na onim ho asɛm. (Marko 13:32, 33, NW) Bio nso, Yesu ka kyerɛɛ n’akyidifo no sɛ “amanaman no betiatia Yerusalem so de akosi sɛ amanaman mmere a wɔahyɛ no, bewie du.” (Luka 21:24, NW) Ɛda adi sɛ Yesu kaa asɛm yi kyerɛɛ n’akyidifo no sɛnea ɛbɛyɛ a ɛbɛboa wɔn ma wɔahu awiei bere no, efisɛ na ɛyɛ asemmisa yi ho mmuae a ɔde mae fã, a ɛne sɛ: “Kyerɛkyerɛfo, da bɛn na eyinom bɛba, na eyinom rebɛba a, ɛho sɛnkyerɛnne ne dɛn?”​—Luka 21:7.

 4. “Sɛnkyerɛnne” bɛn na na ɛsɛ sɛ Kristofo wɛn wɔ ho no?

⁴ Nea ɛka wɔn ani a wɔbɛma akũ bere ho asɛm a ɛwom no ho no, na ɛsɛ sɛ Kristofo ma wɔn ani da hɔ wɔ “sɛnkyerɛnne” a wobisae a wɔaka ho asɛm nso wɔ Mateo 24:3 ne Marko 13:4 no ho. Sɛnkyerɛnne a nneɛma pii wom yi​—a amanaman ntam akodi, ɔkɔm, asasewosow, ɔyaredɔm ne nokware Kristofo a wɔtaa wɔn ka ho no​—ne bere ho nkɔmhyɛ ahorow mmamu behyia ma wɔahu “awo ntoatoaso” a ‘ɛrentwam’ kosi sɛ nneɛma ahorow nyinaa a ɛsɛ sɛ ɛba wɔ awiei bere no mu bɛba ansa no.​—Luka 21:10-12, 32.

 5. Ɔkwan bɛn so na Kristo ne ne nokware akyidifo no bɛwɔ hɔ wɔ mfehaha no mu, nanso so na eyi nkutoo na ɔkyerɛ bere a ɔde ne ‘ba’ ho sɛnkyerɛnne no mae no?

⁵ Asɛm titiriw a ɛfa “nneɛma nhyehyɛe no awiei” ho bɛn na sɛnkyerɛnne yi bɛda no adi? Yesu asuafo no bisaa no sɛɛ “Dɛn na ɛbɛyɛ wo ba a woaba [Hela, pa·rou·siʹa] no ho sɛnkyerɛnne?” (Mateo 24:3, NW) Dɛn na na Kristo “ba a waba” no bɛkyerɛ? Ɛbɛyɛ nea ɛsen wɔ a ɔne ne nokware akyidifo no wɔ hɔ bere a wɔahyiam anaasɛ bere a wɔreyɛ wɔn asuafoyɛ adwuma a wɔde ahyɛ wɔn nsa no. Ɔbɛboa n’akyidifo wɔ saa kwan yi so wɔ mfehaha pii no mu. (Mateo 18:20; 28:18-20) Kristoman asɔfo mpo gye tom sɛ nsɛmfua “ba a waba” no benyaa ntease titiriw bi. The New International Dictionary of New Testament Theology ka sɛ: “Mprempren de parousia ho adwene no ba bɛyɛ nea ɛbata asɔre no akwanhwɛ a ɛfa Kristo ba a ɔbɛba wɔ bere no awiei no ho.” Efi ne mfiase kɔpem awiei no, Kristofo Hela Kyerɛwnsɛm no tu Kristofo fo sɛ wɔnhwɛ Kristo ba no kwan.​—Mateo 24:3, 27, 37, 39; Yakobo 5:7, 8; 2 Petro 3:3, 4; 1 Yohane 2:28; Adiyisɛm 1:7; 22:7.

 6. (a) Dɛn na Kristo ba no bɛkyerɛ ama nneɛma nhyehyɛe bɔne yi? (b) Ɔkwan bɛn so na Kristo ba no bɛka Kristofo a woasra wɔn a wowuwui nokwaredi mu ne wɔn a wɔda so ara te ase wɔ asase so no?

⁶ Kristo ba no bɛkyerɛ “nneɛma nhyehyɛe no awiei.” (Mateo 24:3, NW; Marko 13:4) Ɛbɛkyerɛ sɛ mprempren nneɛma nhyehyɛe bɔne no ahyɛn ‘n’awiei bere,’ anaa “nna a edi akyiri” mu. (Daniel 12:4, 9; 2 Timoteo 3:1-5) Ɛbɛkyerɛ sɛ Kristo anya tumi afi n’Agya nkyɛn sɛ onni hene wɔ asase so ‘wɔ n’atamfo mfinimfini.’ (Dwom 110:2; 2:6-9; Adiyisɛm 11:15-18) Ansa na obebu wiase no nyinaa atɛn no, Kristo bɛba abɛhwɛ n’ankasa asafo no ahwɛ na wanyan Kristofo a wɔasra wɔn a wowui nokwaredi mu no. (1 Korintofo 15:21, 23; 1 Tesalonikafo 2:19; 3:13; 4:13-17; 2 Tesalonikafo 2:1) Kristo bɛpaw Kristofo a wɔasra wɔn a wɔda so ara wɔ nkwa mu wɔ asase so na wɔresom nokwaredi mu sɛ Kristo “akoa” denam wɛn a wɔwɛn honhom mu na wɔde honhom mu ‘aduan ma ɛbere a ɛsɛ’ mu so no ma wɔadi “nea ɔwɔ nyinaa,” anaasɛ Ahenni nneɛma a ɛwɔ asase so no so. (Mateo 24:45-47; Luka 12:42-44) Ɛsɛ sɛ “akoa nokwafo ne ɔbadwemma” no yɛ “ahenni no ho asɛmpaka” adwuma no wɔ wiase nyinaa na ɔhwɛ so ‘ansa na awiei no aba.’​—Mateo 24:14.

 7. Bere a Kristo aba mpo no, sɛnkyerɛnne foforo bɛn na ɛsɛ sɛ Kristofo wɛn wɔ ho, na dɛn nti na wɔbɛkɔ so ara abɔ mpae sɛ Onyankopɔn Ahenni no “mmra”?

⁷ Ná ɛsɛ sɛ nokwre Kristofo ‘wɛn’ wɔ nneɛma a ɛbɛkyerɛ sɛ wɔte Kristo ba ne “nneɛma nhyehyɛe no awiei” mu no nyinaa ho. Na wɔ “awiei bere” no mu mpo no, na ɛsɛ sɛ wɔwɛn wɔ “onipa ba no sɛnkyerɛnne,” ne ‘ba a ɔreba’ abebu atɛn atia Satan nneɛma nhyehyɛe bɔne no ho. (Mateo 24:30, 44; Marko 13:26, 35; Luka 12:40; 21:27; 2 Tesalonikafo 1:7-10) Enti, ɛwom sɛ ɛbɛyɛ nea ‘waba’ na wɔde n’Ahenni no asi hɔ dedaw de, nanso ɛsɛ sɛ n’Ahenni no ‘ba’ ara na “ebebubu” Satan wiase aman ne ahenni horow no nyinaa ma ‘ɛsa.’ (Daniel 2:44) Eyi kyerɛkyerɛ nea enti a bere a Kristo de ne ba no ho “sɛnkyerɛnne” no mu nneɛma ama akyi no ɔde kaa ho sɛ, “Sɛ muhu sɛ eyinom ba a, munhu sɛ Onyankopɔn ahenni abɛn” no mu. (Luka 21:31) Yiw, wɔ Kristo ba no mu mpo no, Kristofo bɛkɔ so ara abɔ mpae sɛ Onyankopɔn Ahenni no mmra, na ɛho behia sɛ wɔkɔ so ara ‘hwɛ yiye’ na ‘wɔwɛn’ wɔ “awiei” bere a wɔahyɛ no ne wɔn “gye” ho.​—Marko 13:7, 29, 32-37; Luka 21:9, 28.

Hena Na Ada Adi Sɛ ‘Ɔrewɛn’?

 8. Kyerɛ nneɛma ahorow a na ɛsɛ sɛ Kristofo wɛn wɔ ho no.

⁸ Yɛahu mprempren ara sɛ na ɛsɛ sɛ Kristofo hwɛ “amanaman mmere a wɔahyɛ” no awiei kwan. Ná ɛsɛ sɛ wɔwɛn wɔ ‘Kristo ba ne nneɛma nhyehyɛe no awiei ho sɛnkyerɛnne’ no ho. Ná ɛsɛ sɛ wɔhwɛ Kristofo a wɔasra wɔn a wowui nokwaredi mu no owusɔre kwan, ne nea ɛhyɛ “akoa nokwafo ne ɔbadwemma” kuw a wɔbɛma wahwɛ Kristo Ahenni no asase so nneɛma so no agyirae pefee no. Awiei koraa no, “akoa” yi bɛkɔ so de honhom mu aduan ama, bere a odi kan wɔ “ahenni no ho asɛmpa yi” ka no mu wɔ “wiase nyinaa” ansa na “awiei” no aba no. “Onipa ba no sɛnkyerɛnne” no bɛda adi denam ‘ba a ɔba’ bɛsɛe Satan nneɛma nhyehyɛe bɔne no so.

 9. Hena na ɛdaa adi sɛ na ɔrewɛn wɔ “amanaman mmere a wɔahyɛ” no ho, na ɔkwan bɛn so na Zion’s Watch Tower boaa Kristofo ma wɔwɛnee wɔ honhom mu?

⁹ Hena na ada adi sɛ ‘ɔrewɛn’ wɔ nneɛma yi nyinaa ho? Wɔ 1876 mu tɔnn no na ada adi sɛ Charles T. Russell a ofi Pittsburgh Pennsylvania, no de anidahɔ rewɛn wɔ “amanaman mmere a wɔahyɛ,” anaa “Amanaman Mufo mmere” no awiei no ho. (New World Translation; King James Version) Saa afe no mu na otintim asɛm bi a ne ti ne “Amanaman Mmere: Bere Bɛn na Ɛba Awiei?” no. Ɔkae wom sɛ “mmere nson no bɛba awiei 1914 Y.B. mu.” Efi 1880 reba no wotintim asɛm koro no ara wɔ Zion’s Watch Tower no mu. March 1880 de no kae sɛ: “‘Amanaman Mufo Mmere’ no ba besi 1914, na ɔsoro ahenni no renni tumi ankasa kosi saa bere no.” Ampa, Bible asuafo a wɔkyerɛw saa nsɛm no annya Bible ne abakɔsɛm mu ntease pɔtee a ɛfa nea “amanaman mmere a wɔahyɛ” no bɛkyerɛ ankasa ho saa bere no, te sɛ nea yɛte saa nneɛma no ase nnɛ no.a Nanso ade a ɛho hia ne sɛ na ‘wɔrewɛn’ na wɔboaa mfɛfo Kristofo maa wɔn ani daa hɔ honhom mu.