“Umntu othile wenza isidlo esikhulu, wamema abaninzi. Wasusa umkhonzi wakhe . . . ukuba aye kuthi kwabamenyiweyo, Yizani; ngokuba konke sekulungisiwe. Baqala bonke ngakunye ukuzilandulela; owokuqala wathi kuye, Ndithenge intsimi, kufuneka ukuba ndiphume ndiye kuyibona; ndiyakucela, mandibe ngowabalandulelwayo. Wathi omnye, Ndithenge iinkomo zeedyokhwe ezintlanu, ndiya kuziva; ndiyakucela mandibe ngowabalandulelwayo. Wathi omnye, Ndizeke umfazi, ngenxa yoko andinakuza.”

Yimeko enjani echazwa ngulo mzekeliso? Eneneni, “inkosi” elungiselela isidlo imela uYehova uThixo; “umkhonzi” odlulisela isimemo, nguYesu Kristu; yaye “isidlo esikhulu,” ngamathuba okufanelekela uBukumkani bamazulu.

Abokuqala ukufumana isimemo sokufanelekela uBukumkani, ngaphezu kwabo bonke abanye, yayiziinkokeli zonqulo zamaYuda zomhla kaYesu. Noko ke, azizange zisamkele esi simemo. Ngaloo ndlela, ingakumbi ekuqaleni kwePentekoste yowama-33 C.E., isimemo sesibini sadluliselwa kwabadelekileyo nabathobekileyo bohlanga lwamaYuda. Kodwa abo basabelayo abazange banele ukuzalisa iindawo ezili-144 000 kuBukumkani bukaThixo basezulwini. Ngoko ke ngowama-36 C.E., kwiminyaka emithathu enesiqingatha kamva, isimemo sesithathu nesokugqibela sadluliselwa kwabo bangengomaYuda nabangalukileyo, yaye ukuhlanganiswa kwabanjalo kuye kwaqhubeka ukuza kuthi ga kumhla wethu. Luka 14:1-24.