Abangane BakaJesu Abakhazinyulisiwe

 9. Ingabe kufanele silindele uMose no-Eliya ukuba babe noJesu ekugcwalisekeni kombono wokuguqulwa isimo? Chaza.

⁹ UJesu wayengeyedwa lapho eguqulwa isimo. Wabonakala enoMose no-Eliya. (Mathewu 17:2, 3) Ingabe babekhona ngokoqobo? Cha, ngoba womabili lamadoda ayesenesikhathi eside afa futhi ayelele othulini elindele uvuko. (UmShumayeli 9:5, 10; Heberu 11:35) Ingabe ayobonakala noJesu lapho eza ngenkazimulo yasezulwini? Cha, ngoba uMose no-Eliya baphila ngaphambi kokuba ithemba lasezulwini livulekele abantu. Bayoba ingxenye ‘yovuko lwasemhlabeni lwabalungileyo.’ (IzEnzo 24:15) Ngakho ukubonakala kwabo embonweni wokuguqulwa isimo kungokomfanekiso. Kufanekiselani?

12. Endabeni yokuguqulwa isimo, uMose no-Eliya bafanekisela obani?

¹² Khona-ke, uMose no-Eliya bafanekisela bani endabeni yokuguqulwa isimo? ULuka uthi babonakala noJesu “ngenkazimulo.” (Luka 9:31) Ngokusobala, bafanekisela amaKristu aye agcotshwa ngomoya ongcwele ‘njengezindlalifa’ noJesu futhi ngaleyo ndlela amukela ithemba elimangalisayo ‘lokukhazinyuliswa kanye’ naye. (Roma 8:17) Abagcotshiwe abavusiwe bayokuba noJesu lapho eza enkazimulweni kaYise ‘ezobuyisela kulowo nalowo ngokokuziphatha kwakhe.’—Mathewu 16:27.

OFakazi AbanjengoMose No-Eliya

13. Yiziphi izici eziphawula uMose no-Eliya njengemifanekiso engokwesiprofetho efanelekayo yezindlalifa ezikanye noJesu ezigcotshiwe ezikhazinyuliswa kanye naye?

¹³ Kunezici eziphawulekayo ezibonisa ukuthi uMose no-Eliya bayimifanekiso engokwesiprofetho efanelekayo yezindlalifa ezikanye noJesu ezigcotshiwe. Bobabili uMose no-Eliya bakhonza njengabakhulumeli bakaJehova iminyaka eminingi. Bobabili babhekana nolaka lombusi. Ngesikhathi sokuswela, ngamunye wasekelwa umkhaya angawazi. Bobabili baprofetha emakhosini ngesibindi futhi bamelana ngokuqinile nabaprofethi bamanga. Bobabili uMose no-Eliya babona ukubonakaliswa kwamandla kaJehova eNtabeni iSinayi (ebizwa nangokuthi iHorebe). Bobabili bamisa abantu ababezobalandela esikhundleni engxenyeni engasempumalanga yeJordani. Futhi ngezikhathi zabo bobabili uMose (ekanye noJoshuwa) no-Eliya (ekanye no-Elisha) kwaba nezimangaliso eziningi kakhulu, ngaphandle kwalezo ezenziwa phakathi nesikhathi sokuphila kukaJesu.b

14. Abagcotshiwe baye bakhonza kanjani njengabakhulumeli bakaJehova, njengoMose no-Eliya?

¹⁴ Ingabe konke lokho akusikhumbuzi u-Israyeli kaNkulunkulu? Yebo, kusikhumbuza yena. UJesu watshela abalandeli bakhe abakholekile: “Ngakho-ke hambani niyokwenza abantu bazo zonke izizwe babe abafundi, nibabhapathize egameni likaYise neleNdodana nelomoya ongcwele, nibafundise ukugcina zonke izinto enginiyale ngazo. Futhi, bhekani! Nginani izinsuku zonke kuze kube isiphelo sesimiso sezinto.” (Mathewu 28:19, 20) Elalela lamazwi, amaKristu agcotshiwe aye akhonza njengomkhulumeli kaJehova kusukela ngePhentekoste lika-33 C.E. kuze kube manje. NjengoMose no-Eliya, aye abhekana nolaka lwababusi futhi aye afakaza kubo. UJesu watshela abaphostoli bakhe abangu-12: “Niyohudulelwa phambi kwababusi namakhosi ngenxa yami, ngenjongo yobufakazi kubo nasezizweni.” (Mathewu 10:18) Amazwi akhe aye agcwaliseka ngokuphindaphindiwe phakathi nomlando webandla lobuKristu.—IzEnzo 25:6, 11, 12, 24-27; 26:3.

15, 16. Yikuphi ukufana okukhona phakathi kwabagcotshiwe kanye noMose no-Eliya endabeni (a) yokumelela iqiniso ngokuqinile? (b) yokuthola usizo kwabangewona ama-Israyeli?

¹⁵ Ngaphezu kwalokho, amaKristu agcotshiwe aye aba nesibindi njengoMose no-Eliya ekumeleleni iqiniso emangeni enkolo. Khumbula indlela uPawulu asola ngayo umprofethi wamanga ongumJuda uBarjesu nendlela adalula ngayo ngokuhlakanipha kodwa ngokuqinile amanga onkulunkulu base-Athene. (IzEnzo 13:6-12; 17:16, 22-31) Futhi khumbula ukuthi osukwini lwanamuhla insali egcotshiwe iye yadalula ngesibindi eLobukholwa futhi ukufakaza okunjalo kuye kwalihlupha.—IsAmbulo 8:7-12.c

¹⁶ Lapho uMose ebalekela ulaka lukaFaro, wathola isiphephelo emzini womuntu ongeyena umIsrayeli, uRehuweli, obizwa nangokuthi uJetiro. Kamuva, uMose wathola iseluleko esiwusizo sokuhlela kuRehuweli, ondodana yakhe uHobabi yahola u-Israyeli ehlane.d (Eksodusi 2:15-22; 18:5-27; Numeri 10:29) Ingabe amalungu ka-Israyeli kaNkulunkulu aye asizwa ngendlela efanayo abantu abangewona amalungu agcotshiwe ka-Israyeli kaNkulunkulu? Yebo, aye asekelwa “isixuku esikhulu” ‘sezinye izimvu,’ esiye savela phakathi nalezi zinsuku zokugcina. (IsAmbulo 7:9; Johane 10:16; Isaya 61:5) Ebikezela ngokusekela okufudumele nokothando, lezi “zimvu” ezaziyokunikeza abafowabo abagcotshiwe, uJesu wathi kuzo ngokwesiprofetho: “Ngalamba nanginika okudliwayo; ngoma nanginika okuphuzwayo. Ngangiyisihambi nangamukela ngokufudumele; ngihamba-ze, nangigqokisa. Ngagula nanginakekela. Ngangisetilongweni neza kimi. . . . Ngiqinisile ngithi kini, Ngezinga enikwenze ngalo komunye wabancane kunabo bonke lababafowethu, nikwenzile nakimi.”—Mathewu 25:35-40.

17. Abagcotshiwe baba kanjani nokuhlangenwe nakho okufana nokuka-Eliya eNtabeni iHorebe?

¹⁷ Ngaphezu kwalokho, u-Israyeli kaNkulunkulu waba nokuhlangenwe nakho okufana nokuka-Eliya eNtabeni iHorebe.e Njengo-Eliya ngesikhathi ebalekela iNdlovukazi uJezebeli, insali egcotshiwe eyesabayo yacabanga ukuthi umsebenzi wayo usuphothuliwe lapho kuphela iMpi Yezwe I. Ngemva kwalokho, njengaku-Eliya, uJehova wafika nakuyo, ezokwahlulela lezo zinhlangano ezithi ‘ziyindlu kaNkulunkulu.’ (1 Petru 4:17; Malaki 3:1-3) Lapho eLobukholwa litholakala lintula, insali egcotshiwe yaqashelwa ‘njengesigqila esikholekile nesiqondayo’ futhi yamiswa phezu kwakho konke okungokukaJesu emhlabeni. (Mathewu 24:45-47) EHorebe, u-Eliya wezwa “izwi elincane elihashazayo” elabonakala kungelikaJehova, limnikeza umsebenzi owengeziwe okwakumelwe awenze. Enkathini ethulile yeminyaka engemva kwempi, izinceku zikaJehova ezigcotshiwe ezikholekile zezwa izwi lakhe emakhasini eBhayibheli. Nazo zaqonda ukuthi zinokuthunywa okumelwe zikufeze.—1 AmaKhosi 19:4, 9-18; IsAmbulo 11:7-13.

18. Ukubonakaliswa okuvelele kwamandla kaJehova kuye kwadluliselwa kanjani ngo-Israyeli kaNkulunkulu?

¹⁸ Okokugcina, ingabe ukubonakaliswa okuvelele kwamandla kaJehova kuye kwadluliselwa ngo-Israyeli kaNkulunkulu? Ngemva kokufa kukaJesu, abaphostoli benza izimangaliso eziningi, kodwa lezi zaphela kancane kancane. (1 Korinte 13:8-13) Namuhla, asiziboni izimangaliso ezingokoqobo. Ngakolunye uhlangothi, uJesu wathi kubalandeli bakhe: “Ngiqinisile impela ngithi kini, Obonisa ukholo kimi, lowo futhi uyokwenza imisebenzi engiyenzayo; futhi uyokwenza imisebenzi emikhulu kunalena.” (Johane 14:12) Lokhu kwagcwaliseka okokuqala lapho abafundi bakaJesu beshumayela izindaba ezinhle kuwo wonke uMbuso WaseRoma ekhulwini lokuqala. (Roma 10:18) Namuhla kuye kwenziwa ngisho nemisebenzi emikhulu kakhulu njengoba insali egcotshiwe iye yahola ekushumayeleni izindaba ezinhle “emhlabeni wonke owakhiweyo ngenjongo yobufakazi ezizweni zonke.” (Mathewu 24:14) Uye waba yini umphumela? Kuleli khulu lama-20 kuye kwaqoqwa inani elikhulu kunawo wonke emlandweni lezinceku zikaJehova ezizinikezele nezikholekile. (IsAmbulo 5:9, 10; 7:9, 10) Yeka ubufakazi obumangalisayo bamandla kaJehova!—Isaya 60:22.

Abafowabo BakaJesu Beza Ngenkazimulo

19. Abafowabo bakaJesu abagcotshiwe babonakala nini kanye naye ngenkazimulo?

¹⁹ Njengoba insali yabafowabo bakaJesu abagcotshiwe iqeda inkambo yayo yasemhlabeni, ikhazinyuliswa naye. (Roma 2:6, 7; 1 Korinte 15:53; 1 Thesalonika 4:14, 17) Ngaleyo ndlela iba amakhosi nabapristi abangenakufa eMbusweni wasezulwini. Kanye noJesu, iyobe ‘seyelusa abantu ngenduku yensimbi kangangokuthi bayophihlizwa babe izicucu njengezitsha zobumba.’ (IsAmbulo 2:27; 20:4-6; IHubo 110:2, 5, 6) Kanye noJesu, iyohlala ezihlalweni zobukhosi yahlulele “izizwana eziyishumi nambili zakwa-Israyeli.” (Mathewu 19:28) Indalo ebubulayo iye yazilindela ngentshiseko lezi zenzakalo, eziyingxenye ‘yokwambulwa kwamadodana kaNkulunkulu.’—Roma 8:19-21; 2 Thesalonika 1:6-8.

20. (a) Ukuguqulwa isimo kwaliqinisela liphi ithemba ukholo lukaPetru? (b) Ukuguqulwa isimo kuwaqinisa kanjani amaKristu namuhla?

²⁰ UPawulu wakhuluma ngokwambulwa kukaJesu phakathi ‘nosizi olukhulu’ lapho ebhala: “Ifika izokhazinyuliswa mayelana nabangcwele bayo nokuba ibhekwe ngokumangala ngalolosuku mayelana nabo bonke labo ababonisa ukholo.” (Mathewu 24:21; 2 Thesalonika 1:10) Yeka ithemba elihle uPetru, uJakobe, uJohane nawo wonke amaKristu agcotshwe ngomoya aba nalo! Ukuguqulwa isimo kwaluqinisa ukholo lukaPetru. Ngokuqinisekile, ukufunda ngakho kuqinisa nolwethu ukholo kanye nethemba lethu lokuthi maduze nje uJesu ‘uzobuyisela lowo nalowo ngokokuziphatha kwakhe.’ AmaKristu agcotshiwe akholekile aye aphila kwaze kwaba namuhla abona ithemba lawo lokukhazinyuliswa noJesu liqinisekiswa. Ukholo lwezinye izimvu luqiniswa ukwazi ukuthi uyozisindisa ekupheleni kwalesi simiso esibi sezinto zingene ezweni elisha elikhazimulayo. (IsAmbulo 7:14) Yeka isikhuthazo sokuba sihlale siqinile kuze kube sekupheleni! Kunokuningi lombono ongasifundisa kona, njengoba sizobona esihlokweni esilandelayo.