12. UMelkisedeki wafanekisela siphi isiKhulu sikaNkulunkulu oPhezukonke, futhi iliphi iHubo elaqanjwa uDavide elibhekisele kulona njengompristi neqhawe?

¹² Ngemva kokuba uAbrahama ehlule uKedorlawomere namakhosi ayehlangene naye, uMelkisedeki wambusisa. INkosi enguMpristi uMelkisedeki yafanekisela ngokwesiprofetho Lowo owayeyoba uMpristi Omkhulu kaNkulunkulu oPhezukonke neqhawe elinamandla elisekelwa uNkulunkulu oPhakeme. IHubo 110, elaqanjwa yinkosi eyiqhawe uDavide ngaphansi kokuphefumlelwa, libhekisela kulona omkhulu kunoMelkisedeki waseSalema lapho lithi: “Intonga yamandla akho uJehova uyakuyelula eseSiyoni; busa wena phakathi kwezitha zakho. UJehova ufungile engayikuguquka, wathi: Wena ungumpristi kuze kube-phakade ngendlela kaMelkisedeki. INkosi ingakwesokunene sakho; iyakuchoboza amakhosi ngosuku lwentukuthelo yayo.”—IHubo 110:2, 4, 5.

13. KumaHeberu izahluko 7 no-8, uvezwa njengowubani Lona omkhulu kunoMelkisedeki wakudala, futhi Lona wangena kuyiphi indawo ephakeme naluhlobo luni lomhlatshelo?

¹³ Umlobi ophefumlelwe wencwadi yamaHeberu wembula ukuthi ungubani Lona lawomazwi ayebhekiselwe kuye ngempela lapho ethi: “UJesu eyisigijimi sokusandulela wangena khona, esewaba-ngumpristi omkhulu kuze kube-phakade ngokokuma kukaMelkisedeki.” (Heberu 6:20) Esahlukweni esilandelayo sencwadi yamaHeberu, kuchazwa ubukhulu bukaMelkisedeki wakudala. Nokho, ubukhulu bakhe bobupristi budlulwa obaLowo ayemfanekisela, uJesu Kristu ovusiwe, okhazinyulisiwe, owangena endaweni engcwele lapho kukhona uJehova uNkulunkulu ngokwakhe nenani lomhlatshelo elikhulu kakhulu kunanoma yini iNkosi enguMpristi uMelkisedeki waseSalema eyayingayinikela.—Heberu 7:1–8:2.

17. Ubani uJehova ayomthuma ukuba alwe egameni lakhe, futhi ngaleyondlela yini ayoyibonisa zonke izizwe namuhla?

¹⁷ Ngesikhathi esifanele, uJehova uNkulunkulu uyothuma uJesu Kristu, uMelkisedeki Omkhulu, njengeqhawe elinamandla. Ngaye, uJehova uyozenzela igama elidlula noma yini yasesikhathini esidlule njengoba kuchazwe encwadini yeziMpi zikaJehova noma emiBhalweni YesiHeberu yeBhayibheli Elingcwele. Esahlukweni sokugcina sencwadi yesibili ukusuka ekugcineni kwemiBhalo YesiHeberu, kubikezelwa ukuhlaselwa kweJerusalema yizizwe zonke. Khona-ke, ngokukaZakariya 14:3, “uJehova uyakuphuma, alwe nalabobezizwe njengasosukwini lwempi yakhe ngosuku lokulwa.” Ngalendlela uNkulunkulu weBhayibheli uyozibonisa zonke izizwe zanamuhla ukuthi usenguye lowoNkulunkulu oyiqhawe ayenguye ezinsukwini zikaIsrayeli wasendulo.