13. Yikuphi ukwelapha okuye kwenziwa phakathi nesikhathi sethu?

¹³ Lo mfula wasembonweni ugelezela oLwandle Olufile olungenakho ukuphila futhi uphilisa konke ofinyelela kukho. Lolu lwandle lumelela isimo sokufa ngokomoya. Kodwa “konke okuphilayo okuswebezelayo [kuyaphila] ezindaweni zonke lapho ifika khona leyo mifula emibili.” (Hezekeli 47:9) Ngokufanayo, ezinsukwini zokugcina, nomaphi lapho amanzi okuphila efinyelele khona, abantu baye baphila ngokomoya. Abokuqala abavuselelwa ngaleyo ndlela kwakuyinsali egcotshiwe, emuva ngo-1919. Yavuka ngokomoya isuka esimweni esinjengokufa, sokungenzi lutho. (Hezekeli 37:1-14; IsAmbulo 11:3, 7-12) Kusukela ngaleso sikhathi, lawo manzi abalulekile aye afinyelela nakwabanye ababefile ngokomoya, futhi laba baye baphila bakha isixuku esikhulu sezinye izimvu esanda njalo, esithanda uJehova futhi esimkhonzayo. Maduze, leli lungiselelo liyodluliselwa nasezixukwini zabavusiwe.

¹⁸ Phakathi neMinyaka Eyinkulungwane, zonke izifo—ezomzimba, ezengqondo nezingokomzwelo—ziyokwelashwa. Lokhu kufanekiselwa kahle ‘ukwelashwa kwezizwe’ ngemithi engokomfanekiso. Ngenxa yamalungiselelo kaKristu nabangu-144 000, “abakhé khona abayikusho ukuthi: ‘Ngiyagula.’” (Isaya 33:24) Futhi umfula uyoqala ukwanda kakhulu. Kuyofanele ube banzi futhi ujule ukuze uphuzise izigidi, mhlawumbe izinkulungwane zezigidi zabantu abavusiwe abayophuza lawo manzi ahlanzekile okuphila. Umfula osembonweni waphilisa uLwandle Olufile, uletha ukuphila noma kuphi lapho kugelezela khona amanzi awo. EPharadesi, amadoda nabesifazane bayophila ngomqondo ophelele, bephulukisiwe ekufeni okwazuzwa ku-Adamu uma bebonisa ukholo ezinzuzweni zomhlatshelo abazinikezwayo. IsAmbulo 20:12 sibikezela ukuthi ngalezo zinsuku kuyovulwa “imiqulu,” eyonikeza ukukhanya kokuqonda okwengeziwe abafileyo abayovuswa abayozuza kuyo. Ngokudabukisayo, abanye bayokwenqaba ukwelashwa, ngisho nasePharadesi. Lezi zihlubuki yizona ‘eziyonikelwa zibe ngusawoti’ wokubhujiswa okuphakade.—IsAmbulo 20:15.