20. Yimiphi imibono emine elotshiwe ngokuqondene nemibuso yezwe, futhi kungani kuqinisa ukholo ukuyicabangela namuhla?

²⁰ Imibono kaDaniyeli ivusa amadlingozi futhi kuqinisa ukholo ukuyibukeza. Okokuqala, cabangela imibono emine ephathelene nemibuso yezwe: (1) Kunombono wesithombe esesabekayo, esikhanda laso legolide limelela ukulandelana kwamakhosi aseBabiloni okuqala kuNebukadinesari, okuthi ngemva kwalo kuvele eminye imibuso emithathu, njengoba ifanekiselwa ezinye izingxenye zesithombe. Lena imibuso echotshozwa “itshe,” lona ngokwalo eliba “umbuso ongasoze wachithwa,” uMbuso kaNkulunkulu. (2:​31-45) (2) Kulandela imibono kaDaniyeli eqondene naye, owokuqala owezilo ezine, ezimelela “amakhosi amane.” Lawa anjengengonyama, ibhere, ingwe enamakhanda amane, nesilo esinamazinyo amakhulu ensimbi, izimpondo eziyishumi, nolunye uphondo oluncane olwamila kamuva. (7:​1-8, 17-28) (3) Ngokulandelayo, kunombono wenqama (amaMede namaPheresiya), impongo (iGrisi), nophondo oluncane. (8:​1-27) (4) Ekugcineni, sinombono wenkosi yaseningizimu nenkosi yasenyakatho. UDaniyeli 11:​5-19 uwuchaza ngokunembile umbango phakathi kwamahlumela aseGibithe nawaseSelukiya oMbuso ka-Alexander waseGrisi owenzeka ngemva kokufa kuka-Alexander ngo-323 B.C.E. Kusukela evesini 20 lesiprofetho siyaqhubeka silandela umkhondo wezizwe ezalandela zaseningizimu nasenyakatho. Ukubhekisela kukaJesu ‘esinengisweni esichithayo’ (11:​31), esiprofethweni sakhe ngesibonakaliso sokuba khona kwakhe, kubonisa ukuthi lokhu kulwela ukubusa kwamakhosi amabili kuqhubeka kuze kube ‘sesiphelweni sesimiso sezinto.’ (Math. 24:⁠3, qhathanisa neNW.) Yeka indlela esiduduza ngayo isiqinisekiso sesiprofetho sokuthi ‘esikhathini sokuhlupheka esingazange sibe-khona kusukela ekuveleni kwabantu kuze kube-yilesosikhathi,’ uMikayeli ngokwakhe uyosukuma ukuba asuse izizwe ezingamesabi uNkulunkulu futhi alethe ukuthula esintwini esilalelayo!​—⁠Dan. 11:​20–12:⁠1.

23. (a) Ithemba loMbuso ligcizelelwa kanjani kuyo yonke incwadi kaDaniyeli? (b) Lencwadi yesiprofetho kumelwe isikhuthaze ukuba senzeni?

²³ Ithemba loMbuso ligcizelelwa kuyo yonke incwadi kaDaniyeli ngendlela evusa ukholo! UJehova uNkulunkulu uboniswa enguMbusi oPhakeme omisa uMbuso ongasoze wachithwa noyochoboza yonke eminye imibuso. (2:​19-23, 44; 4:​25) Ngisho namakhosi angamaqaba uNebukadinesari noDariyu baphoqelelwa ukuba babuvume ubukhulu bukaJehova. (3:​28, 29; 4:​2, 3, 37; 6:​25-27) UJehova uphakanyiswa futhi akhazinyuliswe njengoMdala Wezinsuku ohlulela impikiswano yoMbuso futhi anikeze “onjengendodana yomuntu” ‘ukubusa kwaphakade, nobukhosi, nombuso, ukuze bonke abantu, nezizwe, nezilimi, bamkhonze.’ Yilabo “abangcwele boPhezukonke” abahlanganyela noKristu Jesu, “iNdodana yomuntu,” eMbusweni. (Dan. 7:​13, 14, 18, 22; Math. 24:​30; IsAm. 14:​14) UnguMikayeli, isikhulu esiqhamileyo, osebenzisa amandla akhe oMbuso ukuchoboza nokuqeda yonke imibuso yalelizwe elidala. (Dan. 12:⁠1; 2:​44; Math. 24:​3, 21; IsAm. 12:​7-10) Ukuqonda leziprofetho nemibono kumelwe kukhuthaze abathandi bokulunga ukuba babhukule futhi behle benyuka emakhasini eZwi likaNkulunkulu ukuze bathole “izimangaliso” zangempela zezinjongo zoMbuso kaNkulunkulu esembulelwa zona ngencwadi kaDaniyeli ephefumlelwe futhi enenzuzo.​—⁠Dan. 12:​2, 3, 6.