‘Bayokhothama Phambi Kwakho’

11. Isiphi isibusiso uJesu asithembisa amaKristu, futhi safezeka kanjani?

¹¹ Ngakho, uJesu ubathembisa isithelo: “Bheka! Ngiyokwenza labo abavela esinagogeni likaSathane abathi bona bangamaJuda, kodwa nokho bengewona, beqamba amanga—bheka! ngiyobenza beze bakhothame phambi kwezinyawo zakho, ngibenze bazi ukuthi ngikuthandile.” (IsAmbulo 3:9) Mhlawumbe, njengaseSmirna, leli bandla liye laba nezinkinga ngamaJuda endawo. UJesu uwabiza ngokuthi ‘isinagoge likaSathane.’ Nokho, sekuseduze ukuba okungenani amanye alawo maJuda abone ukuthi lokho amaKristu abekushumayela ngoJesu kuyiqiniso. Cishe ‘ukukhothama’ kwawo kuyoba ngendlela echazwe uPawulu kweyoku-1 Korinte 14:24, 25, ukuze aphenduke ngempela futhi abe amaKristu, eluqaphela ngokugcwele uthando olukhulu lukaJesu ngokudela ngisho nokuphila kwakhe ngenxa yabafundi bakhe.—Johane 15:12, 13.

12. Cishe kungani amalungu esinagoge lamaJuda eFiladelfiya ayezokwethuka ukuzwa ukuthi abanye bawo ‘babeyokhothamela’ umphakathi wendawo wamaKristu?

¹² Cishe amalungu esinagoge lamaJuda eFiladelfiya ayezokwethuka ukuzwa ukuthi abanye bawo ‘babezokhothamela’ umphakathi wendawo wamaKristu. Ngenxa yeqiniso lokuthi ngokungangabazeki baningi abangemaJuda kulelo bandla, ayezolindela ukuba kwenzeke okuphambene. Ngani? Ngoba u-Isaya wabikezela: “Amakhosi [angemaJuda] ayoba ngabanakekeli bakho [bantu bakwa-Israyeli], namakhosazana awo abe ngabazanyana bakho. Bayokukhothamela ubuso babo bubheke phansi.” (Isaya 49:23; 45:14; 60:14) Ngendlela efanayo, uZakariya waphefumlelwa ukuba abhale: “Kuyothi ngalezo zinsuku amadoda ayishumi [abangemaJuda] avela kuzo zonke izilimi zezizwe abambe, yebo, impela abambe umphetho wengubo yendoda engumJuda, athi: ‘Sizohamba nani, ngoba sizwile ukuthi uNkulunkulu unani.’” (Zakariya 8:23) Yebo, abangemaJuda babeyokhothamela amaJuda, kungabi yiwo akhothamela bona!

13. Ayengobani amaJuda ayezobona ukugcwaliseka kweziprofetho ezibhekiswe ku-Israyeli wasendulo?

¹³ Lezo ziprofetho zazibhekiswe esizweni sikaNkulunkulu esikhethiwe. Ngesikhathi zishiwo, u-Israyeli ongokwenyama wayekuleso sikhundla esihloniphekayo. Kodwa lapho isizwe samaJuda silahla uMesiya, uJehova wasilahla. (Mathewu 15:3-9; 21:42, 43; Luka 12:32; Johane 1:10, 11) NgePhentekoste lika-33 C.E., esikhundleni saso wakhetha u-Israyeli weqiniso kaNkulunkulu, ibandla lobuKristu. Amalungu awo angamaJuda angokomoya asokwe ngempela enhliziyweni. (IzEnzo 2:1-4, 41, 42; Roma 2:28, 29; Galathiya 6:16) Ngemva kwalokho, ukuphela kwendlela amaJuda angokwenyama ngamanye ayengabuyela ngayo ebuhlotsheni obuhle noJehova yayingaba ngokuba nokholo kuJesu njengoMesiya. (Mathewu 23:37-39) Ngokusobala, lokhu kwase kuzokwenzeka ngabathile eFiladelfiya.a

14. U-Isaya 49:23 noZakariya 8:23 baye bagcwaliseka kanjani ngokuphawulekayo ezikhathini zanamuhla?

¹⁴ Ezikhathini zanamuhla, iziprofetho ezinjengo-Isaya 49:23 noZakariya 8:23 ziye zaba nokugcwaliseka okuphawuleka kakhulu. Njengomphumela wokushumayela kwesigaba sikaJohane, amanani amakhulu abantu aye angena ngomnyango ovuliweyo enkonzweni yoMbuso.b Abaningi balaba baye baphuma kweLobukholwa, elizinkolo zalo ziqamba amanga zithi zingu-Israyeli ongokomoya. (Qhathanisa nabaseRoma 9:6.) Laba, njengesixuku esikhulu, bahlanza izingubo zabo bazenza zibe mhlophe ngokubonisa ukholo egazini likaJesu lomhlatshelo. (IsAmbulo 7:9, 10, 14) Bethobela ukubusa koMbuso kaKristu, banethemba lokudla ifa lezibusiso zawo lapha emhlabeni. Beza kubafowabo bakaJesu abagcotshiwe futhi ‘babakhothamele,’ ngomqondo ongokomoya, ngoba ‘bazwile ukuthi uNkulunkulu unabo.’ Bakhonza laba abagcotshiwe, ababa munye nabo enhlanganweni yomhlaba wonke yabazalwane.—Mathewu 25:34-40; 1 Petru 5:9.

¹⁷ Ngo-1918 isigaba sikaJohane samaKristu agcotshiwe—njengalelo bandla elithembekile laseFiladelfiya—kwadingeka ukuba sibhekane nokuphikiswa okwakuvela “esinagogeni likaSathane.” Abaholi benkolo beLobukholwa, ababezibiza ngamaJuda angokomoya, balawula ngobuqili ababusi ukuba bacindezele amaKristu eqiniso. Nokho, lesi sigaba sazama kanzima ‘ukugcina izwi lokukhuthazela kukaJesu’; ngakho, ngosizo olungokomoya, “amandla amancane” aphawulekayo, sasinda futhi savuselwa ukungena ngomnyango manje owawusivulekele. Ngayiphi indlela?