He aha ka puke hope o ka Baibala e pili ana i ka pule

Ke noʻonoʻo ʻoe pehea e loaʻa ai i ke Akua kāu mau pule, e huli iā The Apocalypse.

I kekahi manawa manaʻo paha ʻoe ʻaʻole e hele ana kāu pule. Me he mea lā ua ālai ke Akua i kāu helu, no laila e ʻōlelo. Akā ʻo ka puke hope loa o ka Baibala i ʻōlelo ʻē aʻe.

ʻO nā mokuna ʻehiku o The Revelation e wehewehe nei i kahi hihiʻo - kahi "Revelation" - kahi maʻalahi e kapa ʻia ʻo cacophonic. He leo nui e like me ka pū, kahi leo e like me ka halulu ʻana o kahi wailele. Lohe mākou i nā mahalo, hoʻoponopono, a me nā hoʻohiki i kuhikuhi ʻia i nā hale pule ʻehiku. Halulu ka hekili a kani. ʻEā mau mea lani i kāhea pinepine aku, "Hemolele, hemolele, hemolele." Hīmeni nā lunakahiko he iwakāluakūmāhā i kahi mele mahalo. Uwē kahi ʻānela ikaika. Hīmeni nui nā ʻānela he tausani me ka leo nui i ke Keikihipa, a hui lākou i ka leo o kēlā me kēia mea i ka lani a me ka honua. Nā leo kiʻekiʻe. Lio huhū. Kahea a ka poʻe mākaʻi make kolohe. Ōlaʻi. Nā ʻalalā. ʻElllelo leo. ʻO ka lehulehu o nā mea i pānaʻi ʻia, e hoʻomana ana a e mele ana me ka leo piha.

Akā hoʻomaka ka mokuna ʻewalu, "I ka wā [anela] i wehe ai i ka hiku o nā wepa, hāmau ka lani ma kahi o ka hapalua hola" (Hōʻike 8: 1, NIV).

Pala.

He aha? He aha kēlā mea?

He hāmau ia o ka kali ʻana. O ka lana. O ka hoihoi. No ka mea ʻo ka hope ka pule. Ka pule a ka poʻe haipule. ʻO kāu a me kaʻu.

ʻIke akula ʻo Ioane i nā ʻānela ʻehiku e hele mai ana, me kahi shofar. A laila:

Ua hele mai kekahi ʻānela ʻē aʻe, he ipuahi gula kāna, a kū ma ke kuahu. Ua hāʻawi ʻia ʻo ia i nā mea ʻala he nui e mōhai aku, me nā pule a nā haipule a pau, ma ke kuahu gula i mua o ka noho aliʻi. ʻO ka uahi o ka mea ʻala, a me nā pule a ka poʻe haipule, piʻi aʻe i mua o ke Akua mai ka lima o ka ʻānela. (Hōʻike 8: 3-4, NIV)

ʻO ia ke kumu i hāmau ai ka lani. Pēlā e loaʻa ai ka pule i ka lani. ʻO kāu pule

ʻO ka ipu hao a ka ʻānela he gula ia no ka waiwai o kāna hana. ʻAʻohe mea i ʻoi aku ka waiwai i ka manaʻo o ke kenekulia mua ma mua o ke gula, a ʻaʻohe mea i ʻoi aku ka waiwai i ke aupuni o ke Akua ma mua o ka pule.

E hoʻomaopopo hoʻi ua hāʻawi ʻia ka ʻānela "i ka nui o ka mea ʻala" e mōhai me nā pule, hoʻomaʻemaʻe iā lākou a me ka hōʻoia ʻana i ka ʻae ʻia ʻana i mua o ka noho aliʻi o ke Akua. No laila ke kiʻi o "ka nui" o ka mea ʻala lani - i kūʻē i kekahi a i kūʻē i ka ʻano honua - hōʻike i kahi hoʻopukapuka hoihoi.

Aia paha he kumu ʻē aʻe i hāʻawi ʻia ai ka ʻānela i ka "mea ʻala" he nui e hāʻawi. Hoʻohui ʻia ka mea ʻala me "nā pule a nā haipule a pau": nā pule ʻeleu a pololei hoʻi, a me nā pule kīnā ʻole, nā pule i kaumaha ʻia i ka nāwaliwali, a me nā pule pau ʻole a pololei ʻole paha. ʻO kaʻu mau pule (kahi e kāhea ai i nā puʻu mea ʻala). ʻO kāu mau pule Hāʻawi ʻia lākou me nā mea āpau āpau a hoʻomaʻemaʻe ʻia me nā mea ʻala lani "nui".

A ʻo ka mea ʻala i hui ʻia a me nā pule, "piʻi akula i mua o ke Akua mai ka lima o ka ʻānela." Mai lilo ke kiʻi. Manaʻo pinepine mākou i nā ʻōlelo a ke Akua ma ka hoʻolohe ʻana i kā mākou pule (a i kekahi manawa manaʻo mākou ʻaʻole ʻo ia i lohe). Akā ʻo ke kiʻi o Hōʻike 8: 4 ʻoi aku ka nui ma mua o ka hoʻolohe ʻana. Hāʻawi ʻia e ka ʻānela ka lima, ka uahi a me ka ʻaʻala o ka mea ʻala i hui pū ʻia me nā pule, i ʻike ke Akua iā lākou, honi, lohe, a hāhā. ʻO lākou āpau. Malia paha i kahi ala nani, ʻoi aku ka piha ma mua o kou ʻaʻa e noʻonoʻo ai.

Pēlā e mahalo ʻia ai kāu mau pule ma ka lani a pehea e loaʻa ai i kāu Makua aloha a me kāu Regal kāu mau pule.