Zomwe zimatanthawuza kuwona nkhope ya Mulungu m'Baibulo
Mawu akuti "nkhope ya Mulungu", monga amagwiritsidwira ntchito m'Baibulo, amapereka chidziwitso chofunikira chokhudza Mulungu Atate, koma mawuwo samveka bwino. Kusamvetsetsa kumeneku kumapangitsa kuti Baibulo liziwoneka kuti likutsutsana ndi lingaliro ili.
Vutoli limayamba mbuku la Ekisodo, pomwe mneneri Mose, polankhula ndi Mulungu paphiri la Sinayi, akufunsira Mulungu kuti awonetse Mose ulemerero wake. Mulungu achenjeza kuti: "... Simungathe kuwona nkhope yanga, chifukwa palibe amene angandiwone ndikukhala ndi moyo". (Ekisodo 33:20, NIV)
Kenako Mulungu akuyika Mose muthanthwe m'thanthwe, ndikuphimba Mose ndi dzanja mpaka Mulungu atadutsa, kenako ndikuchotsa dzanja lake kuti Mose azitha kuwona kumbuyo kwake.
Gwiritsani ntchito umunthu wa munthu pofotokoza Mulungu
Kuulula vutoli kumayamba ndi choonadi chosavuta: Mulungu ndi mzimu. Ilibe thupi: "Mulungu ndiye mzimu, ndipo om'pembedza ayenera kupembedza mwa Mzimu ndi m'choonadi." (Yohane 4:24, NIV)
Malingaliro aumunthu sangamvetsetse chomwe chiri mzimu woyela, wopanda mawonekedwe kapena zakuthupi. Palibe zomwe zimawonekera pamunthu zomwe zimakhala pafupi ndi zinthu zoterezi, kotero kuti athandize owerenga kuti amvetse bwino za Mulungu m'njira zomveka, olemba Bayibulo adagwiritsa ntchito mawonekedwe aumunthu polankhula za Mulungu. adagwiritsa ntchito mawu a anthu kulankhula za iyemwini. M'baibulo chonse timawerenga za nkhope yake yamphamvu, dzanja, makutu, maso, pakamwa ndi mkono.
Kugwiritsa ntchito kwa umunthu kwa Mulungu kumatchedwa anthropomorphism, kuchokera ku mawu achi Greek akuti anthropos (munthu kapena munthu) ndi morphe (mawonekedwe). Anthropomorphism ndi chida chomvetsetsa, koma chida chopanda ungwiro. Mulungu si munthu ndipo alibe mawonekedwe a thupi la munthu, monga nkhope, ndipo ngakhale ali ndi malingaliro, sizofanana ndendende ndi momwe munthu akumvera.
Ngakhale lingaliro ili lingakhale lothandiza pothandiza owerenga kudziwa za Mulungu, zimatha kubweretsa mavuto ngati zitatengedwa chimodzimodzi. Kuphunzira bwino Baibulo kumamveketsa.
Kodi pali amene wawona nkhope ya Mulungu nakhala ndi moyo?
Vutoli loti liwone nkhope ya Mulungu limakulirakulira chifukwa cha kuchuluka kwa anthu omwe amawerenga Bayibulo omwe akuwoneka kuti akuwona Mulungu akadalipo. Mose ndiye chitsanzo chachikulu: "Ambuye amalankhula ndi Mose pamasom'pamaso polankhula ndi bwenzi." (Ekisodo 33:11, NIV)
Mu vesi iyi, "nkhope ndi nkhope" ndi chithunzi, mawu ofotokozera omwe sayenera kutengedwa zenizeni. Sizingatero, chifukwa Mulungu alibe nkhope. M'malo mwake, zikutanthauza kuti Mulungu ndi Mose adakondana kwambiri.
Patriarch Jacob adalimbana usiku wonse ndi "munthu" ndipo adakwanitsa kupulumuka ndi m'chiuno zovulala: "Chifukwa chake Yakobo adatcha malowo Penieli, nati:" Ndi chifukwa ndidawona Mulungu kumaso, koma moyo wanga udapulumutsidwa ". (Genesis 32:30, NIV)
Peniel amatanthauza "nkhope ya Mulungu". Komabe, "munthu" amene Yakobo adalimbana naye mwina ndiye mngelo wa Ambuye, kubadwa kwa Christophanes kapena mawonekedwe a Yesu Khristu asanabadwe ku Betelehemu. Zinali zolimba kumenya nkhondo, koma zinali zoyimira zenizeni za Mulungu.
Gidiyoni adawonanso mngelo wa Mulungu (Oweruza 6:22), komanso Manowa ndi mkazi wake, makolo a Samsoni (Oweruza 13:22).
Mneneri Yesaya analinso munthu wina wa m'Baibulo amene anati adaona Mulungu: “M'chaka chaimfa cha Mfumu Uziya, ndinawona Ambuye, wokhala m'mwamba ndi wotukulidwa, wokhala pampando wachifumu; ndipo njerwa yankho lake idadzaza kachisi. " (Yesaya 6: 1, NIV)
Zomwe Yesaya adawona zinali masomphenya a Mulungu, chodabwitsa champhamvu choperekedwa ndi Mulungu kuti aziwulule zambiri. Aneneri onse a Mulungu amawona zithunzi zamalingaliro izi, zomwe zinali zifanizo koma osati kukumana kwakuthupi kuchokera kwa munthu kupita kwa Mulungu.
Onani Yesu, Mulungu-munthu
Mu Chipangano Chatsopano, anthu zikwizikwi adawona nkhope ya Mulungu mwa munthu, Yesu Khristu. Ena anazindikira kuti anali Mulungu; ambiri satero.
Popeza Kristu anali Mulungu wathunthu komanso munthu wathunthu, anthu aku Israeli adangowona mawonekedwe ake aumunthu kapena owoneka ndipo sanafe. Khristu adabadwa ndi mkazi wachiyuda. Atakula, amawoneka ngati munthu wachiyuda, koma palibe malongosoledwe apadera a iye omwe amapezeka m'Mauthenga Abwino.
Ngakhale Yesu sanayerekeze nkhope yake yaumunthu mwanjira iliyonse ndi Mulungu Atate, adalengeza za umodzi wosaneneka ndi Atate:
Yesu anati kwa iye: “Ndakhala ndi iwe nthawi yayitali, koma sunandizindikira, Filipo? Iye amene wandiona Ine waona Atate; unganene bwanji kuti: "Tiwonetse ife Atate"? (Yohane 14: 9, NIV)
"Ine ndi Atate ndife amodzi." (Yohane 10:30, NIV)
Pomaliza, oyandikana kwambiri ndi anthu kuti awone nkhope ya Mulungu m'Baibulo anali Kusandulika kwa Yesu Khristu, pomwe Petro, Yakobo ndi Yohane adawona chiwonetsero chachikulu cha zenizeni za Yesu pa Phiri la Herimoni. Mulungu Atate adaphimba malowo ngati mtambo, monga momwe amachitiramo nthawi zambiri mbuku la Ekisodo.
Baibo imakamba kuti okhulupilira, adzaona nkhope ya Mulungu, koma kumwamba ndi Dziko lapansi Latsopano, monga zasonyezedwera pa Chivumbulutso 22: 4: "Adzawona nkhope yake ndipo dzina lake lidzakhala pamphumi pawo." (NIV)
Kusiyana kudzakhala kuti, pakadali pano, okhulupirika adzakhala atamwalira ndipo adzakhala m'matupi awo a chiukiriro. Kudziwa momwe Mulungu adzadziwonetsere kwa Akhristu kuyenera kudikirira mpaka tsikulo.