Miti yemichindwe inotii? (Kufungisisa kwePalm Svondo)

Da Paolo Tessione - Kubvumbi 5, 2020

naByron L. Rohrig

Byron L. Rohrig mufundisi wekereke yekutanga yeUnited Methodist Church muBloomington, Indiana.

“Mufananidzo unoreva zvinoreva matavi emichindwe akagamuchirwa naJesu paakapinda muJerusarema. "Tsika yekuzunza mapazi haisi iyo yatinofunga."

Rimwe gore ndichibatira samufundisi weungano iri kunze kweIndiaapolis, ndakasangana nekomiti yekunamata-nhengo mbiri kuti ndironge masvondo anoera neIsta. Iyo bhajeti yaive shoma gore iro. "Pane nzira yekudzivisa kubhadhara dhora bazi remichindwe?" Ndakabvunzwa. Ndakafambisa nekukurumidza kuti ndibate nguva yekudzidzisa.

"Sezvazviri," ndakadaro, ndikatsanangura kuti Evhangeri yaJohani chete inotaura nezvemichindwe maererano nekuuya kwaJesu kuJerusarema, zvisinei. Matthew, semuenzaniso, anongoti vanhu "vanotema matavi pamiti". Vanhu vePittsboro vaizotema matavi kubva pamiti ipi kana Jesu akaswedera kumuganhu weguta? takabvunza isu. Isu takafungawo nezvemubvunzo wakadzama: ndeapi matavi achabuda mukutanga kwemwaka? Izvi ndizvo zvakazvarwa pfungwa yezvatingave takadana "Pussy Willow Svondo".

Tichifara nepfungwa yedu, takagara kwenguva yakati wandei tichichinjana kunyemwerera kwakaguta. Kamwe kamwe chipenga chakamira apo hafu yedare yakabvunza, "Mapati anoti chii?"

Moyo wangu wakarwadza zvisingaite. Hapana mubvunzo ungadai wakaunza mufaro wakawanda kumuparidzi uyo akange apedza mavhiki apfuura achiparidza nezve Evhangeri yaJohani. "Paunoverenga John, gara uchi chenjera kutsvaga meseji yekufananidzira kuseri kwenyaya," ndakadzokorora kakati wandei. Sezviri pachena muteereri akange andinzwa ini ndichitaura kuti zvinowanzoitika netsaona zvinhu zvinowanzoratidza chokwadi chakadzama munaJohani. Saka mubvunzo: ko iwo maPalm anoti chii?

Zvatisinga verenga, asi zvatinogona kufungidzira, ndezvekuti mipendero yaJohani 12: 12-19 inobuda kuzosangana naJesu ichienda kusuwo reguta ine nhoroondo yakajeka yemakore mazana maviri yaSimon Maccabeus mupfungwa. Maccabeus akabuda panguva iyo hutsinye uye hupombwe Antiochus Epiphanes akatonga Palestine. Muna 200 BC "nyangadzi yekuparadza") Antiochus aive muapositori weHellenism uye akafunga kuunza humambo hwake hwese pasi pesimba reGreek nzira. Bhuku revaMaccabee ekutanga muTestamente Itsva Apocrypha rinopupurira kuchisarudzo chake: “Vakauraya vakadzi vaive vadzingisa vana vavo, nemhuri dzavo uye nevaya vakavadzingisa; ndokurembera vana kubva kuvanamai vavo ". (167: 1-60)

Ashungurudzwa nekutsamwa uku, Mattathias, murume wekare wevapristi, akaunganidza vana vake vashanu uye zvese zvombo zvaakawana. Mushandirapamwe wakatanga kurwisa varwi veAntiochus. Kunyangwe Mattathias akafa achiri mangwanani, mwanakomana wake Judha, anonzi Maccabeo (nyundo), akakwanisa kunatsa uye kutsvenesa tembere yakanga yakakomberedzwa mumakore matatu nekuda kwekutendeuka kwezviitiko zvakaderedza uto revaridzi. Asi kurwa hakuna kupera. Makore makumi maviri gare gare, mushure mekunge Judhasi uye munun'una anotevera, Jonathan afa muhondo, mukoma wechitatu, Simoni, akabata hutongi uye kuburikidza nehunyanzvi hwake akawana kusununguka kweJudhiya, achitanga icho chaizove zana rose kwouchangamire hwechiJudha. Ehe, pakanga paine mabiko makuru. Nezuva ramakumi maviri namatatu romwedzi wechipiri, pagore remakumi maviri nerimwe,

Kuziva maccabee ekutanga kunotibvumira kuverenga pfungwa dzeavo vanozunza matavi emichindwe. Vari kuenda kunosangana naJesu netariro yekuti achauya kuzopwanya uye kubvisa imwe muvengi mukuru kubva kuIsrael, ino Roma. Ko maiguru vanotii? Ivo vanoti: taneta nekurohwa kwakapoteredzwa, nzara yekuve nhamba yekutanga zvakare, takagadzirira kudzokerazve. Heano maitiro edu uye iwe unoratidzika semurume watinoda. Tigashire, mambo wamambo! Ehe, kukunda gamba! "Boka guru revanhu" riri paPalm Svondo rinorangarira imwe huwandu muevhangeri yaJohani. Boka iro, zvuru zvishanu, rakakwiridzirwa nenzira inoshamisa naJesu .. Sezvo matumbu azere, kutarisira kwavo kwakakwira, senge kwechaunga cheJerusarema. Asi “vachinzwa kuti ivo vava kuda kuuya kuzomubata nesimba, kumuita mambo, Jesu akabva. (Joh. 5.000:

Kufanana neyevaporofita venguva yemasikati, ichi chiitiko chisina kujeka chakagadzirirwa kuunza kumusha chokwadi chechinhu chose chakapusa: mambo akapfugama muhondo akatasva bhiza, asi munhu aitsvaga rugare akatasva mbongoro. Boka raJohani rakanga richirangarira imwe yekupinda mukukunda, izvo zvainge zvarairwa naSimon zvaizoratidzwa gore rimwe nerimwe sezuva rekusununguka kwemaJuda. Pfungwa dzaJesu, zvisinei, dzaive pane chimwe chinhu:

Fara kwazvo, iwe mukunda weZiyoni!

Shevedzera kwazvo, iwe mukunda weJerusarema!

Tarira, mambo wako anouya kwauri;

Anokunda uye anokunda.

anozvininipisa uye akatasva mbongoro,

pane beche rinotora mbichana [Zek. 9: 9].

Mapalm shaker anoona chaizvo kukunda munaJesu, asi asingazvinzwisise. Jesu akauya kuzokunda kwete Roma asi nyika. Anouya kuguta dzvene kwete kuzoita rufu kana kunzvenga rufu, asi kuti asangane nerufu aine musoro wake wakasimudzwa. Ichakunda nyika uye rufu chairwo nekufa. Nokukurumidza apinda mukukunda kwake, maererano naJohane, Jesu anojekesa kuti achakunda sei: “Zvino kutongwa kwapasi rino, zvino mutongi wenyika ino uchadzingirwa kunze; uye ini, pandinosimudzwa kubva pasi, ndichakwevera vanhu vese kwandiri "(12: 31-32) Kumutswa kwake kurumbidzo nekukasira kumutswa kwake pamuchinjiko.

Tinoreurura kusanzwisisa kwedu. Isuwo tinosvika kumasuwo eguta, nema Agendas mumaoko, pakati pemapoka akaungana senge Santa Claus ari kusvika muguta. Munyika inogara ichikoshesa kukosha kwezvinhu zvisiri zvakakosha, kunyange vakatendeka vanoedzwa kuti vauye nemazita ezvavanoda. Zvitendero zvedu zvekunze kana zvevatengi zvinoparidza kuti kuchengetedza nyika yese ichityisa kana kufungidzira asi kugutsa zvishuwo zvedu zvinoita sezvisingapere hazvifanire kure neHumambo hweKudenga.

Palms kana pussy willows inotaura kuti maitiro akadaro akambotorwa kare, asi akawanikwa achirasika. Kubwinya kwakakodzera kuzita, iko kubwinya kwakapikirwa, hakuzowanikwe mune gamba idzva, hurongwa kana bato rezvematongerwo enyika. "Humambo hwangu hahusi hwenyika ino," anodaro Johannine Jesu (18: 36) - uyo anoti zvekare nezvevateveri vake, "Ini handisi wenyika" (17: 14) Kukudzwa kwaJesu kunouya kuburikidza nechiitiko cherudo chairwo. . Hupenyu hwemipimo isingaperi chipo chechino uye ikozvino kune avo vanotenda kuti uyu wekuzvipira ndiye Mwanakomana waMwari.Matavi ari kusheedzera anoti isu hatinzwisise sevadzidzi vake. Tariro uye zviroto zvedu zvakanyanyobatikana kune vanotongerwa vakafa. Uye sezvakaitika kune vadzidzi, iko chete kufa nekumuka kwaJesu kunojekesa kusanzwisisika kwedu.