IBhayibhile: Yintoni iHalloween kwaye amaKristu kufuneka ayibhiyozele?
Ukuthandwa kweHalloween kukhula ngokukhawuleza. Abantu baseMelika bachitha ngaphezulu kwe-9 yeebhiliyoni zeedola ngonyaka kwiHalloween, nto leyo eyenza ukuba ibe yenye yezonaholide zeentengiso kwilizwe.
Ukongeza, ikota yako konke ukuthengisa iilekese ngonyaka kwenzeka ngexesha leHalloween eUnited States. Yintoni iHalloween eyenza u-Oktobha 31 athandwe kangaka? Mhlawumbi iyimfihlakalo okanye ilekese nje? Mhlawumbi yimincili yempahla entsha?
Nokuba yintoni umzobo, iHallim ilapha ukuze uhlale. Kodwa ithini iBhayibhile ngayo? IHalloween ayilunganga okanye imbi? Ngaba ikho imikhondo eseBhayibhileni ethi umKristu ufanele ukuba abhiyozele iHallim?
Ithini iBhayibhile ngeHalloween?
Okokuqala, qonda ukuba iHalloween isisithethe saseNtshona kwaye akukho zikhombisi zingqalileyo eBhayibhileni. Nangona kunjalo, kukho imigaqo yebhayibhile enxulumene ngqo nokubhiyozela iHalloween. Mhlawumbi eyona ndlela yokuqonda indlela iHalloween enxibelelana ngayo neBhayibhile kukujonga intsingiselo yeHalloween kunye nembali yayo.
Ithetha ntoni iHalloween?
Igama elithi Halloween lithetha ngokoqobo ubusuku obungaphambi koSuku lweeHallows (okanye uSuku lukaSanta lonke) lubhiyozelwa ngoNovemba 1. IHalloween ikwaligama elifinyeziweyo le-Allhalloween, All Hallows 'Evening and All Saint's Eve ebhiyozelwa nge-31 ka-Okthobha. Imvelaphi kunye nentsingiselo yeHalloween ivela kwiminyhadala yamandulo yamaCelt, kodwa kutshanje sicinga ngeHalloween njengobusuku obuzele ziilekese, ubuqhetseba okanye unyango, amathanga, iziporho nokufa.
Ibali leHallim
Imvelaphi yeHalloween njengoko siyazi ukuba yaqala ngaphezulu kweminyaka ye-1900 eyadlulayo eNgilane, eIreland nasemantla eFrance. Yayingumbhiyozo woNyaka oMtsha wamaCelt, obizwa ngokuba yiSamhain, owenzeka ngoNovemba 1. I-Celtic Druids yayihlonipha njengeyona holide inkulu yonyaka kwaye yagxininisa olo suku njengexesha apho imiphefumlo yabafileyo inokudibana nabaphilayo. Imililo yomlilo nayo ibiyinto ebalulekileyo kule holide.
ISamhain yahlala ithandwa de kwafika iSt. Patrick kunye nabanye abathunywa bevangeli abangamaKristu. Njengokuba abantu baqala ukuguqukela kubukristu, iiholide zaqala ukuphulukana nokuthandwa. Nangona kunjalo, endaweni yokuphelisa iindlela zobuhedeni ezinje nge "Halloween" okanye iSamhain, icawe endaweni yayo isebenzise ezi holide nge-twist yamaKrestu ukudibanisa ubuhedeni nobuKrestu, yenza kube lula kubantu balapha ukuba baguqukele kwinkolo yaseburhulumenteni.
Esinye isithethe yinkolelo yamaDruidic yokuba ngobusuku bangoNovemba 1, iidemon, amagqwirha kunye nemimoya engendawo yajikeleza umhlaba ngokukhululekileyo ngovuyo ukubulisa ukufika "kwexesha labo", ubusuku obude kunye nobumnyama bokuqala kwiinyanga zobusika. Iidemon zazonwabile nabantu abahluphekileyo ngobo busuku, zoyikisa, zenzakalisa kwaye zidlala nazo zonke iintlobo zenkohliso kubo. Kwakubonakala ngathi ekuphela kwendlela yabantu aboyikayo ukubaleka intshutshiso yeedemon yayikukubanika izinto abazithandayo, ngakumbi ukutya okumnandi kunye neelekese. Okanye, ukuphepha ingqumbo yezi zidalwa zoyikekayo, umntu angazenza mntu azimanye nazo kwaye azibandakanye nokuhamba-hamba kwazo. Ngale ndlela, bayakumazi umntu njengedemon okanye igqwirha kwaye umntu akazukuphazanyiswa ngobo busuku.
Ngexesha loBukhosi baseRoma, kwakukho isiko lokutya okanye lokunika iziqhamo, ngakumbi ii-apile, ngeHalloween. Yanwenwela kumazwe aselumelwaneni; eIreland naseScotland ukusuka eGreat Britain, nakwilizwe laseSlavic elivela eOstriya. Kusenokwenzeka ukuba kusekwe kumbhiyozo wesithixokazi saseRoma uPomona, ekwathi kuye kwanikezelwa izitiya nezitiya. Oko umnyhadala wePomona wonyaka wenzeka nge-1 kaNovemba, izinto ezingcwele zeso siganeko ziye zaba yinxalenye yokubhiyozela iHalloween, umzekelo, isithethe sosapho "sokugaya" iiapile.
Namhlanje izambatho zithatha indawo yokuzifihla kunye neelekese zithathe indawo yeziqhamo kunye nokunye ukutya okumnandi njengoko abantwana bengena kwindlu ngendlu bekhohlisa. Ekuqaleni iqhinga okanye ukunyanga kwaqala "njengemvakalelo yomphefumlo" xa abantwana bengena kwindlu ngendlu ngeHalloween, bephethe iikeyiki zomphefumlo, becula kwaye bethandazela abafileyo. Ukutyhubela imbali iindlela ezibonakalayo zeHalloween zitshintshile kunye nenkcubeko yomhla, kodwa injongo yokuhlonipha abafileyo, egqutyuthelwe kulonwabo kunye nepati, ihleli injalo. Umbuzo uhleli: ngaba ukubhiyozela iHalloween kubi okanye akuyiyo iBhayibhile?
Ngaba amaKristu afanele ayibhiyozele iHallim?
Njengomntu ocinga ngokusengqiqweni, cinga okomzuzwana ngento oyibhiyozelayo kunye neHalloween emalunga nayo. Ngaba iholide iyaphakamisa? Ngaba iHalloween inyulu? Ngaba iyathandeka, iyancomeka, okanye lixabiso elifanelekileyo? KwabaseFilipi 4: 8 ithi: “Okokugqibela, bazalwana, nokuba yiyiphi na eyinyaniso, nokuba yintoni na ebekekileyo, nokuba yintoni na elungileyo, nokuba yintoni na enyulu, nokuba yintoni na ethandekayo, nokuba yintoni enolwalamano oluhle; ukuba kukho isidima nokuba kukho into efanele ukudunyiswa, : camngca ngezi zinto ”. Ngaba iHalloween isekwe kwimixholo yokuhlonela uThixo enje ngombono woxolo, inkululeko nosindiso okanye ngaba iholide leyo isikhumbuza iimvakalelo zoloyiko, ingcinezelo kunye nobukhoboka?
Kwakhona, ngaba iBhayibhile iyabugweba ubugqwirha, amagqwirha nobugqwirha? Ngokuchasene noko, iBhayibhile iyenza icace into yokuba ezi zinto ziyinto ecekisekayo eNkosini. Ibhayibhile iyaqhubeka isithi kwiLevitikus 20:27 ukuba nabani na othakatha, eqikelela, ukuthakatha makabulawe. IDuteronomi 18: 9-13 iyongeza: “Xa uthe wafika kulo ilizwe akunikayo uYehova uThixo wakho, akuyi kufunda ukulandela amasikizi ezo ntlanga. Akazukuzifumana phakathi kwakho ... owenza umlingo, okanye umvumisi, okanye oguqula imihlola, okanye umlumbi, okanye ohlaba izihlabo, okanye oneshologu, okanye osebenzelana nemimoya, okanye obiza abafileyo. Kuba balisikizi kuYehova bonke abenza ezi zinto. "
Ngaba kuphosakele ukubhiyozela iHalloween?
Makhe sijonge into eyongezwa yiBhayibhile kwesi sihloko kwabase-Efese 5:11, "Kwaye musani ukuba nobudlelane ngemisebenzi emnyama engaphumelelanga, kunoko yityhileni." Lo mbhalo usibiza ukuba singabinamanyano kunye naluphi na uhlobo lomsebenzi omnyama KODWA KWAKHO ukukhanyisa lo mbandela kwabo basingqongileyo. Njengoko bekutshiwo ngaphambili kweli nqaku, iHalloween ayiboniswanga yicawa ukuba yayiyintoni na, kodwa kunoko yayiqukiwe kwiintsuku ezingcwele zecawe. Ngaba amaKristu asabela ngendlela efanayo namhlanje?
Njengoko ucinga ngeHalloween-imvelaphi yayo kunye nento eyimeleyo- ngaba kungangcono ukuchitha ixesha uhlala kwimixholo yayo okanye ukhanyisela izinto eziphantsi kombhiyozo weholide? UThixo ubiza ubuntu ukuba bamlandele kwaye "baphume kubo bohlukane, itsho iNkosi. Musani ukuyichukumisa into engcolileyo ndiza kunamkela ”(2 kwabaseKorinte 6:17).