Ithini imithi yesundu? (Ukucamngca ngeCawe yePalm)
Ithini imithi yesundu? (Ukucamngca ngeCawe yePalm)
Ngu-Byron L. Rohrig
U-Byron L. Rohrig ngumfundisi weCawa yokuqala yamaWesile e-Bloomington, eIndiana.
“Imbonakalo yentsingiselo yamasebe esundu awamkelwa ngawo uYesu ekungeneni kwakhe eYerusalem. Isiko lokuwangawangisa amagqabi ayisiyiyo le siyicingayo ".
Ngomnye unyaka ndisebenza njengomfundisi webandla elingaphandle nje kwe-Indianapolis, ndadibana nekomiti yonqulo enamalungu amabini ukucwangcisa iVeki eNgcwele kunye nePasika. Uhlahlo-lwabiwo mali lwalunomda ngaloo nyaka. "Ngaba ikhona indlela yokuphepha ukuhlawula idola kwisebe lesundu?" Ndabuzwa. Ndihambile ngokukhawuleza ndathatha ixesha lokufundisa.
"Ngokuqinisekileyo," ndatsho, ndaza ndacacisa ukuba yiVangeli kaYohane kuphela ekhankanya imithi yesundu ngokunxulumene nokufika kukaYesu eYerusalem, nangona kunjalo. UMateyu, umzekelo, ngokulula uthi abantu "basika amasebe emithini." Yeyiphi imithi okanye izihlahla abantu basePittsboro abaza kuwanciphisa amasebe xa uYesu esondela kwimida yesixeko? sazibuza. Sithathe ingqalelo yombuzo onzulu: Athini amasebe aza kuphuma ekuqaleni kwentwasahlobo? Yazalwa ke imbono yento esinokuthi "iPussy Willow ngeCawa".
Sivuyiswe ngumbono wethu, sahlala ixesha elininzi sitshintshiselana ngoncumo olwanelisekileyo. Ngesiquphe isipelingi sayeka xa isiqingatha sekomiti sabuza, "Zithini iintende zezandla?"
Intliziyo yam ibifudumele ngendlela engaqhelekanga. Akukho mbuzo unokuzisa uvuyo olungaphezulu kumshumayeli owayechithe iiveki ezidlulileyo eshumayela ivangeli likaYohane. "Xa ufunda uJohn, soloko ulumke ujonge umyalezo ongumfuziselo emva kwebali", bendiphindaphinde amatyeli amaninzi. Ngokucacileyo omnye umphulaphuli wayendivile ndisithi iinkcukacha ezibonakala ngengozi zihlala zikhomba kwiinyaniso ezinzulu kuYohane. Ke umbuzo: zithini iintende?
Into esingayifundiyo, kodwa sinokuyicinga, kukuba imiphetho kaJohn 12: 12-19 ephuma idibane noYesu iya ngasesangweni lesixeko ibali likaSimon Maccabee licacile leminyaka engama-200. I-Maccabee yavela ngexesha apho u-Antiochus Epiphanes owayenenkohlakalo kunye nokuqothulwa kohlanga elawula iPalestine. Ngo-167 BC "isikizi lesiphanziso") uAntiochus wayengumpostile wamaGrike kwaye wayenenjongo yokuzisa ubukumkani bakhe bonke phantsi kwempembelelo yeendlela zamaGrike. Incwadi yee-Maccabees zokuqala kwi-Old Testament Apocrypha iyangqina kwisigqibo sakhe esithi: “Babulala abafazi ababoluse abantwana babo, neentsapho zabo nabo babalusayo; baxhoma abantwana ezintanyeni zoonina. (1: 60-61)
Wonzakele yile ngqumbo, uMattathias, indoda endala yomnombo wobubingeleli, wahlanganisa oonyana bakhe abahlanu nazo zonke izixhobo awayenokuzifumana. Kwaqaliswa iphulo labanqolobi nxamnye namajoni ka-Antiochus. Nangona uMattathias wasweleka kwangoko, unyana wakhe uJudah, obizwa ngokuba nguMaccabee (isando), kwiminyaka emithathu wakwazi ukuyicoca nokuyibuyisela itempile eyayingqingiwe ngaphandle kwengxaki. Kodwa umlo wawungapheli. Emva kweminyaka engama-20, emva kokuba uYudas kunye nomntakwabo owangena ezihlangwini zakhe, uJonathan, babhubhile emfazweni, umzalwana wesithathu, uSimon, wathabatha ulawulo kwaye ngobuchule bakhe wazuza inkululeko kwelakwaYuda, emisela into eyayiza kuba yinkulungwane yonke. yolawulo lwamaYuda. Ngokuqinisekileyo, bekukho itheko elikhulu. Ngosuku lwamashumi amabini anesithathu lwenyanga yesibini, ngomnyaka wekhulu elinamanci asixhenxe ananye,
Ukwazi iiMaccabees zakudala kusivumela ukuba sifunde iingqondo zabo baphakamise amasebe esundu. Bayaphuma bayodibana noYesu ngethemba lokuba uza kuza atyumze asuse olunye utshaba olukhulu kwaSirayeli, ngeli xesha iRoma. Zithini iintende? Bathi: Sidiniwe kukukhatywa, sikulambele ukuba yinombolo enye kwakhona, sikulungele ukuphinda-phinda. Nantsi i-ajenda yethu kwaye ujongeka njengendoda esiyifunayo. Wamkelekile, kumkani oligorha! Sichotho, qhawe! "Isihlwele esikhulu" ngeCawa yeSundu sikhumbula esinye isihlwele kwiVangeli likaYohane. Eso sihlwele, sinamandla angama-5.000 6, sondliwa nguYesu ngokungummangaliso. Kodwa “esazi ukuba babesele beza kuza, bambambe ngamandla bamenze ukumkani, wemka uYesu. (Yohane XNUMX:
Njengaleyo yabaprofeti bakudala, esi yayisisenzo esicace gca esenzelwe ukuzisa ekhaya inyani yayo yonke: inkosi egobile emfazweni ikhwele ihashe, kodwa enye ifuna uxolo ikhwele iesile. Isihlwele sikaJohn sasikhumbula olunye uloyiso, olo uSimon wayethe luya kuphawulwa unyaka nonyaka njengosuku lokuzimela kwamaJuda. Ingqondo kaYesu, nangona kunjalo, yayenye into:
Vuya kakhulu, ntombi inguZiyon!
Duma kakhulu, ntombi yaseYerusalem!
Nanko inkosi yakho iyeza kuwe;
Unoyolo woyisa,
uthobekile kwaye ukhwele iesile.
Kwimpongo ye-esile [Zak. 9: 9].
Abatyali besundu babona uloyiso kuYesu, kodwa abayiqondi. UYesu weza kungoyisi iRoma kodwa ihlabathi. Uza kwisixeko esingcwele ukuba angaze abulale ukufa okanye aphephe ukufa, kodwa aze kudibana nokufa intloko yakhe iphakanyisiwe. Uya kuloyisa ihlabathi nokufa uqobo ngokufa. Ngokukhawuleza emva kokungena kwakhe ngoloyiso, ngokukaYohane, uYesu ucacisa indlela aza kuphumelela ngayo: “Kungoku ukugwetywa kwalo eli hlabathi; kungoku umphathi walo eli hlabathi aya kukhutshelwa phandle. kwaye mna, xa ndithe ndaphakanyiswa emhlabeni, ndiya kubatsalela bonke kum. ”(12: 31-32) Ukuphakanyiselwa kwakhe eluzukweni kwangoko kukuphakanyiswa kwakhe emnqamlezweni.
Siyavuma ukungaqondi kwethu. Nathi sifika kumasango edolophu, i-ajenda ibambene ngesandla, phakathi kwezihlwele ezazigcwele luthotho ngokungathi uSanta Claus wayefika esixekweni. Kwilizwe elihlala lifikelela ixabiso elikhulu ngaphaya kwezinto ezisisiseko, nkqu nabathembekileyo bayacelwa ukuba beze noluhlu lweminqweno yabo. Inkolo yethu yelizwe lethu okanye yabathengi ishumayela ukuba ukugcina umhlaba wonke uyoyika okanye ukuqagela ngelixa usanelisa iminqweno yethu yezinto ezibonakalayo engenasiphelo akufuneki kude kubukumkani bezulu.
Iisundu okanye iipussy willows zithi indlela efanayo yathathwa ngaphambili, kodwa yafunyanwa ilahlekile. Uzuko olufanelwe ligama, uzuko oluthenjisiweyo, aluyi kufunyanwa kwiqhawe elitsha, inkqubo okanye umbutho wezopolitiko. Ubukumkani bam asibubo obeli hlabathi, utshilo uJohannine Jesus (18: 36) - othi nakwabalandeli bakhe, "Andinguye owehlabathi" (17:14) Ukuzukiswa kukaYesu kuza ngesenzo sothando . Ubomi bemilinganiselo engunaphakade sisipho salapha kwaye ngoku kwabo bakholelwa ukuba eli dini nguNyana kaThixo.Amasebe agudileyo athi asiqondanga njengabafundi bakhe. Amathemba namaphupha ethu axakeke kakhulu ngabagwetyelweyo nabafileyo. Kwaye njengakwimeko yabafundi, kukufa nokuvuka kukaYesu kuphela okuya kucacisa ukungaqondi kwethu.