Uthetha ukuthini uKristu?
Kukho amagama aliqela esiBhalweni athethwe nguYesu okanye anikwe nguYesu ngokwakhe. Elinye lawona magama athandwayo ngu "Krestu" (okanye igama lesiHebhere elilinganayo, "Mesiya"). Le epithet ichazayo okanye ibinzana lisetyenziswa rhoqo kuyo yonke iTestamente eNtsha kwinqanaba lamaxesha angama-569.
Umzekelo, kuYohane 4: 25-26, uYesu uxela umfazi waseSamariya emi ngasequleni (elibizwa ngokufanelekileyo ngokuba "liQula likaYakobi") ukuba wayenguKrestu ekwaprofetwa ukuba uyeza. Kwakhona, ingelosi yanika abelusi iindaba ezimnandi zokuba uYesu wazalwa “njengoMsindisi, onguKristu iNkosi” (Luka 2:11).
Kodwa eli gama "uKrestu" lisetyenziswa ngokuxhaphakileyo nangokungagungqiyo namhlanje ngabantu abangaziyo ukuba lithetha ntoni okanye abacinga ukuba ayinanto ngaphandle kwegama likaYesu endaweni yesihloko esinentsingiselo. Ke, uthetha ukuthini "uKristu", kwaye kuthetha ntoni ukuba ungubani uYesu?
Igama uKrestu
Igama elithi Krestu livela kwigama lesiGrike elivakala ngokufanayo elithi "Christos," elichaza uNyana kaThixo ongcwele, uKumkani othanjisiweyo, kunye "noMesiya" obekiwe kwaye ecetywayo nguThixo ukuba abe nguMkhululi wabo bonke abantu ngendlela ethi akukho mntu uqhelekileyo, umprofeti, umgwebi, okanye umlawuli onokubakho (2 Samuweli 7:14; iNdumiso 2: 7).
Oku kucacisiwe kuYohane 1: 41 xa uAndreya wamema umntakwabo, uSimon Peter, ukuba alandele uYesu ngokuthi, "Simfumene uMesiya" (oko kukuthi uKristu). Abantu kunye noorabi bexesha likaYesu babeza kufuna uKrestu oza kuza alawule ngokufanelekileyo abantu bakaThixo ngenxa yeziprofeto zeTestamente eNdala ababezifundisiwe (2 Samuweli 7: 11-16). Abadala uSimeon noAna, kunye nookumkani bamaMagi, bayiqonda into yokuba uYesu uselula kwaye wayemnqula ngenxa yoko.
Zininzi iinkokeli ezinkulu kwimbali. Abanye babengabaprofeti, ababingeleli okanye ookumkani ababethanjiswe ngegunya likaThixo, kodwa akukho namnye owakhe wabizwa ngokuba "nguMesiya." Ezinye iinkokheli zazizithatha njengothixo (njengooFaro okanye ooKesare) okanye benza amabango angaqhelekanga ngabo (njengakwiZenzo 5). Kodwa nguYesu kuphela owazalisekisa iziprofeto ezimalunga nama-300 eziphathelele uKristu.
Ezi ziprofetho zazingummangaliso (njengokuzalwa kwentombi), zichaza (njengokukhwela ithole) okanye ezithile (njengokuzalwa kukaKumkani uDavide) ukuba bekungaba yinto engenakwenzeka ukuba ezinye zinokuba ziyinyani kumntu omnye. Kodwa zonke zazaliseka kuYesu.
Ngapha koko, wazalisekisa iziprofeto ezilishumi ezingoMesiya kwiiyure ezingama-24 zokugqibela zobomi bakhe emhlabeni kuphela. Ngapha koko, igama elithi "Yesu" ligama lesiHebhere "uYoshuwa" okanye "Yeshua" ngokwembali, okuthetha ukuba "uThixo uyasindisa" (uNehemiya 7: 7; noMateyu 1:21).
Umlibo wokuzalwa kukaYesu ukwabonisa ukuba wayenguKrestu ekwaprofetwa ngaye okanye uMesiya. Ngelixa sihlala sikweqa uluhlu lwamagama kwimithi yosapho lukaMary noJoseph ekuqaleni kweencwadi zikaMateyu noLuka, inkcubeko yamaJuda igcine uluhlu lweminombo yemvelaphi ukuseka ilifa lomntu, ilifa, ukuba semthethweni kunye namalungelo. Inzala kaYesu ibonisa indlela ubomi bakhe obabudityaniswe ngayo nomnqophiso kaThixo nabantu bakhe abanyuliweyo kunye nebango lakhe elisemthethweni kwitrone kaDavide.
Amabali abantu abakolu luhlu abonisa ukuba umnombo ka Yesu ngokwawo wawungummangaliso ngenxa yeendlela ezininzi ezazihanjwa ziziprofeto ezingoMesiya ngenxa yesono sabantu. Umzekelo, kwiGenesis 49, uYakobi owayesifa wadlula koonyana bakhe abathathu (kubandakanya nelizibulo lakhe elifanelekileyo) ukusikelela u-Yuda kwaye aprofete ukuba kuya kuba ngaye kuphela inkokeli efana nengonyama eza kuza izise uxolo, uvuyo kunye ukuchuma (kungoko igama lesidlaliso "Ingonyama yakwaYuda", njengoko sibona kwiSityhilelo 5: 5).
Ke ngelixa singekhe sonwabe kakhulu ukuba singafunda imilibo yokuzalwa kwizicwangciso zethu zokufunda iBhayibhile, kubalulekile ukuba siqonde injongo kunye nefuthe lazo.
NguYesu Kristu
Iziprofetho azikhombisanga kuphela umntu kunye nenjongo kaYesu Krestu, kodwa njengoko kufundisa unjingalwazi weTestamente eNtsha uGqirha Doug Bookman, noYesu esidlangalaleni wabanga ukuba unguKrestu (ngengqiqo yokuba wayezazi ukuba ungubani). UYesu wagxininisa ibango lakhe lokuba unguMesiya ngokucaphula iincwadi ezingama-24 zeTestamente eNdala (uLuka 24:44, i-ESV) kunye nokwenza imimangaliso engama-37 ebhaliweyo ebonisa ngokucacileyo nokuqinisekisa ukuba ungubani.
Ekuqaleni kobulungiseleli bakhe, uYesu wema etempileni wafunda umsongo owawunesiprofeto esiqhelekileyo esingoMesiya esivela kuIsaya. Ke, xa wonke umntu wayephulaphule, unyana walo mchweli walapha egama linguYesu wazisa wonke umntu ukuba ngokwenene yayikukuzaliseka kweso siprofeto (Luka 4: 18-21). Ngelixa oku kwakungakulungelanga abantu benkolo ngelo xesha, kuyasivuyisa thina namhlanje ukufunda amaxesha kaYesu okuzityhila ngexesha lobulungiseleli bakhe.
Omnye umzekelo ukwincwadi kaMateyu xa izihlwele zaziphikisana ngokuba ngubani uYesu.Abanye babecinga ukuba unguYohane uMbhaptizi ovusiweyo, umprofeti onjengoEliya okanye uYeremiya, nje "ungumfundisi olungileyo" (UMarko 10:17), uRabi (Mateyu 26:25) okanye ngokulula unyana womchweli olihlwempu (Mateyu 13:55). Oku kukhokelele ekubeni uYesu acebise abafundi bakhe umbuzo wokuba babecinga ukuba ungubani, waphendula waphendula wathi: "UKristu, uNyana kaThixo ophilileyo." UYesu waphendula wathi:
“Unethamsanqa wena, Simon Bar-Jonah! Kuba inyama negazi azikutyhilelanga, kodwa nguBawo osemazulwini. Ndithi kuwe, UnguPetros wena, kwaye ndiza kulakhela phezu kolu lwalwa ibandla lam, kwaye amasango esihogo awasayi kuloyisa ”(Mateyu 16: 17-18, ESV).
Okothusayo, emva koko uYesu wayalela abafundi bakhe ukuba bangazifihli kuba abantu abaninzi babengaluqondi ulawulo lukaMesiya njengolwasemzimbeni nolungelulo olomoya, ngelixa abanye babenolindelo oluphosakeleyo kulindelo olungelulo olweZibhalo. Ezi mbono ziphosakeleyo zabangela ukuba ezinye iinkokeli zonqulo zifune ukuba uYesu abulawe ngenxa yokunyelisa. Kodwa wayenomda wexesha lokugcina, ke wayebaleka rhoqo kude kufike ixesha elifanelekileyo lokuba abethelelwe.
Uthetha ntoni uKristu kuthi namhlanje
Kodwa nangona uYesu wayenguKrestu kuSirayeli ngoko, unantoni yokwenza nathi namhlanje?
Ukuphendula oku, kufuneka siqonde ukuba umbono kaMesiya waqala kudala phambi koYudas okanye no-Abraham ngokuqala koluntu kwiGenesis 3 njengempendulo yokuwa kwesono kwabantu. Ke ngoko, kuso sonke iSibhalo, kuyacaca ukuba ngubani umkhululi woluntu kwaye uyakusibuyisela njani kubudlelwane noThixo.
Ngapha koko, xa uThixo wabeka abantu bamaJuda bucala ngokumisela umnqophiso no-Abraham kwiGenesis 15, ewuqinisekisa ngoIsake kwiGenesis 26, eqinisekisa ngoYakobi nakwinzala yakhe kwiGenesis 28, injongo yakhe yayikukuba "zonke iintlanga zentsikelelo zisikelelwe." Umhlaba "(iGenesis 12: 1-3). Yeyiphi indlela ebhetele yokuchaphazela ilizwe liphela ngaphandle kokubonelela ngoncedo lwesono sabo? Ibali lokukhululwa kukaThixo ngoYesu liqala ukusuka kwiphepha lokuqala ukuya kwiphepha lokugqibela leBhayibhile. Njengoko uPaolo wabhala:
kuba nina nonke ningoonyana bakaThixo ngokholo. Kuba nonke nina enabhaptizelwa kuKrestu nambatha uKrestu. Akukho mYuda namGrike, akukho khoboka nokhululekileyo, akukho ndoda nabhinqa, kuba nonke nimntu omnye kuKristu Yesu. + Ukuba ke nina ningabakaKristu, ngoko niyimbewu ka-Abraham, iindlalifa ngokwendlu ka-Abraham. isithembiso (KumaGalati 3: 26–29)
UThixo wanyula uSirayeli ukuba abe ngabantu bakhe bomnqophiso hayi kuba wawukhethekile kwaye ungabakhupheli ngaphandle bonke abantu, kodwa ukuze ube ngumjelo wobabalo lukaThixo ukuba lunikwe umhlaba. Kwakungesizwe samaYuda apho uThixo wabonakalisa uthando lwakhe kuthi ngokuthumela uNyana wakhe, uYesu (owayeyinzaliseko yomnqophiso wakhe), ukuba abe nguKrestu okanye uMsindisi wabo bonke abaya kukholelwa kuye.
UPawulos wayityhalela phambili le ngongoma xa wabhala wathi:
ke yena uThixo uqondakalisa okwakhe ukusithanda ngokuthi, sakubon 'ukuba sisengaboni, uKristu asifele. Sigwetyelwe nje ngenxa yegazi lakhe, kokukhona siya kusindiswa ngaye kuyo ingqumbo kaThixo. Kuba xa sithe, besiziintshaba nje, saxolelaniswa noThixo ngako ukufa koNyana wakhe: kokhona, sixolelanisiwe nje, siyakusinda ebomini bakhe. Ngapha koko, siqhayisa ngoThixo ngeNkosi yethu uYesu Krestu, esithe ngaye safumana uxolelaniso (Roma 5: 8-11, ESV).
Olo sindiso noxolelwaniso lunokufunyanwa ngokukholelwa ukuba u-Yesu akangoye u-Krestu wembali kuphela, kodwa ungu-Kristu wethu. Singaba ngabafundi bakaYesu abamlandela ngokusondeleyo, bafunde kuye, bamthobele, babe njengaye kwaye bammele emhlabeni.
Xa uYesu enguKrestu wethu, sinomnqophiso omtsha wothando awawenza neCawe yakhe engabonakaliyo nebambekayo ayibiza ngokuba "nguMtshakazi" wakhe. UMesiya oweza kube kanye ezokuhlupheka ngenxa yezono zehlabathi uya kubuya ngenye imini amisele ubukumkani bakhe obutsha emhlabeni. Mna, ndifuna ukuba kwicala lakhe xa oko kusenzeka.