Zithetha ntoni iicawa ezi-7 ze-Apocalypse?
Amabandla asixhenxe eSityhilelo ayengamabandla ngokoqobo xa umpostile uJohn wabhala le ncwadi ididayo yokugqibela nge-AD 95, kodwa abafundi abaninzi bakholelwa ukuba ezi ndima zinentsingiselo yesibini efihliweyo.
Iileta ezimfutshane zithunyelwe kwezi nkonzo zisixhenxe ze-Apocalypse:
I-Efese
ISmirna
IPergamo
Ityatyatha
AmaSardini
IPhiladelphia
I-Laodice
Nangona ezi yayingezizo zodwa iicawa zobuKristu ezazikho ngelo xesha, yayizezona zikufutshane kuYohane, ezazithe saa eAsia Minor kwiTurkey yanamhlanje
Iileta ezahlukeneyo, ifomathi efanayo
Unobumba ngamnye ubhalelwe "ingelosi" yecawa. Isenokuba yingelosi yokomoya, ubishophu okanye umfundisi, okanye icawe uqobo. Inxalenye yokuqala ibandakanya inkcazo kaYesu Krestu, engumfuziselo ophakamileyo kwaye eyahlukileyo kwicawa nganye.
Inxalenye yesibini yoonobumba iqala ngokuthi, “Ndiyazi,” igxininisa kwinto yokuba uThixo uyazi yonke into. Inxalenye yesithathu iqulethe inkuthazo, imfundiso yasemoyeni ngendlela icawe ekufuneka ilungise ngayo iindlela zayo okanye ukunconywa ngokuthembeka kwayo.
Inxalenye yesine iqukumbela umyalezo ngala mazwi: "Lowo unendlebe, makayive into ayithethayo uMoya kuwo amabandla". UMoya oyiNgcwele ubukho bukaKristu eMhlabeni, ekhokela kwaye eqinisekisa ngonaphakade ukugcina abalandeli bakhe kwindlela elungileyo.
Imiyalezo ekhethekileyo kwiicawa ezi-7 ze-Apocalypse
Amanye ala mabandla asixhenxe sele esondele kwivangeli yamanye. U-Yesu unike ngamnye "ikhadi" lengxelo.
I-Efese "yayiqale yalahla uthando eyayinalo" (Isityhilelo 2: 4, ESV). Baphulukana nothando lwabo ngoKrestu, oluchaphazele uthando lwabo kwabanye.
ISmirna yalumkiswa ukuba yayiza kujongana nentshutshiso. UYesu wabakhuthaza ukuba bathembeke kude kube sekufeni kwaye wayeza kubanika isithsaba sobomi - ubomi obungunaphakade.
IPergamo yaxelelwa ukuba iguquke. Wayewe lixhoba lenkolo ebizwa ngokuba ngamaNikolawo, abawexuki ababefundisa ukuba ngenxa yokuba imizimba yabo imbi, kuphela into abayenzayo ngumoya wabo ibalulekile. Oku kukhokelele ekuziphatheni okubi ngokwesini kunye nasekutyeni ukutya okubingelelwe kwizithixo. U-Yesu wathi abo boyisileyo kwezi zilingo baya kufumana "imana efihliweyo" kunye "nelitye elimhlophe," uphawu lweentsikelelo ezikhethekileyo.
ITiyatira yayinomprofetikazi wobuxoki owayelahlekisa abantu. UYesu wathembisa ukuzinikela (ikhwezi lokusa) kwabo bachasa iindlela zakhe ezimbi.
ISardesi yayisaziwa ngokuba ifile okanye ilele. U-Yesu wabaxelela ukuba bavuke kwaye baguquke. Abo bayenzayo baya kufumana iingubo ezimhlophe, amagama abo aya kudweliswa kwincwadi yobomi, kwaye baya kuvakaliswa phambi koThixo uYise.
IPhiladelphia inyamezele ngomonde. UYesu wathembisa ukuhlala nabo kwiimvavanyo ezizayo, enika amawonga akhethekileyo ezulwini, iYerusalem eNtsha.
ILaodikeya yayinokholo olufudumeleyo. Amalungu ayo ayengonwabanga ngenxa yobutyebi besixeko. Kwabo babuyele kwinzondelelo yabo yakudala, uYesu wathembisa ukwaba igunya lakhe emandleni.
Isicelo kwiicawa zale mihla
Nangona uJohn wabhala ezi zilumkiso kwiminyaka engama-2000 XNUMX eyadlulayo, zisasebenza nakwiicawa zobuKristu namhlanje. U-Kristu uhlala eyintloko yeCawe kwihlabathi liphela, eyongamela ngothando.
Iicawa ezininzi zanamhlanje zamaKristu ziye zaphambuka kwinyaniso yeBhayibhile, njengaleyo ifundisa ivangeli yempumelelo okanye ingakholelwa kuBathathu Emnye. Abanye baye baba dikidiki, amalungu abo alandela nje iintshukumo ngaphandle kokuthanda uThixo.Iicawa ezininzi eAsia nakuMbindi Mpuma bajongana nentshutshiso. Ziyanda iicawa "eziqhubela phambili" ezisekela imfundiso yazo ngakumbi kwinkcubeko yangoku kunakwimfundiso efumaneka eBhayibhileni.
Inani elithe kratya leemvaba libonisa ukuba amawaka eecawa ayesekelwe kwinkani yeenkokeli zawo. Ngelixa ezi leta zeSityhilelo zingaprofetanga njengezinye iinxalenye zencwadi, zilumkisa iicawa ezikhulayo namhlanje ukuba uqeqesho luza kuza kwabo bangaguqukiyo.
Izilumkiso kumntu ngamnye okholwayo
Njengokuba ubungqina beTestamente eNdala besizwe sakwaSirayeli bungumfuziselo wolwalamano lomntu noThixo, izilumkiso ezikwincwadi yesiTyhilelo zithetha kubo bonke abalandeli bakaKristu namhlanje. Ezi leta zisebenza njengomqondiso wokubonisa ukuthembeka kwekholwa ngalinye.
AmaNikolawo aphelile, kodwa izigidi zamaKristu zilingwa yi-intanethi. Umprofetikazi wobuxoki waseTiyatira uthathe indawo ngabashumayeli bakamabonwakude abaphepha ukuthetha ngokuhlawulela kukaKristu isono. Amakholwa amaninzi aguqukile kuthando lwawo ngoYesu aba zizinto ezinqula izithixo.
Njengakumaxesha amandulo, ukubuyela umva kuyaqhubeka nokuba yingozi kubantu abakholelwa kuYesu Krestu, kodwa ukufunda ezi leta zifutshane kumabandla asixhenxe kusebenza njengesikhumbuzo. Kuluntu olukhukhuliswe sisilingo, babuyisa umKristu kuMyalelo wokuqala. NguThixo oyinyaniso kuphela ofanelwe kukunqulwa.