Ukuzinikela kwiNkosikazi yethu: Ngaba uSathana unamandla kunoMariya?

Isiprofetho sokuqala sentlawulelo ngoYesu Krestu siza ngexesha lokuwa, xa iNkosi yathi kwinyoka, Sathana: “Ndiya kubeka ubutshaba phakathi kwakho nomfazi, naphakathi kwenzalo yakhe nokuzalwa kwakhe; uya kukwenzakalisa intloko yakho kwaye uya kuyityumza isithende "(Genesis 3:15).

Kutheni le nto uMesiya enikwa njengembewu yomfazi? Kwilizwe lakudala, umntu ngulowo wayenenjongo yokubonelela "ngembewu" kwisenzo sesondo (iGenesis 38: 9, iLevitikus 15: 17, njl), kwaye le yayiyindlela eqhelekileyo yokuba amaSirayeli ayilandele inzala. Ke kutheni kungakhankanywa nguAdam, okanye ngaye nawuphi na utata ongumntu, kule ndinyana?

Kuba, njengoko u-Irenaeus waphawula ngonyaka we-180 AD, le ndinyana ithetha "ngalowo ufanele ukuzalwa ngumntu obhinqileyo, [lowo] uyiNtombi Enyulu, emva komntu uAdam". UMesiya wayeya kuba ngunyana ka-Adam wokwenene, kodwa ngaphandle kotata ongumntu onika "imbewu", ngenxa yokuzalwa kwentombi. Kodwa ukuqonda oku njengenyathelo kuYesu nokuzalwa kwentombi kuthetha ukuba "umfazi" oboniswe kwiGenesis 3:15 yiNtombi Enyulu uMariya.

Oku kuvula indlela yomlo wokomoya phakathi kwenyoka (uSathana) nomfazi (uMariya), esifumana kwincwadi yeSityhilelo. Apho sibona umqondiso omkhulu ezulwini, "umfazi enxibe ilanga, inyanga phantsi kweenyawo zakhe, nesithsaba seenkwenkwezi ezilishumi elinambini entlokweni yakhe" esizala uYesu Kristu, kwaye ochasayo "inamba enkulu [ . . .] inyoka yakudala, leyo kuthiwa nguMasathana noSathana "(Rev 12: 1, 5, 9).

Ukubiza uSathana "inyoka yakudala", u-John usibiza ngabom ukuba sibuyele kwiGenesis 3, ukuze senze olu nxibelelwano. Xa umtyholi engakwazi ukulukuhla umama kaYesu, sixelelwa ukuba "inamba yamqumbela umfazi, yaya kwenza imfazwe nabanye abaseleyo, kwabo bagcina imithetho kaThixo, beyingqina. UYesu ”(ISityhi. 12:17). Ngamanye amagama, usathana akaquki kuphela kumaKristu kuba emthiyile uYesu, kodwa ngenxa yokuba (sixelelwe ngokuthe ngqo) umthiyile umfazi owazala uYesu.

Ke oku kuphakamisa umbuzo: ngubani na onamandla ngakumbi, iNtombi enguMariya ezulwini okanye umtyholi esihogweni?

Okungaqhelekanga, abanye abaprotestanti babonakala bekholelwa ukuba nguSathana. Ewe kunjalo, le ayifane ibe yinto abathi bangamaKristu amaProtestanti abathi ngesazela okanye ngokungacacanga, kodwa qwalasela ezinye zezinto ezinokuphikiswa ngamaKatolika athandaza kuMariya. Umzekelo, sixelelwa ukuba uMary akayiva imithandazo yethu kuba sisidalwa esihlelayo, kwaye ke, ngenxa yoko, ayimameli imithandazo yabantu bonke ngaxeshanye, kwaye asinakuyiqonda imithandazo eyahlukeneyo ethethwa kwiilwimi ezahlukeneyo. UMichael Hobart Seymour (1800-1874), ugqirha ochasayo ongumKatolika, wasiphakamisa ngokucacileyo esi sicelo:

Kubonakala kunzima ukuqonda ukuba yena okanye nayiphi na ingcwele ezulwini ingayazi njani iminqweno, iingcinga, ukuzinikela, imithandazo yezigidi zabantu abathandazayo kwiindawo ezininzi zehlabathi ngaxeshanye. Ukuba yena okanye bonke babekho-ukuba bonke bakho ngoDalo, yonke into iya kuba lula ukuyithathela ingqalelo, yonke into ibiya kwenzeka; kodwa kuba abayonto kodwa izidalwa eziphele ezulwini, ayinakuba njalo.

Sifumana impikiswano efanayo esetyenzisiweyo namhlanje. Kumfazi okhwela i-Beast, umzekelo, u-Dave Hunt ubenqabile emgceni, "Jika ke, igqwetha elikrelekrele kakhulu, amehlo akho onenceba kuthi" yi-Salve Regina ngenkuthazo yokuba "uMariya ufanele ukuba ngongqondanga konke konke, kunye ne-ndawo yonke (umgangatho kaThixo kuphela) ukwenzela inceba uluntu lonke ".

Ke uMariya kunye nabangcwele, kuba "izidalwa ezigqityiweyo ezulwini", banomda kakhulu kwaye ababuthathaka ukuba bangayiphulaphula imithandazo yakho. USathana, kwelinye icala. . .

Ewe, jonga nje idatha ebhaliweyo. USt. Peter usimema ukuba "Yibani nobungcathu, phaphani. Utshaba lwenu, uMtyholi, luhambahamba njengengonyama egqumayo, ikhangela umntu wokuqwenga ”(1 Petros 5: 8). Kwaye elinye lamagama asetyenziswe nguYohane nguSathana, kwiSityhilelo 12, "ngumkhohlisi wehlabathi liphela" (ISityhi. 12: 9). Oku kufikelela kukaSathana kwehlabathi kukodwa kwaye kusondele, kwinqanaba lentliziyo kunye nomphefumlo.

Siyibona iphindaphindwe. "USathana wavukela uSirayeli kwaye waxhokonxa uDavid ukuba abale uSirayeli," sifunda kweyoku-1 yeziKronike 21: 1. kwisidlo sangokuhlwa yokugqibela, wangena uSathana kuYuda ogama limbi linguSikariyoti, owayengomnye wabalishumi elinambini "(uLuka 22: 3). Kwaye uPetros ubuza uAnaniyas: "Kutheni le nto uSathana ezalise intliziyo yakho ukuba uxoke kuMoya oyiNgcwele kwaye ugcine inxenye yokuvela komhlaba?" (Izenzo 5: 3). Ke nangona amaProtestanti esenokucinga ukuba uMariya kunye nabo bangcwele banokulingana kwaye badalwe ngokusebenzisana nomntu ngamnye kuthi naphi na, abanakho ukuyiphika into yokuba uMtyholi uyayenza le nto.

Kuyaqondakala ukuba kutheni amaProtestanti edidekile malunga nendlela uMariya angawuphulaphula ngayo umthandazo (okanye indlela uMtyholi anokuthi ngayo, nangaphezulu!). Kodwa ukuba uthi uMariya akayiva imithandazo, okanye aqonde iilwimi zala maxesha, okanye unxibelelane nathi apha eMhlabeni, kodwa ukuba uSathana angazenza zonke ezi zinto, ke qaphela ukuba uthi uMariya, ebusweni bukaThixo ezulwini, nokuba mbi kunoSathana. Ukunyanzela ngakumbi, ukutsho (njengoSeymour noHunt) ukuba uMariya akanakukwenza ezo zinto kuba ezakumenza alingane noThixo, ucebisa ukuba uSathana ulingana noThixo.

Ngokucacileyo, ingxaki apha ayikukuba amaProtestanti agqibe kwelokuba iSathana inkulu kuneNtombi enguMariya. Iya kuba bubudenge. Ingxaki kukuba, njengabaninzi bethu, banokulinganiselwe ekuqondeni uzuko lwasezulwini. Oku kuyaqondakala, inikiwe ukuba "akukho liso likubonileyo, akuvanga, nokuba le ayamkeli ntliziyo yamntu, le nto ilungiselelwe nguThixo ngabo bamthandayo" (1 Co 2: 9). Isibhakabhaka sinobuqaqawuli obungafikelelekiyo, kodwa kwakhona asinakucinga, oku kuthetha ukuba umbono wethu weparadesi udla ngokuba mncinci kakhulu.

Ukuba ngenene ufuna ukuqonda ngcono izulu, qaphela oku: phambi kwengelosi etyhilayo, nguYohane ophindwe kabini wawa phantsi ukuba amnqule (ISityhi. 19:10, 22: 9). Nangona engathandabuzeki ukuba ungoyena mpostile ubalaseleyo, uJohn wazabalaza ekuqondeni ukuba le ngelosi ingenguye wobuThixo: le yindlela ezuke ngayo iingelosi. Kwaye abangcwele benyuka ngaphezulu kwalonto! UPaul ubuza, phantse ngesihlo, "Ngaba awazi ukuba kufuneka sigwebe iingelosi?" (1 Kor 6: 3).

UJohn uyibeka kakuhle le nto: “Sithandwa sam, ngoku singabantwana bakaThixo; into esingasayi kubonakala ngayo, kodwa siyazi ukuba, xa athe wabonakala, sofana naye, kuba siya kumbona njengoko anjalo "(1 Yohane 3: 2). Ke ngoku sele ungunyana okanye intombi kaThixo; Le yinto enkulu kakhulu yokomoya ukuba siyiqonde ngokupheleleyo. Into oyakuba yiyo ayinakulindeleka, kodwa uYohane uthembisa ukuba siyakuba njengoYesu. UPeter uthetha into efanayo xa esikhumbuza ukuba uYesu "usinike izithembiso zakhe ezixabisekileyo nezikhulu, zokuba ngazo ungabuphepha urhwaphilizo olukhoyo emhlabeni ngenxa yenkanuko, kwaye ube nenxaxheba kubuThixo" (2 Pet.1: 4) .

I-CS Lewis ayisibaxi xa ichaza amaKhristu "njengendawo enokuthixo noothixokazi" ekunokuthiwa "ngoyena mntu uthandabuzekayo nongenamdla othetha naye ngenye imini usisidalwa, ukuba uthe wambona ngoku, uyakuhendeka ngamandla ukuba umnqule. Nantsi indlela iSibhalo esimbonisa ngayo uMariya kunye nabangcwele eluzukweni.

Emyezweni, uSathana waxelela uEva ukuba, ukuba utya isiqhamo esalelweyo, kuya kuba “njengoThixo” (iGenes 3, 5). Bubuxoki, kodwa uYesu uyathembisa kwaye ugqithisa. Ngokwenyani isenza ukuba sifane naye, ngokwenyani isenza sibe nenxaxheba kwindalo yakhe yobuThixo, kanye njengoko wakhetha ngokukhululekileyo ukuthatha inxaxheba kubuntu bethu ngokuba ngunyana ka-Adam nonyana kaMariya. Yiyo loo nto ke uMariya enamandla amakhulu kunoSathana: kungengokuba unamandla ngokwendalo, kodwa kungenxa yokuba unyana wakhe uYesu, "othe ngenxa yexesha elincinci wenziwa wangaphantsi kwezithunywa zezulu" ngokuthi azalwe emzimbeni wakhe (Amahebhere 2: 7) ), ukhethe ngokukhululekileyo ukuba abelane ngobuqaqawuli bakhe boMariya noMariya kunye nabo bonke abangcwele.

Ke ukuba ucinga ukuba uMariya kunye nabangcwele ababuthathaka kakhulu kwaye banqunyelwe ukuva imithandazo yethu, unokufuna uxabiso ngakumbi "ngezithembiso ezixabisekileyo nezikhulu" azilungiselele abo bamthandayo.