Ngawaphi amaphupha asebhayibhileni? Babethetha ukuthini?

UThixo usebenzisa iindlela ezahlukeneyo zokunxibelelana nabantu ezinje ngemibono, imiqondiso nemimangaliso, iingelosi, amathunzi kunye neebhotile motifs kunye nezinye ezininzi. Enye yezona ndlela ziqhelekileyo zisetyenzisiweyo eBhayibhileni ukudlulisa ukuthanda kwakhe kukusebenzisa amaphupha (Amanani 12: 6).

Igama elithi amaphupha kunye nenguqulelo yalo yesinye livela rhoqo kwincwadi yeGenesis (izihlandlo ezingama-33 zizonke) zilandelwa yincwadi kaDaniel (amaxesha angama-27) kwiKing James Bible. Omabini la magama avela izihlandlo ezisibhozo kuphela kwiTestamente eNtsha iphela. Into ebangela umdla kukuba, ekuphela kwabantu ababini iZibhalo eziManyeneyo ezazinakho ukuwachaza ngokuchanekileyo amaphupha yayinguJoseph (iGenesis 40:12, 13, 18, 19, 41:25 - 32) noDaniel (Daniyeli 2:16 - 23, 28-30, 4).

Amaphupha ayenzeka xa umntu elele ngelixa imibono ihlala yenzeka ngexesha lokuvuka. Izibhalo, nangona kunjalo, ngamanye amaxesha azicacanga ngokupheleleyo ukuba ngaba uThixo unxibelelana nomntu ngephupha okanye ngombono.

Umzekelo, uDaniel 2:19 uthi umprofeti watyhilwa kulo mprofeti "ngombono wasebusuku". Akwaziwa nokuba uDaniyeli wayelele okanye wayelele xa kwenzeka isiganeko. Omnye umzekelo wamaphupha ufumaneka kuDaniel 7: 1 - 2.

Ngaba uDaniyeli wabona imibono ngaphambi nje kokuba alale aze abe namaphupha, omabini la maphupha avela kuThixo? Kwelinye icala, ngelixa wayephupha, ngaba wabona umbono ocacileyo wezikumkani ezine ezinkulu zehlabathi awazibhalayo emva koko xa evuka? Ibhayibhile ibonakala ngathi ibonisa ukuba imibono inokwenzeka kokubini ngexesha lokuvuka kunye neeyure zokulala.

Babenabani?
Amaphupha abantu abaninzi kwiTestamente eNdala abhalwe kwiZibhalo. Babandakanya uKumkani uAbhimeleki waseGerare (iGenesis 20: 3), uYakobi (iGenesis 28:12, 31:10), uLabhan (umqeshi kaYakobi- iGenesis 31:24), uJoseph (iGenesis 37: 5, 9) kunye Umngcamli ojiweyo kunye nombhaki (iGenesis 40).

Ukanti ezinye ezixelwa yiBhayibhile ngokuba namaphupha akhethekileyo ziquka uFarooh waseGibithe (iGenesis 41), amaMidiyan azokoyiswa nguGidiyon (Abagwebi 7), uKumkani uSolomon (1 Kumkani 3: 5), uKumkani uNebhukadenetsare waseBhabheli (Daniyeli 2: 3) , 4) kunye nomprofeti uDaniel (Daniyeli 7).

Iinkcukacha zento awaphupha ngayo uYosefu, utata wesibini ka Yesu izihlandlo ezithathu zibhalwe kwiTestamente eNtsha (Matewu 1:20 - 23, 2:13, 19 - 20). Iphupha lesine likwakhankanyiwe, apho alumkiswa ukuba angahlali kwaYuda (Mateyu 2:22).

Izilumko ezazize kunqula uYesu zaziphupha ngokuxelelwa ukuba zingatyeleli uHerode Omkhulu xa begoduka (Mat. 2: 12) kwaye umfazi kaPilato waba nephupha eliphazamisayo malunga nomgwebo womyeni wakhe malunga no-Kristu (Matewu 27:19).

Iyintoni injongo yabo?
Sifumanisa ukuba, kumaxwebhu ebhayibhileni okungenani amaphupha angamashumi amabini, awayesetyenziswa nguThixo kwiinjongo ezahlukeneyo.

Amaphupha angamlumkisa umntu ukuba angayenzi into (kwiGenesis 20: 3, 31: 24, Matewu 27: 19).

Banokudlulisa okuza kwenzeka kungekudala okanye kude (iGenesis 37: 5, 9, 40: 8 - 19, 41: 1-7, 15 - 32, uDaniel 2, 7).

Amaphupha angadlulisela iinyaniso zokomoya (Genesis 28: 12).

Bangasiqinisekisa isithembiso (iGenesis 28:13 - 14).

Amaphupha angakhuthaza (kwiGenesis 28: 15).

Banokuxelela umntu okanye iqela ukuba lenze into ethile (Gensis 31:11 - 13, Matthew 1:20 - 23, 2:12 - 13, 19, 22).

Bangadlulisa ukutshatyalaliswa kwabo kutshaba (Abagwebi 7:13 - 15).

Banokunika umntu isipho esivela kuThixo (1 Kumkani 3: 5).

Amaphupha angamlumkisa umntu ukuba uyakufumana isohlwayo sezono zakhe (Daniyeli 4).

Ngaba ihlala iyinyani?
Inkqubo ebanzi ngexesha lasemini inokuvelisa amaphupha ebusuku (INtshumayeli 5: 3). Banokuvela kwizethi yethu kunye neenkanuko zethu (INtshumayeli 5: 7, Yude 1: 8). Ngokwebhayibhile, badla ngokudlulisela ulwazi kwaye bachaze iziganeko ezingabonisi iinyani kodwa endaweni yoko zimela umbono wethu ocacileyo (u-Isaya 29: 8, Zekariya 10: 2)!

Ukuba amanye amaphupha avela kuThixo, kuyavakala ukuba nguye kuphela onokutyhila intsingiselo yawo yokwenene (iGenesis 40: 8, uDaniel 2: 27-28). Abo bakholelwa ukuba uPhakade unxibelelana nabo esebenzisa le ndlela kufuneka bathandaze kwaye babuze ngokuthobekileyo ukuba babone ntoni na kuye kwaye ukuba kunjalo, kuthetha ntoni.

Isilumkiso esiqatha
IBhayibhile inika izilumkiso ezingqwabalala kwabo basebenzisa amaphupha (abo baphuphe okanye baxoka) njengendlela yokweyisela abanye ukuba baphule imithetho kaThixo kwaye bavukele ukumnqula. KuSirayeli wamandulo, abo benza izinto ezinjalo bafumana isohlwayo sokugqibela.

“Ukuba kuthe kwavela umprofeti phakathi kwenu, nokuba uphupha amaphupha, wakunika umqondiso, nokuba ummangaliso, nokuba umqondiso okanye isimangaliso akuxele kwangaphambili, sakubonakalalisa esithi, Masihambe siye kufuna thixo bambi; (baya) kubulawa UKUFA… ”(Duteronomi 13: 1 - 3, 5, jonga kwakhona uYeremiya 23:25 - 27, 32).

Nangona iTestamente eNtsha ibanikeza intsingiselo encinci kuneTestamente eNdala, ithi ngaphambi nje kokuba uYesu abuyele emhlabeni uThixo uza kubangela ukuba abantu bakhe baphuphe amaphupha. Ibhayibhile ibhala umpostile uPetros, ecaphula uJoweli 2, echaza inyani efanayo xa wayeshumayela umyalezo onamandla ngomhla wePentekoste (IZenzo 2:17).