Ukucamngca kwanamhlanje: Izithembiso zikaThixo zizalisekiswa ngo-Nyana wakhe
UThixo ubeke ixesha lezithembiso zakhe nexesha lokuzizalisekisa. Ukusuka kubaprofeti ukuya kuYohane uMbhaptizi yayilixesha lezithembiso; ukusuka kuYohane uMbhaptizi kude kube sekupheleni kwexesha lixesha lokuzaliseka kwabo.
Uthembekile uThixo owazenza ityala kuthi kungengakuba efumene into kuthi, kodwa kuba wasithembisa izinto ezinkulu kakhulu. Isithembiso sasibonakala sincinci: Wayefuna nokuzibopha ngesivumelwano esibhaliweyo, ngokungathi uyazibophelela nathi ngebhili yezithembiso zakhe, ukuze, xa eqala ukuhlawula oko akuthembisileyo, siqinisekise ukulandelelana kwentlawulo. Ke ngoko ixesha labaprofeti yayikukuxelwa kwangaphambili kwezithembiso.
UThixo wathembisa usindiso lwanaphakade kunye nobomi obonwabisayo obungenasiphelo kunye neengelosi kunye nelifa elingenakonakala, ubuqaqawuli obungunaphakade, ubumnandi bobuso bakhe, indawo yokuhlala engcwele ezulwini, kwaye, emva kovuko, ukuphela koloyiko lokufa. Ezi zizithembiso zokugqibela ekujolise kuzo zonke iingxwabangxwaba zethu zokomoya.
Kodwa ekuthembiseni nasekuxeleni kwangaphambili uThixo wayefuna ukubonisa ukuba zeziphi iindlela zokufezekisa izinto eziyinyani. Wathembisa ubuThixo ebantwini, ukungafi emntwini, ukugwetyelwa aboni, uzuko kwabadeliweyo. Kodwa kwabonakala kungakholeki ebantwini oko uThixo wakuthembisayo: ukuba kwimeko yabo yokufa, inkohliso, usizi, ubuthathaka, uthuli nothuthu abayiyo, bayakulingana neengelosi zikaThixo.Kwaye abantu bakholwe, ukongeza Umnqophiso obhaliweyo, uThixo wayefuna nomlamli wokunyaniseka kwakhe. Kwaye wayefuna ukuba ingabi yiyo nayiphi na inkosana okanye nayiphina ingelosi okanye isiphatha-zingelosi, kodwa nguNyana wakhe okuphela kwakhe, ukubonisa ngaye, indlela asikhokelela ngayo kwisiphelo awayesithembisile. Kodwa kwakungekho nto encinci kuThixo ukumenza uNyana wakhe lowo okhomba indlela: wamenza ukuba uhambe ngokukhokelwa nguye kuloo ndlela.
Kwakufuneka ke ngoko ukuba uxele kwangaphambili ngeziprofeto ukuba ekuphela koNyana kaThixo wayeza kuza phakathi kwabantu, wayeza kuthatha ubume bomntu kwaye ngaloo ndlela abe ngumntu kwaye afe, avuke, anyukele ezulwini, ahlale ngasekunene kukaYise; wayeya kuzalisekisa izithembiso phakathi kwabantu kwaye, emva koku, wayeza kuzalisekisa isithembiso sokubuyela ayokuthatha iziqhamo zento awayeyinikile, ukwahlula izitya zengqumbo kwizitya zenceba, abuyele kwabangendawo oko wayesongele Kumalungisa, njengoko wathembisayo.
Konke oku bekufanele ukuba kwakuxelwe kwangaphambili, kuba ngenye indlela ngewayothusile. Kwaye kanjalo wayelindelwe ngethemba kuba wayesele ecamngciwe elukholweni.
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