Ukuzindla kwanamuhla: Izithembiso zikaNkulunkulu ziyagcwaliseka ngoKristu iNdodana yakhe
UNkulunkulu wabeka isikhathi sezithembiso zakhe nesikhathi sokugcwaliseka kwazo. Ukusuka kubaprofethi kuye kuJohane uMbhaptizi kwakuyisikhathi sezithembiso; kusukela kuJohane uMbhapathizi kuze kube sekupheleni kwesikhathi isikhathi sokugcwaliseka kwabo.
Uthembekile uNkulunkulu owasenza waba nesikweletu sethu hhayi ngoba ethola okuthile kithi, kodwa ngoba wasithembisa izinto ezinkulu kakhulu. Isithembiso sabonakala sincane: Wayefuna nokuzibopha ngesivumelwano esibhaliwe, kungathi uziphoqa nathi ngencwadi ebhalwe phansi yezethembiso zakhe, ukuze kuthi lapho eqala ukukhokha lokho abekuthembisile, sikwazi ukuqinisekisa i-oda lokukhokha. Ngakho-ke isikhathi sabaprofethi sasingesokubikezela kwezithembiso.
UNkulunkulu wathembisa ukusindiswa okuphakade nempilo emnandi engapheli nezingelosi nefa elingenakonakala, inkazimulo yaphakade, ubumnandi bobuso bakhe, ukuhlala okungcwele emazulwini, futhi, emva kovuko, ukuphela kokwesaba ukufa. Lezi yizithembiso zokugcina lapho zonke izingxabano zethu zokomoya zibhekiswe kuzo: lapho sesizifezile, ngeke sisazifuna, ngeke sisabuza.
Kepha ekwethembiseni nasekubikezeleni uNkulunkulu wayefuna ukukhombisa ukuthi iziphi izindlela esizofinyelela ngazo okungokwangempela. Wethembisa ubunkulunkulu kubantu, ukungafi kwabafayo, ukulungisiswa kwezoni, ukukhazinyuliswa kwabedelelwa. Kodwa-ke, kwabonakala kuyinto emangazayo kubantu lokho uNkulunkulu akuthembisa: ukuthi kusukela esimweni sabo sokufa, inkohliso, usizi, ubuthakathaka, uthuli nomlotha obekuyikho, bazolingana nezingelosi zikaNkulunkulu. Futhi kungani abantu bekholelwa, ngaphandle kwalapho Isivumelwano esibhaliwe, uNkulunkulu futhi wayefuna umlamuleli wokuthembeka kwakhe. Futhi wayefuna ukuthi angabi yisiphi nje isikhulu noma iyiphi ingelosi noma ingelosi enkulu, kodwa iNdodana yakhe okuwukuphela kwayo, ukukhombisa, ngayo, indlela okuyosiholela ngayo kuleso sithembiso ayesithembisile. Kepha kwakusekuncane ukuba uNkulunkulu enze iNdodana yakhe yona ekhomba indlela: wazenza yena wavuma ukuhamba ngendlela yakhe.
Ngakho-ke kwakudingekile ukubikezela ngeziprofetho ukuthi iNdodana kaNkulunkulu okuwukuphela kwayo eyayizofika phakathi kwabantu, ithathe ubuntu bomuntu futhi ngaleyo ndlela ibe ngumuntu futhi ife, ivuke futhi, inyukele ezulwini, ihlale ngakwesokunene sikaYise; wayezofeza izethembiso phakathi kwabantu futhi, emva kwalokhu, wayezofeza nesethembiso sokubuya ayoqoqa izithelo zalokho ayekusabalalisa, ukuhlukanisa izitsha zolaka ezitsheni zesihe, enze ababi lokho ayekusongele , kwabalungile lokho akuthembisayo.
Konke lokhu bekufanele kubikezelwe, ngoba uma kungenjalo wayezokwesaba. Futhi ngakho-ke wayelindelwe ngethemba ngoba vele wayecatshangwe ekukholweni.
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