IBhayibheli: Iyini i-Halloween futhi kufanele amaKristu ayigubhe?
Ukuthandwa kwe-Halloween kukhula kakhulu. AbaseMelika basebenzisa imali engaphezu kwezigidi eziyizinkulungwane ezingama- $ 9 ngonyaka ngeHalloween, okwenza kube elinye lamaholide amahle kakhulu entengiso ezweni.
Ngokwengeziwe, ikota yakho konke ukuthengwa kwamaswidi minyaka yonke kwenzeka phakathi nenkathi ye-Halloween e-United States. Yini i-Halloween eyenza u-Okthoba 31 athandwe kangaka? Mhlawumbe kuyimfihlakalo noma uswidi nje? Mhlawumbe injabulo yemvunulo entsha?
Noma ngabe yini edonswayo, i-Halloween isizohlala njalo. Kodwa lithini ibhayibheli ngakho? Ingabe i-Halloween ayilungile noma ayilungile? Zikhona yini izinkomba eBhayibhelini zokuthi umKristu kufanele agubhe i-Halloween?
Lithini iBhayibheli nge-Halloween?
Okokuqala, qonda ukuthi i-Halloween ngokuyinhloko isiko laseNtshonalanga futhi ayinazo izinkomba eziqondile eBhayibhelini. Kodwa-ke, kunezimiso zeBhayibheli ezihlobene ngqo nokugujwa kwe-Halloween. Mhlawumbe indlela engcono kakhulu yokuqonda ukuthi iHalloween ihlobana kanjani neBhayibheli ukubheka okushiwo yiHalloween nomlando wayo.
Kusho ukuthini i-Halloween?
Igama elithi Halloween ngokwezwi nezwi lisho ubusuku obungaphambi kosuku lwe-All Hallows Day (noma i-All Saint's Day) olugujwa ngoNovemba 1. IHalloween futhi yigama elifushanisiwe le-Allhalloween, i-All Hallows 'Evening ne-All Saint's Eve eligujwa ngo-Okthoba 31. Umsuka nencazelo ye-Halloween isuselwa emaholidini asendulo okuvuna amaCelt, kepha muva nje sicabanga nge-Halloween njengobusuku obugcwele uswidi, ubuqili noma ukwelapha, amathanga, izipoki nokufa.
Indaba ye-Halloween
Imvelaphi ye-Halloween njengoba siyazi yaqala eminyakeni engaphezu kwe-1900 eyedlule eNgilandi, e-Ireland nasenyakatho yeFrance. Kwakuwumkhosi wamaCeltic Year New, obizwa ngeSamhain, owenzeka ngoNovemba 1. AmaCeltic Druids alihloniphe njengeholide elikhulu kunawo wonke onyakeni futhi agcizelela lolo suku njengesikhathi lapho imiphefumulo yabafileyo ingahlangana nabaphilayo. Ama-Bonfires nawo ayinto ebalulekile kuleli holide.
ISamhain yaqhubeka ithandwa kwaze kwaba yilapho uSt. Patrick nezinye izithunywa zevangeli ezingamaKristu befika endaweni. Lapho abantu beqala ukuguqukela ebuKristwini, amaholidi aqala ukuncipha. Kodwa-ke, esikhundleni sokuqeda imikhuba yobuhedeni efana ne- "Halloween" noma iSamhain, isonto esikhundleni salokho lisebenzise la maholidi nge-twist yobuKrestu ukuhlanganisa ubuqaba nobuKrestu, okwenza kube lula ngabantu bendawo ukuthi baphendukele enkolweni yezwe.
Esinye isiko inkolelo yamaDruidic yokuthi ebusuku bangoNovemba 1, amadimoni, abathakathi nemimoya emibi bazulazula emhlabeni ngokukhululeka ngenjabulo ukubingelela ukufika "kwenkathi yabo", ubusuku obude nobumnyama bokuqala bezinyanga zasebusika. Amademoni ayezijabulisa nabantu abampofu ngalobo busuku, esabisa, elimaza futhi edlala noma yimiphi imigilingwane emibi ngabo. Kubonakale sengathi okuwukuphela kwendlela abantu abethukile ababalekela ngayo ukushushiswa ngamademoni ukubanikeza izinto abazithandayo, ikakhulukazi ukudla okumnandi namaswidi. Noma, ukuze abalekele ukufutheka kwalezi zidalwa ezimbi, umuntu angazenza umuntu wazo bese ejoyina ukuzulazula kwazo. Ngale ndlela, babezobona ukuthi umuntu uyidemoni noma umthakathi futhi umuntu wayengeke aphazamiseke ngalobo busuku.
Ngesikhathi soMbuso WaseRoma, kwakunesiko lokudla noma lokunikeza izithelo, ikakhulukazi ama-apula, ngeHalloween. Kwasakazekela emazweni angomakhelwane; e-Ireland naseScotland kusuka eGreat Britain, nasemazweni amaSlav avela e-Austria. Cishe kusekelwe ekugujweni kukankulunkulukazi waseRoma uPomona, okwanikelwa kuye izingadi namasimu ezithelo. Kusukela uMkhosi wePomona waminyaka yonke wenziwa ngoNovemba 1, izinsalela zalowo mkhosi seziyingxenye yomgubho wethu we-Halloween, ngokwesibonelo, isiko lomndeni "lokugaya" ama-apula.
Namuhla, imvunulo ithathe indawo yokuzifihla noswidi ithathe indawo yezithelo nokunye ukudla okumnandi njengoba izingane zingena endlini ngendlu zikhohlisa. Ekuqaleni iqhinga noma ukwelashwa kwaqala "njengokuzwa komphefumulo" lapho izingane zingena indlu ngendlu ngeHalloween, zinamaqebelengwane omphefumulo, zicula futhi zithandazela abafileyo. Kuwo wonke umlando imikhuba ebonakalayo ye-Halloween ishintshile ngesiko langaleso sikhathi, kepha inhloso yokuhlonipha abafileyo, ezembozwe ngobumnandi nokuzijabulisa, isalokhu injalo. Umbuzo uhlala: ingabe ukugubha i-Halloween kubi noma akuhambisani neBhayibheli?
Ingabe AmaKhristu Kufanele Ayigubhe I-Halloween?
Njengomuntu ocabanga ngokunengqondo, cabanga okwesikhashana ukuthi yini oyigubayo nokuthi i-Halloween imayelana nani. Ngabe iholide liyakha? Ingabe i-Halloween ihlanzekile? Ingabe iyathandeka, iyancomeka, noma inenani elihle? AbaseFilipi 4: 8 bathi: “Okokugcina, bazalwane, konke okuyiqiniso, konke okuhloniphekayo, konke okulungile, konke okumsulwa, konke okuthandekayo, konke okubuhlobo obuhle, uma kukhona ubuhle futhi uma kukhona okuthile okufanele kudunyiswe : zindla ngalezi zinto ”. Ngabe i-Halloween isuselwe ezingqikithini ezingcwele ezifana nomqondo wokuthula, inkululeko kanye nensindiso noma ingabe leli holidi lisikhumbuza imizwa yokwesaba, ukucindezelwa nobugqila?
Futhi, ingabe iBhayibheli liyabuphika ubuthakathi, abathakathi nobuthakathi? Ngokuphambene nalokho, iBhayibheli likwenza kucace ukuthi le mikhuba iyisinengiso eNkosini. Ibhayibheli liqhubeka lisho kuLevitikusi 20:27 ukuthi noma ngubani othakathayo, eqagela, ubuthakathi kufanele abulawe. UDuteronomi 18: 9-13 uyanezela: “Lapho ufika ezweni uJehova uNkulunkulu wakho akunika lona, awuyikufunda ukulandela izinengiso zalezo zizwe. Ngeke azithole ephakathi kwakho ... owenza imilingo, noma umbhuli, noma ohumusha amabika, noma umthakathi, noma obiza iziphonso, noma owenza izangoma, noma osebenzelana nemimoya, noma obiza abafileyo. Kubo bonke abenza lezi zinto kuyisinengiso eNkosini. "
Ingabe akulungile ukugubha i-Halloween?
Ake sibheke lokho iBhayibheli elikufaka kulesi sihloko kwabase-Efesu 5:11, "Futhi ningahlanganyeli nemisebenzi yobumnyama engenazithelo, kodwa kunalokho niyiveze." Lo mbhalo awusibizi nje kuphela ngokuthi singabi nobudlelwano nanoma yiluphi uhlobo lomsebenzi omnyama KODWA futhi ukukhanyisa ngale ndaba kulabo abasizungezile. Njengoba kushiwo ekuqaleni kwalesi sihloko, i-Halloween ayikhonjiswanga yisonto ngalokho eyayiyikho, kepha yayihlanganiswa nezinsuku ezingcwele zesonto. Ingabe amaKristu asabela ngendlela efanayo namuhla?
Njengoba ucabanga nge-Halloween - umsuka wayo nalokho ekumelelayo - kungangcono yini ukuchitha isikhathi ugxile ezingqikithini zayo noma ukhanyise ukuthi yini engaphansi kwalo mgubho waleli holidi? UNkulunkulu ubiza isintu ukuba simlandele futhi "siphume kuzo futhi sehlukaniswe, kusho iNkosi. Ungathinti okungcolileyo ngizokwamukela ”(2 kwabaseKorinte 6:17).