Zithini izintende zesundu? (Ukuzindla ngePalm ngeSonto)

Da UPaolo Tescione - Ephreli 5, 2020

ka-Byron L. Rohrig

U-Byron L. Rohrig ungumfundisi we-First United Methodist Church eBloomington, Indiana.

“Umqondo wencazelo yamagatsha esundu uJesu amukelwa ngawo lapho engena eJerusalema. Isiko lokuvayizisa amaqabunga akuyona into esiyicabangayo ".

Ngonyaka owodwa ngenkathi ngikhonza njengomfundisi webandla elingaphandle nje kwe-Indianapolis, ngahlangana nekomidi lamalungu amabili lokukhulekela ukuhlela uhlelo lweSonto Elingcwele nePhasika. Isabelomali sasilinganiselwe ngalowo nyaka. "Ngabe ikhona indlela yokugwema ukukhokha idola legatsha lesundu?" Ngabuzwa. Ngishukumise ngokushesha ukubamba umzuzu wokufundisa.

Ngathi, "Impela," ngachaza ukuthi yiVangeli likaJohane kuphela elikhuluma ngemithi yesundu mayelana nokufika kukaJesu eJerusalema. UMatewu, isibonelo, umane athi abantu "basika amagatsha ezihlahleni". Yiziphi izihlahla noma izihlahlana abantu basePittsboro ababengazisika kuwo amagatsha uma uJesu esondela emikhawulweni yedolobha? sasizibuza. Siphinde sabheka lo mbuzo ojulile: Yimaphi amagatsha azophuma ekuqaleni kwentwasahlobo? Ngaleyo ndlela kwazalwa umqondo walokho esingakubiza ngokuthi "iPussy Willow Sunday".

Sijabule ngomqondo wethu, sahlala isikhashana sibabaza ukumamatheka okwenelisekile. Ngokungazelelwe lesi sipelingi sayeka lapho uhhafu wekomidi ubuza, "Zithini izintende?"

Inhliziyo yami yafudunyezwa ngendlela exakile. Awukho umbuzo ongaletha injabulo ethe xaxa kumshumayeli owayechithe amasonto adlule eshumayela ngevangeli likaJohane. "Lapho ufunda uJohn, qaphela njalo ukuthi ubheke umyalezo ongokomfanekiso ngemuva kwendaba", bengiphindaphinde kaningi. Ngokusobala omunye umlaleli wayengizwile ngithi imininingwane ebonakala ngathi yengozi ivame ukukhomba amaqiniso ajulile akuJohn. Umbuzo-ke: zithini izintende?

Lokho esingakufundi, kepha singacabanga, ukuthi imiphetho kaJohn 12: 12-19 ephuma ukuhlangabeza uJesu iya ngasesangweni lomuzi icabanga ngendaba kaSimon Maccabee ecacile yeminyaka engama-200. UMaccabee wavela ngesikhathi lapho u-Antiochus Epiphanes owayenesihluku futhi ebulala khona elawula iPalestine. Ngo-167 BC "isinengiso sencithakalo") u-Antiochus wayengumphostoli wamaGreki futhi wayehlose ukuletha umbuso wakhe wonke ngaphansi kwethonya lezindlela zamaGrikhi. Incwadi yama-Maccabees okuqala ku-Old Testament Apocrypha iyakufakazela ukuzimisela kwakhe: “Babulala abesifazane ababesoke izingane zabo, nemindeni yabo nalabo ababasokayo; futhi balengisa izingane ezintanyeni zonina "(1: 60-61)

Elinyazwe yilolaka, uMattathias, indoda endala yohlu lobupristi, waqoqa amadodana akhe amahlanu nazo zonke izikhali ayengazithola. Kwasungulwa umkhankaso wama-guerrilla wokulwa namasosha ka-Antiochus. Yize uMattathias asheshe washona, indodana yakhe uJudah, obizwa ngeMaccabee (isando), wakwazi ukuhlanza futhi anikele kabusha ithempeli elalivinjezelwe ngaphandle kwenkinga encane ngenxa yesigameko esathulula ibutho lalabo ababehlala lapho. Kodwa ukulwa kwakungakapheli. Ngemuva kweminyaka engama-20, ngemuva kokuthi uJudas kanye nomfowabo owangena esikhundleni sakhe, uJonathan, befe empini, umfowabo wesithathu, uSimon, wathatha izintambo futhi ngobunono bakhe wakwazi ukuzimela eJudiya, esungula lokho okwakuzoba yikhulu leminyaka yobukhosi bamaJuda. Impela, bekunedili elikhulu. Ngosuku lwamashumi amabili nantathu lwenyanga yesibili, ngomnyaka eyikhulu namashumi ayisikhombisa nanye,

Ukwazi amaMaccabee okuqala kusivumela ukuthi sifunde izingqondo zalabo abaphakamisa amagatsha abo esundu. Bayaphuma bayohlangabeza uJesu ngethemba lokuthi uzofika azochoboza futhi asuse esinye isitha esikhulu kwa-Israyeli, kulokhu iRoma. Zithini izintende? Bathi: sikhathele ukukhahlelwa nxazonke, silambele ukuba yinombolo futhi, sikulungele ukuphinda futhi. Nayi i-ajenda yethu futhi ubukeka njengendoda esiyidingayo. Uyemukelwa, nkosi eyiqhawe! Sawubona, qhawe elinqobayo! "Isixuku esikhulu" ngeSonto lePalm sikhumbula esinye isixuku eVangelini likaJohane. Leso sixuku, esasinamandla angama-5.000 6, sondliwa nguJesu ngokuyisimangaliso.Ngenxa yokuthi izisu zabo zazigcwele, amathemba abo ayephakeme njengalawo esixuku saseJerusalema. Kodwa “ebona ukuthi base bezokuza, bambambe, bambeke inkosi, wamuka uJesu. (Johane XNUMX:

Njengaleyo yabaprofethi bakudala, lesi bekuyisenzo esicacile esenzelwe ukuletha iqiniso leqiniso layo yonke into: inkosi egobile empini yagibela ihhashi, kepha efuna ukuthula yagibela imbongolo. Isixuku sikaJohn besikhumbula okunye ukungena kokunqoba, lowo uSimon ayethe akukhishwe minyaka yonke njengoSuku Lwe-Independence lwamaJuda. Umqondo kaJesu, noma kunjalo, wawukunye into:

Jabula kakhulu, 0 ndodakazi yaseSiyoni!

Memeza kakhulu, ndodakazi yaseJerusalema!

Bheka, inkosi yakho iza kuwe;

Unqobile futhi unqobile,

uthobekile futhi ugibele imbongolo,

ekhasini lethambo lembongolo [Zak. 9: 9].

Abanyakazisa izintende zezandla bakubona kahle ukunqoba kuJesu, kepha abakuqondi. UJesu weza ukuzonqoba hhayi iRoma kepha izwe. Uza emzini ongcwele hhayi ukuzobulala ukufa noma ukugwema ukufa, kepha ukuhlangabezana nokufa ekhanda ebheke phezulu. Uzonqoba umhlaba nokufa uqobo ngokufa. Ngokushesha ngemuva kokungena kwakhe ngokunqoba, ngokusho kukaJohane, uJesu ucacisa ukuthi uzonqoba kanjani: “Manje ukwahlulelwa kwaleli zwe, manje umbusi waleli zwe uzokhishelwa ngaphandle; nami, lapho ngiphakanyiswa emhlabeni, ngiyakudonsela bonke abantu kimi ”(12: 31-32) Ukuphakanyiselwa kwakhe enkazimulweni ngokushesha ukuphakanyiselwa kwakhe esiphambanweni.

Siyavuma ukungaqondi kwethu. Nathi sifika emasangweni edolobha, siphethe ama-ajenda, phakathi kwezixuku ezaziboshwe sengathi iSanta Claus iza edolobheni. Emhlabeni ohlala ubeka inani eliphakeme kakhulu kunezinto eziyisisekelo, ngisho nabathembekile bayalingeka ukuba beze nezinhlu zabo zokufisa. Izinkolo zethu zokuthanda izwe noma zabathengi zishumayela ukuthi ukugcina umhlaba wonke wethukile noma ukuqagela ngenkathi wanelisa izinkanuko zethu ezibonakalayo ezingenamkhawulo akudingeki ukuba kude noMbuso wezulu.

Izintende noma iminyezane yepussy ithi indlela efanayo yake yathathwa phambilini, kodwa yatholakala ingekho. Inkazimulo efanele igama, inkazimulo ethenjisiwe, ngeke itholakale kwiqhawe, uhlelo noma inhlangano entsha yezepolitiki. "Umbuso wami awusiwo owaleli zwe," kusho uJohannine Jesus (18:36) - obuye athi ngabalandeli bakhe, "Angiyena owomhlaba" (17: 14) Ukukhazinyuliswa kukaJesu kuza ngesenzo sothando uqobo . Impilo yobukhulu obungunaphakade iyisipho salapha futhi manje kulabo abakholelwa ukuthi Lo mhlatshelo uyiNdodana kaNkulunkulu. Amagatsha agudlukayo athi asiqondanga kahle njengabafundi bakhe. Amathemba namaphupho ethu amatasa kakhulu ngalabo abalahliwe nabafile. Futhi njengasendabeni yabafundi, ukufa nokuvuka kukaJesu kuphela okuzosusa ukungaqondi kwethu.