Usho ukuthini uKristu?
Kunamagama amaningana kuyo yonke imiBhalo akhulunywa nguJesu noma anikezwe nguJesu uqobo. Esinye seziqu ezaziwa kakhulu ngu "Christ" (noma okufana nesiHeberu, "Mesiya"). Le epithet noma ibinzana elichazayo lisetshenziswa njalo kulo lonke iTestamente Elisha ngesilinganiso sezikhathi ezingama-569.
Isibonelo, kuJohane 4: 25-26, uJesu umemezela kowesifazane waseSamariya emi ngasemthonjeni (obizwa ngokufanele ngokuthi "Umthombo kaJakobe") ukuthi wayenguKristu okwaprofethwa ngaye ukuthi uzofika. Futhi, ingelosi yanikeza abelusi izindaba ezimnandi zokuthi uJesu wazalwa “njengoMsindisi, onguKristu iNkosi” (Luka 2:11, ESV).
Kodwa leli gama "uKristu" lisetshenziswa ngokujwayelekile nangokungenamkhawulo namuhla ngabantu abangazi ukuthi lisho ukuthini noma abacabanga ukuthi liyisibongo sikaJesu nje kuphela esikhundleni sesiqu esizwakalayo. Ngakho-ke, "uKristu" usho ukuthini, futhi kusho ukuthini ngokuthi uJesu ungubani?
Igama uKristu
Igama elithi Kristu livela egameni elifanayo lesiGreki elithi "Christos," elichaza iNdodana kaNkulunkulu, iNkosi Egcotshiwe, kanye "noMesiya" obekwe futhi waphakanyiswa uNkulunkulu ukuba abe nguMkhululi wabo bonke abantu ngendlela yokuthi akekho umuntu ojwayelekile, umprofethi, umahluleli, noma umbusi ongaba khona (2 Samuweli 7:14; IHubo 2: 7).
Lokhu kucacisiwe kuJohane 1:41 ngenkathi u-Andrew emema umfowabo, uSimoni Peter, ukuba alandele uJesu ngokuthi, "Simtholile uMesiya" (okusho ukuthi uKristu). " Abantu orabi bangesikhathi sikaJesu babezofuna uKristu owayezofika azobusa ngokulunga abantu bakaNkulunkulu ngenxa yeziphrofetho zeTestamente Elidala ababezifundisiwe (2 Samuweli 7: 11-16). Abadala uSimeon no-Anna, kanye namakhosi amaMagi, babona uJesu omncane ukuthi ungubani futhi bamkhulekela ngakho.
Kube nabaholi abaningi abakhulu kuwo wonke umlando. Abanye babengabaprofethi, abapristi noma amakhosi ababegcotshwe ngegunya likaNkulunkulu, kepha akekho noyedwa owake wabizwa "ngoMesiya." Abanye abaholi baze bazithatha njengonkulunkulu (njengoFaro noma oKhesari) noma benza izimangalo eziyinqaba ngabo (njengakuZenzo 5). Kodwa nguJesu kuphela owagcwalisa iziprofetho zomhlaba ezingaba ngu-300 ezikhuluma ngoKristu.
Lezi ziprofetho zazimangalisa kakhulu (njengokuzalwa yintombi), zichaza (njengokugibela ithole lembongolo) noma zazithize (njengokuzalwa kozalo lweNkosi uDavid) ukuthi bekungaba yinto engenakwenzeka ngezibalo ukuthi ezinye zazo zibe neqiniso kumuntu ofanayo. Kodwa zonke zagcwaliseka kuJesu.
Eqinisweni, wagcwalisa iziphrofetho eziyishumi ezihlukile eziphathelene noMesiya emahoreni wokugcina angama-24 empilo yakhe emhlabeni kuphela. Ngaphezu kwalokho, igama elithi "Jesu" empeleni liyisiHeberu esivamile ngokomlando "uJoshua" noma "Yeshua", okusho ukuthi "uNkulunkulu uyasindisa" (uNehemiya 7: 7; uMathewu 1:21).
Uhlu lozalo lukaJesu lukhombisa nokuthi wayenguKristu owaprofethwa noma uMesiya. Ngenkathi sijwayele ukweqa uhlu lwamagama ezihlahleni zomndeni kaMary noJoseph ekuqaleni kwezincwadi zikaMathewu noLuka, isiko lamaJuda ligcine izinhlu zozalo olubanzi ukuze kusungulwe ifa lomuntu, ifa lakhe, ukuba semthethweni kwakhe namalungelo akhe. Uhlu lozalo lukaJesu lukhombisa ukuthi impilo yakhe yayihlangene kanjani nesivumelwano sikaNkulunkulu nabantu bakhe abakhethiwe kanye nokubanga kwakhe ngokusemthethweni esihlalweni sobukhosi sikaDavide.
Izindaba zabantu abakulolo hlu ziveza ukuthi uhlu lozalo lukaJesu uqobo lwaluyisimangaliso ngenxa yokuthi zingaki izindlela ezahlukahlukene iziprofetho zikaMesiya okwadingeka zithathe ngenxa yesono sesintu. Isibonelo, kuGenesise 49, uJakobe owafa wadlula amadodana akhe amathathu (kufaka phakathi izibulo lakhe) ukubusisa uJuda futhi aprofethe ukuthi kungaye kuphela lapho umholi onjengengonyama ezofika alethe ukuthula, injabulo kanye ukuchuma (yingakho igama lesidlaliso "Ingonyama yakwaJuda", njengoba sibona kuSambulo 5: 5).
Ngakho-ke yize singeke sithokoze kakhulu ukuthi singafunda izinhlu zozalo ezinhlelweni zethu zokufunda iBhayibheli, kubalulekile ukuqonda inhloso kanye nemiphumela yazo.
UJesu Kristu
Iziphrofetho azikhombisanga kuphela kumuntu nenjongo kaJesu Kristu, kodwa njengoba uprofesa weTestamente Elisha uDkt. Doug Bookman efundisa, noJesu washo obala ukuthi unguKristu (ngomqondo wokuthi wayazi ukuthi ungubani). UJesu wagcizelela ukuzibiza kwakhe ngokuthi unguMesiya ngokucaphuna izincwadi ezingama-24 zeTestamente Elidala (uLuka 24:44, i-ESV) futhi wenza izimangaliso eziqoshiwe ezingama-37 ezazikhombisa ngokusobala futhi zaqinisekisa ukuthi ungubani.
Ekuqaleni kwenkonzo yakhe, uJesu wasukuma ethempelini wafunda umqulu oqukethe isiprofetho esijwayelekile esimalunga noMesiya esivela ku-Isaya. Kwathi lapho wonke umuntu elalele, indodana yalo mbazi wendawo ogama lakhe linguJesu yazisa wonke umuntu ukuthi kwakuwukugcwaliseka kwalesi siprofetho (Luka 4: 18-21). Yize lokhu bekungabafaneli abantu abakholwayo ngaleso sikhathi, kuyathokozisa kithina namuhla ukufunda izikhathi zikaJesu zokuziveza ngesikhathi senkonzo yakhe yasobala.
Esinye isibonelo siseNcwadini kaMathewu lapho izixuku ziphikisana ngokuthi ungubani uJesu. Abanye babecabanga ukuthi unguJohane uMbhapathizi ovusiwe, umprofethi onjengo-Eliya noma uJeremiya, umane nje "ungumfundisi omuhle" (Marku 10:17), uRabi (uMathewu 26:25) noma nje indodana yombazi ompofu (Mathewu 13:55). Lokhu kwaholela ekutheni uJesu aphakamise abafundi bakhe umbuzo wokuthi bacabanga ukuthi ungubani, uPetru waphendula wathi: "UKristu, iNdodana kaNkulunkulu ophilayo." UJesu waphendula wathi:
“Unenhlanhla wena, Simon Bar-Jonah! Ngoba inyama negazi akuzange kukuvezele lokho, kodwa uBaba osezulwini. Futhi ngithi kuwe, unguPetru, futhi phezu kwaleli dwala ngizokwakha ibandla lami, futhi amasango esihogo ngeke alinqobe ”(Mathewu 16: 17-18, ESV).
Ngokumangazayo, uJesu wabe eseyala abafundi bakhe ukuthi bagcine ubunikazi bakhe bufihlekile ngoba abantu abaningi babengakuqondi kahle ukubusa kukaMesiya njengokwenyama nokungokwenyama, kanti abanye babenokudukiswa okulindelwe kokucatshangwa okungekhona okungokombhalo. Le mibono eyiphutha yaholela abanye abaholi benkolo ukuba bafune ukuthi uJesu abulawe ngenxa yokuhlambalaza. Kodwa wayenomugqa wesikhathi okufanele awugcine, ngakho-ke wayezobaleka njalo kuze kufike isikhathi esifanele sokubethelwa.
Usho ukuthini uKristu kithina namuhla
Kepha yize uJesu wayenguKristu ku-Israyeli ngaleso sikhathi, yini ahlobene nathi namuhla?
Ukuphendula lokhu, sidinga ukuqonda ukuthi umbono kaMesiya waqala kudala ngaphambi kukaJuda noma no-Abrahama ngokuqala kwesintu kuGenesise 3 njengempendulo ekuweni kwesono kwabantu. Ngakho-ke, kuyo yonke imiBhalo, kuyacaca ukuthi umkhululi wesintu wayeyoba ngubani nokuthi kuzosibuyisela kanjani ebudlelwaneni noNkulunkulu.
Eqinisweni, lapho uNkulunkulu ebeka abantu bamaJuda eceleni ngokusungula isivumelwano no-Abrahama kuGenesise 15, esiqinisekisa ngo-Isaka kuGenesise 26, futhi waphinda wasiqinisa ngoJakobe nenzalo yakhe kuGenesise 28, inhloso yakhe kwakungukuthi “zonke izizwe umhlaba "(Genesise 12: 1-3). Iyiphi indlela engcono yokuthinta umhlaba wonke kunokunikeza ikhambi lokona kwabo? Indaba yokuhlengwa kukaNkulunkulu ngoJesu isuka ekhasini lokuqala iye ekhasini lokugcina leBhayibheli. Njengoba uPaolo abhalile:
ngoba kuKristu Jesu lonke lingabantwana bakaNkulunkulu ngokholo. Ngoba nonke enibhapathizelwe kuKristu nigqoke uKristu. Akekho umJuda noma umGriki, akekho oyisigqila noma okhululekile, akekho owesilisa nowesifazane, ngoba nonke nimunye kuKristu Jesu. Futhi uma ningabakaKristu, khona-ke niyinzalo ka-Abrahama, izindlalifa ngokuka isithembiso (kwabaseGalathiya 3:26 –29, ESV).
UNkulunkulu wakhetha u-Israyeli ukuthi abe ngabantu besivumelwano sakhe hhayi ngoba kwakukhethekile futhi hhayi ukukhipha wonke umuntu ngaphandle, kepha ukuze kube yindlela yokunikezwa umusa kaNkulunkulu emhlabeni. Kwakungokwesizwe samaJuda lapho uNkulunkulu akhombisa khona uthando lwakhe ngathi ngokuthumela iNdodana yakhe, uJesu (okwakuwukugcwaliseka kwesivumelwano sakhe), ukuba abe nguKristu noma uMsindisi wabo bonke abazokholwa Kuye.
UPaul wagcizelela leli phuzu lapho ebhala:
kepha uNkulunkulu ukhombisa ukusithanda kwakhe ngalokhu, siseyizoni, uKristu wasifela. Njengoba manje sesilungisisiwe ngegazi lakhe, kakhulu-ke siyakusindiswa ngaye olakeni lukaNkulunkulu, ngokuba uma siseyizitha sabuyisana noNkulunkulu ngokufa kweNdodana yakhe, ikakhulu manje sesibuyisene naye. siyakusindiswa empilweni yakhe. Ngaphezu kwalokho, nathi siyathokoza kuNkulunkulu ngeNkosi yethu uJesu Kristu, esesithole ngaye ukubuyisana (Roma 5: 8-11, ESV).
Ukuthi insindiso nokubuyisana kungatholwa ngokukholwa ukuthi uJesu akayena kuphela uKristu ongumlando, kodwa unguKristu wethu. Singaba ngabafundi bakaJesu abamlandela eduze, bafunde kuye, bamlalele, babe njengaye futhi bammele emhlabeni.
Lapho uJesu enguKrestu wethu, sinesivumelwano esisha sothando asenza neBandla lakhe elingabonakali nelibiza umhlaba wonke alibiza "ngoMlobokazi" wakhe. UMesiya oweza kanye ukuzohlupheka ngenxa yezono zomhlaba ngelinye ilanga uzobuya futhi amise umbuso wakhe omusha emhlabeni. Mina, ngifuna ukuba sohlangothini lwakhe lapho lokho kwenzeka.