Lokho Okushiwo NgamaKristu Lapho Babiza uNkulunkulu ngokuthi 'Adonai'

Kuwo wonke umlando, uNkulunkulu uye wafuna ukwakha ubudlelwano obuqinile nabantu bakhe. Kudala ngaphambi kokuthi Athumele iNdodana Yakhe emhlabeni, uNkulunkulu waqala ukuziveza esintwini ngezinye izindlela. Enye yezinto zokuqala kwakuwukuhlanganyela igama lakhe siqu.

YHWH kwakuyindlela yasekuqaleni yegama likaNkulunkulu.Kwakukhunjulwa futhi kuhlonishwe kuze kufike ezingeni lokuthi kwakungakhulunywa ngisho nokukhulunywa. Ngesikhathi samaGrikhi (cishe ngonyaka wama-323 ngaphambi kuka-31 kuya ku-XNUMX AD), amaJuda agcina isiko lokungabizi igama elithi YHWH, elibizwa ngeTetragrammaton, ngoba lalithathwa njengelingcwele kakhulu njengegama.

Lokhu kwaholela ekubeni baqale ukufaka amanye amagama emBhalweni obhaliwe nasemthandazweni okhulunywayo. U-Adonai, ngezinye izikhathi abizwa ngokuthi “adhonay,” wayengomunye walawo magama, njengoJehova. Lo mbhalo uzobheka ukubaluleka, ukusetshenziswa nokubaluleka kwe-Adonai eBhayibhelini, emlandweni nanamuhla.

Kusho ukuthini ukuthi "Adonai"?
Incazelo ka-Adonai ithi "Lord, Lord or master".

Igama yilokho okubizwa ngokuthi ubuningi obugcizelelayo noma ubuningi bobukhosi. Munye kuphela uNkulunkulu, kepha ubuningi busetshenziswa njengethuluzi lemibhalo yesiHeberu ukugcizelela, kulokhu, kubonisa ubukhosi bukaNkulunkulu. "Noma" O Nkulunkulu, Nkulunkulu wami. "

I-Adonai iphinde ikhombe ngomqondo wobunikazi nokuba umphathi wezinto eziphethwe. Lokhu kufakazelwa emavesini amaningi eBhayibheli akhombisa uNkulunkulu hhayi njengoMfundisi wethu kuphela, kodwa futhi nomvikeli nomhlinzeki.

“Kepha qhubekani nimesaba uJehova, nimkhonze ngokuthembeka ngayo yonke inhliziyo yenu; cabanga ngezinto ezinkulu akwenzele zona ”. (1 Samuweli 12:24)

Likhulunywa kuphi leli gama lesiHeberu likaNkulunkulu eBhayibhelini?
Igama elithi Adonai kanye nokuhluka kwalo kutholakala emavesini angaphezu kwama-400 kulo lonke iZwi likaNkulunkulu.

Njengoba incazelo isho, ukusetshenziswa kungaba nekhwalithi ephathekayo. Kule ndima evela ku-Eksodusi, ngokwesibonelo, uNkulunkulu wabiza uMose ukuba amemezele igama lakhe ngenkathi emi phambi kukaFaro. Lapho-ke wonke umuntu wayezokwazi ukuthi uNkulunkulu wathi amaJuda ngabantu bakhe.

UNkulunkulu wathi futhi kuMose: “Yisho kubantwana bakwa-Israyeli, uthi: 'UJehova, uNkulunkulu wawoyihlo, uNkulunkulu ka-Abrahama, uNkulunkulu ka-Isaka, noNkulunkulu kaJakobe, ungithumile kini. Leli yigama lami kuze kube phakade, igama oyongibiza ngalo ezizukulwaneni ngezizukulwane. "(Eksodusi 3:15)

Kwesinye isikhathi, u-Adonai uchaza uNkulunkulu ofunela okwakhe ubulungiswa. Umprofethi u-Isaya wanikezwa lo mbono wesijeziso esizayo senkosi yase-Asiriya ngezenzo zayo ngokumelene no-Israyeli.

Ngakho-ke, iNkosi, iNkosi uSomandla, izothumela isifo esibhubhisayo kumaqhawe ayo anamawa; ngaphansi kwepompo layo umlilo uyokhanya njengelangabi elivuthayo. (Isaya 10:16)

Ngezinye izikhathi u-Adonai ufaka indandatho yokudumisa. INkosi uDavide, kanye nabanye abahubi, bakujabulela ukuqaphela igunya likaNkulunkulu futhi balimemezela ngokuziqhenya.

Nkosi, Nkosi yethu, yeka ukuthi igama lakho likhulu ngokubabazekayo emhlabeni wonke. Ubeke inkazimulo yakho emazulwini. (IHubo 8: 1)

UJehova umisile isihlalo sakhe sobukhosi ezulwini, nombuso wakhe ubusa phezu kwakho konke. (IHubo 103: 19)

Ukuhlukahluka okuningi kwegama Adonai kuvela emiBhalweni:

U-Adon (Nkosi) wayeyigama lesiHeberu eliyimpande. Empeleni yayisetshenziselwa amadoda nezingelosi, kanye noNkulunkulu.

Ngakho-ke uSarah wahleka yedwa ngenkathi ecabanga, “Ngemuva kokuthi sengikhathele futhi inkosi yami isindala, manje sengizoba nale njabulo? (UGenesise 18:12)

I-Adonai (INKOSI) isiphenduke indawo esetshenziswa kabanzi yeYHWY.

… Ngimbonile uJehova, ephakeme futhi ephakeme, ohlezi esihlalweni sobukhosi; futhi ingubo yakhe yayigcwele ithempeli. (Isaya 6: 1)

I-Adonai ha'adonim (iNkosi yamakhosi) isitatimende esinamandla sesimo saphakade sikaNkulunkulu njengombusi.

Ngibonge iNkosi yamakhosi: uthando lwakhe luhlala ingunaphakade. (IHubo 136: 3)

U-Adonai Adonai (iNkosi YHWH noma iNkosi uNkulunkulu) naye uqinisekisa ubukhosi bukaNkulunkulu.

Ngokuba ubakhethile ezizweni zonke zomhlaba ukuba babe yifa lakho, njengalokho wamemezela ngesandla senceku yakho uMose lapho wena, Nkosi EnguMbusi, ukhipha obaba eGibithe. (1 AmaKhosi 8:53)

Ngoba i-Adonai yigama elisho uNkulunkulu
Asisoze samqonda ngokugcwele uNkulunkulu kulokhu kuphila, kepha singaqhubeka nokufunda kabanzi ngaYe.Ukufunda amanye amagama akhe kuyindlela ebalulekile yokubona izici ezahlukahlukene zobuntu bakhe. Lapho sibabona futhi sibamukela, sizongena ebudlelwaneni obusondelene noBaba wethu waseZulwini.

Amagama kaNkulunkulu aqokomisa izici futhi anikeza izithembiso zokuzuzisa thina. Isibonelo esisodwa nguJehova, okusho ukuthi "Nginguye" futhi sikhuluma ngobukhona baKhe baphakade. Uthembisa ukuhamba nathi impilo yonke.

Ukuze abantu bazi ukuthi wena, ogama lakho lodwa linguPhakade, ungoPhezukonke emhlabeni wonke. (IHubo 83:18 KJV)

Enye, i-El Shaddai, ihunyushwa ngokuthi "uNkulunkulu uSomandla", okusho amandla Akhe okusisekela. Uthembisa ukuqinisekisa ukuthi izidingo zethu zifezekiswa ngokugcwele.

Kwangathi uNkulunkulu uSomandla angakubusisa akwenze uzale futhi andise inani lakho ukuze ube ngumphakathi wabantu. Kwangathi angakunika wena nenzalo yakho isibusiso esanikezwa u-Abrahama ... (Genesise 28: 3-4)

U-Adonai ungeza omunye umucu kulo mbhalo: umqondo wokuthi uNkulunkulu ungumphathi wakho konke. Isithembiso ukuthi uzoba umphathi omuhle walokho anakho, enze izinto zisebenzele okuhle.

Wathi kimi: 'Wena uyiNdodana yami; namuhla ngikuzele. Ngibuze ngizokwenza izizwe zibe yifa lakho, imikhawulo yomhlaba ibe yifa lakho. (IHubo 2: 7-8)

Izizathu ezi-3 zokuthi kungani uNkulunkulu esengu-Adonai namuhla
Umqondo wokuba nokuphathwa ungavusa izithombe zomuntu oyedwa onomunye, futhi lolo hlobo lobugqila alunandawo ezweni lanamuhla. Kepha kufanele sikhumbule ukuthi umqondo we-Adonai uhlobene nesimo sobuholi bukaNkulunkulu empilweni yethu, hhayi ingcindezelo.

UmBhalo usho ngokusobala ukuthi uNkulunkulu uhlala ekhona nokuthi usenguNkosi efanelekile phezu kwakho konke. Kumele sizithobe kuye, uBaba wethu omuhle, hhayi komunye umuntu noma isithombe. IZwi lakhe lisifundisa nokuthi kungani lokhu kuyingxenye yohlelo lukaNkulunkulu oluhle kakhulu ngathi.

1. Sidalelwe ukumdinga njengeNkosi yethu.

Kuthiwa kuthi ngamunye wethu kunembobo elingana nonkulunkulu. Akukhona ukusenza sizizwe sibuthakathaka futhi singenathemba, kepha ukusiholela kuLowo onganelisa leso sidingo. Ukuzama ukuzigcwalisa nganoma iyiphi enye indlela kuzosiholela engozini - ukwahlulela okubi, ukungazweli esiqondisweni sikaNkulunkulu, futhi ekugcineni sinikezele esonweni.

2. UNkulunkulu ungumfundisi omuhle.

Iqiniso elilodwa ngempilo ukuthi ekugcineni wonke umuntu usebenzela othile futhi sinakho ukuzikhethela ukuthi kuzoba ngubani. Cabanga nje ukhonza inkosi ephindisela ukwethembeka kwakho ngothando olungenamibandela, induduzo, nempahla eningi. Lobu ubuKhosi obunothando obunikezwa uNkulunkulu futhi asifuni ukulahlekelwa yibo.

3. UJesu wafundisa ukuthi uNkulunkulu wayeyiNkosi yakhe.

Izikhathi eziningi kakhulu emsebenzini Wakhe wasemhlabeni, uJesu wabona uNkulunkulu njengo-Adonai. INdodana yeza ngokuzithandela eMhlabeni ngokulalela uYise.

Awukholwa ukuthi ngikuBaba, nokuthi uBaba ukimi, na? Amagama enginitshela wona angiwakhulumi ngokwami. Kunalokho, nguBaba, ohlala kimi, owenza umsebenzi wakhe. (Johane 14:10)

UJesu wakhombisa abafundi bakhe ukuthi kusho ukuthini ukuzithoba ngokuphelele kuNkulunkulu njengeNkosi. Ufundise ukuthi ngokumlandela nangokuzinikela kuNkulunkulu, sizothola izibusiso ezinkulu.

Nginitshelile ukuze injabulo yami ibe kini futhi injabulo yenu iphelele. (Johane 15:11)

Umkhuleko kuNkulunkulu njengo-Adonai wakho
Baba Osezulwini othandekayo, siza phambi kwakho ngenhliziyo ethobekile. Lapho sifunda kabanzi ngegama elithi Adonai, lasikhumbuza ngendawo ofisa ukuba nayo empilweni yethu, indawo ekufanele. Ufisa ukuthobela kwethu, hhayi ukuze ube yinkosi elukhuni phezu kwethu, kodwa ube yiNkosi yethu enothando. Cela ukuthobela kwethu ukuze usilethele izibusiso futhi usigcwalise ngezinto ezinhle. Usinike neNdodana yakho ezelwe yodwa njengesiboniso sokuthi ukubusa kwakho kubukeka kanjani.

Sisize sibone incazelo ejulile yaleli gama. Impendulo yethu kuyo mayingaqondiswa izinkolelo eziyiphutha, kepha yiqiniso leZwi Lakho noMoya oNgcwele. Sifisa ukukuhlonipha, Nkosi Nkulunkulu, ngakho-ke sithandazela ukuhlakanipha ukuze sizithobe ngomusa kuMphathi wethu omangalisayo.

Sikhuleka konke lokhu egameni likaJesu Amen.

Igama elithi Adonai ngempela liyisipho esivela kuNkulunkulu kithi, bantu bakhe. Kuyisikhumbuzo esiqinisekisayo sokuthi uNkulunkulu uphethe. Lapho simazi kakhulu njengo-Adonai, sizobona ngokwengeziwe ngobuhle bakhe.

Lapho simvumela ukuba asiqondise, siyokhula ekuhlakanipheni. Njengoba sizithoba embusweni Wakhe, sizozwa injabulo eyengeziwe ekukhonzeni nasekuthuleni ngokulinda. Ukuvumela uNkulunkulu abe yiNkosi yethu kusisondeza emseni wakhe omangalisayo.

Ngithi eNkosini: “Wena uyiNkosi yami; ngaphandle kwakho anginalutho oluhle. (IHubo 16: 2)