Ukuzinikela Ezingelosini: Ngabe iBhayibheli likhuluma kanjani ngama-Guardian Angels?
Akukhona ukuhlakanipha ukucabanga ngokoqobo kwezingilosi ezigadayo ngaphandle kokubheka ukuthi zingobani izingelosi ezisebhayibhelini. Izithombe nezincazelo zezingelosi emithonjeni yezokuxhumana, ubuciko kanye nezincwadi zivame ukusinika umbono osontekile ngalezi zidalwa ezinhle kakhulu.
Ngezinye izikhathi izingelosi zifanekiselwa njengamakherubi amnandi, angenalutho futhi angenasongo. Ngemidwebo eminingi, zibukeka njengezidalwa zabesifazane ezigqoke ezimhlophe. Okuningi ngokwengeziwe kwezobuciko, nokho, izingelosi zikhonjiswa njengamaqhawe anamandla futhi abesilisa.
Abantu abaningi bahlanya ngezingelosi. Abanye baze bathandaze ezingelosini becela usizo noma ukubusisa, cishe njengokufisa ngenkanyezi. Amaqoqo kuma-Angel Club aqongelela "yonke ingelosi". Ezinye zezimfundiso ze-New Age ziqhuba imihlangano yezingelosi ukusiza abantu ukuthi bakwazi ukuxhumana nezingelosi ukuthola "ukuholwa nguNkulunkulu" noma ukuzwa "ukwelashwa kwezingelosi". Ngeshwa, izingelosi zingasebenza njengenhloso yezinye ukuvela "ngokomoya" kepha zingahlangani ngqo neNkosi.
Noma kwamanye amasonto, amakholwa akaqondi kahle inhloso yezingelosi nomsebenzi wazo. Ingabe zikhona izingelosi zokugada? Yebo, kepha kudingeka sibuze eminye imibuzo. Zinjani izingelosi? Babheke bani futhi ngani? Ingabe kuvikela konke abakwenzayo?
Zingobani lezi zidalwa ezikhazimulayo?
Ku-Angeli, iBone of Paradise, dr. UDavid Jeremiah ubhala athi: "Izingelosi kukhulunywa ngazo izikhathi eziyi-108 eTestamenteni eliDala nezikhathi eziyi-165 eTestamenteni eNtsha." Ngithola ukuthi izidalwa zasezulwini ezingaziwa kukhulunywa ngazo kaningi kepha nokho aziqondakali kahle.
Izingelosi "izithunywa" zikaNkulunkulu, indalo yakhe ekhethekile, ebizwa ngokuthi "amalangabi omlilo" futhi kwesinye isikhathi ichazwa ngokuthi izinkanyezi ezivuthayo ezulwini. Zadalwa ngaphambi nje kokuba uMhlaba wasungulwa. Babedalelwe ukwenza imiyalo kaNkulunkulu, ukulalela intando yakhe. Izingelosi ziyizidalwa zokomoya, ezinganqunyelwe amandla adonsela phansi noma amanye amandla emvelo. Abashadi noma abanazo izingane. Kunezinhlobo ezahlukahlukene zezingelosi: amakherubi, amaserafi nezingelosi ezinkulu.
IBhayibheli lizichaza kanjani izingelosi?
Izingelosi azibonakali ngaphandle kokuthi uNkulunkulu ukhetha ukuzenza zibonakale. Kuvele izingelosi ezithile emlandweni wesintu, ngoba azinakufa, ezingenazidumbu zomzimba ezindala. Umgcini wezingelosi mkhulu kakhulu ukuba ubalwe; futhi ngenkathi zingengamandla onke njengoNkulunkulu, izingelosi zidlula amandla.
Bangakwazi ukwenza intando yabo futhi, esikhathini esidlule, ezinye izingelosi zikhethe ukuvukela ngokuziqhenya ngoNkulunkulu futhi zilandele imigomo yazo, ngokuhamba kwesikhathi iba yisitha esikhulu sabantu; izingelosi ezingenakubalwa zahlala zithembekile futhi zilalela uNkulunkulu, zikhonza futhi zikhonza abangcwele.
Yize izingilosi zingakhona ukuba nathi futhi zisilalele, azizona uNkulunkulu. Zinokulinganiselwa okuthile. Akufanele bakhonzwa noma bathandazwe ngoba bangaphansi kukaKristu. URandy Alcorn ubhale ezulwini: "Akunasisekelo sebhayibheli sokuzama ukuxhumana nezingelosi manje." Yize izingelosi zibonakala zinobuhlakani futhi zihlakaniphile, u-Alcorn uthi: “Kufanele sicele ukuhlakanipha kuNkulunkulu, hhayi ezingelosini (Jakobe 1: 5). "
Kodwa-ke, njengoba izingelosi bezilokhu zinamakholwa impilo yazo yonke, ziye zaphawula futhi zazi. Baye babona imicimbi eminingi ebusisiwe neyezinhlekelele empilweni yethu. Bekungeke yini kube kuhle ngolunye usuku ukuzwa izindaba zabo ngokwenzekayo ngemuva kwezigcawu?
Ngabe yilowo nalowo okholwayo unengelosi ethile egada yena?
Manje ake sifinyelele enhliziyweni yale nkinga. Phakathi kokunye, izingelosi zigada amakholwa, kodwa ingabe wonke umlandeli kaKristu unengelosi ayabelwe?
Kuwo wonke umlando, kuqubuke izingxabano eziningi maqondana namaKristu ngamanye anezingelosi ezithile zokugada. Abanye obaba besonto, njengoThomas Aquinas, babekholelwa ezingelosini ezazabelwe ukuzalwa. Abanye, njengoJohn Calvin, bawenqabile lo mbono.
UMathewu 18:10 ubonakala ephakamisa ukuthi "abancane" - amakholwa amasha noma abafundi abanokuzithemba kwezingane - banakekelwa "yizingelosi zabo". UJohn Piper uchaza leli vesi ngale ndlela: "Igama" labo "ngokuqinisekile lisho ukuthi lezi zingelosi zinendima ekhethekile okufanele idlalwe maqondana abafundi bakaJesu. Kepha" izingelosi "zesiningi zingasho nje ukuthi wonke amakholwa anezingelosi eziningi babelwe ukubakhonza, hhayi munye kuphela. "Lokhu kusikisela ukuthi noma yisiphi isibalo sezingelosi," ezibona ubuso "bukaYise, zingabika umsebenzi lapho uNkulunkulu ebona izingane Zakhe zidinga ukungenela okukhethekile. Izingelosi zihlala zilawula uNkulunkulu njengababonisi nabagcini.
Lokhu sikubona emibhalweni lapho izingelosi zizungeza u-Elisha nenceku yakhe, lapho uLazaru elethwa ezingelosini ngemuva kokushona, nalapho uJesu ebona ukuthi wayengabiza amabutho ayi-12 ezingelosi - cishe angama-72.000 - ukuzomsiza ukumbopha.
Ngikhumbula okokuqala lesi sithombe sithwebula umcabango wami. Esikhundleni sokubheka “ingelosi egada” ukuthi ingisize njengoba bengifundiswe kusukela ebuntwaneni, ngabona ukuthi uNkulunkulu angaqoqa izinkulungwane zezingelosi ukuzongisiza, uma lokho kuyintando yaKhe!
Ngaphezu kwakho konke, ngazizwa ngikhuthazekile ukukhumbula ukuthi ngihlala ngitholakala kuNkulunkulu. Inamandla amakhulu kunezingelosi.