Ukuzinikela kuNkosikazi Wethu: USathane unamandla ukwedlula uMariya?

Isiprofetho sokuqala sokuhlengwa ngoJesu Kristu siyeza ngesikhathi sokuwa, lapho iNkosi ithi enyokeni, Sathane: “Ngizakubeka ubutha phakathi kwakho nowesifazane, naphakathi kokuzalwa kwakho nokuzalwa kwakhe; uzokulimaza ikhanda lakho, wena uyakuchoboza isithende ”(UGenesise 3:15).

Kungani uMesiya avezwa njengenzalo yowesifazane? Emhlabeni wasendulo, umuntu nguyena owayehlose ukuhlinzeka "ngembewu" esenzweni sobulili (UGenesise 38: 9, uLevi 15: 17, njll.), Futhi leyo kwakuyindlela ejwayelekile ama-Israyeli ayilandela ngayo inzalo. Manje kungani kungakhulunywa ngo-Adamu, noma omunye ubaba ongumuntu kule ndima?

Ngoba, njengoba uSanta Irenaeus aphawula ngonyaka we-180 AD, leli vesi likhuluma "ngulowo okufanele azalwe ngowesifazane, lowo nguNgcikazi, ngokufana kuka-Adamu". UMesiya wayezoba yindodana ka-Adamu yoqobo, kodwa ngaphandle kukababa ongumuntu onikezela "inzalo", ngenxa yokuzalwa kwentombi. Kepha ukubona lokhu njengesinyathelo kuJesu nokuzalwa kwentombi kusho ukuthi "owesifazana" ovezwe kuGenesise 3:15 uyiNtombi enguMariya.

Lokhu kuvula indlela yempi engokomoya phakathi kwenyoka (uSathane) nowesifazane (uMariya), esiyithola encwadini yesambulo. Lapho, sibona isibonakaliso esikhulu ezulwini, "umfazi embethe ilanga, nenyanga ngaphansi kwezinyawo zakhe, nomqhele wezinkanyezi eziyishumi nambili ekhanda lakhe" ozala uJesu Kristu, ophikisana “nodrako omkhulu [ . . .] inyoka yasendulo, ebizwa ngokuthi uDeveli noSathane ”(IsAm. 12: 1, 5, 9).

Ngokubiza USathane ngokuthi "inyoka yasendulo", uJohane usibiza ngamabomu emuva kuGenesise 3, ukuze sizokwenza lokhu kuxhumana. Lapho uDeveli engakwazi ukulutha umama kaJesu, sitshelwa ukuthi "udrako wathukuthela lowesifazane, waya ukuyolwa nayo yonke inzalo yakhe, kulabo abagcina imiyalo kaNkulunkulu, bafakaze ngayo UJesu ”(Isambulo 12:17). Ngamanye amagama, uDeveli akagcini nje ngokukhetha amaKristu ngoba ezonda uJesu, kodwa ngoba (sitshelwa ngokuqondile) uyamzonda lowesifazane owazala uJesu.

Ngakho-ke lokhu kuphakamisa umbuzo: ngubani onamandla amakhulu, iNcasakazi uMariya ezulwini noma uDeveli esihogweni?

Ngokudabukisayo, amanye amaProthestani abonakala ekholelwa ukuthi nguSathane. Kuyiqiniso, lokhu akuvamile ukuthi amaKristu angamaProthestani athi ngokungakhathali noma ngokusobala, kepha cabanga ngezinye zezinto eziphikisana namaKatolika athandaza kuMariya. Ukwenza isibonelo, sitshelwa ukuthi uMary akakwazi ukuzwa imithandazo yethu ngoba uyisidalwa esivelayo, ngakho-ke angeke ayizwe imithandazo yabo bonke ngasikhathi sinye, futhi ngeke ayiqonde nemikhuleko ehlukene ekhulunywa ngezilimi ezahlukene. UMichael Hobart Seymour (1800-1874), isazi sokuloba elimelene nobuKhatholika, wasiphawula kahle lesi sicelo:

Kubukeka kunzima ukuqonda ukuthi yena noma yimuphi osanta ezulwini bangazazi kanjani izifiso, imicabango, ukuzinikela, imikhuleko yezigidi zabantu abakhuleka kuzo ezingxenyeni eziningi zomhlaba ezihlukene ngasikhathi sinye. Uma yena noma bebekhona yonke indawo - uma bekhona njengeDivity, yonke into bekuzoba lula ukuyikhumbula, konke bekuzokwenzeka; kepha njengoba bengelutho ngaphandle kwezidalwa ezagcina ezulwini, lokhu akunakuba.

Sithola impikiswano efanayo esetshenziswa namuhla. Ku-Woman Woman Riding the Beast, ngokwesibonelo, uDave Hunt wenqabe emugqeni, "Jika-ke ummeli okhetheke kakhulu, amehlo akho esihawu kithi" yiSalve Regina ngesikhuthazo sokuthi "uMaria kufanele abe namandla onke, owazi konke, kanye namazwe onke (ikhwalithi kaNkulunkulu kuphela) ukwenzela isihe kubo bonke abantu ”.

Ngakho-ke uMariya nabangcwele, ngokuba "izidalwa eziqediwe ezulwini", banqunyelwe futhi ababuthakathaka ukuba balalele imikhuleko yakho. Ngakolunye uhlangothi, nguSathane. . .

Yebo, cabanga nje ngemininingwane engokomBhalo. ISt. Peter usimema ukuthi “Yibani ngabacaphile, niphapheme. Isitha sakho, udeveli, sihambahamba njengengonyamakazi ebhongayo, sifuna umuntu ongamshwabadela ”(1 KaPetro 5: 8). Futhi esinye isiqu esisetshenziswe nguJohane kuSathane, kusambulo 12, "ngumkhohlisi womhlaba wonke" (IsAm 12: 9). Lokhu kufinyelela kukaSathane kwembulunga yomuntu ngamunye futhi kusondelene, ezingeni lenhliziyo nomphefumulo.

Sibona kaninginingi. "USathane wavukela u-Israyeli futhi wavusa uDavid ukuthi abale u-Israyeli," sifunda ku-1 IziKronike 21: 1. Esidlweni sakusihlwa sokugcina, "USathane wangena kuJudasi okuthiwa ngu-Iskariyothe, owayengomunye wabayishumi nambili" (uLuka 22: 3). Futhi uPeter ubuza u-Ananiya: "Kungani uSathane egcwalise inhliziyo yakho ukuba iqambe amanga kuMoya oNgcwele futhi ugcine ingxenye yemithombo yomhlaba?" (Izenzo 5: 3). Ngakho-ke yize amaProthestani engacabanga ukuthi uMariya kanye nabangcwele balinganiselwe kakhulu futhi badalwa ukusebenzisana nomuntu ngamunye kuthi futhi kuyo yonke indawo, abakwazi ukwenqaba ukuthi uDeveli wenza lokhu.

Kuyaqondakala ukuthi kungani amaProthestani edidekile ukuthi uMariya angalalela kanjani umkhuleko (noma ukuthi udeveli angakwenza kanjani, ngaphezu kwalokho!). Kepha uma uthi uMariya angezwa imikhuleko, noma aqonde izilimi zesimanje, noma ahlanganyele nathi lapha eMhlabeni, kepha ukuthi uSathane angazenza zonke lezi zinto, qaphela ukuthi usho ukuthi uMariya, ebukhoneni bukaNkulunkulu ezulwini, ngisho buthakathaka kunoSathane. Ukugcizelela futhi, ukusho (njengoba uSeymour noHunt benzile) ukuthi uMariya ngeke akwazi ukwenza lezo zinto ngoba ezomenza alingane noNkulunkulu, uphakamisa ukuthi uSathane ulingana noNkulunkulu.

Ngokusobala, inkinga lapha akuyona ukuthi amaProthestani aphethe ngokucophelela ukuthi uSathane mkhulu kuneNtombi Enyulu uMariya. Kungaba nengqondo. Inkinga ukuthi, njengabaningi bethu, banokulinganiselwe kakhulu kokuqonda kwenkazimulo yasezulwini. Lokhu kuyaqondakala, inikezwe ukuthi "akukho iso elikubonile, lakuzwa, noma inhliziyo yomuntu ikukhulelwe, lokho uNkulunkulu akulungiselele labo abamthandayo" (1 Co 2: 9). Isibhakabhaka sikhazimula ngokungenakucatshangwa, kodwa futhi simane nje sicabange, okusho ukuthi umqondo wethu weparadesi uvame ukuba mncane kakhulu.

Uma ngabe ufuna ukuqonda kahle izulu kangcono, cabanga ngalokhu: phambi kwengembu elembulayo, uSanta John kabili wawela kuye ukuba amkhulekele (Isambulo 19:10, 22: 9). Yize kungabazeki ukuthi ungumphostoli omkhulu kunabo bonke, uJohane wabhekana nobunzima bokuqonda ukuthi le ngelosi ibingeyona eyaphezulu kanjani: nansi indlela izingelosi ezinenkazimulo ngayo. Futhi abangcwele basukuma ngaphezulu kwalokhu! UPaul ubuza, cishe ngengozi, "Awazi yini ukuthi kufanele sahlulele izingelosi?" (1 Kor 6: 3).

UJohn ukubeka kahle: “Sithandwa sami, manje sesingabantwana bakaNkulunkulu; esingasazukuvela manje, kodwa Siyazi ukuthi lapho ebonakala sizofana naye, ngoba sizombona njengoba enjalo "(1 Johane 3: 2). Ngakho-ke usuyindodana noma indodakazi kaNkulunkulu; lokhu kuyinto enkulu kakhulu ngokomoya esingakwazi ukuyiqonda ngokugcwele. Lokho ozoba yikho kungeke kucatshangelwe, kepha uJohane uthembisa ukuthi sizofana noJesu. UPitrosi usho into efanayo lapho esikhumbuza ukuthi uJesu "usinikeze izithembiso zakhe eziyigugu nezinkulu, ukuthi ngazo ungaphunyula ukonakala okusezweni ngenxa yentshisekelo, futhi ube ngumhlanganyeli wobunkulunkulu" (2 Pet.1: 4) .

I-CS Lewis ayikhiphi ihaba lapho echaza amaKristu ngokuthi "umphakathi wonkulunkulu nonkulunkulukazi okungenzeka" ngaye "umuntu onesibindi nowokuzidela okhuluma naye angaba yisidalwa esithile ukuthi, uma umbona manje, ungalingeka ngokuqinile ekukhulekeleni. Nakhu ukuthi umBhalo uveza kanjani uMariya nabangcwele enkazimulweni.

Ensimini, USathane watshela u-Eva ukuthi uma edla isithelo esenqatshelwe, "kuzoba njengoNkulunkulu" (Gen 3, 5). Kwakungamanga, kepha uJesu uyakwethembisa futhi anikeze. Eqinisweni kusenza sifane naye, empeleni kusenza sihlanganyele esimweni sakhe saphezulu, njengoba nje wakhetha ngokukhululeka ukubamba iqhaza esimweni sethu sobuntu ngokuba yindodana ka-Adamu nendodana kaMariya. Kungaleso sizathu uMariya enamandla amakhulu kunoSathane: hhayi ngoba unamandla ngokwendalo, kodwa ngoba indodana yakhe uJesu, "eyenziwe yangaphansi kwezingelosi isikhashana" ngokuba ngumzimba esizalweni sayo (KumaHeberu 2: 7) ), ukhetha ngokukhululeka ukuhlanganyela inkazimulo yakhe yaphezulu noMariya nabo bonke abangcwele.

Ngakho-ke uma ucabanga ukuthi uMariya kanye nabangcwele ababuthakathaka kakhulu futhi banqunyelwe ukuzwa imithandazo yethu, ungadinga ukwazisa okwengeziwe “ngezithembiso eziyigugu nezinkulu” uNkulunkulu azilungiselele labo abamthandayo.