Kwenzekani kumKristu ngemuva kokufa?
Ungakhaleli ukhokho, ngoba uvemvane selundizile. Lona umuzwa lapho umKristu efa. Nakuba silusizi ngokufa komKristu, siyajabula nangokuthi othandekayo wethu usengene ezulwini. Ukukhalela kwethu umKristu kuhlangene nethemba nenjabulo.
IBhayibheli liyasitshela ukuthi kwenzekani lapho umKristu efa
Lapho umKristu efa, umphefumulo womuntu uthuthelwa ezulwini ukuze ube noKristu. Umphostoli uPawulu wakhuluma ngalokhu kweyesi-2 Korinte 5:1-8:
Ngoba siyazi ukuthi lapho leli tende lasemhlabeni esihlala kulo lidilizwa (okungukuthi, lapho sifa futhi sishiya lo mzimba wasemhlabeni), siyoba nekhaya ezulwini, umzimba ophakade owenzelwe thina nguNkulunkulu ngokwakhe, hhayi ngezandla zomuntu. . Sikhathele yimizimba yethu yamanje futhi silangazelela ukugqoka imizimba yethu yasezulwini njengezingubo ezintsha ... sifuna ukugqoka imizimba yethu emisha ukuze lemizimba efayo igwinywe ukuphila ... kade sazi kusukela siphila. kulemizimba asikho ekhaya noMnumzane. Ngoba siphila ngokukholwa nokungaboni. Yebo, siqiniseka ngokugcwele futhi singathanda ukuba kude nale mizimba yasemhlabeni, ngoba sizobe sisekhaya neNkosi. (NLT)
Ekhuluma namaKristu futhi kweyoku-1 Thesalonika 4:13 , uPawulu wathi: “...
Igwinywe impilo
Ngenxa kaJesu Kristu owafa futhi wavuswa, lapho umKristu efa, singahlupheka sinethemba lokuphila okuphakade. Singahlupheka ngokwazi ukuthi abathandekayo bethu ‘bagwinywe ukuphila’ ezulwini.
Umvangeli waseMelika nomfundisi uDwight L. Moody (1837-1899) wake wathi ebandleni lakhe:
“Ngelinye ilanga niyofunda emaphepheni ukuthi u-DL Moody wase-East Northfield ushonile. Ungakholwa nezwi! Ngaleso sikhathi ngizobe ngiphila kakhulu kunalokho engiyikho manje. "
Lapho umKristu efa uyemukelwa uNkulunkulu, ngaphambi nje kokufa kukaStefanu ebhukwini kuZenzo 7, wabheka phezulu ezulwini futhi wabona uJesu Kristu enoNkulunkulu uYise, emlindile: “Bheka, ngibona izulu livulekile neNdodana yomuntu. emi endaweni yodumo ngakwesokunene sikaNkulunkulu!” (IzEnzo 7:55-56, NLT)
Injabulo ebusweni bukaNkulunkulu
Uma uyikholwa, usuku lwakho lokugcina lapha kuzoba usuku lwakho lokuzalwa engunaphakade.
UJesu wasitshela ukuthi kuba nenjabulo ezulwini lapho umphefumulo usindiswa: “Kanjalo, kukhona intokozo phambi kwezingelosi zikaNkulunkulu lapho noma isoni esisodwa siphenduka” ( Luka 15:10 , NLT ).
Uma izulu likuthokozela ukuphenduka kwakho, liyobungaza kangakanani ukugcotshwa kwakho?
Kuyigugu emehlweni kaJehova ukufa kwezinceku zakhe ezithembekileyo. ( IHubo 116:15, NIV )
UZefaniya 3:17 uthi:
UJehova uNkulunkulu wakho unawe, iqhawe elinamandla elisindisayo. Uyothokoza ngawe; othandweni lwakhe akasayikukuhlambalaza, kepha uyakuthokoza ngawe ngokuhuba. (NIV)
UNkulunkulu osijabulela kakhulu, osijabulela ngokuhlabelela, ngokuqinisekile uyosibingelela entanjeni lapho siqeda umjaho wethu lapha emhlabeni. Izingelosi zakhe mhlawumbe namanye amakholwa esike sahlangana nawo azobe ekhona ukuze ahlanganyele kulo mgubho.
Emhlabeni, abangane nezihlobo bayohlupheka ngenxa yokulahlekelwa ukuba khona kwethu, kuyilapho ezulwini kuyoba nenjabulo enkulu!
Umfundisi weSonto LaseSheshi uCharles Kingsley (1819-1875) wathi, “Akubona ubumnyama ozohamba, ngoba uNkulunkulu ungukukhanya. Akayedwa, ngoba uKristu unawe. Akusilo izwe elingaziwa, ngoba uKristu Ukhona."
Uthando lukaNkulunkulu lwaphakade
ImiBhalo ayisinikezi isithombe sikaNkulunkulu ongenandaba nozihlukanisayo. Cha, endabeni yendodana yolahleko, sibona ubaba onozwelo ephuthuma ukuyogona indodana yakhe, ejabule ngokuthi insizwa isibuyile ekhaya (Luka 15: 11-32).
“... Ungumngane wethu, ubaba wethu—ongaphezu komngane wethu, ubaba nomama wethu—uNkulunkulu wethu ongenasiphelo, ophelele othandweni... ilungu lomndeni ngaphezu kwakho konke inhliziyo yomuntu engakhulelwa ubaba noma umama “. - UNgqongqoshe waseScotland uGeorge MacDonald (1824-1905)
Ukufa kobuKristu kungukubuyela kwethu ekhaya kuNkulunkulu; isibopho sethu sothando asisoze sagqashuka phakade.
Futhi ngiyaqiniseka ukuthi akukho okungasehlukanisa nothando lukaNkulunkulu, noma ukufa noma ukuphila, izingelosi namademoni, noma ukwesaba kwethu namuhla noma izinkathazo zethu zakusasa - ngisho namandla esihogo ngeke asehlukanise nothando lukaNkulunkulu. Akukho mandla ezulwini phezulu noma emhlabeni phansi - ngempela akukho lutho kuyo yonke indalo okuyoze kusehlukanise nothando lukaNkulunkulu olubonakaliswa kuKristu Jesu iNkosi yethu. ( Roma 8:38-39 , NLT )
Lapho ilanga lisishonela emhlabeni, ilanga liyosiphumela ezulwini.
Ukufa kuseyisiqalo nje
Umlobi waseScotland uSir Walter Scott (1771-1832) wayeqinisile lapho ethi:
“Ukufa: ubuthongo bokugcina? Cha, ukuvuka kokugcina. "
“Cabanga ukuthi ukufa okungenakuzisiza okungenangqondo kanjani ngempela! Esikhundleni sokuqeda impilo yethu, isethula “ingcebo yaphakade”. Ukuze sibe nempilo embi, ukufa kusinika ilungelo emthini wokuphila “owokwelapha izizwe” ( IsAmbulo 22:2 ). Ukufa kungathatha abangani bethu kude nathi okwesikhashana, kodwa kuphela ukusethula kulelo zwe lapho kungekho ndlela yokuvalelisa “. - UDkt. Erwin W. Lutzer
“Kuya ngakho, ihora lakho lokufa lizoba ihora elingcono kakhulu owake walazi! Umzuzu wakho wokugcina uzoba umzuzu wakho ocebile kakhulu, ongcono kunosuku lokuzalwa kwakho kuyoba usuku lokufa kwakho. " - UCharles H. Spurgeon.
Ku-The Last Battle, u-CS Lewis unikeza le ncazelo yepharadesi:
“Kodwa kubona bekuyisiqalo nje sendaba yangempela. Impilo yabo yonke kulomhlaba ... bekukade kuyikhava kanye nekhasi lesihloko: manje ekugcineni base beqala Isahluko Sokuqala SeNdaba Enkulu okungekho muntu osifundile emhlabeni: esiqhubeka phakade: lapho isahluko ngasinye singcono kune owedlule. "
"KumKristu, ukufa akusona isiphetho se-adventure kodwa umnyango ophuma ezweni lapho amaphupho nezigigaba zishabalala, uye ezweni lapho amaphupho nezigigaba zikhula unomphela." –Randy Alcorn, Heaven.
“Nganoma isiphi isikhathi phakade, singasho ukuthi 'lesi kuseyisiqalo.' "- Ongaziwa
Akusekho ukufa, ubuhlungu, ukukhala noma ubuhlungu
Mhlawumbe esinye sezithembiso esijabulisa kakhulu amakholwa sokubheka ezulwini sichazwe kusAmbulo 21:3-4:
Ngezwa ukukhala okukhulu kuvela esihlalweni sobukhosi, kuthiwa: “Bheka, indlu kaNkulunkulu manje isiphakathi kwabantu bakhe; Uyohlala nabo, futhi bayoba abantu bakhe. UNkulunkulu ngokwakhe uyoba nabo. Uyosula zonke izinyembezi emehlweni abo futhi ukufa ngeke kusaba khona, ubuhlungu, ukukhala noma ubuhlungu ngeke kusaba khona. Zonke lezi zinto azisekho. "