Ukuzalwa kukaSanta John the Baptist, oNgcwele wosuku ngoJuni 24
Indaba yeSan Giovanni Battista
UJesu wabiza uJohane njengomkhulu kunabo bonke ababengaphambi kwakhe: "Ngithi kini, phakathi kwalabo abazelwe ngabesifazane, akekho omkhulu kunoJohane ..." Kodwa uJohane wayezovumelana ngokuphelele nalokho okwengezwe nguJesu: "[Y] et omncane embusweni kaNkulunkulu mkhulu kunaye ”(Luka 7:28).
UJohn wachitha isikhathi sakhe ehlane, engumuntu othanda ukuzincisha. Uqale ukumemezela ukufika koMbuso futhi wabizela wonke umuntu enguqukweni eyisisekelo yempilo. Inhloso yakhe kwakuwukulungiselela uJesu indlela, wathi ukubhabhadiswa kwakhe kwakungukuphenduka. Kodwa kwakuzofika ozobhabhathiza ngoMoya oNgcwele nangomlilo. UJohn wayengafanele ngisho nokuthukulula izimbadada zakhe. Isimo sakhe sengqondo ngoJesu sasithi: “Kumele kukhule; Ngifanele ukwehla ”(Johane 3:30).
UJohn wazithoba ukuthola phakathi kwesixuku sezoni esasizobhabhadiswa lowo owayesazi ukuthi unguMesiya. “Ngidinga ukubhapathizwa nguwe” (uMathewu 3: 14b). Kodwa uJesu wagcizelela, "Vumela manje, ngoba ngakho-ke kufanelekile ukuba sigcwalise konke ukulunga" (uMathewu 3: 15b). UJesu, umuntu weqiniso futhi othobekile kanye noNkulunkulu waphakade, wayezimisele ukwenza lokho okwakudingeka kunoma imuphi umJuda olungileyo. Ngakho-ke uJesu wangena obala emphakathini walabo ababelindele uMesiya. Kepha ngokuba yingxenye yalowo mphakathi, wakwenza kwaba wobuMesiya ngokweqiniso.
Ubukhulu bukaJohn, indawo yakhe ebaluleke kakhulu emlandweni wensindiso, kubonakala ekugcizeleleni okukhulu kukaLuka ekumemezelweni kokuzalwa kwakhe kanye nomcimbi uqobo - womabili afana ngokufana kakhulu nokwenzeka okufanayo empilweni kaJesu. UJohn waheha abantu abaningi. osebeni lweJordani futhi abanye babecabanga ukuthi kungenzeka ukuthi unguMesiya. Kodwa wayehlala ebhekise kuJesu, aze athumele abanye babalandeli bakhe ukuba bayoba abafundi bakaJesu bokuqala.
Mhlawumbe umbono kaJohane wokuza koMbuso kaNkulunkulu wawungagcwaliseki ngokuphelele enkonzweni kaJesu yasobala.Ngasizathu sisho, ngenkathi esejele, wathumela abafundi bakhe ukuba bayobuza kuJesu ukuthi unguMesiya yini. Impendulo kaJesu ikhombisile ukuthi uMesiya kumele abe ngumuntu ofana noweNceku Yokuhlupheka eku-Isaya. UJohn uqobo wayezokwabelana ngemodeli yokuhlupheka kukaMesiya, alahlekelwe yimpilo yakhe ngokuziphindisela kukaHerodias.
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UJohn uphonsela thina maKrestu inselelo esimweni esiyisisekelo sobuKrestu: ukuncika ngokuphelele kuYise, kuKristu. Ngaphandle kukaMama kaNkulunkulu, akekho noyedwa obenomsebenzi ophakeme ekuthuthukiseni insindiso. Kepha omncane embusweni, uJesu wathi, mkhulu kunaye, ngesipho esimsulwa uBaba asinikezayo. Ukuheha kukaJohn nokuba nenkani, isibindi sakhe esesabekayo ekugxekeni okubi, konke kususelwa ekubekweni kwakhe okuyisisekelo nokuphelele empilweni yakhe entandweni kaNkulunkulu.