Kungani uJesu azalelwa eBetlehema?

Kungani uJesu azalelwa eBetlehema ngenkathi abazali bakhe, uMariya noJosefu, babehlala eNazaretha (Luka 2:39)?
Isizathu esiyinhloko sokuzalwa kukaJesu eBetlehema kwakuwukugcwalisa isiprofetho esanikwa ngumprofethi omncane uMika. Uthe: "Futhi wena, iBetlehema Efratha, okungenani phakathi kwezinkulungwane zakwaJuda, kusuka kuwe (uJesu) uzokuzalelwa Kimi, ozoba nguMbusi kwa-Israyeli ..." (UMika 5: 2, HBFV kukho konke).

Elinye iqiniso elihlaba umxhwele ngokuzalwa kukaJesu eBetlehema yindlela uNkulunkulu asebenzisa ngayo umbuso wobukhosi bamaRoma onamandla kodwa kwesinye isikhathi onesihluku, ohlanganiswe nokufakwa komJuda kokhokho bakhe, ukufeza isiprofetho seminyaka engama-700!

Ngaphambi kokusuka eNazaretha elibangise eBhetlehema, uMariya wabhangiswa kodwa engabugqibi ubudlelwano bakhe bokuhlangana noJosefa. Lo mbhangqwana kwakudingeka uhambe uye ekhaya likaJosefa eBetlehema ngenxa yezinqubomgomo zentela zaseRoma.

UMbuso WaseRoma, ngezikhathi ezithile, wawubala abantu hhayi kuphela ukubala abantu, kodwa futhi uthole nokuthi yini abanayo. Kwanqunywa ngonyaka uJesu azalwa ngawo (5 BC) ukuthi kuzothathwa ubalo olunjalo lwamaRoma eJudiya (Luka 2: 1 - 4) nendawo ezungezile.

Lolu lwazi, noma kunjalo, lubeka umbuzo. Kungani amaRoma engazange enze ukubalwa kwabantu lapho kwakuhlala khona abantu eJudiya nasendaweni ezungezile njengoba benzile kulo Mbuso wonke? Kungani bacele abazali bakaJesu ukuthi bahambe amakhilomitha angaphezu kwama-80 (amakhilomitha ayi-129) ukusuka eNazaretha kuye eBhetlehema?

KumaJuda, ikakhulukazi lawo ayehlala ezweni ngemuva kokubuya ekudingisweni eBhabhulona, ​​ukuhlonza izizwe nobuzwe bawo kwakubaluleke kakhulu.

ETestamenteni eliSha sithola uhlu lozalo lukaJesu oluvela emuva hhayi ku-Abrahama (kuMathewu 1) kuphela kodwa no-Adamu (Luka 3). Umphostoli uPawulu waze wabhala ngohlu lakhe (Roma 11: 1). AmaJuda abaFarisi abangamaJuda basebenzise uhlu lwabo lwenyama ukuziqhenya ngokuthi baphakeme kangakanani ngokomoya abacabanga ukuthi baqhathaniswa nabanye (NgokukaJohane 8: 33- 39, uMathewu 3: 9).

Umthetho wamaRoma, maqondana namasiko nobandlululo lwamaJuda (ngaphezu kwesifiso sokuqoqa intela ngokuthula kubantu abathobekile), wamisa ukuthi noma yikuphi ukubalwa kwabantu ePalestine kuzoqhutshwa ngesisekelo somuzi okungelawo umndeni wobukhokho bomuntu. Esimweni sikaJoseph, selokhu alandela uhlu lozalo lwakhe kuDavida, owazalelwa eBetlehema (1Samuel 17:12), kuye kwadingeka ukuthi aye edolobheni ukubalwa kwabantu.

Ukubalwa kwabantu kwamaRoma kwenzeka ngasiphi isikhathi sonyaka okwaphoqa umndeni wakwaJesu ukuthi aye eBhetlehema? Ingabe kwakuphakathi nobusika njengoba buboniswa kwizigcawu zikaKhisimusi eziningi?

Uhlobo oluthembekile lwe-Holy Bible lunika imininingwane ethokozisayo ngesikhathi okwenzeka ngalo lolu hambo lokuya eBhetlehema. Uthi: “Isimemezelo sokukhishwa kwentela nokubalwa kukaKhesari Augustus sasebenza ngokwesiko lamaJuda elalizodinga ukuthi le ntela iqoqwe ngemuva kokuvunwa ekwindla. Ngakho-ke, imibhalo kaLuka yale ntela iveza ukuthi ukuzalwa kukaJesu kwenzeka ngesikhathi sokuwa ”(Isithasiselo E).

AmaRoma aqhuba ukubalwa kwabantu ePalestine ngesikhathi sokuwa ukuze akwazi ukukhuphula inani lemali yentela ababeyiqoqa kubantu.

UBarney Kasdan, encwadini yakhe ethi God Appoosed Times, wabhala ngeRome ukuthatha ubalo kubantu ngasikhathi esivumelana namasiko endawo. Ngamafuphi, kungcono amaRoma nama-Israyeli ukuphatha izintela ekwindla konyaka, lapho kwakulula ukuhamba (ngokwesibonelo, ukusuka eNazaretha kuye eBhetlehema) kunaphakathi nobusika.

UNkulunkulu wasebenzisa isifiso saseRoma sokuqoqa yonke imali yentela ayengayithola, kanye nomdwebo wamaJuda wokhokho babo, ukufeza isiprofetho esimangazayo ngokuzalwa kukaJesu eBetlehema!