Umbono wobuKhristu ngomkhosi wePhentekhosti
Umkhosi wePhentekhosti noma uShavuot unamagama amaningi eBhayibhelini: umkhosi wamasonto, umkhosi wokuvuna nolibo. Igujwe ngosuku lwamashumi amahlanu ngemuva kwePhasika lamaJuda, ngokwesiko iShavuot yisikhathi esijabulisayo sokubonga kanye nokuhambisa iminikelo kakolweni omusha kusuka ekuvunweni kukakolweni kwasehlobo kwa-Israyeli.
Umkhosi wePhentekhosti
Umkhosi wePhentekhosti ungomunye wemikhosi emithathu emikhulu yezolimo yakwa-Israyeli nomkhosi wesibili omkhulu wonyaka wamaJuda.
UShavuot ungomunye wemikhosi emithathu yokuhambela lapho bonke abesilisa abangamaJuda kwakudingeka bavele phambi kweNkosi eJerusalema.
Umkhosi wamasonto ungumkhosi wokuvuna ogujwa ngoMeyi noma ngoJuni.
Enye inkolelo yokuthi kungani amaJuda avame ukudla ukudla kobisi njengama-cheesecake kanye noshizi ku-Shavuot ukuthi uMthetho uqhathaniswe "nobisi noju" eBhayibhelini.
Isiko lokuhlobisa ngama-greenery kwi-Shavuot limelela ukuqoqwa kanye nereferensi yeTorah ngokuthi "umuthi wokuphila".
Njengoba uShavuot ewela ngasekupheleni konyaka wesikole, futhi yisikhathi esincanyelwayo sokugubha imigubho yokuqinisekiswa kwamaJuda.
Umkhosi wamasonto
Igama "Umkhosi Wamaviki" sanikezwa ngoba uNkulunkulu wayala amaJuda kuLevitikusi 23: 15-16, ukubala amasonto ayisikhombisa aphelele (noma izinsuku ezingama-49) kusukela ngosuku lwesibili lwePhasika, bese ethula iminikelo yokusanhlamvu okusha eNkosini njenge ukuhleleka okungapheli. Igama elithi Pentekosiki lisuselwa egameni lesiGrikhi elisho ukuthi "amashumi amahlanu".
Kuqala, uShavuot wayeyiqembu lokukhombisa ukubonga kwiNkosi ngokubusisa isivuno. Futhi njengoba kwenzeka ekupheleni kwePhasika lamaJuda, yathola igama "Izithelo zokugcina". Umkhosi ubuye uhlanganiswe nokunikeza iMiyalo Eyishumi ngakho-ke unegama elithi Matin Torah noma "Ukunikeza uMthetho". AmaJuda akholelwa ukuthi ngaleso sikhathi uNkulunkulu wanikeza iTorah kubantu ngoMose eNtabeni iSinayi.
UMose nomthetho
UMose uphatha imiyalo eyishumi edlula eNtabeni iSinayi. Izithombe ze-Getty
Isikhathi sokubheka
IPentekosti igujwa ngosuku lwamashumi amahlanu ngemuva kwe-Ista, noma ngosuku lwesithupha lwenyanga yamaJuda iSivan, ehambelana noMeyi noma uJuni. Bheka le Chalenda Lomkhosi Wasebhayibhelini ngezinsuku zangempela zePentekosti.
Umongo womlando
Idili lePhentekhosti laqalwa kwiPentateuch njengomnikelo wolibo, owanqunyelwa kwa-Israyeli eNtabeni iSinayi. Kuwo wonke umlando wamaJuda, bekuyisiko ukwenza isifundo ebusuku seTorah kusihlwa sokuqala kukaShavuot. Izingane zakhuthazwa ukuba zikwazi ukubamba ngekhanda imibhalo futhi zavuzwa ngokuphatha.
Incwadi kaRuth yafundwa ngokwesiko ngesikhathi sikaShavuot. Namuhla, nokho, amasiko amaningi ashiywe futhi nencazelo yawo ilahlekile. Iholide seliphenduke umkhosi wokudla wezitsha ezenzelwe ubisi. AmaJuda endabuko asakhanyisa amakhandlela futhi aphindaphinde izibusiso, ahlobise amakhaya awo kanye namasinagogeni ngotshani, adle imikhiqizo yobisi, afunde iTorah, afunde incwadi kaRuth futhi abambe iqhaza ezinkonzweni zikaShavuot.
UJesu nomkhosi wePhentekhosti
Encwadini yezEnzo 1, ngaphambi nje kokuba uJesu ovusiwe alethwe ezulwini, wakhuluma kubafundi ngesipho sikaMoya oNgcwele esathenjiswa uBaba, esasizonikezwa ngokushesha ngendlela yobhapathizo olunamandla. Wabatshela ukuthi mabalinde eJerusalema baze bathole isipho soMoya oNgcwele, owayezobanika igunya lokuphuma baye emhlabeni futhi babe ngofakazi bakhe.
Ezinsukwini ezimbalwa kamuva, ngosuku lwePhentekhosti, abafundi babehlangene ngenkathi kuzwakala umoya onamandla onamandla wehla uvela ezulwini nezilimi zomlilo zifika kumakholwa. Ibhayibheli lithi, "Bonke bagcwaliswa ngoMoya oNgcwele, baqala ukukhuluma ezinye izilimi, lapho uMoya wabavumela." Amakholwa axhumana ngezilimi abengakaze azikhulume ngaphambili. Babekhuluma nabahambi abangamaJuda bezilimi ezahlukahlukene abavela kulo lonke elaseMedithera.
Usuku lwePhentekhosti
Umfanekiso wabaphostoli abathola uMoya oNgcwele ngosuku lwePhentekhosti. Izithombe zikaPeter Dennis / Getty
Isixuku sabukela lo mcimbi futhi sabezwa bekhuluma ngezilimi eziningana. Bamangala futhi bacabanga ukuthi abafundi babephuzwe yiwayini. Ngemuva kwaloko umphostoli Phetro wasukuma washumayela tindzaba letimnandzi teMbuso bese bantfu labangu-3000 XNUMX bemukela umlayeto waKhristu. Ngosuku olufanayo ababhapathizwa ngalo futhi banezelwa emndenini kaNkulunkulu.
Incwadi yezEmisebenzi iyaqhubeka nokuqopha ukukhishwa okuyisimangaliso kukaMoya oNgcwele okwaqala ngomkhosi wePhentekhosti. Lo mkhosi weTestamente Elidala uveze “isithunzi sezinto ezazizokuza; Kodwa-ke iqiniso litholakala kuKristu ”(KwabaseKolose 2: 17).
Ngemuva kokuba uMose enyukele eNtabeni iSinayi, iZwi likaNkulunkulu lanikezwa ama-Israyeli kwaShavuot. Lapho amaJuda amukela iTorah, baba yizinceku zikaNkulunkulu. Ngokufanayo, ngemuva kokuthi uJesu enyukele ezulwini, uMoya oNgcwele wanikezwa ngePhentekhosti. Lapho abafundi bethola isipho, baba ofakazi bakaKristu. AmaJuda agubha isivuno esijabulisayo kuShavuot futhi isonto ligubha isivuno semiphefumulo esanda kuzalwa ngePhentekhosti.
Izikhombo zemiBhalo ngomkhosi wePhentekhosti
Ukugujwa komkhosi wamasonto noma wePentekosti kulotshwe eTestamenteni eliDala ku-Eksodusi 34: 22, uLevitikusi 23: 15- 22, Duteronome 16: 16, 2 IziKronike 8: 13 noHezekeli 1. Eminye imicimbi ethokozisayo ka-Il ITestamente elisha lajikeleza uSuku lwePentekosti encwadini yezEnzo, izahluko 2. IPhentekoste libuye lishiwo kuzEzenzo 20: 16, 1 KwabaseKhorinte 16: 8 noJakobe 1:18.
Amavesi abalulekile
"Gubha umkhosi wamasonto ngezithelo zokuqala zokuvunwa kukakolweni noMkhosi Wokuvuna ekuqaleni konyaka." (U-Eksodusi 34: 22, NIV)
“Kusukela ngosuku lwangemva komgqibelo, usuku owaletha ngalo isithungu sokwethula, unamasonto ayisikhombisa aphelele. Ubala izinsuku ezingamashumi ayisihlanu kuze kube usuku olwandulela uMgqibelo wesikhombisa, bese uletha umnikelo wokusanhlamvu okusha eNkosini. .., - umhlangano ongcwele futhi ungenzi noma yimuphi umsebenzi ojwayelekile. Lokhu kumele kube yisimiso esiphakade ezizukulwaneni ezizayo, nomaphi lapho uhlala khona. " (Levitikusi 23: 15-21, NIV)