Intsingiselo yesiprofeto seentlanzi eBhayibhileni.
Apho unayo kwakhona! Intlanzi leyo! Uya kuyifumana kuyo yonke indawo! Ewe, naphina. Ngokukodwa kwiimoto. Ngasemva kwezithuthi, ukuba zichaneke. Endleleni - apho ubona loo phawu lwentlanzi. Imele ntoni, intlanzi? Ngaba ukhona umntu onokundixelela ukuba ithetha ukuthini loo nto?
KuLuka isahluko 5: 1-9, sifunda ngokubanjwa okungummangaliso kweentlanzi:
Ngenye imini uYesu wayemi ngakuLwandle lwaseGenesarete, kwaye izihlwele zazixinene kuye, ziphulaphule ilizwi likaThixo. Wabona elunxwemeni lwamanzi amaphenyane amabini, eshiywe apho ngabalobi, behlamba iminatha yabo.3Engene komnye umkhombe, owawungokaSimon, wamcela ukuba akhe akhwelelise kancinane elunxwemeni. Wahlala phantsi, wabafundisa abantu esemkhombeni apho.
4Uthe ke akugqiba ukuthetha, wathi kuSimon, Phosa emanzini anzulu, nihlise iminatha, kubanjiswa.
5Waphendula uSimon, Mfundisi, sisebenze nzima ubusuku bonke, asabamba nto; Kodwa ke, ngenxa yokuba nditsho, ndiza kuwuhlisa umnatha.
6Bakuba besenzile ke, babambisa inkitha yeentlanzi, kangangokuba waqhaqheka umnatha wabo.7Bawaphawula amaqabane abo akomnye umkhombe ukuba eze kubanceda, beza ke, bazizalisa zozibini izikhitshana, zada zatshona;
8Uthe ke akukubona oko uSimon Petros, wawa emadolweni kaYesu, esithi, Mka kum, Nkosi; Ndiyindoda enesono!9Kuba wathi makatha, kwanabo bonke ababenaye, ngobambiso lweentlanzi abazibambisileyo.
Iintlanzi zamaKristu
Undixelela ntoni? Ngaba le ntlanzi luphawu lobuKristu? Akukho nedonki inokukujonga oko kuyinyani! AmaKrestu neentlanzi, zinantoni yakwenza nomnye nomnye? Okanye ngaba umkhukula uza kubuya ngokukhawuleza; Lonke iqashiso alisoze. Hayi? Kuthekani ke ngoku? Ngaba ngamanye amaxesha amaKristu athi blub-blub-blub?
Oh hayi! Awufuni kundixelela ukuba awuzazi ngqo ngokwakho. Ingaba yinyani? Ngaba uninzi lwamaKristu aluyazi into ethethwa yile ntlanzi? Lixesha lokuba umntu achaze loo nto!
Intsingiselo yentlanzi
Kulungile ke, nantsi ingcaciso yam. Hlala nje phambi kwayo.
Uphawu lwentlanzi lwangowokuqala kwexesha lethu kwaye lwasungulwa ngamaKristu okuqala. Ngelo xesha, amaRoma ayelawula kwiindawo ezininzi zehlabathi. Kuba ukukholelwa kuThixo omnye nokwazi ukuba inye iNkosi uYesu Krestu bekungavumelekanga Bakhangela iisimboli zemihla ngemihla ezingazukuvela kwangoko, kodwa zinokwaneleyo ukuba zingakhuthazana. Intlanzi yayingumqondiso onjalo. Ngumqondiso kaYesu Krestu.
Ichthys
Iintlanzi, ke, lolunye lweempawu zamaKristu ezindala. Yayisele isetyenziswe ngamaKrestu malunga nonyaka ka-70, xa iindawo ezimbalwa zamaKristu zazivele, zikhula ngokuchasene nengcinezelo. AmaKristu ayetshutshiswa ngamanye amaxesha, ngamanye amaxesha ekuhlaleni, kodwa nakubo bonke uBukhosi baseRoma.
Iinkcazo ezahlukeneyo zokungcungcuthekiswa ziye zagcinwa, kubandakanya ukubethelelwa emnqamlezweni kunye nokubulawa kwabantu okwaphela phakathi kwezilwanyana zasendle kumabala emidlalo. Le ntlanzi yayisisazisi esikhuselekileyo kumaKristu ngeli xesha linzima. Yayiluphawu olwalutsala umdla wokucinga.
Ayikuko ukuba intlanzi ngokwayo iyathetha kakhulu. Kwaku malunga nentsingiselo yegama elithi intlanzi. IsiGrike yayilulwimi lwehlabathi ngelo xesha. Kwezopolitiko, indlela yokucinga yamaRoma (yesiLatin) yayixhaphakile, kwinkcubeko, indlela yokucinga yamaGrike.
Igama lesiGrike elithi intlanzi ‘ichthus.’ Kweli gama, oonobumba bokuqala bamagama athile nezihloko zikaYesu zifihliwe: Iesous Christos THeou Uios Soter (uYesu Krestu, uNyana kaThixo, uMsindisi). Yayiyiloo nto kanye kanye! Le ntlanzi yayifana negama lokugqitha. Igama lokugqithisa elisayiniweyo. Nabani na ozobe iintlanzi ubonakalise ngaphandle kwamazwi ukuba ungumKristu: uyayivuma ingxelo yokholo ekubhekiswa kuyo ngoonobumba begama elithi ichthus.
Umfuziselo wentlanzi ke usebenze njenge (efihliweyo) isivumo sokholo lwabo kumaKristu athetha isiGrike. Kodwa athetha ntoni amagama enza iintlanzi ichthus uphawu olubalulekileyo lobuKristu? Ichthus imele oku:
NdinguYesu
CH UChristos Christ
UTHIXO kaThixo
U Uios Nyana
Soter uMsindisi
NguYesu
UYesu wayehlala kwaSirayeli kwiminyaka engamawaka amabini eyadlulayo, ngelo xesha eyayingeyondawo yoBukhosi baseRoma. Nangona iiBatavians kunye neKanines Faten zisahlala kwilizwe lethu, bekukho inkcubeko yokubhala echumayo kwa-Israyeli kangangeenkulungwane. Ababephila ngoko babhala ngobomi bukaYesu. Iincwadi zabo zifumaneka eBhayibhileni.
Sifunda ukuba uYosefu, umchweli ovela kumantla akwaSirayeli, wayeyalelwe nguThixo ukuba abize umntwana oza kuzala uMoya kaThixo kuMariya (umtshakazi wakhe omncinci) uYesu. Igama elithi Yesu lithetha ukuba uThixo uyasindisa. Luhlobo lwesiGrike lwegama lesiHebhere elithi Joshua (isiHebhere yayilulwimi lwantlandlolo lwakwaSirayeli). Ngeli gama, umsebenzi wobomi bukaYesu watywinwa: wayeza kusindisa abantu endaweni kaThixo kumandla esono kunye nokugula.
Kwaye, ngexesha lokusebenza kwakhe kwa-Israyeli, wenza imimangaliso emangalisayo, ekhulula abantu kuzo zonke iintlobo zezifo kunye namandla eedemon. Uye wathi: Kuphela kuxa uNyana ekukhulula, apho uyakuba simahla. Emva kweminyaka emithathu, nangona kunjalo, wabanjwa waba libanjwa wagwetyelwa ukufa emnqamlezweni, isixhobo sokuhlukumeza amaRoma. Abachasi bakhe bakhwaza:
Isithembiso esenziwe ngegama lakhe kunye nolindelo awayeluvusile ebomini bakhe kwabonakala ngathi lurhoxisiwe. Kude kube ziintsuku ezintathu kamva, kubonakala ukuba uvukile engcwabeni. Ibhayibhile inika ingxelo eneenkcukacha ngokusweleka kwakhe kunye nokuvuka kwakhe kwaye ithetha ngamakhulu amahlanu amangqina okuzibonela ambonayo ebuya. UYesu walizukisa igama lakhe. Woyisile utshaba lokugqibela olukukufa - ngekhe asindise abantu, emva koko? Yiyo loo nto abalandeli bakhe baqukumbelayo: Igama lakhe kuphela komhlaba onokusindisa umntu.
UKristu
Iincwadi eBhayibhileni apho kubhalwe khona ubomi bukaYesu (iincwadi ezine zeVangeli) zibhalwe ngesiGrike. Kungenxa yoko le nto uYesu kubhekiswa kuye njengoKrestu ngesiqu sakhe sesiGrike. Elo gama lithetha othanjisiweyo.
Kuthetha ukuthini ukuthanjiswa? Kwa-Israyeli, ababingeleli, abaprofeti kunye nookumkani bathanjiswa ngeoyile kwimisebenzi yabo: yayilirhafu ekhethekileyo kunye nesiqinisekiso esivela kuThixo. UYesu wayethanjisiwe (uThixo wamthambisa ngoMoya oyiNgcwele) ukuba abe ngumbingeleli, umprofeti kunye nokumkani. Ngokutsho kwebhayibhile, yayingumntu omnye kuphela owayenokwenza le misebenzi mithathu ngaxeshanye. YayinguMesiya (igama lesiHebhere elithetha uKrestu okanye uMthanjiswa) owathenjiswa nguThixo.
Sele kwiincwadi zokuqala zeBhayibhile (ezazibhalwe kumakhulu eminyaka ngaphambi kokuzalwa kukaYesu), lo Mesiya wabhengezwa ngabaprofeti. Ngoku wayelapho! Abalandeli bakaYesu bazisa uYesu njengoMesiya owayeza kubakhulula kwimikhosi yamaRoma kwaye anike uSirayeli indawo ebalulekileyo kwimephu yehlabathi.
Kodwa uYesu wayenobunye ubukumkani engqondweni obungenakubekwa kude kube uhamba indlela engezantsi woyisa ukufa. Emva koko wayeza kuya ezulwini kwaye anike uMoya oyiNgcwele abantu abafuna ukuqonda ubukumkani bakhe ebomini babo. Kwincwadi yeBhayibhile yeZenzo, ukulandelelana kwezi ncwadi zine, sinokufunda ukuba oku kwenzekile.
Nyana kaThixo
Ngokwesiko lakwaSirayeli, oyena Nyana mkhulu waba yindlalifa ebaluleke kakhulu. Utata wamnika igama lakhe nezinto zakhe. UYesu ubizwa ngokuba nguNyana kaThixo eBhayibhileni. UThixo umqinisekisa njengoNyana wakhe oyintanda xa ebhaptizwa. Uye emva koko afumane uMoya oyiNgcwele aze ke azuze iwonga elimfaneleyo njengoNyana kaThixo.
Kubomi bukaYesu, ubona uthando olukhulu phakathi koThixo, uYise noYesu uNyana. Njengomfana oneminyaka elishumi elinambini, uthi kuYosefu noMary, kufuneka ndixakeke zizinto zikaBawo. Emva kwexesha, uya kuthi, ndenza kuphela oko ndibona uBawo ekwenza. ukuba nguBawo. Uthi enkosi kuye, singathathwa njengabantwana bakaThixo, ukuze nathi sibize uThixo ngokuthi nguBawo wethu.
Ibhayibhile igxininisa ukuba uYesu wayengumntu ngokupheleleyo kwaye wayengenguye oKhethekileyo. Ukanti wayekwangunyana kaThixo, ongenamandla esono kuye. WayenguThixo okwimo yomntu, ezithoba kwaye waba ngumntu ukuze asindise abantu.
UMsindisi
IBhayibhile yincwadi yokwenene. Khange ucinge njalo? Ngazo zonke iindlela ezinokwenzeka, iyenziwa icace into yokuba zinjani izinto nabantu. Asikwazi ukuphila ngendlela uThixo afuna siphile ngayo. Singamakhoboka emikhwa yethu emibi kwaye, ke, sihlala singquzulana nathi kunye nomnye nomnye. UThixo akanakubuxhasa ububi esinetyala kubo. Okungekho sikweni esimenza kuye, kunye nokusingqongileyo kukhulu kangangokuba isohlwayo ngasinye sincinci.
Silahlekile. Kodwa uThixo uyasithanda. Inye kuphela indlela yokuphuma kule ngxaki: Kufuneka ahlangule. Kuya kufuneka sinikezwe sisuka esonweni esigciniwe ngumchasi, uSathana. UYesu weza emhlabeni naloo myalelo.
Wangena edabini noSathana kwaye waxhathisa amandla esono. Wenza okungakumbi. Wazimela izono zethu njengommeli wabo bonke abantu kwaye wehlelwa ziziphumo zokufa. Usweleke endaweni yethu. Ngamandla oMoya oyiNgcwele, wabuya wavuka kwabafileyo, emvumela ukuba asikhulule esonweni ukuze sihlangane noThixo.
UYesu unguMsindisi wethu ukuze kungafuneki sinikezele kwisigwebo, kodwa sisindiswe ngenxa yobabalo lukaThixo. Olo sindiso luyabachaphazela abantu kwizenzo zabo. Wonke umntu ohlala noYesu utshintshiwe ukusuka ngaphakathi nguMoya oyiNgcwele ukuze afunde ukuphila ngokuthanda kukaThixo. Oko kwenza ubomi njengomKristu bube nentsingiselo kwaye bube mnandi, sinethemba lekamva eliqaqambileyo.
U-Yesu uphumelele uloyiso, nangona ilizwe lisahlupheka ngenxa yesono. Singaba nenxaxheba kuloyiso lwakhe kwaye sihlale kubudlelwane obuvulekileyo noThixo, nangona impembelelo yesono isasebenza. Ngolunye usuku yonke into iya kuba yintsha. Xa uYesu ebuyile, uloyiso lwakhe ludluliselwe kuyo yonke indalo. Ke intlawulelo anayo uThixo engqondweni igqityiwe.
Ndiyathemba ukuba, olu phononongo lufutshane lukunike ukuqonda okungakumbi malunga nentsingiselo yophawu lwentlanzi. Inye into iyacaca. Ingxelo enguYesu Krestu, uNyana kaThixo, uMsindisi inesiqulatho esingathandabuzekiyo esachazwa ngamaKrestu okuqala ngokumangalisa, uloyiko, kunye nombulelo xa bechaza intsingiselo yomqondiso ichthus.
Kodwa kukho okungakumbi ukuthetha ngayo. Isiteyitimenti sokholo esifihle umqondiso weentlanzi sisahambisa izigidi zabantu. Ngenxa yoko, nanamhlanje, iintlanzi ze-ichthus ziyathandwa kumaKristu amaninzi njengomqondiso wokholo lwabo. Ndifuna ukuthetha izinto ezimbalwa malunga naloo nto.
Uphawu lwentlanzi ngoku
Singathetha izinto ezintathu malunga nentsingiselo yophawu lwentlanzi namhlanje.
Okokuqala, amaKristu asatshutshiswa ngomkhamo omkhulu ngenxa yeenkolelo zawo. Iingxelo zokuhlukumeza kunqabile ukuba zenze iindaba. Okwangoku, imibutho ekhethekileyo ichaza intshutshiso yamaKristu phantse kuwo onke amazwe aseMantla e-Afrika nakuMbindi Mpuma (kubandakanya i-Israel), e-India, e-Indonesia, e-China, e-Cuba, e-Mexico, e-Peru nakwamanye amazwe.
Okwesibini, kubonakala ngathi icawe yamaKrestu- njengakwiinkulungwane zokuqala zexesha lethu- ihlala ikhula ngokuchasene nengcinezelo. Ungatsho nokuba ubuKrestu kwihlabathi liphela abuzange bukhule ngokukhawuleza njengeminyaka engamashumi amahlanu edlulileyo. Iindaba ezilungileyo zikaYesu Krestu azilahlekwanga nangamandla okuthetha, nangona ungacinga ngenye indlela kwilizwe lethu elinabantu abangakholwayo.
Oko kuzisa kwinqanaba lesithathu. Uluntu lwethu luye lwaphosa imigaqo emininzi yobuKristu elwandle. Kodwa ke basoloko bekho abantu abafumanisa amandla evuselela ubomi evangeli. Kananjalo, abaphathi bayaqonda ukuba ubuKristu bunokunika isikhokelo kwimilinganiselo kunye neenqobo zokuphendula imibuzo enzima ehlala kuluntu lwethu.
Kukho ulwazi olwandayo phakathi kwamaKristu lokuba bathe cwaka ixesha elide. Iicawa kunye neendawo zonqulo ngoku zenza amaqela amancinci ukuzisa ukholo ngakumbi kwabo banomdla. Abantu abahlukeneyo bavula izindlu zabo ukuze bafumanise, ngeBhayibhile, ukuba ngubani uYesu kwaye ingaba impembelelo yoMoya wakhe inokuthetha ntoni kubomi bomntu kunye nakwimeko-bume yakhe ngexesha leentlanganiso ezingacwangciswanga. Iindaba ezilungileyo ziyaphila kwaye zilungile.
Ke: kutheni intlanzi? Ukusetyenziswa komqondiso we-ichthus kuyenza icace into yokuba nanamhlanje, abantu abaninzi banamathisela ukubaluleka kwayo kwintsingiselo yayo. Lowo uphethe loo ntlanzi uthi: 'UYesu Kristu nguNyana kaThixo, uMsindisi!'
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