Intsingiselo yesiprofetho kumgcini-sango.
Kumaxesha amandulo umgcini-sango wayesebenza kwiindawo ezahlukeneyo: amasango esixeko, iingcango zetempile, nkqu naseminyango yamakhaya. Abamasango abaphethe amasango esixeko kwakufuneka baqinisekise ukuba ivaliwe ebusuku kwaye bakubo njengabagcini. Abanye abagcini babemi njengabalindi emnyango okanye kwinqaba, apho babenokubona khona abo beza esixekweni babhengeze ngokufika kwabo.
Aba balindi basebenzisana nomgcini-sango ( (2Sa 18:24, 26) , owayenoxanduva olukhulu ukusukela ukhuseleko lwesixeko luxhomekeke kakhulu kuye. Kwakhona, abagcini-masango babedlulisela kwabo bangaphakathi esixekweni imiyalezo yabo bafika apho. (2Ku 7:10, 11.) Kwabasango bakakumkani uAhaswerosi, ababini babo babeceba ukumbulala, babebizwa ngokuba ngamagosa enkundla. (Est 2: 21-23; 6: 2.)
Etempileni.
Kungekudala ngaphambi kokufa kwakhe, uKumkani uDavide walungelelanisa kakhulu abaLevi nabasebenza etempileni. Kweli qela lokugqibela bekukho oonozinti, abafikelela kwi-4,000. Icandelo ngalinye lonozinti lisebenze iintsuku ezisixhenxe zilandelelana. Kwakufuneka bajonge indlu kaYehova kwaye baqinisekise ukuba iingcango zivulwa zize zivalwe ngexesha elifanelekileyo.
(1Ku 9: 23-27; 23: 1-6.) Ukongeza kwimbopheleleko yokulinda, abanye babesiya neminikelo eziswa ngabantu etempileni. (2Ku 12: 9; 22: 4). Ngexesha elithile kamva, umbingeleli omkhulu uJehoyada wabeka oonogada abakhethekileyo kwiminyango yetempile xa wayethambisa u-NKOSI oselula ecela, ukumkhusela ku-Queen Ataliya, owayebhukuqe itrone.
(2Ku 11: 4-8.) Xa uKumkani uYosiya wayesilwa nonqulo-zithixo, abagcini-masango banceda ekususeni izixhobo ezazisetyenziswa kunqulo lukaBhahali etempileni. Emva koko batshisa konke oku ngaphandle kwedolophu. (2Ku 23: 4). Ngemihla kaYesu Kristu, ababingeleli nabaLevi babesebenza njengabagcini nabalindi kwitempile eyakhiwa nguHerode.
Kwakufuneka bahlale bephaphile kwindawo yabo ukuze bangabanjwa ngumongameli okanye igosa leNtaba yeTempile, owathi ngequbuliso wavela kumjikelo wakhe. Kwakukho nomnye umphathi owayephethe amaqashiso ngeenkonzo zetempile. Ukufika kwakhe wankqonkqoza emnyango, unogada kwafuneka avuke ukuze avule, kuba ingamothusa elele.
Malunga nokuhlala uphaphile, iMisná (UMiddot 1: 2) uyacacisa: Igosa elalisentabeni lalidla ngokuxhoma oonogada, liphethe iitotshi ezininzi phambi kwalo. Kumlindi owayengama, ongakhange athi: ‘Gosa lentaba yasetempileni, uxolo malube kuwe’ kwaye kwabonakala ukuba ulele, mbethe ngentonga yakhe. Bendinayo nemvume yokutshisa ilokhwe yakhe (Jonga kwakhona isiTy. 16:15) .
Aba balindi nabalindi babemi kwiindawo zabo ukuze bakhusele itempile kubusela nokukhusela nabani na ongahlambulukanga okanye abo bangangenayo.
Emakhaya. Ngemihla yabapostile, ezinye izindlu zazinabahlali. Umzekelo, kwindlu kaMariya, umama kaJuan Marcos, isicaka esigama linguRode saphendula xa uPetros wayenkqonkqoza emnyango emva kokuba ingelosi imkhulule entolongweni. (IZenzo 12: 12-14) Ngokukwanjalo, yayiyintombazana eqeshwe njengomgcini-sango endlwini yombingeleli omkhulu eyabuza uPetros ukuba wayengomnye wabafundi bakaYesu na. (Yohane 18:17.)
Abefundisi Ngamaxesha ebhayibhile, abelusi babedla ngokugcina imihlambi yabo yeegusha esibayeni okanye ebuhlanti ebusuku. Ezi zibaya zezimvu zazinodonga oluphantsi lwamatye olunomnyango. Umhlambi wendoda enye okanye ezininzi zazigcinwa ebuhlanti bezimvu ebusuku, kunye nomgcini-emnyango owayebagcina kwaye abakhusele.
UYesu wabhenela kwisiko elalikho lokuba isibaya sezimvu sigadwe ngusicabha xa wayebhekisela kuye ngokufuziselayo, kungekuphela nje njengomalusi wezimvu zikaThixo kodwa kwananjengomnyango ezazingena ngawo ezi zimvu. (Yoh 10: 1-9.)
AmaKristu uYesu wabalaselisa imfuneko yokuba umKristu ahlale enikele ingqalelo kwaye elindele ukufika kwakhe njengomphumezi wemigwebo kaYehova. Ufanise umKristu nendoda egunyazisa inkosi yayo ukuba ihlale ilumkile kuba ayazi ukuba iza kubuya nini kuhambo lwayo phesheya. (Mnu 13: 33-37)