I-Apocalypse iprofeto elibi okanye iindaba ezilungileyo?

Namhlanje siya kuzama ukuqonda ukuba yiyiphi Apocalypse: ngaba sisiprofeto esiza kuzaliseka okanye siyindlela yokwesatshisa abantu? Kutheni abantu besaba? Okanye mhlawumbi lo luphawu olulungileyo kulabo bahlala behlambulukile entliziyweni nasengqondweni? Umyalezo, wehla ukusuka ekudeni kweenkulungwane, unentsingiselo efihliweyo. Kwaye ukuyicombulula, i-alas, engekabi nawuphi na umntu ohlala kwiplanethi yethu. Okanye mhlawumbi kufanele kube njalo?

Nentsingiselo kunye nomlobi

Okokuqala, fu manisa ukuba lithetha ntoni eli gama elinzima. I-Apocalypse ngumsebenzi kaYohane uMfundisi wezeMfundiso yezoBomi, equle isiprofeto malunga nehlabathi elizayo, isiphephelo sayo. Leli gama ngesiGrike lithetha "isityhilelo" kuba luqulethe ulwazi oluyimfihlo. Incwadi ngokwayo kunzima ukuyiqonda, kwaye iindidi ezininzi zokutolika ziqinisa intando yoluntu kuyo.

Ootitshala becawa bakholelwa ukuba i-apocalypse yinto engayi kukuza kwenzeka kungekudala okanye kamva. Amakholwa alindele ukuphela kwehlabathi, emva koko uvuko lwabalungileyo luya kuza. Umbhali wesiprofeto ngumpostile uYohane, umfundi kaYesu omthandayo, obhala neencwadi ezintathu kunye neVangeli. Ngenxa yokunyaniseka kwakhe kumfundisi kunye nokushumayela kobuKristu, wayevalelwa kwisiqithi sasePatmoti.

Kwakutheni ukuze isiprofeto sibhalwe?

Umfundi sele esazi intsingiselo yegama elithi "apocalypse". Ngoku makhe sizame ukuqonda oko umlobi odale umsebenzi kunye nalapho ebhala khona. Isityhilelo sibhalwe ngesiGrike kwisiqithi sasePatmoti e- Aegean Sea ekupheleni kwekhulu lokuqala. Sekunjalo ngelo xesha ubuKristu buhlukaniswe ngamanzi, kwaye abavakalisi bobuxoki bebesasazeka njengezimpukane. UJohn ngokwakhe ubonise injongo yokubhala incwadi enzima ngale ndlela: ukuxelela oko ihlabathi elikulindelayo nokubikezela ikusasa lecawa, ukutsala abantu abaninzi ekukholweni lokwenene, ukuqinisa umoya wabo, ukuzingelwa okuqinileyo kwaqala. Umpostile ubonisa umzabalazo wecawa kunye nomtyholi, okulungileyo nokubi, kwakunye neendlela ezingcolileyo ezisetyenziselwa ukunqoba. Oku kwakukunceda ukumelana nesilingo sokusondeza uYesu.

Iziqulatho kunye neempawu

Siye saqikelela ukuba i-Apocalypse ngumfanekiso wokuphela kwehlabathi, emva koko kuza kuza ubomi obungunaphakade nobusisiweyo. UJohn uthi iintshaba zecawa (iilwanyana eziselwandle) zizenza ngasese izicwangciso zokutshatyalaliswa kwayo. Ukunceda le nkomo ibonakalisa amandla angamanye amazwe, umprofeti oyinyaniso (irhamncwa evela emhlabeni) kwaye umtyholi ungumkhokeli wale mfazwe (inyoka). Inyoka yamandulo ilingisa abantu kwaye ibakhokela kuThixo. Kodwa abo abathembekileyo ngenxa yokubandezeleka kwabo baya kufumana umvuzo, kuba ngamaxesha athile iNkosi iya kugweba imikhosi embi kwiSigwebo sokugqibela ize ijezise. Amalungisa aya kuvuya kwaye athabathe. Kwimfazwe ehamba kuyo yonke indawo, kungekhona kuphela abantu ababandakanyekayo, kodwa kunye nehlabathi elingelona izinto-iingelosi, imimoya emibi, iidemon.

Kubalulekile ukuba uqaphele ukuba ezinye zeziprofeto sele zizalisekile (malunga nesahlulo seenkalo ezisixhenxe ze-Asia Minor). Oku kwenza umntu acinge nge nyaniso yencwadi kwaye aqonde kangcono ezinye iindawo.

Isicwangciso seSityhilelo

Makhe siqwalasele kwiziphi iindawo ze-Apocalypse kaYohane eziqulethekileyo, yintoni eyala ukuba isiphelo sehlabathi sibe ne:

• Isingeniso apho uThixo etshela umpostile ukuba abhale isiprofeto;
• Iileta ezi-7 zeecawa ezisixhenxe;
• Umbono kaThixo, iMvana kunye nokukhonza ezulwini;
• Ukuvulwa kwezibonakaliso ezisixhenxe nguYesu Kristu, osebenza njengomqondiso wokugqabhuka kwemfazwe. Laba babizwa ngokuba ngabaphambili be-Apocalypse (abamahashe abane);
• Iingelosi ezisixhenxe zixilongo zibe ngamaxilongo, zivakalisa ukuqala kweentlekele emhlabeni. Amakholwa athabatha itywina ebunzini labo, eliya kubakhusela;
• Iimpawu ezisixhenxe zeendlela abantu abaza kulwahlula ngayo kwiibhothi ezimbini, ezilwa imfazwe. Kukho ububi behlabathi jikelele ngendlela yesigane, amangqina amabini kaKristu alwa nayo;
• Ukubonakala kweesibhozo ezisixhenxe (iArmagedon) kunye nokuqala kweNkundla eNkulu;
• Inkcazo yesilingo sobubi, ukufa komprofeti wamanga kunye noMchasi-Kristu;
• Isiphumo semfazwe: isijeziso kubo bonke abantu abanetyala kunye nemimoya, ukunqoba kwemikhosi yokulungileyo;
• Inkcazelo yehlabathi elitsha-izulu nomhlaba emva kwe-apocalypse.

Shwa nkathela

I-Apocalypse kukuphela kokuphila okubi, ukungahloneli uThixo nokungabikho komthetho okwaqala ngokuwa kwezono zika-Adam noEva. Eyadalwa ngexesha lokutshutshiswa okukhulu kwamaKristu, kwafuneka anike ithemba lokuba akusiyo yonke into engenanto, ukubandezeleka kuya kuhlawulwa ngekhulu. Ngandlela-thile kuba ngumyalelo wokumelana nemilingo kaSathana, umprofeti wamanga kunye noMchasi-Kristu, ukuwaqonda, enikwa amakholwa. Iqulethe ulwazi malunga nendlela eya kuqaliswa ngayo imfazwe enkulu kwaye iya kuthini ngaphambili.

Kodwa i-Apocalypse ayinakuyithathwa njengencwadi enzima. Ngokuphambene noko, ezi ziqhamo eziqaqambileyo kwaye zivuyayo kakhulu kwiZibhalo ezingcwele, kuba zithetha ngokunqoba kweNkosi uThixo kunye nabakhonzi bakhe abathembekileyo. Incwadi kaYohane uMfundisi wezeMfundiso yenkolo uqikelela ukuba ubomi obonwabisayo nobomi obungunaphakade bube ngumntu ongenakuhlala entle.

Enyanisweni, i-Apocalypse ingabizwa ngumfanekiso obonakalisa umzabalazo ongunaphakade wobukhosi obumnyama kunye nobumnyama, ukuphikisana kwimiphefumlo yabantu. Kwaye lo ngumxholo oyintloko wokucinga, umbuzo oyintloko kubo bonke abafilosofi.