Isithombe: Izinsalela zedolobha lasendulo laseKhesariya Maritima. © Denison Ministries

Khulekani iNkosi eyodwa eKhesariya Maritima

Kusuka e-Tel Aviv, siqhubeka nohambo lwethu lwamamayela angamashumi amathathu nantathu ukuya enyakatho eCaesarea Maritima, enye yezindawo ezibalulekile ngokomlando nangokomoya eZweni Elingcwele.

Lapho uHerode Omkhulu eba inkosi yamaJuda, wathola ukuthi umbuso wakhe wawungenalo itheku elifanele. Ngakho wakha kabusha iStrato’s Tower, indlu yezibani yasendulo nezinqaba ezahlehlela emakhulwini amane eminyaka ngaphambi kukaKristu. Wayiqamba ngo-Awugustu Kesari, owayemnike yona.

Ngokwakha idolobha laseRoma elinethempeli lokukhulekelwa koMbusi, uHerode wahlonipha amaRoma.

Ngokwakha ithempeli lamaJuda eJerusalema ukuze kukhulekelwe uYahwe, wahlonipha amaJuda. Ngakho-ke, wazama ukubasiza bobabili.

Ingabe ukwethembeka kwakho kuhlukene phakathi?

U-Caesarea Maritima isikhumbuza ukuthi ukubonakala kwangaphandle kuwukuthatha indawo embi yokuthula kwangaphakathi.

UHerode wazama ngamandla wonke ukushweleza kokubili amaRoma namaJuda, akha izikhumbuzo zikaNkulunkulu noKhesari njengokungathi bayalingana.

Ekugcineni, idolobha asebenze kanzima ukuze alakhe futhi ayehlose ukulisebenza njengefa lakhe laba yindawo yokuqalisa impi, isiphithiphithi, nokucekela phansi.

Isiphetho esifanayo silindele bonke abazama ukuhlukanisa ukwethembeka kwabo phakathi komhlaba neNkosi.

Sikhonza uNkulunkulu ongenandaba nokuhlanganyela esihlalweni Sakhe sobukhosi.

Umthetho wokuqala—“Ungabi nabanye onkulunkulu ngaphandle kwami”—usalokhu uyisisekelo sokholo lwethu namuhla njengoba wawunjalo kumaJuda ehlane (Eksodusi 20:3).

Kodwa lolo hlobo lokuzinikela wedwa kungaba nzima ukukugcina lapho iziphazamiso ezingase zibe khona zanda. Lapho sizwa ukuthi ukwethembeka kwethu kuhlukene phakathi, kungaba usizo ukukhumbula ukuthi akafuni okungaphezu kwalokho asekubonisile.

Njengoba uPawulu asho, “uNkulunkulu ubonakalisa ukusithanda kwakhe kithi ngokuthi, siseyizoni, uKristu wasifela . . . Ngokuba uma sabuyisana noNkulunkulu ngokufa kweNdodana yakhe, siseyizitha; njengoba sesibuyisene, siyakusindiswa ngokuphila kwakhe. (KwabaseRoma 5:8, 10).

Buza uNkulunkulu uma kukhona noma yiziphi izici zempilo yakho lapho ukwethembeka kwakho kuhlukene khona.

Yenza kunoma yini akubonisa yona, ufunde esibonelweni sikaHerode ukuze ugweme ukwenza amaphutha akhe abe ngawe.

UNkulunkulu ubonise uthando nokuzinikela Kwakhe kithi ngendlela okufanele isikhuthaze ukuba sibuyele okufanayo.

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