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ITSHE LASUSWA

“Nifunelani ophilayo kwabafileyo na? Kakho lapha, kodwa uvukile. NGOKUKALUKA 24:5-6 (ESV)

Lapho sibheka uJesu njengoMesiya, iningi lethu licabanga ngokushesha ngomuntu siqu: UJesu unguMesiya wami. Uthethelela izono zami. Uhlala kimi. Konke lokhu kuyiqiniso. Kodwa amathemba amaJuda ekhulu lokuqala mayelana nomesiya kaJesu ayebanzi kakhulu kunalokho. Ukube sasixoxe nomJuda wekhulu lokuqala mayelana nalokho ayekulindele kuMesiya, sasiyothola amathemba, ngomqondo othile, ayemakhulu kakhulu.

AmaJuda ayelindele ukuthi uMesiya wawo okwase kuyisikhathi eside elindelwe wayezofika ezonqoba amaqaba ayewabusa, akhe kabusha ithempeli, futhi amise ukubusa kukaNkulunkulu okulungile emhlabeni. Babenethemba lobuzwe lokuthi uMesiya wayezofika futhi alwele isizwe sakwa-Israyeli. Ukufika kukaJesu, nezimangaliso Azenza, izindaba azilandisa, neziprofetho azigcwalisa, kwakha uhlaka olukhulu lokulindela kubalandeli Bakhe. Kodwa kwathi lapho beqala ukucabanga ukuthi nguye ngempela owayezohlenga abantu bakwa-Israyeli ngokwepolitiki, babona wonke amathemba abo obumesiya elenga phezu kwegibethi yamaRoma eKalvari. Futhi lapho uJesu ememeza ethi, “Kufeziwe” (NgokukaJohane 19:30), abaningi babo kumele ukuba bavuma.

Kwenzeka kanjani-ke, leli qembu lamakholwa, amathemba alo obuMesiya angcwatshwe ethuneni lasePalestina, lingagcini nje ngokuqhubeka nokukholelwa ukuthi uJesu wayenguMesiya kodwa lime emigwaqweni eduze kwalapho ayebulawelwe khona futhi lenze isimemezelo esingenamahloni? ngobumesiya Bakhe? Impendulo eza ngokuphindaphindiwe emakhasini eTestamente Elisha itholakala ekuvukeni komzimba kukaJesu. Isimemezelo sengelosi kwabesifazane ababelethe amakha ukuze bagqumise isidumbu sabangela ukuba kuhlolwe kabusha lokho amakholwa ayekubone ngoLwesihlanu futhi kwashintsha ngokuphelele umbono wawo ngempilo nekusasa lawo. Lapho uMesiya ephinda evela phakathi kwabo, ephila njengakuqala, laba bafundi ababedabukile, ababekhathazekile, ababehluliwe, nabadabukile baguqulwa baba ofakazi abanesibindi nabajabulayo. Manje base befakaza ngobuqiniso bukaKristu ovusiwe enomzimba owawungabonwa, uphathiwe, futhi othintiwe, kodwa unamandla okwenza lokho umzimba Wakhe wangaphambi kokuvuka owawungazange ukwenze. Umsebenzi Wakhe wensindiso wawuphelile; Impilo Yakhe kanye nokubusa Kwakhe kwakungenjalo neze!

Ekuqapheleni kwabafundi ukuba khona Kwakhe okuvusiwe kuphela lapho ubumesiya bukaKristu bugcina bunengqondo. Ngempela, lokho amakholwa okuqala angamaJuda akuthola lapho ‘ethola itshe ligingqiwe lasuswa ethuneni’ (NgokukaLuka 24:2) futhi ebona ukuthi “uJesu ngokwakhe emi phakathi kwabo” (v 36) kwakuyilelo themba laphakade, injabulo namandla avutha ezinhliziyweni zabo. Futhi lezi zihlala zitholakala kubo bonke abathembela kuJesu, uMesiya ovusiwe. Uvuko kuphela olushintsha ukudabuka, ukukhathazeka, nokunqotshwa kube ithemba, injabulo, namandla. Uvuko, futhi uvuko kuphela, olumemezela ukuthi uMesiya wethu uyonqoba izitha Zakhe, abuyisele abantu Bakhe, futhi abuse kusukela olwandle kuze kube kolwandle. Ukuvuka kukaJesu kuzoshintsha konke mayelana nendlela owenza ngayo ngosuku lwakho lwanamuhla.

• UNkulunkulu ungibiza kanjani ukuthi ngicabange ngendlela ehlukile?
• UNkulunkulu uhlela kanjani kabusha uthando lwenhliziyo yami—engikuthandayo?
• UNkulunkulu ungibizele ukuba ngenzeni njengoba ngiqhubeka nosuku lwami namuhla?

Silungise lolu hlelo kwenye insiza. Funda kabanzi mayelana neQiniso Lempilo kanye ne-Alistair Begg.