U-Ruthe: Indaba Yothando LukaNkulunkulu OluhlengayoIsampula

Izindaba eziningi ezijabulisayo ziphetha ngokuthi, “Futhi baphila kamnandi ngemva kwalokho.” Hhayi uRuthe. Le ndaba idlulela ngale “ngenjabulo kuze kube phakade” ohlwini lozalo lukaKristu. Amavesi okugcina ayisithupha kaRuthe abaluleke kakhulu encwadini ngoba asibonisa, futhi, ukuthi uNkulunkulu usebenza kanjani zonke izinto ukuze kuzuze labo abamthandayo. (KwabaseRoma 8:28) Kuyo yonke incwadi kaRuthe, sibona indlela uNkulunkulu asebenzisa ngayo ukuphila kwabantu ukuze enze amacebo aKhe. Amavesi okuphetha abonisa ukuthi intando kaNkulunkulu ephelele iyafezeka naphezu kwezinqumo zethu ezingaphelele futhi sikhubeka ekuphileni kwethu.

Intando kaNkulunkulu ephelele ihlanganisa nathi kodwa ayigxili kithi. Encwadini yakhe ethi Faithful God: An Exposition on the Book of Ruth, uSinclair Ferguson uthe, “Ukubaluleka okujulile kwalokho uNkulunkulu akwenzayo kungaphezu kwesikhathi sokuphila sabalingiswa bakho abayinhloko.” Wonke amakholwa anenhloso enkulu kunalokho okwenzeka ezimpilweni zawo zansuku zonke. Lokhu kufakazelwa yiqiniso lokuthi abalingiswa abathathu abayinhloko bencwadi bayafiphala ekhanda emavesini ayisithupha okugcina, ngoba eyabo akuyona indaba eyinhloko. Nokho, abalingiswa badlala indima ebalulekile endabeni yensindiso. Umusa wothando owaboniswa uRuthe noBhowazi uqalisa insindiso efinyelela kuwo wonke umhlaba.

Kusobala kulawa mavesi ambalwa okugcina kaRuthe ukuthi isizathu esiyinhloko sikaNkulunkulu sayo yonke into kule ndaba yenzeka ukuze kufezeke injongo eyodwa: ukuzalwa kukaJesu Kristu. Lokhu kuhlanganisa uNawomi ukuthuthela kwaMowabi, ukuba yinyumba kukaRuthe ekuqaleni, ukushona komyeni namadodana kaNawomi, uRuthe ehlala eduze kwakhe, uRuthe ekhothoza ensimini kaBhowazi, icebo likaNawomi eliyingozi (elasebenza), ukwenqaba kwesinye isihlobo somhlengi, nokuzalwa kukaNawomi. U-Obede kuBhowazi noRuthe.

UGenesise 3:15 waziwa kakhulu ngokuthi iprotoevangelium ngoba ingeyokuqala (proto) yokumenyezelwa kwevangeli (euangelion). UNkulunkulu wathembisa ukuletha usizi kuSathane esebenzisa inzalo ka-Eva. Lapho uNkulunkulu ekhuluma ngenzalo ka-Eva, wayesho uJesu Kristu, iNdodana Yakhe yodwa, owashaya uSathane okokugcina lapho efa esiphambanweni. Izahluko ezintathu nje zeBhayibheli, leli vesi laqala indaba kaJesu, eqhubeka kuRuthe nakuyo yonke imiBhalo. Isithembiso esikuGenesise 3:15 senzeka ngenxa yokuphatha kukaNkulunkulu okubusayo emndenini owodwa omncane, owawubonakala ungabalulekile eBetlehema.

Loluhlu lozalo luphakamisa indaba kaRuthe isuka endabeni yedolobha elincane iye kwebalulekile ezweni naphakade. Ngezinsuku ezimnyama zabahluleli, kwabekwa isisekelo sohlu olwaluzoveza uMsindisi, uMesiya, kanye noMhlengi wesintu esilahlekile nesimpofu. Inzalo yowesifazane yayiyokwembulwa ngoBhowazi noRuthe, uDavide noBhati Sheba, noJosefa noMariya. KumaHubo 132:12, uNkulunkulu wathembisa enye yamadodana kaDavide, eyodwa enkulu ngisho kunoDavide, yayiyobusa phakade. Ngempela, uNkulunkulu wasebenzela yonke into ndawonye emakhulwini eminyaka ukuze kube nokuhle ayekugcinele labo abamethembayo.

Emongweni yendaba kaRuthe kukhona amaqiniso amane abalulekile emfundiso yenkolo:

1. Ukuphatha kukaNkulunkulu kuyinto esingancika kuyo. Singase singakwazi njalo ukubona noma ukuqonda izenzo zikaNkulunkulu, kodwa singaqiniseka ukuthi nguye olawulayo futhi ngeke abalahle abantwana Bakhe.

2. Kumelwe sibonise umusa wothando kwabanye njengoba uNkulunkulu esibonisa wona.

3. UNkulunkulu uyayiphendula imithandazo yabantu Bakhe, futhi izibusiso Zakhe zisuka embonweni olinganiselwe wezikhathi zethu zokuphila ziye ezizukulwaneni ezizayo.

4. Sidinga uMhlengi oyiSihlobo owasithanda kakhulu waze wafa ukuze asibuyisele kuNkulunkulu. Akekho ongaphandle komusa kaNkulunkulu, futhi “abancane kakhulu kulaba” - izoni, abeZizwe, kanye nabalahlwa emphakathini - basahlengwa.