Ezi zihlomelo zilandelayo zinika ingxubusho eyongezelelekileyo ngemiba ethile ekuye kwacaciswa kuyo ngokufutshane kwisicatshulwa esiphambili:

Cofa apha ukuze ubuyele esihogweni uPhumelela okanye eZulwini ukuhlawula, okanye kuyo nayiphi na imixholwana engezantsi:

• Isihlomelo A – Inde kangakanani iAeon?

  ‘Eyona,’ okanye ‘Eon,’ yinguqulelo yegama lesiHebhere, ‘olam’; intsingiselo yalo yantlandlolo ‘yayiyixesha elikude ngokungenakuqondwa kwixa elidluleyo okanye elizayo’ okanye ‘ixesha elingenammiselo.’ Yaye le yindlela elisetyenziswe ngayo kuyo yonke iTestamente Endala; ngaphandle kweetekisi ezimbalwa kakhulu kwi-O.T yokugqibela. iincwadi eziza kubhalwa. Kodwa emva kweengxoxo zooRabhi kunye nenkonzo yonqulo, isukela phakathi okanye ekupheleni kwexesha leTempile yesiBini (c.300BC okanye kamva), yaqalisa ukusetyenziswa ngengqiqo ‘yexesha’ okanye ‘ihlabathi’,

  Siyasokola ukubamba umba wexesha elingenasiphelo; nangona sizifumana sinyanzelekile ukuba siyivume loo nto, kuThixo, oku kufuneka kube ngumba ongenakuthintelwa wendalo yakhe. Ithemba lolonwabo olungenasiphelo livakala limnandi: kodwa incoko, kungekho themba lokukhululeka, ivakala imbi kangangokuba ngokwethuku siyayixhathisa ingcamango enjalo. Njengoko igama lesiNgesi elithi ‘aeon’ lisuka kwelesiGrike elithi ‘aion’ (intsingiselo yayo iye yahluka kakhulu ngokuhamba kwexesha) abahlalutyi abaninzi batyekele ekuthandeni iinguqulelo ezisingela phantsi intsingiselo engunaphakade yegama elithi ‘olam’ okanye imibutho yayo yokohlwaya.

  Umbuzo osikhathazayo apha ngowokuba olu tshintsho ngokuthe ngcembe ekusetyenzisweni kwamagama lufanele luchaphazele njani ukuqonda kwethu izibhalo zeTestamente Entsha.

• IsiHlomelo B – IBuck imisa Apho?

  Siphila kwihlabathi elintsonkothileyo kangangokuba ubukhulu becala sinokuqikelela kuphela iziphumo zezenzo zethu. Kwaye xa sicinga ukuba kunokwenzeka ukuba kubekho uchungechunge olungapheliyo lweziganeko, ukusukela ngoku kude kube ngunaphakade, siqala ukuqonda ukuba kunokwenzeka ukuba netyala elingasikelwanga mda ngenxa yemiphumo eyonakalisayo yoko kusenokubonakala ngathi, ngelo xesha, ukuba zizenzo ezincinci zokungakhathali okanye zokuzicingela.

  Ujongene nethuba elinjalo, singakhetha ukutshabalalisa ngokukhawuleza? Kodwa ngaba bekuya kulunga ukuba ubani enze intlungu engathethekiyo nokubandezeleka kwabanye, uze ke ubuyeke obu bomi ungakhange ujongane neziphumo? Ngaba oko kuya kuba 'bubulungisa'?

  Ke iphi i-buck eyema kwaye singayifumana njani inkululeko kwisohlwayo esisifaneleyo kunye nelifa lethu letyala? Emnqamlezweni! Le yeyona ndawo uThixo akuyo, emntwini kaYesu, ngokusesikweni wathabatha kuYe uxanduva lokugqibela waza wanyamezela iziphumo zabo bonke ububi obakhe benziwa. Le kuphela kwendawo apho bonke abantu baya kugwetywa, zonke zinokuxolelwa; kwaye akukho bani unokuma ematyaleni ngokuchasene naye nawuphi na omnye.

• IsiHlomelo C – Ngaba Kukufa Ngonaphakade?

  Sonke siyazi ukuba ukufa kwabantu ngokuqhelekileyo kuthatha ixesha, nomlinganiselo wokubandezeleka okubandakanyekileyo unokwahluka kakhulu. Kodwa uYesu’ imfundiso isekwe kwisityhilelo sokuba ukufa komzimba akusosiphelo; nokuba bonke abafayo ekugqibeleni baya kujamelana nomgwebo kaThixo. Ngelo xesha kuya kugqiba enoba umntu uya kwamkelwa kusini na ebukumkanini bukaThixo basezulwini, ubuhle bayo buya kuba ngaphaya kokucingelwa.

  Kodwa, kwabo bangekhoyo, kuya kufika into eyothusayo yokuqonda ukuba baye bachitha ubomi babo befuna inzaliseko yabo, kuphela ngoku ulahlekelwe kuko konke kwaye uvalelwe ngonaphakade ezulwini. Aba baya kugwetyelwa ‘Ubumnyama baNgaphandle’ ‘kwiDike loMlilo’; ikwabizwa ngokuba 'kuKufa kweSibini'. IChibi loMlilo liya kuqhubeka likhona njengesikhumbuzo esisisigxina somphumo wobubi. ‘UMtyholi neengelosi zakhe’ uya kuva ubunzima khona ngonaphakade. Kuya kuba njalo nabo bantu bathi ngabom ngakwicala ‘lerhamncwa’ nxamnye noThixo kwiminyaka yokugqibela yolawulo lwakhe. Kodwa kulo lonke uluntu olunesono isiphelo salo sichazwa ‘njengentshabalalo.’ Ukuba oko kuya kuphelela kangakanani kwaye kuya kuthatha ixesha elingakanani akuchazwanga. Kodwa ngaba akukho ngqiqweni ukulindela ukuba ubude bayo okanye ukuqina kwayo kuya kuxhomekeka ekubandezelekeni kwabo ngokwabo?

• IsiHlomelo D – Isono Esingenakuxoleleka

  Nangona kungafane kuxoxwe phakathi kwamaKristu, USathana uyathanda ukuzalisa iintliziyo zethu ngoloyiko lokuba, ngandlela ithile, siye saba netyala ‘lesono esingaxolelekiyo’; kwaye ke ngoko bagwetyelwe esihogweni ngonaphakade. Zininzi, kuquka amadoda nabafazi abakhulu bakaThixo, njengoJohn Bunyan (yodumo lwe `Pilgrim Progress') kunye namaKristu aqalayo (njengam) bawile kulo mgibe; ezinokubonakala ngeendlela ezahlukahlukeneyo ukubambisa abo banezazela ezithambileyo, ukuzithemba ngokugqithisileyo kunye nabo bonke abaphakathi.

  USathana ungoyena ubalaseleyo ekusebenziseni kakubi nasekugqwetheni iLizwi likaThixo. Elona qhinga alithandayo kukucaphula kakubi aze asebenzise kakubi iinyaniso ezithethwa nguThixo ngokwakhe; singasathethi ke ngamazwi athethwa ngamadoda nabafazi aboyik’ uThixo abangazange bakuqonde ngokupheleleyo oko bakuva kuThixo. Unenkohliso kwaye uzimisele; kanti sisoloko sichanabeke kwizisongelo neenkohliso zakhe. Kodwa akuyomfuneko ukuba sihlale sinoloyiko lokuba siya kusilela ngenxa yobuthathaka bethu okanye ukungabi nalukholo. UBathathu Emnye – Bawo, UNyana noMoya oyiNgcwele - bazimisele ukusibona kude kube sekupheleni.

  Ukuba sizivuma izono zethu, Uthembekile kwaye ulilungisa ukusixolela izono, kwaye usihlambulule kuyo yonke intswela-bulungisa. (1 John 1:9)