Kusekho esinye isizathu esiphambili sokuthandabuza ukutolikwa kwegama elithi ‘aionios’ ‘ngonaphakade’ xa siqwalasela inkcazelo kaYesu yomgwebo kaThixo.. Kungayiphi ingqiqo ekunokuthiwa intshabalalo ingunaphakade? Lo ngumbuzo onzima ukuwuphendula kuba intshabalalo ayithethi ngephanyazo; ngokuqhelekileyo kuthatha ixesha, kwaye ubungakanani bokutshatyalaliswa kunye nobukhulu besohlwayo esisetyenzisiweyo bunokuxhomekeka kwixesha. Ngokufanayo, nangona thina bantu sikuqhelile ukucinga ngokufa njengesiganeko sequbuliso esikhokelela kwimo esisigxina, oko akunjalo. Abantu ekuye kwaqinisekiswa ukuba bafile ngamanye amaxesha banokuvuswa okwexeshana; kwaye ngamanye amaxesha abantu abafayo banokukwenza oko ngeedigri ezicothayo kakhulu, okubandakanya ukulahleka kancinci kwezakhono kunye nokwazi, njengokufa kwengqondo okucothayo kwe-Alzheimer's.

Ke, xa kuqwalaselwa ingcamango yokufa nentshabalalo njengesiphumo okanye isohlwayo sobubi, kufuneka sicinge ngendlela eza ngayo kwanokuhlala kwayo ngonaphakade.

Ke, nangona kunzima ukuchaza nawuphi na umthetho olukhuni nokhawulezayo osivumelayo ukuba sazi ngokuthe ngqo ʻingakanani' (okanye ʻixesha elingakanani') ukutshatyalaliswa okunjalo kunokubandakanya, sinokuqonda ukuba kunokwenzeka ukuba uhlobo lwesohlwayo lunokulungiswa ukuze lubonise ubunzulu besono.

Njengoko sele kuxoxwe ngayo kwi IsiHlomelo B, ukuba nokwenzeka kokuzifumana sikwimo engunaphakade yokugwetywa kunye nokuzisola kuyoyikeka kangangokuba sikhethe ukukhetha imeko yentshabalalo ngoko nangoko.. Kodwa ukuvumela umntu ukuba enze intlungu engathethekiyo kunye nokubandezeleka kwabanye – uze ke ubuyeke obu bomi ungakhange ujongane neziphumo – ayinakubizwa ngokuba 'bubulungisa.'

Kunjani Ukufa?

Kusekuninzi esingakwaziyo ukuphendula lo mbuzo. UKumkani uSolomon wabhala:

Ngokuba abadla ubomi bayazi ukuba baya kufa;, ke bona abafileyo abazi lutho, abasenamvuzo; ngokuba balityelwe, abasakhunjulwa nganto. Kwakhona uthando lwabo, intiyo yabo, Ikhwele labo litshabalele kwasephakadeni; abasenasabelo naphakade ezintweni zonke ezenzekayo phantsi kwelanga. (Ecc 9:5-6)

Kodwa uSolomon wayephazama. Uyise, UDavide waprofeta:

Ndimmisile uYehova phambi kwam amaxesha onke. Ngokuba ungasekunene kwam, andiyi kushukunyiswa. ngenxa yoko iyavuya intliziyo yam;, luyagcoba ulwimi lwam. nomzimba wam wohlala ukholosile. Ngokuba akuyi kuwushiya umphefumlo wam kwelabafileyo, Kananjalo akuyi kumyekela oyiNgcwele wakho ukuba abone ukubola. Uya kundazisa umendo wobomi. Ebusweni bakho yinzaliseko yemivuyo. Esandleni sakho sokunene yimihlali ngonaphakade. (Psa 16:8-11)

NguYesu, uvukile kwaye weyisa, ibhengezwe:

Ndingowokuqala nowokugqibela, kunye noPhilayo. Ndandifile, kwaye khangela, ndidla ubomi ngonaphakade. Amen. Ndinazo izitshixo zokufa nezeHadesi. (Rev 1:17-18)

Yaye uPawulos uchaza ukuba kuya kuba njani ngathi abo baye bathembela kuYesu.:

Ngoku ndithetha oku, bazalwana, ukuba inyama negazi azinako ukubudla ilifa ubukumkani bukaThixo; nokonakala akunakukudla ilifa ukungonakali. Khangela, Ndinixelela imfihlelo. Asiyi kulala sonke, kodwa siya kwenziwa ngakumbi sonke, ngomzuzwana, ngokuqhwanyaza kweliso, ngexilongo lokugqibela. Kuba liya kuvakala ixilongo, yaye abafileyo baya kuvuswa bengenakonakala, kwaye siya kutshintshwa. Kuba kumele oku konakalayo ukwambatha ukungonakali, noku kufayo kumele kwambathe ukungafi. Xa ke oku konakalayo kuthe kwambatha ukungonakali, noku kufayo kuya kwambatha ukungafi, kwandule ke kwenzeke oko kubhaliweyo: “Ukufa kuginywe eloyisweni.” “Ukufa, luphi na ulwamvila lwakho? IHadesi, luphi na uloyiso lwakho?” Ulwamvila lokufa sisono, amandla esono ngumthetho. Kodwa makubulelwe kuThixo, osinika uloyiso ngayo iNkosi yethu uYesu Kristu. Ke ngoko, bazalwana bam abaziintanda, qina, ayinakususwa, nihlala niphuphuma umsebenzi weNkosi, nisazi nje ukuba ukubulaleka kwenu akulolize eNkosini. (1Co 15:50-58)

Uphakathi

Kuya kuba njani kwithuba eliphakathi kokufa ngokwasemzimbeni kunye novuko lokugqibela? Asixelelwa ngokweenkcukacha. Ibonwa ngokwembono yasemhlabeni idla ngokufaniswa nokulala. (Funda Dan 12:2; John 11:11-14 & 1Th 4:13-18.) Kodwa oku akuthethi ukuba kukho imeko yokungabikho zingqondweni ngokusisigxina. Abantu abalalayo badla ngokuphupha. Umngqibi uLazaro wayethuthuzelwa Lk 16:23-25; abangcwele ababephumle phantsi kwesibingelelo babekuqonda ngokucacileyo ukuhamba kwexesha (Rev 6:9-11) yaye uMoses noEliya bathetha noYesu kwintaba yokwenziwa kumila kumbi (Mt 17:1-3 & Luk 9:28-31). NguYesu’ umhlobo uLazaro wavuswa okwexeshana (Jn 11:39-44). USamuweli wabuyiselwa ukuba aye kukhalimela uKumkani uSawule (1Sam 28:15) kwaye abanye babonwa eYerusalem emva koYesu’ uvuko (Mt 27:53).

Umgwebo kunye neNcwadi yoBomi

Ndaza ndabona itrone enkulu emhlophe, nalowo wayehleli kuyo. Ihlabathi nezulu lasaba ebusweni bakhe, akwabakho ndawo yabo. Ndababona abafileyo, ezinkulu nezincinci, simi phambi kwetrone, zavulwa iincwadi. Kwavulwa enye incwadi, eyincwadi yobomi. Bagwetywa abafileyo, njengoko kubhaliwe ezincwadini;. Lwathi ulwandle lwabakhupha abafileyo abakulo;, kwathi ukufa neHadesi kwabakhupha abafileyo abakhona, wagwetywa elowo ngokwemisebenzi yakhe. Kwaza ukufa neHadesi kwaphoswa edikeni lomlilo. Idike lomlilo kukufa kwesibini. Nabani na ogama lingafunyanwanga libhaliwe encwadini yobomi, waphoswa edikeni lomlilo. (Rev 20:11-15)

Qaphela oku. Kukho uluhlu lweencwadi eziqulethe ingxelo yobomi bethu; kwaye isigwebo sethu sisekelwe kule ngxelo. Kodwa oku ayisiyiyo into emisela ikamva lethu lokugqibela. Kukho enye incwadi-iNcwadi yoBomi-kwaye konke okubalulekileyo kukuba igama lakho libhaliwe na kuloo ncwadi.. Yintoni le ncwadi: kwaye kutheni ibaluleke kangaka?

Into yokuqala ekufuneka siyiqonde kukuba akukho namnye, ngaphandle koYesu ngokwakhe, inokufikelela imilinganiselo efunwa nguThixo ukuze abantu bangene ezulwini! Siziqhatha ngaloo ndlela, 'kwibhalansi', silungile kwaye sicinga ukuba izenzo zethu ezilungileyo ziya kuthi ngandlel' ithile zigqwese ezimbi zethu. Kodwa iBhayibhile isixelela ukuba oku kuyinyaniso ayonyani. Izulu likhaya likaThixo. Yindawo yemfezeko apho kungekho ukuzingca, ihambo yokungabi naluthando okanye eyonakeleyo iya kuze inyanyezelwe. Ukuba bekunjalo, yayiya kuyeka ukuba lizulu.

Iyabonakala ke yona imisebenzi yenyama, ezizi: ukukrexeza, uhenyuzo, ukungcola, inkanuko, unqulo-zithixo, ubugqwirha, inzondo, ingxabano, amakhwele, ukugqabhuka ngumsindo, usukuzwano, izahlulo, i-heredies, umona, ukubulala, ubunxila, iziyolo, nezinto ezinjalo; endinibonisayo ngenxa engaphambili, njengokuba ke ndanixelela ngenxa engaphambili, ukuba abo baqhelisela izinto ezinjalo abayi kubudla ilifa ubukumkani bukaThixo. (Galatians 5:19-21)

kuba sisuke saba njengoyinqambi sonke;, nobulungisa bethu bunjengesambatho esingcolileyo: kwaye sonke sibuna njengamagqabi; nobugwenxa bethu, njengomoya, sisuse. (Isaiah 64:6)

UThixo esemazulwini uqondele koonyana babantu, ukubona ukuba akukho bani uqondayo na, abo bafuna uThixo. Ngamnye kubo ubuyile. Bangcole kunye. Akukho namnye owenza okuhle, Hayi, hayi enye. (Psalms 53:2-3)

Akukho ‘phantse ulunge ngokwaneleyo.’ Umgangatho kaThixo kukugqibelela, kwaye akukho 'ziqinisekiso ezigqibeleleyo’ ukubuyisela ukusilela kwethu kwangaphambili, njengoko uYesu ngokwakhe ecacisa:

Ngokunjalo nawe, Xa wenze zonke izinto ezikuwisele umthetho ngazo, yithi, 'Singabakhonzi abangafanelekanga. Senze umsebenzi wethu.’ ” (Luke 17:10)

Ekugqibeleni, ke ngoko, ingxelo yobomi bethu inako zange sisenze sifanelekele izulu: kuba ayinakuze ilicime ityala lezono zethu ezidlulileyo. Ubulungisa bufuna zombini ukuba ityala kufuneka lihlawulwe kwaye kufuneka kubekho uxolelwaniso lobunzulu kunye nobunzulu obunjalo kangangokuba nakuphi na ukuphinda kuphinde kuhlawulwe kube yinto engenakwenzeka..

Kulula ukubona ukuba umntu, bephila ubomi bokungakhathali bokuzingca, xa ujongene nolu khetho lokugqibela, ngokulula unokuthi uguqule intliziyo ngequbuliso; kuphela ukubuyela kule nto xa ibafanele. Sinokuqhatheka lula ngolu hlobo: kodwa hayi uThixo. NguYe kuphela, ngokuqonda Kwakhe ngokupheleleyo kwixesha lethu elidluleyo, ngoku nakwixesha elizayo, unokugweba ngokuqinisekileyo xa olo tshintsho lwenzekile ngokwenene, okanye uya kwenza njalo. Le ‘Incwadi yoBomi yeMvana eyaxhelwayo‘ (Rev 13:8) yingxelo kaThixo yabo bonke abo banako okanye baya kuyiqonda indinganiso yabo yoxolelo lwakhe, ngoko ke baxolelwe ngoYesu’ ukufa endaweni yabo.¹

UkuFa kweSibini kwiDike loMlilo

Kodwa kuthekani ngokufa kwesibini? Kuya kuba njani oko? Siye sakhangela enye ingcaciso ngoYesu’ isilumkiso sokuba esi sisiphelo esibi ngaphezu kokufa; ukuba iphetshwe ngazo zonke iindleko. Kodwa uYesu’ amagama awabo aqhubeka egxininisa kweli cala.

Kodwa ngenxa yamagwala, abangakholwayo, aboni, elizothe, ababulali, uhenyuzo, abakhafuli, abanquli-zithixo, namaxoki onke, isabelo sabo sisedikeni elivutha umlilo nesulfure, oko kukufa kwesibini.” (Rev 21:8)

IBhayibhile inikela iinkcukacha ezincinane kakhulu ngendlela eliya kuba yiyo idike lomlilo. Akukho nto ininzi. Iya kungafani nantoni na okhe wadibana nayo ngaphambili. Kodwa ukuba uqhubeka ungamhoyi uYesu’ Izilumkiso ezinyanisekileyo kunye nobude obugqithileyo athe waya kubo ukuze akusindise kwesi siphelo, alikho elinye iyeza. Kuya kufika ukuqonda okothusayo ukuba uchithe ubomi bakho ufuna inzaliseko yakho, kuphela ngoku ulahlekelwe kuko konke kwaye uvalelwe ngonaphakade ezulwini. Ubomi bokwenyani abufani nomdlalo wevidiyo: akukho 'setwa ngokutsha’ iqhosha. Abantu owabavisa ubuhlungu kunye nomonakalo owenze wawuyinyani. Kuya kubakho ixesha lokuzisola ngokukrakra kuphela, kwazi ukuzibamba, ifakwe kwimfumba eyaliweyo yendalo iphela.

Kuba unalungelo lini na umntu?, ukufumana ihlabathi lonke, kwaye waphulukana nobomi bakhe? Okanye worhola ntoni na umntu, ibe sisananelo somphefumlo wakhe?? (Mark 8:36-37)

Kuya kuba njalo ekupheleni kwehlabathi. Iingelosi ziya kuphuma, ubahlule abangendawo phakathi kwamalungisa, zibaphose ezikweni lomlilo. khona apho kuya kubakho ukulila nokutshixiza kwamazinyo. (Mat 13:49-50)

khona apho kuya kubakho ukulila nokutshixiza kwamazinyo, xa nithe nabona uAbraham, noIsake, noYakobi, nabo bonke abaprofeti, ebukumkanini bukaThixo, nani ngokwenu nizikhuphele phandle. (Luk 13:28)

Kubonakala ngathi abantu abaninzi basaqhubeka benethemba lokuba akukho nto imbi ngaphezu ‘kokungabi nanto’ ibalindile – uhlobo oluthile lophanyazo, i-euthanasia engenantlungu. Kodwa naloo nto ikwenza intlekisa kuko konke owakhe wakunandipha, walwela okanye wakholelwa - ngokungathi akuzange kube njalo. Zonke iingcinga kunye neenkumbulo zakho ziya kulahleka ngonaphakade. Yonke inkumbulo yakho ilityelwe ngabalibeleyo abanokukulandela okwethutyana. A epheleleyo, inkunkuma yexesha. Kuyakuthatha ixesha elingakanani ukuba oku kuqonda okuphuthileyo kungene? Ngaba ngokwenene yonke into oyithembayo? Ngaba uya kukhukuliseka ekuthuleni. okanye iya kuba njengobunye bobusuku obungapheliyo xa usokola ukuthulisa iingcinga zakho kwaye ubuthongo buyakuphepha? NgokukaYesu, akukho namnye uya kuwusaba umgwebo nesigwebo sikaThixo.

Ngaba likho ithemba lenceba? Ingayiyo. Ngokungathandabuzekiyo, idike lomlilo lalilungiselelwe umtyholi nezithunywa zakhe kuphela – abo bathe ngabom bakhetha ukubeka intando yabo ngonaphakade bedelela uThixo obanike ubomi. Mhlawumbi aba abanakuze bakulahle ukuchasa kwabo, nokuba bubi kangakanani na ubukho babo. Kodwa mhlawumbi kwabanye, njengeendiza eziphoswa emlilweni, nabuphi na ubuntu obubonakalayo kunye nokwazi okuseleyo kuya kuncitshiswa kungabi nto ngaphandle kothuli nothuthu.

Abanye basenokugxininisa ekuchazeni oku njengoloyiso lokugqibela lukaThixo: kodwa akunjalo. Asiyiyo le nto uThixo asinqwenelela yona: kodwa, kunoko umphumo ongenakuthintelwa wozimiselo lwethu lokusukela ukuzingca kunokufuna indlela yakhe yothando.. Sele elinyamezele idini lowakhe uNyana – ixabiso elingaphezu kwalo naliphi na elinye nelanele ukucima ityala lakhe nabani na owakhe waphila – kodwa ukuba iphoswe ebusweni bakhe njengento engento. Ukwalile isipho esinjalo, akusekho nyango lumbi.

Kodwa, kuLowo ude wafikelela kobude obungathethekiyo ukuze asisindise kweli shwangusha - nangona uthando nobulungisa ekugqibeleni ziya koyisa. – ilahleko yabo bonakaliswe bubudenge babo iya kuhlala ibonwa nguye, kungekhona njengoloyiso, kodwa njengentlekele engenakuze ilibaleke.

Ndiphila nje, itsho iNkosi uYehova, Akumnandi kum ukufa kongendawo;; kuba makabuye ongendawo endleleni yakhe, aphile: jika wena, buyani ezindleleni zenu ezimbi; yini na ukuba ufe, indlu kaSirayeli? (Eze 33:11.

Bona ezinye iziHlomelo …

Imibhalo esemazantsi

1. Ukufumana uluhlu olupheleleyo lweereferensi kwiNcwadi yoBomi bona Exodus 32:32; Ps 69:28; Dan 12:1; Mal_3:16; Luk_10:20; Php 4:3 & Rev 3:5; 13:8; 17:8; 20:12; 20:15 & 21:27. John 10:27-28 ikwanomdla.