Cishe isonto eledlule, UCariolan ubeke amazwana ku ‘ Babekuphi abafundi?‘ okwakuhlanganisa okulandelayo 2 imibuzo:

“Njengoba uJesu waquliswa et ebethelwe esiphambanweni obala, kungani avusa ngasese njengoba uvuko luyisisekelo sokholo lobuKristu? … futhi ekugcineni, kungani ukwenyuka kukaJesu kungenzeki ngokusakazwa okwengeziwe ukuze kube lula kumakholwa angabazayo?
Ngicela usizo! I-Cariolan”

Lena imibuzo emihle futhi ebalulekile: kodwa ukuze ngiwaphendule ngendlela efanele kudinga ukuthi ngidlulele ngale kobubanzi bokuthunyelwe kwasekuqaleni (okwakumane kumayelana nobufakazi obungokomlando bukaJesu’ uvuko) ekuhloleni kabanzi lokho uJesu akufundisa ngempela; futhi kungani. Ngakho ngenxa yaleso sizathu, Ngibone kungcono ukuthi ngibenze isihloko salokhu, hlukana, okuthunyelwe…

Kubalulekile ukuqonda ukuthi izinto esizilindele ngokwemvelo nezinto eziza kuqala kuzo zihluke kanjani kulokho kukaJesu. Abantu abangamaJuda kuJesu’ usuku babekholelwa ukuthi uMesiya wabo wayezoxosha ngokushesha amaRoma ayedla izwe lawo futhi amise umbuso wokuthula emhlabeni wonke.. Kodwa uJesu wayenamanye amacebo. Ngisho nangemva kokuchitha 2-3 iminyaka elandela uJesu futhi elalela izimfundiso zakhe, abafundi bakhe babengakuqondi lokhu. Lapho uJesu efa, baqale bahlakazeka, njengoba lokhu kwakubonakala kuphikisana nakho konke ababekukholelwa ngokwesiko ngoMesiya, ngaphandle kukaJesu’ imizamo yokubaxwayisa nokuguqula umbono wabo. Ngisho nangemva kukaJesu’ uvuko babesacabanga ukuthi uMbuso uJesu ayezowumisa wawuwuhulumeni omusha wezombangazwe nowenkolo onesizinda sawo iJerusalema noJesu njengombusi wawo omiswe uNkulunkulu.. Isib:

“Thina-ke besethemba ukuthi nguye ozakuhlenga u-Israyeli;” (Luka 24:20-27)

“Nkosi, manje usuwubuyisela umbuso ku-Israyeli na??” (IzEnzo 1:4-8)

uJesu’ I-ajenda yayihluke ngokuphelele.

“UMbuso kaNkulunkulu awufiki ngokubonwa; futhi ngeke basho, ‘Bheka, lapha!’ noma, ‘Bheka, Lapho!’ ngoba bheka, umbuso kaNkulunkulu uphakathi kwenu.” (Luka 17:20-21)

“Umbuso wami awusiwo owaleli zwe. Uma uMbuso wami ubungowaleli zwe, khona izinceku zami ziyakulwa, ukuthi nginganikelwa kumaJuda. Kodwa manje uMbuso wami awusiwo owalapha.” (John 18:36)

Okokuqala, Wayengahlelile ukuhlala esesimweni somzimba emhlabeni ngemva kokuvuka kwakhe.

Njengoba bezwa lezi zinto, waqhubeka walandisa umfanekiso, ngoba wayeseduze leJerusalema, babecabanga ukuthi umbuso kaNkulunkulu uzakuvezwa masinyane. (Luka 19:11-27)

Ngokushesha ngemva kwalokho, UJesu wachaza kabanzi nabo, okwenza kucace ukuthi uzohlala isikhathi eside kakhulu, futhi babeyosala baqhubeke nomsebenzi wakhe.

“Ngoba isizwe siyakuvukela isizwe, lombuso uvukele umbuso; futhi kuyoba khona indlala, izinhlupho, nokuzamazama komhlaba ezindaweni ngezindawo. … Khona-ke bayoninikela osizini, futhi uzokubulala. Niyakuzondwa yizizwe zonke ngenxa yegama lami. … Lezi zindaba ezinhle zombuso ziyoshunyayelwa emhlabeni wonke ngenjongo yobufakazi ezizweni zonke, khona-ke ukuphela kuyofika.” (Mathewu 24:3-14)

Babezophila kanjani ngaphandle Kwakhe? Futhi wayeqonde ukuthini uma ethi uMbuso kaNkulunkulu ungaphakathi kwakho? Ngobusuku babo bokugcina bendawonye, UJesu wachaza kabanzi ngalokhu, njengoba kulotshwe uJohane ezahlukweni 14-17 levangeli lakhe:

“ngizokhuleka kuBaba, futhi uzokunika omunye uMluleki, ukuze abe lawe kuze kube nininini, – uMoya weqiniso, umhlaba ongemamukele; ngoba ayimboni, futhi akamazi. Uyamazi, ngoba uhlala lawe, futhi uzakuba kini. Ngeke nginishiye nizintandane. ngizoza kuwe. Nokho isikhashana, futhi umhlaba ngeke usangibona; kodwa lizangibona. Ngoba ngiyaphila, nawe uzophila. Ngalolo suku niyokwazi nina ukuthi ngikuBaba, nawe kimi, nami ngikini.” (John 14:16-21)

Qaphela ukuthi uJesu ukhuluma lapha 3 abantu: uBaba wakhe, uMluleki (uchazwa nangokuthi ‘uMoya weqiniso’) kanye naye. Laba ngabantu abathathu abahlanganiswe ndawonye njengoNkulunkulu oyedwa kaZiqu-zintathu wamaKrestu. (Lokhu kuchazwe ngokugcwele esihlokweni, “'Emunye uNkulunkulu“, kwenye indawo kule sayithi.) Kodwa uma uJesu ehamba, abafundi bayohlala kanjani bexhumana Naye? Ngoba kusukela ngesikhathi sokuvuswa kwakhe kuqhubeke abafundi bayobe behlala kuNkulunkulu futhi uNkulunkulu ephila kubo. Impela, uMbuso kaNkulunkulu, nethempeli likaNkulunkulu, ngeke kusaba isikhungo sangaphandle nje: kodwa iqiniso elingaphakathi. Simiselwe ukuba ngamathempeli aphilayo ukuze uMoya kaNkulunkulu uhlale kuwo; futhi Uyoba nguye osigcina sixhumene noJesu kanye noYise.

“Uma indoda ingithanda, uyakuligcina izwi lami. UBaba uzomthanda, futhi sizakuza kuye, futhi senze ikhaya lethu naye. … Ngizishilo lezi zinto kini, ngisahlala nawe. Kodwa uMluleki, uMoya oNgcwele, uBaba azamthuma ebizweni lami, uzakunifundisa zonke izinto, njalo ngizalikhumbuza konke engakutsho kini.” (John 14:23-26)

Lokhu kuyinto engaphezu kwabafundi bakaJesu bangaphambili. Kuze kube manje, babekwazi kuphela uJesu’ ukuba khona lapho ekhona ngokoqobo nabo: kodwa manje bazoba nokuxhumana okuhlala njalo ngisho nalapho ebonakala engekho. Kusuka manje, bazokwenza neze ube wedwa. Lokhu kungcono kakhulu kunokuhlangenwe nakho kwabo kwangaphambilini! Futhi lokhu akukhona nje ukuba kube ngabo: kodwa ngoJesu wonke’ abalandeli beqiniso kuzo zonke izizukulwane ezilandelayo!

“Nokho nginitshela iqiniso: Kulizuzisa nina ukuthi ngihambe, ngoba uma ngingahambi, uMeluleki ngeke eze kuwe. Kodwa uma ngihamba, ngizomthumela kuwe. (John 16:7)”
“Ngisenezinto eziningi zokunitshela, kodwa awukwazi ukubathwala manje. Nokho lapho yena, uMoya weqiniso, ufikile, uzakuniholela kulo lonke iqiniso, ngoba kayikuzikhulumela ngokwakhe; kodwa loba yini ayizwayo, uzokhuluma. uyakunibikela okuzayo.Uyakungikhazimulisa, ngoba uzathatha kokungokwami, futhi ngizakutshela yona. Konke uBaba anakho kungokwami; ngakho ngithe uthatha okwami, futhi ngizakutshela yona.” (John 16:12-15)

“Angikhulekeli laba kuphela, kodwa lalabo abakholwa yimi ngelizwi labo, ukuze bonke babe munye; njengawe, Baba, bakimi, nami ngikini, ukuze nabo babe munye kithi; ukuze izwe likholwe ukuthi ungithumile. Inkazimulo onginike yona, ngibanikile bona; ukuze babe munye, njengoba thina simunye; Mina kubo, nawe kimi, ukuze bapheleliswe babe munye; ukuze umhlaba wazi ukuthi ungithumile, futhi wabathanda, njengalokhu ungithandile. (John 17:20-23

Kodwa lokhu kuzothatha isikhathi ukuze abafundi bawujwayele lo mbono. Futhi ukubonakala kovuko kwakuklanyelwe ukusiza labo balandeli bokuqala ukuba bathole ukuthi lokhu kwakusho ukuthini. Ekuhlanganeni emgwaqeni wase-Emmaeus, UJesu wayekhona ngempela: nokho ngandlela thize akazange abukeke ngendlela efanayo futhi abazange bambone kwaze kwaba sekugcineni. Kamuva ngalolo suku, wabonakala kubo, kanye nabayishumi kwabayishumi nambili.

Kodwa Thomas, omunye wabalitshumi lambili, ebizwa ngokuthi uDidimus, wayengekho lapho uJesu efika. Ngakho abanye abafundi bathi kuye, “Siyibonile iNkosi!” Kodwa wathi kubo, “Ngaphandle uma ngibona ezandleni zakhe ukuphrinta kwezipikili, futhi ngifake isandla sami ohlangothini lwakhe, Ngeke ngikholwe.”
Emva kwezinsuku eziyisishiyagalombili futhi abafundi bakhe babengaphakathi, noTomase wayenabo. UJesu wafika, iminyango ihluthulelwe, wema phakathi, wathi, “Ukuthula makube kuwe.” Wase ethi kuTomasi, “Finyelela lapha umunwe wakho, futhi ubone izandla zami. Letha lapha isandla sakho, futhi wawufaka ohlangothini lwami. Ungabi ongakholwa, kodwa ekholwa.”
uThomas amphendule, “Nkosi yami noNkulunkulu wami!”
UJesu wathi kuye, “Ngoba ungibonile, ukholiwe. Babusisiwe abangabonanga, futhi bakholiwe.” (John 20:24-29)

Uyabona ukuthi kwenzekeni lapha? uJesu, okubonakala sengathi wayengekho lapho uTomase eveza ukungakholwa kwakhe, ngokushesha athathe ingxoxo lapho uThomas egcine khona! Nakuba engabonakali, wayesekhona. Kodwa-ke uJesu uyaqinisekisa ukuthi labo abakholwa bengaboni babusiswa kakhulu. Kungani? Ngoba sebeqalile ukuzwa lokho kangcono, engahlukaniseki, nokho okomuntu siqu nakakhulu, ubuhlobo noJesu noBaba, ngosizo lukaMoya oNgcwele. Futhi kuseza …

Kodwa nizakwamukeliswa amandla, uMoya oNgcwele esefikile phezu kwenu. niyakuba ngofakazi bami eJerusalema;, kulo lonke elaseJudiya neSamariya, nasemikhawulweni yomhlaba.”
(IzEnzo 1:8)

UPawulu uyasitshela, e 1Korinte 15:6, ukuthi ngesinye isikhathi wabonakala phezu 500 kanyekanye; iningi labo lalisaphila ngesikhathi ebhala. Kodwa, ngokulinganisela, lokhu kubonakala sengathi a ukubukeka kwangemva kokukhuphuka. Lapho uJesu enyukela phezulu wayengadingi noma efuna ukwaziswa ngaye siqu. Wayedlulisela umthwalo kubafundi bakhe ukuze baqhubeke nomsebenzi wakhe ngaphansi kokuqondisa namandla kaMoya oNgcwele. Futhi amazwi akhe okugcina kubafundi bakhe kuleso senzakalo kwakuyilesisiqinisekiso esilula:

“Bheka, nginani njalo, kuze kube sekupheleni kwezwe.” Mat 28:20

Zizwe ukhululekile ukuphawula noma ukubuza eminye imibuzo mayelana nalokhu esikhaleni esingezansi.

Ukuze uthole ulwazi olwengeziwe mayelana nezindlela ubukhona bukaMoya oNgcwele obunika ngayo amandla ukuphila komKristu, bheka uchungechunge olunezingxenye ezi-3, “Amandla Vuko yakhe” kwe “ngoJesu” ingxenye yalesi siza.