Ingcwele Yasemhlabeni Neyasezulwini

Kolucikido bafumana ukuba ingcwele yasemhlabeni, eyayakhiwe nguMoses ngomyalelo kaThixo ngokomfanekiso awambonisa wona entabeni yayi “ngumzekeliso ozise exesheni elingeneyo, ekuthi ngalo kusondezwe iminikelo kwa namadini;” nokuba amagumbhi amabini ayo angcwele, “azizizekelo zezinto ezisemazulwini ; ” nokuba uKristu, umBingeleli wethu omKhulu, “ungumbusi wengcwele, nowomnquba wenyaniso owamiswayo yiNkosi, awamiswa ngumntu;” nokuba “uKristu akangenanga kweyona ngcwele inokwenziwa ngezandla, engumfuziselo weyenyaniso ; ungene kuwo amazulu ngokwawo, ukuba abonakale ngoku ebusweni bukaThixo ngenxa yethu.” Hebere 9: 9, 23; 8: 2; 9: 24.IL 337.2

Ingcwele yasezulwini, angumbusi kuyo uYesu ngenxa yethu, yileyo inkulu yokuqala, engumfuziselo wayo ingcwele eyakhiwa nguMoses. Njengokuba ingcwele yasemhlabeni” yayi namagumbhi amabini, ingcwele nengcwele ka ngcwele, kwa ngokunjalo kukho iindawo ezimbhini ezingcwele kwingcwele yasezulwini. Waye umkhombhe ekukho kuwo umthetho kaThixo, nesibingelelo sokuqhumisela nezinye iimpahla zokusetyenziswa ezifunyanwa engcweleni yasemhlabeni, zikwa nezinto eziyimifuziselo yazo kwingcwele yaphezulu. Embonweni ongcwele umpostile uJohane wavunyelwa ukuba angene ezulwini, waza khona apho wasibona isiphatho sezibane nesibingelelo sokuqhumisela, kwaza yakuba “itempile kaThixo ivuliwe,” wabona kananjalo “ityeya yomnqophiso wakhe.” IsiTyhilelo 4: 5; 8: 3; 11: 19.IL 338.1

Aabo babefuna inyaniso bafumana inyaniso engenakuphikwa yobukho bengcwele ezulwini. UMoses wayenza ingcwele yasemhlabeni ngokomfuziselo awuboniswayo. UPaulos waxela ukuba umfuziselo lowo wawu yeyona ngcwele yenyaniso esezulwini. (Heb. 8: 2, 5.) UJohane wanqhina ukuba wayibona ezulwini.IL 338.2

Ekupheleni kwemihla 2300, ngo-1844, kwa kuse kungamakhulu eminyaka kungekho ngcwele emhlabeni; ngako oko ke ingcwele esemazulwini imelwe ukuba ibe yiyo le iveliswa kulemvakaliso ithi, “Koda kube kukuhlwa, kusisa, okungamawaka amabini anamakhulu amathathu; yandule ukulungiswa ingcwele.” Kodwa ingcwele esezulwini yayiza kufuna ukulungiswa njani na? Bebhenela kwakhona eziBhalweni, abafundi beziprofeto bafumana ukuba ukulungiswa kwa kungekuko ukususwa kwezincholiso eziphathekayo, kuba kwa kusenziwa ngegazi, ngako oko ke kumele ukuba kube kukuhlanjululwa esoonweni. Kungoko athi umpostile, “Kwafuneka ngoko, ukuba okunene izizekelo zezinto ezisemazulwini zihlanjululwe ngezinto ezinjalo (igazi lezilwanyana), kodwa zona iziqu zazo ezasemazulwini zihlanjululwe ngamadini alungileyo kunalawo, (ngegazi elixabisekileyo likaKristu).” Hebere 9: 23.IL 338.3

Ukufumana ulwazi olungakumbhi ngokukulungi- swa esalatha kuko esi siprofeto, kwafuneka ukuba kuqondwe ulungiselelo lwasengcweleni yasezulwini. Oku kwakunokufundwa kuphela elulungiselelweni lwasengcweleni yasemhlabeni ; kuba uPaulos uthi ababingeleli ababelungiselela khona babekhonze “umzekelo nesithunzi sezinto ezisemazulwini.” Hebere 8: 5.IL 338.4