Udaba NgokuVuka KukaKristuIsampula

Ubufakazi Obengeziwe Bokuvuka 

Lapho sihluza ubufakazi obusekela ukuvuswa kukaKristu, umbuzo ovame ukubuzwa uthi: “Ingabe bukhona ubufakazi noma amaqiniso ngaphandle kweBhayibheli okunganikezwa ukuphendula umbuzo wokuthi uKristu uvukile kwabafileyo noma qha?” noma ingabe kufanele sikubheke njengendaba nje ‘yokholo oluyimpumputhe’? Ukuze siphendule lo mbuzo, uPaul E. Little wethula izingxenye ezintathu ezibalulekile zobufakazi obungokomlando okufanele umuntu azicabangele.

Okokuqala ubukhona beBandla lamaKrestu. Umsuka walo ungalandelelwa emuva ePalestine lapho laqala khona phakathi nekhulu lokuqala (AD 32). Umbuzo ofanelekile okufanele ucatshangwe kuleli phuzu uthi, ‘yayiyini imbangela yokuba khona kwalo?’ Kubalulekile ukuphawula ukuthi laba bafundi bekhulu lokuqala ababizwa ngokuthi amaKristu e-Antiyokiya okokuqala (IzEnzo 11:26b) bashintsha izwe lesikhathi sabo ngokushumayela kwabo (IzEnzo 11:20-21). Uvuko lwalungesona isisekelo sokushumayela kwabo nje kuphela kodwa nokuphila kwabo. Ngamanye amazwi, iBandla, emuva nangaleso sikhathi, okuwumhlaba wonke, limi phezu kwesisekelo esisodwa kuphela okungukuthi, ukuvuka kukaKristu hhayi okunye.

Okwesibili, kukhona iqiniso losuku lobuKristu. ISonto libhekwa njengosuku lokukhulekela kumaKristu oluqale ngo-AD 32. Uma sibuyela emuva ekhulwini lokuqala, ukuguquka kwekhalenda kwakuyinto enkulu. Kumele ukuba kwenzeke inhlekelele eyenza lolu shintsho osukwini lokukhonza lusuka eSabatheni lamaJuda, usuku lwesikhombisa lwesonto, lube yiSonto okwakuwusuku lokuqala ngokwekhalenda lamaJuda! Lokhu kwenzeka ukuze kugujwe ukuvuka kukaJesu kwabafileyo. Singakhohlwa ukuthi amaKristu okuqala ekuqaleni ayengamaJuda. Ngakho-ke, ngaphandle kokuvuka kukaKristu akukho okunye okungawenza umqondo walolu shintsho.

Okokugcina, ukuba khona kweTestamente Elisha, incwadi yobuKristu. Kuwo wonke amakhasi ayo, iqukethe ubufakazi obuzimele noma ofakazi bokuzibonela, okubonisa iqiniso lovuko. Babhekana novivinyo lokuhlushwa nokufela ukholo ngenxa yobufakazi nezinkolelo zabo. Ngaphandle kokuvuka kukaKristu, angazi isizathu esingcono sokulandisa ngokuzibophezela kwalaba bafundi. U-Batsell Barrett Baxter encwadini yakhe ethi, "I Believe Because…" ufingqa leli phuzu kahle: “Babenakho konke okwakudingeka kubalahlekele ngokuba ngamaKristu, bengatholanga lutho olubalulekile lwezwe. Nokho, ekugcineni bakhokha ngokuphila kwabo ukuze bathembeke ekukholelweni kwabo kokuthi uJesu wayenguKristu, iNdodana kaNkulunkulu yaphezulu—efile, yangcwatshwa futhi yavuswa kwabafileyo.”