INdodana yesethembiso, Isithombe sikaJesu

Ngo Danny Saavedra  

“UNkulunkulu uzakuzibonela imvu yomnikelo ezakushiswa, ndodana yami.”—UGenesis 22:8 (NIV)

Wake wacelwa ukwenza into engalungile; into ehlanya kakhulu ongakaze ucabange ukuthi ingadingeka uyenze? Uma ukewayenza, awuwedwa. KuGenesise 22, uNkulunkulu wanikeza umyalo ongajwayelekile ku-Abrahama. 

UNkulunkulu wacela u-Abrahama ukuthi anikele ngendodana yakhe. Bheka, ngani? Usho indodana yesethembiso? Lowo okwakumele kwakhiwe kuye isizwe esikhulu? Yebo, lowo. UNkulunkulu wathi: “Thatha indodana yakho, indodana yakho okuwukuphela kwayo u-Isaka, oyithandayo. . . Unikele yona njengomnikelo wokushiswa . . .” (UGenesis 22:2 NIV). 

Lokhu kumele ukuthi kwaba yinto ebanga inhliziyo, engachazeki ku-Abrahama. Ungacabanga nje ukuthi ucelwa ukuthi unikele ngalokho okubona ukuthanda kakhulu? Ungalalela njengoNowa noma ugijimele kolunye uhlangothi njengoJona? Cabanga ukuthi sizwakala njengokungenangqondo nangokusangana isicelo sikaNkulunkulu. U-Isaka wayeyindodana ka-Abrahama ethandekayo futhi ikusasa lesivumelwano sikaNkulunkulu laliphezu kwakhe. U-Isaka wayeyisimangaliso, isipho sikaNkulunkulu ekuphenduleni ukholo luka-Abrahama noSara. 

Kepha u-Abrahama wamuzwa uNkulunkulu futhi wamlalela masinyane ngokholo. Kwesinye isikhathi ezimpilweni zethu, sizobhekana nokuthi kumele senze lokho okubonakala njengokungenakwenzeka, nokukhetha okunzima. . . ukukhetha esingase singakuqondi. Kepha lapho siqonda isimilo sikaNkulunkulu, lapho siqonda uthando lwaKhe ngathi, lapho sibona ukuthi intando yaKhe ihlala njalo izuzisa thina nodumo lwaKhe, singamlalela ngokwethembeka ngoba siyazi ukuthi Usebenzela zonke izinto ukuze kuzuze labo abamthandayo nababizwa ngokwenhloso yaKhe ( KwabaseRoma 8:28).

Uyabona, u-Abrahama wayazi ukuthi intando kaNkulunkulu ayisoze yaphikisana nesithembiso Sakhe, ngakho-ke lobaba othembekile wabambelela esithembisweni esithi, "Ku-Isaka inzalo yakho izobizwa" (uGenesise 21:12 NKJV). U-Abrahama wayekholelwa ukuthi noma uNkulunkulu emvumela ukuthi anikele ngendodana yakhe, ukuthi angamvusa u-Isaka kwabafileyo (KumaHeberu 11: 17–19). Kulokhu sibona isimo sangempela sokholo. Akudingi izincazelo; kuncike ezethembisweni. Kungakho u-Abrahama akwazi ukuthi ezincekwini zakhe, "Sizokhuleka bese-ke sizobuyela kuwe" (UGenesise 22: 5 NIV, ukugcizelela ngokwengeza) nokuthi kungani ekwazile ukutshela indodana yakhe , “UNkulunkulu uqobo uzohlinzeka ngemvu yomnikelo wokushiswa. . . ” (UGenesise 22: 8 NIV, ukugcizelela ngokungeziwe).

Into evame ukulahleka kule ndaba Ka-Isaka ukholo nokulalela. Imvamisa, uma sibona le ndaba, sicabanga u-Isaka njengomntwana omncane, umfanyana. Kepha izifundiswa eziningi zebhayibheli zikholelwa ukuthi wayephakathi kweminyaka ewu-18 noma u-33 ubudala — phela, kwakudingeka abe mkhulu futhi aqine ngokwanele ukuthwala zonke izinkuni zomnikelo wokushiswa.  

Yeka ukufana okumangazayo esikubona lapha endabeni ka-Isaka yecebo likaNkulunkulu lokuhlengwa ngoJesu, iWundlu likaNkulunkulu eleza ukuthwala izono zomhlaba. Iningi lezazi likholelwa ukuthi u-Isaka wayekwazi okwakwenzeka. Waphatha izinkuni zomhlatshelo wakhe futhi wathula njengoba ayebekwa e-altare. Akazange abhikishe lapho u-Abraham ephakamisa ummese, lutho. Ngokuzithandela wazinikela kuyise. . . njengoJesu! UJames E. Goodman uchaza u-Isaka ngokuthi, "uyazi futhi uzimisele, uthule uma kungenjalo uthule ngokuphelele, futhi ngaphezu kwakho konke okungahambi kahle." UClement wase-Alexandria wabhala, “Yena (uJesu) ngu-Isaka. . . ngoba wayeyindodana ka-Abrahama njengoKristu iNdodana kaNkulunkulu nomhlatshelo njengeNkosi.” 

Ekugcineni, uNkulunkulu wasibamba isandla sika-Abrahama futhi wanikela ngomunye umhlatshelo. “U-Abrahama waqamba igama laleyo ndawo ngokuthi uJehova uyabonelela. Futhi kuze kube namuhla kuthiwa, 'Entabeni yeNkosi uzonikezwa' ”(uGenesise 22:14 NIV). UKhisimusi wumkhosi wesikhathi uNkulunkulu ahlinzeka ngaso iWundlu! 

Ngabe iNkosi ibuza okuthile okubonakala kungukuhlanya kuwe namuhla? Ingabe ukubizela ukwenza okuthile ongakuqondi, okuthile okungaphezu kwamandla akho ngesizathu? Mhlawumbe ukuphonsela inselelo yokuthi uthuthele kwelinye idolobha noma izwe, uthathe umsebenzi omusha, noma uqale isifundo seBhayibheli ekhaya lakho noma emsebenzini. Mhlawumbe ukuhola ukuthi wabelane ngevangeli nomakhelwane wakho, ofunda naye, noma osebenza naye. Thatha inkomba ku-Abrahama futhi uhloniphe lolo bizo! Uma uphumela ekukholweni nasekulaleleni, iNkosi ithembekile ukukubusisa, ikudlulise kukho, futhi yenze okuthile okuyisimangaliso ngempela nakuwe!