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UKUCEKELWA PHANSI KWAPHEZULU

“Kwasekungaba yihora lesithupha, kwaba khona ubumnyama phezu komhlaba wonke kwaze kwaba yihora lesishiyagalolunye, ukukhanya kwelanga kwafiphala. Isihenqo sethempeli sadabuka kabili. NGOKUKALUKA 23:44-45 (ESV)

Njengoba inkonzo kaJesu iqhubeka, enye yezinto ezazikhathaza kakhulu izinhlangano zenkolo yamaJuda kwakuwukuthi, kwakubonakala sengathi wayethi wayezobhubhisa ithempeli futhi alivuse ngezinsuku ezintathu (NgokukaJohane 2:19). Ngempela, leli kwakungelinye lamacala amakhulu abekwa wona (NgokukaMarku 14:58). Lapho uJesu esesiphambanweni, abadlulayo bamklolodela futhi bamhleka usulu, bememeza, “Wena ochitha ithempeli, ubuye ulakhe ngezinsuku ezintathu, zisindise!” (NgokukaMathewu 27:40) Kodwa lapho Wasala, elenga esiphambanweni, ebumnyameni.

Futhi, phakathi kobumnyama nezinxushunxushu zokubethelwa, kungazelelwe, kwenzeka okuthile okuyimfihlakalo nokwakungalindelekile nhlobo: UNkulunkulu ngokwakhe wangcolisa ithempeli.

ULuka uyasitshela: “Ikhethini lethempeli ladabuka kabili. Lesi kwakuyisihenqo esasilenga ethempelini ukuze sivale ngendlela engokomfanekiso indlela yokungena ebukhoneni bukaNkulunkulu. Kwakuwuphawu olukhulu lokuthi abantu abangaphelele babengeke babe sendaweni eyodwa noNkulunkulu ongcwele. Kulo lonke iTestamente Elidala, noma ubani owayecabange ukuza ebukhoneni bukaNkulunkulu ngaphandle kokugcina amasiko okuhlanzwa nokwenza imihlatshelo edingekayo wayesefile (ngokwesibonelo, uNumeri 3:2-4). Kodwa manje, kungazelelwe, njengoba uJesu ayesezokufa, loluphawu lokubekelwa imingcele lwabhujiswa. Ngokusibhubhisa, uNkulunkulu wamemezela ukuthi isiko elidala lobupristi lokungena ebukhoneni Bakhe seliqediwe, futhi umgoqo wesono ohlukanisa isintu noMenzi waso wawusuchithiwe. Asisekho isidingo sokuziqhelelanisa noNkulunkulu. Kunalokho, “sinethemba lokungena ezindaweni ezingcwele ngegazi likaJesu, ngendlela entsha nephilayo asivulele yona ngendwangu yesihenqo (KumaHebheru 10:19-20).

Ukufinyelela kwethu kuNkulunkulu akupheleli ethempelini noma esontweni, noma kunoma yisiphi esinye isakhiwo, futhi akufanele kube ngompristi ongumuntu nje noma umfundisi. Cha, eminyakeni eyingu-2,000 edlule, uNkulunkulu wangena emlandweni ukuze amise ukufinyelela okuqondile Kuye ngoJesu. Manje “munye umlamuleli phakathi kukaNkulunkulu nabantu, umuntu uKristu Jesu, owazinikela abe-yinhlawulo yabo bonke.” {1 KuThimothewu 2:5-6). Ukudatshulwa kwekhethini lethempeli kwaba ukucekelwa phansi kwethempeli ngenxa yakho! Awusadingeki ukuthi uphazanyiswe abapristi nemikhuba. Angeke kube lutho kodwa koba yize. Kunalokho, ungeza kuNkulunkulu, njengoba unjalo, uqiniseka ngokwamukelwa nesihe nosizo, konke ngenxa kaJesu.

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