1-2 kwabaseThesalonika ThessaloniansIsampula

UPawulu uqala incwadi yakhe yesibili eya kwabaseThesalonika ngomkhuleko. Ubonga uNkulunkulu ngokholo olukhulayo nothando abaseThesalonika abanalo komunye nomunye, kanye nokukhuthazela kwabo lapho beshushiswa kanzima. UPawulu uthi lezi zimfanelo ezinhle ziwubufakazi bokuthi bangamalungu oMbuso kaNkulunkulu nokuthi uNkulunkulu uyoletha ubulungiswa kulabo ababahluphayo nabashushisayo. Ngokushesha uJesu uzovela futhi ahlulele labo abalimaza abantu bakaNkulunkulu. Ngalolo suku bonke abahlubuka eNkosini uJesu bayovalelwa ngaphandle koMbuso kaNkulunkulu waphakade. Khona sise lapho, uPawulu uthandazela ukuba uNkulunkulu aqinise futhi anikeze abaseThesalonika amandla okuhlala bethembekile kuze kube yilapho uJesu ebuya futhi enikeza abantu bakhe ukuphila okuphakade.

Nokho, abaningi eThesalonika babeqiniseka ukuthi uJesu wayesebuyile kakade. Bekhathazekile, besaba ukuthi ukushushiswa kwabo kwamanje kwakuwubufakazi bokuthi babephuthelwe ubulungiswa bukaNkulunkulu noma, okubi kakhulu, ukuthi ukubuya kukaJesu okungukunqoba kwakungenamandla njengoba babethemba. Kodwa uPawulu ubatshela ukuthi ngosuku uJesu ayobuya ngalo kuyoba sobala kakhulu, akudingeki bakhathazeke ngokuthi baphuthelwe. Ube esebakhumbuza ngakho konke abafundisa kona ngesikhathi esiza ekusunguleni ibandla labo. Lapho uJesu ebuya, uyokwahlulela bonke abashushisi babo, ahlulele amanga abo, futhi akhulule abantu bakhe ekuhluphekeni kwabo inguna phakade. Ukushushiswa kwabo akubona ubufakazi bokuthi uNkulunkulu ubashiyile, kunalokho kuwubufakazi bokuthi uNkulunkulu akakabuyi. Ngokuphambene, ukuhlupheka kwabo kufanele kubaduduze ngoba kusho ukuthi uJesu usendleleni.

Esikhundleni sokuzibuza ngokukhathazeka ukuthi baye baphuthelwa yini ekubuyeni kukaJesu, abaseThesalonika kufanele bakhuthazele ngoba uNkulunkulu uyabathanda futhi uthumele uMoya oNgcwele ukuba ubaqinise ukuze bahlanganyele eMbusweni kaNkulunkulu waphakade lapho ufika.

Amaqiniso aphathelene nokubuya kukaJesu ahlezi emangalisa. Futhi ezinye zalezi zindima kweyabaseThesalonika zingezinye eziphikiswa kakhulu kulo lonke iBhayibheli. Abanye bacabanga ukuthi lezi zingxenye zibhekisela ezenzakalweni ezenzeka kudala lapho uNkulunkulu ebhubhisa ithempeli laseJerusalema ngo-AD 70. Abanye bakholelwa ukuthi lezi zingxenye zizogcwaliseka ngolunye usuku esikhathini esizayo lapho uJesu ebuya okokugcina. Kodwa noma ngabe uthini umbono wakho, izindaba ezinhle ziyafana. Akudingekile ukuba sikhathazeke ngokuthi ukuhlupheka kwethu kuwubufakazi bokuthi abasishushisayo bayonqoba, ukuthi uNkulunkulu ukhohliwe, noma ukuthi siphuthelwe ukubuya kukaJesu okukhazimulayo. UNkulunkulu uhlele ukuthi abakholwayo kuJesu abahluphekayo ukuthi babe nesabelo enkazimulweni yakhe kuze kube phakade. Ukushushiswa kwethu akubona ubufakazi bokuthi siphuthelwe izinhlelo zikaNkulunkulu noma sishiywe ngemuva. Kunalokho, ukuhlupheka kwethu kusikhumbuza ukuthi kunosuku oluzayo lobulungiswa nokulwa okusendleleni. Futhi lapho uJesu efika, kuyoba sobala. Akudingekile ukuba sesabe noma sikhathazeke. UNkulunkulu ungakithi, uJesu usendleleni, futhi uyeza maduze.

Ngiyakhuleka ukuthi uMoya oNgcwele avule amehlo akho ukuze ubone uNkulunkulu ozakwahlulela abantu bakhe. Futhi kwangathi ungabona uJesu njengalowo ozayo ngokushesha.