njengokumkani phezu kwamaKristu, uPawulos wayenokubhala athi nguYehova “owasihlangulayo egunyeni lobumnyama, wasifudusela ebukumkanini boNyana wothando lwakhe.”—Kolose 1:13; 3:1.

15, 16. (a) Kutheni sisithi uYesu akazange abe nguKumkani woBukumkani bukaThixo ngowama-33 C.E.? (b) UYesu waqala nini ukulawula eBukumkanini bukaThixo?

¹⁵ Noko ke, ngelo xesha uYesu akazange abe nguKumkani noMgwebi phezu kweentlanga. Wahlala ecaleni koThixo, elindele ixesha lokusebenza njengoKumkani woBukumkani bukaThixo. UPawulos wabhala wathi ngaye: “Sisiphi na ke isithunywa, awakha wathi kuso, Hlala ngasekunene kwam, ndide iintshaba zakho ndizenze isihlalo seenyawo zakho?”—Hebhere 1:13.

¹⁶ AmaNgqina kaYehova apapashe ubungqina obuninzi bokuba ixesha likaYesu lokulinda laphela ngowe-1914, xa waba ngumlawuli woBukumkani bukaThixo emazulwini angabonakaliyo. ISityhilelo 11:15, 18 sithi: “Izikumkani zehlabathi zithe zaba zezeNkosi yethu nezikaKristu wayo. Wayeya kuba nguKumkani kuse emaphakadeni asemaphakadeni.” “Iintlanga zaqumba, yeza ingqumbo yakho.” Ewe, iintlanga zabonakalisa ukuqumbelana ebudeni beMfazwe Yehlabathi I. (Luka 21:24) Iimfazwe, iinyikima, iindyikitya zokufa, iindlala, nezinto ezifana nezo, esizibonileyo ukususela ngowe-1914 zingqina ukuba uYesu ngoku uyalawula eBukumkanini bukaThixo, yaye isiphelo sokugqibela seli hlabathi sisondele.—Mateyu 24:3-14.

17. Ziziphi iingongoma eziziintloko esizifumanisileyo ukuza kuthi ga ngoku?

¹⁷ Xa sisenza impinda emfutshane: UThixo kunokuthiwa uhleli etroneni njengoKumkani, kodwa ngenye ingqiqo unokuhlala etroneni yakhe ukuze agwebe. Ngowama-33 C.E., uYesu wahlala ngakwesokunene sikaThixo, yaye ngoku unguKumkani woBukumkani. Kodwa ngaba uYesu, ngoku olawula njengoKumkani, ukwanguMgwebi? Yaye kutheni sifanele sibe nomdla koku, ngokukodwa ngeli xesha?

18. Bubuphi ubungqina obukhoyo bokuba uYesu uya kuba nguye noMgwebi?

¹⁸ UYehova, onelungelo lokumisela abagwebi, wakhetha uYesu njengoMgwebi oyifikelelayo imilinganiselo Yakhe. UYesu wakubonisa oku xa wayethetha ngokuphila kwabantu ngokomoya: “UYise akagwebi namnye; uthe umgwebo wonke wawunikela kuNyana.” (Yohane 5:22) Kodwa, indima kaYesu yokugweba ayipheleli kolo hlobo lokugweba kuphela, kuba ungumgwebi wabaphilileyo nabafileyo. (IZenzo 10:42; 2 Timoti 4:1) UPawulos wakha wathi: “Ngokokuba [uThixo] emise umhla, aza kuligweba ngawo elimiweyo ngobulungisa, ngendoda [uYesu] awayimisayo, ebanike bonke ukholo ngokuyivusa kwabafileyo.”—IZenzo 17:31; INdumiso 72:2-7.

19. Kutheni kuchanile ukuthi uYesu uhlala phantsi njengoMgwebi?

¹⁹ Ngaba ke ngoko sichanile xa sigqiba kwelokuba uYesu uhlala phantsi kwitrone ezukileyo kwindima ekhethekileyo yoMgwebi? Ewe. UYesu waxelela abapostile oku: “Nina nindilandeleyo, ekuzalweni okutsha, xa athe wahlala uNyana woMntu phezu kwetrone yozuko lwakhe, niya kuhlala nani phezu kweetrone ezilishumi elinambini, nigweba ezizweni ezilishumi elinazibini zakwaSirayeli.” (Mateyu 19:28, akekeliswe sithi.) Nangona uYesu ngoku enguKumkani woBukumkani, umsebenzi wakhe obhekele phaya okhankanywe kuMateyu 19:28 uya kuquka ukuhlala etroneni ukuze agwebe ebudeni beWaka Leminyaka. Ngelo xesha uya kugweba lonke uluntu, amalungisa nabangemalungisa. (IZenzo 24:15) Kuluncedo ukuba sikhumbule oku njengoko siguqulela ingqalelo yethu komnye wemizekeliso kaYesu onento yokwenza nexesha lethu nobomi bethu.

Uthini Umzekeliso?

20, 21. Yintoni eyabuzwa ngabapostile bakaYesu enokuthanani nexesha lethu, nto leyo ephakamisa wuphi umbuzo?

²⁰ Ngaphambi nje kokuba uYesu afe, abafundi bakhe bambuza: “Ziya kubakho nini na ezo zinto; uya kuba yini na umqondiso [“wobukho bakho,” NW], nowokupheliswa kwephakade eli?” (Mateyu 24:3) UYesu wachaza iziganeko eziphawulekayo ezaziya kwenzeka emhlabeni ngaphambi kokuba ‘kufike ukuphela.’ Ngaphambilana nje kweso siphelo, iintlanga ziya kuthi “zimbone uNyana woMntu esiza phezu kwamafu ezulu, enamandla, nobuqaqawuli obukhulu.”—Mateyu 24:14, 29, 30.

²¹ Noko ke, kuya kwenzeka ntoni kubantu bezo ntlanga xa uNyana womntu efika esebuqaqawulini bakhe? Masikhangele kumzekeliso wezimvu neebhokhwe, oqala ngala mazwi: “Xa athe wafika uNyana woMntu esebuqaqawulini bakhe, enazo zonke izithunywa ezingcwele, ngelo xa uya kuhlala phezu kwetrone yobuqaqawuli bakhe; zihlanganiswe phambi kwakhe zonke iintlanga.”—Mateyu 25:31, 32.

22, 23. Ziziphi iingongoma ezibonisa ukuba umzekeliso wezimvu neebhokhwe awuzange uqalise ukuzaliseka ngowe-1914?

²² Ngaba lo mzekeliso usebenza xa uYesu wahlala phantsi esemandleni obukumkani ngowe-1914, njengokuba besisoloko siqonda njalo? Kaloku, uMateyu 25:34 uyathetha ngaye njengoKumkani, ngoko lo mzekeliso ngokusengqiqweni usebenza emva kokuba uYesu waba nguKumkani ngowe-1914. Kodwa kukuphi ukugweba awakwenzayo ngokukhawuleza emva koko? Akazange agwebe “zonke iintlanga.” Kunoko waguqulela ingqalelo yakhe kwabo babezibanga bebumba ‘indlu kaThixo.’ (1 Petros 4:17, akekeliswe sithi.) Ngokuvisisana noMalaki 3:1-3, uYesu, njengomthunywa kaYehova, wahlola ngenjongo yokugweba amaKristu athanjisiweyo awayesasele emhlabeni. Kwakhona elo yayilixesha lokuba awise isigwebo kwiNgqobhoko, ethe ngobuxoki yazibanga ‘iyindlu kaThixo.’c (ISityhilelo 17:1, 2; 18:4-8) Kanti akukho nto ibonisa ukuba ngelo xesha, okanye singathi kwanokususela ngoko, uYesu ebehleli egweba okokugqibela zonke iintlanga njengezimvu okanye iibhokhwe.

²³ Ukuba sihlolisisa oko kwenziwa nguYesu kulo mzekeliso, siphawula ukuba uzigweba okokugqibela zonke iintlanga. Lo mzekeliso awubonisi ukuba ukugweba okunjalo kwakuya kuqhubeka ixesha elide leminyaka emininzi, ngokungathi wonke umntu obesifa ebudeni bala mashumi eminyaka adlulileyo ebegwetywa njengofanelwe kukufa ngonaphakade okanye bubomi obungunaphakade. Kubonakala ngathi inkoliso yabo bafe kumashumi eminyaka akutshanje baye kwingcwaba loluntu eliqhelekileyo. (ISityhilelo 6:8; 20:13) Noko ke, lo mzekeliso ubonisa ixesha laxa uYesu egweba abantu bazo “zonke iintlanga” abaphilayo ngelo xesha nabajamelene nokuphunyezwa kwesigwebo sakhe.

24. Uya kuzaliseka nini umzekeliso wezimvu neebhokhwe?

²⁴ Ngamanye amazwi, lo mzekeliso walatha kwixesha elizayo laxa uNyana womntu eya kuza esebuqaqawulini bakhe. Uya kuhlala phantsi ukuze agwebe abantu abaphilayo ngelo xesha. Umgwebo wakhe uya kusekelwa koko bazibonakalise bekuko. Ngelo xesha “umahluko phakathi kwelungisa nongendawo” uya kube ucace okwekati emhlophe ehlungwini. (Malaki 3:18) Ukuvakaliswa nokuphunyezwa kwesigwebo kuya kwenziwa ngexesha elifutshane. UYesu uya kuwisa izigwebo ezisesikweni ngokusekelwe koko kuye kwabonakala ngabo bantu.—Bona kwaneyesi-2 kwabaseKorinte 5:10.

25. Ubonisa ntoni uMateyu 25:31 xa ethetha ngoNyana womntu ehlala etroneni yobuqaqawuli?

²⁵ Ngoko, oku kuthetha ukuba ‘ukuhlala kukaYesu etroneni yobuqaqawuli bakhe’ ukuze agwebe, okuthethwa ngako kuMateyu 25:31, kusebenza kwixesha elizayo xa lo Kumkani unamandla eya kuhlala phantsi ukuze avakalise aze aphumeze umgwebo kwiintlanga. Ewe, umgwebo obandakanya uYesu kuMateyu 25:31-33, 46 uyafana nalowo ukuDaniyeli isahluko 7, apho uKumkani olawulayo, uNyangelemihla, wahlala phantsi ukuze aphumeze indima yakhe njengoMgwebi.

26. Yiyiphi indlela entsha evelayo yokuchaza lo mzekeliso?

²⁶ Ukuqonda umzekeliso wezimvu neebhokhwe ngolu hlobo kubonisa ukuba ukuphunyezwa komgwebo kwizimvu neebhokhwe kuseyinto yexesha elizayo. Kuya kwenzeka emva kokuqhambuka ‘kwembandezelo’ ekhankanywe kuMateyu 24:29, 30 noNyana womntu ‘efikile esebuqaqawulini bakhe.’ (Thelekisa uMarko 13:24-26.) Ngoko, ekubeni yonke inkqubo yezinto engendawo ifikelele esiphelweni sayo, uYesu uya kumisa inkundla aze awise aze aphumeze umgwebo.—Yohane 5:30; 2 Tesalonika 1:7-10.

27. Yintoni esifanele sibe nomdla wokuyazi ngomzekeliso kaYesu wokugqibela?

²⁷ Oku kukwenza kucace ukuliqonda kwethu ixesha lokuzaliseka kwalo mzekeliso kaYesu, obonisa ukuba izimvu neebhokhwe ziya kugwetywa nini. Kodwa oku kusichaphazela njani thina bashumayela iindaba ezilungileyo zoBukumkani ngenzondelelo? (Mateyu 24:14) Ngaba kuwenza umsebenzi wethu ungabaluleki kangako, okanye ngaba kuwenza ube yimbopheleleko enzulu ngakumbi? Masibone kwinqaku elilandelayo ukuba sichaphazeleka njani.

Liyintoni Ikamva Lezimvu Neebhokhwe?

“Abahlule abanye kwabanye, njengokuba umalusi ezahlula izimvu ezibhokhweni.”—MATEYU 25:32.

1, 2. Kutheni sifanele sibe nomdla kumzekeliso wezimvu neebhokhwe?

NGOKUQINISEKILEYO uYesu Kristu wayengoyena Mfundisi ubalaseleyo emhlabeni. (Yohane 7:46) Enye yeendlela zakhe zokufundisa yayikukusebenzisa imizekeliso. (Mateyu 13:34, 35) Le mizekeliso yayilula kodwa inamandla ekudluliseleni iinyaniso ezinzulu zokomoya nezingeziprofeto.

² Kumzekeliso wezimvu neebhokhwe, uYesu wathetha ngexesha laxa eya kuba kwisikhundla esikhethekileyo: “Xa athe wafika uNyana woMntu esebuqaqawulini bakhe, . . .” (Mateyu 25:31) Sifanele sibe nomdla koku kuba ngumzekeliso uYesu awayiqukumbela ngawo impendulo yakhe yombuzo othi: “Uya kuba yini na umqondiso [“wobukho bakho,” NW], nowokupheliswa kwephakade eli?” (Mateyu 24:3) Kodwa kuthetha ntoni oku kuthi?

3. Ngaphambilana kwintetho yakhe, uYesu wathi kuya kwenzeka ntoni kwaoko emveni kokuqalisa kwembandezelo enkulu?

³ UYesu wachaza iziganeko eziphawulekayo eziya kwenzeka “kwaoko ke, emveni” kokuqhambuka kwembandezelo enkulu, ziganeko ezo esizilindeleyo. Wathi wawuya kwandula ke ukubonakala “umqondiso woNyana woMntu.” Oku kuya kuzichaphazela ngokunzulu “zonke izizwe zomhlaba” eziya kuthi “zimbone uNyana woMntu esiza phezu kwamafu ezulu, enamandla, nobuqaqawuli obukhulu.” UNyana womntu uya kuphelekwa ‘zizithunywa