Isahluko 9 — Ixesha Lokulibaziseka
GSAM 148.1“Kwathi ke, umbuso wamazulu uya kufanekiswa ngeentombi ezinyulu ezilishumi, ezathatha izibane zazo, zaphuma ziya kokhawula umkhwenyana. Zaza ezintlanu zazo zaba ngabahlakaniphileyo, ezintlanu zaba zizidenge. Abo babezizidenge bathatha izibane zabo, baza abathathi oli kunye nazo; kodwa ababengabahlakaniphileyo bathatha oli ezityeni zabo kunye nezibane zabo. Kwathi ngelixa umkhwenyana elibazisa, bonke bozela, balala.”1
GSAM 148.2UKristu ngumkhwenyana walo mzekeliso.2 Ukuhamba ukuya kudibana nomkhwenyana ngoko ke kufanele kumele intshukumo yabantu beNkosi yokudibana noKristu ekufikeni kwakhe, kuba umxholo wenkulumo kaMateyu isahluko esingamashumi amabini anesine nesingamashumi amabini anesihlanu kukufika kweNkosi. Ilizwi leNkosi lilambu.3 Zonke iintombi zathatha amalambu azo. Ubuwula banye bamantombazana babubandakanya ukuthatha kwabo inyaniso ngokwengqondo kuphela, ngaphandle kokuzinikela okunzulu eNkosini okunokukhulisa iimpawu zobabalo zoMoya entliziyweni yomkholwa. Lo msebenzi umelwe ngokomfuziselo “ngamafutha akwisitya sabo.” Ukulibaziseka komkhwenyana kufanele kumele ukuphoxeka okuthile kwabo baphumayo belindele ukudibana neNkosi yabo.
GSAM 148Ixesha Lokusebenza Kofanekiso
GSAM 148.3Igama elithi “ngoko,” elivula esi fuziselo, lisinika umkhondo ngexesha lokusebenza kwaso. Lilandela ngqo koko bekutshiwo kwisahluko esingaphambili, hayi emva kokubuya kweNkosi okwesibini, kodwa emva kokuba isifaniso somkhiwane sibhengezwe, sibhengeza ukuba ukufika kukaKristu “kukwiinyango,” nokuba lifikile isizukulwana esingayi kudlula de uKristu ngokwakhe avele emafini ezulu. Ikwasebenza kwixesha apho amanye amakhoboka awayenikezela lo myalezo athi entliziyweni zawo, “INkosi yam ilibazisa ukuza kwayo;” aze aqalise ukubetha amakhoboka angoogxa bawo, asitye aze asele nabanxilileyo.
GSAM 149Ukubetha abakhonzi abangamaqabane abo
GSAM 149.1Aba “bebengabakhonzi abangamaqabane,” beshumayela ngamxhelo mnye umyalezo ofanayo; kodwa ngoku inxalenye yabo ijika kuloo nto ibiyifundisayo, ize “ibethe” abakhonzi abangamaqabane bayo abanika “ukutya ngexesha elifanelekileyo”—izichaza amalungiselelo ayimfuneko okudibana neNkosi eza kungekudala. “Babetha” ngendlela efanayo eyayicetywe ngayo ukuba kubethwe uYeremiya. Abantu bathi, “Yizani, simbethe ngolwimi, singazinikeli nakweyiphi na intetho yakhe.”4 Ngoko ke aba bakhonzi baqalisa ukufundisa ngendlela yokuphazamisa umsebenzi wabakhonzi “abathembekileyo”. Olu didi lunye lubhekiswa kulo ngolu hlobo, “Khumbula ke indlela owamkela ngayo waza weva, bambelela, uze uguquke. Ke ukuba awuphaphami, ndiza kuza kuwe njengesela, kwaye awuyi kwazi ukuba ndiza kuza ngayiphi iyure.”5
GSAM 149.2Umzekelo wamantombazana usebenza ngexesha apho “abakhonzi abangamaqabane” bajika kumyalezo wokusondela kokuza kweNkosi, kwaye “baqala ukubetha.” Bayaqala nokwenza enye into—ukuthi “batye basele nabanxilileyo.” Bayazibandakanya kwisidlo nabo banqwenela ukwanelisa iminqweno yabo yokutya. USolomon wathi ngabantu abanjalo, “Ungabi phakathi kwabaphuzi bewayini ngokugqithisileyo; phakathi kwabatyi benyama ngokugqithisileyo; kuba inxila nomntu otya kakhulu uya kuhlala esiswele.”6
GSAM 149Ukudaniswa Kokuqala
GSAM 149.3Ngoku kuza kuvela umbuzo othi, “Yintoni eyayikho kumava okubuya kweNkosi ahambelana nezi ngxelo?” Kwakukho iintshukumo ezihambelana ngokupheleleyo nesiprofeto. Abo babesinika umyalezo de kwaba ngo-Epreli, 1844, basebenza phakathi kwamabandla, yaye abafundisi bamabandla ahlukeneyo bamanyana nemizamo yabo. Ngaloo ndlela babe “ngabakhonzi abangamaqabane.”
GSAM 150.1Abo babesinika lo myalezo bafundisa ukuba iintsuku ezingamawaka amabini anamakhulu amathathu zikaDaniyeli 8:14 ziya kuphela kunyaka wamaYuda ka-1843, owaye uya kuba kunyaka wethu ka-1844. Babhengeza ukuba ixesha lokugweba kukaThixo liya kufika ekupheleni kwelo xesha. Lonke uhlangothi lwenkolo kwelo lizwe ngelo xesha lwalikholelwa ukuba usuku lokugweba luya kuziswa kukubuya kwesibini kweNkosi yethu. Ngoko ke, kuya kubonakala ngokucacileyo ukuba ama-Adventist ayecinga ukuba iNkosi iza kufika ekupheleni kwelo xesha lobuprofeti. Bathi, “Eli xesha lingaphela ngenyanga kaMatshi 21, 1844, ekupheleni konyaka wemveli wamaYuda ka-1843.” Ngoko ke, bajonge ekupheleni kukaMatshi okanye ekuqaleni kuka-Epreli, 1844, njengexesha apho uMsindisi wayenokufika ngalo.
GSAM 150Abakhonzi Abangendawo Baphuhliseke
GSAM 150.2Xa kwafika ukuphela kukaMatshi kwaza kwadlula, iNkosi ingafikanga, abo babesebenza nabathunywa beNkosi ngaphambili, kodwa babengazinikanga ngentliziyo yabo yonke kumyalezo, bajika bayichasa, baqala ukuchasa umsebenzi, baze benze konke okusemandleni abo ukuthintela indlela yabo babesafundisa isifundiso sokufika kweNkosi okusondeleyo kunye nomyalezo weyure yokugweba. “Ezintliziyweni zabo” bathi, “INkosi yam ilibazisa ukuza kwayo.” Ngemilomo yabo ngoku bafundisa ukuba ihlabathi lonke kufuneka liguquke phambi kokuba iNkosi ifike; ukuba amaYuda onke kufuneka abuyele ePalestine, aze amisele inkonzo yetempile yabo eJerusalem, phambi kokuba uMesiya afike. Abanye bade bafundisa ukuba ukuza kukaKristu “kukuza kokomoya,” ukuba kwenzeka ekuguqukeni, nakusekufeni kwabantu bakhe.
GSAM 151Ukunikela “Ngokutya ngexesha elifanelekileyo”
GSAM 151.1Ngelixa aba ke babejika bechasa abakhonzi abangamaqabane abo, abo babesabambelele elukholweni babebiza abakholwayo ndawonye kwiiholo nakwiigrove, benika “ukutya ngexesha layo”—bebabonisa ukuba iimpawu zamaxesha nesiprofeto esizalisekisiweyo zazibhengeza, njengoko kwakunjalo phambi kokuphoxeka kwabo, ukuba ukuza kukaKristu “kukufuphi, kusezangweni.”
GSAM 151Ukutyela KweBandla
GSAM 151.2Ngelixa benza oku kwaqala into eyayingaqhelekanga kumabandla amaProtestanti—ukubizwa kwabantu kunye ebandleni ukuze batye kwaye “bazonwabise.” Bonke ababefuna ukuza babemenyiwe ukuba babelane nabo ngezidlo zabo ezimnandi.
GSAM 151.3Into yokuqala esakha sayiva ngayo yile nto yile ndidi eMelika yayikukwinyanga kaMeyi, 1844, kanye emva kokuphoxeka. Kwakunjalo ngolu hlobo: Ngethuba uWilliam Miller, kwiholo eseRochester, eN.Y., wayefundisa kwaye ekhuthaza amakhulu aliqela ama-Adventist, ebaxelela ukuba, “Sikwixesha lokulinda likaMateyu isahluko esingamashumi amabini anesihlanu; bambelelani ngokholo lwenu; kamsinya siza kufumana kukhanya ngakumbi ngalo mbandela,” kwakusekwa kumgangatho ongaphantsi kwenye yezona zindlu zentlanganiso zinkulu eRochester, “umthendeleko.” Kwahlanganisana isihlwele sabantu, namalungu ebandla nabangakholwayo, yaye ngelixa umongameli wekholeji yezezakwalizwi ehlekisa isihlwele ngokugculela uWilliam Miller, bathengisela isihlwele ii-oysters, i-ayisikhrim, neelekese, kunye nencwadana encinci ngeesenti ezingamashumi amabini anesihlanu, eyayilungiselelwe ngulo mntu. Le ncwadi yayibizwa ngokuba “An Exposé of Millerism.”
GSAM 151.4Kungaphelanga ngeveki ezimbini ukusukela ngelo xesha, elinye ihlelo kwakweso sixeko lamisela “umthendeleko” kwiholo yoluntu, kuhlawulwa isenti ezingamashumi amabini anesihlanu ukuze kungene, kwaye lamema bonke ababenomdla ukuba beze baze bathathe inxaxheba kunye nabo kwi-oysters, i-ayisikhrim, ikeyiki, kunye neelekese zabo. Kwathi ke ngoko kwaqala esi sithethe sokuzonwabisa ngokutya emabandleni, esiye saphuhla saba “ziindibano zokuzonwabisa eziphambeneyo,” “iingxowa zokuthatha,” “amachibi eentlanzi,” “iindibano zokuncamisana,” njalo njalo. Le ndlela yokuzonwabisa ngokutya emabandleni ikhule yade yaba nkulu kangangokuba ngoku isakhiwo sebandla sanamhlanje asiphelelanga ngaphandle kokuba sinekhitshi, igumbi lokugcina ukutya, kunye negumbi lokutyela. Le meko yileyo yaqala “kwixesha lokulinda,” njengoko kucacisiwe kumfanekiso-ntetho.
GSAM 152.1U-Wm. Miller ngokwakhe uthetha ngesi siganeko esenzeka eRochester ngala mazwi alandelayo:
GSAM 152.1“Omnye wamaD.D. aseRochester, uMnu. _____, webandla elithi _____, wabhala incwadana echasene neMillerism, wabiza iinkosi namakhosikazi zakhe endlwini yeNkosi, wenza isidlo esikhulu see-oysters nezinye ‘iipikiniki,’ NjengoBelsazare, basela ikofu yabo neti yabo, batya izimuncumuncu zabo ezibizayo, kwaye bathengisa i-ayisikhrim neelekese zabo, kunye nencwadana yakhe echasa ukuza kwesibini koMsindisi othandekayo.
GSAM 152.2“Ngobusuku obandulela ukuba ndimke, omnye wabo bafundisi bahloniphekileyo waba nesidlo sephikiniki kwindlu yokuzonwabisa, okanye iholo, waza wathengisa, njengoko kucacisiwe ngasentla, amatikiti akhe, i-ayisikhrim, kunye neelekese. Ndavuya ukuva ukuba amanye amabandla amahlelo ahlukeneyo awazange avume iifeste ezinjalo zaseBhabheli; kwaye ndiyathemba, emphefumlweni wam, ukuba ayizukuba onke la mabandla amahlelo afunyanwe ‘esitya esela nabanxilileyo’ xa uKristu eza. Ndiyamangaliswa kukuba aba bafundisi abahloniphekileyo abaziboni esipilini selizwi likaThixo; kwaye ndingabacebisa ukuba bafunde uLuka 14:12-14; uMateyu 24:48-51; uLuka 13:25-28; 2 Petros 2:13; uYuda 10-21. Ngokuqinisekileyo la ngamaxesha okugqibela.”
GSAM 152.3Ukuba uMfundisi uMiller wayenokubona into amabandla aye angena kuyo ukusukela ngoko, kwiitheko zabo zeminikelo, “neekeyiki zokuqashela umsesane, iindibano zokuncamisana zeesenti ezilishumi, imiboniso yeedonki, iindibano zentlalo eziphambeneyo, iilottery ezingcwele,” nezinye iindlela zemidlalo yamathuba, njalo njalo, wayeza kurhoxa ngenxa yokothuka okungcwele.
GSAM 152Ixesha Lokulibazisa
GSAM 152.4Ama-Adventist afumana intuthuzelo kwinyaniso yesibhalo esithi xa kwakumenyezelwa ukuza okusondeleyo kweNkosi, kuza kubakho “ixesha lokulibaziseka” elinxulumene nako. Oku bakubona kumazwi woMsindisi wethu kuMateyu 25:5, 6, nakuHabhakuki 2:1-3.
GSAM 153.1Ngokuphathelele kwisimo sabo kwintwasahlobo ka-1844, sicaphula kwi-Midnight Cry yomhla we-9 kuMeyi, 1844:—
GSAM 153.2“Emva kokudlula kwindawo yokuphela okubonakalayo kwamaxesha obuprofeti, sibekwe kwimeko uThixo awayeyibonileyo kwangaphambili ukuba abantwana bakhe baya kubekwa kuyo ekupheleni kombono; yaye ngenxa yoko wenza amalungiselelo, ngomprofeti Habhakuki, xa esithi, ‘Ndiza kuma esilindweni sam, ndize ndizimise etornweni, ndize ndilindele ukubona into aza kuyithetha kum, nento endiza kuphendula ngayo xa ndigxekwa,’ okanye njengoko kubhalwe ecaleni, ‘ndixoxiswa.’ ‘Waye iNkosi yandiphendula, yathi, Bhala umbono, uwubhale ngokucacileyo kumacwecwe, ukuze lowo uwufundayo abaleke. Kuba umbono uselilungiselelwe ixesha elimisiweyo, kodwa ekupheleni [kwamaxesha obuprofeti] uya kuthetha kwaye akayi kuxoka: nangona ulibazisa [ngaphaya kokuphela kwawo okubonakalayo], lulindele; kuba ngokuqinisekileyo luya kuza, [ekuzalisekeni kwamaxesha obuprofeti, ngaphaya kwawo] aluyi kulibazisa.’7
GSAM 153.3“Ukuba esi silumkiso sibhekiselele kwixesha langoku, kuyacaca ngokucaphulwa kwaso nguPawulos kwiHebhere 10:36-39: ‘Kuba niyadinga ukunyamezela, ukuze emva kokuba nenze ukuthanda kukaThixo, nifumane isithembiso. Kuba kusele ixesha elifutshane, uya kuza lowo uza kuza, kwaye akayi kulibazisa. Ngoku ke olungileyo uya kuphila ngokholo; kodwa ukuba kukho umntu obuyela umva, umphefumlo wam awuzukufumana nto imnandi kuye. Thina ke asibobantu ababuyela umva besiya entshabalalweni; kodwa sibobantu abakholwayo ukusindiswa kwemiphefumlo.’
GSAM 153.4“Sikholelwa ukuba sihleli kwelo xesha kuthethwe ngalo nguMsindisi, xa umkhwenyana elibazisekileyo (Mateyu 25:5)—obufanele ukufaniswa nalo ubukumkani bamazulu,—xa ‘loo mkhonzi ungendawo [ekubeni kubekho ukusilela okubonakalayo ngexesha elo] uya kuthi entliziyweni yakhe, INkosi yam ilibazisa ukuza kwayo, aze aqalise ukubetha abakhonzi abangoogxa bakhe, atye asele nabanxilileyo,’ kwaye iNkosi iya ‘kuza ngemini angayilindelanga.’
GSAM 154.1“Sikholelwa ukuba ngoku siphila kwelo xesha kuthethwe ngalo nguPetros, xa ‘isigwebo sabo esele ixesha elide asilibazisi, nokutshabalala kwabo akalali;’ apho babeza ‘kungenisa ngasese izifundiso ezitshabalalisayo.’8 Ezi, utsho uPetros, zaziza kubakho, kanye njengokuba kwakukho abaprofeti bobuxoki ngexesha lokubhalwa kweziBhalo. Ngenxa yoko, njengoko abo basendlwini yakwaSirayeli bathi, ‘Iintsuku zolulekile, yaye yonke imibono iyasilela,’9 kwakufuneka kubekho ixesha apho kwakubonakala ngathi ixesha liyadlula, ukuze abagxeki base-2 Petros 3:4 babuze bathi, ‘Luphi isithembiso sokuba uza kuza?’ baze bazikhohlise besithi ‘zonke izinto ziyaqhubeka njengoko bezinjalo ukususela ekuqaliseni kwendalo.’
GSAM 154.2“Sikholelwa ukuba ngenxa yokulibaziseka okunjalo kombono, umpostile uYakobo wathi, ‘Yibani nomonde ke, bazalwana, ukuya ekufikeni kweNkosi;’ ‘nani ke yibanomonde; yomelezeni iintliziyo zenu: kuba ukufika kweNkosi kusondele.’ Kwaye, ‘Niyabona, uMgwebi umi emnyango.’
GSAM 154.3“Kwaye siyakholelwa ukuba, ngokulindela ukudlula kwexesha elilindelekileyo, uMsindisi wethu wasilumkisa, kwisahluko seshumi elinesibini sikaLuka, esithi, ‘Iinqe zenu mazibotshelelwe, nezibane zenu zivuthe; nibe njengabantu abalindele iNkosi yabo, xa ibuya emtshatweni; ukuze xa ifika inkqonkqoza, niyivulele kwangoko.’10 Ukulinda kuthetha ukudlula kwexesha, kuba de kufike elo xesha asilindanga. Kungoko iNkosi yethu yongeza, ‘Nantsi intsikelelo kwabo bakhonzi ethi iNkosi, xa ibuya, ibafumane bephaphile.’
GSAM 154.4“Siza kuqhubeka, ukuba uThixo uthandile, nokushumayela, ‘Nantsi, umkhwenyana uyaqhamka; phumani nimhlangabeze;’ kwaye, ‘Lufikile ixesha lokugweba kwakhe.’ Kwaye siyathemba ukuba asizukusilela ukuqhubeka nokukhwaza ngokuphandle kwihlabathi nakwibandla, ukuba azivuse kwiingoma zawo ‘zokuxola,’ kwaye aphulaphule izimemo zikaThixo zenceba. Sinenjongo yokuqhubeka nokulinda nokuphapha ukufika kweNkosi, sikholelwa ukuba sekusondele kakhulu.”
GSAM 155Ukungqinwa Komsebenzi Wabo
GSAM 155.1Ingcamango elungileyo malunga nendlela ama-Adventist awayewujonga ngayo umsebenzi wawo phambi komhla wama-21 kuMatshi, 1844, kanye emva kwaloo mhla, inokufunyanwa ngokufunda esi sicatshulwa silandelayo, esithathwe kwinqaku eliphantsi kwesihloko esithi, “Ukuvikelwa,” kwi-Advent Herald yomhla we-13 kuNovemba, 1844, epapashwe nguJ. V. Himes, S. Bliss, no-A. Hale:—
GSAM 155.2Asizange sikhawuleze ekwamkeleni izimvo zethu. Sikholelwa ukuba besingabaphandi abanyanisekileyo nabathembekileyo benyaniso. Sathobela umyalelo woMsindisi wethu wokuphonononga iZibhalo. Asithembanga kubulumko bethu; kodwa sajonga kuThixo ukuze asikhokele, saza sazama ukuzinikela kwaltari yakhe, sithemba ukuba uya kulungelelanisa iinyathelo zethu. Sahlolisisa zonke iingxoxo ezazichasene nathi sinomnqweno onyanisekileyo wokwazi inyaniso nokuphetshwa kwempazamo; kodwa kufuneka sivume ukuba izimvo ezahlukeneyo nezininzi zabachasi bethu zasigxininisa nje kwiimbono zethu. Sabona ukuba nokuba besilungile okanye besingalunganga, abo babesiphikisana nabo babengenakuba belungile; kwaye babengavumelani phakathi kwabo. Iingxoxo zomntu ngamnye zazibuthathaka kwaye zingezomntwana kangangokuba kwanyanzeleka ukuba bahlale bechitha oko babekwenzile; kwaye ngembono yabo eyahlukileyo nechasanayo babonisa ukuba nokuba babebona njani izimvo zethu, babengenathemba kwizimvo zomnye nomnye. Ngaphezu koko, kwakungekho nqaku liphambili kwimibono yethu yonke apho sasingaxhaswanga khona ngomnye okanye abaninzi kwabo babesebenza ukuphikisa ukufika kweNkosi okukufuphi. Ngelixa thina sasinenguqulelo ethe ngqo yeZibhalo ukusixhasa, abachasi bethu bazama ngelize ukungqina ukuba iZibhalo akufuneki ziqondwe ngokwenyani, nangona isiprofeto ngasinye esizalisekisiweyo senzeke kanye ngokweenkcukacha zaso ezincinci kakhulu.
GSAM 156Ukucaciswa Kokuphoxeka
GSAM 156.1“Kodwa ixesha—unyaka ka-1843, unyaka wamaYuda—lwadlula, saza sadaniswa kukungamboni uKumkani kubuhle bakhe. Kwaye bonke ababesichasa bacinga ngenyaniso ukuba yonke inkalo ekhethekileyo yenkolo yethu ibonakaliswe njengengeyonyani; nokuba thina, njengamadoda anyanisekileyo, sifanele siyeke zonke iimbono zethu. Kungoko, bamangaliswa kukusibona sisabambelele kwithemba lethu, sisalindele uKumkani wethu.
GSAM 156.2“Thina, nangona kunjalo, ekuphoxekeni kwethu, asibonanga sizathu sokuphelelwa lithemba. Sabona ukuba iZibhalo zibonisa ukuba kufuneka kubekho ixesha lokulibaziseka, kwaye ngelixa umbono ulibazisekile kufuneka simlindele. Sabona kwakhona ukuba ngokuphela konyaka elo xesha belingenakugqitywa ngokupheleleyo, nokuba besicinga ukuba iinkcukacha zethu zamaxesha bezichanekile; nokuba bezinokuzaliseka kuphela ngaxesha lithile kulo nyaka ukhoyo; kanti ke, sayivuma ngokungazenziseli nangokupheleleyo kwihlabathi ukuba sasiphosisile kuloo nqaku luye lwalujongwe ngentembelo engaka; kodwa ngelixa sasiphosisile ngolu hlobo, siyabona isandla sikaThixo kuloo mba. Siyabona ukuba usebenzise eso saziso njengexilongo ehlabathini, novavanyo ebandleni. Sabe sibeka abantu bakhe kwimeko yokulindela. Sabiza abo babekulungele ukubandezeleka ngenxa yegama lakhe. Sabonisa ukuba kubani ukukhala kokuza kweNkosi kwakuyindaba ezimnandi zovuyo olukhulu, nokuba kubani kwakusisandi esingathandekiyo ezindlebeni zabo. Ibonisile indalo iphela ukuba ngoobani abaza kwamkela ukubuya kweNkosi, nokuba ngoobani abaza kumgatya ekubuyeni kwakhe okwesibini, njengoko amaYuda enza ekufikeni kwakhe kokuqala. Kwaye sikujonga oku njengenyathelo ekuzalisekisweni kwenjongo kaThixo, ‘ngolu suku lwakhe lokulungiselela,’ ukuze akhokele abantu abaza kukhangela kuphela ukuthanda kweNkosi, ukuze balungiselelwe ukufika kwakhe.”
GSAM 157IMBALI YENTSHUKUMO EMVA KUKAMATSHI, 1844
GSAM 157.1Imbali emfutshane yentshukumo yokubuya emva komhla wama-21 kuMatshi, 1844, ibekwe apha ngezantsi, ithathwe kwi-Signs of the Times, ngomhla wama-31 ku-Okthobha, 1844:—
GSAM 157.2“Emva kokudlula konyaka ka-1843,—uNyaka wamaYuda,—uninzi lwama-Adventist lwazinza ekukholweni ukuba asinakusukela ngoku sibale amaxesha athile ngalo naliphi na iqondo lokuqiniseka. Babeyakholelwa ukuba sifike kuloo ndawo ibonisiwe lulandelelwano lwethu lwexesha, esiphelo sazo zonke ixesha lobubikezeli, ekupheleni kwazo kulindelwe ukubuya kweNkosi; kwaye nangona kwakufuneka silinde kuphela ixesha elifutshane elinokwahluka kulo ulandelelwano lwethu lwexesha kwixesha likaThixo, babekholelwa ukuba asisenakuba nalunye uncedo lokufumana ixesha elichanekileyo. Bonke babephathe izibane zabo baphumele ukuya kudibana noMkhwenyana; kodwa uMkhwenyana wayelibazisekile ngaphaya kwexesha (1843) awayelindelwe ngalo. Ngethuba lokulibaziseka kwalo mbono, kwakubonakala ngathi sonke sasizimisele ukulinda, sikholelwa ukuba awunakulibaziseka, kwaye unokulindeleka nangomzuzwana. Noko ke, kwakhawuleza kwacaca ukuba izihlwele zazisenza izicwangciso zekamva, ebezingazukwenzwa ukuba bezikholelwa ukuba iNkosi iza kufika kulo nyaka; nokuba zazilele ngokuphathelele kwingqiqo yokuqonda ukuvela kweNkosi okukufutshane. Ngamanye amazwi, bacinga ukuba angafika nangaliphi na ixesha, okanye ukuba kungalibaziseka okwethutyana, ngexesha elo bengonwabela ukuphumla okubuyisela amandla. Kaloku, kwaba njengoko uMsindisi wethu watshoyo ukuba kuya kuba njalo, ‘Ngoxa uMkhwenyana elibazisekile, bonke baye bozela baze balala.’
GSAM 157Ingqwalasela Itsalelwe Ekwindla Lika-1844
GSAM 157.3“KwangoMeyi, 1843, uMzalwana uMiller wayesele usitsalele ingqalelo kwinyanga yesixhenxe yonyaka ongcwele wamaYuda, njengaxa lokubhiyozelwa kwezo mifuziselo ezibonisa ukuza kwesibini; yaye ekwindla elidlulileyo sasijonge elo xesha ngomdla omkhulu. Emva kokuba idlule, uMzalwana uS. S. Snow wamkela ngokupheleleyo uluvo lokuba, ngokwemifuziselo, ukubuya kweNkosi, xa kuza kwenzeka, kufuneka kwenzeke ngomhla we-10 wenyanga yesixhenxe; kodwa wayengaqinisekanga ngonyaka. Emva koko wabona ukuba amaxesha esiprofeto akapheli de kube kunyaka wangoku, u-1844; Waza wema kwingqikelelo yokuba malunga nomhla wama-22 ku-Okthobha—umhla we-10 wenyanga yesixhenxe yalo nyaka ukhoyo—siza kubona ukubuya kweNkosi yembeko. Oku wakushumayela eNew York, ePhiladelphia, nakwezinye iindawo ngexesha lentwasahlobo nehlobo edlulileyo; yaye nangona abaninzi bamkela iimbono zakhe, akubonakali mpawu zikhethekileyo zeziphumo zayo de kwaba malunga noJulayi.
GSAM 158Izityalo Ezishiywe Emasimini
GSAM 158.1Ekuqaleni kwesizini abanye babazalwana bethu abakumantla eNew Hampshire babechukumiseke kakhulu yinkolelo yokuba iNkosi iza kufika phambi kobunye ubusika, kangangokuba abazange bazirime iintsimi zabo. Malunga naphakathi kuJulayi,—eyayikukuhlwa kwasezinzulwini zobusuku bosuku olungunyaka lwamaYuda (ngokuhlwa-kusasa, ngokubala ukusuka ekuthwaseni kwenyanga ka-Epreli, ekuqaleni kwalo nyaka wamaYuda), abanye abahlwayeleyo nabatyaleyo amasimi abo bachukunyiswa kakhulu yingcinga yokuvela kweNkosi okukhawulezileyo, kangangokuba abakwazanga, ngokuhambelana nokholo lwabo, ukuvuna izityalo zabo. Abanye, xa babengena emasimini abo bezokucheba ingca yabo, bafumanisa ukuba abanakwazi kwaphela ukuqhubeka, yaye, ngokuhambelana noluvo lwabo lwesibophelelo, bashiya izityalo zabo zimi esimini, ukuze babonise ukholo lwabo ngezenzo zabo, yaye ngaloo ndlela bagwebe ihlabathi. Oku kwasasazeka ngokukhawuleza kumantla eNew England.
GSAM 158Ugwebo Luya Kuqala Phambi Kokubuya
GSAM 158.2“Ngelo xesha abazalwana bethu baseMaine babebambe imbono yokuba ugwebo kufuneka lube phambi kokubuya kweNkosi; ukuba luhambelana nesivuno, kwaye alukho nje ekupheleni kwehlabathi, kodwa luthatha ixesha elingaphambi kanye kokuphela. Ngokuhambelana nolu luvo, bacinga ukuba sasikwisigwebo, ukuba umgca wokwahlula wawuzotywa, nokuba abakhonzi bakaThixo babetywinwa emabunzini abo, ukuzalisekiswa kwako okuza kuba luphawu lokuba iingelosi ezine ezibambe imimoya emine yomhlaba (Isityhilelo 7:1), zikhulule ukubamba kwazo.
GSAM 159Ukuvuka Ezinzulwini Zobusuku
GSAM 159.1“Malunga naphakathi kuJulayi, intsikelelo kaThixo ekubuyiseleni abawexukileyo yaqala ukuhambisana nokushunyayelwa kweli xesha, kwaye abo bamkela enye yezi mbono zikhankanyiweyo, babonakalisa utshintsho olubonakalayo kwindlela abaziphethe ngayo, kunye nokuvuka ngequbuliso ebuthongweni, njengoko kwakuvakaliswe. ‘Ezinzulwini zobusuku kwakuvakala isikhalo esithi, Nanko umkhwenyana uyeza; phumani niye kumhlangabeza. Kwaza zonke ezo ntombi zinyulu zaphakama, zilungisa izibane zazo.’ Ukususela ngoJulayi ezi ntshukumo zazikwiindawo ezahlukeneyo zaseNew England, kwaye zahlukene; kodwa zonke zazihamba ngentsikelelo kaThixo ekubuyiseleni abaninzi ababenezibane eziphantse zacima, nakwingcwalisweni yabangcwele bakhe. Kwintlanganiso yasenkampini yase-Exeter, zonke ezi mpembelelo zadibana, zaxubana zaba yintshukumo enye enkulu, yaza yasasazeka ngokukhawuleza kuwo onke amaqela okubuya elizweni.”