Isahluko 11 — Umyalezo wesiThunywa sesiBini

GSAM 171.1“KWAYE kwalandela esinye isithunywa, sisithi, IBhabheli iwile, iwile, le sixeko sikhulu, kuba sayenze zonke iintlanga zisele iwayini yomsindo wobuhenyu baso.”¹

GSAM 171.2“Wathi ke umninindlu, ecaphukile, kumkhonzi wakhe, Phuma ngokukhawuleza ezitratweni nasezindleleni zedolophu, uze uzise apha amahlwempu, nabakhubazekileyo, nabakhubayo, nabantu abangaboniyo.”²

GSAM 171.3INkosi ngabafundisi bayo yayivuse ihlabathi ngomyalezo othi, “Lufikile ixesha lokugweba kwakhe,”—umyalezo abantu bonke abazibiza ngokuba bangabakhe babeyakuvumelana ngawo ukuba bebefunile. Lo yayingumbizo wokuqala “wesidlo” somtshato. Yayibhengezwe “kwabo babemenyiweyo.”³ Njengoko lo mbizo walahlwa ngesizathu esahlukeneyo, kwaphakanyiswa umbizo wesibini, ohambelana nomyalezo wesithunywa sesibini.⁴ Ngalo mbizo iNkosi yahlula abantu ukuba baphume baye esiphelweni sexesha nokukhanya okuqhubekayo kweyinyani yakhe.

GSAM 171Isibhengezo Sesibini Sokuya Kwisidlo Somtshato

GSAM 171.4Umlayezo wesibini—olandela isikhalo seyure yomgwebo—uthi, “IBhabheli iwile, iwile, isixeko esikhulu, kuba senze zonke iintlanga zisele iwayini yomsindo wobuhenyu baso.” Kwaye isibhengezo sesibini sesidlo sithi, “Phumani ngokukhawuleza ezitratweni nasezindleleni zesixeko, nize ningenise apha amahlwempu, nabakhubazekileyo, nabakhubayo, nabantu abangaboniyo.” Kuzo zonke ezi ndinyana, abantu abavumayo beNkosi babizwa “ngesixeko.” Ngenkolo yabo engqubanayo nedidekileyo babizwa “ngeBhabheli.” Ngesinye isibhalo esithetha ngamaxesha okugqibela, sibona ukuba kanye phambi kokuza kweNkosi abantu bayo babizwa baphuma “eBhabheli:” “IBhabheli enkulu iwile, iwile, yaba likhaya leedemoni, nendawo yokubanjelwa kwazo zonke iimimoya ezingcolileyo, nendlwana yazo zonke iintaka ezingcolileyo nezithiyekayo.... Phumani kuyo, bantu bam, hleze nibe nabo ekwenzeni izono zayo, nize ningafumani zibetho zayo.”⁵

GSAM 172“Khumbula Indlela Oweva Ngayo”

GSAM 172.1Kwintetho eya ebandleni laseSardis sifunda, “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.”⁶ Ibandla laseSardis libonakala ngathi laphuma ngenxa yoHlaziyo lweCawa, emva kwexesha elimnyama lomsebenzi ka-“Jezebele”—ibandla elaphambukayo. Ibandla laseSardis laxelelwa ukuba belilibandla eliphilayo; kodwa xa leva laza layikhaba imfundiso ngokubuya kweNkosi, lazibeka kwimeko apho lalinokufikelelwa siso eso siganeko “njengesela ebusuku.” Ngoko ke, njengoko kuchaziwe ngumpostile uPawulos kwi-1 Tesalonika 5:1-5, le iya kuba yimeko yabo baphawula bathi, “Kukho uxolo nokhuseleko,” xa ukufika kweNkosi kusondele. Abo balandela ukukhanya kweyinyani babizwa ngokuba “ngabantwana bomini,” kwaye iNkosi ayiyi kubafikela njengesela.

GSAM 172.2Kolu hlalutyo lweprofeto lwamabandla asixhenxe, sibona ukuba ukuwa kwebandla laseSardis kulandelwa kwangoko libandla lasePhiladelphia, okanye (njengoko igama lisitsho) uthando lobuzalwana, ibandla. Ngokwenene, ngabo abo bakholwayo abangama-50,000 abathi, ngomyalezo wesithunywa sesibini, bakhutshwa kuwo onke amabandla ahlukeneyo, baza bamanyaniswa ngentambo enye yothando lobuzalwana kwinyaniso enkulu ephambili yokubuya kukaKristu okukufuphi.

GSAM 173Indlela uMyalezo wesibini owabhengezwa ngayo

GSAM 173.1IMidnight Cry kaSeptemba 12, 1844, inentetho eyenziwe nguMfundisi uJ. V. Himes malunga nomyalezo wesithunywa sesibini, kunye neemeko ezakhokelela ekubhengezweni kwawo. Ileta yakhe inomhla othi, McConnelsville, Ohio, Agasti 29, 1844, kwaye ifundeka ngolu hlobo:—

GSAM 173.2“Xa saqala umsebenzi noMzalwana uMiller ngo-1840, wayesele eneminyaka elithoba enikezela iintetho. Ngelo xesha wayemi phantse eyedwa. Kodwa imisebenzi yakhe yayingayeki kwaye iyasebenza ekuvuseleleni abavuma ukuba bangabakholi kwithemba lokwenyani labantu bakaThixo, kunye namalungiselelo ayimfuneko okubuya kweNkosi; kwakunye nokuvusela zonke iindidi zabantu abangaguqukanga ukuba baqonde imeko yabo yolahleko, kunye noxanduva lwenguquko ekhawulezileyo nokubuyela kuThixo, njengamalungiselelo okudibana noMkhwenyana koxolo ekufikeni kwakhe. Ezo yayizinjongo eziphambili zemisebenzi yakhe. Akazange azame ukuguqula abantu ukuba babe yinxalenye yecawa okanye iqela elithile lonqulo.

GSAM 173.3“Xa sasele siqinisekisiwe yinyaniso yokubuya kweNkosi okusondeleyo, saza samkela esi sifundiso esidlangalaleni, sasinoluvo olunye, saza salandela indlela enye phakathi kwamahlelo ahlukeneyo, apho sasibizelwe khona, ngokwalugcino lukaThixo, ukuba sisebenze. Saxelela abafundisi namabandla ukuba ayiphakathi kwemisebenzi yethu ukubahlula, okanye ukubacandela nokubaphazamisa: Sasinonjongo omnye ocacileyo, yaye yayikukunika ‘isikhalo,’ isilumkiso somgwebo ‘osemnyango,’ nokweyisela abantu esinye nabo ukuba bazilungiselele eso siganeko.... Ubulungiseleli kunye namalungu abaxhamla kumsebenzi wethu, kodwa ababengayamkanga ngenene le mfundiso, babona ukuba kufuneka mhlawumbi bahambe nale mfundiso, bayishumayele kwaye bayixhase, okanye kule meko inzima yayibajongile, babeza kuba nobunzima nabakholwa abaqinisekileyo nabezimiseleyo. Ngenxa yoko bagqiba ngokuchasene nale mfundiso, baza bazimisela, abanye ngendlela ethile abanye ngenye, ukuyicinezela le ngxoxo. Oku kwabeka abantakwethu noodadewethu phakathi kwabo kwimeko evavanyo kakhulu. Uninzi lwabo lwawathanda amabandla abo, kwaye lwalungacingi nokucinga ngokuwashiya. Kodwa xa baqhulwa, batyhalwa, yaye ngeendlela ezahlukeneyo bahluthwa kumalungelo kunye nezinto ababekuthokozela ngaphambili, yaye xa ‘ukutya ngexesha elifanelekileyo’ kwabathintelwa, yaye ingoma enomtsalane ‘yoxolo nokhuseleko’ yayidluliselwa ezindlebeni zabo ukusuka kwiSabatha ukuya kwiSabatha, ngokukhawuleza bahlutha iimvakalelo zabo zokuthanda iqela, baza bavuka ngesidima samandla abo, bakhulula umthwalo, baza bakhupha isikhalo, ‘Phumani kuyo, bantu bam.’

GSAM 174Kwimeko Enzima

GSAM 174.1Le meko yenza saba kwimeko enzima, (1) Kuba sasisele sisekupheleni kwexesha lethu lobuprofeti, apho sasilindele ukuba iNkosi iza kuqokelela bonke abantu bayo ndawonye; kwaye (2) sasisoloko sisishumayela isifundiso esahlukileyo; yaye ngoku iimeko zitshintshile, bekuya kuthiwa asithembekanga kuthi ukuba singamanyana kwisikhalo sokwahlukana nokwahlulwa kwamabandla awayesamkele thina kunye nentshumayelo yethu. Ngoko ke sathandabuza, saqhubeka nokusebenzisa isigqibo sethu sokuqala, de ibandla nonkonzo bayiphatha le mba kangangokuba sabanyanzeleka, ngenxa yokoyika uThixo, ukuba sithathe isikhundla sokukhusela inyaniso nabantwana bakaThixo abacinezelweyo.

GSAM 174Umzekelo Wobupostile Kwindlela Yethu

GSAM 174.2“‘Wangena ke esinagogeni, wathetha ngenkalipho kangangeenyanga ezintathu, exoxa aze akholise ngeezinto ezingobukumkani bukaThixo. Kodwa xa abanye baba neentliziyo ezilukhuni, bengakholwa, besithetha okubi ngaloo ndlela phambi kwesihlwele, wemka kubo, wabahlula abafundi, exoxa imihla ngemihla kwisikolo sikaTyrannus othile.’⁷ Kwakungekho de ‘abanye baqinisa iintliziyo’ baza ‘bathetha kakubi ngaloo ndlela [ukufika kweNkosi] phambi kwesihlwele,’ apho abazalwana bethu baphakanyiselwa ukuphuma baze bahlukane namabandla. Abazange bakwazi ukunyamezela olu ‘thetho lubi’ ‘lwabakhonzi abangendawo,’ yaye amabandla awayelandela indlela yoxhatshazo ‘nolwimi olubi’ kwabo babekhangele ‘ithemba elisikelelekileyo,’ kubo ayeziintombi zeBhabheli eyimfihlakalo kuphela. Bawabhengeza ngolo hlobo, baza bafumana inkululeko yevangeli. Kwaye nangona singavumelani sonke malunga nokuba yintoni iBhabheli, siyavumelana ngokwahlukana kwangoko nokwayo kokugqibela kubo bonke abachasayo imfundiso yokuza nobukumkani bukaThixo obusondeleyo. Sikholelwa ukuba ngumba wobomi nokufa. Kukufa ukuhlala unxulumene naloo mibutho ithetha lula okanye echasayo ukuza kweNkosi. Bubomi ukuphuma kuko konke ukwenza ngokwesiko lwabantu, ume elizwini likaThixo, kwaye ulindele imihla nezolo ukuvela kweNkosi. Ngoko ke ngoku sithi kubo bonke abasentangeni ngayo nayiphi na indlela yomthwalo wobukhoboka, ‘Phumani phakathi kwabo, nihluke, itsho iNkosi, ningachukumisi nto ingcolileyo; ndiya kunamkela, ndibe ngoYise kuni, nibe ngoonyana namantombazana am, itsho iNkosi uSomandla.’”⁸

GSAM 175Inkcaso Engachazekiyo

GSAM 175.1U-Wm. Miller uthetha ngolu hlobo ngongquzulwano olwalukho ngelo xesha phakathi kwamabandla nama-Adventist:—

GSAM 175.2“Akunakuqondakala kwaye akukho ngqondo ukuba amabandla amaKristu angagxotha esi sifundiso kunye namalungu awo ngenxa yale themba ilusikelelo. Ndiyazi ukuba amanye amabandla amaBhaptizi athi awabagxothi ngenxa yokholo lwabo, kodwa ngenxa yomanyano lwabo nabakholwa kukubuya. Ke ukuba akukho ngenxa yokholo lwabo kuMsindisi oza kuza, kutheni ndigxothwe kwiipulpiti zabo, mna ongakaze ndibe namanyano naliphi na iliziko ngaphandle kwebandla lamaBhaptizi? Sisizathu sobuxoki. Kodwa esi asinakuba sisizathu samaWesile namaPresbiteriane; kuba bona bakholelwa kwimanyano edityanisiweyo. Bakhupha ngenxa yantoni? Ndeva ngabanye abakhutshiweyo ngenxa ‘yokucula’ iingoma zokuza kwesibini kukaKristu; abanye ngenxa yobugeza, kanti obona bugeza babebutyhilwe ngabo yayikukuba babemlindile uKristu. O Thixo, ‘babaxolele, kuba abazi ukuba benza ntoni.’”

GSAM 176UStorrs Ngokuziphatha KwaMabandla

GSAM 176.1UGeorge Storrs wathetha ngesimo samabandla ngakuma-Adventist, ngale ndlela:—

GSAM 176.2“Yeyiphi kuzo, ngalo mzuzu, engasitsho esithi, ‘Ndihleli njengokumkanikazi’? Kwaye yeyiphi kuzo engazincamisi ngengcinga yokuba ngenye imini ziza koyisa ihlabathi, kwaye liza kuthotyelwa kukholo lwazo? Yeyiphi kuzo eza kuvumela umphefumlo ukuba uhlale phakathi kwazo luxolo, othetha ngokuvulelekileyo nangokungoyiki ukholo lwakhe ekubuyeni okusemnyango? Ingaba imiqathango yokuhlala phakathi kwabo ungaphazanyiswanga, ayikuko na ukuba ‘uyeke ngokupheleleyo’ ukuvakalisa eluntwini ukholo lwakho ekubeni iNkosi iza kufika kulo nyaka, nokuba zithini na iinkolelo zakho ngalo mbandela, kwaye nokuba ucinga ukuba kubaluleke kangakanani na ukukhwaza, ‘Yoyikani uThixo, nimnike uzuko, kuba ilifikile ixesha lokugweba kwakhe’?”

GSAM 176Ubungqina bukaMansfield

GSAM 176.3U-L. D. Mansfield, ebhala esuka e-Oneida, N.Y., ngomhla wama-21 kuMatshi, 1844, unika ubungqina obuthi:—

GSAM 176.4“UThixo usebenza kwiingqondo zabantwana bakhe abathandekayo abalindele iNkosi isuka ezulwini, kwaye ubakhokelela kungekuphela nje ekubeni baqwalasele ingelosi ‘enovangelo olungunaphakade lokushumayela, isithi, Lifikile ixesha lokugweba kwakhe,’ kodwa nokuthobela umyalelo olandelayo, ‘Phumani kuyo, bantu bam!’ Ndiqinisekisiwe ngokupheleleyo kunanini na ngaphambili, ukuba imibutho yonqulo yangexesha langoku ayiyiyo inxalenye encinci yaloo Bhabheli iza kuwiswa ngodlame, ingaphindi ifunyanwe kwaphela.... Nangona kunjalo, kubonakala kum, ukuba kwezinye zezi mibutho ukufana nophondo oluncinci kuyabonakala kakhulu. Ezinye iimeko ziya kuyicacisa le nto.

GSAM 176Umoya Wesihlwele Esinodlame Uyabonakala

GSAM 176.5“Umzalwana owayesebenze ngempumelelo kakhulu kulo mmandla, eshumayela ukufika kweNkosi, wenza idinga lokunikezela intetho kwindawo ethile ngexesha elithile. INkosi yalungelelanisa izinto ngendlela yokuba wayekumgama wemayile ezilishumi elinesithandathu ukusuka kwindawo yedinga, kodwa kwakukho umfundisi _____, ekhokela isihlwele, esiphethe itara neentsiba, ngenjongo yokuzifaka kuloo msebenzi kaThixo oPhezukonke. Lo mfundisi unye waqalisa intlanganiso yomthandazo ende kungekudala emva koko, kodwa yonke into yayibanda kwaye inomkhenkce njengomkhenkce omkhulu waseMntla—akukho miphefumlo yavuswayo okanye yaguqukayo. Ekugqibeleni umfundisi wathi ukholelwa ukuba ‘kuza kufuneka athathe isitulo sabantu abanxunguphalo.’

GSAM 177.1“Umkhokeli weklasi kweli lali wathi kwiklasi yakhe ukususela oko siqale ukuba neentlanganiso apha, ukuba kukho umntu ongene endlwini yakhe athi ukholelwa ukuba uKristu uza kufika kulo nyaka, uza kumgxotha ngaphandle.”

GSAM 177Uxanduva KumaBandla

GSAM 177.2Apha ke siza kuzisa ubungqina obuvela kwintetho eyayenzelwe inkomfa yabakholwa kukubuya eyayibanjelwe eBoston, Mass., ngomhla wama-31 kuMeyi, 1844, yaza yatyikitywa nguWm. Miller, Elon Galusha, N. N. Whiting, Apollos Hale, kunye noJ. V. Himes. Bathi:—

GSAM 177.3“Malunga noxanduva lwethu kumabandla sinokuthetha ilizwi. Ingozi apha, njengakwimeko eninzi, ibonakala kuthi ikwiindawo ezigqithisileyo. Uhlobo lokuqala lwengozi kukuvumela igunya lebandla esinokuba sinxulumene nalo ukuba lisithule kumbuzo onjalo woxanduva. Asithandabuzi ukuba amawaka abantu azibeke esohlwayweni phambi koThixo ngokuthobela amabango angaphandle kweziBhalo eyenziwa ngamabandla awo kulo mbandela, abo, ukuba bebezinikele kwaye beyathembeka, ngoku bebengakwimeko ekhuselekileyo kakhulu, kwaye benegalelo elingakumbi, nangona nabo bebengabizwa ekubeni bafumanise imbandezelo.

GSAM 177.4“Uhlobo lwesibini lwengozi kukuncama kwingqondo yokuziphindiselela kumabandla ngenxa yokungabikho kobulungisa kwawo kuthi, nokuqhuba imfazwe engakhethiyo ngokuchasene nayo yonke imibutho enjalo. Ngokuphathelele kwimbopheleleko yama-Adventist, malunga namabandla abanokunxulumana nawo, ukuba besinokucelwa ukuba sikwenze oko, besingenakunika miyalelo enokusetyenziswa ngokubanzi. Kufuneka benze oko besoyika uThixo, njengoko iimeko zecala zifuna.

GSAM 178.1“Noko ke, kufuneka sibe nokuzimisela ekwenzeni uxanduva lwethu, ekungqineni inyaniso kuzo zonke iithuba ezifanelekileyo nezifaneleyo. Kwaye ukuba ngokuthatha le ndlela siyakhubekisa amabandla, aze asisongele ngokusigxotha ngaphandle kokuba sithule (nangona ukuba sibona kufanelekile ukuphelisa ubudlelwane bethu nebandla ngokuzwana, isenokuba yeyona ndlela ingcono), masenze uxanduva lwethu, kwaye xa sigxothiwe, sibe nomonde ekunyamezeleni ukungalungelwa, kwaye sizimisele kunye neNkosi yethu ‘ukuphuma ngaphandle kwesango, siphatha isihlazo sakhe.’”

GSAM 178.2Kwezi zicatshulwa ezingokwenziwa kwamabandla kwabo babesabelana ngomyalezo wesithunywa sesibini, kuyabonakala ngokulula ukuba, njengesiphumo sokuqala sokubizwa kwesi sibhengezo sesibini “kwesidlo sangokuhlwa,” abo babebuthwe kumhlambi omnye womoya bathethwa ngabo “njengabakhubazekileyo,” “abaqhwalelayo,” kunye “nabangaboniyo,” nto leyo ebonisa ngamandla ukuxhatshazwa ababekufumene “ekubethweni” “kwabakhonzi abangamaqabane” babo, ababekwahlulwe kubo.

GSAM 178Abantu Abahlukileyo Abakhethwe Ukuba Bafumane Iinyaniso Ezintsha

GSAM 178.3Injongo yeNkosi iyabonakala ngokucacileyo ekukhupheni isizwe esahlukileyo phantsi kokushunyayelwa komyalezo wesithunywa sesibini—isibhengezo sesibini “sesidlo sangokuhlwa”—kunye “nesikhalo sezinzulwini zobusuku.” Inyaniso exabisekileyo yeentsuku zokugqibela yayifanele ukuphengululwa ize yavakaliswa—umsebenzi ongenakwenziwa kumabandla “abotshelelwe kwinkolo” ngaphezu kokuba ivangelo lingenziwa kwihlabathi libandla labaPostile ngelixa lisagcina unxulumano neecawa zamaYuda. UThixo wabiza ukwahlukana apho,⁹ kwaye wabiza nokwahlukana kwabakholwayo be-advent kwabo babeza kufuna ukubagcina kwisangqa seenkolo zabo.

GSAM 179“Six Sermons” zikaStorrs

GSAM 179.1Kungekudala emva koku kuvela, siqaphela ukuba ukukhanya kwafika kumaqela okubuya ngomba wokohlwaywa kwixesha elizayo, njengoko kuchaziwe kwipamphlethe, “Six Sermons,” nguGeorge Storrs, ethatha isikhundla sokuba umntu ngokwendalo uyafa; ukuba abafileyo abazi nto phakathi kokufa nokuvuka kwabafileyo; ukuba isohlwayo sokugqibela sabangamkholwayo iya kuba kukutshabalala ngokupheleleyo; nokuba ukungafi sisipho sikaThixo, esamkelwa ngokholo kuphela kwiNkosi yethu uYesu Kristu.

GSAM 179.2Amawaka ama-Adventist awamkela lo mfundiso ngendalo yomntu, kodwa ayingabo bonke. Ukungawamkeli kwawo akuzange kuzise kudideko phakathi kwabo, njengoko kwakujongwa njengomba wokholo nje kuphela, hayi njengovavanyo lokuziphatha; ngoko ke, iinzame zabo ezimanyeneyo zokulumkisa ihlabathi ngokusondela kukaKristu zazingaphazamisekanga. Noko ke, oko kwabangela ukuba amabandla acaphuke kakhulu ngabo.

GSAM 179Ukusilela Ukuchitha “Six Sermons”

GSAM 179.3Umfundisi wamaWesile kwidolophu endandihlala kuyo, owayesakhe wathatha inxaxheba ekushumayeleni imfundiso yokubuya ngo-1843, wafumana “Six Sermons,” wayifunda, waza wavuma phambi kwamalungu ebandla lakhe ukuba akakwazanga ukuyiphikisa loo mfundiso; kodwa akufumanisa ukuba amalungu amaninzi ebandla lakhe ayeyamkela, wacebisa abanye ukuba bangalifundi elo ncwadi, kuba “babeya kuyikholelwa loo mfundiso ukuba bayayifunda.” Ngenyanga kaSeptemba, ngo-1844, emva kokuba lo mfundisi ebuyile kwinkomfa yonyaka, waphakama epulpitini yakhe waza wasichitha esidlangalaleni isifundiso sokubuya, waza wacela ngokuthobeka uxolo ebandleni ngokuba wakha wamema abahlohli ukuba bathethe endlwini.

GSAM 179Utyholwa Ngenkolo Engeyiyo

GSAM 179.4Esi senzo somfundisi sakhawuleza salandelwa ngumzamo wokujongana nabakholwa kukubuya ngenxa yoqhekeko; kodwa njengoko bavunyelwa ukuba bazithethelele kusetyenziswa iBhayibhile, akuzange kubekho mpumelelo efunyenwe libandla. Abaliqela bagxothwa kweli bandla ngenxa yokuba indlela yabo yayingahambelani nomgaqo-nkqubo, kwaye abanye abaninzi barhoxa ngenxa yokugxothwa kwamalungu akukho bungqina bubonisiweyo bokuba ukholo lwawo lwaluchasene neziBhalo. Ngaloo ndlela, imfundiso yokubuya yavalwa ngonaphakade ebandleni apho amakhulu abantu ayefumene uMsindisi aza onwaba kuThixo.

GSAM 180.1Into eyayenziwa kwidolophu yam yokuzalwa yaphinda yenzeka kumakhulu amabandla angamanye kwilizwe lonke. Abo baphathwa ngolu hlobo ngabantu ababekade beyizalwana nabo bafumana intuthuzelo enkulu kumazwi omprofeti Isaya: “Yiva ilizwi leNkosi, nina nithuthumela elizwini layo: Abazalwana benu ababenithiyile, ababenigxotha ngenxa yegama lam, bathi, Mayizukiswe iNkosi; kodwa yona iya kubonakala ngenene yibe luvuyo lwenu, baze bona babe neentloni.”¹⁰

GSAM 180Umsindo Wababi Oveziweyo

GSAM 180.2Njengoko kwakusondela usuku ekwakulindelwe ngalo iNkosi, abakholwayo baba nemincili ngakumbi emsebenzini wabo, yaye abangendawo bavutha ngumsindo bagculela ngamandla angakumbi, njengoko kuya kubonakala kwingxelo elandelayo eyenziwe ngumhleli weMidnight Cry ka-Okthobha 31, 1844:—

GSAM 180.3“Iphumo eli nyakazo elalibavelisa kubantu abangendawo, likwasisebenzela kakhulu ukusomeleza ekukholweni kwethu ukuba uThixo wayekulo. Xa abantwana bakaThixo babedibene ukuze buguqe baze bazithobe phambi kwakhe, baze balungiselele ukuvela kwakhe, njengoko kufanelekile ukuba kwenze iqela laboni, abanasindiso ngaphandle kwobabalo, abangendawo babonakalisa inkohlakalo enkulu. Xa sasingazange sinikezele ngaziso ngeentlanganiso zethu ngaphandle kwephephandaba lethu, kwaye singamenyanga uluntu apho, oonyana bakaBeliyali bafumba kwezi ntlanganiso, baza benza isiphithiphithi esikhulu. Ngasihlwa sangoMgqibelo, umhla we-12 wale nyanga [u-Okthobha 12, 1844], asizange sibambe ntlanganiso kwindlu yentlanganiso, ukuze umgcini-ndlu [umcoci], afumane ithuba lokucoca indlu ukulungiselela iSabatha [iCawa]. Kodwa isihlwele sangenela ngenkani endlwini, saza samvimba nelo thuba. USodolophu, nangona engacelwanga, wangenelela ngokukhawuleza, waza wabagxotha.

GSAM 181.1“Kwiintlanganiso zethu ngeCawa elandelayo, emva kokuba itabernacle izele, isihlwele esikhulu sasigcwalise isitalato esiphambi kwesakhiwo, uninzi lwabo lunomsindo kuba kukho abantu abakholelwayo ekubuyeni kweNkosi. Ngasihlwa, ngenxa yengxokozelo yabantu, akubanga nentlanganiso; nangona kunjalo isitalato sasizele sisigcwele isihlwele kwangethuba; kodwa ukungenelela okukhawulezileyo kukaSodolophu namapolisa akhe asebenza kakuhle kwasicoca isitalato, emva kokuba bathumele abambalwa kwizindlu zokugcina amabanjwa. Sasinokufanisa kuphela indlela yokuziphatha kwesihlwele naleyo yayijikeleze umnyango kaLote, ngokuhlwa phambi kokutshatyalaliswa kweSodom.... Olu shukumo kwabo lwalungxamisekile, lwenzeka ngaxeshanye, kwaye lwalubanzi kangangokuba ukuvela kwalo ngosuku lokuqala lwenyanga yesixhenxe yamaYuda kwasomeleza uluvo lwethu lokuba le imele ukuba yile nyanga.”

GSAM 181Abahleki Bazinxibisa Iimpahla Zokunyuka

GSAM 181.2Ngomhla wama-22 ku-Okthobha, 1844, usuku apho iintsuku ezingamawaka amabini anamakhulu amathathu zaphela, eParis, eMaine, ngelixa abakholwayo babebuthene kwindlu yokunqula, bexakekile kwimithandazo engcwele kuThixo, belindele ukuba iNkosi iza kufika ngaloo mini, abagculeli abahlekisayo bahlanganisana ngeenxa zonke kwindlu, becula iingoma zokugculela. Ababini kwaba baphazamisi banxibe iingubo ezimhlophe ezinde baze bakhwela phezu kwendlu, becula iingoma, besihleka abo babekwindlu bebonke bethandaza belindele ukuba iNkosi ifike.

GSAM 181.3Kusenokwenzeka ukuba kule meko kwaqala ubuxoki obusasazwayo ngokuba ama-Adventist ayanxiba iingubo zokunyukela ezulwini; kuba nangona iiphephandaba zama-Adventist zibonelele ngamabhaso aphezulu kangange-$500 ngesiganeko esinye esiyinyani apho um-Adventist wanxiba ingubo yokunyukela ezulwini ngo-1844, waza walinda iNkosi ukuba ize, akukaze kubekho nesinye isiganeko esakha savela.

GSAM 182Umbono kaHazen Foss, 1844

GSAM 182.1Malunga nexesha eli kwakukho umfana oselula ePoland, eMaine, ogama linguHazen Foss, owayekholelwa ngokuqinileyo ukuba iNkosi iza kufika ngosuku lwe-10 lwenyanga yesixhenxe. Wayeyindoda enenkangeleko entle, ethetha kakuhle, kwaye efundiswe kakuhle. Iiveki ezimbalwa phambi kokuba “isikhalo sezinzulwini zobusuku” siphele, iNkosi yasondela yaza yamnika umbono, apho waboniswa uhambo lwabantu be-Advent ukuya kwisixeko sikaThixo, kunye neengozi ababejongene nazo. Wanikwa imiyalezo ethile yesilumkiso, ekwakufuneka ayizise, kwaye wabona neengxaki nentshutshiso eyayizokulandela ukuba wayenyanisekile ekubaliseni oko wayekuboniswe. Yena, njengoMnu. Foy, waboniswa amanyathelo amathathu awabantu bakaThixo ekwakufuneka bawathathe ukuze bangene ngokupheleleyo kwindlela eya kwisixeko esingcwele. Ngenxa yokuba wayengumkholwa oqinileyo ekubeni kuza kweNkosi “kwiintsuku ezimbalwa ezizayo” (njengoko babecula ngelo xesha), inxalenye yombono ephathelele kumanqanaba amathathu endleleni yayingachazeki kuye; yaye ngokwendalo enomphefumlo oqhayisayo, wawuphepha umnqamlezo, waza wala ukuyixela. Umbono waphindwa okwesibini, yaye ukongeza koko waxelelwa ukuba ukuba usenqaba ukubalisa oko wayekuboniswe, umthwalo uya kususwa kuye, unikezelwe komnye wabona babuthathaka babantwana beNkosi, umntu oya kubalisa ngokunyanisekileyo oko uThixo oya kukutyhila. Waphinda wala. Kwaza kwenzeka umbono wesithathu, waza waxelelwa ukuba yena ukhululwe, kwaye umthwalo ubekwe komnye wabona babuthathaka kwababuthathaka, owayeza kwenza oko iNkosi iyalelayo.

GSAM 182UFoss Uyasilela Ukuxela Umbono Wakhe

GSAM 182.2Oku kwamothusa umfana, waza wagqiba kwelokuba abalise oko wayekhombisiwe, waza ngokunjalo wabhengeza usuku lwakhe lokuthetha. Abantu bahlanganisana ukuze babone baze beve. Wabalisa ngenyameko amava akhe, ukuba wayengavumanga ukubalisa oko iNkosi yayimbonisile, nento eyayiza kuphuma ekwaleni kwakhe. “Ngoku,” watsho, “ndiza kubalisa umbono.” Kodwa maye! kwakusele kulixesha elidlulileyo: wema phambi kwabantu engathethi nto njengesithombe, waza ekugqibeleni wathi ekubuhlungu obunzulu, “Andikhumbuli nelizwi elinye lalo mbono.” Wazixova-xova izandla zakhe ekubuhlungu, esithi, “UThixo uligcwalisile ilizwi lakhe. Uthathe umbono kum,” waza ekuxineni okukhulu kwengqondo wathi, “Ndindoda elahlekileyo.” Ukusukela ngelo xesha walahlekelwa lithemba lakhe kuKristu, waza wangena kwimeko yokuphelelwa lithemba. Akazange aphinde aye kwintlanganiso yama-Adventist, kwaye akazange abe namdla wobuqu kwinkolo. Indlela awayephatha ngayo ngeendlela ezininzi, ukutsho okona kuncinci, ibe yeyomntu onqanyuliweyo kwimpembelelo ethambileyo yoMoya weNkosi, yomntu “oshiyiweyo kwiindlela zakhe, azaliswe zizenzo zakhe.” Kule meko yengqondo wasweleka ngo-1893.

GSAM 183Umbono kaFoss Oxeliweyo Ngomnye Umntu

GSAM 183.1Malunga neenyanga ezintathu emva kokuba engasakwazi ukukhumbula umbono wakhe, weva kwigumbi elingapha umntu echaza umbono. Intlanganiso yayibanjelwe kwindlu yokuhlala awayekuyo. Wacelwa kakhulu ukuba angene entlanganisweni, kodwa wala. Wathi umbono wawufana kakhulu nalo owawuboniswe yena, kangangokuba abantu ababini banokubalisa into enye ngendlela efanayo. Kwaye ngale ndlela kwaziwa into awayeyibonileyo kodwa wayengayikhumbuli xa wayezama ukuyibalisa. Emva kokubona loo mntu kamva, wathi, “Lowo sisixhobo iNkosi emthele kulo umthwalo.”

GSAM 183Ukudana Okubuhlungu

GSAM 183.2Usuku lwe-10 lwenyanga yesixhenxe, ngexesha lamaYuda (22 Okthobha 1844), ekugqibeleni lwafika. Lwafumana amawaka ngamawaka abantu ababebhekisele kuloo mhla ukuze kuze ukuzaliseka kweentembelo zabo. Babengazange benze amalungiselelo ngento yomhlaba ngaphaya kwaloo mhla. Bebengade bangacinganga ncam, “ukuba akufiki,” kodwa babecwangcisile imicimbi yabo yomhlaba njengokuba bengathi belindele ukuba loo mini iphelise ixesha lobomi babo bendalo. Babelumkisile baza bakhuthaza abenzi bobubi ukuba babaleke umsindo ozayo, kwaye abaninzi kubo babesoyika ukuba loo myalezo usenokuba yinyani. Babenike iingcebiso baza bathandaza nezihlobo zabo, baza bavalelisa kwabo babengazinikanga iintliziyo zabo kuThixo. Ngamafutshane, babesele bashiya zonke izinto zomhlaba ngesidima esipheleleyo somntu ozibona eza kujongana ebusweni ngobuso noMgwebi womhlaba wonke. Ngaloo ndlela, bekuxinzelelo olukhulu lokulindela, bahlangana kwiindawo zabo zonqulo, belindele, nangomzuzwana, ukuva “ilizwi lesithunywa esikhulu kunazo zonke kunye nexilongo likaThixo,” nokubona izibhakabhaka zivutha ngokuzuka koKumkani wabo oza kuza.

GSAM 184.1Iiyure zazihamba kancinci, kwaye ekugqibeleni ilanga latshona ngaphantsi komda wehlabathi osentshona, usuku lweshumi lwamaYuda lwenyanga yesixhenxe lwaphela. Ubunzulu bobusuku baphinda babaleka umhlaba wonke; kodwa ngobo bumnyama kwafika intlungu yosizi ezintliziyweni zabakholwa abalindele ukubuya, oluhlobo olunokuthelekiswa kuphela nosizi lwabafundi beNkosi yethu, njengoko babebuyela ezindlwini zabo ngokuzithoba ngobusuku obalandela ukubethelwa esiphambanweni nokungcwatywa komntu obengaphambi kwethutyana nje bebemkhokelele ngovuyo eJerusalem njengoKumkani wabo.