Isahluko 12 — Ukudaniswa—Incwadi Ekrakra

GSAM 185.1“Ndathatha le ncwadi incinci esandleni sesithunywa, ndayitya; yaba simnandi emlonyeni wam njengobusi; ndakuba ndiyityile, isisu sam saba krakra. Wathi ke kum, Kufuneka uphinde usiprofete phambi kwabantu abaninzi, nezizwe, neelwimi, nookumkani. Ndaza ndanikwa umhlanga ofana nentonga; isithunywa sema, sathi, Vuka, lilinganise itempile kaThixo, nesibingelelo, nabo banqula kuyo.”¹

GSAM 185.2Kwintetho yeziBhalo, “ukutya” incwadi kumele ukwamkelwa kwenyaniso ukuze idluliselwe kwabanye, njengoko kubonakala kuHezekile, apho umprofeti aboniswa “umqulu wencwadi,” kwaza kwathiwa kuye, “Yitya lo mqulu, uye uthethe kwindlu yakwaSirayeli.” Emva kokutya umqulu, uthi, “Ndaza ndasitya; yaye emlonyeni wam yayimnandi njengobusi.”²

GSAM 185.3Umprofeti Yeremiya usebenzisa lo mzekelo unye: “Izwi lakho ndilifumene, ndaza ndalizitya; nelizwi lakho laba luyolo novuyo lwentliziyo yam.”³ Kolu lwimi sifunda ukuba “ubumnandi” bencwadi xa uyitya bumele uvuyo nokwaneliseka okufunyanwa ngabo batya ilizwi leNkosi.

GSAM 185Incwadi Emnandi, Emva Koko Ekrakra

GSAM 185.4Incwadi ekhankanywe kwiSityhilelo 10, ekuthiwa ngokuyitya yayimnandi njengobusi, kodwa yakuba ityiwe yaba “krakra” (okanye, njengoko abanye buguqulela, “ndakuba ndiyigayile, yasiba yipicra esiswini sam”⁴ ), yayiyileyo ncwadi isithunywa esabhengeza kuyo, ngesigunyaziso salowo wenzayo izulu, umhlaba, nolwandle, sisithi, “Ixesha alisayi kuphinda libe likho.” Ukutyela le ncwadi, ke ngoko, kufanele kumele ukwamkelwa okunovuyo kwesibhengezo sexesha. Ubukrakra obukhawulezileyo besi sidlo kwabo basityayo kufanele kumele umahluko olusizi kumava abo emva kokuba ixesha lencwadi liphelile, baza bazifumane bedanile kakhulu kulindelo lwabo.

GSAM 186Isibhengezo seXesha: Isilayi Esimnandi

GSAM 186.1Isibhengezo sexesha lika-1844 yayizindaba ezimnandi ngokwenene kwabo babekholwayo, nabo, ngaphandle kwamathandabuzo, bebelindele ukukhululwa okungunaphakade kungekudala kuzo zonke iinkohlakalo, iintlungu, nezinto ezilusizi zeli hlabathi lasono. Ingcinga yokuba kwiiveki ezimbalwa ezimfutshane baya kuzukiswa, benziwe bangafi, kwaye babe kwisixeko segolide sikaThixo, noKumkani wabo, yayikukhuthaza umphefumlo ngokwenene. Njengoko kwavakaliswa ngomnye owaba namava lawo, “Abo bathanda uYesu ngenene bayakwazi ukuqonda iimvakalelo zabo babesilindele ngomdla omkhulu ukufika koMsindisi wabo.... Safika kweli lixa sinomoya ozolileyo nondilisekileyo. Abakholwa bokwenene baphumle kunye noThixo kubudlelane obumnandi, njengesiqinisekiso soxolo olwaluzakuba lolwabo kwixesha elizayo elikhanyayo. Abo babenalo eli themba nale ntembelo abanakuze balibale elo xesha lixabisekileyo lokulinda.”

GSAM 186.2Imeko ekhethekileyo nengumngeni yabo abo, ngomhla we-11 wenyanga yesixhenxe, bazifumana besesemhlabeni omnyama wovavanyo nokulingwa, apho kwakufuneka bajongane nokudelelwa, ukugculelwa, kunye nokuhlekiswa ngabo ababekhe babakhuthaze kwiiyure nje ezimbalwa ngaphambili ukuba bazilungiselele ukudibana neNkosi yabo, ifumana umzekelo ofanelekileyo kwimeko kaMariya “wema ngaphandle kwangcwaba elila;” kwaye xa izithunywa zambuza ngombuzo othi, “Mfazi, kutheni ulila?” wathi kubo, “Kuba bamthathile iNkosi yam, kwaye andazi ukuba bamngcwabele phi.”⁵

GSAM 187Badanile, Kodwa Abatyhafanga

GSAM 187.1Abo badlula kulo mboniso uvavanyo bathi ngawo:

GSAM 187.1“Sasibhidekile kwaye sidanile, kodwa asizange silulahle ukholo lwethu. Saziva ngathi senza uxanduva lwethu; siphile ngokokholo lwethu oluxabisekileyo; sidanile, kodwa asizange sityhafe. Sasidinga umonde onganasiphelo, kuba abagxeki babebaninzi. Sasisoloko sihlaziswa ngokubhekiselwa ngokugxeka ekuphoxekeni kwethu kwangaphambili. ‘Anikakhuphuki; ulindele ukukhuphuka nini?’ kunye nezinye iintetho ezihlekisayo ezifana nalezo zazisoloko zisetyenziswa ngabantu bethu basehlabathini, kwanangezinye iinkolosi ezazithi ngokwazo zingamaKristu, ezazisamkela iBhayibhile, kodwa zasilela ukufunda iinyaniso zayo ezinkulu nezibalulekileyo. Sasisengabantu abafayo; iziphumo zesiqalekiso zazisijikelezile. Kwakunzima ukuthwala iinkathazo eziphazamisayo zobomi esasicinga ukuba bezibekwe ecaleni ngonaphakade.”

GSAM 187Uthelekiso Nabafundi Abadanileyo

GSAM 187.2Iimvakalelo zabo abanjalo, xa zithelekiswa novuyo lwabo lweeyure ezimbalwa ezidlulileyo, kumele ukuba zazifana kubo nobukrakra obukhali bepicra. Ihlabathi elingqongileyo lalicinga, njengoko kungathandabuzekiyo ukuba izihlwele zenzayo emva kokubethelelwa kukaKristu esiphambanweni, ukuba abakholwayo ngoku baya kululahla ukholo lwabo, baze bazibandakanye ekugxekeni ubuyatha babo obucingelwayo. Bakhawuleza bafunda, bamangaliswa, ukuba uthando lokuvela kweNkosi aluchithiwa lula kwiintliziyo zabo babazinikele ngokwenene kuThixo.

GSAM 187“Akazange Ahlale Nabagculeli”

GSAM 187.3Indlela abayilandela aba bantu bezimisele, kunye neemvakalelo zabo, zichazwa kakuhle ngamazwi omprofeti Yeremiya, apho athi,

GSAM 187.3“Amazwi akho ndawafumana, ndawatya; ilizwi lakho laba luyolo novuyo lwentliziyo yam; kuba ndibizwe ngegama lakho, Nkosi Thixo wemikhosi. Andizange ndihlale enkundleni yabagculeli, yaye andivuyanga: ndahlala ndedwa ngenxa yesandla sakho; kuba undizalisile ngumsindo. Kutheni iintlungu zam zisisigxina, nesilonda sam singaphileki, esingavumiyo ukuphila? Ingaba uya kuba kum ngokupheleleyo njengomntu obuxoki, njengamanzi aphelelayo?”⁶

GSAM 188UJames White malunga nokuDana

GSAM 188.1Amacaphulo ambalwa amafutshane avela kwabanye baba bantu badanileyo, kodwa abanethemba, anika umbono ocacileyo wale meko. Elokuqala livela kuMfundisi uJames White, owasebenza ngempumelelo enkulu ngo-1843 nango-1844. Uthi:—

GSAM 188.2“Ukuphoxeka ngokudlula kwexesha bekukubuhlungu kakhulu. Abakholwayo bokwenene babenikezele ngayo yonke into ngenxa kaKristu, kwaye babe babelane ngobukho bakhe ngendlela engazange ibonwe ngaphambili. Babenike, njengoko babecinga, isilumkiso sabo sokugqibela kwihlabathi, kwaye babezahlulile, ngandlel' ithile, kwisihlwele sabangakholwayo nabahleki. Kwaye ngentsikelelo kaThixo kubo, baziva ngathi bangathanda ukudibana neNkosi yabo ebelindelekile ukuba ibuye kungekudala kunye nezithunywa ezingcwele, kunokuba babe kunye nabo babebohlukene nabo. Uthando lukaYesu lwaluzalise imiphefumlo yabo, kwaye lwalubonakala kuwo wonke ubuso, kwaye ngeminqweno engenakuchazwa bathandaza bathi, ‘Yiza, Nkosi Yesu, yiza ngokukhawuleza,’ kodwa akazange eze.

GSAM 188.3“Kodwa uThixo akazange abashiye abantu bakhe.... Kwaye ngamandla athile nangokuthuthuzela, iindinyana ezinje ngale zilandelayo ezibhalelwe amaHebhere, zafikelela kwiingqondo nakwiintliziyo zabo babesavavanywa nabalindileyo: ‘Ngenxa yoko, ningalilahli ithemba lenu, elinomvuzo omkhulu. Kuba niyadinga umonde, ukuze, emva kokuba wenze ukuthanda kukaThixo, nifumane isithembiso. Kuba kusele ixesha elifutshane, kwaye lowo uzayo uya kuza, akayi kulibazisa. Kaloku olungileyo luya kuphila ngokholo; kodwa ukuba umntu uthe wabuyela umva, umphefumlo wam awuzukufumana nto uyithandayo kuye. Thina ke asilulo olu hlobo lubuyela umva luye entshabalalweni; silolabo bakholwayo ukusindiswa kwemiphefumlo.’⁷ Iingongoma ezinomdla kwesi siqwenga seziBhalo zezi:—

GSAM 188.4“1. Abo bathethwa nabo basemngciphekweni wokulahla ukuzithemba kwabo kuloo nto bayenze ngokufanelekileyo.

GSAM 189.1“2. Babenze ukuthanda kukaThixo, baza bafakwa kwimeko yovavanyo apho umonde wawufuneka.

GSAM 189.2“3. Abalungileyo ngeli xesha babenokuphila ngokholo, hayi ngokuthandabuza ukuba bayenzile na intando kaThixo, kodwa ngokholo, kuloo nto bayenzileyo intando kaThixo.

GSAM 189.3“4. Abo bangayi kulunyamezela uvavanyo lokholo, kodwa baya kulilahla ithemba labo kumsebenzi ababewenza ukuthanda kukaThixo, baza babuyela umva, baya kuthatha indlela ethe ngqo esingise ekutshatyalalisweni.”⁸

GSAM 189Ivela kuN. Southard, uMhleli weMidnight Cry

GSAM 189.4KwiMidnight Cry yomhla wama-31 ku-Okthobha, 1844, malunga neentsuku ezilishumi emva kokuvalwa kweentsuku ezingamawaka amabini anamakhulu amathathu, oku kulandelayo kwapapashwa kusuka kwisibhalo somhleli:—

GSAM 189.5“Xa sijonga zonke iimeko ezihamba nolu shukumo, iziphumo ezintsikelelekileyo elizizisileyo kwiingqondo zabantwana bakaThixo, kunye nentiyo nobubi obubonakaliswe ziintshaba zakhe, kufuneka silubone njenge ‘sikhalo sokwenene sezinzulwini zobusuku.’ Kwaye ukuba sinazo iintsuku ezimbalwa zokuvavanya ukholo lwethu, oko kusengangqinelana nomzekeliso weentombi ezinyulu ezilishumi; kuba xa zonke zazivukile zaza zacoca izibane zazo, kwakusaza kubakho ixesha apho izibane zeentombi ezisisidenge zaziya kucima. Oku kwakungeke kwenzeke kude kudlule usuku lwe-10; kuba kude kube lelo xesha izibane zazo zaziya kuqhubeka zivutha. Ngoko ke, kufuneka kubekho ukudlula kwaloo mini, ukuze abangenangqondo balahle ukholo lwabo, njengoko kwakufanele kwenzeke ngo-1843, ngexesha lokulibaziseka. Ukulibaziseka okuncinci ke ngoko asisosizathu sokuphoxeka, kodwa kubonisa indlela uThixo achaneke ngayo ekuzalisekiseni ilizwi lakhe. Ngoko ke masibambelele ngokuqinileyo kwisivumo sokholo lwethu singanyikimi; kuba uthembekile lowo uthembisileyo.”

GSAM 189Okuvela kuJoseph Marsh, uMhleli weVoice of Truth

GSAM 189.6KwiVoice of Truth yomhla we-7 kuNovemba, 1844, sifunda:—

GSAM 189.7“Siyavuma ngovuyo ukuba siphazame ngendlela yesiganeko esasilindele ukuba siza kwenzeka ngosuku lwe-10 lwenyanga yesixhenxe; kodwa asikwazi ukwamkela okwangoku ukuba uMbingeleli wethu oMkhulu akazange ngaloo mini agqibezele konke okwakungathiwa ngumzekelo ukuba singakulindela. Ngoku siyakholelwa ukuba wenjenjalo.”

GSAM 190.1Ama-Adventist ayelindele ukuba ngomhla we-10 wenyanga yesixhenxe, ngo-1844, iintsuku ezingamawaka amabini anamakhulu amathathu ziya kuphela, kwaye ngaloo mini uKristu uya kugqibezela umsebenzi wakhe wobulungiseleli aze ezweni ukuzosikelela abantu bakhe. Uphando olwalandelayo lubonise ukuba yayisisiqalo somsebenzi wakhe wokulungiswa kwengcwele yasezulwini esenzeka ngaloo mini, hayi ukugqitywa komsebenzi wakhe wobulungiseleli.⁹ Endaweni yokujonga umsebenzi wokulungiswa kwengcwele njengenxalenye yomsebenzi kaKristu njengombingeleli, kwathiwa ukulungiswa kwengcwele yayikukucocwa komhlaba ngomlilo ekufikeni kukaKristu. Ukuba akungomhlaba wonke, ubuncinci ilizwe laseKhanani lalingacocwa ngelo xesha.

GSAM 190Indawo Engcwele Ekukholelwa Ukuba Ngumhlaba

GSAM 190.2Le ngcinga iveza ngokucacileyo kwinqaku likaGeo. Storrs, kwiMidnight Cry yomhla wama-25 kuTshazimpuzi, 1844. Ubuza, “Yeyiphi indawo engcwele eza kucocwa? Iimbono zam zangaphambili bezikukuba yayingumhlaba wonke. Ukuba yinxalenye yomhlaba ndisakholelwa. Kodwa yeyiphi inxalenye? Lulo olu lubuzo endiza kuzama ukuluphendula.”

GSAM 190.3Ucaphula isithembiso esenziwa kuAbraham, ukusekwa kwaso kuIsake, nokuhlaziywa kwaso kuYakobi, aze emva koko acaphule ingoma kaMoses, eyabhalwa nguMiriyam emva kokuwela uLwandle Olubomvu, apho bacula khona besithi: “Uya kubangenisa, uze ubatyale entabeni yelifa lakho, endaweni, O Nkosi, oyenzele wena ukuba uhlale kuyo, kwindawo engcwele, O Nkosi, esekwe zizandla zakho.”¹⁰

GSAM 190.4Ukuba umfundi angathelekisa ngononophelo isicatshulwa esingentla kunye nengxelo yokuzaliseka kwaso eyenziwe ngumbhali wepsalme, uya kubona ukuba ayitsho ukuba nelizwe lasePalestine liyindawo engcwele. UDavide uthi, xa ethetha ngokukhokela kweNkosi abantwana bakaSirayeli: “Wabazisa emdeni wendawo yakhe engcwele, kanye kule ntaba, leyo isandla sakhe sasekunene sasithengileyo.”¹¹ Kwengoma yaselwandle olubomvu kuthethwa ngomhlaba waseKhanani, ukuba yayiyindawo awayenzileyo “ukuba kuhlalwe kuyo, kwindawo engcwele.” Ngoko ke kwesi sicatshulwa esivela kwiimibongo, iNtaba iMoriya, apho kwakhiwa khona indawo engcwele, ibizwa nje ngokuba “ngumda wendawo yakhe engcwele.” Kodwa kwesi sibongo sinye kuthiwa, “Wakhetha isizwe sakwaYuda, iNtaba iZiyon awayeyithanda. Waza wakha indawo yakhe engcwele njengezindlu zikumkani eziphakamileyo, njengomhlaba awuzinzisileyo ngonaphakade.”¹²

GSAM 191Ukulungiswa kweNgcwele Kucingelwa ukuba Kukucoca uMhlaba

GSAM 191.1Kwinqaku elikhankanywe ngasentla, emva kokucaphula ubungqina obucingelwayo bokuba umhlaba, okanye ubuncinci ilizwe lasePalestine, yayiyindawo engcwele, umfundisi uyaqhubeka abuze, “Indawo engcwele iza kucocwa njani?” Ngamazwi omprofeti Mika, uphendula esithi, “Kuba, nantsi, iNkosi iphuma endaweni yayo, ize yehlele, ize inyathele phezu kweendawo eziphakamileyo zomhlaba. Iintaba ziya kunyibilika phantsi kwayo, neentlambo ziya kucandeka, njengomthwebeba phambi komlilo, njengamanzi agalelwa ezantsi kwindawo engumnqantsa.”¹³

GSAM 191.2Ngombono, owawamkelwe ngokubanzi ngelo xesha, wokuba umhlaba yayiyindawo engcwele, umfundi uya kubona ngokulula isizathu sokuba bacinga, bengathandabuzi, ukuba ekupheleni kweentsuku ezingamawaka amabini anamakhulu amathathu iNkosi iza kuza kwaye iza kucoca umhlaba ngendlela echazwe nguMika. Kuyo yonke inkcaso eyayivakaliswa ngokuchasene nama-Adventist, akukho namnye umchasi owakhe wacebisa nokuba ukucocwa komhlaba ngomlilo kwakungesosiganeko siza kwenzeka njengokucocwa kwendawo engcwele, ekupheleni kweentsuku ezingamawaka amabini anamakhulu amathathu.

GSAM 191Ii-Aposetola Zadanile, Noko Zazalisekisa IziBhalo

GSAM 191.3Esi asisosona simo sodwa apho abantu benze ukuthanda kweNkosi, bazalisekisa iziBhalo, kodwa ke badaniswa kwizinto ababezilindele ngenxa yokuba nje bengayiqondi imo yento eyayiza kwenzeka. Kwaba njalo ngabapostile bakaKristu. Xa wayekhwele ithole ledonki, engena eJerusalem, bakhwaza bakhumbula amazwi omprofeti:¹⁴ “Khwaza, ntombi yaseJerusalem; nanko, uKumkani wakho uza kuwe; ulungile, enosindiso; ethobekile, ekhwele idonki, nethole ledonki.”¹⁵ Kwakuyimfuneko kakhulu ukuba kubekho isingxolo ngelo xesha, kangangokuba ukuba bebengathethi, neelitye ngokwazo beziya kukhala.¹⁶ Abafundi bacinga ukuba uKristu, ngelo xesha nangaloo ndawo, wayezakuphakama kwitrone kaDavide njengokumkani wobomi basemhlabeni (“besithemba ukuba nguye owayefanele ukukhulula uSirayeli”¹⁷ ), ngoko ke bakhala, “Mabusikelelwe ubukumkani bokhokho wethu uDavide, obuzayo egameni leNkosi.”¹⁸ Kungaba yintoni ukukhwaza okungaba kukho ngelo xesha ukuba bebeqonda ukuba kwisithuba seveki uKristu uza kube eswelekile kwingcwaba likaYosefu, ejikelezwe ngamajoni amaRoma? Kungaba yintoni ukunikezela “kudumo” kuThixo nokuzinikela okungaba kukho kuma-Adventist ngo-1844 ukuba bebeqonda ukuba ukulungiswa kwengcwele ekupheleni kwalo lonke ixesha lobubikezeli kwakuzakuthatha uthotho lweminyaka phambi kokuba iNkosi ize?

GSAM 192Akukho Phoso Ekubaleni Iintsuku Eziyi-2300

GSAM 192.1Njengoko abantu aba bejonga ngononophelo izibalo zabo zeli xesha, abafumananga siphoso; kodwa iNkosi ayizanga, yaye nomhlaba awuzange uhlanjululwe ngomlilo. Yayithetha ntoni loo nto? Ngokuqinisekileyo babesazi ukuba iNkosi ibikunye nabo kolu shukumo lukhulu; kodwa ngoku babesemathandabuzweni. Ukuzithemba kwabo kwiNkosi kwakungashukunyiseki. Babesazi ukuba akayi kubashiya. Ukukhanya kwakuzakusuka kumthombo othile. Umbuzo ovavanyayo ongaphambi kwabo uchazwe ngamazwi kaYeremiya ekusele kukhankanyiwe, “Ingaba uya kuba kum ngokupheleleyo njengomntu obuxoki, njengamanzi aphelelayo?” Ukholo aluzange luligcine eli thandabuzo, kuba amazwi eNkosi ngomprofeti Habhakuki malunga nombono afika ezingqondweni zabo, “Ekugqibeleni kuyathetha, kwaye akuyokuxoka.”¹⁹ Intetho esele icatshulwe evela kumhleli weVoice of Truth icacisa kakuhle isimo sabo: “Asikwazi okwangoku ukwamkela ukuba uMbingeleli wethu oMkhulu akazange ngaloo mini kanye enze konke oko umzekelo obunokusenza silindele.”

GSAM 193Ukukhanya ngeNdawo Engcwele Kufunyenwe

GSAM 193.1UHiram Edson, wasePort Gibson, eN.Y., wandixelela ukuba ngosuku olulandelayo emva kokudlula kwexesha ngo-1844, ngelixa wayethandaza ngasemva kweziduli zombona esentsimini, uMoya kaThixo weza phezu kwakhe ngendlela enamandla kangangokuba waphantse wabethelwa phantsi, kwaye kwalandela ingqiqo ethi, “Indawo engcwele eza kucocwa isezulwini.” Wazisa lo mbono ku-O. R. L. Crosier, baza bobabini benza uphando olucokisekileyo ngalo mbandela. Ekuqaleni konyaka ka-1846, inkcazelo ecokisekileyo yombuzo wendawo engcwele ngokwembono yeBhayibhile, ebhalwe nguMnu. Crosier, yaprintwa kwi-Day Star, iphephandaba elalipapashwa ngelo xesha eCincinnati, Ohio.. Kweso sinqamlelo sade saba lude kwenziwa kwabonakala ukuba umsebenzi wokucoca indawo engcwele yayingumsebenzi wokugqibela kaKristu njengombingeleli wethu omkhulu, owaqala ngo-1844 waza wavala kanye phambi kokuba eneneni abuye kwakhona emafini ezulu enguKumkani wookumkani neNkosi yeenkosi.

GSAM 193Amabandla Afuna Amalungu Alahlekileyo

GSAM 193.2Usuku lwe-10 lwenyanga yesixhenxe lwaludlulile, kwaye amabandla acinga ukuba kuza kuba lula ukufumana kwakhona amalungu alahlekileyo, awayesahlulwe kuwo phantsi “kwesikhalo sezinzulwini zobusuku” kunye nomyalezo wesithunywa sesibini; kodwa koku bade badana kakhulu, njengoko kuza kubonakaliswa yimpendulo elandelayo kwizibongozo zokubuyela kwimibutho yabo yangaphambili, njengoko inikwe kwiMidnight Cry yomhla wama-26 kuDisemba, 1844:—

GSAM 193.3“Kodwa zithini iinyaniso? Bayazi kakuhle ukuba kwizihlwele ezinkulu zala mabandla izihloko eziphambili zezi, ‘Ukuguqulwa kwehlabathi,’ ‘iwaka leminyaka,’ kunye ‘nokubuya kwamaYuda ePalestine,’ phambi kokubuya komntu uqobo woMsindisi. Abo babuyela umva ukuya kuhlala phantsi kweengoma ezithomalalisayo zeemfundiso ezingavisisaniyo neziBhalo nezingenangqondo, bayenza loo nto bevule amehlo; kwaye isenzo esinje ngakubo siza kuba ‘kubuyela umva,’ ngokwenene.

GSAM 194.1“Emva kokuba ‘bekhululekile’ ngokweziBhalo, kukhuseleke kakhulu ‘ukutyhala phambili’ kunokuba ‘ubuyele umva’ okanye ‘urhoxe,’ ingakumbi ngeli xesha, xa isithsaba sobungangamsha siza kunikwa kungekudala kwabathembekileyo kuKristu Yesu.”

GSAM 194.2Indlela yamabandla yokulibazisa ukuza kweNkosi ngokuxhasa ezi mfundiso ezingavisisaniyo neziBhalo, yenza ama-Adventist acinge ngala mazwi omprofeti Hezekile: “Nyana womntu, yabona, abantu bendlu yakwaSirayeli bathi, Umbono awubonayo wemihla emininzi ezayo, kwaye uprofeta ngexesha elikude.” Kulo mba ofanayo kufunyanwa impendulo abayisebenzisayo ama-Adventist, ethi, “Ngoko ke yithi kubo, UThixo iNkosi uthi ngolu hlobo: Akusayi kubakho kwakhona ukulibaziseka kwamazwi am, kodwa ilizwi endilithethileyo liyakuzaliseka, utsho uThixo iNkosi.”²⁰

GSAM 194“Kufuneka Uprofete Kwakhona”

GSAM 194.3Abo “batya” incwadi, baza babhengeza isibhengezo “sexesha”, bacinga ukuba umsebenzi wabo wehlabathi ugqityiwe; ngoko ke kwabakho isibhengezo sokuba kufuneka baphinde bafundise iintlanga, iilwimi, nookumkani. Enye inxalenye yomsebenzi, leyo ibingekabonwa, ngoku kufuneka yenziwe,—eyokunikezela ebantwini ubume bokwenene betempile kaThixo esezulwini kunye nenkonzo yayo yaltari. Umyalelo wokulinganisa itempile²¹ uyimfuneko ukuze kufunyanwe ulwazi ngobume besiganeko esiza kwenzeka ekupheleni kwexesha lesiprofeto, kwaye ngaloo ndlela kunikwe ingcaciso yamazwi athi, “Kulapho ke ingcwele iya kulungiswa.”

GSAM 194.4Qaphela ukuba isithunywa sesi sibhengezo sexesha savela ezulwini, kwaye phambi kokuba umsebenzi waso ugqitywe sinika umyalelo wokufundisa abantu kwakhona. Umyalezo, ke, oza kucacisa umbuzo wendawo engcwele, unike ithemba kwabo banethemba elaphukileyo, kwaye kwangaxeshanye ubanike “umhlanga,” okanye “intonga,” okanye “umthetho,” abantu bakaThixo abanokuzilinga ngayo ngokwemeko yabo yokuziphatha phambi kwakhe, kufuneka ube neempawu ezicacileyo zokuba uvela ezulwini, hayi ukuba ngowomntu.

GSAM 195Ucalucalulo Lwaluthintela Ukuqhagamshelana Nabantu

GSAM 195.1Ingcinga engalunganga eyayikho ngokuchasene nenkolo yokubuya kwakhe yayisisithintelo esiphantse singagqithiseki kubantu; kwaye ukuzama ukubafundisa kwakhona ngaphandle kokukhanya ocacileyo nokuqinisekileyo ngesizathu sokuphoxeka, bekuya kuba lilize. Abakholwa bama-Adventist ngokwabo kwakufuneka imiphefumlo yabo iphinde ikhuthazwe ngomsebenzi ovela ezulwini, phambi kokuba abantu bafundiswe ngokuchanekileyo; yaye oku kwakungaphunyezwa njani? Ingaba ingenziwa ngobulumko babantu nje kuphela? okanye abo babe namava omsebenzi onzulu woMoya kaThixo phantsi kwentshukumo yangaphambili, babenokwaneliswa yingqiqo nje yabantu? Akukho nto ingaphandle komsebenzi ofana nowomlayezo “wesithunywa sesithathu”²² obungabakhupha kwinkathazo zabo; kwaye oku, inyathelo ngenyathelo, njengoko babekwazi ukukwamkela, kwaziswa ngokufanelekileyo, kuphatha ubungqina obuqinisekisayo bokuba uvela ezulwini.

GSAM 195Njengezimvu Ezingenamalusi

GSAM 195.2Nali iqela elikhulu labalandeli bokubuya, ngandlel' ithile, njengezimvu ezingenamlusi, amawaka azo, kwiiveki nje ezimbalwa ezidlulileyo, ayezahlulile kuwo onke amabandla neenkolo, kungekho mibutho yabantu iphathwe ngenkathalo yabo ngokomoya. Babengenamacebisi abantu ababenokuthemba kubo; ukuthemba kwabo kwakungakuThixo kuphela.

GSAM 195.3Noko ke, babenesiqinisekiso ngento enye, yaye le yayingathi sisibambiso kubo—intshumayelo yexesha yayiyinyani.²³ Kodwa njengabantu babekwimeko apho, ngaphandle kokuba uThixo abakhokele abagcine, babesengozini yokwamkela iinkcazelo zobuxoki, okanye baphulukane “nomonde” baze bayeke ukholo kumava abo adlulileyo. Abanye baye bakwenza oko; ngelixa abanye, ngeliso lokholo belijonge kuye lowo iimiphefumlo yabo ziyamthandayo, babuza ngenkuthalo, “Mgadi, kuthini ngobusuku? Mgadi, kuthini ngobusuku? Wathi umgadi, Ukusasa kuyafika, nobusuku kananjalo: ukuba nifuna ukubuza, buza; buyelani, nize.”²⁴

GSAM 196U-J. N. Andrews malunga nokuDana

GSAM 196.1UMfundisi uJ. N. Andrews, omnye owadlula kula mava ngo-1844, uthetha ngolu hlobo ngokuphoxeka:—

GSAM 196.2“Abathe baba nethemba lokubuya kweNkosi ngo-1843 nango-1844 baphoxwa. Le nyaniso, kubantu abaninzi, isisizathu esaneleyo sokwala ubungqina bonke kule meko. Siyakuvuma ukuphoxeka, kodwa asinakuvuma ukuba oku kunika isizathu esivakalayo sokukhanyela isandla sikaThixo kulo msebenzi. Ibandla lamaYuda laphoxwa xa, ekupheleni komsebenzi kaYohane uMbhaptizi, uYesu waziveza njengoMesiya othembiswayo. Kwaye abafundi ababethembileyo badaniswa kakhulu xa lowo babemlindele ukuba akhulule uSirayeli wathathwa wabulawa ngesandla esikhohlakeleyo. Kwaye emva kokuvuka kwakhe, xa babemlindele ukuba abuyisele kwakhona ubukumkani kuSirayeli, kwakungekho mathuba okuba bangadaniswa xa baqonda ukuba wayesiya kuYise, nokuba babesele beza kushiywa ixesha elide leembandezelo nentlungu. Kodwa ukuphoxeka akungqini ukuba uThixo akanandima ekukhokeleni abantu bakhe. Kufanele kubakhokelele ekulungiseni iimpazamo zabo, kodwa akufanelanga kubakhokelele ekulahleni ukuthembela kwabo kuThixo. Kwakungenxa yokuba abantwana bakaSirayeli baphoxeka entlango, eyayibangela ukuba bahlale bekhanyela isikhokelo sikaThixo. Babekwe njengesilumkiso kuthi, ukuba singaweli ngokulandela umzekelo ofanayo wokungakholwa.”²⁵

GSAM 196Inyaniso Inobhaptizo Yokungathandwa

GSAM 196.3Kubonakala ngathi sisicwangciso seNkosi ukubeka iinyaniso ezibalulekileyo kwindlela engathandwayo apho kuza kuba ngumnqamlezo²⁶ ukuzamkela nokuzithobela. Oku kuyinyani ngakumbi kwezi ntsuku zokugqibela. UPetros, ethetha ngelo xesha apho isiphelo sazo zonke izinto siza kuba “sisondele,” yaye “isigwebo” siza “kuqala endlwini kaThixo,” uthi, “Thandekayo, musani ukukuthatha njengento engaqhelekanga isilingo elivuthayo eliyakulinga, ngokungathi kukho into engalindelekanga eyenzekileyo kuni; kodwa yivuyeleni, kuba niyinxalenye yentlungu kaKristu; ukuze, xa ubuqaqawuli bakhe butyhilwa, nibe novuyo olugqithisileyo. Ukuba niyahlaziswa ngenxa yegama likaKristu, ninoyolo; kuba uMoya wozuko nokaThixo uhleli kuni; ngakubo uthethwa kakubi, kodwa ngakuni uyazukiswa.”²⁷

GSAM 197.1Xa inyaniso ifumene ukubhaptizwa kwayo kokungathandwa, ukuyamkela kufuna ubabalo olungaphezulu kunokulandela nje ukholo lwabantu abaninzi. Abazenzisi ababoni nkuthazo inkulu yokwamkela inyaniso efuna isenzo, njengokubheqa umlambo unyuka umsinga “uchasene nomoya namaza.” Ngaloo ndlela inyaniso iba luvavanyo kwabanyanisekileyo, abanentliziyo enyanisekileyo, abenyaniso, nabanezazela.

GSAM 197.2Sele sibonise ngaphambili ukuba isiprofeto sentshukumo yokubuya kukaKristu sibikezela ukuphoxeka. Kwafika; yaye ke, kulawulo lukaThixo, ukwamkelwa kwaloo myalezo kwakunomthwalo waso.