Isahluko 15 — Ukukhanya Okwandayo Nezimangaliso Ezinkulu
GSAM 235.1“Khumbulani iintsuku zangaphambili, apho, emva kokukhanyiselwa kwenu, nanyamezela idabi elikhulu leentlungu; ngokuyinxenye, ngelixa nabenziwa into yokujongwa, ngezithuko neentlungu; kwaye ngokuyinxenye, ngelixa naba ngabahlobo babo ababephathwa ngolo hlobo.”1
GSAM 235.2Ixesha elisusela ekuphoxekeni kowe-1844 de kwavela ukukhanya okucacileyo malunga nendawo engcwele kunye nomyalezo wesithunywa sesithathu, lalixesha loviwo olukhethekileyo. Ama-Adventist awayesengqine ukuba ayenyanisile kwintshukumo yangaphambili, eneneni aye “yinto yokujongiswa” kwabo babecinga ukuba lo myalezo yasilelo esipheleleyo; yaye ngenxa yesi sizathu babehlaziswa kakhulu. Oku bakwazi ukukunyamezela ngovuyo ngelixa babebambelele eNkosini ngokholo, yaye bebenobukho boMoya wakhe oyiNgcwele.
GSAM 235Iindawo Ezimbini EziKhethekileyo Zokuhlasela
GSAM 235.3USathana wayeneendlela ezimbini ezikhethekileyo zokulinga abantu bama-Adventist. Eyokuqala yayikukubangela abo babeqinile ekukholelweni ukuba ixesha lobuprofeti liphelile, ukuba bakholelwe ukuba ukubuya kukaKristu okwesibini kukubuya kokomoya, nokuba ngandlel' ithile wafika ngesi sihlandlo ekupheleni kweentsuku ezingamawaka amabini anamakhulu amathathu. Eyesibini yayikukukhuthaza abo babengazinzi ngokuphathelele kumava abo adlulileyo, ukuba bayiyeke yonke. Ngoko ke, ngelixa inyaniso ngokuphathelele kwindawo engcwele kunye nomyalezo wesithunywa sesithathu yayityhilwa kancinci kancinci kwiZibhalo, iimiyalezo zoMoya kaThixo, ngesipho sesiprofeto, zangqina intshukumo edlulileyo, zibiza “ukukhanya okuqaqambileyo” uThixo akumisileyo entloko yendlela, ukuze kukhanye yonke indlela ukuya esixekweni, kwaye zabonisa ubungqina obusencwadini obusithi ukuza kwesibini kukaKristu kuza kuba kokwenene nokobuqu, kwaye ke ngoko akunakuba sisiganeko esisekupheleni “kweentsuku.”
GSAM 236Iimbonakalo Ezimangalisayo
GSAM 236.1Ukuba iNkosi ithetha nabantu bayo ngemibono kwezi ntsuku zokugqibela, asinakulindela na ukuba kuloo mbono ngokwawo kubekho iimpawu ezicacileyo zobuthixo? Ezi mpawu ziyabonakala kwimibono kaNksk. E. G. White. Into eyenzekayo ngemibono ngokwayo, njengoko kubonisiwe kwiSahluko 13, yimangalisa ngokwenene; kodwa zininzi iimpawu ezimangalisayo ezinxulumene nemibono yakhe yokuqala, oya kuziqaphela njengoko uqhubeka ufunda lo msebenzi; kwaye singalindela ukuba kube ngenye indlela kwisipho esilolu hlobo esicwangciswe nguThixo ukuze sitsale umdla wabantu, size sibakhokelele ekubeni bathi, njengoMoses, “Ndiza kuphambuka, ndibone esi siganeko sikhulu”? Ingxelo elula yentombazana ehlwempuzekileyo, esigulayo, nembuthathaka, ebonakala sele isemngceleni wengcwaba, yokuba iNkosi imnike umbono, ibingayi kwanela ukwenza oku. Iimbonakalo ezimangalisayo ezinxulumene nemibono yenza abantu baba nomdla kuzo, kwaye kwenziwa ubizo lokuba le ntombazana ihambe iye kwiindawo ngeendawo ibalise oko iNkosi ibeyalele ukuba ikwazise kwabanye.
GSAM 236Imiboniso eMangalisayo kuMbono wesiThathu
GSAM 236.2Ndiza kuchaza apha iinyaniso ezithile malunga nombono wakhe wesithathu, lowo wanikwa kwindlu katata wakhe, okhankanywe kwiSahluko 13, njengoko ndixelelwe ngutata nomama kaNksk. White, ngudadewabo, uNksk. Sarah Belden, nabanye.
GSAM 236.3Kwigumbi apho yayinikwe khona imboniso, kwakukho iBhayibhile yosapho enkulu kakhulu eyayilele kwikhabhathi eneedrowa. Yayiyenye yohlelo olwalushicilelwe eBoston nguJoseph Teale, ngonyaka ka-1822. Le ncwadi inesayizi ye-intshi ezilishumi elinesibhozo nge-intshi ezilishumi elinanye, i-intshi ezine ubukhulu, kwaye inobunzima obungaphezulwana kweeponti ezilishumi elinesibhozo. Ngelixa wayenombono, waphakama, wathatha le Bhayibhile inzima engalweni yakhe yasekhohlo, incwadi ivuliwe, wayibamba yolulelwe ngaphandle, yenza i-engile yeedigri ezingama-90 nomzimba wakhe; waza ke kangangesiqingatha seyure nangaphezulu, ngesandla sakhe sasekunene, wajikajika kwiindawo ezahlukeneyo, wakhomba kwiindinyana ezahlukeneyo zeziBhalo, awayeziphinda ngelixa amehlo akhe ayejonge phezulu, nakwelinye icala elahlukileyo kwincwadi. Udade wabo uSarah (owathi kamva waba ngumfazi kaStephen Belden), okanye, ngamanye amaxesha, omnye umntu obekhona, wayejonga isicatshulwa ngasinye ebekhomba ngalo umnwe wakhe, waza wabona ngokucacileyo ukuba kuzo zonke iimeko wayephinda isibhalo awayebeke umnwe wakhe kuso. UMama Harmon wathi intombi yakhe uEllen kwimeko yayo yendalo “yayingenakukwazi, ngenxa yokunqaba kwamandla, ukuphakamisa loo Bhayibhile inzima kwikhabhathi eneedrowa; kodwa kwimbono yayibambe lula, ngokubonakalayo, ngathi yiTestamente encinci yepokotho.”
GSAM 237.1Nanku ngenene ummangaliso!—intombazana ebuthathaka, enobunzima obungamashumi asixhenxe eeponti kuphela, iphethe iBhayibhile enzima ngaphezu kwesiqingatha seyure kwimeko apho indoda enamandla ibingayi kukwazi ukuyibamba imizuzu emibini; kwakhona, ejikeleza kwiindawo ezahlukeneyo kwiimbhalo zeziBhalo ezathi ngalo lonke ixesha zaba yimbhalo awayeyiphinda, ngelixa amehlo akhe ayejonge phezulu nakwelinye icala elahlukileyo kwencwadi; kwaye okokugqibela, ilizwi eliphuma kumntu ongenentshukumo yemiphunga okanye umoya emzimbeni, kwaye eliphinda ngokuchanekileyo iimbhalo zeziBhalo ezaziboniswe,—oku ngokuqinisekileyo kungaphezulu kokuba kungenziwe ngamandla omntu, okanye kube sisiphumo sesifo. Abo bayibonayo bayithatha njengembonakalo ecacileyo yoMoya waLowo wathethayo esihlahleni esitshayo. Imibonakalo enjengale kwimbono yesithathu kaNkosazana Harmon, apho yayaziwa khona, yayinobungqina obucacileyo bokuba amandla angaphaya kwamandla omntu ayekhona kwezi mibono.
GSAM 237Umbono waseTopsham
GSAM 237.2Kungekudala emva kwesi siganeko, iqela lama-Adventist eTopsham, malunga neemayile ezingamashumi amathathu kumntla-mpuma wePortland, eMaine, beva ngendlela iNkosi eyayiphathe ngayo uNkosazana Ellen G. Harmon, bammemela kuloo ndawo. Isimemo samkelwa, ngoko ke wenza utyelelo lwakhe lokuqala eTopsham. Iintlanganiso zama-Adventist ngelo xesha zazibanjelwe endlwini kaMnu. Curtiss. UNksk. Frances Lunt (owayesakuba nguNkosazana Frances Howland), waseOakland, eCal., wandinika le ngxelo ilandelayo, enomhla wama-19 kaJanuwari, 1890:—
GSAM 238.1“Mna, kunye nosapho lukabawo, ndandiya kwiintlanganiso zikaDade uHarmon eTopsham, ngo-1845, yaye ngexesha lezi ntlanganiso waba nombono. Yayikukokuqala sisimbonile enombono. Enye yezo Bhayibhile zakudala [iBhayibhile yoSapho lakwaTeale, enobunzima obuziiponti ezilishumi elinesibhozo] yayiyeyoMzalwana uCurtiss. Le Bhayibhile inkulu yathathwa kwikhabhathi eneedrowa nguDade uHarmon ngelixa wayenombono, yaye wayekhomba iivesi zeziBhalo njengoko wayejika amaphepha, ngelixa amehlo akhe ayejonge phezulu, kude nencwadi. Iivesi awayeziphindaphinda yayizigama zokufundisa, zokukhuthaza, okanye zokukhalimela. Enye into engaqhelekanga ngolu bonakalo ngelo xesha yayiyindlela le ncwadi yayibekwe ngayo. Yayibanjwe kwisandla sakhe esivulekileyo ikwimo yeedigri ezingamashumi amane anesihlanu, kwaye akukho mntu wumbi owayenakho ukubamba nayiphi na incwadi kule meko ifanayo ingatyibiliki kwangoko ezandleni; kodwa uDade uHarmon wayibambe le Bhayibhile kule meko imizuzu eliqela, iqinile ngokungathi incamathele esandleni sakhe, ngelixa wayesiya komnye nomnye egumbini.”
GSAM 238Ubungqina bakaNksk. Truesdail
GSAM 238.2Enye intetho emalunga nalo mbono unye ivela kuNksk. M. C. Truesdail, waseTrenton, eMo., yomhla wama-27 kuJanuwari 1891. Uthi:—
GSAM 238.3“Ndandineminyaka elishumi elinesihlanu ubudala ngo-1845, kwaye ndandikho ngexesha lotyelelo lokuqala lukaDade uHarmon eTopsham, xa wayenombono endlwini kaMzalwana uCurtiss, apho wathatha iBhayibhile enkulu yosapho wayiphakamisa kwindawo apho akukho namnye wabanye obunokubamba incwadi ezandleni zakhe ingatyibiliki kwangoko.
GSAM 238.4“UDade uHarmon wayesembonweni iiyure ezingaphezulu kwezimbini. Yayisesona sibonakaliso simangalisayo samandla kaThixo endakha ndasibona, kwaye ndimbone esembonweni amaxesha angaphezu kweshumi elinesibini. La maxesha ayesoloko engamathuba enzolo nentlonipho enzulu nokuzihlola nzulu, kodwa esi sadlula onke. Owu! sasingcangcazela kangakanani njengoko uBungangamsha basezulwini babesisilathisela ngesixhobo sawo esibuthathaka; njengoko wayesifundela iindinyana ezithuthuzelayo nezifanelekileyo kwimeko yethu enzima; ezifana neHebhere 2:2, 3; Yakobi 5:7, 8; Hebhere 10:35, 39; 1 Petros 1:7; Luka 12:32-37, kwanezinye ezininzi, ebambe iBhayibhile enkulu yosapho phezulu kangangokuba kwanyanzeleka ndime esitulweni ukuze ndifunde apho ebekhomba khona. Andicingi ukuba uDade uHarmon wayemde kunam ngee-intshi ezingaphezu kwezimbini.”
GSAM 239.1Imiboniso enjalo yaqinisekisa abanyanisekileyo ukuba amandla angaphaya kwamandla omntu ayelawula esi sixhobo sithobekileyo, kwaye kwavela izicelo kwiindawo ngeendawo zaseNew England zokuba eze aye kunika ubungqina bakhe.
GSAM 239Umsebenzi Wezandla Usisono
GSAM 239.2Kungekudala emva koku uNkosazana Harmon wayalelwa, embonweni, ukuba atyelele eParis, eMaine, apho kwakukho abantu ababekholelwa ukuba sisono ukwenza umsebenzi wezandla. UMfundisi uStephens, waseWoodstock, eMaine, wayeyintloko kwesi siphambeko, kwaye wayenempembelelo enkulu kwabanye. Wayekhe waba ngumshumayeli wamaWesile, kwaye wayethathwa njengomKristu othobekileyo, othembekileyo. Wayefumene intembeko yabantu abaninzi ngenxa yomdla wakhe kwinyaniso, nangenxa yokuphila kwakhe okwakubonakala kungcwele, nto leyo eyabangela ukuba abanye bakholelwe ukuba uyalathiswa ngokukodwa nguThixo. INkosi yanika uNkosazana Harmon umyalezo wokumkhalimela. Watsho ukuba wayesiya ngokuchasene nelizwi likaThixo ngokuyeka ukusebenza, ngokunyanzelisa iimpazamo zakhe kwabanye, nangokugxeka bonke ababengazamkeli. Walikhaba lonke ubungqina iNkosi eyamnika ukuze imqinisekise ngephutha lakhe, waza akavuma ukwamkela iziphoso zakhe. Walandela iimvakalelo, wahamba iihambo ezikruqulayo, ehamba imigama emide, apho wayefumana kuphela inkohlakalo, waza wacinga ukuba kuko konke oku wayebandezeleka ngenxa kaKristu. Ingqondo nokugweba kwakhe kwabekwa ecaleni.
GSAM 239.3Malunga nobungqina bukaNkosazana Harmon nesiphumo seli tyala, ndiza kucaphula kwileta endiyifumeneyo evela kuNksk. M. C. Truesdail, owayehlala eParis, eMaine ngelo xesha. Emva kokunika iinkcukacha ezihambelana nezi zingentla, uthi:—
GSAM 240.1“Kwavela izivumo kubo bonke ngaphandle kwenkokeli yabo, uJesse Stephens. UDade uHarmon wamlumkisa ukuba ukuba akazithobi ngokuvuma iimpazamo zakhe, uza kuyiphelisa kungekudala indlela yakhe. Bonke baqonda ukuba oku yayingqikelelo yokuba uza kuzibulala ngandlela ithile.”
GSAM 240.2Oku kulandelayo yinkqubela yetyala lakhe:—
GSAM 240.3“Emva kokuba umhlambi wakhe omncinci umshiye, waba lusizi, kwaye kungekudala waphulukana nengqondo, esala ukutya nantoni na ephekwe ngabantu abangendawo. Wayengazange eve ngokubuya kwam ndisuka eMassachusetts xa ndandimphathele isidlo sakhe sasemini. Wabuza, njengoko wayolula isandla sakhe esingamathambo ngomngxuma omncinci efestileni, ‘Ingaba uThixo ukuthumele nesi, Dade Marian?’ Akubona impendulo yam ethandabuza, wala ukusincamla. Imeko yakhe elusizi, evalelwe kwigumbi elincinci likamntakwabo (ongakholwayo), yandikhumbuza isilumkiso esasithunyelwe yena ngobubele ezulwini, neso wasikhaba ngenkani. Wathathwa waya kusapho lwakhe kwiintsuku ezimbini emva kotyelelo olusizi, apho wakhawuleza waphelisa ubomi bakhe ngokuzibulala, wenza umtya ngeempahla zakhe zokulala.”2
GSAM 240Uqikelelo Oluzalisekisiweyo
GSAM 240.4Ehlotyeni lowama-1845, ngememo ka-Otis Nichols, uNkosazana Harmon watyelela eMassachusetts, ehamba nodadewabo uSarah. Bahlala nekhaya losapho lukaMnu. Nichols. Yena nomfazi wakhe babesiya ngokharhi yabo, bebasa kwiindawo ezahlukeneyo ukuze kubanjwe iintlanganiso, apho uNkosazana Harmon wayenikezela ngobungqina bakhe. Ngaloo ndlela wakwazi ukutyelela iBoston, iRoxbury, neCarver. Ngexesha lotyelelo lwabo lwesibini eBoston, eMass., kwenzeka isiganeko esinomdla kakhulu.
GSAM 240.5Kwakukho eBoston nakwiindawo eziyingqongileyo iqela labantu ababenenzondelelo egqithisileyo ababekholelwa nokuba kusisono ukusebenza, umyalezo wabo ophambili ubungathi, “Thengisani oko ninako, niphe amahlwempu.” Bathi babekwijubhile, ukuba umhlaba makuphumle, nokuba amahlwempu kufuneka axhaswe ngaphandle kokusebenza. USargent, uRobbins, nabanye abathile babengabakhokeli. Bayigxeka imibono, besithi zezikaSathana, kuba iimpazamo zabo zazibonisiwe. Babengqwabalala kubo bonke ababengakholelwa njengabo.
GSAM 241.1Ngethuba uNkosazana Harmon nodadewabo bebesendlwini kaMnu. Nichols, uSargent noRobbins bafika bevela eBoston bezokucela uncedo kuye, baza bathi beze kutyelela, nokulala ubusuku naye. UMnu. Nichols waphendula wathi uvuyiswe kukufika kwabo, kuba ooNkosazana Sarah noEllen Harmon bekukho endlwini, kwaye wayenqwenela ukuba baziqhelanise nabo. Batshintsha iingqondo kwangoko, baza abakwazi ukukholiswa ukuba bangene endlwini. UMnu. Nichols wabuza ukuba u-Ellen angakwazi na ukubalisa umyalezo wakhe eBoston, baze bamamele, baphinde bagwebe. “Ewe,” batsho, “yiza eBoston ngeSabatha ezayo [bethetha iCawa, kuba babengakayamkeli iSabatha]; singathanda ithuba lokumamela.”
GSAM 241.2UMnu. Nichols wandixelela le nto endlwini yakhe, eDorchester, ngo-1858. Wathi wayesele elungiselele yonke into ukuze aye eBoston ngeCawa ekuseni ngekhariji yakhe, aye kuthatha uNkosazana Harmon ukuya kwintlanganiso eyayicetyiwe. Ngobo busuku, ngexesha lomthandazo wosapho, wathathwa embonweni. Emva kokuphuma kuko, wathi, “Mzalwana Nichols, andiyi eBoston ngomso; iNkosi indibonisile ukuba kufuneka ndiye eRandolph. Inomsebenzi endifanele ndiwenze apho.” UMnu. Nichols wayeyihlonipha kakhulu ilizwi lakhe. Wayethembise ukuba uza kumsa eBoston ngosuku olulandelayo, waza wabuza enenkxalabo, “Ndiza kwenza ntoni ngelizwi lam kuSargent noRobbins?” “Ungakhathazeki ngaloo nto,” watsho uNkosazana Harmon, “iNkosi indiyalele ukuba ndiye ngenye indlela.” “Kulungile,” watsho uMnu. Nichols, “andiyiqondi le nto.” “INkosi indibonisile ukuba siza kuyiqonda xa sifika apho,” watsho uNkosazana Harmon. “Kulungile,” watsho uMnu. Nichols, “akukho ndlela yakho yokufika apho ngaphandle kokuba siye kukuthatha, kodwa andazi ukuba ndiza kuyichaza njani le meko kubazalwana baseBoston.”
GSAM 241.2UMnu. Nichols wandixelela ngakumbi ukuba “uDade uHarmon wabona ubuhanahanisi babo kumbono, ukuba akusayi kubakho ndibano eBoston ngeCawa, ukuba uSargent, uRobbins, nabanye abachasi baya kudibana neqela elikhulu eRandolph (iimayile ezilishumi elinesithathu ukusuka eBoston) ngeCawa; kwaye ukuba kufuneka sidibane nabachasi eRandolph, kwintlanganiso yabo ngeCawa, kwaye apho uya kunikwa umyalezo wabo, owaye uza kucenga abanyanisekileyo, abangenamkhethe, ukuba iimbono zakhe zazizezeNkosi okanye zezikaSathana.” Endaweni yokuya eBoston baze emva koko baye eRandolph, umgama ongangeemayile ezingamashumi amabini anesibini, baye ngqo eRandolph, befika malunga nexesha lentlanganiso. Apho bafumana kanye abo babevumile ukudibana nabo eBoston. UMnu. Nichols wathi ke, “Ngoku ndiyaqonda.”
GSAM 242.1Lo mzamo kaSargent noRobbins wokuphepha ubungqina bukaNkosazana Harmon, kunye nendlela awayekhokelwe ngayo ukuze adibane nabo, kwaba nefuthe elikhulu kwiingqondo zabanye ababekhona. Ngokuphathelele intlanganiso ngokwayo, ndiza kucaphula ingxelo njengoko yanikwa nguMnu. Nichols:—
GSAM 242Imiboniso Ebalaseleyo
GSAM 242.2“UDade u-Ellen wathathwa embonweni ngeempawu ezingaqhelekanga, waza waqhubeka ethetha embonweni ngelizwi elicacileyo, elaliviwa ngokucacileyo ngabo bonke ababekhona, de kwaba malunga nokutshona kwelanga. USargent, uRobbins, noFrench bacaphuka kakhulu, kwaye bakhathazeka, bakuva uDade u-Ellen ethetha embonweni, into abathi yeyadimoni; basebenzisa yonke impembelelo yabo namandla omzimba ukutshitshisa isiphumo salo mbono. Babehlanganisana becula ngokuvakalayo, baze ngokulandelelana bathethe bafunde iBhayibhile ngelizwi eliphezulu, ukuze u-Ellen angaviwa, de amandla abo aphele, nezandla zabo zazingcangcazela kangangokuba bengasakwazi ukufunda iBhayibhile, kodwa phakathi kwesi siphithiphithi nesandi, ilizwi lika-Ellen elicwengileyo neliphezulu, njengoko wayethetha esembonweni, laliviwa ngokucacileyo ngabo bonke ababekhona. Inkcaso yala madoda yaqhubeka ixesha lonke ababekwazi ukuthetha nokucula, nangona abanye babahlobo babo babakhalimela, becela ukuba bayeke. Kodwa wathi uRobbins, ‘Niyagobela isithixo: niyakhonza ithole legolide.’
GSAM 243.1“UMnu. Thayer, umnini-ndawo, wayengagqinisekanga ngokupheleleyo ukuba umbono wakhe wawungowesathana, njengoko uRobbins wayesitsho. Wayefuna uvavanywe ngandlela ithile. Wayevile ukuba imibono yamandla kaSathana iyamiswa ngokuvula iBhayibhile uze uyibeke emntwini onombono, waza wabuza uSargent ukuba angayivavanya ngaloo ndlela, into leyo awayeyala ukuyenza. Emva koko uMnu. Thayer wathatha iBhayibhile yosapho enkulu nenzima yohlobo lwequarto eyayibekwe etafileni, engasetyenziswa rhoqo, wayivula, wayibeka ivuliwe esifubeni sika-Ellen ngelixa wayenombono, njengoko wayegobile emva ethe tye eludongeni ekoneni yegumbi. Kwangoko emva kokuba iBhayibhile ibekiwe phezu kwakhe, waphakama ngeenyawo zakhe, wahamba waya embindini wegumbi, ephethe iBhayibhile ivuliwe ngesinye isandla, iyoluliwe phezulu kangangoko anako, kwaye ejonge phezulu ngamehlo angashukiyo, wachaza ngendlela engcwele, ‘Ubungqina obuvela kuThixo obuphefumlelweyo,’ okanye amagama anentsingiselo efanayo. Emva koko, ngelixa iBhayibhile yayoluliwe ngesinye isandla, aze amehlo akhe ajonge phezulu, hayi eBhayibhileni, waqhubeka ixesha elide ejikelezisa amaphepha ngesinye isandla sakhe, ebeka umnwe wakhe kwiindinyana ezithile, aze awathethe ngokuchanekileyo amazwi azo ngelizwi elinzulu. Abaninzi ababekhona bajonga kwiindinyana apho umnwe wakhe wawujonge khona, ukuze babone ukuba wayewathetha ngokuchanekileyo na, kuba ngelo xesha amehlo akhe ayejonge phezulu. Ezinye zeendinyana ekubhekiselwe kuzo yayiziigwebo ezichasene nabangendawo nabathethi kakubi ngoThixo; kwaye ezinye yayizilumkiso nemiyalelo enxulumene nemeko yethu yangoku.
GSAM 243Umbono Wakhe Owade Waba Mde Kakhulu, Ongaphezulu Kweeyure Ezintandathu
GSAM 243.2“Kwesi simo waqhubeka emva kwemini yonke de kwasondela ukutshona kwelanga, xa waphuma embonweni. Xa uEllen waphakama ngenyawo embonweni, ephethe iBhayibhile evulekileyo nenzima esandleni sakhe, wahamba egumbini, ethetha iindinyana zeziBhalo, uSargent, uRobbins, noFrench bathi cwaka. Kwisithuba esiseleyo bebesothukile, kunye nabanye abaninzi; kodwa bavala amehlo abo, bazinyamezela bengavumanga ncam iimvakalelo zabo.”3
GSAM 244Utshato lukaNkosazana Harmon
GSAM 244.1Ngo-Agasti 30, 1846, uNkosazana E. G. Harmon noMfundisi uJames White bamanyaniswa emtshatweni, kwaye kunye basebenzela ukuqhubela phambili umyalezo. Ngenkqubela yonyaka ka-1847, imisebenzi yabo yayigxile kakhulu eMaine naseMassachusetts.
GSAM 244.2NgeSabatha yokuqala ku-Epreli, uNksk. White wanikwa umbono onika umdla kakhulu, ekhayeni likaStockbridge Howland, eTopsham, apho iintlanganiso zazidla ngokubanjelwa khona ngelo xesha. Lo ngumbono okhankanywe kwi-Early Writings, apho wabona umboniso wendawo engcwele nezinto ezikuyo, ixesha leengxaki, iingcwele zibaleka ezixekweni, abangendawo bezingqonge, ukusindiswa kwazo ngelizwi likaThixo, ijubhile, ukuza kweNkosi ngenqwelo yamafu, njalo njalo. Kungakuhle ukuqaphela ezinye zeentshukumo zakhe ngelixa wayekule mbono.
GSAM 244Iibhayibhile Ezininzi Ezisetyenzisiweyo Embonweni
GSAM 244.3UNksk. Frances Lunt (intombi kaS. Howland), ngomhla we-19 kuJanuwari, 1890, wathi kum:
GSAM 244.3“Kwakukho ecaleni kwegumbi apho kwabanjwa khona iintlanganiso, itafile phezu kwayo kwakukho iincwadi ezininzi zeentlobo ngeentlobo, phakathi kwazo kwakukho iiBhayibhile ezininzi ezingangeesayizi eziqhelekileyo. Ngethuba esembonweni, uNksk. White waphakama ngeenyawo, waya etafileni, wathatha iBhayibhile engachukumisanga enye incwadi, wayibamba ivulekile ngaphezu kwentloko yakhe ngesandla sakhe sasekhohlo, ngomnwe wesalathisi wesandla sakhe sasekunene ekhomba isicatshulwa seziBhalo awayesiphinda ngelixa wayemi phambi komntu esasimiselwe yena, waza wafaka le ncwadi ivulekileyo esifubeni somntu awayephindela isibhalo phambi kwakhe. Ebuya etafileni, wathatha enye iBhayibhile, waza ngendlela efanayo waphinda omnye umbhalo weziBhalo waza wabeka iBhayibhile evuliweyo esifubeni somntu awayethetha naye. Esi senzo saphindwa kwabantu abamalunga nesithandathu; emva koko ngendlela enesidima, wahlala esitulweni, ngelixa amehlo akhe ebesoloko ejonge phezulu kude nebhuku.”
GSAM 245.1Malunga noku uNksk. Truesdail uthi:
GSAM 245.1“Ndandikho [ngo-Epreli, 1847] xa uDade White wayesiya etafileni aze athathe iBhayibhile enye emva kwenye phakathi kweencwadi ezaziphezu kwetafile, ebeka iBhayibhile esifubeni salowo wayenombhalo weziBhalo. Oku kwenziwa ngelixa amehlo akhe ayejonge phezulu ezulwini. Kwesi siganeko wayibamba ngaphezu kwentloko yakhe iBhayibhile ngelixa wayethetha nam; waza wayibeka esifubeni sam. Ivesi endayinikwayo yayingu-2 Korinte 6:17.”4
GSAM 245.2Kwileta evela kuNksk. Frances Lunt, unika amagama abantu abathathu ababekhona ngeli xesha, nabababekwa iiBhayibhile ngelixa uNksk. White wayethetha nabo ngombhalo wabo, yaye phakathi kwamagama bekukho elikaNksk. Truesdail.
GSAM 245Umsebenzi Wokuqala wawuphakathi kwAbakholwayo ekubuyeni
GSAM 245.3Umsebenzi kaNkosazana Harmon, phantsi kolwalathiso lwesipho sobuprofeti, ukusukela ngoJanuwari, 1845, ukuya kutsho entwasahlobo ka-1846, phantse iinyanga ezilishumi elinesibhozo, wawunabantu “abakholwayo” ekubuyeni kukaKristu okusondeleyo, ababekade esebenzisana nabo ngaphambili. Emva kokuvalwa kweentsuku ezingamawaka amabini anamakhulu amathathu (Okthobha 22, 1844), de kwakuqondwa isizathu sokuphoxeka kwabo kunye nohlobo lwesiganeko esenzeka ngelo xesha, bekukho ingozi yokuba abakholwayo bangatsaleleka kwiimbono eziphosakeleyo, okanye bancame ngokupheleleyo amava abo adlulileyo. Umyalezo wakhe wawunjalo: “Intshukumo edlulileyo yayiyekaThixo. Bamba ngokuqinileyo ukholo lwakho. INkosi isenomsebenzi wabantu bayo. Funda iBhayibhile. Phendla ilizwi, kwaye uya kulifumana ukukhanya.”
GSAM 245.4Le miyalelo iyahambelana nesicwangciso seNkosi. Injongo yakhe ibisoloko ikukuba imiyalezo yakhe ekhethekileyo yabantu bakhe, ngexesha layo, ikhutshwe elizwini lakhe, kwaye ke isipho sesiprofeto siza “kwindawo yesibini,” ukuqinisekisa nokwakha abakholwayo.
GSAM 246.1Umzekelo ocacileyo wale nyaniso ufumaneka kwimeko kaKhoneliyosi njengoko ibhalwe kwiZenzo zabaPostile. Isithunywa sikaThixo samvela saza samnika umbono endlwini yakhe. Eso sithunywa sasizazi kakuhle iinyaniso zevangeli, kwaye sasinokuyifundisa uKhoneliyosi, kodwa sathunyelwa ukuba sikhonze indlalifa yosindiso ngokumnika uKhoneliyosi umbono. Samqinisekisa ukuba ukuzinikela kwakhe kunye nokuzingcwalisa kwakhe kwamkelwa yiNkosi. Asizange simshumayele ivangeli, kodwa samxelela nje ukuba abize uPetros, owayehlala noSimoni umsuki wezikhumba, eJopa. UPetros weza, waza, ngokweziBhalo, wabhengezelela uKhoneliyosi ivangeli kaKristu.
GSAM 246Indawo Yesipho Sobuprofeti
GSAM 246.2Kweli nqanaba kungalunga ukuqaphela ulandelelwano lophuhliso lwezipho, njengoko iNkosi izibonakalisile elizwini layo. U-Pawulos ukhankanya oku kwileta yakhe ayibhalela abaseKorinte, apho athi, “UThixo umise abathile ebandleni, kuqala abapostile, okwesibini abaprofeti.”5
GSAM 246.3Xa sijonga ingxelo yompostile malunga nobudlelwane bezi zipho kumsebenzi wevangeli, sibona kwangoko isizathu sokuba olu luhlu lulandelwe. Xa ethelekisa ezi zipho, uPawulos uthi: “Ke iilwimi zingumqondiso, hayi kwabo bakholwayo, kodwa kwabo bangakholwayo; ukuprofeta ke akuncedi kwabo bangakholwayo, kodwa kwabo bakholwayo.”6 Umyalelo weNkosi kukuba imiyalezo yayo ekhethekileyo eya kwihlabathi iziswe kwilizwi layo; kwaye ngokuhambelana naloo nto, iyabakhuthaza abantu ukuba bafunde iziBhalo, baze baphume njengabapostile, bethwele imiyalezo yeNkosi, beyibhengeza besuka kwiBhayibhile, leyo imelene novavanyo lweminyaka. Njengoko abakholwayo bemiswa, isiphiwo sesiprofeto siza “kwindawo yesibini,” sisenza indima yaso “ekupheleliseni abangcwele, emsebenzini wobulungiseleli, ekwakheni umzimba kaKristu.”7