Isahluko 12 — Ukudumazeka—Incwadi Ebabayo

GSAM 185.1“Ngathatha incwadi encane esandleni sengelosi, ngayidla; yayimnandi emlonyeni wami njengobusi; kodwa lapho sengiyidle, isisu sami saba buhlungu. Wathi kimi, Kumele uphinde uprofetha phambi kwabantu abaningi, nezizwe, namalimi, namakhosi. Futhi nganikezwa umhlanga ofana nentonga; ingelosi yema yathi, Vuka, lilinganise ithempeli likaNkulunkulu, ne-altare, nabo abakhonza kulo.”¹

GSAM 185.2Ngolimi lweSibhalo, “ukudla” incwadi kumela ukwamukela iqiniso ngenhloso yokulidlulisela kwabanye, njengoba kubonakala kuHezekeli, lapho umprofethi ekhombiswa “umqulu wencwadi,” kwathiwa kuye, “Dla le ncwajana, uye ukhulume nendlu yakwa-Israyeli.” Ngemva kokudla le ncwajana, uthi, “Ngakho ngayidla; yaba emlonyeni wami njengobusi ngenambitheka.”²

GSAM 185.3Umprofethi Jeremiya usebenzisa lesi sifaniso esifanayo: “Izwi lakho latholakala, ngakudla; nelizwi lakho laba yinjabulo nenjabulo enhliziyweni yami.”³ Kusukela kulolu limi sifunda ukuthi “ubumnandi” bencwadi lapho idliwa bamela injabulo nokwaneliseka okuhlangenwe nakho kwabo abadla izwi leNkosi.

GSAM 185Incwadi Emnandi, bese Ibabayo

GSAM 185.4Incwadi ekhulunywe ngayo kuSambulo 10, ethi kulowo oyidlayo yayimnandi njengobusi, kodwa ngokushesha idliwe “yababa” (noma, njengokuhunyushwa kwabanye, “ngokushesha ngiyigaya, esiswini sami yayiba picra”⁴ ), yayiyincwadi lapho ingelosi yamemezela, ngokugunyazwa komuntu owadala izulu, umhlaba, nolwandle, “Isikhathi ngeke sibe khona.” Ukudla le ncwadi-ke kumele kufanekise ukwamukela ngenjabulo isimemezelo sesikhathi. Ububabayo obungazelelwe besiqephu kulabo abayidlayo kumele bufanekise umehluko odabukisayo okuhlangenwe nakho kwabo ngemva kokuphelelwa kwesikhathi sencwadi, lapho bezithola bekhungathekile kakhulu kulokho ababekulindele.

GSAM 186Isimemezelo Sesikhathi Isiqephu Esimnandi

GSAM 186.1Isimemezelo sesikhathi sango-1844 kwakuyizindaba ezijabulisayo ngempela kulabo abakholwayo, ababelindele ngaphandle kokungabaza ukukhululwa okuphakade masinyane kuzo zonke izinhlekelele, ubuhlungu nezinsizi zaleli zwe elinesono. Umbono wokuthi emasontweni ambalwa nje bazokhazimuliswa, baphakelwe impilo engapheli, futhi babe edolobheni legolide likaNkulunkulu, noMbusi wabo, kwakuyinto ekhuthazayo enhliziyweni. Njengoba kwakushiwo ngumuntu owake wahlangabezana nalokho, “Labo abathanda uJesu ngenhliziyo yonke bayakwazi ukuqonda imizwa yalabo ababebheke ngokulangazelela okukhulu ukufika koMsindisi wabo.... Sasondela kulesi sikhathi ngokuzithiba nokuzimisela. Abakholwa bangempela baphumule bazimbandakanya noNkulunkulu ngendlela emnandi, benokuthula okunokuqiniseka okwakuzoba ngokwabo nasephakadeni elikhazimulayo. Labo abake bahlangabezana naleli themba nokwethemba ngeke bakhohlwe lawo mahora abalulekile okulinda.”

GSAM 186.2Isimo esikhethekile nesinzima salabo abathi, ngosuku lweshumi nanye lwenyanga yesikhombisa, bazithola besesemhlabeni omnyama wokuhlolwa nokulingwa, lapho bekumele babhekane nokuhlazeka, ukubhuqwa, nokuhlekiswa kwabantu ababebakhuthaze emahoreni ambalwa ngaphambilini ukuba bazilungiselele ukuhlangana neNkosi yabo, sithola isifaniso esifanele esimweni sikaMariya lapho “emi ngaphandle kwethuna ekhala;” futhi lapho izingelosi zimbuza ngombuzo othi, “Wesifazane, ukhala ngani?” wathi kubo, “Ngoba bayithathile iNkosi yami, angazi lapho beyibeke khona.”⁵

GSAM 187Besidumele, Kodwa Singakhungatheki

GSAM 187.1Labo abadlule kulesi sigameko esivivinyayo bathi ngaso:

GSAM 187.1“Sasididekile futhi sadumazeka, kodwa asizange siyeke ukholo lwethu. Sazizwa sengathi senze isibopho sethu; siphile ngokholo lwethu oluyigugu; sadumazeka, kodwa asizange sidikibale. Besidinga ukubekezela okungenamkhawulo, ngoba abahleki babebaningi. Besivame ukubingelelwa ngamazwi okwedelela abhekisela ekudumazekeni kwethu kwangaphambilini. ‘Anikakakhuphuki okwamanje; nilindele ukukhuphuka nini?’ nezisho ezifana nalezi zazivame ukusithululwa kithi ngabantu esihlangana nabo empilweni, ngisho nangabanye ababezibiza ngamaKristu, abamukela iBhayibheli kodwa bengafundi amaqiniso alo amakhulu nabalulekile. Ukuba abafayo kwakusasibambile; imiphumela yesiqalekiso yayisizungezile yonke indawo. Kwakunzima ukubhekana nezinkathazo ezihluphayo zokuphila esasicabanga ukuthi sezibekwe phansi unomphela.”

GSAM 187Ukuqhathaniswa Nabafundi Abadumele

GSAM 187.2Imizwa yalabo abanjalo, uma iqhathaniswa nenjabulo yabo yokujabula yamahora ambalwa ngaphambilini, kumele ukuthi kwakuyibubabayo obubuhlungu be-picra kubo. Umhlaba ozungezile wacabanga, njengoba kwakunjalo ngabantu abaningi ngemva kokubethelwa kukaKristu, ukuthi abakholwa manje bazoyeka ukholo lwabo, bahlanganyele ekuhlambalazeni ubuwula ababecabanga ukuthi babubonisa. Maduzane bafunda ngokumangala kwabo ukuthi uthando lokubonakala kweNkosi aluzange lube lula ukususwa ezinhliziyweni zalabo abazidele ngempela kuNkulunkulu.

GSAM 187“Angizange Ngihlale Enhlanganweni Yabahleki”

GSAM 187.3Indlela abayilandela laba abazinikele, nemizwa yabo, ichazwe kahle ngamazwi omprofethi uJeremiya, lapho ethi,

GSAM 187.3“Amazwi akho atholakala, ngawadla; nelizwi lakho laba yinjabulo nenjabulo yenhliziyo yami: ngoba ngibizwe ngegama lakho, Nkosi Nkulunkulu wamabutho. Angizange ngihlale enhlanganweni yabahleki, angizange ngijabule; ngahlala ngedwa ngenxa yesandla sakho, ngoba ungigcwalisile ngentukuthelo. Kungani ubuhlungu bami bungapheli, nesilonda sami singapholi, esingavumi ukwelashwa? Ingabe uzoba kimi njengomqambi wamanga, njengamanzi aphelayo?”⁶

GSAM 188UJames White mayelana nokudumazeka

GSAM 188.1Izisho ezimfishane ezimbalwa ezivela kwabanye balabo abakhungathekile kodwa abanethemba zizokunikeza umbono ocacile ngesimo. Eyokuqala ivela kuMfundisi James White, owenza umsebenzi ophumelele kakhulu ngo-1843 nango-1844. Uthi:—

GSAM 188.2“Ukudumazeka ngokudlula kwesikhathi kwakubuhlungu kakhulu. Abakholwa ngempela base beshiye balahlekelwa yikho konke ngenxa kaKrestu, ngesikhathi babelana nabanye ngobukhona baKhe gendlela abangakaze benze ngayo phambilini. Babecabanga ukuthi sebephose isixwayiso sabo sokugcina emhlabeni, futhi bazihlukanisile, kancane noma kakhulu, ezixukwini ezingakholwayo nezihleka. Futhi ngesibusiso sikaNkulunkulu kubo, bazizwa bekulangazelela kakhulu ukuhlanganyela neNkosi yabo eyayilindelwe maduzane nezingelosi ezingcwele, kunalabo ababezihlukanisile kubo. Uthando lukaJesu lwagcwalisa imiphefumulo yabo, lwakhanya ebusweni babo bonke, futhi ngemifiso engachazeki bathandaza bathi, ‘Woza, Nkosi uJesu, woza masinyane,’ kodwa akazange eze.

GSAM 188.3“Kodwa uNkulunkulu akazange ashiye abantu bakhe.... Futhi ngamandla akhethekile nangokududuzeka, izingxenye ezifana nalezi ezibhalwe encwadini yamaHeberu zafinyelela ezingqondweni nasezinhliziyweni zalabo abavivinywayo futhi abalindile: ‘Ngakho-ke ningalahli ithemba lenu, elinomvuzo omkhulu. Ngokuba nidinga ukubekezela, ukuze, ngemva kokwenza intando kaNkulunkulu, nithole isithembiso. Ngoba kusele isikhathi esincane nje, lowo ozayo uzofika, futhi ngeke abambezeleke. Manje olungileyo uzophila ngokholo; kodwa uma umuntu ebuyela emuva, umphefumulo wami awusoze wathola injabulo kuye. Kodwa thina asisibo labo ababuyela emuva baya ekubhujisweni; kodwa singabalabo abakholwayo ukuze kusindiswe umphefumulo.’⁷ Izinto ezithakazelisayo kulesi sigaba semiBhalo yilezi:—

GSAM 188.4“1. Labo abakhulunywa nabo basengozini yokulahla ithemba labo kulokho abakwenzile kahle.

GSAM 189.1“2. Babe benze intando kaNkulunkulu, futhi bafakwa esimweni sokuhlolwa lapho ukubekezela kwakudingeka.

GSAM 189.2“3. Abalungileyo ngalesi sikhathi babemelwe ukuphila ngokholo, hhayi ngokungabaza ukuthi ngabe benze intando kaNkulunkulu, kodwa ngokholo kulokho abakwenzile ngokuhambisana nentando kaNkulunkulu.

GSAM 189.3“4. Labo abangamelani nesilingo sokholo, kodwa abalahla ukwethemba kwabo emsebenzini abawenzile ngokuthanda kukaNkulunkulu, bese bebuya emuva, bazothatha indlela eqondile eya ekubhujisweni.”⁸

GSAM 189Okuvela kuN. Southard, uMhleli weMidnight Cry

GSAM 189.4KuMidnight Cry yango-31 Okthoba 1844, cishe izinsuku eziyishumi emva kokuphela kwezinsuku eziyizinkulungwane ezimbili namakhulu amathathu, kwashicilelwa okulandelayo kusuka ephensini lomhleli:—

GSAM 189.5“Uma sibheka zonke izimo ezihambisana nalo mkhankaso, imiphumela ebusisiwe oyilethile ezingqondweni zezingane zikaNkulunkulu, kanye nenzondo nobubi obubonisiwe yizitha zakhe, kumele siwubheke ‘njengesikhalo sezinzulwini’ sangempela. Futhi uma sinazo izinsuku ezimbalwa zokuhlola ukholo lwethu, lokhu kusekuhambisana nesifaniso sezintombi eziyishumi; ngoba lapho zonke sezivukile futhi zilungisa izibani zazo, kwakusazoba nesikhathi lapho izibani zezintombi eziyiziwula zizocima. Lokhu bekungeke kwenzeke kuze kube sekudlule usuku lwe-10; ngoba kuze kube yilolo suku izibani zazo bezizoshisa. Ngakho-ke, kumele kudlule lolo suku ukuze abangenangqondo bayeke ukholo lwabo, njengalokho okwakumele kwenzeke ngo-1843 ngesikhathi sokulibaziseka. Ukulibaziseka okuncane-ke akusona isizathu sokudumazeka, kodwa kukhombisa ukuthi uNkulunkulu uyiqiniso kangakanani ekufezeni izwi lakhe. Ngakho-ke masibambe ngokuqinile ukufakaza kokholo lwethu singashukumi; ngoba uqotho lowo ethembisile.”

GSAM 189Okuvela kuJoseph Marsh, uMhleli weVoice of Truth

GSAM 189.6Ku-Voice of Truth kaNovemba 7, 1844, sifunda:—

GSAM 189.7“Siyavuma ngenjabulo ukuthi besiphutha ngemvelo yomcimbi esasilindele ukuthi wenzeke ngosuku lwe-10 lwenyanga yesikhombisa; kodwa asikakwazi ukuvuma ukuthi uMpristi wethu Omkhulu akazange ngalolo suku aqedele konke okwakuzosenza sibe nelungelo lokukulindela ngokwefuziselo. Manje sesikholelwa ukuthi wenze njalo.”

GSAM 190.1Ama-Adventist ayelindele ukuthi ngosuku lwe-10 lwenyanga yesikhombisa, ngo-1844, izinsuku eziyizinkulungwane ezimbili namakhulu amathathu zazizoqedwa, nokuthi ngalolo suku uKristu wayezophetha umsebenzi wakhe wobupristi futhi afike emhlabeni ukuzobusisa abantu bakhe. Ucwaningo olulandelayo lwabonisa ukuthi kwakuwukuqala komsebenzi wakhe wokuhlanza indawo engcwele yasezulwini okwenzeka ngalolo suku, hhayi ukuqedwa komsebenzi wakhe wobupristi.⁹ Esikhundleni sokubheka umsebenzi wokuhlanza indawo engcwele njengengxenye yomsebenzi kaKristu njengompristi, kwathiwa ukuhlanzwa kwendawo engcwele kwakuyoba ukuhlanzwa komhlaba ngomlilo ekufikeni kukaKristu. Uma kungeyona yonke, okungenani izwe laseKhanani lalizohlanzwa ngaleso sikhathi.

GSAM 190Indawo Engcwele Ekholelwa Ukuthi Ingumhlaba

GSAM 190.2Lo mbono uveziwe endatshana kaGeo. Storrs, eMidnight Cry yango-25 Ephreli 1844. Ubuza, “Indawo engcwele ezohlanzwa iyini? Imibono yami yangaphambilini yayingukuthi kwakuyizwe lonke. Ngisakholelwa ukuthi ingxenye yomhlaba. Kodwa iyiphi ingxenye? yilokho engizozama ukukuphendula.”

GSAM 190.3Ucaphuna isithembiso ku-Abrahama, ukusungulwa kwaso ku-Isaka, nokuvuselelwa kwaso kuJakobe, bese ecaphuna ingoma kaMose, eyabhalwa uMiriyamu ngemva kokudlula eLwandle Olubomvu, lapho becula khona: “Uzobangenisa, uzobatshala entabeni yelifa lakho, endaweni, O Nkosi, oyenzele wena ukuhlala kuyo, endaweni engcwele, O Nkosi, esungulwe izandla zakho.”¹⁰

GSAM 190.4Uma umfundi eqhathanisa ngokucophelela umbhalo ongenhla nerekhodi lokugcwaliseka kwawo okwenziwe ngumhubi, uzobona ukuthi awusho ukuthi ngisho nomhlaba wasePalestine uyindawo engcwele. UDavide uthi, ekhuluma ngokuhola kweNkosi izingane zaka-Israyeli: “Wabafikisa emngceleni wendawo yakhe engcwele, ngisho kulo ntaba, eyayithengwe ngesandla sakhe sokudla.”¹¹ Engomeni eLwandle Olubomvu kuthiwa ngomhlaba waseKhanani ukuthi kwakuyindawo ayenzele “ukuba kube khona, endaweni engcwele.” Ngakho-ke kulesi sitatimende esivela kumaHubo, iNtaba iMoriya, lapho kwakhiwe khona indawo engcwele, ibizwa kuphela ngokuthi “umngcele wendawo yakhe engcwele.” Kodwa kulo mhubo ofanayo kuthiwa, “Wakhetha isizwe sikaJuda, iNtaba iZiyoni ayeyithandayo. Futhi wakha indawo yakhe engcwele njengeziphalazi eziphakeme, njengomhlaba awusungule unaphakade.”¹²

GSAM 191Ukuhlanza Indawo Engcwele kwakucatshangwa ukuthi kuhlanza umhlaba

GSAM 191.1Esiqeshini esishiwo ngenhla, ngemva kokucaphuna ubufakazi obucatshangwayo bokuthi umhlaba, noma okungenani izwe lasePalestina, kwakuyindawo engcwele, uMfundisi uyaqhubeka wabuza, “Indawo engcwele izohlanzwa kanjani?” Ngamazwi omprofethi uMika, uphendula, “Bheka, iNkosi iphuma endaweni yayo, izokwehla, izonyathela ezindaweni eziphakeme zomhlaba. Izintaba ziyancibilika ngaphansi kwakhe, nezigodi zihlukaniswe, njengengcina phambi komlilo, njengamanzi athululwa endaweni ephansi kakhulu.”¹³

GSAM 191.2Ngombono owawuvamile ngaleso sikhathi wokuthi umhlaba wawuyindawo engcwele, umfundi uzobona kalula ukuthi kungani becabanga, ngaphandle kokungabaza, ukuthi ekupheleni kwezinsuku eziyizinkulungwane ezimbili namakhulu amathathu iNkosi yayizofika ihlambulule umhlaba ngendlela echazwe nguMika. Kuzo zonke iziphikiso ezaziphakanyiswa ngokumelene nama-Adventist, akekho umphikisi owake waphakamisa ukuthi ukuhlanzwa komhlaba ngomlilo kwakungesona isenzakalo esasizokwenzeka njengokuhlanzwa kwendawo engcwele, ekupheleni kwezinsuku eziyizinkulungwane ezimbili namakhulu amathathu.

GSAM 191Abaphostoli Badumazekile, Kodwa Bagcwalisa imiBhalo

GSAM 191.3Lesi akusona isibonelo sodwa lapho abantu benza intando yeNkosi, bagcwalisa imiBhalo, kodwa baphuthelwa amathemba abo ngenxa yokungakuqondi ubunjalo besenzakalo esabe sizokwenzeka. Kwaba kanjalo nabaphostoli bakaKristu. Lapho ehlezi phezu kwethole, egibela eJerusalema, bamemeza bekhumbula amazwi omprofethi:¹⁴ “Memeza, ndodakazi yaseJerusalema: nansi iNkosi yakho ifika kuwe; ilungile, inokuhlengwa; ithobekile, igibele imbongolo, nethole lembongolo.”¹⁵ Kwakudingeka kangaka ukuba kube nokumemeza ngaleso sikhathi ukuthi, uma bebethule, ngisho namatshe ayezokhala.¹⁶ Abafundi bacabanga ukuthi uKristu, ngaleso sikhathi nangaleso ndawo, wayezokhuphuka esihlalweni sobukhosi bukaDavide njengenkosi yasemhlabeni (“sasithemba ukuthi yena wayeyisihlengi sika-Israyeli”¹⁷ ), ngakho bamemeza bathi, “Babusisiwe umbuso kababa wethu uDavide, oza egameni leNkosi.”¹⁸ Kungabe bekungaba nokumemeza okungakanani ngaleso sikhathi uma bebengakuqonda ukuthi phakathi kwesonto uKristu wayezofa ethuneni likaJosefu, ezungezwe izivikeli zamaRoma? Kungabe bekungaba nokunikeza “udumo” kuNkulunkulu nokuzinikela okungakanani kwama-Adventist ngo-1844 uma bebengakuqonda ukuthi ukuhlanzwa kwendawo engcwele ekupheleni kwesikhathi sonke sobuprofethi kwakuzothatha uchungechunge lweminyaka ngaphambi kokuba iNkosi ifike?

GSAM 192Akukho Phutha Ekubaleni Izinsuku Ezingu-2300

GSAM 192.1Lapho abantu laba bebheka ngokucophelela ukubala kwabo lesi sikhathi, abazange bathole phutha; kodwa iNkosi ayizange ifike, umhlaba awuzange uhlanzwe ngumlilo. Kwabe kusho ukuthini lokho? Nakanjani babesazi ukuthi iNkosi ibe nabo kulo mkhankaso omkhulu; kodwa manje babengaqiniseki. Ukwethemba kwabo eNkosini kwakungashukumi. Babesazi ukuthi ngeke abashiye. Ukukhanya kwakuzovela komunye umthombo. Umbuzo obucayi phambi kwabo uchazwe ngamazwi kaJeremiya ashiwo ngaphambilini, “Ingabe uzoba kimi njengomkhohlisi, njengamanzi aphungulekayo?” Ukukholwa akuzange kugcine lokhu kungabaza, ngoba amazwi eNkosi ngomprofethi uHabakuki mayelana nombono wafika ezingqondweni zabo, “Ekugcineni kuzokhuluma, futhi ngeke kukhohlise.”¹⁹ Isisho esivele sicashunwe kumhleli we-Voice of Truth sichaza kahle isimo sabo: “Asikakwazi okwamanje ukuvuma ukuthi uMpristi wethu Omkhulu akazange ngalolo suku enze konke okwakuzogunyazwa yisibonelo esalindele.”

GSAM 193Ukukhanya Endaweni Engcwele Kutholakele

GSAM 193.1UHiram Edson, wasePort Gibson, eNew York, wangitshela ukuthi ngosuku olulandelayo emva kokudlula kwesikhathi ngo-1844, njengoba wayethandaza ngemuva kwezindunduma zombila ensimini, uMoya kaNkulunkulu wamfikela ngamandla amakhulu kangangokuthi cishe wawa phansi, kwafika umqondo othi, “Indawo engcwele ezohlanzwa isezulwini.” Wazisa lo mbono ku-O. R. L. Crosier, futhi bobabili bahlola ngokucophelela lolu daba. Ekuqaleni kuka-1846, incazelo eningiliziwe yombuzo wendawo engcwele ngokweBhayibheli, ebhalwe nguMnu. Crosier, yashicilelwa ku-Day Star, iphephandaba elalishicilelwa eCincinnati, e-Ohio. Kuleso sihloko eside kwavezwa ukuthi umsebenzi wokuhlambulula indawo engcwele wawuwumsebenzi wokugcina kaKristu njengompristi wethu omkhulu, owaqala ngo-1844 futhi ozophela ngaphambi nje kokuba eze futhi ngempela emafini ezulwini njengoMbusi wababusi neNkosi yezinkosi.

GSAM 193Amabandla Afuna Amalungu Alahlekile

GSAM 193.2Usuku lwe-10 lwenyanga yesikhombisa lwadlula, futhi amabandla acabanga ukuthi kuzoba lula kubo ukubuyisa amalungu alahlekile, ababehlukaniswe nawo ngaphansi “kwesikhalo sezinzulwini” nomyalezo weNgelosi yesibili; kodwa kulokhu badumazeka kakhulu, njengoba kuzovezwa impendulo elandelayo ezicelweni zokubuyela ezinhlanganweni zabo zangaphambilini, njengoba kunikezwe ku-Midnight Cry kaDisemba 26, 1844:—

GSAM 193.3“Kodwa yini amaqiniso? Bayazi kahle ukuthi iningi lalawa mabandla ligxile ezihlokweni eziphambili ezithi, ‘Ukuguqulwa komhlaba,’ ‘iminyaka eyinkulungwane,’ kanye ‘nokubuyela kwamaJuda ePalestina,’ ngaphambi kokufika komuntu siqu kukaMsindisi. Labo ababuyela emuva ukuze bahlale ngaphansi kwezingoma zokulalisa zezimfundiso ezingahambisani neBhayibheli nezingenangqondo, benza kanjalo bazi kahle; futhi ngempela lokhu kubizwa ngokuthi ‘ukubuyela emuva.’

GSAM 194.1“Njengoba ‘sebekhululekile’ ngokomqondo wemiBhalo, kuphephe kakhulu ‘ukuqhubekela phambili’ kunokuthi ‘ubuyele emuva’ noma ‘uhlehle,’ ikakhulukazi kulesi sikhathi lapho isicoco sobuqaqawuli sizonikezwa masinyane kulabo abathembekile kuKristu uJesu.”

GSAM 194.2Indlela yamabandla yokubambezela ukuza kweNkosi ngokuxhasa lezo zimfundiso ezingahambisani neBhayibheli, yenza ama-Adventist acabange ngalezi zisho zomprofethi Hezekeli: “Mntwana womuntu, bheka, abakwa-isizwe sakwa-Israyeli bathi, Umbono awubonayo uwowezinsuku eziningi ezizayo, futhi uprofetha ngezikhathi ezikude.” Kulesi simo esifanayo kutholakala impendulo ama-Adventist ayisebenzisa, “Ngakho-ke uthi kubo, Ngalokhu kusho uJehova uNkulunkulu: Akusoze kuphinde kubambezeleke amazwi ami; kodwa ilizwi engilikhulume lizogcwaliseka, kusho uJehova uNkulunkulu.”²⁰

GSAM 194“Kumele Uprofethe Futhi”

GSAM 194.3Labo “abadla” incwadi, futhi abamemezela isimemezelo “sesikhathi”, bacabanga ukuthi umsebenzi wabo emhlabeni usuqediwe; ngakho-ke kwamenyezelwa ukuthi kumele baphinde bafundise izizwe, nezilimi, namakhosi. Enye ingxenye yomsebenzi, engakaze ibonwe kuze kube manje, manje kumele iqedwe—ukwethula kubantu ubunjalo bangempela bethempeli likaNkulunkulu ezulwini kanye nomsebenzi walo we-altare. Umyalo wokulinganisa ithempeli²¹ uyadingeka ukuze kutholakale ulwazi ngobunjalo besenzakalo esizokwenzeka ekupheleni kwesikhathi sobuprofethi, ngaleyo ndlela kunikezwe incazelo yamazwi athi, “Khona-ke indawo engcwele izohlanzwa.”

GSAM 194.4Qaphela ukuthi ingelosi yalesi simemezelo sesikhathi yavela ezulwini, futhi ngaphambi kokuphelela komsebenzi wayo inikeza umyalo wokufundisa abantu futhi. Umyalezo-ke, ohlose ukuchaza umbuzo wendawo engcwele, ukunika ithemba kulabo abakhungathekile, futhi ngasikhathi sinye ubanikeze “umhlanga,” noma “intonga,” noma umthetho, ngayo abantu bakaNkulunkulu bangahlola isimo sabo sokuziphatha phambi kwakhe, kumele ubonise izimpawu ezicacile zokuthi uvela ezulwini, hhayi ukuthi uvela kubantu.

GSAM 195Ukucwasa Kuvimba Ukufinyelela Kubantu

GSAM 195.1Ukucwasa okwakukhona ngokumelene nemfundiso yokufika kwakuyisithiyo esicishe singadluli kubantu; futhi ukuzama ukubafundisa futhi ngaphandle kokukhanya okucacile nokuqinile mayelana nesizathu sokudumazeka bekungeke kusize lutho. Abakholwa be-Adventist babedinga ukuthi imiphefumulo yabo iphinde igqugquzelwe ngomsebenzi wasezulwini, ngaphambi kokuba abantu bafundiswe ngendlela efanele; futhi lokhu kwakungafezeka kanjani? Ngabe lokhu kungafezeka ngobuhlakani bobuntu kuphela? Noma labo ababehlanganyele emsebenzini ojulile woMoya kaNkulunkulu ngesikhathi somkhankaso odlule, babejabule nje ngokucabanga kwabantu? Akukho okungaphandle komsebenzi ofana “nowomyalezo weNgelosi yesithathu”²² ongabakhuphula ekudidekeni kwabo; futhi lokhu, ngesinyathelo ngesinyathelo njengoba bekwazi ukukwamukela, kwaqalwa ngendlela efanele, kwethula ubufakazi obuqinile bokuthi kwakungokwasezulwini.

GSAM 195Njengezimvu ezingenamelusi

GSAM 195.2Leli kwakuyiqembu elikhulu labalandeli bokufika, ngandlela thile njengezimvu ezingenamelusi, izinkulungwane zazo ezazizihlukanisile emasontweni ambalwa nje emuva kuwo wonke amabandla nemibhalo yokholo, kungekho inhlangano yabantu ebiphethe ukunakekelwa kwazo ngokomoya. Babengenabo abeluleki bomhlaba ababengabethemba; ukwethemba kwabo kwakukuNkulunkulu kuphela.

GSAM 195.3Babeqiniseka ngento eyodwa, futhi lokhu kwakufana nehange kubo—ukuthi isimemezelo sesikhathi sasilungile.²³ Kodwa njengabantu babekulesi simo sokuthi, ngaphandle kokuba uNkulunkulu ebahola futhi ebavikela, babengase bamukele izincazelo ezingamanga, noma balahlekelwe “ukubekezela” futhi bayeke ukholo ekuhlangenwe nakho kwabo kwangaphambilini. Abanye benza kanjalo; kanti abanye, ngamehlo okholo abebheke kuye lowo imiphefumulo yabo eyayimthanda, babuza ngokuzimisela, “Mgadi, sekunjani ebusuku? Mgadi, sekunjani ebusuku? Umgadi wathi, Ukusa kuyafika, nobusuku buyafika; uma nifuna ukubuza, buzani, buyelani, buyani.”²⁴

GSAM 196UJ. N. Andrews mayelana nokudumazeka

GSAM 196.1UMfundisi uJ. N. Andrews, owadlula kulesi sipiliyoni ngo-1844, ukhuluma ngokudumazeka kanje:—

GSAM 196.2“Labo ababeyilindele iNkosi ngo-1843 nango-1844 badumazekile. Leli qiniso kwabaningi liyisizathu esanele sokuphika yonke imfakazelo kulesi simo. Siyavuma ukudumazeka, kodwa asikwazi ukuvuma ukuthi lokhu kunikeza isizathu esifanele sokuphika isandla sikaNkulunkulu kulo msebenzi. Ibandla lamaJuda ladumazeka lapho, ekupheleni komsebenzi kaJohane uMbhapathizi, uJesu waziveza njengoMesiya othembisiwe. Futhi abafundi abathembekile badumazeka kakhulu lapho lowo ababemlindele ukuba akhulule u-Israyeli ethathwa ngesandla esibi wabulawa. Futhi ngemva kokuvuka kwakhe, lapho bebemlindele ukuthi abuyisele umbuso kwa-Israyeli, babedumazeka lapho beqonda ukuthi wayehamba aye kuBaba wakhe, nokuthi babezosala isikhathi eside ebuhlungwini nasekuhluphekeni. Kodwa ukudumazeka akufakazeli ukuthi uNkulunkulu akanandima ekuholeni abantu bakhe. Kufanele kubaholele ekulungiseni amaphutha abo, kodwa akufanele kubaholele ekulahleni ukwethemba kwabo kuNkulunkulu. Kwakungenxa yokuthi izingane zaka-Israyeli zadumazeka ehlane, okwenza baphika kaningi ukuqondiswa kukaNkulunkulu. Zibekwe njengesixwayiso kithi, ukuthi singaweli ngokulandela isibonelo esifanayo sokungakholwa.”²⁵

GSAM 196Iqiniso Linobhapathizo Lokungathandeki

GSAM 196.3Kubonakala sengathi uhlelo lweNkosi ukubeka amaqiniso abalulekile endleleni engathandeki lapho ukuwamukela nokuwalalela kuyoba yisiphambano²⁶. Lokhu kuyiqiniso ikakhulukazi kulezi zinsuku zokugcina. UPetru, ekhuluma ngaleso sikhathi lapho ukuphela kwazo zonke izinto kuzoba “sekuseduze,” futhi lapho “ukwahlulela” kuzoqala “endlini kaNkulunkulu,” uthi, “Bangane abathandekayo, ningakuboni kuyisimanga ngesilingo somlilo esizokulinga, sengathi sekwenzeke kini into engajwayelekile; kodwa nijabule ngokuba ninesabelo ekuhluphekeni kukaKristu; ukuze lapho inkazimulo yakhe izovezwa, nibe nenjabulo enkulu kakhulu. Uma nihlambalazwa ngegama likaKristu, niyajabulela; ngoba umoya wokuzuka nowakwaNkulunkulu uhlala kini; kubo uyahlambalazwa, kodwa kini uyadunyiswa.”²⁷

GSAM 197.1Lapho iqiniso selitholile ukubhapathizwa kokungathandeki, ukulamukela kudinga umusa omkhulu kunokulandela nje ukholo lwabaningi. Abazenzisi abangamanga ababoni nsiza enkulu yokwamukela iqiniso elidinga isenzo, njengokugwedla ukhuphuka nomfula “umelene nomoya namagagasi.” Ngakho-ke iqiniso liyisivivinyo kwabathembekile, abanhliziyo eziqotho, abathembekile nabazwela imfanelo.

GSAM 197.2Sesibonise ngaphambilini ukuthi isiprofetho somkhankaso wokufika kukaKristu sibikezela ukudumazeka. Kwafika; ngaleyo ndlela, ekunakekeleni kukaNkulunkulu, ukwamukela lo myalezo kwaba nesiphambano sawo.