Isahluko 15 — Ukukhanya Okwandayo Nezimangaliso Ezinkulu
GSAM 235.1“Khumbulani izinsuku zangaphambilini, lapho, ngemva kokukhanyiselwa kwenu, nahlupheka empini enkulu yezihlupho; ingxenye ngenkathi nenziwa isibukwa ngokugxekwa nangokuhlupheka; ingxenye ngenkathi naba ngabangane balabo ababephathwa kanjalo.”1
GSAM 235.2Isikhathi kusukela ekudumazweni ngo-1844 kuze kube sekukhanyisweni ngendawo engcwele nangomyalezo wengelosi yesithathu, kwakuyisikhathi sokuhlolwa okukhethekile. Ama-Adventist abaqhubeka nokuzethemba ukuthi babeqinisile emkhankasweni wangaphambili, empeleni babe “isibukwa” kulabo ababecabanga ukuthi lo myalezo wawuhlulekile ngokuphelele; ngenxa yalokho babebhekana nokuhlambalaza okukhulu. Lokhu bakwazi ukukubekezelela ngenjabulo ngenkathi bebambelele eNkosini ngokholo futhi babelana ngobukhona boMoya oNgcwele wakhe.
GSAM 235Amaphuzu Amabili Akhethekile Okuhlasela
GSAM 235.3USathane wayenamaphuzu amabili akhethekile okulinga abantu bama-Adventist. Okokuqala kwakuwukubangela labo abaqinile ekukholweni ukuthi isikhathi sobuprofethi sesiphelile, bakholwe ukuthi ukufika kwesibili kukaKristu kwakuyokufika ngokomoya, nokuthi ngandlela thile wafika ekupheleni kwezinsuku eziyizinkulungwane ezimbili namakhulu amathathu. Eyesibili kwakuwukubangela labo ababengazinzi mayelana nesipiliyoni sabo esedlule ukuthi basiyeke sonke. Ngakho-ke ngenkathi iqiniso mayelana nendawo engcwele nomyalezo wengelosi yesithathu lalivezwa kancane kancane eMibhalweni, imilayezo yoMoya kaNkulunkulu, ngesipho sobuprofethi, yaqinisekisa umkhankaso odlule, iwubiza ngokuthi “ukukhanya okukhulu” uNkulunkulu akumisile ekuqaleni komzila, ukuze kukhanye yonke indlela eya edolobheni, futhi yaqondisa kubufakazi bemiBhalo bokuthi ukufika kwesibili kukaKristu kuzoba ngokoqobo nangokwakhe siqu, ngakho-ke kwakungeke kube yisenzakalo esipheleni “sezinsuku.”
GSAM 236Ukubonakala okumangalisayo
GSAM 236.1Uma iNkosi izokhuluma nabantu bayo ngemibono kulezi zinsuku zokugcina, asifanele yini ukulindela ukuthi ekubonakalisweni uqobo kube nezimpawu ezicacile zobunkulunkulu? Lezi zimpawu ziyabonakala emibonweni kaNkk. E. G. White. Isimanga semibono uqobo, njengoba kuboniswe esahlukweni sesi-13, siyisimangaliso nje; kodwa kunezici eziningi ezimangalisayo ezihambisana nemibono yakhe yokuqala, enizozibona njengoba niqhubeka nokufunda lo msebenzi; futhi ingabe bekungeke silindele ukuthi kube kanjalo esiphweni esinjalo esenziwe nguNkulunkulu ukuze sidonse ukunaka kwabantu, futhi sibanxuse ukuthi bathi, njengoMose, “Ngizophenduka, ngibone lesi simangaliso esikhulu”? Isitatimende esilula sentombazane ehlwempu, egula njalo ebuthakathaka, ebonakala isondele ekufeni, sokuthi iNkosi imnike umbono, bekungeke kwanele ukwenza lokhu. Izimangaliso ezihambisana nemibono zakha intshisekelo ngazo, kwaphinde kwabizwa intombazane ukuba ihambe izindawo ezahlukene ichazele abanye lokho iNkosi eyayimyalele ukuba ikwazise.
GSAM 236Izibonakaliso Ezimangalisayo Embonweni Wesithathu
GSAM 236.2Lapha ngizochaza amanye amaqiniso aphathelene nombono wakhe wesithathu, owawunikezwe endlini kababa wakhe, okukhulunywe ngawo esahlukweni sesi-13, njengoba ngaziswa ngakho ngubaba nomama kaNkk. White, udadewabo, uNkk. Sarah Belden, nabanye.
GSAM 236.3Egumbini lapho umbono wanikezwa khona, kwakukhona ibhayibheli lomndeni elikhulu kakhulu ebhurewini. Leli bhayibheli lalingenye yohlelo olushicilelwe eBoston nguJoseph Teale ngonyaka ka-1822. Incwadi inesilinganiso semayintshi ayi-18 ngama-11, ubukhulu bayo imayintshi emine, futhi isinda kancane ngaphezu kwamaphawundi ayi-18. Ngesikhathi ebone umbono, wavuka wathatha leli Bhayibheli elinzima engalweni yakhe yesobunxele, incwadi ivulekile, wayibamba yelulekile ngqo phambili kude nomzimba wakhe; kwathi-ke okungaphezu kwengxenye yehora, ngesandla sakhe sokudla, wayeshintsha amakhasi, ekhomba izahluko ezahlukene zemiBhalo, ayeziphinda ngenkathi amehlo akhe ebheke phezulu, ngakolunye uhlangothi encwadini. Udadewabo uSarah (owabe eseyinkosikazi kaStephen Belden), noma kwesinye isikhathi omunye umuntu okhona, wayebheka yonke indawo umnwe wakhe owawukhomba kuyo, wabona ngokusobala ukuthi kuzo zonke izikhathi wayephinda iBhayibheli lapho umnwe wakhe wawumile khona. Umama Harmon wathi indodakazi yakhe u-Ellen esimweni sakhe semvelo “wayengeke akwazi, ngenxa yokuntuleka kwamandla, ukuphakamisa iBhayibheli elinzima ebhurewini; kodwa embonweni wayibamba kalula, ngokusobala, sengathi kwakuyiTestamente elincane lepokhethi.”
GSAM 237.1Lapha, ngempela, kwakuyisimangaliso!—intombazane ebuthakathaka, enesisindo esingamaphawundi angamashumi ayisikhombisa kuphela, ibambe iBhayibheli elisindayo imizuzu engaphezu kwengxenye yehora isesimweni lapho indoda eqinile ingeke ikwazi ukulibamba imizuzu emibili; futhi, ephendukela ezindaweni ezahlukene ezombhalweni wemiBhalo owawuwumbhalo ayewuphindaphinda kuzo zonke izikhathi, ngenkathi amehlo akhe ebheke phezulu futhi ngakolunye uhlangothi encwadini; futhi ekugcineni, izwi eliphuma kumuntu ongenakho ukunyakaza kwemiphaphu noma umoya emzimbeni, futhi eliphinda ngokunembile imibhalo yemiBhalo ebekiweyo,—lokhu ngempela kungaphezu kokuthi kungabangelwa abantu, noma kube umphumela wesifo. Labo ababebona bakubheka njengokubonakala ngokusobala koMoya kaLowo owakhuluma esihlahleni esivuthayo. Ukubonakala okunjalo embonweni wesithathu kaNksz. Harmon, lapho kwaziwa khona, kwakunikeza ubufakazi obuqinile bokuthi amandla angaphezu kwemikhawulo yomuntu ayekhona kule mibono.
GSAM 237Umbono waseTopsham
GSAM 237.2Maduzane nje ngemuva kwalokhu okwenzekile, iqembu lama-Adventist eTopsham, cishe amamayela angamashumi amathathu enyakatho-mpumalanga yePortland, eMaine, lizwa ngokwenza kweNkosi kuNksz. Ellen G. Harmon, lammemela lapho. Isimemo samukelwa, ngaleyo ndlela wenza ukuvakasha kwakhe kokuqala eTopsham. Imihlangano yama-Adventist ngaleso sikhathi yayibanjelwa endlini kaMnu. Curtiss. UNkk. Frances Lunt (owayenguNksz. Frances Howland), wase-Oakland, eCalifornia, wanginika lesi sitatimende esilandelayo, ebhalwe ngomhla ka-19 Januwari 1890:—
GSAM 238.1“Mina, nomndeni kababa, sahambela imihlangano kaDade Harmon eTopsham ngo-1845, futhi phakathi naleyo mihlangano waba nombono. Kwaba yisikhathi sokuqala esibona ngaso embonweni. Elinye lalawo maBhayibheli akudala [iBhayibheli Lomndeni wakwaTeale, elisinda amaphawundi ayishumi nesishiyagalombili] lalingelomfowethu uCurtiss. Leli Bhayibheli elikhulu lathathwa ebhurewini nguDade Harmon ngesikhathi ebone umbono, futhi wakhomba izahluko nezindikimba zemiBhalo njengoba wayegudluka amakhasi, ngenkathi amehlo akhe ebheke phezulu, kude nencwadi. Izindikimba ayeziphinda zaziyizisho zokufundisa, zokukhuthaza, noma zokugxeka. Enye into eyayihlukile ngaleso sikhathi sokubonakala kwakuyisimo sencwadi. Yayibanjwe esandleni sakhe esivulekile nge-engeli yamadigri angamashumi amane nanhlanu, futhi akekho omunye owake wakwazi ukubamba noma iyiphi incwadi ngalelo khono ngaphandle kokuthi ishelele ngokushesha ezandleni; kodwa uDade Harmon wabamba leli Bhayibheli ngalelo khono imizuzu eminingana, ngokuqinile sengathi yayincamathele esandleni sakhe, ngenkathi edlula komunye nomunye egumbini.”
GSAM 238Ubufakazi bukaNkk. Truesdail
GSAM 238.2Esinye isitatimende mayelana nombono ofanayo sivela kuNkk. M. C. Truesdail, waseTrenton, eMissouri, esibhalwe mhla zingama-27 kuJanuwari 1891. Uthi:—
GSAM 238.3“Ngangineminyaka eyishumi nanhlanu ngo-1845, futhi ngangikhona ngesikhathi uDade Harmon evakashela eTopsham okokuqala, lapho ayenombono endlini kaMfowethu Curtiss, lapho athatha iBhayibheli elikhulu lomndeni waliphakamisa endaweni lapho abanye abantu bengeke bakwazi ukubamba incwadi ezandleni zabo ngaphandle kokuthi yaphunyuka khona nje.
GSAM 238.4“UDade Harmon wayesembonweni amahora angaphezu kwamabili. Kwaba yisibonakaliso esimangalisayo samandla kaNkulunkulu engake ngabona, futhi ngimbone embonweni izikhathi ezingaphezu kweziyishumi nambili. Lezi zazihlale ziyizikhathi zokuzindla okujulile nokuzihlola, kodwa lokhu kwadlula konke. Hawu! sasithuthumela kanjani njengoba ubuMajestini bezulu busifundisa ngaleli thuluzi elibuthakathaka; njengoba efundela izingxenye ezikhuthazayo nezifanele esimweni sethu esinzima; ezifana neHubheru 2:2, 3; Jakobe 5:7, 8; Hubheru 10:35, 39; 1 Petru 1:7; Luka 12:32-37, kanye nezinye eziningi, ebambe iBhayibheli elikhulu lomndeni phezulu kangangokuba kwadingeka ngime esihlalweni ukuze ngifunde lapho ayekhomba khona. Angicabangi ukuthi uDade Harmon wayemude kunami ngaphezu kwamayintshi amabili.”
GSAM 239.1Lezi zibonakaliso zakholisa abaqotho ukuthi amandla angaphezu kwabantu ayelawula lo muntu othobekile, kwavela izicelo ezivela ezindaweni ezahlukene zaseNew England zokuba aze anikeze ubufakazi bakhe.
GSAM 239Umsebenzi Wezandla Isono
GSAM 239.2Maduzane ngemva kwalokhu uNksz. Harmon wayaqondiswa embonweni ukuthi avakashele eParis, eMaine, lapho kwakukhona abantu abakholelwa ukuthi kuwusono ukwenza umsebenzi wezandla. UMfundisi uStephens, waseWoodstock, eMaine, wayengumholi kuleli phutha, futhi wayenethonya elikhulu kwabanye. Wayengumshumayeli wamaMethodist ngaphambilini, futhi wayebhekwa njengomKristu othobekile nothembekile. Wayethole ukwethenjwa kwabaningi ngenxa yokuzinikela kwakhe eqinisweni kanye nokuphila kwakhe okubonakala kungcwele, okwabangela abanye bakholelwe ukuthi uqondiswa ngokukhethekile nguNkulunkulu. INkosi yanika uNksz. Harmon isixwayiso ngaye. Wathi wayehamba ngokuphikisana nelizwi likaNkulunkulu ngokungasebenzi, ngokudlulisa amaphutha akhe kwabanye, nangokugxeka bonke abangamukelanga. Waphika yonke imibonakaliso iNkosi eyayinikezile ukuze imqinisekise ngephutha lakhe, futhi wenqaba ukuvuma iziphoso zakhe. Walandela imizwa, wahamba izinkambo ezikhathele, ehamba ibanga elide, lapho ayezothola khona ukuhlukunyezwa kuphela, futhi wacabanga ukuthi kukho konke lokhu wayebekezelela ngenxa kaKristu. Ukuhlakanipha kwakhe nokwahlulela kwakhe kwabekwa eceleni.
GSAM 239.3Mayelana nobufakazi bukaNksz. Harmon nemiphumela yecala, ngizocaphuna incwadi engayithola evela kuNkk. M. C. Truesdail, owayehlala eParis, eMaine. Ngemva kokunikeza imininingwane ethile ehambisana nalokho okungenhla, uthi:—
GSAM 240.1“Kwavela ukuvuma kubo bonke ngaphandle komholi wabo, uJesse Stephens. UDade Harmon wamxwayisa ukuthi uma engazithobisi ngokuvuma amaphutha akhe, uzophetha umsebenzi wakhe maduzane. Bonke baqonda lokhu njengokubikezela ukuthi ngandlela thile uzozibulala.”
GSAM 240.2Okulandelayo kuwukuthi kwenzekani ngemuva kwalokho endabeni yakhe:—
GSAM 240.3“Ngemva kokushiya kwabalandeli bakhe abambalwa, waba nosizi, kwathi masinyane walahlekelwa ingqondo, enqaba ukudla noma yini ephekwe ngababi. Wayengakuzwanga ngokubuya kwami eMassachusetts ngesikhathi ngimlethela isidlo sakhe sasemini. Wabuza, njengoba elula isandla sakhe esibukeka njengezitho ezomile ngokusebenzisa umgodi omncane ewindini, ‘Ingabe uNkulunkulu ukuthumele lokhu, Dade Marian?’ Ebona ukungabaza kwami ekuphenduleni, wenqaba ukukunambitha. Isimo sakhe esidabukisayo, evalelwe egumbini elincane likamfowabo (ongakholwayo), sangikhumbuza isixwayiso ayesithunyelwe ngenhliziyo enomusa sisuka ezulwini, ayesiphikisile ngokungaguquki. Wathuthelwa emndenini wakhe izinsuku ezimbili ngemuva kwalokhu kuvakasha okudabukisayo, lapho ngokushesha aqeda khona impilo yakhe ngokuzibulala, wenza intambo ngezingubo zombhede wakhe.”2
GSAM 240Isibikezelo Esifezekile
GSAM 240.4Ehlobo lika-1845, ngesimemo sika-Otis Nichols, uNksz. Harmon wavakashela eMassachusetts, udadewabo uSarah emlandela. Bahlala nomndeni kaMnu. Nichols. Yena nomkakhe babehamba ngenqola yabo, bebathatha baye ezindaweni ezahlukene ukuze babambe imihlangano, lapho uNksz. Harmon enikeza ubufakazi bakhe. Ngaleyo ndlela wakwazi ukuvakashela eBoston, eRoxbury, naseCarver. Ngesikhathi sokuvakasha kwabo kwesibili eBoston, eMassachusetts, kwenzeka isigameko esithakazelisayo kakhulu.
GSAM 240.5Kwakukhona eBoston nasezindaweni ezizungezile iqembu labantu abanokuzinikela ngokweqile ababebamba ukuthi kuwusono ukusebenza, umyalezo wabo oyinhloko wawuyi, “Thengisani eninakho, niphe abampofu.” Bathi babesejubili, ukuthi umhlaba kumele uphumule, nokuthi abampofu kumele baxhaswe ngaphandle kokusebenza. USargent, uRobbins, nabanye babengabaholi. Bagxeka imibono bathi ivela kuSathane, ngoba amaphutha abo ayevezwe. Babengabheka phansi bonke abangakholwa njengabo.
GSAM 241.1Ngesikhathi uNksz. Harmon nodadewabo bevakashele endlini kaMnu. Nichols, uSargent noRobbins bafika bevela eBoston befuna umusa kuye, bathi beze ukuze bavakashele futhi bahlale ebusuku naye. UMnu. Nichols waphendula wathi uyajabula ukuthi bafikile, ngoba oNksz. Sarah noEllen Harmon babekhona endlini, futhi wayefisa ukuthi bazane nabo. Bashintsha imibono yabo ngokushesha, futhi abakwazanga ukucindezelwa ukuba bangene endlini. UMnu. Nichols wabuza ukuthi u-Ellen angakwazi yini ukudlulisela umyalezo wakhe eBoston, nokuthi bazowuzwa, bese benza isinqumo. “Yebo,” kusho bona, “yiya eBoston ngeSabatha elizayo [okusho uSonto, njengoba bengakayamukeli iSabatha]; singathanda ithuba lokumlalela.”
GSAM 241.2UMnu. Nichols wangitshela lokhu endlini yakhe eDorchester ngo-1858. Wathi wayehlele konke ukuze ahambe eBoston ngeSabatha ekuseni ngenqola yakhe ayehlela uNksz. Harmon emhlanganweni owawuhlelwe. Ngaleyo ntambama, ngesikhathi sokuthandaza komndeni, wathathwa embonweni. Emuva kokuphuma kuwo, wathi, “Mfowethu Nichols, angiyikuya eBoston kusasa; iNkosi ingibonisile ukuthi kumele ngiye eRandolph. Inomsebenzi engifanele ngiwenze lapho.” UMnu. Nichols wayenenhlonipho enkulu ngesithembiso sakhe. Wayethembise ukumthatha aye eBoston ngosuku olulandelayo, wabe esebuza ngokukhathazeka, “Ngizokwenza kanjani ngesithembiso sami kuSargent noRobbins?” “Ungakhathazeki ngalokho,” kusho uNksz. Harmon, “iNkosi ingiyale ukuba ngihambe ngenye indlela.” “Kulungile,” kusho uMnu. Nichols, “angikuqondi lokhu.” “INkosi ingibonise ukuthi sizokuqonda lapho sifika khona,” kusho uNksz. Harmon. “Kulungile,” kusho uMnu. Nichols, “akukho ndlela ongaya ngayo lapho ngaphandle kokuthi siye sikuthathe, kodwa angazi ukuthi ngizochazela kanjani abafowethu eBoston.”
GSAM 241.2UMnu. Nichols waphinde wangitshela ukuthi “UDade Harmon wabona ubuqili babo embonweni, ukuthi ngeke kube nomhlangano eBoston ngeSabatha, ukuthi uSargent, uRobbins nabanye abaphikisayo bazohlangana nenqwaba enkulu eRandolph (amamayela ayishumi nantathu ukusuka eBoston) ngeSabatha; futhi ukuthi kumele sihlangane nabaphikisi eRandolph, emhlanganweni wabo ngeSabatha, futhi lapho wayezothola khona umyalezo oya kubo, owawuzokholisa abaqotho, abangenabandlululo, ukuthi imibono yakhe yayivela eNkosini noma kuSathane.” Esikhundleni sokuya eBoston bese beya eRandolph, ibanga elingamamayela angamashumi amabili nambili, bahamba ngqo baya eRandolph, befika cishe ngesikhathi somhlangano. Lapho bathola labo ababevumelene ukuhlangana nabo eBoston. UMnu. Nichols wathi-ke, “Manje sengiyakuqonda.”
GSAM 242.1Lo mzamo kaSargent noRobbins wokugwema ubufakazi bukaNksz. Harmon, kanye nendlela ayaqondiswa ngayo ukuze ahlangane nabo, kwaba nomthelela omkhulu ezingqondweni zabanye ababekhona. Ngomhlangano uqobo, ngizocaphuna incazelo enikezwe uMnu. Nichols:—
GSAM 242Izibonakaliso Ezimangalisayo
GSAM 242.2“UDade Ellen wathathwa embonweni ngemiboniso emangalisayo, waqhubeka ekhuluma embonweni ngelizwi elicacile, elalicacile kubo bonke ababekhona, kuze kube cishe ngesikhathi sokushona kwelanga. USargent, uRobbins noFrench bacasukile kakhulu futhi bathukuthele kakhulu ukuzwa uDade Ellen ekhuluma embonweni, abathi kwakuyikho kukaSathane; basebenzisa lonke ithonya labo namandla omzimba ukubhubhisa umphumela walo mbono. Babehlanganyela becula ngokuzwakalayo, bese ngokulandelana bekhuluma futhi befunda iBhayibheli ngamazwi aphezulu, ngenhloso yokuthi u-Ellen angazwakali, kuze kube amandla abo ephelile, nezandla zabo zisazamazama kangangokuthi babengasakwazi ukufunda iBhayibheli; kodwa phakathi kwaleso siphithiphithi nomsindo, izwi lika-Ellen elicacile neliphakeme, njengoba ekhuluma embonweni, lalizwakala ngokusobala kubo bonke ababekhona. Ukuphikisana kwalezi zindoda kwaqhubeka kuze kwaphela amandla abo okukhuluma nokucula, naphezu kokuthi abanye babangane babo babaxwayisa futhi becela ukuthi bayeke. Kodwa uRobbins wathi, ‘Niyagoba esithombeni: niyakhonza inkonyana yegolide.’
GSAM 243.1“UMnu. Thayer, umnikazi wendlu, wayengagculisekile ngokuphelele ukuthi umbono wakhe wawungowesitha, njengoba uRobbins wayesho. Wayefuna ukuwuhlola ngendlela ethile. Wayezwile ukuthi imibono enamandla kaSathane yayimiswa ngokuvula iBhayibheli bese ulibeka emzimbeni womuntu onombono, wacela uSargent ukuthi ayizame ngaleyo ndlela, kodwa yena wenqaba ukwenza njalo. Khona-ke uMnu. Thayer wathatha iBhayibheli lomndeni elikhulu nelisindayo elalimi etafuleni, elalingasetshenziswa kaningi, walivula walibeka phezu kwesifuba sika-Ellen ngesikhathi ebone umbono, njengoba wayegobile emuva eduze kodonga ekhoneni legumbi. Ngokushesha nje lapho iBhayibheli libekwa phezu kwakhe, wavuka wema ngezinyawo, wahamba waya phakathi kwegumbi, ephethe iBhayibheli livulekile ngesinye isandla, eliphakeme ngangokunokwenzeka, futhi amehlo akhe ebheke phezulu ngokuqinile, wamemezela ngendlela enesizotha, ‘Ubufakazi obuphefumulelwe nguNkulunkulu,’ noma amagama anencazelo efanayo. Kwathi-ke, iBhayibheli livulekile esandleni esisodwa, amehlo akhe ebheke phezulu, hhayi eBhayibhelini, waqhubeka isikhathi eside ejikisa amakhasi ngesinye isandla sakhe, ebeka umunwe wakhe ezindimeni ezithile, futhi esho amazwi azo ngokunembile ngelizwi elinzima. Abaningi ababekhona babheka izindima lapho umunwe wakhe wawubhekiswe khona, ukuze babone ukuthi wayewasho ngokunembile yini, ngoba amehlo akhe ngasikhathi sinye ayebheke phezulu. Ezinye zezindatshana ezazishiwo zaziyizigwebo ezibhekiswe kubabi nakubahlambalazi; kanti ezinye zaziyizixwayiso nemiyalelo ephathelene nesimo sethu samanje.
GSAM 243Umbono Wakhe Omude Kakhulu, Ngaphezu kwamahora ayisithupha
GSAM 243.2“Kulesi simo waqhubeka yonke intambama kuze kube sekusondela ukushona kwelanga, lapho umbono waphela khona. Lapho u-Ellen evuka embonweni emi ngezinyawo, ephethe iBhayibheli elikhulu elivulekile esandleni sakhe, wahamba egumbini ekhuluma izahluko zemiBhalo, uSargent, uRobbins noFrench bathula. Esikhathini esisele babhekana nokudideka, kanye nabanye abaningi; kodwa bavala amehlo abo, bakwazi ukubekezelela ngaphandle kokwamukela imizwa yabo.”3
GSAM 244Umshado kaNksz. Harmon
GSAM 244.1Ngo-Agasti 30, 1846, uNksz. E. G. Harmon noMfundisi uJames White bashada, futhi ndawonye basebenza ukuthuthukisa umyalezo. Ngonyaka ka-1847, imisebenzi yabo yayikhawulelwe kakhulu eMaine naseMassachusetts.
GSAM 244.2NgeSabatha lokuqala ku-Ephreli, uNkk. White wanikezwa umbono othakazelisayo kakhulu endlini kaStockbridge Howland, eTopsham, lapho imihlangano yayivame ukubanjelwa khona ngaleso sikhathi. Lo mbono uwona okukhulunywa ngawo ku-Early Writings, lapho ayenombono wendawo engcwele nezinto zayo, isikhathi senhlupheko, abangcwele bebaleka emadolobheni, ababi bebazungeze, ukusindiswa kwabo ngelizwi likaNkulunkulu, ijubili, ukuza kweNkosi ngenqola yamafu, njll. Kungaba kuhle ukuqaphela ezinye zezenzo zakhe ngesikhathi enombono.
GSAM 244AmaBhayibheli Amaningi Asetshenziswe Embonweni
GSAM 244.3UNkk. Frances Lunt (indodakazi kaS. Howland), ngomhlaka 19 kuJanuwari 1890, wangitshela wathi:
GSAM 244.3“Kwakukhona ohlangothini lwegumbi lapho kwakubanjelwa khona imihlangano, itafula elaliphezu kwalo izincwadi eziningi zezinhlobo ezahlukene, phakathi kwazo kwakukhona amaBhayibheli ambalwa ngosayizi ojwayelekile. Ngesikhathi ebone umbono, uNkk. White wavuka, waya etafuleni, wathatha iBhayibheli ngaphandle kokuthinta enye incwadi, walibamba livulekile ngaphezulu kwekhanda lakhe ngesandla sakhe sokunxele, ngenkomba yesandla sakhe sokudla ebhekiswe embhalweni wemiBhalo ayewuphindaphinda ngesikhathi emi phambi komuntu owawuhloselwe, wabe esebeka le ncwadi evulekile esifubeni salowo muntu ayephindaphinda kuye umbhalo. Ebuya etafuleni, wathatha elinye iBhayibheli, futhi ngendlela efanayo waphinda waphinda omunye umbhalo wemiBhalo wabeka iBhayibheli elivulekile esifubeni somuntu ayekhuluma naye. Lesi senzo saphindwa kwabantu cishe abayisithupha; ngemva kwalokho, ngendlela enobuhle, wahlala esihlalweni, ngenkathi amehlo akhe ebheke phezulu kude nencwadi.”
GSAM 245.1Ngalesi sihloko uNkk. Truesdail uthi:
GSAM 245.1“Bengikhona [Ephreli, 1847] lapho uDade White eya etafuleni wathatha iBhayibheli elilodwa ngemuva kwelinye phakathi kwezincwadi ezazisesetafuleni, ebeka iBhayibheli esifubeni salowo ayemphethele ivesi lemiBhalo. Lokhu kwenziwa ngenkathi amehlo akhe ebheke phezulu ezulwini. Ngalesi sikhathi wabamba iBhayibheli ngaphezu kwekhanda lakhe ngenkathi ekhuluma nami; wabe eselibeka esifubeni sami. Indima engayinikezwa kwakuyi 2 Korinte 6:17.”4
GSAM 245.2Encwadini evela kuNkk. Frances Lunt, unikeza amagama abantu abathathu ababekhona ngalesi sikhathi, nabo ababebekwe amabhayibheli kubo ngenkathi uNkk. White ekhuluma nabo ngesihloko ngasinye, futhi phakathi kwamagama kwakukhona elikaNkk. Truesdail.
GSAM 245Umsebenzi Wokuqala wawuphakathi kwabakholwa bokufika
GSAM 245.3Umsebenzi kaNksz. Harmon, ngaphansi kokuqondiswa yisipho sobuprofethi, kusukela ngoJanuwari 1845 kuya entwasahlobo ka-1846, cishe izinyanga eziyishumi nesishiyagalombili, wawuhambisana “nabakholwayo” ekufikeni okuseduze kukaKristu, ababehlanganyela nabo ngaphambilini. Ngemva kokuphela kwezinsuku eziyizinkulungwane ezimbili namakhulu amathathu (Okthoba 22, 1844), kuze kube sekuyiqondwa isizathu sokudumazeka kwabo kanye nobunjalo besenzakalo esasenzeka ngaleso sikhathi, kwakungaba yingozi ukuthi abakholwa bangahamba emibonweni engalungile, noma bayeke ngokuphelele okuhlangenwe nakho kwabo kwangaphambilini. Umyalezo wakhe kwabantu abanjalo wawuthi: “Umkhankaso odlule wawungokaNkulunkulu. Bamba ngokuqinile ukholo lwakho. INkosi isenomsebenzi wabantu bayo. Funda iBhayibheli. Cwaninga izwi, futhi nizothola ukukhanya.”
GSAM 245.4Lesi siyalelo sihambisana nohlelo lweNkosi. Inhloso yakhe ibihlale ingokuthi imilayezo yakhe ekhethekile yabantu bakhe kufanele, ngesikhathi sayo, ikhishwe ezwini lakhe, bese isipho sobuprofethi sifika “okwesibili,” ukuze siqinisekise futhi sakhe abakholwayo.
GSAM 246.1Isibonelo esivelele saleli qiniso sitholakala endabeni kaCornelius njengoba kubhalwe ku-Izenzo ZamaPhostoli. Ingelosi kaNkulunkulu yamvelela yamnika umbono endlini yakhe. Le ngelosi yayazi kahle amaqiniso evangeli, futhi yayingamfundisa uCornelius, kodwa yathunyelwa ukuzokhonza lowo owayeyindlalifa yensindiso ngokumnika uCornelius umbono. Yamqinisekisa ukuthi ukuzinikela kwakhe nokuzinikela kwakwamukelwe eNkosini. Ayimshumayelanga ivangeli, kodwa yamtshela nje ukuthi abize uPetru, owayehlala noSimoni umshuki wezikhumba eJopa. UPetru wafika, wamemezela kuCornelius ivangeli likaKristu ngokwemiBhalo.
GSAM 246Isikhundla Sesipho Sobuprofethi
GSAM 246.2Kulesi sigaba kungaba kuhle ukuqaphela ukuhleleka kokuthuthuka kwezipho, njengoba iNkosi ikubeke ezwini layo. UPawulu ukhuluma ngalokhu encwadini yakhe ayibhalela amaKorinte, lapho athi, “UNkulunkulu ubeke abanye esontweni, kuqala abaphostoli, kwesibili abaprofethi.”5
GSAM 246.3Uma sibheka isitatimende somphostoli mayelana nobudlelwano balezi zipho emsebenzini wevangeli, siyabona ngokushesha ukuthi kungani kulandela lolu hlelo. Lapho eqhathanisa lezi zipho, uPawulu uthi: “Ngakho-ke izilimi ziyisibonakaliso, hhayi kwabakhholwayo, kodwa kwabangakholwayo; kepha ukuprofetha akusizi abangakholwayo, kodwa kwabakhholwayo.”6 Uhlelo lweNkosi luthi imilayezo yakhe ekhethekile emhlabeni kufanele ilethelwe abantu ngelizwi lakhe; ngakho-ke uyabakhuthaza abantu ukuba bafune eMibhalweni Engcwele, baphume njengabaphostoli, begcwele imilayezo yeNkosi, beyimemezela eBhayibhelini, elibekezelele ukuhlolwa kwezizukulwane. Lapho abakholwa bevuswa, isipho sobuprofethi sifika “ngokwesibili”, siqedela ingxenye yaso “ekupheleliseni abangcwele, emsebenzini wokukhonza, ekwakheni umzimba kaKristu.”7