Umchasi-Kristu Ndaziqwalasela iimpondo, ndabona kuvela olunye uphondo oluncinci phakathi kwazo, ekwathi phambi kwalo ezintathu kweziphambili zancothulwa ngeengcambu; ndabona, kolu phondo kwakukho amehlo anjengamehlo omntu, nomlomo uthetha izinto ezinkulu. Daniyeli 7:8 Kwaphuma uphondo oluncinci kolunye lwazo, olwakhula kakhulu, lwaya ngasezantsi, nangasempumalanga, nangasezweni elihle. Lwakhula, lwaya kutsho kumkhosi wezulu; lwaphosa phantsi inxalenye yomkhosi neenkwenkwezi, lwayinyathela. Ewe, yaziphakamisa yaya kutsho kwinkosana yomkhosi, yasuswa yiyo umbingelelo wemihla ngemihla, nendawo yengcwele yayo yaphoswa phantsi. Wanikwa umkhosi nxamnye nombingelelo wemihla ngemihla ngenxa yesikreqo, lwayiphosa phantsi inyaniso emhlabeni; yaza yenza, yaphumelela. Daniyeli 8:9-12 Yazi ke ngoko, uqonde, ukuba ukususela ekuphumeni komyalelo wokubuyisela nokwakha iYerusalem kude kuse kuMesiya, iNkosana iya kuba ziiveki ezisixhenxe, neeveki ezingamashumi amathandathu anesibini; isitrato siya kwakhiwa kwakhona, nodonga, nangamaxesha anzima. Emva kweeveki ezingamashumi amathandathu anesibini, uMesiya uya kunqunyulwa, kodwa kungekhona ngenxa yakhe; kwaye abantu beNkosana eya kuza baya kuwutshabalalisa umzi nendawo engcwele; kwaye isiphelo sawo siya kuba ngomkhukula, kwaye kude kube sekupheleni kwemfazwe, kuya kumiselwa intsalela. Kwaye uya kuwuqinisa umnqophiso nabaninzi kangangeveki enye: kwaye phakathi kweveki uya kuyiphelisa imibingelelo neminikelo, kwaye ngenxa yokwanda kwamasikizi uya kuyichitha, kude kube sekupheleni, kwaye oko kumiselweyo kuya kuthululwa phezu kwentsalela. Daniyeli 9:25-27 Ukumkani uya kwenza ngokokuthanda kwakhe, aziphakamise, aziphakamise ngaphezu koothixo bonke, athethe izinto ezimangalisayo nxamnye noThixo woothixo, aze aphumelele, ade azaliseke umsindo, kuba oko kumiselweyo kuya kwenzeka. Akayi kumkhathalela uThixo wooyise, nento efunwa ngabafazi, okanye akhathalele nawuphi na uthixo, kuba uya kuziphakamisa ngaphezu kwabo bonke. Daniyeli 11:36-37 Kuba kuya kuvela ooKristu bobuxoki, nabaprofeti bobuxoki, benze imiqondiso emikhulu nezimanga, ngokokude bathi, ukuba kunokwenzeka, balahlekise nabanyuliweyo. Mateyu 24:24 “Ngelo xesha ke, ukuba umntu uthe kuni, Nanku uKristu,” okanye, “Nankuya phaya,” musani ukukholwa nguye. Kuba kuya kuvela ooKristu ababuxoki nabaprofeti ababuxoki, benze imiqondiso nemimangaliso, ukuze balahlekise, ukuba kunokwenzeka, nabanyuliweyo.” Marko 13:21-22 Ngoku ke siyanibongoza, bazalwana, ngokufika kweNkosi yethu uYesu Kristu, nangokuhlanganisana kwethu kuyo, ukuba ningagungqiswa ngokukhawuleza engqondweni, okanye nivuswe ngumoya, okanye lilizwi, okanye yincwadi ngokungathi ivela kuthi, ngokungathi imini kaKristu isondele. Makungabikho mntu unikhohlisayo nangayiphi na indlela; kuba loo mini ayiyi kufika, ngaphandle kokuba kufike ukulahlwa kuqala, aze atyhileke umntu wesono, unyana wotshabalalo; lowo uchasayo noziphakamisayo ngaphezu kwayo yonke into ekuthiwa nguThixo, okanye enqulwayo; ukuze yena njengoThixo ahlale etempileni kaThixo, ezibonisa ukuba unguThixo. Anikhumbuli na, ukuba, xa ndandisenani, ndanixelela ezi zinto? Ngoku niyazi into ebambezelayo ukuze atyhileke ngexesha lakhe. Kuba imfihlelo yokungalungisi sele isebenza; kuphela lowo ubambezelayo ngoku uya kuvumela, ade asuswe endleleni. Uya kwandula ke ukutyhilwa lowo ungendawo, lowo iNkosi iya kumtshabalalisa ngomoya womlomo wayo, imtshabalalise ngokubonakala kokufika kwayo: lowo ukufika kwakhe kungokokusebenza kukaSathana ngayo yonke imisebenzi yamandla nemiqondiso nezimanga zobuxoki, nangayo yonke inkohliso yokungalungisi kwabo batshabalalayo; ngenxa yokuba bengalwamkelanga uthando lwenyaniso,
ukuze basindiswe. Ngenxa yesi sizathu ke uThixo uya kubathumela ulahlekiso olunamandla, ukuze bakholwe bubuxoki: ukuze bagwetywe bonke abangakholwanga yiyo inyaniso, kodwa banandipha ukungalungisi. 2 Tesalonika 2:1-12 Bantwana, lixesha lokugqibela eli; njengoko nivileyo ukuba umchasi-Kristu uyeza, nangoku kukho abachasi-Kristu abaninzi; ngoko ke siyazi ukuba lixesha lokugqibela. Baphuma kuthi, kodwa babengengabo abethu; kuba ukuba bebengabobethu, ngebabehleli nathi; kodwa baphuma ukuze babonakale ukuba babengengabo bonke abethu. Kodwa nina ninothambiso oluvela kuLowo Ungcwele, kwaye niyazi zonke izinto. Andinibhalelanga kuba ningayazi inyaniso, kodwa ngenxa yokuba niyazi, nokuba akukho buxoki buvela enyanisweni. Ngubani na ixoki ngaphandle kwalowo ukhanyela ukuba uYesu unguKristu? Ungumchasi-Kristu, lowo ukhanyela uYise noNyana. 1 Yohane 2:18-22 Zintanda, musani ukukholwa yiyo yonke imimoya, kodwa vavanyeni imimoya ukuba ivela kuThixo na; kuba baninzi abaprofeti bobuxoki abaphume bangena ehlabathini. Yazini ngale nto uMoya kaThixo: Wonke umoya ovumayo ukuba uYesu Kristu ufikile esenyameni uvela kuThixo: kwaye wonke umoya ongavumiyo ukuba uYesu Kristu ufikile esenyameni akangokaThixo; kwaye lo ngumoya womchasi-Kristu, eniwuvileyo ukuba uza kuza; kwaye ngoku sele ukho ehlabathini. Nina ningabakaThixo, bantwana, kwaye niboyisile; ngokuba mkhulu lowo ukuni, kunalowo usehlabathini. Bona bangabehlabathi; ngoko ke bathetha ngehlabathi, kwaye ihlabathi liyabava. Thina singabakaThixo: lowo umaziyo uThixo uyasiva; lowo ungengokaThixo akasiva. Ngaloo ndlela simazi umoya wenyaniso, nomoya wolahlekiso. 1 Yohane 4: 1-6 Kuba kukho abakhohlisi abaninzi abangene ehlabathini, abangavumiyo ukuba uYesu Kristu weza esenyameni. Lo ngumkhohlisi nomchasi-Kristu. 2 Yohane 1:7 ISityhilelo 13:1-18 1 Ndema phezu kwentlabathi yolwandle, ndabona irhamncwa liphuma elwandle, lineentloko ezisixhenxe neempondo ezilishumi, ezimpondweni zalo izithsaba ezilishumi, ezintlokweni zalo igama lokunyelisa. 2 Irhamncwa endalibonayo lalifana nengwe, iinyawo zalo zinjengezebhere, umlomo walo unjengomlomo wengonyama; inamba yalinika amandla ayo, nesihlalo sayo, negunya elikhulu. 3 Ndabona enye yeentloko zayo ingathi ixhelekile yafa; inxeba layo elibulalayo laphiliswa; ihlabathi lonke lamangaliswa emva kwerhamncwa. 4 Bayinqula inamba eyanika irhamncwa igunya, balinqula irhamncwa, besithi, Ngubani na ofana nerhamncwa; ngubani na onako ukulwa nalo? 5 Sanikwa umlomo othetha izinto ezinkulu nezinyeliso, sanikwa negunya lokuhlala iinyanga ezingamashumi amane anesibini. 6 Sawuvula umlomo waso ukunyelisa uThixo, ukunyelisa igama lakhe, nomnquba wakhe, nabo bahlala ezulwini. 7 Lanikwa igunya lokulwa nabangcwele, nokubaboyisa; lanikwa igunya phezu kwazo zonke izizwe, neelwimi, neentlanga. 8 Baya kumnqula bonke abo bemiyo phezu komhlaba, abamagama abo angabhalwanga encwadini yobomi yeMvana, eyaxhelwa kwasekusekweni kwehlabathi. 9 Ukuba ubani unendlebe, makeve. 10 Lowo ukhokelela ekuthinjweni uya kuya ekuthinjweni; lowo ubulala ngekrele umelwe kukubulawa ngekrele. Nanku unyamezelo nokholo lwabangcwele. 11 Ndabona elinye irhamncwa liphuma emhlabeni; laye lineempondo ezimbini ezifana nezemvana, laye lithetha njengenamba.
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12 Lenza lonke igunya lerhamncwa lokuqala phambi kwalo, libangela ukuba umhlaba nabo bonke abahlala kulo banqule irhamncwa lokuqala, elaphiliswa inxeba lalo elibulalayo. 13 Wenza imiqondiso emikhulu, ukuze ahlise umlilo ezulwini, uhle emhlabeni phambi kwabantu, 14 Kwaye ikhohlisa abo bahlala emhlabeni ngemiqondiso eyayinikwe amandla okuyenza emehlweni erhamncwa, isithi kwabo bahlala emhlabeni, mabalenzele umfanekiso irhamncwa, elalinenxeba lekrele, laza laphila. 15 Lanikwa igunya lokunika umfanekiso werhamncwa ubomi, ukuze umfanekiso werhamncwa uthethe, kwaye ubangele ukuba bonke abangawunquliyo umfanekiso werhamncwa babulawe. 16 Isenza bonke, abancinane nabakhulu, abazizityebi nabangamahlwempu, abakhululekileyo nabangamakhoboka, ukuba baphawulwe esandleni sabo sokunene, nokuba emabunzini abo; 17 Kwaye ukuba kungabikho mntu unokuthenga okanye athengise, ngaphandle kwalowo unophawu, okanye igama lerhamncwa, okanye inani legama lalo. 18 Nasi ubulumko: Lowo unengqondo makabale inani lerhamncwa, kuba linani lomntu; kwaye inani lalo lingamakhulu amathandathu anamashumi amathandathu anesithandathu. ISityhilelo 17:1-18 1 Kwaza kweza esinye sezithunywa zezulu ezisixhenxe, ezineengqayi ezisixhenxe, sathetha nam, sisithi kum, Yiza apha, ndikubonise umgwebo wehenyukazi elikhulu, elihleli phezu kwamanzi amaninzi; 2 ookumkani bomhlaba bahenyuzile naye, nabemi bomhlaba banxiliswe yiwayini yobuhenyu bakhe. 3 Wandithwala ndikuMoya, wandisa entlango; ndabona umfazi ehleli phezu kwerhamncwa elimfusa, lizele ngamagama onyeliso, lineentloko ezisixhenxe neempondo ezilishumi. 4 Umfazi lowo wayenxibe ezimfusa nezibomvu, ehonjiswe ngegolide, namatye anqabileyo, neeperile, ephethe indebe yegolide esandleni sakhe, izele zizinto ezinyanyekayo nezingcolileyo zobuhenyu bakhe. 5 Ebunzini lakhe kwakubhalwe igama elithi, IMFIHLO, IBHABHILONI ENKULU, UNINA WAMAHENYU NAMANYANISO OMHLABA. 6 Ndambona umfazi enxilile ligazi labangcwele, negazi labafeli-nkolo bakaYesu; ndathi ndakumbona, ndamangaliswa kakhulu. 7 Sathi kum isithunywa sezulu, Umangaliswe yintoni na? Ndiya kukuxelela imfihlelo yomfazi, neyerhamncwa elimthweleyo, elineentloko ezisixhenxe neempondo ezilishumi. 8 Irhamncwa olibonileyo lalikho, alikho; liza kunyuka liphume enzonzobileni, liye entshabalalweni; kwaye abo bahlala emhlabeni baya kumangaliswa, abamagama abo angabhalwanga encwadini yobomi ukususela ekusekweni kwehlabathi, xa belibona irhamncwa elakha labakho, kodwa alikho, kodwa likho. 9 Nantsi ke ingqondo enobulumko: Iintloko ezisixhenxe ziintaba ezisixhenxe, apho umfazi ehleli khona. 10 Kananjalo kukho ookumkani abasixhenxe: abahlanu bawile, omnye ukho, omnye akakafiki; xa efika, umele ahlale ixesha elifutshane. 11 Irhamncwa elakha lakho, elingekhoyo, lona lingowesibhozo, lingowabasixhenxe, lisiya entshabalalweni. 12 Iimpondo ezilishumi owazibonayo zingookumkani abalishumi, abangekamkeli ubukumkani, kodwa bamkela igunya njengookumkani ilixa elinye kunye nerhamncwa. 13 Aba banesimbonono esinye, baza kunikela amandla abo namandla abo kwirhamncwa. 14 Aba baya kulwa neMvana, ize iMvana ibeyise; ngokuba iyiNkosi yeenkosi, noKumkani wookumkani; nabo banayo babiziweyo, nabanyuliweyo, nabathembekileyo. 15 Yathi kum, Amanzi owawabonayo, apho lihleli khona ihenyukazi, ngabantu, nezihlwele, neentlanga, neelwimi. 16 Iimpondo ezilishumi owazibonayo kwirhamncwa, ezi ziya kulithiya ihenyukazi, ziliphanzise, zilihlube, zidle inyama yalo, zilitshise ngomlilo.
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17 Kuba uThixo ubeke ezintliziyweni zabo ukuba bafeze ukuthanda kwakhe, bavumelane, banike ubukumkani babo kwirhamncwa, ade amazwi kaThixo azaliseke. 18 Umfazi owambonayo nguloo mzi mkhulu, olawula ookumkani bomhlaba. Emva koko iNkosi ibambe uAdam ngesandla, yamnikela kuMikayeli isithunywa sezulu; yabakhokelela eParadesi, izele yinceba nozuko; Amadoda amabini akudala kakhulu adibana nabo, abuzwa ngabangcwele, athi, Ningoobani nina, ningekabi nathi esihogweni, naza nabekwa imizimba yenu eParadesi? Omnye wabo waphendula wathi, NdinguEnoki, owaguqulelwa kwilizwi likaThixo: kwaye lo mntu unam, nguEliya umTishbhi, owaguqulelwa kwinqwelo yomlilo. Silapha kude kube ngoku, kwaye asikayinambithi ukufa, kodwa ngoku siza kubuya ekufikeni koMchasi-Kristu, sixhotyiswe ngemiqondiso nemimangaliso kaThixo, ukuze silwe naye edabini, size sibulawe nguye eYerusalem, size sithathwe siphila kwakhona emafini, emva kweentsuku ezintathu ezinesiqingatha. IVangeli likaNikodemo 20:1-4 Kuba nabani na ongavumiyo ukuba uYesu Kristu weza esenyameni, ungumchasi-Kristu; kwaye nabani na ongavumiyo ukubandezeleka kwakhe emnqamlezweni, uvela kumtyholi. Kwaye nabani na oguqula amazwi eNkosi ngokweenkanuko zakhe; kwaye athi akuyi kubakho luvuko, okanye umgwebo, ungowamazibulo kaSathana. Ngoko ke, sishiya ikratshi labaninzi, neemfundiso zabo zobuxoki; masibuyele kwilizwi elanikelwa kuthi kwasekuqaleni; silinde ukuthandaza; kwaye sizingisa ekuzileni. Ileta kaPolycarp eya kwabaseFilipi 3:1-3
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