Ukuphila kuka-Abrahama, inzalamizi engumHebheru umngane kaNkulunkulu

Namuhla sizokhuluma nge Impilo ka-Abrahama, okungumlingiswa wesibili oqanjwe kakhulu eBhayibhelini eTestamenteni Elidala, ngaphezu kokwaziwa ngokuthi “uMngane kaNkulunkulu”.

Ukuphila kwenceku kaNkulunkulu, eyafunda ukuphila ngokholo nokulalela.

Impilo ka-Abrahama

U-Abraham waziwa ngokuba ngomunye woyise abathathu babantu abangamaJuda, kanye nendodana yakhe nomzukulu wakhe, u-Isaka noJakobe ngokulandelana. Singathola impilo yakhe yonke ihunyushwa ezincwadini zeTestamente Elidala ikakhulukazi encwadini kaGenesise.

Ngokwemibhalo yomlando, u-Abrahama wazalelwa e-Uri (okwamanje i-Iraq), phakathi kwekhulu le-XNUMX nele-XNUMX BC. Nokho, ngaphandle kwalolu lwazi, alukho olunye ulwazi mayelana nokuzalwa kwakhe, ubuntwana, ubusha noma ubudala bakhe obaziwayo.

Lokhu kungenxa yokuthi liqala ukuvela emibhalweni engcwele, lapho kakade wayeseneminyaka engu-75 ubudala.

Indaba yokuphila kuka-Abrahama iqala kuGenesise 11:26, lapho eqala khona ukukhuluma ngenzalo kaThera, uyise ka-Abrahama. Evesini 27 sifunda ukuthi wayenabafowabo ababili ababebizwa ngokuthi: uNakori noHarana, nokho, lo wakamuva wafa ngaphambi kukayise, kodwa wayenendodana okuthiwa uLoti.

Ngokulandelayo, evesini 29, usitshela ukuthi u-Abrahama, kanye nomfowabo uNahori, bazabela abesifazane, okwakunguSarayi noMilka. Kuyacaciswa ukuthi uSarayi wayeyinyumba, okuyiqiniso eliphawula ukuphila kuka-Abrahama kamuva.

Leso siqephu sifinyelela umvuthwandaba ngokusuka kukaTera, u-Abrahama, uLoti noSarayi besuka e-Uri de Kalideya, belibangise eKhanani eMesophothamiya, kodwa bazinza eHarana.

Kufanele kuqashelwe ukuthi uThera ufana nesizukulwane seshumi ngemva kukaNowa, nokuthi ngaleso sikhathi kwakuvamile ukuphila ukuphila kokuzulazula, ngakho abantu babephila ngokunyakaza njalo.

Ngaphezu kwalokho, uhambo lwakhe luqondana nokulandisa okungokomlando lapho kukhulunywa khona ngesikhathi sokufuduka okukhulu kwabantu abahlukahlukene.

Ibizo likaNkulunkulu ku-Abrahama

Esahlukweni 12 sikaGenesise, singayifunda yonke indaba lapho ubizo uNkulunkulu alwenza ku-Abrahama lwenziwa, oluboniswe ngezansi:

1 Kepha uJehova wathi ku-Abrama: “Phuma ezweni lakini, nasezihlotsheni zakho, nasendlini kayihlo, uye ezweni engiyakukukhombisa lona.

2 Ngiyakukwenza isizwe esikhulu, ngikubusise, ngenze igama lakho libe-likhulu, wena ube yisibusiso.

3 Ngiyakubabusisa abakubusisayo, nalowo okuqalekisayo ngiyakumqalekisa; futhi yonke imindeni yomhlaba iyakubusiswa ngawe.

4 U-Abrama wahamba, njengokusho kukaJehova kuye; uLoti wahamba naye. U-Abrama wayeneminyaka engamashumi ayisikhombisa nanhlanu mhla ephuma eHarana.

Kulo mbhalo singabona ukuthi, okokuqala, uNkulunkulu umnika umyalo futhi ngesikhathi esifanayo wenza izithembiso ezicacile ku-Abrahama.

Uyala ukuba ashiye izwe likayise, aye eKhanani ngesithembiso sokuthi uyombusisa yonke indlela, ukuthi uyoyenza ibe isizwe esikhulu futhi uyomnika izwe eliyoba ngelakhe.

Konke lokhu kuzwakala kuwukusangana, kodwa okwenza u-Abrahama abe yisimilo esivelele ukuthi wayengenandaba neminyaka yakhe, noma isimo somkakhe, noma ukuguga nokuklebhuka komzimba ayengaba nakho. Wamane walalela futhi walalela izwi likaNkulunkulu.

Ngakho-ke, singasho ukuthi u-Abrahama wayeyindoda eyayihamba ngokukholwa, wayengenandaba nokuthi kwakuyinkimbinkimbi kangakanani, futhi akazange ayishiye indawo yakhe yokunethezeka (okwakuyizwe likayise).

Bangaki phakathi kwethu ababeyokwenza njengo-Abrahama, bashiye imindeni yethu ngemuva futhi bamane baye endaweni uNkulunkulu asitshele yona ngaphandle kokuba necebo, bengazi isiphetho sethu nekusasa lethu?

Futhi ngaleso sikhathi umndeni wawusho konke, ngokuwushiya wawubeka wonke ukuphepha kwakho engcupheni, ngaphandle kokuthi kwakungeyona into evamile ukuthi izihlobo zihlale amakhilomitha amaningi ukusuka komunye nomunye.

Elinye iphuzu elingekho umbhalo walo kodwa okusacatshangwa ukuthi likhona ngoba akwaziwa ukuthi iminyaka engu-75 yokuqala yokuphila kuka-Abrahama yayinjani, ukuthi wayephuma esikweni lamaqaba.

Lokhu okungenhla kwenza ukuthi iqiniso lokuthi uzolalela iNkosi futhi azivumele ukuba aqondiswe ngaphandle kokubheka eceleni, ukuba yindoda enokholo kusukela emzuzwini wobizo lwakhe kusimangaze nakakhulu.

Isici esiphathelene nesiko lobuqaba sisekelwe ezinkolelweni zabantu ababehlala e-Uri, ababekhonza onkulunkulu beLanga neNyanga endaweni eyaziwa ngokuthi "i-Old Babylonian Pantheon of Gods".

Ukuze uqhubeke ufunda ngomunye umlingiswa waseBhayibhelini njengoba ayenjalo INkosi uDavide, faka lesi sixhumanisi, futhi uthole yonke into oyidingayo mayelana nomlando wayo kanye nefa layo.

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U-Abrahama, kanye nomkakhe uSara nendodana yabo u-Isaka.

Ngithembise ukuthi ngizoba nengane

Kodwa ukuphila kuka-Abrahama lokholo kwakungagcini nje ngokuvumela uNkulunkulu ukuba amholele kwamanye amazwe, kodwa futhi kwavivinywa esahlukweni 15 , lapho uNkulunkulu emthembisa khona ukuthi wayeyoba nendodana. Ake sihlaziye ivesi elilandelayo:

4 Lase lifika kuye ilizwi leNkosi, lathi: Lo kayikuba yindlalifa yakho, kodwa indodana yakho izakuba yindlalifa yakho.

5 Wamkhiphela ngaphandle, wathi kuye: "Bheka-ke amazulu, ubale izinkanyezi, uma ungazibala." Wathi kuye: "Iyakuba njalo inzalo yakho."

6 Wakholwa yiNkosi, kwabalelwa kuye ukuthi kungukulunga.

UNkulunkulu akagcini nje ngokunika u-Abrahama isithembiso, kodwa udlulela nakulowo owayezoba yindodana yakhe, emtshela ukuthi amazwe uNkulunkulu ayezomnika wona ngeke azuze ifa lomshana wakhe, kunalokho, lezi zaziyoba yifa indodana Ayezoyinika.

Ngaleso sikhathi u-Abrahama wayebonakala egconwa noma ecabanga ukuthi lokhu kuyahlanya, njengoba umkakhe uSarayi wayeyinyumba futhi esekhulile. Nokho, evesini 6, siphawula ukuthi lithi wayekholelwa kuJehova, futhi u-Abrahama usinika isifundo sokholo nokulalela.

Esahlukweni 17, lesi sithembiso siqinisekiswa ngokutshela u-Abrahama ukuthi wayeneminyaka engu-99 ubudala. Kukulesi siqephu lapho inzalamizi ebizwa ngaleli gama okokuqala ngqa, njengoba igama layo lokuqala lalingu-Abrama, njengoba sizobona emavesini alandelayo:

1 U-Abrama wayeneminyaka engamashumi ayisishiyagalolunye nesishiyagalolunye lapho uJehova wabonakala kuye, wathi: “NginguNkulunkulu uSomandla; hamba phambi kwami ​​futhi uphelele.

2 Ngiyakubeka isivumelwano sami phakathi kwami ​​nawe, nginandise kakhulu.

3 U-Abrama wawa ngobuso bakhe, uNkulunkulu wakhuluma naye, wathi:

4 Bheka, isivumelwano sami sikuwe, futhi uyakuba nguyise wezizwe eziningi.

5 Igama lakho alisayikuthiwa u-Abrama, kepha igama lakho liyakuba ngu-Abrahama, ngokuba ngikwenze uyise wezizwe eziningi.

6 Ngiyakwandisa kakhulu-ke, ngenze izizwe ngawe, kuphume amakhosi kuwe;

7 Ngiyakumisa isivumelwano sami phakathi kwami ​​nawe, nenzalo yakho emva kwakho ezizukulwaneni zayo, sibe yisivumelwano esiphakade, ngibe nguNkulunkulu wakho nenzalo yakho emva kwakho.

8 Ngiyakunika wena nenzalo yakho emva kwakho izwe ohlala kulo, izwe lonke laseKhanani libe yifa eliphakade; njalo ngizakuba nguNkulunkulu wabo.

Nalapha futhi, u-Abrahama usinika isibonakaliso sokholo, ukukholelwa kuJehova nokuthembela ekugcwalisekeni kwezwi lakhe. Njengoba siqhubeka nemibhalo siyaqaphela ukuthi umuntu owayengabaza ngesinye isikhathi ukuthi lesi sithembiso sasiyogcwaliseka kwakunguSarayi, lowo uNkulunkulu amshintsha igama likaSara.

Esahlukweni 18, lapho uJehova aqinisekisa khona ukuzalwa kuka-Isaka kubo, siyabona ukuthi walihleka usulu leli qiniso. Masiyifunde ngezansi:

10 Wathi: "Nempela ngiyakubuyela kini; futhi ngokwesikhathi sokuphila, bheka, uSara umkakho uzakuba nendodana. Futhi uSara wayelalele emnyango wesitolo, owawungemva kwakhe.

11 O-Abrahama noSara base bebadala, sebekhulile; futhi uSara wayeseyekile umkhuba wabesifazane.

12 USara wahleka phakathi kwakhe, wathi: "Emva kokuba sengimdala ngiyoba nokujabula, nenkosi yami isindala na?"

13 UJehova wayesethi ku-Abrahama: “Uhlekeleni uSara, ethi: ‘Impela ngiyakuzala sengimdala na?

14 Ingabe kukhona okunzima kuNkulunkulu? Ngesikhathi esimisiwe ngiyakubuyela kuwe, futhi ngokwesikhathi sokuphila, uSara uyoba nendodana.

Nakuba uSara ngezinye izikhathi ayengabaza noma esaba izwi likaJehova nezithembiso yena ngokwakhe ayezenze kubo, uNkulunkulu uyakuqinisekisa ukuthi babeyoba nendodana.

Lesi sithembiso sigcwaliseka esahlukweni 21, lapho kuxoxwa khona ngokuzalwa kuka-Isaka osekunesikhathi eside kulindelwe. Kanjalo uNkulunkulu wayifeza inceku yakhe u-Abrahama, futhi akazange angabaze ukuthi uJehova wayeyokwenzani ekuphileni kwayo.

Izinyathelo zokholo empilweni ka-Abrahama

Ezahlukweni ezimbalwa kamuva, ukholo luka-Abrahama lwaluyovivinywa futhi, lapho uNkulunkulu emcela ukuba anikele ngendodana yakhe njengomhlatshelo.

Ngaleso sikhathi kwakujwayeleke kakhulu ukuthi kwenziwe umhlatshelo wezilwane ezehlukene futhi unikele ngazo njengomnikelo wokushiswa kuJehova, ngakho esahlukweni 22, uNkulunkulu ufuna lokhu okulandelayo ku-Abrahama:

1 Kwasekusithi emva kwalezizinto uNkulunkulu wamlinga uAbrahama, wathi kuye: Abrahama. Wathi: "Ngilapha."

2 Wathi: "Thatha manje indodana yakho, indodana yakho eyodwa, u-Isaka, oyithandayo, uye ezweni laseMoriya, unikele ngayo umnikelo wokushiswa kwenye yezintaba engizokutshela yona."

3 U-Abrahama wavuka ekuseni, wabophela imbongolo yakhe, wathatha ezimbili zezinceku zakhe kanye no-Isaka indodana yakhe; wagawula izinkuni zomnikelo wokushiswa, wasukuma, waya endaweni uNkulunkulu abemtshele yona.

Nakuba ungekho umbhalo obonisa ukuthi u-Abrahama wayezizwa kanjani ngaleso sikhathi, uNkulunkulu wayemcela ukuba anikele ngendodana yakhe okuwukuphela kwayo, leyo ababeyilindile iminyaka eminingi futhi eyayizalwe umkakhe oyinyumba isikhulile, wayengayithola kalula nje. wenqaba isicelo esinjalo.

Kodwa uyaphinda futhi usinika isibonakaliso sokholo nokuthembela ngokuphelele eNkosini, ngakho ngakusasa uvuka ekuseni kakhulu futhi uya endaweni yokushiswa kanye nendodana yakhe encane u-Isaka.

Ngemva kwendaba singabona ukuthi evesini 11, ingelosi ibonakala kuye, imtshela ukuthi angangeluli isandla sakhe kumfana, amethule nenqama ukuba yenze umhlatshelo.

Futhi evesini 16, uJehova umtshela ukuthi njengoba engazange avume ukunikela ngendodana yakhe ezelwe yodwa, wayezobusisa futhi andise inzalo yakhe ibe ngangezinkanyezi zezulu nesihlabathi solwandle, imindeni yonke yomhlaba ubusisiwe ukubonga kuye. , ngokulalela izwi lakhe.

Obunye ubufakazi bokuthi uthando u-Abrahama ayenalo ngoNkulunkulu lwalungaphezu kwalolo ayenalo ngale ndodana ayeseyilindile amashumi eminyaka.

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U-Abrahama unikela ngendodana yakhe u-Isaka.

Izono empilweni ka-Abrahama

Nakuba engumuntu okwathi ngemva kokubizwa kwakhe, wazinikela ngokuphelele ekukhonzeni uJehova futhi ezivumela ukuba aqondiswe izithembiso zakhe ekuphileni kwakhe, iBhayibheli libuye libe nomthwalo wokusibonisa ubuthakathaka kanye nezono zakhe.

Okokuqala, ezindimeni zikaGenesise 12:10-20 nakuGenesise 20:1-18 , sibona indlela aqamba amanga ngayo kabili mayelana nobuhlobo bakhe nomkakhe uSara, ngenjongo eyodwa yokuzivikela emazweni ayizitha.

Nokho, kuyaphawulwa nokuthi kuzo zombili lezi zenzakalo uNkulunkulu wasekela ukuphila kuka-Abrahama, naphezu kokubonisa ukholo oluncane ngaleso sikhathi.

Elinye iphuzu elibuthakathaka lika-Abrahama noSara kwaba ukufuna abantwana, ngakho-ke kuGenesise 16:1-15, uSara uphakamisa ukuthi u-Abrahama abe nomntwana nenceku yakhe uHagari, isiphakamiso asivuma. Kulokhu kuhlangana kwazalwa u-Ishmayeli, kwaphinde kwabonakala iphuzu lobuthakathaka nokuntula ukholo ku-Abrahama.

Naphezu kwalokhu, uNkulunkulu wakubusisa ukuphila kuka-Ismael, nokho, inzalo yakhe yaba futhi isaqhubeka iyizitha zabantu bakaNkulunkulu, okusibonisa ukuthi asinakuzama ukwenza izinto ngamandla ethu, uma uNkulunkulu eshilo, uzokufeza.

Impilo ka-Abrahama yokukholwa

Ukuphila kuka-Abrahama kusukela ekubizweni kwakhe kuze kube sekufeni kwakhe kwakuqondiswa ukholo, lokho kwabonakala ngisho nasencwadini eya kwabaseRoma eyabhalwa umphostoli uPawulu.

Lapho, isahluko sonke sigxile ekukhulumeni ngokulungisiswa ngokholo futhi sisebenzisa ukuphila kuka-Abrahama njengesibonelo, ngoba ukholo ayenalo ezithembisweni zikaNkulunkulu kuphela olwamenza walunga emehlweni akhe.

Futhi, uJakobe wasebenzisa impilo ka-Abrahama ukuchaza ukuthi ukukholwa ngaphandle kwemisebenzi akukho, sithola lokhu kuJakobe 2:21, lapho kuchazwa ukuthi ukholo alukho ngamazwi kuphela, kodwa ukuthi izenzo zethu kufanele zibonise ukulalela nokuthembela kweqiniso uNkulunkulu, iNkosi.

Ngokufanayo, iBhayibheli libonisa ukuthi ukholo kumelwe luthuthukiswe komunye nomunye wethu, ukuzalwa ekhaya lamaKristu noma ukuba nabazali abagxilile evangelini akusho ukuthi insindiso yethu ivikelekile.

Ukuphenduka kungomuntu ngamunye, imibhalo iyakufakazela lokho, akusiyo yonke inzalo ka-Abrahama eyayingabizelwa ekusindisweni. Lesi isici okufanele sicatshangelwe ukuzama nsuku zonke ukuze sikwazi ukuhlakulela izinhliziyo ezethembayo nezilalela ubizo lweNkosi.

Lokhu kumele sikuthathe njengesibonelo sendlela yokuhamba ekukholweni kanye nendlela yokulalela, sazi ukuthi uNkulunkulu angakhetha noma yimuphi phakathi kwethu ukuba abe nenjongo enkulu Kuye.

Ngezinye izikhathi uyosibiza ukuba sinyakaze, sinyakaze, siphume emagwemeni ethu, senze imihlatshelo esiyibheka njengento engenakwenzeka, kodwa kumane kuwukuhlola ukholo lwethu futhi uma amehlo ethu ebheke lokho okubaluleke ngempela.

Ngoba nakuba ngezinye izikhathi sikholelwa ukuthi uNkulunkulu akakhulumi, njengoba u-Abrahama wayengacabanga iminyaka eminingi kangaka elindele ukugcwaliseka kwesithembiso uNkulunkulu asenza ekuphileni kwakhe, empeleni uJehova uyasebenza.

Ngaleyo ndlela, ngesikhathi esifanele, ngesikhathi sikaNkulunkulu, ngasinye salezo zithembiso sagcwaliseka ngayo. Masithathe ukuphila kwakhe njengefa lokholo elingakhuthazela kulowo nalowo kithi.

Okokugcina, impilo ka-Abrahama iyisibonelo sendlela yokuba nokuxhumana okusebenzayo nokuqondile noNkulunkulu, njengoba nje ngezinye izikhathi wayethula futhi akholelwe nje, ngezinye izikhathi akazange angabaze ukubuza uNkulunkulu, njengoba enza kuGenesise 18 lapho ekhulumela uNkulunkulu. iSodoma neGomora.

Uma ufuna ukuqhubeka nokufunda, mayelana nempilo yabanye abalingiswa basebhayibhelini abanjengo U-Ester, owesifazane owayevikela abantu bakubo, chofoza lapha, futhi uthole impilo yalo wesifazane omangalisayo.


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