Ngo-2024, baningi abantu abavote okhethweni oluningi emazweni amaningi kunanoma yimuphi omunye unyaka emlandweni wesintu. Akuwona wonke amakhetho abekhululekile futhi angenzeleli, kodwa ukhetho lukazwelonke olunenjongo luye lwabanjwa emazweni amaningana amakhulu emhlabeni (isb., Brazil, India, Indonesia, Mexico, USA) kanye nasemazweni abalulekile esifundeni njengeNingizimu Afrika, I-France, iTaiwan, ne-United Kingdom.
Kwaba unyaka omkhulu-ke kwezombusazwe namaqembu ezombusazwe. Ngeshwa, enye yezinto ezigqamayo kulo nyaka emazweni amaningi kulawo mazwe wukuhlukana okubuhlungu lapho abantu behlale bethuka begxeka abanye abantu ngenxa yokungezwani kwezepolitiki. Futhi lokhu kwakhuthazwa imboni yentukuthelo yezokuxhumana lapho okuthunyelwe okuningi nokuchofoza kubonakala kukhuthaza intukuthelo kanye nokululazwa kwabanye abantu.
Lokhu kuwumphumela wokuthambekela okuthile kwemvelo. Abantu bavame ukufuna ukufakwa kanye nobumbano; sifuna ukuba yingxenye yeqembu. Futhi uma siseqenjini, sivame ukuphinda kabili kulokho siyikho futhi singalingeka ukuba singabaphathi kahle abantu bangaphandle. Lokhu kubonakala kunjalo ikakhulukazi emaqenjini ezombusazwe lapho singaqiniseka khona ukuthi sinombono ofanele wenqubomgomo mayelana . . . uyisho igama: imigomo, ukukhipha isisu, ukuguquka kwesimo sezulu, ukuthuthela kwelinye izwe, njll. Futhi uma umuntu engabelani ngalezo zikhundla zenqubomgomo, akagcini nje ngokungalungile kodwa cishe ungumuntu osabekayo futhi kufanele simthukuthelele yena kanye neqembu lakhe.
Lesi akusona isimo esikhuthazayo empilweni yenkolo. AmaKristu kufanele enze kanjani esikhathini esinjengalesi? Iyiphi indlela kwezombusazwe OKUMELE siyithathe? Kunemibono ewusizo nethakazelisayo endabeni yempilo yeNkosi njengoba ivezwe encwadini yakamuva ethi, "The After Party," kaCurtis Chang, et al.
Sivame ukungacabangi kakhulu ngezombangazwe lapho sifunda iTestamente Elisha, kodwa uJesu wakhulela endaweni yezombangazwe kakhulu. Njengoba sazi endabeni kaKhisimusi kuLuka (bheka Luka 2), uMbuso WaseRoma wawulawula indawo futhi wawusukwenze lokho amashumi eminyaka ambalwa. Lelo qiniso elilula le-geopolitical lafaka umbala kuzo zonke izici zokuphila kuleyo ndawo - ikakhulukazi ezombusazwe.
Ngesikhathi sokuzalwa kweNkosi izinhlobonhlobo zokuhlubuka kanye nezinqubomgomo zamaRoma zanyakazisa indawo. Enye yazo kwakuwukuvela kwenhlangano ebizwa ngokuthi amaZealot amalungu ayo ayefuna ukuqeda umbuso wamaRoma. Bahola ekuhlubukeni kwentela futhi bashisa izindlu zabathelisi ngaphambi kokuba amasosha amaRoma abaqothule. Babeholwa indoda okuthiwa uJuda, uJuda waseGalile—ingxenye yezwe lakwa-Israyeli lapho uJesu ayezokhulela khona. Ngakho-ke, kungenzeka ukuthi iNkosi yakhulela endaweni egcwele imizwelo emelene namaRoma. Kodwa kwakukhona futhi amaJuda ayesebenza namaRoma: oHerode phakathi kwezikhulu, nabathelisi, ababebonwa ngamanye amaJuda amaningi njengamambuka.
Kwakukhona nokuhlukana kwezombangazwe phakathi kwamaJuda ngokwawo. AbaFarisi nabaSadusi babengamaqembu enkolo nezombusazwe aphikisanayo ngaleso sikhathi; abaSadusi babethambekele ekubeni izicukuthwane eziphakeme futhi baneliswa isimo esasikhona ngaphansi kweRoma kuyilapho abaFarisi bethambekele ekumelaneni nalo msebenzi. Njengasesikhathini sethu, kwakunokushuba okukhulu nentukuthelo phakathi kwalawo maqembu noma amaqembu aphikisanayo.
UJesu wayeyindida. Wayebonakala ewathanda amaqembu (cha, hhayi amaqembu ezombusazwe, amaqembu angempela okuzijabulisa). Cabanga ngazo zonke izindaba ezimayelana nokuhambela kwakhe amaphathi edina namaphathi omshado, emema abantu nokwamukela izimemo. Kangangoba abagxeki bambiza ngokuthi “isiminzi nesidakwa” (Mathewu 11:19).
La maqembu obumnandi aphakamise imibuzo yepolitiki, nokwenza abantu bazibuze ukuthi ngabe ukuphi uhlangothi. Kwesinye isikhathi wamukela izimemo zabaFarisi (Luka 7:36; 14:1) kodwa wavakashela nabathelisi (Luka 19:7). AbaFarisi babuza abafundi ukuthi kungani edla nabathelisi (Marku 2:16).
Umphakathi kaJesu wawudida abantu, futhi. Qaphela ukuthi abaphostoli abayi-12 bethulwa kanjani emaVangelini (bheka Mathewu 10 futhi Luka 6): “USimoni othiwa uPetru, no-Andreya umfowabo; uJakobe kaZebedewu noJohane umfowabo; uFiliphu noBartolomewu; uTomasi noMathewu umthelisi; uJakobe indodana ka-Alfewu, noThadewu; uSimoni umZelothe noJudasi Iskariyothe owamkhaphelayo.
Eziningana zisanda kwethulwa ngamagama; eziningana ngobunikazi bemindeni yazo, kodwa ezimbili ngokusobala ngendawo yazo ezingxabanweni zezombangazwe ezihlangene zangaleso sikhathi: umthelisi (ukusebenzela abahlali bamaRoma) kanye nomshisekeli (abamelene nomsebenzi ngobudlova). UJesu wayehlanganisa ngenhloso nangokucacile abantu abavela kuzo zonke izinhlangothi zoqhekeko olukhona lwezombangazwe. Wayengumngane ngisho namaSamariya nezinduna zekhulu.
Ngenxa yalokhu, uJesu wabhekana novivinyo lwezombangazwe. Ku Mathewu 16, abaFarisi nabaSadusi beza ukumlinga, becela isibonakaliso esivela ezulwini. Lawo maqembu awazange avumelane ngokuningi, kodwa avumelana ngokuthi kwakudingeka acindezele uJesu - ukuze amphoqelele ukuba aziveze ezingxabanweni zezombangazwe zangaleso sikhathi. Babefuna ukuhlola uJesu ngoba ezinye zezibonakaliso/izimangaliso Zakhe zangaphambili zazingaqondakali kwezombusazwe:
Ngakolunye uhlangothi, izikhathi lapho ondla ngazo izinkulungwane ezinhlanu futhi kamuva izinkulungwane ezine zazisikisela ukuvusa ibutho lokuvukela iRoma, ukuthola ukwethembeka ngokudla. Ivangeli likaMarku lize lixoxe ngesixuku sihlukaniswa saba yizinkampani nezikwele zamakhulu namashumi amahlanu (Marku 6:39-40). Lokhu kumelwe ukuba kwabonakala kuthembisa kakhulu kumaZealot nabaFarisi benethemba lokuvukela kwezempi, kodwa kusongela isimo esasithandwa abathelisi nabaSadusi.
Kodwa-ke, ngemva kokubili kwalamaphiknikhini amakhulu, uJesu wazikhulula izixuku wahamba (Marku 6:45; 8:9), esikisela ukuthi wayengelona ibutho lezempi kodwa engumholi wenkolo. Ngakho, amaZealot ayeyodumazeka futhi abathelisi bakhululeka.
Ngamafuphi, iNkosi yenqaba ukuthatha izivivinyo. Izimfundiso zakhe zazihlale zidlula izingxabano zezombangazwe futhi wabiza abantu ukuthi babheke ubudlelwano babo nabanye abantu. Lapho ekhuluma nezilaleli zaseGalile eNtshumayelweni YaseNtabeni, wathi: “Nizwile kwathiwa, ‘Kumelwe uthande umakhelwane wakho, futhi uzonde isitha sakho. Kepha mina ngithi kini, thandani izitha zenu, nibusise abaniqalekisayo, nenze okuhle kwabalizondayo, nibakhulekele abaniphatha kabi nabanizingelayo.”Mathewu 5:43-44).
Cabanga nje ukuthi kwakuyoba nzima kangakanani ngesixuku saseGalile okungenzeka sasisekela amaZealot amaningi ukuzwa ukuthi kufanele sithande izitha ezazibacindezela. Mhlawumbe kunzima kakhulu kunalokho okungaba ukuthi abantu baseMelika batshelwe ukuthi kufanele bathande uDonald Trump noma uJoe Biden.
Yini esingayisusa kulokhu? Sisengaba namaqembu ethu, ubuthina, nezinkolelo zethu. Singahlanganyela engxoxweni enomoya mayelana nezindlela ezinhle nezimbi zokwenza izinto. Kodwa asikwazi ukuzikhulula ezimisweni ezingokomoya zokuthi singabambisana kanjani futhi sihlobane nabanye abantu. Kungase kube nzima ukunqoba ubunikazi bethu beqembu lezombusazwe/lenhlalo kanye namagqubu alandelayo ezombusazwe, kodwa ifomula njengoba ichazwe ku. Inhlakanipho Yobungelosi 94 ilula:
“Ukuthanda umakhelwane wethu njengalokhu sizithanda thina akukona nje ukwenza ngokungathembeki noma ngokungabi nabulungisa kubantu, singafukameli inzondo noma ukushisa ukuziphindiselela ngokumelene nabo, singakhulumi kabi ngabo noma sikhulume kabi ngabo, singafebi nabashade nabo, futhi singenzi lutho lwalolo hlobo kubo. bona. Ingabe ukhona ohlulekayo ukubona ukuthi abantu abenza izinto ezinjengalezi ababathandi omakhelwane babo njengoba bezithanda? Nokho, abantu abangazenzi izinto ezinjalo ngoba bebabi kumakhelwane wabo futhi bona kuNkulunkulu baphatha omakhelwane babo ngokwethembeka, ngobulungisa, ngobubele nangokwethembeka.”
Lesi siqephu sibonakala sibalulekile:
Uma uthando lungekho, abantu ababoni lutho kumakhelwane wabo ngaphandle kobubi. Uma bebona noma yini enhle kumuntu, bayakuchitha noma babeke ukuhumusha okubi kukho. Bafuna ukuhlola nokwahlulela wonke umuntu futhi bangafisi lutho ngaphandle kokuthola ububi, behlale bezimisele ukusola, ukujezisa, nokuhlupha.
Abantu ababuswa yizinhlangano ezisiza abampofu benza ngendlela ehluke ngokuphelele. Ababoni ngisho nokubi komunye kodwa banaka konke okuhle neqiniso kumuntu. Lapho bethola okubi noma okungamanga, babeka incazelo enhle kukho. Lokhu kuwuphawu lwazo zonke izingelosi—eziyithola eNkosini, egobela konke okubi kube kuhle.I-Arcana Coelestia 1079:2).
