1. INCWADI KAGENESIS

Kakho umuntu ongabona ngokusukela engqondweni yemvelo yeZwi yeThestamente eliDala ukuthi lengxenye yeZwi imumethe izimfihlo zasezulwini ezijulile, nokuthi konke okuqukethwe kuyo, kabanzi nangemininingwane, kuphathelene neNkosi, nezulu laYo, nesonto, nenkolo, nazozonke izinto ezixhumene nalezizinto. Ngokuba engqondweni yemvelo noma yamabala yalengxenye yeZwi, umuntu angabona kuphela—kabanzi—ukuthi zonke izinto kuyo ziphathelene namasiko nemithetho eSonto lamaJuda. Nokho iqiniso elimsulwa wukuthi kulolo nke leloZwi kukhona okungaphakathi okungaveli nakancane kokungaphandle ngaphandle kokuyingcosane okwadalulwa futhi kwachazwa yiNkosi kuBafundi baYo; njengokuthi imihlabelo ifanekisa iNkosi; ukuthi izwe laseK-hanana neJerusalema kufanekisa izulu—okuyisizathu sokuba kubizwe ngeKhanana lasezulwini nangeJerusalema lasezulwini—nokuthi iPharadisi lifanekisa okufanayo. (Mathewu 6:33)

1540. INGQONDO ENGAPHAKATHI. Njengoba sekuke kwaphawulwa, imilando eseZwini eyenzeka ngempela iqale eSahlukweni esandulelayo. Yonke eminye imilando, kuze kufinyelele eSahlukweni esandulelayo, noma, kuze kufinyelele lapho kukhulunywa khona ngoEbere, bekuyimilando eqanjiwe. Isiqhubezo somlando kaAbrama lapha sifanekisa engqondweni engaphakathi iNkosi, ikakhulu sifanekisa impilo yaYo ngaphambi kokuhlanganiswa koMuntu waYo ongaphandle noMuntu waYo ongaphakathi baze babentonye noma basebenze njengoMuntu oyedwa, okungukuthi, ngaphambi kokuba uMuntu ongaphandle naYe abe ngowezulu lamazulu nowoBunkulunkulu. Imininingwane yomlando ifanekisa iNkosi, kanti amazwi uqobo afanekisa lezozinto ezifanekiswa ngawo, Kodwa ngoba imininingwane namazwi kuyizincazelo zomlando nakanjani umfundi ugxila kukho, ikakhulu namuhla lapho abantu abaningi, imbala cishe bonke abantu, bengakholwa nakancane ukuthi kukhona ingqondo engaphakathi, kungasaphathwa ukuthi kukhona ingqondo engaphakathi kulelo nalelogama eZwini. Mhlawumbe namanje ngeke bakholwe ukuthi lengqondo ikhona yize isikhonjiswe ngokuchache kangaka kuze kube manje. Kukhona esinye futhi isizathu sokuba ingqondo engaphakathi yehluke kangaka engqondweni engaphandle, kangangokuba ingabonakali. Nokho ukuthi lengqondo ikhona bangakwazi ngokuthi umlando uwodwa kawuyona ingxenye yeZwi, ngokuba kabukho uBunkulunkulu kuwo uma wahlukanisiwe nengqondo yawo yangaphakathi, ekubeni lapho ufana nje nayoyonke eminye imilando nezindaba zezwe. Yingqondo engaphakathi eyenza ukuba umlando oseZwini ubengcwele noma ube noBunkulunkulu. Ukuthi ingqondo engaphakathi yiyona eyiZwi uqobo kuyachacha ngezinto eziningi esezambuliwe, njengokuthi:

Ngayibiza indodana yaMi ukuba iphume eGibhithe (Mathewu 2:15) ;

Nokunye okuningi okufana nalokhu. NeNkosi uQobo, ngemuva koVuko lwaYo, yafundisa abafundi baYo okwakulotshwe ngaYo kuMose nakubaPhrofethi (Luka 24:27), kanjalo yabafundisa ukuthi akukho lutho olulotshwe eZwini olungekho malungana naYo, nombuso waYo, nangeSonto laYo. Lezozinto ezilotshiwe zeZwi zingezezulu likamoya nezezulu lamazulu, kodwa ingqondo yazo yemvelo isikhathi esiningi iqukethe izinto zomhlaba, zomzimba, nezemvelo ezingeke nakancane zibe yiZwi leNkosi. Namuhla abantu kabaqondi lutho ngaphandle kwezinto zomhlaba, nomzimba, nezemvelo. Kabazi nakancane ukuthi izinto zikamoya nezinto zezulu lamazulu ziyini. Kwakwehlukile ngomuntu noma ngelungu leSonto laseMandulondulo nangelungu leSonto laseMandulo. Ukuba lamawomalungu ayephila namuhla efunda iZwi ayengeke ayinake ingqondo yalo yemvelo, ayezoyithatha njengento engelutho, kodwa ayezonaka ingqondo yalo engaphakathi kuphela. Amalungu alawomaSonto ayamangala ukuthi umuntu angaliqonda kanjani iZwi ngenye indlela. Ngakho-ke zonke izincwadi zabantu basemandulondulo nabasendulo zilotshwe ngendlela yokuba zibe nencazelo engaphakathi eyahlukile encazelweni yangaphandle.

1807. Ukuthi ngamazwi “Bheka, manje, ngasezulwini” kufanekiswa ukuqhanyiswa kombuso weNkosi lapho kubukwa umkhathi ngameso engqondo kusobala ngokuqhanyiswa nge “zulu”. Engqondweni engaphakathi yeZwi nge “zulu” kakushiwo lesisibhakabhaka esiphezulu esibonakala ngameso, kodwa kushiwo umbuso weNkosi kabanzi nangokwemininingwane. Lapho umuntu obona izinto zangaphakathi ngesu lezinto zangaphandle ebuka isibhakabhaka kacabangi nakancane ngesibhakabhaka nezinkanyezi kodwa ucabanga ngezulu lezingelosi. Nalapho ebuka ilanga kacabangi nakancane ngalo kodwa ucabanga ngeNkosi, okuyiYona eyiLanga lasezulwini. Kwenzeka okufanayo nalapho ebuka inyanga nezinkanyezi. Ngakhoke nalapho ebuka ukungabi namkhawulo kwesibhakabhaka kacabangi ngokungabi namkhawulo kwaso kodwa ucabanga ngokungabi namkhawulo nokungabi nasiphelo kwamandla eNkosi. Kwenzeka kanjalo ngazozonke izinto azibukayo, ngokuba kakulutho olusemhlabeni wemvelo olungafanekisi okuthile kwasempilweni yangemuva kokufa.

[2] Kwenzeka okufanayo nangezinto eziphansi emhlabeni, njengokuthi, lapho umuntu obona okungaphakathi ngesu lokungaphandle ebuka uvivi lokusa kacabangi ngalo kodwa ucabanga ngokuvela kwazozonke izinto eNkosini nokuqhubekela kwazo ekukhanyeni kwasemini okuyinhlakanipho. Kunjalo nalapho ebuka izivande, imithi, nezimbali, iso lakhe kaligxili emthini othile, ezimbalini zawo, emaqabungeni awo, nasezithelweni zawo, kodwa ligxila ezintweni zasezulwini ezifanekiswa ngalezizinto. Futhi iso lakhe kaligxili embalini, ebuhleni bayo, nasekuthandekeni kwayo kodwa ligxila kulezozinto ezifanekiswa ngalezizinto empilweni yangemuva kokufa. Ngokuba kayikho neyodwa into ephezulu esibhakabhakeni nasemhlabeni phansi enhle nethandekayo engafanekisi okuthile okusemmbusweni weNkosi; namalungana nalokhu ungabheka okuphawulwe enombolweni 1632 ngenhla. Kuyilokhu “ukubheka ngasezulwini” okufanekisa ukuqhanyiswa kommbuso weNkosi lapho kubukwa umkhathi ngamehlo engqondo.

[3] Isizathu sokuba kungabikho neyodwa into ephezulu esibhakabhakeni nasemhlabeni phansi enhle nethandekayo engafanekisi okuthile okusembusweni weNkosi wukuthi lezozinto zabakhona futhi ziqhubeka nokubakhona, okungukuthi, zigcinwa ebukhoneni ngesu lomngenela ophuma eNkosini odlula ezulwini. Lokhu kufana nokwenzeka ngomzimba womuntu, obakhona futhi ugcinwe ukhona ngesu lomphefumulo, nokuyisizathu sokuba zonke izinto ezisemzimbeni zifanekise izinto ezisemphefumulweni kabanzi nangokwemininingwane. Okusemphefumulweni wumsebenzi owusizo nenhloso, kanti okusemzimbeni wukufezwa kwalowomsebenzi nenhloso. Yonke imiphumela, ngendlela efanayo, ifanekisa imisebenzi okuyiyona eyisisusa saleyomiphumela, kanti imisebenzi ewusizo ifanekisa inhloso okuyiyona eyandulelayo noma engamaqaliso.

[4] Abantu abagxila emiqondweni yoBunkulunkulu kabazinaki noma kabazikhathazi ngezinto ezibonakala ngamehlo abo enyama, kodwa ngazo nakuzo baqonda noma babona izinto zangaphakathi ngokunganqamukiyo. Izinto ezingaphakathi kunazozonke yilezo ezingezombuso weNkosi, kanjalo yilezo eziyinhloso esemqoka kunazozonke. Kunjalo nangeZwi leNkosi. Umuntu ogxila ekuqondeni imiqondo yoBunkulunkulu kabonaze azikhathaze ngengqondo engaphandle noma yemvelo yeZwi, kodwa uthatha ingqondo yalo engaphandle njengento emele nefanekisa izinto zezulu lamazulu nezinto zezulu likamoya zeSonto nezommbuso weNkosi. Kulowomuntu umsebenzi wengqondo yemvelo wukuba kuphela yisu lokuba akwazi ukucabanga ngezinto zeSonto nangezinto zommbuso weNkosi. Kwakunjalo nokubuka kweNkosi izinto zemvelo.