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IBhayibheli likhuthaza futhi lilandelela ukuthambekela okude kokukholelwa kuNkulunkulu oyedwa.
Ekuqaleni, uNkulunkulu wadala indawo yonke, umhlaba, kanye no-Adamu no-Eva. UNkulunkulu uxwayisa uNowa ukuba akhe umkhumbi, futhi wenza isivumelwano naye ngemva kukazamcolo omkhulu. UNkulunkulu uyabahlakaza abantu abazama ukwakha umbhoshongo waseBhabhele. Ngakho, ukungashadi kukhona ezindabeni zakuqala.
Bese, ku Genesise 11:14, sizwa ngokuzalwa kuka-Ebere, amaHeberu aqanjwa ngaye igama lesizwe sawo, nezizukulwane eziyisithupha kamuva, u-Abrama. Genesise 11:26. U-Abrama ungumlingiswa oyisibonelo endabeni. Waphila eminyakeni engaba ngu-4000 edlule, mhlawumbe cishe ngo-1900 BC. UNkulunkulu uthi makahambe e-Uri, eKalideya (manje eyiningizimu-mpumalanga ye-Iraq), lapho azalelwa khona, aye ezweni uNkulunkulu azombonisa lona. UAbrama uyalalela, futhi ekuphileni kwakhe okude okulandelayo, uchitha isikhathi ePhadani Aramu (eSiriya), bese kuba seKhanani, bese kuba seGibithe, futhi abuyele eKhanani. Ngenxa yokuthi u-Abrama wenza njengoba uNkulunkulu emyalile, igama lakhe lishintshwa libe ngu-Abrahama, futhi igama lomkakhe uSarayi lishintshwa libe nguSara.
Ekugcineni, u-Abrahama unezingane eziningi. Indodana yakhe yokuqala, u-Ishmayeli, kaHagari, iba uyise wezizwe zama-Arabhu. Indodana yakhe yesibili, u-Isaka, kaSara, iba uyise wamaIsrayeli nabakwaEdomi. Ungukhokho wabantu abasungula izinkolo ezintathu ezinkulu ezihlala isikhathi eside ezikholelwa kuNkulunkulu oyedwa - ubuJuda, ubuKristu nobuSulumane.
Lapho indaba yakhe iqala, u-Abrama uvela esikweni lokukhonza izithombe eziningi. Bheka, isibonelo, Joshuwa 24:2, 14, 15 futhi Genesise 31:53, kanye nencazelo ku Izimfihlakalo Zezulu 1356. 1 Kodwa, okubalulekile, u-Abrama unamandla okuba umuntu ongakholelwa kuNkulunkulu oyedwa. UJehova uNkulunkulu uyakubona lokhu okungenzeka, futhi uholela u-Abrama nenzalo yakhe kukho. Kuyinqubo kancane kancane. Endabeni yomzukulu ka-Abrahama uJakobe nomkakhe uRaheli, uRaheli weba izithombe zezithixo endlini kayise uLabani (Genesise 31:19). Kodwa-ke, ku Genesise 35:2-3, kungakabiphi, sithola uJakobe etshela abendlu yakhe,
“Lahlani onkulunkulu babezizwe abaphakathi kwenu, nizihlambulule, niguqule izingubo zenu, sisuke, sikhuphukele eBethele, ngimenzele khona uNkulunkulu i-altare owangiphendula ngosuku lweNkathi. ekuhluphekeni kwami, futhi wayenami endleleni engangihamba ngayo.
Khona-ke, ezizukulwaneni ezithile kamuva, inqubo iqhubeka. UMose unikezwa iMithetho Eyishumi entabeni yaseSinayi, futhi umyalo wokuqala yilo:
"UNkulunkulu wakhuluma onke lawa mazwi, wathi: "NginguJehova uNkulunkulu wakho owakukhipha ezweni laseGibhithe, endlini yobugqila. Ungabi nabanye onkulunkulu ngaphandle kwami. Ungazenzeli wena. noma yisiphi isithombe esibaziweyo, nanoma yimuphi umfanekiso wokusezulwini phezulu, nokusemhlabeni phansi, nowokusemanzini phansi komhlaba. (Eksodusi 20:1-4)
Le nqubekela phambili isuka kunkulunkulu abaningi iye kunkulunkulu oyedwa ibalulekile. Imfundiso entsha yobuKristu ifundisa ukuthi abantu bakudala kakhulu babenenkolelo yokukholelwa kuNkulunkulu oyedwa, kodwa njengoba isikhathi siqhubeka, futhi baba “nempucuko” ngokwengeziwe, ukuhlanzeka kwabo kwasekuqaleni konakaliswa, futhi bawela enkolweni yonkulunkulu abaningi. Imikhosi yabo engcwele yezingxenye zikaNkulunkulu, isib. Amandla kaNkulunkulu, noma uthando lukaNkulunkulu, ayeyoshintsha kancane kancane abe uhlobo oluthile lwezithixo. 2
UNkulunkulu wenza isivumelwano sakhe no-Abrahama ukuze aqale ukuhlehlisa lesi simo, futhi - ngeziqalo eziningi zamanga neziphambeko - sisebenzile. Inkolo ye-Monotheism iyindlela evame kakhulu yenkolelo namuhla. Iqiniso lalo lenza indawo ehlanzekile uJehova uNkulunkulu angasebenza kuyo ekuphileni kwethu. Ku Inkolo YeQiniso yobuKhrestu 9, sithola lesi sitatimende:
“Ngenxa yokuthutheleka kobuNkulunkulu emiphefumulweni yabantu, abaphathwa ngenhla nje, kukhona kuwo wonke umuntu umyalo wangaphakathi wokuthi kukhona uNkulunkulu nokuthi Munye.
Uma sivula izingqondo zethu kulokhu kuthutheleka, singakwamukela, futhi sikuqaphele kangcono ukuhola kukaNkulunkulu. Lapho uJakobe enxusa abantu bakhe ukuba ‘basuke, bakhuphukele eBethele,’ yilokho akhuluma ngakho. NgesiHeberu, elithi “Bethele” lisho “indlu kaNkulunkulu” -- futhi singakhuphukela kuyo.
Imibhalo yaphansi:
1. Izimfihlakalo Zezulu 1992 usho ngokuqondile (phezulu esigatshaneni sesi-3) ukuthi u-Abrama wayekhonza izithombe.
2. Bheka Izimfihlakalo Zezulu 4162: ...labo ababengabeBandla Lasendulo babehlukanisa ubuNkulunkulu (okungukuthi, iNkosi) ngamagama ahlukahlukene.... Ababehlakaniphile phakathi kwabo babeqonda ngawo wonke lawa magama akekho noyedwa kodwa iNkosi eyodwa kuphela; kodwa ezilula zazenzela izithombe eziningi kangaka ezimele lowoBunkulunkulu; futhi lapho ukukhulekelwa koBunkulunkulu kuqala ukuphendulwa kwaba ukukhonza izithombe, bazenzela onkulunkulu abaningi kakhulu. [Ezigatshaneni 2 no-3]
