UMBONO NOBUMNYAMA
“Uvalo lobumnyama obukhulu lwamehlela.”
IGenesisi 15:12
Noma nini lapho uNkulunkulu enikeza ongcwele umbono, umbeka, njengokungathi kunjalo, ethunzini lesandla saKhe, futhi umsebenzi wongcwele ukuba athule alalele. Kukhona ubumnyama obuvela ekukhanyeni okukhulu ngokweqile, futhi leso yisikhathi sokulalela. IGenesisi 16 iwumfanekiso wokulalela iseluleko esihle lapho kumnyama esikhundleni sokulinda uNkulunkulu ukuba athumele ukukhanya. Lapho uNkulunkulu enikeza umbono bese kulandela ubumnyama, linda. UNkulunkulu uyokwenza uvumelane nombono akunike wona uma ulinda isikhathi saKhe. Ungalokothi uzame ukusiza uNkulunkulu ukuba agcwalise izwi laKhe. U-Abrahama wadlula iminyaka eyishumi nantathu yokuthula, kodwa ngaleyo minyaka konke ukuzimela kwabhujiswa; kwase kungasekho nhlobo ukuthembela ezindleleni zengqondo ephusile. Leyo minyaka yokuthula yayiyisikhathi sesiyalo, hhayi sokungajabuli kukaNkulunkulu. Ungalokothi uziphoqelele injabulo nokuzethemba, kodwa hlala ugxile kuNkulunkulu (qhathanisa U-Izaya 50:10,11).
Ingabe nginakho ukwethemba inyama? Noma sengidlule kukho konke ukuzethemba kimi nakwabesilisa nabesifazane bakaNkulunkulu; ezincwadini nasemithandazweni nasekuthathekeni okukhulu; futhi ingabe manje ukwethemba kwami kubekwe kuNkulunkulu uqobo, hhayi ezibusisweni zaKhe? "NginguNkulunkulu uMninimandla onke" — El — Shaddai, uNkulunkulu onguBaba-onguMama. Into eyodwa sonke esiqeqeshelwa yona ukwazi ukuthi uNkulunkulu ungowangempela. Ngokushesha lapho uNkulunkulu eba ngowangempela, abanye abantu baba izithunzi. Akukho okwenziwa noma okushiwo abanye abangcwele okungaphazamisa nanini lowo owakhelwe kuNkulunkulu.