Ukuzalwa kukaKristu kunye neKrisimesi

Ixesha leKrisimesi lihlala ilixesha elifanelekileyo lokulungisa iinyani ezigqwethekileyo zembali ngokuZalwa kukaKristu. ISibhalo sibhengeze ukuba ubungqina bukaYesu bungumoya wesiprofeto (Izityhilelo 19:10). Bangqina ngaye bonke abaprofeti (IZenzo 10:43).

Ngaloo ndlela, Ukuzalwa Kwakhe kwaxelwa kwangaphambili kwiinkulungwane ezisixhenxe ngaphambili ngumprofeti uIsaya: Isaya 7:14 iNkosi ngokwayo iya kuninika umqondiso; Uyabona, intombi le iya kumitha, izale unyana, imthiye igama elinguImanuweli. Kwakhona, kuIsaya 9:6 Ngokuba sizalelwe umntwana, sinikwe unyana; urhulumente uya kuba segxalabeni lakhe; igama lakhe kuthiwa, nguMmangaliso, nguMcebisi, nguThixo oligorha, nguSonini-nanini. INkosana yoXolo.

Isiprofeto siyabhengezwa apho uKristu wayeza kuzalelwa khona – Mika 5:2 Ke wena, Bhetelehem-efrata, umncinane nje emawakeni akwaYuda, ndiya kuphuma kuwe, eze ngenxa yam, oya kuba ngumlawuli kwaSirayeli; Ukuphuma kwakhe kususela kwasephakadeni, kususela kwaphakade.

Malunga neenkulungwane ezintlanu ngaphambi kokuzalwa kukaKristu, iNgelosi uGabriyeli yamtyhilela umprofeti uDaniyeli ukuba uKristu (uMesiya) wayeza kuvela emhlabeni yaye wayeza kubulawa kwiiveki ezingama-69 zesiprofeto (eziyiminyaka esixhenxe ukusa kwiveki yonke iminyaka engama-483) umhla wesibhengezo sokuba yakhiwe kwakhona ize ibuyiselwe iYerusalem kumabhodlo ayo ( Daniyeli 9:25-26 ). Ukususela kumhla weso sibhengezo ngo-445 BC ukuya ekungeneni ngoLoyiso kweNkosi eYerusalem ngeCawa yePalm AD 30 yayiyiminyaka engama-483 kanye, kusetyenziswa unyaka wamaJuda weentsuku ezingama-360!

Lathi lakufika ixesha lenzaliseko, yaba yiNgelosi uGabriyeli kwakhona eyabhengeza ukuzalwa kwintombi enyulu uMariya (Luka 1:26–38).

Ukuzalwa kukaKristu

Luka 2:6-14 Ke kaloku kwathi, yazaliseka imihla yokuba (intombi enyulu uMariya) azale. Wamzala unyana wakhe wamazibulo, wamsongela eziqhiyeni, wamlalisa emkhumbini wesitali; ngokuba babengenandawo endlwini yabahambi.

Kwaye kukho abalusi kwakwelo lizwe, behlala ezindle, belinda ebusuku imihlambi yabo. Babona ngesithunywa seNkosi simi phezu kwabo, bathi nobuqaqawuli beNkosi bababengezelela ngeenxa zonke; besuka boyika ngokoyika okukhulu. Isithunywa eso sathi kubo, Musani ukoyika; kuba, yabonani, ndinishumayeza iindaba ezilungileyo zovuyo olukhulu, oluya kuba kubo bonke abantu; ngokuba nizalelwe namhlanje emzini kaDavide uMsindisi, onguKristu iNkosi. Oku kuya kuba ngumqondiso kuni; Nofumana usana lusongiwe eziqhiyeni, lulele emkhumbini. Kwabakho ngesiquphe, ndawonye nesithunywa eso, inkitha yomkhosi wasemazulwini, idumisa uThixo, isithi, Uzuko kuThixo enyangweni, uxolo emhlabeni, inkolelo ebantwini.

Imvelaphi yeKrisimesi: IZibhalo aziwuchazi owona mhla wokuzalwa kweNkosi, kodwa owe-4 BC lixesha elamkelekileyo.

Emva kweBhunga laseNicene, icawa yamaxesha aphakathi yadityaniswa nobuKatolika. Emva koko uConstantine waluguqula unqulo lobuhedeni okanye umthendeleko wothixo welanga ukusuka ngomhla wama-21 kuDisemba ukuya kumhla wama-25 kuDisemba waze wawubiza ngokuba lusuku lokuzalwa koNyana kaThixo. Sixelelwa ukuba ngexesha lokuzalwa kukaKristu, kwakukho abalusi kwakwelo lizwe linye, behlala ezindle, belinda ebusuku imihlambi yabo ( Luka 2:8 ).

Abalusi babengenakuba nemihlambi yabo ezindle ngobusuku nge-25 kaDisemba xa kusebusika eBhetelehem, kwaye mhlawumbi kwakunekhephu. Ababhali-mbali bayavumelana ukuba uKristu wazalwa ngenyanga ka-Epreli xa bonke obunye ubomi buvela.

Ayisayi kuphuma kwindawo yokuba uKristu, iNkosana yoBomi (IZenzo 3:15) azalwe malunga nelo xesha.

Inkwenkwezi yaseMpuma: Mateyu 2:1-2,11, XNUMX Ke kaloku, xa uYesu wayezelwe eBhetelehem yelakwaYuda

Ngemihla kaHerode ukumkani, kwabonakala kufika eYerusalem izazi zivela empumalanga, zisithi, Uphi na lo uzelweyo, ukumkani wamaYuda? ngokuba sibone inkwenkwezi yakhe empumalanga;

beze kuqubuda kuye. Zingenile endlwini, zambona umntwana enoMariya unina, zawa phantsi, zaqubuda kuye; igolide, nentlaka yokuqhumisa, nemore.

UMateyu 2:2 noMateyu 2:9 ubonisa ukuba izazi zayibona iNkwenkwezi ngamaxesha amabini awahlukeneyo, okokuqala ngasempuma; yaye okwesibini xa ihamba phambi kwabo, ekundulukeni kwabo eYerusalem besiya eBhetelehem, yada yaya kuma phezu kwendawo abekuyo umntwana lowo. UMateyu 2:16 ubonisa ukuba ukuyibona kwabo iNkwenkwezi okokuqala kwakuyiminyaka emibini ngaphambilana. Isigqibo esingenakuphepheka sesokuba kwakukho ubukrelekrele obuthile emva kweNkwenkwezi yaseBhetelehem! Kuyabonakala ukuba yayiyiNkwenkwezi enamandla angaphezu kwawemvelo. Kwathatha ngaphezu kwenkwenkwezi nje ukubhengeza ukufika kukaThixo kuKristu ukuze asindise ugqatso. NguThixo ngokwakhe, kwiNkwenkwezi yaseMpuma, wakwenza oku: Esi Sibhalo silandelayo simisela inzala yesenzo sikaThixo esinjalo: KumaHebhere 6:13 Kuba wathi uThixo, akumbeka ngedinga uAbraham, ekubeni bekungekho namnye umkhulu kunaye angamfungayo, wafunga yena.

Njengoko iNtsika yoMlilo yayiphuma emnqubeni kwaye ihamba phambi koonyana bakaSirayeli entlango ( Eksodus 13: 21-22; 40: 36-38 ), ngokunjalo iNkwenkwezi yaseMpuma yahamba phambi kwezazi kwaye izikhokelela ekuphumeni kwazo. indawo awayelele kuyo uMntwana uKrestu.

Izilumko: Igama eliguqulelwe ngokuthi “izazi” yinguqulelo kaKing James kuMateyu 2:1 lisuka kwigama lesiGrike elithi “magos”, okanye “magi” ngesiLatini, igama elisetyenziselwa udidi lwababingeleli abangamaPersi. Ngaloo ndlela, ababhali-mbali bamandulo bakholelwa ukuba izazi zazivela kummandla wasePersi (eIran). Njengenxalenye yonqulo lwabo, banikela ingqalelo ekhethekileyo ezinkwenkwezini, yaye bekhethekileyo ekutolikeni amaphupha nokutyelelwa ngamandla angaphezu kwawemvelo. Abanye bathi babengookumkani, kodwa oku akunabungqina bembali, nangona umprofeti uIsaya esenokuba wayebhekisela kubo esithi:

Isaiah 60:3 Ziya kuhamba iintlanga zize ekukhanyeni kwakho, ookumkani beze ebumhlotsheni bokuthi chapha kwakho.

Ayengenakuba ngamaYuda kuba ayebonakala engenalo ulwazi olunzulu ngeZibhalo zeTestamente Endala. Kuba ekufikeni kwabo eYerusalem, kwakufuneka babuze kubabingeleli basetempileni apho uKristu uKumkani wayeza kuzalelwa khona.

Noko ke, sinokuqiniseka ukuba ezi zazi zasempumalanga, eyabonakala kuzo iNkwenkwezi, izikhokelela eBhetelehem, zaziyifuna ngokunyanisekileyo inyaniso.

Babefanekisela inkitha enkulu yeeNtlanga ezaziza kukholelwa kuKristu. Kuba uKristu kwathiwa uyakuba luKhanya lokukhanyisela iintlanga (Luka 2:32). Babonakala besazi ukuba uKristu wayengaphezu komntu, kuba babemnqula (Mateyu 2:11).

Umntu unokucinga ukuba, ukuba kukho nawuphi na umyalelo wokubhiyozela ukuzalwa kukaKristu, ababhiyozeli baya kwenza oko kwenziwa zizazi, oko kukuthi, bavume ubuThixo bukaKristu, bamnqule. Kodwa ukubhiyozelwa kweKrismesi kungumsebenzi worhwebo kunokunqula uKristu ngokwenene.

Ukuze nabani na amnqule ngokwenene uKristu, kufuneka azalwe ngokutsha, njengokuba uKristu ngokwakhe wathi:

UYohane 3:3,7, XNUMX Inene, inene, ndithi kuwe, Ukuba umntu akathanga azalwe ngokutsha, akanakububona ubukumkani bukaThixo. Musa ukumangaliswa kukuba ndithe kuwe, Nimelwe kukuthi nizalwe ngokutsha.

Mfundi othandekayo, ukuba awuzalwa ngokutsha, unako!

Yiba neKrisimesi yokomoya.

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