Isaiah 33:24
[24] Abakhe khona abayikusho ukuthi: “Ngiyagula,” abantu abahlala khona bayakuthethelelwa ububi babo.
Isaiah 35:5, 6
[5] Khona amehlo ezimpumputhe ayakuvulwa, zivuleke nezindlebe zezithulu. [6] Khona unyonga luyakutshekula njengendluzele, nolimi lwesimungulu luyakuhuba, ngokuba ehlane kuyakubhoboka amanzi, nemifudlana kwahlongasibi
Yebo. IBhayibheli libikezela isikhathi esizayo esiseduze lapho kungekho muntu oyogula khona. Ngaphansi kokubusa koMbuso wakhe, uNkulunkulu uzokwelapha zonke izinkinga zempilo.
UNkulunkulu unamandla onke .Uyazifaka izifo futhi uyakwazi ukuzisusa ziphele zithi nya.
Isaiah 35:5, 6
[5] Then the eyes of the blind shall be opened, And the ears of the deaf shall be unstopped. [6] Then the lame shall leap like a deer, And the tongue of the dumb sing. For waters shall burst forth in the wilderness, And streams in the desert.
Uzoqeda
ukuhlupheka,
ubuhlungu
nokufa.
Revelation 21:4
[4] azesule izinyembezi zonke emehlweni abo; ukufa akusayikuba khona; nokudabuka, nokukhala, nobuhlungu akusayikuba khona; ngokuba okokuqala kudlulile.”
Futhi uzovusa labo abafileyo ukuze bajabulele impilo enhle lapha emhlabeni ngaphansi kwezimo eziphelele.
Psalms 37:29
[29] Abalungileyo bazakudla ifa lomhlaba, bahlale kuwo njalonjalo.
Acts 24:15.
[15] nginethemba kuNkulunkulu abalibheka nabo uqobo lokuthi kuyakuba khona ukuvuka kwabafileyo, okwabalungile nokwabangalungile.
Ukuqubuka kwezifo eziwubhubhane, njenge-coronavirus, kuye kwenza abaningi babuza ukuthi kungani uNkulunkulu evumela—noma ngisho nokubangela—izifo eziwubhubhane nokuthi izifo ezinjalo ziyisibonakaliso sezikhathi zokugcina. IBhayibheli, ikakhulukazi iTestamente Elidala, lichaza izikhathi eziningi lapho uNkulunkulu eletha khona izinhlupho nezifo kubantu baKhe nasezitheni zaKhe “ukuze akwenze ubone amandla ami”
Exodus 9:14, 16
[14] Ngokuba kulesi sikhathi ngizakuthuma zonke izinhlupho zami enhliziyweni yakho, nasezincekweni zakho, nakubantu bakho, ukuze wazi ukuthi akakho onjengami emhlabeni wonke.
[16] kepha ngikumise ngalokhu ukuba ngikubonise amandla ami, igama lami lishunyayelwe emhlabeni wonke.
Wasebenzisa izinhlupho eGibhithe ukuze aphoqe uFaro ukuba akhulule ama-Israyeli ebugqilini, kuyilapho esindisa abantu baKhe ekuthintekeni yizo
Exodus 12:13
[13] Igazi liyakuba luphawu lwenu ezindlini lapho nikhona; nanxa ngibona igazi, ngiyakudlula kini, ningehlelwa yisifo sokunibhubhisa, lapho ngibulala izwe laseGibithe.
Exodus 15:26
[26] wathi: “Uma ulalela nokulalela izwi likaJehova uNkulunkulu wakho, ukwenze okulungile emehlweni akhe, ulalele imiyalo yakhe, ugcine izimiso zakhe zonke, angiyikubeka phezu kwakho nasinye salezo zifo engizibeke phezu kwabaseGibithe, ngokuba nginguJehova okuphilisayo.”
Amazwi Ka Nkulunkulu athi:
” angiyikubeka phezu kwakho nasinye salezo zifo engizibeke phezu kwabaseGibithe, ngokuba nginguJehova okuphilisayo.”
UNkulunkulu u bonisa ukulawula kwakhe phezu kwezifo nezinye izinhlupho.
UNkulunkulu waxwayisa nabantu baKhe ngemiphumela yokungalaleli, okuhlanganisa izinhlupho
Leviticus 26:21, 25
[21] “ ‘Uma nihamba niphambene nami, ningangilaleli, ngiyakubuye nginehlisele izinhlupheko ziphindwe kasikhombisa njengezono zenu.
[25] Ngiyakunehlisela inkemba yempindiselo eyakuphindisela isivumelwano sami; senibuthelwe emizini yenu, ngiyakuthuma isifo phakathi kwenu, ninikelwe esandleni sesitha.
Ezikhathini ezimbili, uNkulunkulu wabhubhisa abantu abangu-14,700 kanye nabantu abangu-24,000 ngenxa yezenzo ezahlukene zokungalaleli
Numbers 16:49
[49] Abafile ngesifo babe yizinkulungwane eziyishumi nane namakhulu ayisikhombisa ngaphandle kwalabo abafa ngendaba kaKora.
Numbers 25:9
[9] Abafayo ngaleso sifo babe yizinkulungwane ezingamashumi amabili nane.
Ngemva kokunikeza uMthetho KaMose, uNkulunkulu wayala abantu ukuba bawulalele noma bahlupheke ngobubi obuningi, okuhlanganisa nento ezwakala njengesifo: “INkosi izokushaya ngesifo sokuwohloka, ngomkhuhlane nangokuvuvukala… okuzokushaya uze ubhubhe”
Duteuronomy 28:22
[22] UJehova uyakukushaya ngesifuba, nangomkhuhlane, nangesivuvushisa somzimba, nangokushisa okukhulu, nangenkemba, nangokuhamuka, nangesikhutha; kuyakukuxosha uze uphele.
Lezi yizibonelo ezimbalwa nje zezinhlupho nezifo eziningi ezibangelwe uNkulunkulu.
Ngezinye izikhathi kunzima ukucabanga ngoNkulunkulu wethu onothando nesihawu ebonisa ulaka nentukuthelo enjalo kubantu baKhe. Kodwa izijeziso zikaNkulunkulu zihlala zinomgomo wokuphenduka nokubuyiselwa. Ku-
2 Chronicles 7:13-14
[13] “Uma ngivala izulu ukuba kungabikho mvula, noma ngiyaleza isikhonyane ukuba sidle izwe, noma ngithuma isifo phakathi kwabantu bami, [14] bazithobe abantu bami ababizwa ngegama lami, bakhuleke, bafune ubuso bami, baphenduke ezindleleni zabo ezimbi, ngiyakuzwa ezulwini, ngithethelele isono sabo, ngiphilise izwe labo.
UNkulunkulu wathi kuSolomoni, “Lapho ngivala amazulu ukuze kungabikho mvula, noma ngiyaleza izinkumbi ukuba zidle izwe noma ngithumele isifo phakathi kwabantu bami, uma abantu bami, ababizwa ngegama lami, bezozithoba, bathandaze, bafune ubuso bami, baphenduke ezindleleni zabo ezimbi, ngiyakuzwa ezulwini, ngithethelele isono sabo, ngiphilise izwe labo.” Lapha sibona uNkulunkulu esebenzisa inhlekelele ukuze adonsele abantu baKhe kuye, ukuze alethe ukuphenduka kanye nesifiso sokuza kuYe njengabantwana kuYise wasezulwini.
ETestamenteni Elisha, uJesu welapha “zonke izifo nazo zonke izifo,” kanye nezinhlupho ezindaweni azivakashela (Mathewu 9:35; 10:1; Marku 3:10). Njengoba nje uNkulunkulu akhetha ukusebenzisa izinhlupho nezifo ukukhombisa amandla Akhe kuma-Israyeli, uJesu welapha njengokubonakaliswa kwamandla afanayo ukuqinisekisa ukuthi ngempela uyiNdodana kaNkulunkulu. Wanikeza abafundi amandla afanayo okuphulukisa ukuqinisekisa inkonzo yabo (Luka 9:1). UNkulunkulu usavumela ukugula ngezinjongo Zakhe, kodwa ngezinye izikhathi izifo, ngisho nobhubhane lomhlaba wonke, zimane nje ziwumphumela wokuphila ezweni eliwile. Ayikho indlela yokunquma ukuthi ubhubhane lunesizathu esithile esingokomoya noma cha, kodwa siyazi ukuthi uNkulunkulu unamandla okulawula zonke izinto (Roma 11:36) futhi uzosebenzisana zonke izinto ukuze kuzuze labo abamaziyo nabamthandayo (Roma 8:28).
Ukusabalala kwezifo ezifana ne-coronavirus kuwukunambitha ubhubhane oluzoba yingxenye yezikhathi zokugcina. UJesu wabhekisela ezinhluphekweni zesikhathi esizayo ezihambisana nezinsuku zokugcina (Luka 21:11). Ofakazi ababili besAmbulo 11 bazoba namandla “okushaya umhlaba ngazo zonke izinhlobo zezinhlupho kaningi ngangokunokwenzeka” (IsAmbulo 11:6). Izingelosi eziyisikhombisa zizophatha izinhlupho eziyisikhombisa ochungechungeni lwezahlulelo zokugcina nezinzima ezichazwe kusAmbulo 16.
Ukuvela kwezifo eziwubhubhane kungase kuhlotshaniswe noma kungahlobene nesahlulelo sikaNkulunkulu esiqondile sesono. Kungaba futhi umphumela wokuphila ezweni eliwile. Njengoba kungekho muntu owazi isikhathi sokubuya kukaJesu, kumelwe siqaphele ngokuthi ubhubhane lomhlaba wonke luwubufakazi bokuthi siphila ezikhathini zokugcina. Kulabo abangamazi uJesu Kristu njengoMsindisi, izifo kufanele zibe yisikhumbuzo sokuthi impilo kulo mhlaba ibuthakathaka futhi ingalahleka nganoma yisiphi isikhathi. Nakuba ubhubhane lubi kangakanani, isihogo sizoba sibi kakhulu. Nokho, umKristu unesiqinisekiso sensindiso nethemba lokuphakade ngenxa yegazi likaKristu elachitheka esiphambanweni ngenxa yethu (Isaya 53:5; 2 Korinte 5:21; Hebheru 9:28).
AmaKristu kufanele asabele kanjani ezifweni eziwubhubhane? Okokuqala, ungesabi. UNkulunkulu uyalawula. IBhayibheli lisho okufanayo nokuthi “ungesabi” izikhathi ezingaphezu kuka-300. Okwesibili, hlakanipha. Thatha izinyathelo ezifanele zokugwema ukuchayeka kulesi sifo futhi uvikele futhi wondle umndeni wakho. Okwesithathu, funa amathuba okukhonza. Ngokuvamile lapho abantu besaba izimpilo zabo, bazimisele kakhulu ukuba nezingxoxo mayelana nokuphila kwaphakade. Yiba nesibindi futhi ube nesihawu ekwabelaneni kwakho ngeVangeli, ukhulume iqiniso njalo ngothando (Efesu 4:15).
Kungani uNkulunkulu engavumela i-Covid-19? Ingabe ukuvalwa kwamasonto kuyindlela efanele yokusabela kubhubhane? UmKristu angabhekana kanjani nokuhlupheka kwesifo esiwohlozayo? Kungani uNkulunkulu adala omiyane? Ingabe ngezinye izikhathi kuyintando kaNkulunkulu ukuba amakholwa agule?
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