Ukugqibelela, okanye usindiso olupheleleyo, luza ngoKristu yedwa!

Ukugqibelela, okanye usindiso olupheleleyo, luza ngoKristu yedwa!

Umbhali wamaHebhere uqhubeke nokucacisa ukuba babungcono kangakanani ububingeleli bukaKristu kunobubingeleli babaLevi-- “Ke ngoko, ukuba ukugqibelela bekungobubingeleli bakwaLevi (kuba abantu bewutholile umthetho), bekusafuneka ngantoni na ke, ukuba kubuye kuvele mbingeleli wumbi ngokohlobo lukaMelkitsedeke, angabizwa ngokohlobo luka-Aron? Kuba ububingeleli baguqulwa nje, kufuneka ukuba kuguqulwe nomthetho. Kuba lowo, zithethwa ngaye ezi zinto, waye engowasizwe simbi, ebekungekho namnye kuso ubesinyamekele isibingelelo. Kuba kusekuhleni kanye, ukuba iNkosi yethu iphume kwesikaYuda isizwe, eso angathethanga nto ngaso uMoses ngobubingeleli. Kwaye kucace ngakumbi ukuba, ngokufana noMelkitsedeke, kuvela omnye umbingeleli, ongezanga ngokomthetho womthetho wasenyameni, kodwa ngokwamandla obomi obungenasiphelo. Kuba ungqina esithi, Wena ungumbingeleli ngonaphakade, Ngokohlobo lukaMelkitsedeke. Kuba okunene kutshitshiswa umthetho owandulelayo, ngenxa yokuswela amandla, nokungancedi lutho kwawo; kuba umthetho lowo awuzalisanga nto; kwelinye icala, kukho ukuziswa kwethemba elilunge ngakumbi, esisondela ngalo kuThixo. ” (Hebhere 7: 11-19)

Isuka kwiMacArthur's Bible Commentary- malunga negama 'ukugqibelela' - “KumaHebhere onke, eli gama libhekisa kuxolelwaniso olupheleleyo noThixo kunye nokungena ngaphandle kokuphazanyiswa kuThixo - usindiso. Inkqubo yabaLevi nobubingeleli bayo babungenako ukusindisa nabani na kwizono zabo. Kuba uKristu ungumbingeleli omkhulu womKristu kwaye wayengowesizwe sikaYuda, hayi uLevi, ububingeleli bakhe ngokucacileyo bungaphaya komthetho, owawugunyazisa ububingeleli babaLevi. Obu bubungqina bokuba umthetho kaMoses wawuphelisiwe. Inkqubo yabaLevi yathathelwa indawo ngumbingeleli omtsha, enikela umbingelelo omtsha, phantsi komnqophiso omtsha. Uwutshitshisile umthetho ngokuwuzalisekisa nangokunikezela ngemfezeko ongenakuze ufeze umthetho. ” (IMacArthur 1858)

IMacArthur iyaqhubeka ichaza- “Umthetho wawusebenza kuphela kubukho bexeshana bakwaSirayeli. Uxolelo olwalunokufunyanwa nangomhla woCamagushelo lwalulolokwexeshana. Abo babelungiselela njengababingeleli phantsi komthetho yayingabantu abafayo abafumana iofisi yabo ngokuzalwa. Inkqubo yabaLevi yayilawulwa yimicimbi yobukho bomzimba kunye nesiko elidlulayo. Ngenxa yokuba enguMntu weSibini ongunaphakade kubuThixo, ububingeleli bukaKristu abunakuphela. Ubufundisi bakhe akabufumananga ngenxa yomthetho, kodwa wabufumana ngenxa yothixo wakhe. ” (IMacArthur 1858)

Umthetho awuzange usindise mntu. AmaRoma asifundisa - “Ngoku siyazi ukuba nantoni na ethethwa ngumthetho, uthi kwabo baphantsi komthetho, ukuze imilomo yonke ivingcwe, nehlabathi lonke libe netyala phambi koThixo. Ngokokuba, ngokwasemisebenzini yomthetho, akuyi kugwetyelwa nyama emehlweni akhe; kuba isono saziwe ngokubakho komthetho. (Roma 3: 19-20) Umthetho uqalekisa wonke umntu. Sifunda kumaGalati- “Kuba bonke abangabasemisebenzini yomthetho baphantsi kwesiqalekiso; kuba kubhaliwe kwathiwa, Baqalekisiwe bonke abangahlaliyo ezintweni zonke ezibhaliweyo encwadini yomthetho, ukuba bazenze. Kodwa ke akukho namnye ugwetyelwayo ngomthetho emehlweni kaThixo, kuyabonakala; ngokuba lowo ulilungisa, uya kudla ubomi obuphuma elukholweni. Ukanti umthetho awungowaselukholweni, kodwa umntu owenzayo uya kuphila ngayo. UKristu wasithenga, wasikhulula esiqalekisweni somthetho, ngokwenziwa isiqalekiso ngenxa yethu (kuba kubhaliwe kwathiwa, Uqalekisiwe wonke umntu oxhonywe emthini). (KwabaseGalati 3: 10-13)

UYesu wayeqalekisiwe ngenxa yethu, yiyo ke loo nto akufuneki sibe njalo.

UKUQHUBEKA:

MacArthur, uJohn. IMacArthur Study Bible. Wheaton: Indlela enqamlezileyo, 2010.