UJesu, hhayi omunye umPristi oMkhulu!
Umbhali wamaHeberu uveza ukuthi uhluke kanjani uJesu kwabanye abapristi abakhulu - “Ngoba wonke umpristi omkhulu othathwe kubantu umiselwa abantu ezintweni eziphathelene noNkulunkulu, ukuze anikele izipho nemihlatshelo ngenxa yezono. Angaba nozwela kulabo abangazi futhi abaphambukayo, ngoba naye uqobo ubuthakathaka. Ngenxa yalokhu kudingeka ukuthi anikele ngabantu, kanjalo nangenxa yakhe, anikele ngemihlatshelo yezono. Futhi akekho umuntu ozithathela le nhlonipho, kodwa lowo obizwa nguNkulunkulu, njengo-Aroni. Kanjalo noKristu akazikhazimulisanga yena ngokwakhe ukuba abe ngumPristi oMkhulu, kepha nguYe owathi kuye: 'Wena uyiNdodana yami, namuhla ngikuzele.' Njengoba esho futhi kwenye indawo ukuthi: Wena ungumphristi kuze kube phakade ngokohlelo lukaMelkisedeki. owathi ezinsukwini zenyama yakhe, lapho enikele ngemikhuleko nangokunxusa, wakhala ngamandla, nangezinyembezi, kulowo owayekwazi ukumsindisa ekufeni, wezwakala ngenxa yokwesaba kwakhe uNkulunkulu, noma eyiNdodana. Ufunde ukulalela ngezinto ahlupheka ngazo. ” (Heberu 5: 1-8)
UWarren Wiersbe wabhala - “Khona kanye ukuba khona kobupristi nohlelo lokunikela kunikeze ubufakazi bokuthi umuntu uhlukanisiwe noNkulunkulu. Kwakuyisenzo somusa ohlangothini lukaNkulunkulu ukuthi asungule lonke uhlelo lwamaLevi. Namuhla, lelo hlelo ligcwaliseka enkonzweni kaJesu Kristu. Ungumhlatshelo futhi ungumPristi Ophakeme okhonza abantu bakaNkulunkulu ngesisekelo somnikelo waKhe wesikhathi esisodwa esiphambanweni. ”
Okungenani iminyaka eyinkulungwane ngaphambi kokuzalwa kukaJesu, Tihlabelelo 2: 7 kwalotshwa kushiwo ngoJesu - “Ngizomemezela isimemezelo: INkosi ithe kimi, 'Wena uyiNdodana yami, namuhla ngikuzele.', kanye ne Tihlabelelo 110: 4 okusho ukuthi - “INkosi ifungile, ayiyikuguquka, ithi: 'Wena ungumpristi kuze kube phakade ngokohlelo lukaMelkisedeki.'”
UNkulunkulu wamemezela ukuthi uJesu uyiNdodana yakhe futhi ungumPristi Ophakeme 'ngokohlelo lukaMelkisedeki.' UMelkisedeki waye 'uhlobo' lukaKristu njengoMpristi oMkhulu ngoba: 1. Wayengumuntu wesilisa. 2. Wayeyinkosi nompristi. 3. Igama likaMelkisedeki lisho ukuthi 'inkosi yami ilungile.' 4. Kwakungekho irekhodi 'lokuphila kwakhe' noma 'kokuphela kwempilo.' 5. Akenziwa umpristi ophakeme ngokuqokwa ngabantu.
'Ngezinsuku zenyama kaJesu,' wenza imithandazo ekhala nezinyembezi kuNkulunkulu owayengamsindisa ekufeni. Kodwa-ke, uJesu wafuna ukwenza intando kaYise okwakungukunikela ngempilo Yakhe njengenhlawulo yezono zethu. Yize uJesu ayeyiNdodana kaNkulunkulu, 'wafunda ukulalela' ngezinto ahlupheka ngazo.
UJesu uyazi mathupha esibhekana nakho ezimpilweni zethu. Wahlupheka isilingo, ubuhlungu, ukwenqatshwa, njll ukuze aqonde ukuthi angasisiza kanjani - “Ngakho-ke, ezintweni zonke Wayemelwe ukwenziwa njengabafowabo, ukuze abe ngumPristi Ophakeme onesihe nothembekile ezintweni eziphathelene noNkulunkulu, enze ukubuyisana ngezono zabantu. Ngoba ukuthi Yena uqobo uye wahlupheka, lapho elingwa, uyakwazi ukusiza labo abalingwayo. ” (Heberu 2: 17-18)
Uma uthembele ekulaleleni umthetho, noma uwuphika ngokuphelele umqondo kaNkulunkulu, ngicela ubheke la magama abhalwe nguPawula awabhalela abaseRoma - “Ngakho-ke ngemisebenzi yomthetho akukho nyama eyolungisiswa phambi Kwakhe, ngoba ngomthetho kuba khona ukwazi isono. Kepha manje kwembulwa ukulunga kukaNkulunkulu ngaphandle komthetho, kufakazelwa nguMthetho nabaProfethi, nokulunga kukaNkulunkulu, ngokukholwa kuJesu Kristu, kubo bonke nakubo bonke abakholwayo. Ngoba akukho mehluko; ngokuba bonke bonile, basilalelwe inkazimulo kaNkulunkulu, balungisiswa ngesihle ngomusa wakhe ngokuhlengwa okukuKristu Jesu, uNkulunkulu ambeka waba yinhlawulo ngegazi lakhe ngokukholwa ukukhombisa ukulunga kwakhe, ngokuba ngokubekezela uNkulunkulu wayezidlulisile izono ezazenziwa phambilini, ukukhombisa ukulunga kwaKhe esikhathini samanje, ukuze abe ngolungileyo nomlamuleli walowo okholwayo kuJesu. ” (AmaRoma 3: 20-26)
UKUFANELELA:
Wiersbe, Warren, W. IWiersbe Bible Commentary. Iziphethu zaseColorado: UDavid C. Cook, 2007.
