Unyaka ngamnye ngomhla wama-40 emva kwePasika, i- Orthodox ibhiyozela umthendeleko omkhulu wamashumi amabini-i-Ascension yeNkosi, enomlando wayo udibene nobomi basemhlabeni bukaYesu Kristu.
Imbali yoMthendeleko we-Ascension
Igama leeholide lihambelana ngqo nomcimbi, ophawula lonke ilizwe lama-Orthodox. Ngaloo mini, iintsuku ezingama 40 emva kovuko, uYesu Kristu wagqiba inkonzo yakhe yasemhlabeni waza wangena ethempelini likaYise waseZulwini, wenyuka waya ezulwini.
Njengoko kwaziwa, ngenxa yokubandezeleka kwakhe nokufa, uYesu wahlenga izono zabantu kwaye waba nguMsindisi, wanika abantu ithuba lokuba baphinde baphinde bafumane ubomi obungunaphakade. Kwaye ukunyuka kwakhe ngumthendeleko wokuvulwa kwezulu, indawo yokuhlala ngonaphakade kwimiphefumlo yabantu. Oko kukuthi, ngokunyuka kwakhe, uKristu waphinda wambonisa kuthi izulu njengobukumkani bukaThixo, umbuso wenyaniso, ulonwabo, ukulunga nobuhle.
Ngomhla wokugqibela wobomi bakhe basemhlabeni, uYesu Kristu wabonakala kubafundi bakhe nakubalandeli bakhe. Kwaye kwakunomama wakhe - iNdoda engumNyulu ongcono. Wabanika imiyalelo yokugqibela, wayala abafundi ukuba bajikeleze ihlabathi ngokushumayela ivangeli, kodwa ngaphambi kokuba balinde ukubonakala koMoya oyiNgcwele.
Amagama akhe okugqibela kwakuyi-prediction of desccent to the disciples of the Holy Spirit, owayeza kubakhuthaza nokuyithuthuzela, intsikelelo yokushumayela imfundiso kaThixo kwihlabathi lonke.
Emva koko, uYesu wenyuka eNtabeni yemiNquma, waphakamisa izandla zakhe, waza wabusisa abafundi, waqala ukunyuka esuka emhlabeni waya ezulwini. Kancinci, ifu elikhanyayo laMvala emehlweni abo abafundi abadidekileyo. Ngaloo ndlela uNdikhoyo wakhuphukela ezulwini waya kuYise. Kwaye ngaphambi kokuba abapostile babonakale babethunywa ababini abaqaqambileyo (ingelosi), owamemezela ukuba uYesu, wenyuka waya ezulwini, emva kwexesha elizayo uza kuza emhlabeni ngendlela efanayo njengoko wakhuphukela ezulwini.
Abapostile, bathuthuzelwa yiindaba ezi, babuyela eYerusalem baza baxelela abantu malunga naloo nto, baqala ukulinda emthandazweni oqhubekayo wenzala ethembisayo yoMoya oyiNgcwele.
Ngaloo ndlela, kwi-Orthodoxy, imbali ye-Ascension yeNkosi ayixhomekeke ngokucacileyo kunye nesenzo sokugqibela sikaYesu Kristu emsebenzini wokusindiswa kwethu kunye nomanyano wabantu basemhlabeni nabasezulwini. Ngokufa kwakhe, iNkosi yabhubhisa ubukumkani bokufa waza wanika bonke abantu ithuba lokuba bangene eBukumkani boBukumkani. Yena ngokwakhe wavuswa waza waba ngumboneleli kuYise kumntu womkhululekileyo, okwenza sonke siphumelele emva kokufa singene eParadesi.
Imiqondiso yabantu kunye nezithethe zoSuku lokuPhakamisa
Nje ngezinye iholide zecawa , kunye nomthendeleko weNyuvesi yeNkosi kunye nembali yayo, iimpawu ezininzi, izithethe kunye nezivumo zidibaniswa.
Abantu babehlala benqwenela ukubhiyozela ukunyuka kweNkosi ukuya ezulwini kunye nomqondiso wesithethe njengama-cake namaqanda. Ngaloo mini, kwakuqhelekile ukubhaka iipeyi ngee-anyanisi ezihlaza-ezibizwa ngokuba yiziteko zesinkwa kunye nemivalo eyisixhenxe, ukufuzisela amanyathelo kwinani le-apocalypse.
Okokuqala, la "manqanaba" anikezelwe ethempelini, aze aphonse kwintsimbi yomnquba waya emhlabathini, ebuza ukuba yeyiphi na izulu ezisixhenxe ezenzelwe ukufumana umcebisi. Ukuba onke amanyathelo asixhenxe ahlala ehleli, kwakuthetha ukuba uya kulala ngqo esibhakabhakeni. Kwaye ukuba "i-ladder" yaphulwa, ithetha umoni wesoni,
Ngokutsho kweenkolelo, ukuba iqanda elibekiwe kulo suku linyunyiswe phezu kophahla lwendlu, luya kukhusela indlu kwingozi.
Ukuba ngomhla we-Ascension kunemvula enzima, oku kuthetha ukuthintela ukungaphumeleli kwezityalo kunye nezifo zeenkomo. Kwaye emva kwemvula, imozulu imnandi ihlala isetyenziswe, ehlala kude kube yimini kaSt. Michael.
Kwaye okubaluleke kakhulu - yonke into oyicelayo ngomthandazo ngalo mhla, iya kuzaliseka ngokuqinisekileyo. Oku kubangelwa kukuba ngomhla we-Ascension yakhe, iNkosi yakhuluma ngqo nabaPostile. Kwaye namhlanje bonke abantu banethuba elikhethekileyo lokucela iNkosi malunga neyona nto ibalulekileyo.