Lessons of sufferings from an Oasis
Kunendawo evundile, emumatha amanzi ibe nezihlahla nezitshalo eziluhlaza eba sogwadule, leyondawo ibizwa nge-Oasis. Kukhona encanyane esogwadule ngakwi Dead Sea ekukhulunywa ngayo izikhawana eZwini likaNkulunkuku. Yimpophoma nesphethu maphakathi nogwadule e “En Gedi”.(IDead Sea-wulwandle olunosawoti omningi ngendlela yokuthi izitshalo nezinhlazi kwasolwandle akukwazi ukuphila kulolu, kungakhokuthiwa wulwandle olufile)
Kuyakhulunywa ngayo kwincwadi 1 Samuweli 24:1 kwehla namavesi, okuhambelana nalokho, iphinde kukhulunywe ngayo kwisihloko esivele kuNkulunkulu seHubo 57 (Ihubo 142 nalo yiHubo elisuselwa kwisigameko esifanayo). KwiHubo 142 sifunda ukuthulula imithwalo yethu kuSIMAKADE bese simethemba lapho sisezikhathini ezinzima. KwiHubo 57 sifunda ukukhonza uNkulunkulu bese simbonga ngezimilo Zakhe ngezikhathi lapho thina sibhekene nobunzima. Izigameko uDavide abe nazo emgedeni nasogwadule eduzane ne En Gedi ziyisibonelo sethu sangezikhathi lapho sibhekeni nezinkinga.
Enye indawo lapho kukhulunywa nge En Gedi yisencwadini Isihlabelelo Sezihlabelelo. KwiSihlabelelo Sezihlabelelo 1:14 unkosikazi ucabanga ngomyeni wakhe (ngangomshado wakhe) njengephunga lekhethelo kwisivande esithandekayo ngisho kungathiwa konke okunye kuwugwadule olubanzi. Egxile kwiphunga ngaphezu kwendawo, umyeni wakhe naye ubuyisela ngawo lomuzwa wothando. Kuyaphinda futhi kunesifundo esisifundayo kwiEn Gedi. Njenge En Gedi iyi-oasis yephunga elimnandi ogwadule oleme khweqe, kanjalo umshado uthanda ukuth ube yinjabulo ephelele kulomhlaba ogcwele izinkinga.
Kodwa ukubalulwa okubalulekile kwesithathu kwalendawo eyakhele iEn Gedi okuyikona okungagcini kuphela ngokusisiza ukukhonza uNkulunkulu bese sithokoza ngomshado ngenkathi isiqalekiso sesono sidla lubi kulomhlaba, kodwa kesenza sibuke phambili ngemiqondo yethu lapho isiqalekise sesono siyakususwa khona. KuHezekeli 47:10 yonke indawo yeDead Sea, eyome khweqe okwamanje, kusukela e-En Gedi kuya kwenye ingxenye engaphesheya ngokufanelekile ebizwa ngeDead Sea, iyakuguquka ibe yindawo enezitshalo evundile egcwele ngokuchichimayo impilo. Lokhu, ngokwalesosahluko, yikona uJesu ayokwenza kulendawo uma Yena esebuya.
I-En Gedi yindawo evundile maphakathi nogwadule egudla uqeqeme lweDead Sea ekankwe yisihlabathi sogwadule. Iyisithombe sempilo namandla okukhona yize kunkankwe wukoma nokungabibikho kwempilo okukhulu. Iyisithombe sobuqhawe eMbhalweni esibonisa ukuthi uNkulunkulu ubakhathalele kangakanani Abakhethiweyo Bakhe ( Umshumayeli 8:12), nokuthi uNkulunkulu uzokwenza zonke izinto zibe zinhle ngeSakhe Isikhathi asimisile ( Umshumyeli 3:11a)