IBhayibheli libika ukuthi uNkulunkulu wadala isidalwa esiyingelosi esinamandla, esihlakaniphile nesikhazimulayo (inhloko yazo zonke izingelosi) okuthiwa uLusifa ('okhanyayo') nokuthi wayemuhle kakhulu. Kodwa uLusifa wayenencwadi yefa ayenganquma ngayo ngokukhululekile. Isiqephu esiku-Isaya 14 sibhala ukukhetha okwakuphambi kwakhe.

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“Yeka ukuwa kwakho ezulwini, wena nkanyezi yokusa enhle! Ukushaywa kwakho, owashaya abantu bonke, kepha wena wacabanga enhliziyweni yakho ukuthi: Ngithanda ukwenyukela ezulwini, ngiphakamise isihlalo sami sobukhosi phezu kwezinkanyezi zikaNkulunkulu, ngiyakuhlala entabeni yomhlangano enyakatho ekude, ngikhuphukele emafwini aphakeme kunawo wonke, ngibe njengoPhezukonke.” ( Isaya 14:12-14 ) Ngakho-ke, u-Isaya ubonisa ukuthi uMbuso kaNkulunkulu unamandla amakhulu kunawo wonke.

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So njengoba u-Adamu aye futhi uLusifa ukukhetha. Wayengakwamukela ukuthi uNkulunkulu unguNkulunkulu, noma akhethe ukuba nguNkulunkulu wakhe. Ukuphindwaphindwa kokuthi 'Ngithanda' kubonisa ukuthi wakhetha ukumelana noNkulunkulu futhi wazibiza 'ngoPhezukonke'. Indima esencwadini kaHezekeli iqukethe isiqephu esifanayo kusukela ekuweni kukaLusifa.

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“Wawuse-Edene ensimini kaNkulunkulu... Wawuyikherubi elikhanyayo, eliyisivikelo, futhi ngakumisa entabeni engcwele; wawungunkulunkulu futhi wahamba phakathi kwamatshe avuthayo. wawungenasici ezenzweni zakho kusukela osukwini lokudalwa kwakho kwaze kwatholakala ububi kuwe. Ngakuxosha entabeni kaNkulunkulu, ngakunquma, wena kherubi eliyisivikelo, phakathi kwamatshe omlilo. Ngokuba inhliziyo yakho yaziphakamisa ngokuba wawumuhle kakhulu, wachitha ukuhlakanipha kwakho kubo bonke ubukhazikhazi bakho, ngalokho ngakuphonsa phansi emhlabathini.” ( Hezekeli 28:13-17 ) Ngakho-ke, ukuhlakanipha kwakho kuhilela ukuhlakanipha nokuhlakanipha.

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Ubuhle, ukuhlakanipha namandla kaLusifa - zonke izinto ezinhle uNkulunkulu azidalile kuye - kwamholela ekuziqhenyeni. Ukuzidla kwakhe kwaholela ekuhlubukeni nasekuweni kwakhe, kodwa akazange alahlekelwe (futhi kanjalo wawagcina) amandla nezimfanelo zakhe. Uhola ukuvukela komkhathi ngokumelene nomenzi wakhe ukuze abone ukuthi uNkulunkulu ungubani. Isu lakhe kwakuwukwenza isintu sijoyine - ngokuzama ukunqotshwa ukukhetha okufanayo ayekwenzile - ukuzithanda yena, ukuzimela ngaphandle kukaNkulunkulu, nokumelana naye. Umnyombo wokuhlolwa des Will Adams war okufanayo nakaLusifa; wayegqoke enye ingubo kuphela. Bobabili bakhetha ukuba onkulunkulu babo. Lokhu kwaba (futhi) ukuduka okukhulu kukaNkulunkulu.

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Kungani uLusifa avukela uNkulunkulu?

Kodwa kungani uLusifa engafuna ukweyisa nokuqhwaga ukubusa koMdali onamandla onke nowazi konke? Ingxenye ebalulekile yokuhlakanipha ukwazi ukuthi ungakwazi yini ukuhlula ongase ube omelene naye. Kungenzeka ukuthi uLusifa wayenamandla (futhi usenawo) amandla, kodwa amandla akhe alinganiselwe njengesidalwa ayengeke anele ukuhlubuka okuphumelelayo kuMdali wakhe. Khona-ke kungani ubeka engozini yonke into ukuze uzame ukuzuza ukunqoba okungenakwenzeka? Bengingacabanga ukuthi ingelosi enobuqili bekufanele ikubone ukulinganiselwa kwayo emqhudelwaneni omelene nokwazi konke kanye nokuba namandla onke, futhi iyeke ukuhlubuka kwayo. Pho kungani engakwenzanga lokhu? Lo mbuzo ubulokhu ungidida iminyaka. Okwangisiza kwakuwukuqaphela ukuthi njengathi, uLusifa wayengafinyelela esiphethweni sokuthi uNkulunkulu unguMdali wakhe onamandla onke ngesisekelo sokholo. ngiyamemezela. IBhayibheli lihlobanisa ukuvela kwezingelosi nesonto lokuqala lendalo. Sikubonile lokho ku-Isaya 14 ngenhla, kodwa lokhu kuyahambisana kulo lonke iBhayibheli. Isibonelo, isiqephu sendalo encwadini kaJobe siyasitshela:

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UJehova wamphendula uJobe esesivunguvungwini, wathi: “Wawukuphi lapho ngisekela umhlaba na? Ngitshele uma uhlakaniphe kangaka! …lapho izinkanyezi zokusa zingidumisa kanyekanye, nawo wonke amadodana kaNkulunkulu ejabula? ( Jobe 38:1-7 )

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Cabanga nje uLusifa edalwa ngesinye isikhathi ngeviki Lokudala futhi ethola ukwazi (ngokokuqala ngqa) endaweni ethile endaweni yonke. Akwaziyo nje ukuthi usekhona futhi uyazazi futhi kukhona nesinye isidalwa esizitshela ukuthi samdali kanye nomkhathi. Kodwa uLusifa wazi kanjani ukuthi lesi simangalo siyiqiniso? Mhlawumbe lo mdali okuthiwa wavela ngaphambi nje kukaLusifa endaweni yonke. Futhi ngenxa yokuthi lo 'Mdali' ufike esiteji ngaphambili, ngakho-ke (mhlawumbe) unamandla futhi unolwazi kunaye (uLucifer) - kodwa futhi mhlawumbe akunjalo. Kungenzeka yini ukuthi yena nomdali wakhe bagxumela baba khona? Konke uLusifa ayengakwenza kwakuwukwamukela izwi likaNkulunkulu kuye lokuthi wayemdala nokuthi uNkulunkulu ngokwakhe ungowaphakade futhi akanasiphelo. Ngokuzigqaja kwakhe wakhetha ukukholwa yinganekwane ayeyidalile engqondweni yakhe.

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Omunye angase acabange ukuthi kungaba iphupho nje ukuthi uLusifa angakholelwa ukuthi yena noNkulunkulu (kanye nezinye izingelosi) bavela baba khona ngesikhathi esisodwa. Kodwa lona umqondo ofanayo oyisisekelo ngemuva kwentsha futhi ephakeme kakhulu (yokucabanga) ye-cosmology yesimanje. Kwaba khona umnyakazo we-cosmic ongenalutho - kwase kuthi, kuleyo mnyakazo, indawo yonke yaba khona. Lona umnyombo wokuqagela kwesimanje kokuphika ubukhona bendawo yonke. Ngokuyisisekelo, wonke umuntu kusukela kuLucifer kuya kuRichard Dawkins kuya kuStephen Hawkings kuwe nami kumelwe sinqume ngokholo ukuthi indawo yonke ivaliwe noma ukuthi yalethwa uMdali futhi isekelwa nguye.

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Ngamanye amazwi, ukubona kungukukholwa. ULusifa wayengabona uNkulunkulu futhi abe nezingxoxo naye. Noma kunjalo, kwakufanele akwamukele, ekholelwa ukuthi uNkulunkulu wayemdala. Abantu abaningi bangitshela ukuthi uma uNkulunkulu ebonakala kubo kuphela, babeyokholwa. Kodwa kulo lonke iBhayibheli abantu abaningi baye bambona futhi bezwa uNkulunkulu - kwakungeyona inkinga leyo. Kunalokho, umnyombo walolu daba kwakuwukuthi bazolamukela futhi balethembe yini izwi Lakhe ngabo (uNkulunkulu) kanye nabo. Kusukela ku-Adamu no-Eva, kuKhayini no-Abela, uNowa, nabaseGibhithe ngePhasika lokuqala, kwehle kuze kufike kumaIsrayeli awela uLwandle Olubomvu futhi edabula kulabo ababona izimangaliso zikaJesu - ngoba akekho kubo “owabonayo” owaholela ekwethembeni. Ukuwa kukaLucifer kuhambisana nalokhu.

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Wenzani usathane namuhla?

Ngakho-ke uNkulunkulu akazange adale “udeveli omubi”, kodwa wadala ingelosi enamandla nehlakaniphile okwathi, ngokuzidla kwayo, yabangela ukuhlubuka kuNkulunkulu futhi yonakala (ngaphandle kokulahlekelwa inkazimulo yakhe yasekuqaleni). Mina nawe, kanye nesintu sonke, sesiyingxenye yenkundla yempi yalokhu kungqubuzana phakathi kukaNkulunkulu 'nesitha' sakhe (udeveli). Ngasohlangothini lukasathane, akulona iqhinga lakhe ukuhamba egqoke izingubo ezimnyama ezesabekayo njengefilimu ethi 'Black Riders' in the Lord of the Rings asithulule iziqalekiso ezimbi. Kunalokho, ngobukhazikhazi bakhe obuqhubekayo, usifuna ensindisweni uNkulunkulu kusukela ekuqaleni kwesikhathi ngu u-Abrahama and Moses kwamenyezelwa kwase kwenziwa ngokufa nokuvuka kukaJesu ukuze akhohlise. Njengoba iBhayibheli lisho:

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 "Ngokuba yena, uSathane, uzishaya ingelosi yokukhanya. Ngakho-ke akulutho uma nezinceku zakhe zizishaya izikhonzi zokulunga (2 Korinte 11:14-15).

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Ngenxa yokuthi uSathane nezinceku zakhe bangazenza ‘ukukhanya’, sonke sikhohliswa kalula. Yingakho ukuqonda komuntu ivangeli kubaluleke kakhulu.