Umprofeti u-Ilya ebuKristwini

Umprofeti u-Ilya uyaziwa ngobuKristu. Phantse akukho lwazi malunga nobomi bakhe. Into eqinisekileyo yinto yokuba wayehlala ezinikele ekukholweni lobuKristu waza wamgweba ukumkani wakwaYuda uAhabhi ekukhulekeleni izithixo - ukholo kumnquli wobuhedeni uBhali, owenzelwa kuye imibingelelo.

Ngubani umprofeti uEliya ebuKristwini?

Nangona iziphakamiso ezininzi zikaEliya, ukumkani wahlala ethembekile kwisithixo sakhe, apho wajeziswa nguThixo ngenxa yembalela emithathu kwiminyaka apho wayelawula khona. Kule meko, umthandazo ka-Ilya kuphela, obhekiswe eNkosini, wabasindisa abantu bakwaSirayeli kwiinkomfa ezinkulu, yaye ekugqibeleni uKumkani uAhabhi wenqaba ukukhonza isithixo sobuhedeni. Ukuzukisa ukukhululwa okumangalisayo, iholide le-Orthodox kaEliya uMprofeti yasungulwa.

U-Ilya ngokwakhe wabonisa imimangaliso ebantwini waza wahlwayisa aboni, wazisa isichotho, indudumo kunye nombane emasimini abo. Kodwa wayenyamekela abagcini bemfundiso yobuKristu, ezalisa izihlomelo zabo kunye nomswakama obusisiweyo. Kungenxa yokuba abantu babonakala bekhulile, behamba ngeenqwelo zomlilo kunye nokuduma kwezulu nombane. Loo mprofeti onzima u-Ilya wayebonakaliswe ngabadwebi bezithonjana, kwaye uphawu lwakhe kunye nolwaluphawu olukhethekileyo kwimicimbi yabantu. Uncedise ukugqiba loo matyala, ingakumbi ngeli xesha lomsebenzi wezolimo, wayenomphumo "wokunciphisa" kwimiphefumlo enobuhlungu kwaye ukhuselwe kwizifo. Kwaye kwaba ngu-Ilya umprofeti ukuba abalimi babhekiswa ngokuthandaza ngemvula. Kamva ingqungquthela engcwele uElya umprofeti waba ngumgcini wezulu wasemanzini.

Umbuzo wokuba uninzi lweentsuku zokubhiyozela imini xa umprofeti u-Eliya enza umthandazo omangalisayo ngenxa yemvula wasisombulula nje. USaint Perun wathatyathwa nguThixo onguhedeni, umlindi womlilo, indudumo, umbane nemvula, ukuzinikezela kwakhe kwawa ngo-Agasti 2, xa, ngokweenkolelo ezidumileyo, amanzi athola iimveliso zonyango, ukuhlamba iziqalekiso, isohlo elibi nokugula, kunye nokuhlamba kwiindawo zokuvulwa ezivaliweyo.