 EmBhalweni, kulotshwe lokhu ngoJobe: Ngakho wafa uJobe, esemdala futhi esenelisiwe izinsuku. UJobe 42:17. Lokhu kusho ukuthi ngesikhathi uJobe eshona, wayengazisoli ngalutho futhi bungekho ubuhlungu abuzwayo, kodwa wahamba ngendlela evamile kulo mhlaba. Njengoba wonke umuntu azi, uJobe wayeyindoda eyesaba uNkulunkulu egwema okubi ngesikhathi esaphila; uNkulunkulu wazincoma izenzo zakhe zokulunga, abantu bayazikhumbula, futhi ukuphila kwakhe, ngaphezu kokwabanye, kwakufanele udumo futhi kubalulekile. UJobe wajabulela izibusiso zikaNkulunkulu futhi wambiza ngokuthi ulungile emhlabeni, futhi wavivinywa uNkulunkulu walingwa nawuSathane; waba ufakazi kaNkulunkulu futhi wayefaneleka ukubizwa ngokuthi umuntu olungile. Phakathi namashumi amaningi eminyaka ngemva kokuba evivinywe uNkulunkulu, waphila ukuphila okuyigugu kakhulu, okunenjongo futhi okunesisekelo, okunokuthula kunanini ngaphambili. Ngenxa yezenzo zakhe zokulunga, uNkulunkulu wamvivinya; uNkulunkulu wavela kuye wakhuluma naye ngokuqondile. Ngakho, phakathi neminyaka alingwa ngayo, uJobe wakuqonda futhi wakwazisa ukuphila, wabuqonda ngokujulile ubukhosi boMdali, futhi wathola ulwazi olunembile kakhulu noluthile lwendlela uMdali apha futhi athathe ngayo izibusiso zaKhe. IBhayibheli lilobe ukuthi uJehova uNkulunkulu wabeka izibusiso ezinkulu kuJobe ukwedlula ayeke wamnika zona, okwabeka uJobe esekhundleni esingcono sokwazi ubukhosi boMdali nokubhekana ngokuthula nokufa. Ngakho uJobe, lapho eguga futhi ebhekana nokufa, nakanjani wayengakhathazekile ngempahla yakhe. Wayengakhathazekile, wayengazisoli ngalutho, futhi nakanjani wayengakwesabi ukufa; ngoba wachitha konke ukuphila kwakhe esaba uNkulunkulu, egwema indlela yobubi, futhi engenasizathu sokukhathazeka ngesiphelo sakhe. Bangaki abantu namuhla abangenza ngendlela uJobe enza ngayo lapho ebhekene nokufa? Kungani ongekho okwazi ukugcina umbono olula njengalowo? Sisodwa kuphela isizathu: UJobe waphila ukuphila kwakhe efuna ukukholelwa, ukuqaphela nokuthobela ubukhosi bukaNkulunkulu, futhi yilokho okwenza waphumelela esehlakalweni esibalulekile sokuphila, waphila iminyaka yakhe, wabhekana nesahlakalo sokugcina ekuphileni kwakhe. Kungakhathaliseki ukuthi uJobe wabhekana nani, izinto ayezifuna nemigomo yakhe ekuphileni kwakujabulisa, kungeyona into ebuhlungu. Wayengajabuliswa nje ukunconywa nezibusiso ayekunikwe uMdali, kodwa okubaluleke nakakhulu, izinto ayezibeka kuqala nemigomo ayenayo ekuphileni, ngenxa yolwazi lwakhe nokubuqonda ngeqiniso ubukhosi boMdali wakwazi ukwesaba uNkulunkulu nokugwema okubi, futhi ngenxa yezenzo zikaNkulunkulu ezimangalisayo, uJobe wakwazi ngesikhathi sakhe ukuzithoba ebukhosini boMdali, waba nezikhathi nezinkumbulo angasoze azikhohlwa zokuphila, ukwazana, nokuqondana kwakhe noNkulunkulu; ngenxa yenduduzo nenjabulo ebangelwa ukwazi intando yoMdali; ngenxa yenhlonipho ejulile aba nayo ngemva kokubona ubukhulu bakhe, ukumangalisa, uthando kanye nokholo. Into eyenza uJobe wabhekana nokufa ukuthi wayazi ukuthi ekufeni, wayezobuyela ohlangothini loMdali. Futhi izinto azithola ekuphileni ezamenza wabhekana nokuthula nokufa, waba nethemba lokuthi uMdali wayezombuyisela ekuphileni kwakhe, wayezovuka, angakhathazeki ngalutho, enakekelwa nguMdali. Ingabe abantu namuhla, bangakwazi ukuba nohlobo lwenjabulo uJobe ayenalo? Ingabe nina ngokwenu ningakwazi ukwenza kanjalo? Njengoba abantu kulezi nsuku benjena, kungani bengakwazi ukujabula ekuphileni, njengoJobe? Kungani bengakwazi ukuphunyuka ekuhluphekeni nasekwesabeni ukufa? Lapho bebhekene nokufa, abanye bayajuluka; abanye bayaqhaqhazela, baquleke futhi bathuthumele ngeZulu nangomuntu, futhi baze bakhale. Lezi izindlela ezingalindelekile abantu abasabela ngazo lapho ukufa kusondela. Abantu baziphatha ngalezi zindlela ezihlazisayo ngenxa nje yokuthi, ekujuleni kwezinhliziyo zabo, besaba ukufa, abanalo ulwazi olucacile ngobukhosi bukaNkulunkulu namalungiselelo aKhe, ingasaphathwa eyokuzithoba kukho; ngoba abantu abafuni lutho ngaphandle kokuhlela nokuzilawulela bona zonke izinto, ukulawula ukudalelwa kwabo, ukuphila kwabo nokufa. Ngakho akumangazi ukuthi abantu abasobe bakwazi ukuphunyuka ekwesabeni ukufa.UKristu Wezinsuku Zokugcina Kuphela Onganika Umuntu Indlela Yokuphila Ingunaphakade Ukuhunyushwa Kwezwi Lesithathu Izwi Lesihlanu Umsebenzi KaNkulunkulu, Isimo SikaNkulunkulu, NoNkulunkulu Uqobo Lwakhe II 