Hōʻuluʻulu mākou i ka Ascension

400 ua mahalo kākou iā Christi Himmelfahrt.jpgʻAʻole ʻo ka Ascension Day kekahi o nā ʻahaʻaina nui ma ka kalena Kalikiano e like me ka Kalikimaka, Pōʻalima maikaʻi a me ka Easter. Hiki iā mākou ke hoʻohaʻahaʻa i ke koʻikoʻi o kēia hanana. Ma hope o ka ʻeha o ke kau ʻana ma ke keʻa a me ka lanakila ʻana o ke alahouana, ʻike ʻia ka lua. Eia naʻe, hewa kēlā. ʻAʻole i noho ʻo Iesū i ala hou i nā lā 40 a laila hoʻi i nā wahi palekana o ka lani, i kēia manawa ua pau ka hana ma ka honua. ʻO Iesu i ala hou ʻia a e noho mau ana i kona piha ma ke ʻano he kanaka a me ke Akua i hoʻokō piha ai i kā mākou ʻōlelo (1. Timotea 2,5; 1. Johannes 2,1).

Na hana a na lunaolelo 1,9-12 hoike mai ka pii ana o Kristo. Mahope iho o kona pii ana i ka lani, elua kanaka i aahu keokeo me na haumana, ninau mai la lakou, Heaha ka oukou e ku ana i ka lani? E hoʻi hou mai ʻo ia e like me kāu i ʻike ai i kona piʻi ʻana i ka lani. ʻElua mau mea i maopopo loa. Aia ʻo Iesū ma ka lani a ke hoʻi mai nei.

Ma Epeso 2,6 Ua kākau ʻo Paulo: "Ua hoʻāla ke Akua iā mākou me mākou a hoʻonoho iā mākou i ka lani i loko o Kristo Iesū. Ua lohe pinepine mākou "i loko o Kristo." ʻO kēia ka mea i maopopo ai ko mākou ʻano me Kristo. Ua make mākou, kanu ʻia a ala pū me ia i loko o Kristo; me ia ma ka lani."

‘I he‘ene tohi The Message of Ephesians, na‘e pehē ‘e John Stott: “‘Oku ‘ikai tohi ‘e Paula fekau‘aki mo Kalaisi, ka ‘oku fekau‘aki mo kitautolu. Ua hoʻokumu ke Akua iā mākou me Kristo ma ka lani. ʻO ka hui pū ʻana o ko ke Akua poʻe me Kristo ka mea nui.

Ma Kolosa 3,1-4 Hoʻoikaika ʻo Paulo i kēia ʻoiaʻiʻo:
"Ua make ʻoe, a ua hūnā ʻia kou ola me Kristo i ke Akua. A i ka wa e hoikeia mai ai o Kristo, ko oukou ola, alaila e ikea pu oukou me ia i ka nani. "I loko o Kristo" ʻo ia ka noho ʻana i nā ao ʻelua: ke kino a me ka ʻuhane. ʻAʻole hiki iā mākou ke ʻike i kēia manawa, akā ʻōlelo ʻo Paulo he ʻoiaʻiʻo. Ke hoʻi mai ʻo Kristo e ʻike mākou i ka piha o ko mākou ʻano hou. ʻAʻole makemake ke Akua e haʻalele iā mākou iā mākou iho (Ioane 14,18), akā, i ka launa pū ʻana me Kristo, makemake ʻo ia e kaʻana like i nā mea āpau me mākou.

Ua hui pū mai ke Akua me mākou e like me mākou e hoʻokomo ai i ka pilina a Kristo me ka Makua a me ka ʻUhane Hemolele. I loko o Kristo, ke Keiki a ke Akua mau loa, he mau keiki aloha mākou ma kona makemake. Hoʻolaha mākou i ka lā ʻo Ascension. ʻO kēia kahi manawa maikaʻi e hoʻomanaʻo ai i kēia lono maikaʻi.

na Joseph Tkach