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ʻO ka "lani" ma ke ʻano he huaʻōlelo Baibala e hōʻike ana i kahi noho i koho ʻia o ke Akua, a me ka hopena mau loa o nā keiki hoʻōla a ke Akua. "E noho i ka lani" ʻo ia hoʻi: e noho pū me ke Akua i loko o Kristo kahi i pau ʻole ai ka make, ke kanikau, ka uwē a me ka ʻeha. Ua wehewehe ʻia ka lani ma ke ʻano he "ʻoliʻoli mau loa", "pōmaikaʻi", "maluhia" a me "ka pono o ke Akua". (1. Nā Aliʻi 8,27-iwakālua; 5. Mose 26,15; Mataio 6,9; Hana a ka poe lunaolelo 7,55-56; Ioane 14,2-3; Hoikeana 21,3-4; 22,1-iwakālua; 2. Petrus 3,13).

Hele anei kakou i ka lani ke make kakou?

Hoʻohenehene kekahi i ka manaʻo o "hele i ka lani." Akā, ʻōlelo ʻo Paulo ua hoʻokumu ʻia mākou ma ka lani (Epeso 2,6)—a makemake ʻo ia e haʻalele i ke ao nei e noho pū me Kristo ma ka lani (Philipi 1,23). ʻAʻole ʻokoʻa ka hele ʻana i ka lani ma mua o ka mea a Paulo i ʻōlelo ai. Makemake paha mākou i nā ʻano ʻē aʻe e hōʻike ai, akā ʻaʻole ia he wahi e hoʻohewa ai a hoʻohenehene paha i nā Karistiano ʻē aʻe.

Ke kamaʻilio ka hapa nui o ka poʻe e pili ana i ka lani, hoʻohana lākou i kēlā huaʻōlelo ma ke ʻano he synonym no ke ola. Eia kekahi laʻana, nīnau kekahi poʻe euanelio Kalikiano i ka nīnau, "Inā e make ʻoe i kēia pō, maopopo anei ʻoe e hele ʻoe i ka lani?" ʻO ka manaʻo maoli i kēia mau hihia ʻaʻole i ka manawa a i hea lākou e hele mai ai - ke nīnau wale nei lākou i ka nīnau inā paha. Ua maopopo ia lakou ko lakou ola.

Manaʻo kekahi poʻe i ka lani he wahi e loaʻa ai nā ao, nā lira, a me nā alanui i paʻa i ke gula. Akā, ʻaʻole ia he ʻāpana o ka lani - he mau ʻōlelo ia e hōʻike ana i ka maluhia, ka nani, ka nani, a me nā mea maikaʻi ʻē aʻe. He hoʻāʻo lākou e hoʻohana i nā huaʻōlelo kino liʻiliʻi e wehewehe i nā mea ʻuhane.

He ʻuhane ka lani, ʻaʻole ke kino. ʻO ia ka "wahi" kahi e noho ai ke Akua. E ʻōlelo paha ka poʻe poʻe moʻokalaleo ʻepekema e noho ana ke Akua ma kahi ʻano ʻē aʻe. Aia ʻo ia ma nā wahi āpau ma nā ʻāpana āpau, akā ʻo "lani" kahi i noho maoli ai. [Ke kala aku nei au no ka pololei ole o ka'u mau olelo. Loaʻa paha i ka poʻe Theologian nā huaʻōlelo pololei loa no kēia mau manaʻo, akā ke manaʻo nei au e hiki iaʻu ke loaʻa ka manaʻo nui ma nā ʻōlelo maʻalahi]. ʻO ka manaʻo: ʻo ka noho ʻana i ka "lani" ʻo ia hoʻi ka noho ʻana i mua o ke Akua ma kahi ala koke a kūikawā.

Ua akaka ka palapala hemolele ma kahi e noho ai ke Akua, e noho ai kakou (Ioane 14,3; Pilipi 1,23). ʻO kekahi ala e wehewehe ai i ko mākou pilina pili me ke Akua i kēia manawa "e ʻike mākou iā ia he maka a he maka" (1. Korineto 13,12; Hoikeana 22,4; 1. Johannes 3,2). He kiʻi kēia o ka noho pū ʻana me ia ma kahi kokoke loa. No laila, inā mākou e hoʻomaopopo i ka huaʻōlelo "lani" ʻo ia ke ʻano o kahi noho o ke Akua, ʻaʻole hewa ka ʻōlelo ʻana aia ka poʻe Kristiano i ka lani i ka wā e hiki mai ana. E noho pū kākou me ke Akua, a ʻo ka noho pū ʻana me ke Akua, ua kapa ʻia ʻo ia ma ka "lani."

ʻI he fakahā, naʻe ʻilo ʻe Sione ʻa e ʻafio ʻa e ʻOtuá ʻi heʻene hoko mai ki he māmaní—ʻikai ko e māmaní ʻi he taimi ní, ka ko ha “fenua foʻou” (Fakahā 2 Kol.1,3). ʻOku tau “haʻu” [ʻa] ki he langi pe “haʻu” kiate kitautolu ʻoku ʻikai mahuʻinga ia. ʻO kēlā me kēia ʻaoʻao, e hele mau ana mākou i ka lani, i ke alo o ke Akua, a maikaʻi loa ia. Pehea mākou e wehewehe ai i ke ola i ka wā e hiki mai ana - inā lōʻihi kā mākou wehewehe ʻana i ka Baibala - ʻaʻole ia e hoʻololi i ka ʻoiaʻiʻo he manaʻoʻiʻo mākou iā Kristo ʻo ko mākou Haku a me ko mākou Ola.

ʻO ka mea a ke Akua i mālama ai no mākou ma mua o ko mākou manaʻo. Ma keia ola ana, ua oi aku ko kakou aloha i ke Akua (Epeso 3,19). Ua ʻoi aku ka maluhia o ke Akua ma mua o ko mākou ʻike (Philipi 4,7) a ʻo kona hauʻoli ma mua o ko mākou hiki ke hōʻike ma nā huaʻōlelo (1. Petrus 1,8). He ʻoi aku ka hiki ʻole ke wehewehe i ka maikaʻi o ka noho pū ʻana me ke Akua mau loa?

ʻAʻole i hāʻawi mai nā mea kākau Baibala iā mākou i nā kikoʻī he nui. Akā hoʻokahi mea a mākou e ʻike maopopo ai - ʻo ia ka ʻike maikaʻi loa i loaʻa iā mākou. ʻOi aku ka maikaʻi ma mua o ka pena nani loa, ʻoi aku ka maikaʻi ma mua o ka meaʻai ʻono loa, ʻoi aku ka maikaʻi ma mua o ka haʻuki hoihoi loa, ʻoi aku ka maikaʻi ma mua o nā manaʻo maikaʻi loa a me nā ʻike i loaʻa iā mākou. ʻOi aku ka maikaʻi ma mua o nā mea āpau ma ka honua. E lilo ana ia i mea nui
e lilo i uku!

na Joseph Tkach

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