Satana

Satana ndi mngelo wogwa, mtsogoleri wa mphamvu zoyipa mu dziko la mizimu. M'Malemba, amatchulidwa m'njira zosiyanasiyana: mdierekezi, mdani, woipa, wakupha, wabodza, wakuba, woyesa, woneneza abale athu, chinjoka, mulungu wa dziko lino. Ali mu kupandukira Mulungu kosalekeza. Kudzera mu mphamvu yake, amabzala kusamvana, chinyengo, ndi kusamvera pakati pa anthu. Mwa Khristu, wagonjetsedwa kale, ndipo ulamuliro wake ndi mphamvu zake monga mulungu wa dziko lino zidzatha ndi kubweranso kwa Yesu Khristu. (Luka 10:18; Chivumbulutso 12:9; 1 Petro 5:8; Yohane 8:4,4; Yobu 1:6-12; Zekariya 3:1-2; Chivumbulutso 12:10; 2 Akorinto 4:4; Chivumbulutso 20:1-3; Ahebri 2:14; 1 Yohane 3:8)

Satana: Mdani wogonjetsedwa wa Mulungu

Pali zinthu ziwiri zoyipa mdziko lakumadzulo lero zokhudzana ndi Satana, mdierekezi wotchulidwa mu Chipangano Chatsopano ngati mdani wosalekeza komanso mdani wa Mulungu. Anthu ambiri sazindikira kapena kunyalanyaza gawo la satana pakupanga chisokonezo, kuzunzika, ndi zoyipa. Kwa anthu ambiri, lingaliro la satana weniweni limangokhala zotsalira zamatsenga akale kapena, chabwino, chithunzi chomwe chikuwonetsa zoyipa padziko lapansi.

Kumbali ina, akhristu avomereza malingaliro abodza onena za mdierekezi yemwe amadziwika kuti ndi "nkhondo yauzimu." Amapatsa Mdyerekezi mbiri yosayenerera ndi “kuchita naye nkhondo” m’njira yosagwirizana ndi uphungu umene timapeza m’Malemba. M’nkhaniyi tiona zimene Baibulo limatiuza zokhudza Satana. Pokhala ndi chidziŵitso chimenechi, tingapeŵe mbuna za kuchita zinthu monyanyira tatchulazi.

Ndemanga zochokera mu Chipangano Chakale

Yesaya 14:3-23 ndi Ezekieli 28:1-9 nthawi zina amatanthauzidwa ngati mafotokozedwe a chiyambi cha mdierekezi monga mngelo wochimwa. Zina mwa mfundo zake zitha kumveka ngati zonena za mdierekezi. Komabe, nkhani ya ndime izi ikuwonetsa kuti cholinga chachikulu cha lembalo ndi kudzikuza ndi kunyada kwa mafumu a anthu—mafumu a Babulo ndi Turo. Mfundo m'ndime zonsezi ndi yakuti mafumu akugwiritsidwa ntchito ndi mdierekezi ndipo ndi ziwonetsero za zolinga zake zoipa ndi chidani chake pa Mulungu. Kulankhula za mtsogoleri wauzimu, Satana, ndikulankhula ndi anthu omwe amamutumikira, mafumu. Ndi njira yowonetsera kuti mdierekezi ndiye amalamulira dziko lapansi.

M’buku la Yobu, mawu onena za angelo akusonyeza kuti analipo pamene dziko lapansi linalengedwa ndipo anali odzaza ndi zodabwitsa ndi chisangalalo (Yobu 38:7). Kumbali ina, Satana mu Yobu 1-2 akuonekanso ngati mngelo, chifukwa amanena kuti anali pakati pa “ana a Mulungu.” Koma iye ndi mdani wa Mulungu ndi chilungamo Chake.

Pali maumboni ena m'Baibulo okhudza “angelo ogwa” (2 Petro 2:4; Yuda 6; Yobu 4:18), koma palibe mfundo yomveka bwino yokhudza momwe Satana anakhalira mdani wa Mulungu komanso chifukwa chake. Malemba satiuza tsatanetsatane wa miyoyo ya angelo, kaya za angelo “abwino” kapena za angelo ogwa (omwe amatchedwanso ziwanda). Baibulo, makamaka Chipangano Chatsopano, limakonda kwambiri kutisonyeza Satana ngati munthu amene amayesa kulepheretsa mapulani a Mulungu. Amafotokozedwa ngati mdani wamkulu wa anthu a Mulungu, Mpingo wa Yesu Khristu.

Mu Chipangano Chakale, Satana kapena Mdyerekezi sanatchulidwe mwachindunji. Komabe, chikhulupiriro chakuti mphamvu zakuthambo zikulimbana ndi Mulungu chikuwonekera bwino m'malingaliro a masamba ake. Makhalidwe awiri a Chipangano Chakale omwe akuyimira Satana kapena Mdyerekezi ndi madzi ndi zilombo zakuthambo. Izi ndi zithunzi zomwe zikuwonetsa zoyipa za satana, zomwe zimagwira dziko lapansi ndikulimbana ndi Mulungu. Mu Yobu 26:12-13, tikuona Yobu akufotokoza kuti Mulungu "wayambitsa nyanja" ndipo "waphwanya Rahabi." Rahabi akufotokozedwa ngati "njoka yothawa" (vesi 13).

M'malo ochepa kumene Satana akufotokozedwa ngati munthu weniweni m'Chipangano Chakale, Satana akufotokozedwa ngati wotsutsa amene amafuna kubzala mikangano ndi kubweretsa milandu (Zekariya 3:1-2), amalimbikitsa anthu kuchimwira Mulungu (1 Mbiri 2,1:1) ndipo amagwiritsa ntchito anthu ndi zinthu zakuthambo kuti abweretse ululu ndi kuvutika kwakukulu (Yobu 1:6-19; 2:1-8).

Mu Buku la Yobu, tikuona Satana akukumana ndi angelo ena kuti adzionetse pamaso pa Mulungu, ngati kuti waitanidwa ku bungwe lakumwamba. Pali maumboni ena ambiri a m'Baibulo okhudza msonkhano wakumwamba wa angelo omwe amachititsa anthu kuchita zinthu zosiyanasiyana. Mu chimodzi mwa izi, mzimu wabodza umanyenga mfumu kuti ipite kunkhondo (1 Mafumu 22:19-22).

Mulungu akufotokozedwa ngati munthu amene “anathyola mitu ya Leviyatani ndi kum’pereka kwa zilombo zakuthengo kuti zimudye” (Salmo 74:14). Kodi Leviyatani ndani? Iye ndiye “chilombo cha m’nyanja”—“njoka yothawa” ndi “njoka youluka” imene Ambuye adzalanga “tsiku” limene Mulungu adzachotsa zoipa zonse padziko lapansi ndikukhazikitsa ufumu wake (Yesaya 27:1).

Nkhani ya Leviathan ngati njoka inayambira m'munda wa Edeni. Apa, njoka—"yochenjera kwambiri kuposa nyama zakuthengo zonse"—imayesa anthu kuti achimwire Mulungu, zomwe zimapangitsa kuti agwe (Genesis 3,1:1-7). Izi zikutitsogolera ku ulosi wina wa nkhondo yamtsogolo pakati pa Mulungu ndi njoka, momwe njokayo ikuoneka kuti yapambana nkhondo yomaliza (kubaya chidendene cha Mulungu), koma kenako n’kutayika (mutu wake waphwanyidwa). Mu ulosiwu, Mulungu akuuza njokayo kuti, "Ndidzaika udani pakati pa iwe ndi mkaziyo, ndi pakati pa mbewu yako ndi mbewu yake; idzaphwanya mutu wako, ndipo iwe udzaphwanya chidendene chake" (Genesis 1:3,15).

Zolemba mu Chipangano Chatsopano

Kufunika kwa mawu awa padziko lonse lapansi kukuonekera bwino poganizira za kubadwa kwa Mwana wa Mulungu monga Yesu wa ku Nazareti (Yohane 1:1, 14). Timaona m'Mauthenga Abwino kuti Satana amayesa kuwononga Yesu mwanjira ina kuyambira tsiku lobadwa mpaka imfa yake pamtanda. Ngakhale kuti Satana amapambana kupha Yesu kudzera mwa anthu omuyimira, mdierekezi amataya nkhondoyo kudzera mu imfa ndi kuuka kwa Yesu.

Yesu atakwera kumwamba, nkhondo yapadziko lonse pakati pa Mkwatibwi wa Khristu—anthu a Mulungu—ndi mdierekezi ndi atumiki ake ikupitirira. Koma mapulani a Mulungu akupambana ndipo akupitirira. Pamapeto pake, Yesu adzabweranso ndi kuwononga otsutsa auzimu omwe akumutsutsa (1 Akorinto 15:24-28).

Koposa zonse, buku la Chivumbulutso limafotokoza za nkhondoyi pakati pa mphamvu zoyipa zomwe zili mdziko lapansi, zoyendetsedwa ndi satana, ndi zabwino zakutchalitchi, zotsogozedwa ndi Mulungu.Mubukuli lodzala ndi zifaniziro, Apocalypse yafotokozedwa, mizinda iwiri yomwe ndi yayikulu kuposa moyo, Babulo ndi wamkulu, Yerusalemu watsopano akuimira magulu awiri apadziko lapansi omwe ali pankhondo.

Nkhondo ikadzatha, mdierekezi kapena Satana adzamangidwa m’phompho ndipo motero adzaletsedwa “kunyenga dziko lonse lapansi” monga momwe adachitira kale (Aroma 12:9).

Pamapeto pake, tikuona kuti Ufumu wa Mulungu ukupambana zoipa zonse. Mophiphiritsira ukuimiridwa ndi mzinda wabwino kwambiri—mzinda woyera, Yerusalemu wa Mulungu—kumene Mulungu ndi Mwanawankhosa amakhala ndi anthu awo mu mtendere ndi chisangalalo chosatha, zomwe zimatheka chifukwa cha chisangalalo chomwe amagawana (Chivumbulutso 21:15-27). Satana ndi mphamvu zonse zoipa awonongedwa (Chivumbulutso 20:10).

Yesu ndi Satana

Mu Chipangano Chatsopano, Satana amadziwika kuti ndi mdani wa Mulungu komanso anthu. Mwanjira ina iliyonse, mdierekezi ndi amene amachititsa mavuto ndi zoipa zomwe zili mdziko lathuli. Muutumiki wake wa machiritso, Yesu adanenanso za angelo omwe adagwa komanso satana ngati amene amayambitsa matenda. Inde, tiyenera kukhala osamala ndipo tisamangonena kuti mavuto aliwonse kapena matendawa akuchokera kwa Satana. Ngakhale zili choncho, zimatiphunzitsa kuti Chipangano Chatsopano sichimapewa kuimba mlandu satana ndi gulu lake loyipa chifukwa cha masoka ambiri, kuphatikizapo matenda. Matenda ndi oyipa osati chinthu chokhazikitsidwa ndi Mulungu.

Yesu anatchula Satana ndi mizimu yogwa kuti “mdierekezi ndi angelo ake,” omwe “moto wosatha” wakonzedwera (Mateyu 25:41). Mu Mauthenga Abwino, timawerenga kuti ziwanda ndi zomwe zimayambitsa matenda ndi matenda osiyanasiyana akuthupi. Nthawi zina, ziwanda zinali ndi maganizo ndi/kapena matupi a anthu, zomwe zimapangitsa kuti zikhale zofooka monga kugwedezeka, kusalankhula, khungu, ziwalo zina, ndi mitundu yosiyanasiyana ya misala.

Luka akunena za mkazi amene Yesu anakumana naye m’sunagoge, amene “anali ndi mzimu kwa zaka khumi ndi zisanu ndi zitatu, umene unamudwalitsa” (Luka 13:11). Yesu anamumasula ku matenda ake ndipo anadzudzulidwa chifukwa chochiritsa pa Sabata. Yesu anayankha kuti, “Kodi mkazi uyu, mwana wamkazi wa Abrahamu, amene Satana wam’manga kwa zaka khumi ndi zisanu ndi zitatu, sayenera kumasulidwa ku ukapolo umenewu pa Sabata?” (vesi 16).

Nthawi zina, iye anaulula ziwanda ngati zomwe zimayambitsa matenda, monga momwe zinalili ndi mnyamata amene anagwidwa ndi khunyu kwambiri ndipo anagwidwa ndi mwezi kuyambira ali mwana (Mat 17:14-19; Mak 9:14-29; Lk 9:37-45). Yesu akanatha kungolamula ziwanda izi kuti zichoke pa mnyamatayo, ndipo zinamvera. Pochita zimenezi, Yesu anasonyeza kuti anali ndi ulamuliro wonse pa dziko la Satana ndi ziwanda. Yesu anapatsa ophunzira ake ulamuliro womwewo pa ziwanda (Mat 10:1).

Mtumwi Petro ananena za utumiki wa machiritso wa Yesu ngati umene unamasula anthu ku matenda ndi zofooka zomwe Satana ndi mizimu yake yoipa anali chifukwa chake mwachindunji kapena mwanjira ina. "Mukudziwa zomwe zinachitika ku Yudeya konse ... momwe Mulungu anadzozera Yesu wa ku Nazarete ndi Mzimu Woyera ndi mphamvu, ndipo anayendayenda nachita zabwino ndi kuchiritsa onse amene anali pansi pa mphamvu ya mdierekezi, chifukwa Mulungu anali naye" (Machitidwe 10:37-38). Lingaliro ili la utumiki wa machiritso wa Yesu likuwonetsa chikhulupiriro chakuti Satana ndi mdani wa Mulungu ndi chilengedwe chake, makamaka anthu.

Imaika mdierekezi kukhala mulandu weniweni wazovuta ndi uchimo kwa satana ndipo imamuzindikira iye monga choncho
“Wochimwa woyamba.” Mdyerekezi wakhala akuchimwa kuyambira pachiyambi” (1 Yohane 3:8). Yesu akutcha Satana “kalonga wa ziwanda”—wolamulira wa angelo ogwa (Mateyu 25:41). Kudzera mu ntchito yake yowombola, Yesu waswa mphamvu ya mdierekezi padziko lapansi. Satana ndiye “wamphamvu” amene Yesu analowa m’nyumba mwake (dziko lapansi) (Marko 3:27). Yesu “wamanga” wamphamvuyo “ndipo wagawa zofunkha” [anatenga katundu wake, ufumu wake].

Ichi ndichifukwa chake Yesu anabwera m'thupi. Yohane analemba kuti: “Chifukwa chake Mwana wa Mulungu anaonekera kuti awononge ntchito za mdierekezi” (1 Yohane 3:8). Kalata yopita kwa Akolose imalankhula za ntchito yowonongedwayi m'mawu a dziko lonse: “Anavula olamulira ndi maulamuliro mphamvu zawo, nawachititsa manyazi, nawagonjetsa mwa Khristu” (Akolose 2:15).

Kalata yopita kwa Ahebri ikufotokoza mwatsatanetsatane momwe Yesu anakwaniritsira izi: “Popeza ana ali ndi mwazi ndi nyama, Iyenso adagawana nawo umunthu wawo, kuti mwa imfa yake akawononge mphamvu ya Iye amene ali ndi mphamvu ya imfa, ndiye mdierekezi, ndi kuwombola iwo amene moyo wawo wonse anali akapolo a imfa chifukwa cha kuopa imfa” (Ahebri 2:14-15).

Choncho sizodabwitsa kuti Satana anayesa kuwononga cholinga cha Mulungu mwa Mwana wake, Yesu Khristu. Cholinga cha Satana chinali kupha Mawu wobadwanso mwa munthu, Yesu, ali khanda (Chiv 12:3; Mt 2:1-18), kumuyesa pa moyo wake (Lk 4:1-13), ndi kumuika m’ndende ndi kumupha (v. 13; Lk 22:3-6).

Satana “anapambana” poyesa komaliza kupha Yesu, koma imfa ya Yesu ndi kuukitsidwa kwake kunavumbula ndi kutsutsa Mdyerekezi. Yesu anali atachita “choonetsedwa poyera” cha njira za dziko lapansi ndi kuipa koperekedwa ndi Mdyerekezi ndi otsatira ake. Zinali zoonekeratu kwa onse amene akanamvetsera kuti njira ya Mulungu yokha yachikondi ndiyo yolondola.

Kudzera mwa Yesu ndi ntchito yake yowombola, mapulani a mdierekezi anasintha ndipo anagonjetsedwa. Motero, Khristu wagonjetsa kale Satana kudzera mu moyo wake, imfa, ndi kuuka kwake, povumbulutsa manyazi a choipa. Yesu anauza ophunzira ake usiku womwe anaperekedwa kuti, "Ndikupita kwa Atate ... wolamulira wa dziko lino waweruzidwa tsopano" (Yohane 16:11).

Pambuyo pa kubweranso kwa Khristu, mphamvu ya mdierekezi padziko lapansi idzatha, ndipo kugonjetsedwa kwake konse kudzaonekera. Kupambana kumeneku kudzachitika m'kusintha komaliza komanso kosatha kumapeto kwa nthawi ino (Mateyu 13:37-42).

Kalonga wamphamvu

Pa utumiki wake wapadziko lapansi, Yesu analengeza kuti “wolamulira wa dziko lino lapansi adzatayidwa kunja” (Yohane 12:31), ndipo anati wolamulira uyu “alibe mphamvu” pa iye (Yohane 14:30). Yesu anagonjetsa Satana chifukwa mdierekezi sanathe kumulamulira. Palibe chiyeso chilichonse chimene Satana anaponya kwa Yesu chomwe chinali champhamvu mokwanira kuti chimuchotse pa chikondi chake ndi chikhulupiriro chake mwa Mulungu (Mateyu 4:1-11). Anagonjetsa mdierekezi ndi kulanda “wamphamvu” wa dziko limene anali nalo monga kapolo (Mateyu 12:24-29). Monga Akristu, tikhoza kupuma m’chikhulupiriro mu chigonjetso cha Yesu pa adani onse a Mulungu (ndi athu), kuphatikizapo mdierekezi.

Komabe mpingo ulipo mu mkangano wa "kale pano, koma osati mokwanira," momwe Mulungu akupitiriza kulola Satana kuyesa dziko lapansi ndikufalitsa chiwonongeko ndi imfa. Akristu amakhala pakati pa "Zatha" za imfa ya Yesu (Yohane 19:30) ndi "Zatha" za chiwonongeko chomaliza cha choipa ndi kubwera kwa Ufumu wa Mulungu padziko lapansi mtsogolo (Chivumbulutso 21:6). Satana akadali wololedwa kuchita changu motsutsana ndi mphamvu ya uthenga wabwino. Mdierekezi akadali kalonga wosaoneka wa mdima, ndipo ndi chilolezo cha Mulungu, ali ndi mphamvu zokwaniritsa zolinga za Mulungu.

Chipangano Chatsopano chimatiuza kuti Satana ndiye mphamvu yolamulira dziko loipali, ndipo anthu mosazindikira amamutsatira potsutsa Mulungu. (Mu Chigiriki, mawu oti "kalonga" kapena "wolamulira" [monga momwe agwiritsidwira ntchito mu Yohane 12:31] ndi kumasulira kwa mawu achigiriki akuti archon, omwe amatanthauza mkulu wa boma wa chigawo kapena mzinda wandale.)

Mtumwi Paulo anafotokoza kuti Satana ndi “mulungu wa dziko lino lapansi” amene “amachititsa khungu maganizo a osakhulupirira” (2 Akorinto 4:4). Paulo anamvetsa kuti Satana akhoza ngakhale kulepheretsa ntchito ya mpingo (1 Atesalonika 2:17-19).

Lerolino, ambiri a maiko akumadzulo samalabadira kwenikweni chenicheni chimene chimayambukira kwenikweni miyoyo yawo ndi mtsogolo—chenicheni chakuti mdierekezi ndi mzimu weniweni umene umafuna kuwavulaza iwo panjira iriyonse ndi kuyesayesa kulepheretsa chifuno chachikondi cha Mulungu. Akhristu akulangizidwa kuti azindikire machenjerero a Satana kuti athe kuwatsutsa kudzera mu chitsogozo ndi mphamvu ya Mzimu Woyera wokhalamo. (Mwatsoka, Akristu ena achita mopambanitsa “posaka” Satana, ndipo mosadziŵa apereka chakudya chowonjezereka kwa iwo amene amanyoza lingaliro lakuti mdierekezi ndi munthu weniweni ndi woipa.)

Mpingo ukuchenjezedwa kuti ukhale wosamala ndi zida za Satana. Paulo akuti atsogoleri achikhristu ayenera kukhala ndi moyo woyenera kuitana kwa Mulungu, kuti “asagwere mumsampha wa mdierekezi” (1 Timoteo 3:7). Akristu ayenera kukhala osamala ndi machenjerero a Satana ndi kuvala zida za Mulungu “molimbana ndi mizimu yoipa yakumwamba” (Aefeso 6:10-12). Ayenera kuchita izi kuti “asanyengedwe ndi Satana” (2 Akorinto 2:11).

Ntchito yoipa ya mdierekezi

Mdierekezi amapanga khungu lauzimu ku choonadi cha Mulungu mwa Khristu m'njira zosiyanasiyana. Ziphunzitso zabodza ndi malingaliro osiyanasiyana "ophunzitsidwa ndi ziwanda" amachititsa anthu "kutsata mizimu yonyenga," ngakhale kuti sadziwa komwe kumachokera chinyengo (1 Timoteo 4:1-5). Anthu akangoona khungu, sangathe kumvetsa kuwala kwa uthenga wabwino, womwe ndi uthenga wabwino wakuti Khristu amatiwombola ku uchimo ndi imfa (1 Yohane 4:1-2; 2 Yohane 7). Satana ndiye mdani wamkulu wa uthenga wabwino, "woipayo," amene amayesa kuyesa anthu kuti akane uthenga wabwino (Mateyu 13:18-23).

Satana safunika kuyesa kukuyesani inu nokha. Angagwire ntchito kudzera mwa anthu omwe amafalitsa malingaliro abodza a nzeru ndi zaumulungu. Anthu akhozanso kukhala akapolo a dongosolo la choipa ndi chinyengo chomwe chili m'gulu lathu la anthu. Mdierekezi angagwiritsenso ntchito chibadwa chathu chochimwa kuti atitsutse, kotero kuti anthu amakhulupirira kuti ali ndi "chowonadi" pomwe kwenikweni asiya zomwe zili za Mulungu ndi zomwe zili za dziko lapansi ndi za mdierekezi. Anthu otere amakhulupirira kuti njira yawo yolakwika yokhulupirira idzawapulumutsa (2 Atesalonika 2:9-10), koma chomwe achita ndi "kusintha chowonadi cha Mulungu ndi bodza" (Aroma 1:25). "Bodza" limawoneka labwino komanso loona chifukwa Satana amadziwonetsera yekha ndi njira yake yokhulupirira mwanjira yoti chiphunzitso chake chikuwoneka ngati chowonadi chochokera kwa "mngelo wa kuunika" (2 Akorinto 11:14).

Kawirikawiri, Satana ndiye amene amachititsa mayesero ndi chilakolako cha chibadwa chathu chochimwa kuti tichimwe, ndipo chifukwa chake amatchedwa “woyesa” (1 Atesalonika 3:5; 1 Akorinto 6:5; Machitidwe 5:3). Paulo akutengera mpingo wa ku Korinto kubwerera ku Genesis 3 ndi nkhani ya m’munda wa Edeni kuti awachenjeze kuti asapatuke kwa Khristu, chinthu chomwe mdierekezi amawayesa kuti achite. “Koma ndikuopa kuti, monga njoka inanyenga Hava ndi chinyengo chake, maganizo anu angasocheretsedwe kuchoka pa choonadi ndi chiyero cha kwa Khristu” (2 Akorinto 11:3).

Izi sizikutanthauza kuti Paulo ankakhulupirira kuti Satana ndiye amene anayesa munthu aliyense payekha ndipo anakopa aliyense mwachindunji. Anthu amene, nthawi iliyonse akachimwa, amaganiza kuti “mdierekezi ndiye anandipangitsa kuchita zimenezo” amalephera kuzindikira kuti Satana amagwiritsa ntchito dongosolo la zoipa zomwe adalenga m’dziko lapansi ndi chibadwa chathu chochimwa motsutsana nafe. Pankhani ya Akristu omwe atchulidwa ku Tesalonika, chinyengochi chikanatheka chifukwa cha aphunzitsi omwe anafesa mbewu za chidani motsutsana ndi Paulo, zomwe zinapangitsa anthu kukhulupirira kuti iye [Paulo] anali kuwanyenga kapena kubisa umbombo kapena cholinga china choipa (1 Atesalonika 2:3-12). Komabe, popeza mdierekezi amafesa kusamvana ndi kulamulira dziko lapansi, pamapeto pake, kumbuyo kwa onse omwe amafesa kusamvana ndi chidani, ndiye woyesayo mwiniwakeyo.

Malinga ndi Paulo, Akristu omwe alekanitsidwa ndi mpingo chifukwa cha uchimo “aperekedwa kwa Satana” (1 Akorinto 5:5; 1 Timoteo 1:20), kapena “abwerera m’mbuyo natsata Satana” (1 Timoteo 5:15). Petro akulangiza gulu lake kuti: “Khalani odzisunga, dikirani; mdani wanu mdierekezi ayendayenda ngati mkango wobangula, kufunafuna wina woti amudye” (1 Petro 5:8). Njira yogonjetsera Satana, akutero Petro, ndiyo “kumutsutsa” (vesi 9).

Kodi anthu amatsutsa bwanji Satana? Yakobo akufotokoza kuti: “Chifukwa chake mverani Mulungu, kanizani mdierekezi, ndipo adzakuthawani. Yandikirani kwa Mulungu, ndipo adzayandikira kwa inu. Sambitsani manja anu, ochimwa inu, ndipo yeretsani mitima yanu, inu a mitima iwiri” (Yakobo 4:7-8). Timakhala pafupi ndi Mulungu pamene mitima yathu ili ndi mtima wodzipereka wa chimwemwe, mtendere, ndi chiyamiko kwa iye, wodyetsedwa ndi Mzimu wake wachikondi ndi chikhulupiriro.

Anthu omwe sadziwa Khristu ndipo satsogoleredwa ndi Mzimu wake (Aroma 8:5-17) “amakhala monga mwa thupi” (vesi 5). Amagwirizana ndi dziko lapansi ndipo amatsatira “mzimu umene ukugwira ntchito tsopano mwa ana osamvera” (Aefeso 2:2). Mzimu umenewu, womwe umadziwika kwina kuti ndi mdierekezi kapena Satana, umanyenga anthu kuti akhale ndi cholinga chokwaniritsa “zokhumba za thupi ndi zamaganizo” (vesi 3). Koma mwa chisomo cha Mulungu, tikhoza kuona kuwala kwa choonadi chomwe chili mwa Khristu ndikumutsatira kudzera mwa Mzimu wa Mulungu, m'malo mongogwa mosadziwika pansi pa mphamvu ya mdierekezi, dziko lochimwa, ndi umunthu wathu wofooka mwauzimu komanso wochimwa.

Nkhondo ya Satana ndi kugonjetsedwa kwake komaliza

“Dziko lonse lapansi lili pansi pa ulamuliro wa mdierekezi,” akulemba Yohane (1 Yohane 5:19). Koma iwo amene ali ana a Mulungu ndi otsatira a Khristu apatsidwa chidziwitso “chodziwa Iye amene ali woona” (vesi 20).

Pachifukwa ichi, Chivumbulutso 12:7-9 ndi chodabwitsa kwambiri. Pogwiritsa ntchito mfundo ya nkhondo ya mu Chivumbulutso, bukuli likuwonetsa nkhondo yapadziko lonse pakati pa Mikayeli ndi angelo ake ndi chinjoka (Satana) ndi angelo ake ogwa. Mdyerekezi ndi atumiki ake anagonjetsedwa, ndipo "malo awo sanapezekenso kumwamba" (vesi 8). Zotsatira zake? "Chinjoka chachikulu chinaponyedwa pansi, njoka yakaleyo yotchedwa mdierekezi, kapena Satana, amene anyenga dziko lonse lapansi; chinaponyedwa pansi kudziko lapansi, ndi angelo ake pamodzi naye" (vesi 9). Lingaliro ndilakuti Satana akupitiriza nkhondo yake yolimbana ndi Mulungu mwa kuzunza anthu a Mulungu padziko lapansi.

Nkhondo yapakati pa zoipa (zosonkhezeredwa ndi Satana) ndi zabwino (zotsogozedwa ndi Mulungu) zimadzetsa nkhondo pakati pa Babulo Wamkulu (dziko lolamulidwa ndi Mdyerekezi) ndi Yerusalemu watsopano (anthu a Mulungu amene Mulungu ndi Mwanawankhosa Yesu Kristu akutsatira. ). Ndi nkhondo imene Mulungu adzaigonjetsa chifukwa palibe chimene chingalepheretse cholinga chake.

Pamapeto pake, adani onse a Mulungu, kuphatikizapo Satana, adzagonjetsedwa. Ufumu wa Mulungu—dongosolo latsopano la dziko—udzabwera padziko lapansi, woimiridwa ndi Yerusalemu Watsopano m’Buku la Chivumbulutso. Mdyerekezi adzachotsedwa pamaso pa Mulungu, ndipo ufumu wake udzawonongedwa naye limodzi (Chivumbulutso 20:10) ndipo udzalowedwa m’malo ndi ulamuliro wosatha wa chikondi cha Mulungu.

Timawerenga mawu olimbikitsa awa okhudza “chimaliziro” cha zinthu zonse: “Ndipo ndinamva mawu akulu ochokera ku mpando wachifumu, nati, Taonani, malo ake okhalamo Mulungu ali pakati pa anthu, ndipo adzakhala nawo; iwo adzakhala anthu ake, ndipo Mulungu mwini adzakhala nawo, ndipo adzakhala Mulungu wawo; ndipo adzapukuta misozi yonse m’maso mwawo; sipadzakhalanso imfa, kapena maliro, kapena kulira, kapena chowawa; pakuti zinthu zakale zapita.” Iye wokhala pa mpando wachifumu anati, “Ndikupanga zonse kukhala zatsopano!” Ndipo anati, “Lemba izi, pakuti mawu awa ndi okhulupirika ndi oona.” (Chivumbulutso 21:3-5).

Paul Kroll

Satana