Ishu ki Gawahi mein Bahadur
Hum Pita aur Putra ki hamari gawahi se asangat aur thokro se jatil nahi kar sakte.
Anant jeewan Parmeshwaar ki sabse mahan taufe hai aur unko diya gaya hai jo [Parmeshwaar ka] aagya ko paalan karte hai aur ant tak jhelta hai.1 Dusri or, Swarg ke Pita ke saath anant jeewan unhe nahin milta “jo Ishu ki gawahi mein bahaduri nahi dikhate hai. 2 Waha kai thokaar hai jo hamare shurta mein hai jo humko anant jeewan ki lakshaye tak pahuchne mein rokhte hai. 3Thokar jaatil ho sakta hai; main uddharan deta hoon.
Kai saalo pehle mera pita ne ranch waale jaayedad ke hissa mein jaha par woh bada hua ek chota kebin banaya. Paridrishye(vistas) ghaas ka meydaan par khaas tha. Jab kebin ki diwaar ka frame banaya gaya, mai dekhne ke liye gaya. Mai heyraan ho gaya tha jo khidki se drishye the sidhe se beejli pol mein fokas tha jo hamare ghaar se todhe dur raha. Mere liye, yeh ek bada baadha tha us shaandar drishye par.
Maine kaha, “Pitaji, aap kyon unhe khidki ke apne drishye ke saamne beejli ka pol daalne diya?”
Mera pita, ek asadharaan vyavaharsheel aur shaant aadmi hai, jo todhe utejna se cheelaya, “Quentin, woh beejli ka pol mere liye bahut hi sundar cheez hai is pure pashufaarm mein!” Phir usne daleel diya: “Jab main us pol ko dekhta hoon, mujhe mehsoos hota hai, jab se main yaha par bada hua, mujhe containa se bhara hua paani jharna se ghar tak khanaa pakane ke liye nahi le jaana padega, haathon ko dhone ke liye, ya nahane ke liye nahi uthane para. Mujhe kendal ya diya ko nahi jalana padega raat ko padhne ke liye. Main us beejli ka pol ko dekhna chahata hoon sidhe khidki ke beej mein.
Mera pita ke paas dusra hi anudrishye tha beejli pol par mere milaan mein. Unke liye woh pol ek sudhaar jeewan ko pratik karta hai, magar mere liye woh ek thokaar hai ek sundar drishye par. Mera pita beejli, raushni, ko aadarsh karta hai, aur safaai ko kisi sundar drishye ke milaan mein. Mujhe turant hi mehsoos hua ki jab pol mere liye ek thokaar tha, woh mera pita ke liye ek hi mahan vyavaahaarik, prateek ka matlab tha.
Ek thokaar “ek rukawat hai vishwaas par ya samajhne mein” ya “ek badhaa aage ki or badhne mein.”4 Aadhyaatmik thokaar “paap ya zid mein girne ke liye hai.”5 Thokaar kuch bhi dhaarmik laakshayo ko praapt karne se hamein dhyaan bhang karte.
Hum Pita aur Putra ki hamari gawahi se asangat aur thokro se jatil nahi kar sakte. Hum us jaal mein girawaat nahi ho sakte. Unmein se hamari gawahi hai ki hamesha pavitra rahena aur sada rahena jaise mera pita ki sada pratipaksh ki beejli pol par us ranch ko jaha woh bada hua tha.
Waha par kaun si thokar hai jo hamare pavitra aur sada gawahi Pita aur Putra ki ko asangat aur jaatil karta hai aur humko us gawahi se bahadur hone se rokhte hai?
Ek Thokar Logon Ka Darshaanik Chintan Hai
Hum har tarah ke gyaan ke liye pratibandh hai aur vishwaas kar rahe hai “ki Parmeshwaar ka mahima gupt samachaar hai.”6 Aur hum bhi jaante hai ki virodhi ki variye kaaryeniti se manushye ko Parmeshwaar se dur karte hai aur unko thokar se hote hai purushon ki darshaanik chintan se Uddharkarta aur Unki shikshan ki or tak.
Devdut Paul Ishu Maseeh ki ek nisandeh gawahi tha jo Uddharkarta ke saath chamatkaari aur jiwan-badalne waala anubhav se hua tha.7 Paul ki anokha pichla jiwan se unko tayyaar kiya ki un logo se kahena jo kai sanskriti hai. Usne Thessalonians ki “sadhaa aur sachchaai” se aur Philippians ki “dayalu aur kripalu” se prembhaao kiya.8 Shuru mein usne adhik bhodik aur parishkrit yunniyon ke liye mushkil paya. Mars’ Pahad Athens mein, usne ek darshanik drishtikon ka prayaas kiya aur aswikaar kar diya tha. Corinthians ko, usne “chadaya Maseeh ki shikshan” ko padane ke liye nirdharit hua.9 Devdut Paul ki shabdon ko istemaal karein:
“Aur meri vachan, aur mere prachaar mein gyaan lubhanewaali baate se nahi, parantu Aatma aur saamarth ka dikhawa tha.
“Isliye tumhare vishwaas manushye ki gyaan par nahi, parantu Parmeshwaar ki saamarth par nirbhar ho.”10
Uddhaarkarta aur Unki mission ke shaandar likhit khato ke kuch 1 Corinthians ullekh mein hai. Ek adhyaye—15—duniyabhar ka dyaan paaya hai George Frideric Handel ki pradarshan seMessiah.11Woh Uddhaarkarta ke baare mein gehra siddhant batlata hai. Messiah,ke teesre bhaag mein turant hi “Hallelujah Korus,” ke baad, kai dharamshaastra ko istemaal kiya gaya hai1 Corinthians 15 mein se hai. In vesas ke kuch mein, Paul khoobsurati se Uddhaarkarta dwara kiye kaarye batlata hai:
“[Ki] ab Maseeh murdo mein se ji utha,…jo so gaye the un mein pahila phal hua.
“… Jab manushye ke dwara mrityu aai; to manushye hi ke dwara mare huwo ka punasthaan bhi aaya.
“Aur jaise Adam mein sab marte hai, waisa hi Maseeh mein sab jilaye jayege. …
“He mrityu, tera dank kaha rahi? He kabra, teri jay kaha raha? …
“Parantu Parmeshwaar ka dhanyevaad ho, jo hamare Prabhu Ishu Maseeh ke dwara hamein jayvant karta hai.”12
Hum jaante hai ki Siddhant Chodna kai bhaag mein hua tha kyunki purushon ke darshan Maseeh ke bunyaadi, avashyak siddhant ke upar uthaya gaya hai. Uddhaarkarta ki sikhlaayi gayi Sandesh ki saadgee ke bajaye, kai saade aur kimti satya badal rahe the ya kho gaye. Vastav mein, Isaai dharm mozudaa sanskriti ke saath apne vishwaason mein saamnjaasye ke liye kuch Yunani(Greek) darshaanik parampaarao ko apnaya. Itheehaaskar Will Durant ne likha:”Isaaidharm bhutparsati ko nasht nahi kiya; weh ise aapnaya. Yunani ke mann, mar raha hai, ek upnivesha jeewan ke liye aaya tha.”13 Ithihaasik drishti se, aur hamare apne din mein, kuch logon ne Ishu Maseeh ka susamachaar ko aswikaar kiya kyunki, unke vichaar mein ye pariyapt bhodik parishkar nahi hai.
Punahsthaapna ki bhor mein, kai kam se kam Uddhaarkarta ki shikshao ka paalan karne ka izhaar kiya. Kai deshon mein khud ko Isaai deshon par vichaar karein. Lekin phir bhi waha hamare din ke liye aur kathin samay ki bhavishyevaani ki thi.
Heber C. Kimball is yug ke ek mulrup Barah Devduton tha aur Pradhaan Brigham Young ki Pehla Salahakaar tha. Usne chetaoni di: Samay aa raha hai jab … ek dushman ke chahere se ek Sant ka chehra batana mushkil ho jayega Parmeshwar je logon ke liye. Tab…mahaan chalni ko talaashna, waha ek mahan chaalne ka samay hoga, aur kai gir jayegi.” Unhonne samaapti kiya ki “ek PARIKSHA aa raha hai.”14
Hamare din mein, kai deshon mein Isaai dharm ka prabhaao kafi kam hai United States ko lekar. Binna dharmik maanyetaao ke Parmeshwaar ko jawaabdehi ki koi bhavna nahi hai. Tadnusar, hai ki kaise rehne ke liye swaarbhomik mulyon ki sthapna ke liye kathin hai. Darshan jo gehra aayojit kiya jaata hai ek dusre ke saath sangharsh karta hai.
Durbhaagye se, yaha bhi Girjaghar ke kuch sadasyon ko jo apne mul kho dete hai aur pal-jinmein se kai ka karan se prabhawit ho jaate hai—ke saath hota hai spasht rup se nyayepriye nahi hai.
Heber C. Kimball ke bhavishyevaani ke milaan mein, Elder Neal A. Maxwell ne 1982 mein kaha: “Bahut fatkana nyayepriye vyavahar mein khamiyon jinmein se paschatap nahi kiya jaane se ghatit hoga. Kuch ant tak jhelne nahin paaenge aur haar maan lenge. Kuch dhonkebaazo ke dwara dhokha paayenge. Isi tarah dusro pratiyek vyavastha paryapt thokar ka karan rahe hai uske liye, naraz ho jayega!” 15
Ek Aur Thokar hai Paap ko Na Dekhna Chahana Uski asli Raushni mein
Hamare din ki anokhi aur pareshaan pehlu mein se ek ya hai ki kai logon ko paapi aacharan mein jute hai lekin yah paapi vichaar karne ke liye mana kar diya hai. Weh koi pachtaawaa ya ichcha netik rup se galat hone ke rup mein unke aacharan ko swikaar kiya hai.Y aha tak ki kuch jo Pita aur Putra mein vishwaas dawe galat stithi yah hai ki Swarg ke Pita mein ek pyaar Pita aacharan hai ki uski aagyaao ke viprit hai ke liye koi parinaam satik chahiye le lo.
Yehi darja Corianton ne liya, jo Mormon Dharamshaastra mein Alma the younger ka beta tha. Woh ghor anaetik kaarye mein lage the aur Alma dwara salaah di ja rahi thi. Hum dhanye hai mahaan bhavishye Alma, jo vyaktigat anubhav tha “Andheri khaai[aur] adbhud Prakash,”16likha woh salaah jo diya gaya tha.Alma ke 39th adhyaye mein hum padhte hai ki kaise wah pashchataap ki prakriya ke maalyam se is bete ko salaaha di aur uske baad bataya ki kaise Maseeh paap dur karne ke liye aayega. Unhonne pashchataap ke mahatva Corianton ko bataya kyunki “koi ashudh vastu Parmeshwaar ke rajye ke vaaris nahin bn sakte hai.”17
Alma 42 mein sabhi dharamshaastra mein se Praeshchit par sabse shaandar siddhant shaamil hai. Aatma ko samjhate hai ki yeh ek nahi hai madad ki “anyaaye hai ki paapi dukh ke ek rajye ke liye bheja jaana chahiye.” 18Lekin unhonne likha ki Adam ke samay se, ek dayalu Parmeshwar ne “pashchataap ke liye jagah dhoondhi” kyunki bina pashchataap ke “uddhaar ka yojna ka ulanghan ho gaya hota.”19Alma ne yeh bhi kaha ki hai ki Parmeshwaar ki yojna “khushi ki yojna” hai.20
Alma ki shikshaon sabse shikshaprad hai: “Kyunki dekho, nyaye uski saari maango ko pura karta hai, aur daya bhi us par apna adhikar jatati hai, aur is prakar, koi aur nahi parantu sachche pashchataapi bachaye jaati hai.”21 Unki sachchaai ki raushni mein dekha, Uddharkarta ki shikshanon ko pashchataap aur paalan ke mahima ashirvaad apeel mahatvapurn hai. Yah spasht hona anuchit nahi hai, jaisa ki Alma Corianton ke saath tha, paapi viklap aur pashchataap ki kami ke parinaamo ke baare mein. Yah aksar goshit kar diya gaya hai “Jaldi ya baad har kisi ke paarinaamo mein se ek bhoj par baethne ke liye hai.”22
Uddhaarkarta ke Praeshchit ki ullekhniye aur divye ashirvaad hai ki pashchataap ke maadhyam se, paapi aacharan se kata jata hai. Corianton ka pashchataap karne ke baad, Alma ne samaapt kiya, “Ye baate ab aapko musibat na dein, aur kewal apne paapo ko musibat dene do, us musibat ke saath jo aapko pashchataap karwaaega.”23
Nishaan ke paar dekhna ek Thokaar Hai
Bhavishyevakta Jacob ne puraane Yahudiyo ko “hatile log” kaha [jo] …saadgi ko napasand karte the …, bhavishyevaktaaon ko maar dala, aur woh jaana chaha jo unhe samajh mein nahin aaya. Is kaaran, unke andhaapan, jo andhaapan nishaan ke paar dekh kar aaya hai, unhe haarna pada.” 24
Jabki waha nishaan se pare dekhne ke kai uddharan hai,25 hamare din mein ek mahatavapurn uddharan hai ugarvad. Susamachaar ugarvad ek anye samaanye rup ke mahatavapurn sidhanton ke upar kisi bhi susamachar sidhaant uth aur ek stithi se pare hai ki ya Girja ke netaaon ki shikshaon ke viprit hai. Ek uddharan hai jab koi kisi badhanti, badlaao, ya pratham zor dena chahata ho Budhimaani ke Shabd ke ek bhaag ko. Ek aur uddhaaran hai antim-dino-ke- drishye ke liye bhaari tayyaari. Donon uddharanon mein, auron ko niji anuwaad apnaane ke liye protsaahan milta hai. “Agar hum ek swaasth kaanoon ya kisi aur siddhaant ko dhaarmik taur se dekhenge, hum nishaan ke paar dekh rahe hai.” 26
Mahatvapurn siddhant ki baat par, Prabhu ne ghoshna kiya, “Jisne adhik ya is se bhi kam kaha hai, wahi mera nahi hai.”27 Jab hum kisi siddhaant ko is tarah more ki jisse hamara zimmedaari kam ho jaaye usi tarah ke kisi avashyak siddhaant ke prati ya uski jagah lein ya Girja netaaon ke shikshan se alag ho, hum nishaan ke paar dekh rahe hai.
Iske alaawa, kuch sadasye vajah ko badha kar batlate hai, kuch us mein se achche hai, se kisi muye susamachaar siddhaant se uncha padh ka. Weh apni paheli pratibandh ke rup mein paeda karne ki bhakti sthanaapatr aur ek maadhyemik stithi ke liye Uddharkarta aur Unki shikshaon ke prati apni vachanbhandtaa baahar nikaal dena. Hum Uddharkarta ke liye hamari bhakti se upar kuch bhi tarkki karte hai, agar hamare aacharan ke rup mein se sirf ek shishak aur nahi Parmeshwaar ke divye Putra ko pahechanta hai, to hum nishaan ke paar dekh rahe hai. Ishu Maseeh hi nishaan hai!
Doctrine aur Covenants ke 76 sekshan yeh spasht karta hai ki “Ishu ki gawahi mein bahadur” 28hona saral hai, aavashyak parikchan jo log aakasheeye rajye ke aashirvaad ka vaaris hoga ke beejh hai aur kam staliye(terrestrial)rajye ke. Bahadur hone ke liye hamare pashchataap ke maadhyam se mrityu se ubrane ke liye aur paap se shudh karta, aur Maseeh ke siddhant ka paalan karne ki zaroorat hai.29Humein yah bhi raushni ki zaroorat hai aur Uddharkarta ke jeewan aur shikshaon ka gyaan vaajaa maarg par hamein maargdarshan karne, mandir ke pavitra siddhaant bhi shaamil hai. Hum Unke shabd par, Maseeh mein dridh hona chahiye, aur ant karne ke liye sahena.30
Samaapti
Agar hum Ishu ke gawahi mein bahadur raheinge, to hume thokar ki fasane aur kai anaythaa maanniye purshon aur mahilaao ki pragati mein badhaa se bachna chahiye. Hamein hamesha Unki sewa mein hone ke liye nishchay karna hai. Jabki gyaan praapt karne ke liye, hume logon ke baaton se bachna hai jo Uddhaarkarta ke prati hamare pratibandhta ko kam karta hai. Hum apne aslee Prakash mein paap ko dekhte hai aur pashchatap ke maadhyam se Uddharkarta ke Praeshchit swikaar karna chahiye. Hume maark ase udhar dekhna band karna hai aur Ishu Maseeh, hamare Uddharkarta aur Muktidaata, par gaur karna hai, aur Unke siddhaant ko apnaana hai.
Mere pita ne khana pakane aur safai ke liye beejli, prakash, aur prachur maatra mein paani uplabdh karne ke ek saadhan ke rup mein dekha. Yah unke jeewan mein sudhaar ke liye ek aage badhne ka zariya tha.
Ek lekhak kehta hai ki thokar ko “aage badhne ka zariya banane se mahaan charitra aur Swarg pahunchenge.”31
Hamare liye, Ishu ke gawahi mein bahadur hona ek aage badhne ka zariya hai taaki hum Uddhaarkarta ke kripa aur aakashiye rajye ke liye yogye bane. Ishu Maseeh hi ek naam hai swarg mein jisse hum jiske dwara hume bachaya jaa sakta hai.32 Mai yakeen se apna gawahi deta hoon Unke divyeta aur Unke aakaashi bhumika ki Pita ke yojna mein. Ishu Maseeh ke naam se, amen.