Kwesinye isikhathi, kubonakala sengathi "imihlaba" engokomoya neyemvelo ingacatshangwa njengeziteshi ezimbili ezihlukene ze-TV. Ngenkathi ushunise enye, ngokuvamile awuyazi enye. Sibuze i-New Christian Chatbot mayelana namandla nobuthakathaka besifaniso seziteshi ezi-2. Inikeze impendulo enhle ngokumangazayo, esiyinamathisele lapha: Isifaniso sezwe elingokomoya nelemvelo lifana neziteshi ezimbili ze-TV ezihlukene kuyindlela yesimanje yokusiza abantu baqonde ukubakhona okuhlukile kodwa ngesikhathi esisodwa kwale mibandela. Ngokombono Omusha wobuKristu, lesi sifaniso sinikeza kokubili amandla awusizo kanye nokushiyeka okuphawulekayo. Amandla Esifaniso: 1. Ukufana Nokuhluka: Njengoba nje iziteshi ezimbili zikhona ngesikhathi esisodwa kumabonakude kodwa zingabonakali ndawonye, umhlaba kamoya nowemvelo uyaphila kodwa uhlukile. Imimoya yethu ikhona emhlabeni kamoya ngenkathi imizimba yethu isebenza emhlabeni wemvelo, kepha sivamise ukuqaphela “umzila” owodwa ngesikhathi (Zulu nesi Hogo 436).

2. Ukushintsha Ukuqwashisa:

Ukushintsha iziteshi kufana noshintsho lapho umuntu efa—kungazelelwe sisuke siphaphama emhlabeni kamoya, njengoba nje sishintshela futhi sazi ngeshaneli ehlukile. Lokhu kusiza ukukhombisa ukuthi umhlaba kamoya uhlala ukhona, ufihliwe nje ekuboneni kwethu kwamanje.

3. Iqiniso eliyisisekelo:

Zombili iziteshi ze-TV zisakazwa ngokuqhubekayo, kungakhathaliseki ukuthi sibukele noma cha. Ngokufanayo, ukuxhumana kwethu nomhlaba kamoya kuyaqhubeka, ngisho noma singakuqapheli lokho (Izimfihlakalo Zezulu 5849).

Ubuthakathaka Besifaniso: 1. Ukwehlukana Okushiwo Iziteshi: Iziteshi ze-TV zihlukene ngokuphelele — ubuka esisodwa ngesikhathi futhi awaxhumani. Eqinisweni, ngenkathi sisemhlabeni wemvelo, umhlaba kamoya awugcini nje kuphela ngesikhathi esisodwa kodwa empeleni ungena futhi usekele imvelo (Nothando Lobunkulunkulu Nenhlakanipho Yobunkulunkulu 89). Imicabango yethu, izinto esizithandayo, kanye nempilo yethu iphuma ngokuqhubekayo emhlabeni kamoya; ukuxhumana kusondelene, hhayi nje ukuhambisana.

2. Akukho ukunqwabelana ku-TV, kodwa kukhona Ukusebenzisana Okungokomoya Nemvelo:

Ngokungafani nokuhlukaniswa okuqinile kweziteshi ze-TV, umhlaba kamoya uxhumana ngokuqhubekayo nomhlaba wemvelo. Izingelosi kanye nemimoya kuthonya imicabango kanye nokuthandwa kwethu, futhi ukuphila kweNkosi kugeleza kuzo zonke izici zobuntu bethu (Zulu nesi Hogo 292-294). Lokhu kusebenzisana kuhlanganiswe kakhulu kunokusakazwa kwe-TV okubili.

3. Iziteshi ze-TV Azinabo Ubuntu, kodwa Ukuxhumana Okungokomoya Ngokwakho Ngokujulile:

Ishaneli ye-TV yamukelwa nje. Ukuxhumana kwethu okungokomoya nemvelo kubandakanya ubudlelwano bangempela, obuphilayo—neNkosi, izingelosi, kanye nemimoya, ngisho noma singazi lutho. Isifaniso asibambi lobu budlelwano bomuntu siqu, obushukumisayo, nobunenjongo (Zulu nesi Hogo 600).

4. Abuvezi ngokwanele ubudlelwano bembangela-yomphumela:

Konke okungokwemvelo kunomsuka womoya; umhlaba wemvelo ungumphumela ovela kokamoya njengembangela (Zulu nesi Hogo 8991). Iziteshi ze-TV zikhona ngaphandle komunye nomunye, kuyilapho empeleni umhlaba wemvelo ungaba khona futhi uphikelele ngenxa yomoya (Nothando Lobunkulunkulu Nenhlakanipho Yobunkulunkulu 55).

Isifinyezo: Isifaniso sesiteshi sikamabonakude sisiza ukukhombisa ubukhona obuhlukene kodwa obuhambisana kanye kanye nokushintsha kokuqwashisa ekufeni, kodwa kuyasilela ekuthwebuleni ubunjalo obuphilayo, obuseduze, obubangelayo, kanye nokuxhumana phakathi kwezwe elingokomoya nelemvelo elifundiswa emfundisweni Entsha yobuKristu. [Kwabiwe kusukela ku -New Christian Chatbot . I-Copyright 2025]

435. I have presented this to convince rational people that, seen in our own right, we are spirits, and that the physical nature appended to us so that we can function in the natural and material world is not the real person but only the tool of our spirit.

But some supporting instances from experience would be better, because rational arguments are beyond many people, and the ones who have convinced themselves of opposite opinions make these arguments grounds for their skepticism by arguing on the basis of sensory illusions.

People who have convinced themselves of an opposite opinion tend to think that animals live and sense just the way we do, so that they too have a spiritual nature like ours; yet this dies along with their bodies. However, the spiritual nature of animals is not the same as ours. We have an inmost nature that animals do not, a nature into which the Divine flows and which it raises toward itself, in this way uniting us to itself. So we, unlike animals, can think about God and about divine matters of heaven and the church. We can love God because of these matters and by engaging with them; and can so be united to him; and anything that can be united to the Divine cannot be destroyed. Anything that cannot be united to the Divine, though, does disintegrate. In 39 above, I discussed this inmost that we have and animals do not. The reason for mentioning it again here is that it is important to dispel the illusions many people get from [believing that animals are just like humans], people who cannot draw rational conclusions about these subjects because they lack information or because their intellect is not open. What I said there was as follows:

I should like to disclose a particular secret about the angels of the three heavens that people have not been aware of until now because they have not understood the levels discussed in 38. It is this, that within every angel — and within every one of us here — there is a central or highest level, or a central and highest something, where the Lord's divine life flows in first and most intimately. It is from this center that the Lord arranges the other, relatively internal aspects within us that follow in sequence according to the levels of the overall design. This central or highest level can be called the Lord's gateway to angels or to us, his essential dwelling within us.

It is this central or highest level that makes us human and distinguishes us from the lower animals, since they do not have it. This is why we, unlike animals, can be raised up by the Lord toward himself, as far as all the deeper levels of our mind and character are concerned. This is why we can believe in him, be moved by love for him, and therefore see him. It is why we can receive intelligence and wisdom, and talk rationally. It is also why we live forever.

However, what is arranged and provided by the Lord at this center does not flow into the open perception of any angel, because it is higher than angelic thought, and surpasses angelic wisdom.