EBhayibhilini ibala elihunyutshwe ngokuthi ukuvuswa kwabafileyo ngelithi a·naʹsta·sis ngesiGrikhi futhi litsho ukuphakama kumbe ukuphinda ume. Umuntu ovuswe kwabafileyo ngobefile wasevuswa waphinda waba yilokho akade eyikho engakafi.—1 KwabaseKhorinte 15:12, 13.

 Lanxa umutsho othi “ukuvuswa kwabafileyo” ungekho eMibhalweni YesiHebheru ejayele ukubizwa langokuthi yiThestamente Elidala, imfundiso yakhona ikhona eMibhalweni le. Ngokwesibonelo umphrofethi uHosiya wabhala ngesithembiso sikaNkulunkulu wathi: “Ngizabahlenga emandleni engcwaba, ngizabakhulula ekufeni.”—UHosiya 13:14; UJobe 14:13-15; U-Isaya 26:19; UDanyeli 12:2, 13.

 Abafileyo bazavuswa baye ngaphi? Abanye abantu bazavuselwa ezulwini ukuze bayebusa loKhristu. (2 KwabaseKhorinte 5:1; ISambulo 5:9, 10) IBhayibhili lithi lokhu ’yikuvuswa kwabafileyo kwakuqala’ njalo liphinda lithi ’bazaqala ukuvuswa kwabafileyo.’ Imitsho le itshengisa ukuthi kulokunye ukuvuswa kwabafileyo okuzakwenzakala. (ISambulo 20:6; KwabaseFiliphi 3:11) Lapha kukhulunywa ngokuvuswa kwalabo abazaphila emhlabeni okuzatholwa ngabantu abanengi kakhulu.—IHubo 37:29.

 Abafileyo bazavuswa njani? UNkulunkulu wanika uJesu amandla okuvusa abafileyo. (UJohane 11:25) Ngakho uJesu uzavusa ’bonke abasemathuneni’ futhi umuntu ngamunye uzavuka elobuntu ayelabo njalo ekhumbula izinto ezenzakalayo empilweni yakhe. (UJohane 5:28, 29) Labo abazavuselwa ezulwini bazathola umzimba womoya ikanti labo abazavuswa baphile emhlabeni bazathola umzimba wenyama oyabe uqine saka njalo uphelele.—U-Isaya 33:24; 35:5, 6; 1 KwabaseKhorinte 15:42-44, 50.

 Ngobani abazavuswa? IBhayibhili lithi “abafileyo bazavuswa, abalungileyo labangalunganga.” (ImiSebenzi 24:15) Abalungileyo yilabo ababethembekile kuNkulunkulu njengoNowa, uSara lo-Abrahama. (UGenesisi 6:9; KumaHebheru 11:11; UJakhobe 2:21) Abangalunganga yilabo abangazange bathole ithuba lokufunda ngemithetho kaNkulunkulu lokuyilandela.

 Kodwa labo abenza izinto ezimbi ngabomo futhi bengafuni ukutshintsha abasoze bavuswe. Nxa abantu abanjalo bangafa abaselathemba lokuphinda baphile futhi.—UMathewu 23:33; KumaHebheru 10:26, 27.

 Abafileyo bazavuswa nini? IBhayibhili latsho kuseselesikhathi ukuthi labo abazavuselwa ukuyaphila ezulwini bazavuswa ngesikhathi sokubakhona kukaKhristu okwaqala ngo-1914. (1 KwabaseKhorinte 15:21-23) Ukuvuswa kwalabo abazaphila emhlabeni khona kuzakwenzakala ngesikhathi sokubusa kukaJesu Khristu kweminyaka eyinkulungwane. Ngalesosikhathi umhlaba uzatshintshwa ube lipharadayisi.—ULukha 23:43; ISambulo 20:6, 12, 13.

 Kuyini okwenza sikholwe ukuthi abafileyo bazavuswa? IBhayibhili lisitshela ngokuvuswa kwabantu abangu-9 okwafakazelwa ngabantu abakubona kusenzakala. (1 AmaKhosi 17:17-24; 2 AmaKhosi 4:32-37; 13:20, 21; ULukha 7:11-17; 8:40-56; UJohane 11:38-44; ImiSebenzi 9:36-42; ImiSebenzi 20:7-12; 1 KwabaseKhorinte 15:3-6) Ukuvuswa kukaLazaro kwakumangalisa kakhulu ngoba wayeselamalanga amane esethuneni. UJesu wenza isimangaliso sokuvusa uLazaro phambi kwexuku labantu. (UJohane 11:39, 42) Lababeyizitha zikaJesu abazange bakuphike ukuthi uLazaro wayevusiwe yikho bahle benza icebo lokubulala uJesu loLazaro.—UJohane 11:47, 53; 12:9-11.

 IBhayibhili litshengisa ukuthi uNkulunkulu ulamandla okuvusa abafileyo lokuthi ulesifiso sokukwenza lokhu. Uyamkhumbula umuntu ngamunye azamvusa futhi uzamvusa enjengoba enjalo ngoba ulamandla okukwenza lokho. (UJobe 37:23; UMathewu 10:30; ULukha 20:37, 38) Nxa iBhayibhili likhuluma ngokuvuswa kwabafileyo lithi uNkulunkulu ’uzafisa ukuphinda ababone ngoba wabenza ngezandla zakhe.’—UJobe 14:15.

Imibono engaqondanga mayelana lokuvuswa kwabafileyo

 Okungaqondanga: Ukuvuswa kwabafileyo kutsho ukuthi umzimba uyabe usuhlanganiswa lomphefumulo.

 Okuqondileyo: IBhayibhili lisitshela ukuthi umphefumulo ngumuntu ngokwakhe, hatshi into engaphakathi komuntu esala iphila nxa angafa. (UGenesisi 2:7; UHezekheli 18:4) Ngakho ukuvuswa kwabafileyo akutsho ukuhlanganiswa komzimba lomphefumulo. Kutsho ukuthi bayavuka babe yimiphefumulo ephilayo.

 Okungaqondanga: Abanye abantu bazavuswa besebebhujiswa.

 Okuqondileyo: IBhayibhili lithi ’labo ababesenza izinto ezimbi bazavukela ukwahlulelwa.’ (UJohane 5:29) Kodwa bazakwahlulelwa ngenxa yalokho abazakwenza sebevusiwe hatshi abakwenza bengakafi. UJesu wathi: “Isikhathi siyeza futhi sesifikile lapho abafileyo abazalizwa khona ilizwi leNdodana kaNkulunkulu njalo ababelalela bazaphila.” (UJohane 5:25) Amabizo alabo ’abazalalela’ lokho abazakufundiswa sebevusiwe azabhalwa ’encwadinimgoqwa yokuphila.’—ISambulo 20:12, 13.

 Okungaqondanga: Abantu abazavuswa bazavuswa belemizimba ababelayo bengakafi.

 Okuqondileyo: Nxa umuntu angafa umzimba wakhe uyabola.—UmTshumayeli 3:19, 20.