(Rapture, Rapture nua a hun hamsa (Tribulation)-thu, Second Coming leh Kumsang vaihawm ding dan thute):
Rev. Dr. Hangpi Manlun,
Moderator, Zou Synod
1). Thumapui: Awle, tam atung a thute rapture, second coming leh kumsang vaihawm ding thute ahi uh leh hattuom din chil a kipat tunidawng a mite lung boina leh ngaidan/pawmdan tamtah a umziehin isui ding uhi. Mangpa Jesu Khrist hing pei ding thu leh tamna igente uh khu Kihilna bu sung a alaimu/thugil pen a chithei ding hi. Tamte khu Bible in ‘thu guh kiphuol’ a chi hi. Tam ‘thuguh kiphuol’ chi hamkam Greek hamin, ‘mysterion’ ahi a, Saphamin, ‘mystery’ chi ahi. Tualeh, Thuhuntha ah 27-vei a kigiel hi. Sawltah Paulin, “Ngaiun, thuguh kiphuol ka hing hil ding hi” (I Kor. 15:51)-ah a chi hi. Aumzie khu ‘sil kiphuol’ ahi a, sil kiphuolte khu atangpiin, Pasian kumtawn lemguot, a huntah a hingtung leh puonzah a umte hi uhi. Tualeh, mitamtahte ngaidan in rapture leh second coming-te khu a kibang leh khat vei a tungkhawm ding bangin ngaidan a kineithei a, ahin ahiloudante isuiding uhi.
2). Rapture: Saphama a ‘rapture’ chi khu Latin ham a, ‘rapere’ chi a kipat a kiletkhie ahi. Rapture pen Jesu khu tam leitung a hattuomte (Ama gingtute), a mousiengthoute hing pui ding a huikhuo a, ang peina ding khu rapture ahi. Tam hun chieng in leitung ah a hing kum sih ding a, huikhuo ah, a misiengthoute Jesu toh kituoh ding in suhlam dang in i um ding uhi. Sawltah Paulin chiengtahin a gen a, “… kinepna neilou midangte banga, na lungkhamlouna ding un, i mute tungtang na theilou uh ka deisih hi…. Eite Mangpa hing pei donga, dam a na um nalaiten i musate/mishisate i makhel sih ding uhi. Aziehpen, Mangpa ngei khu kikou aw toh, tualeh pengkul ging toh Van a kipat hing kumsuh ding hi. Tualeh, Khrist a shisate a thou masa ding uhi. Tuazou chiengin ei hing a na umnalaite huikhuo ah, Mangpa tuoh dingin a mau toh meipi lah ah lahtouin i um ding ua, tuachi’n kumtawn in, Mangpa kung ah i umta ding hi. (I Thess. 4:13-17).
Tualeh, rapture khu bang chieng a hingtung ding e chi a kitheithei sih a, thakhat thu a itheilou kal ua hing tungding ahi a, hun khat poupou a tung thei ahi (Titus 2:13; 1 Thess. 4:13-18; 1 Kor. 15:50-54). Mangpa Jesun zong ahunding ahileh, Tapa leh vansawltahte in zong a theisih ua, Pa lou ngalin a theisih a chi hi. Tuabanah, rapture chiengin gingtu ashisate, Abel a kipat a tuahun tan a shite athou masa ding ua, tualeh gingtu ahing nalaite suhdang lam a um in, huikhuo ah lahtouin i um ding uhi. Tualeh, kum 7-vaihawmna masang a hing tung ding ahi.