Te Waiata a ngā Harpers – Te Kōnohete Whakamutunga

He tokomaha e hiahia ana ki te haringa o te hāhi e kite ana i tēnei whakaahuatanga i roto i te pikinga o ngā kaiwhakaatu tokorua. Engari ki te kore he māramatanga pakari mō ngā kaiwhakaatu tokorua, me te hononga o ngā tohu me ngā anga wā, ka waiho mā te whakaaro noa iho. I roto i tēnei ataata, ka whakaaturia e mātou te wā whakamutunga o te rārangi wā katoa o ngā kaiwhakaatu tokorua, e whakaatu ana i te urunga o te Wairua o te ora ki roto i a rātou, i te wā e tū ana rātou ki runga, me te wā e puta ai tō rātou pikinga, me te whakamahi i te whetū o te Paipera hei pānui i te karaka a te Atua. Kei te kitea kētia tō tātou whakapono, ā, kua tae mai te wā e puta ai ngā kaupapa whakamutunga. Kia rite, nā te mea kei te tata te "whenua" ki te wheako i tētahi "rū whenua", i te wā kotahi me te pikinga ohorere o ngā kaiwhakaatu. Mātakihia tēnei ataata whakamīharo kia mārama ai koe ki te wā e noho nei tātou, me te wāhi kei roto tātou i te kōrero mō ngā kaiwhakaatu tokorua. Kāore koe e kite i tētahi mea pēnei i hea atu.

Ko tētahi o ngā mea ngaro nui rawa atu o te Whakakitenga ko te mea e whakaaturia ana i roto i te Upoko 11. He kōrero kotahi tonu tēnei me te upoko o mua e whakaatu ana i te kōrero mō William Miller me te oho ake reka o tōna wā i whai mai ai he pouri nui nā te mea i tīmata te Whakawakanga o te Hunga Mate, engari i te hokinga mai o Ihu. Engari ka mutu te upoko a Miller me te whakahau kia poropiti anō. Ko wai ka whai i a Miller, ā, kia hia te wā ka puta i mua i tōna taenga mai? I mua i te tukunga o ngā kaiwhakaatu tokorua i ā rātou whakaaturanga, he whakaaturanga whakamīharo tēnei me whakatutuki hoki hei wāhanga o te kōrero. I roto i tēnei ataata, ka mārama koe ki te hononga o te kōrero katoa hei wāhanga kotahi, ā, mā reira ka whakaū i te tuakiri o te tangata i whai i a William Miller i te mutunga o te Whakawakanga o te Hunga Mate, ā, ka whakatakoto i te ara mō ngā kaiwhakaatu tokorua ki te tuku i ā rātou whakaaturanga i te wā o te Whakawakanga o te Hunga Ora.

He tokomaha kua tata whakapono ki ngā whakapono whakapono mō te tau 666, engari he tokoiti noa iho te hunga whai whakaaro nui ki te mārama ki ngā mea e whakakitea ana e te Atua mā roto i tēnei tau mō ngā rā whakamutunga. He maha ngā ingoa me ngā tatauranga o te mutunga o te wā kua honoa ki tēnei tau i tētahi ara, i tētahi ara rānei, engari kāore e ranea te whakapae noa: ki te kore tātou e mārama ki te 666 i roto i tōna horopaki hītori me te poropititanga tika, kāore e taea e tātou te tautuhi me te tino mohio ko wai te tangata e tohu ana i te mutunga. Ka whakaatuhia e tēnei ataata te anga hītori e tika ana hei mārama ki te māramatanga tuatahi o te tau me te take he mea nui taua turanga mō tōna whakamahinga o te mutunga o te wā, me te neke atu i te whakapae ki tētahi whakamāramatanga mārama me te rite. Nā te wā tino rerekē o tēnei ataata, kua whakaurua hoki e mātou tētahi wāhanga tāpiri nui mō te rerenga paru maunga kino i Nepal, e tirotiro ana i tēnei mai i tētahi tirohanga kāore pea koe i tūtaki ki hea atu. Ehara tēnei i te wā ki te whakaaro i te 666 he mea whakamīharo, he whakapono whakapono rānei—kua tae ki te wā ki te mārama ki te whakatūpato tere.

Ki te tika te rārangi wā mō te taenga mai o Ihu, me mārama te whakatutukitanga o te poropititanga mō ngā kotinga i roto i te Whakakitenga 14. Mā te ihirangi whakamiharo o tēnei ataata, ka kite koe i te pai o te hononga o ngā whakaahua o te rangi ki te poropititanga kotinga, engari e kōrero ana hoki i te pūrākau o ngā rōpū e huihui ana i roto i ia rōpū - te kotinga o te witi me te kotinga o te karepe. He nui ngā taunakitanga a te Ariki kua tae mai te wā mo te kotinga i te mutunga o te ao, ā, e tumanako ana ia kia mārama tana iwi ki tēnei mea, kia uru ki roto, kia tohatoha i te manaakitanga ki ētahi atu, kei kitea rātou e mamingatia ana i tēnei wā pōuri, ā, kua huihuia tahitia me te waina waina o Papurona, ā, kua tahuna, kaua e whakamakukuhia kia pakari i roto i te mara a te Ariki. Ka kitea rānei e Ihu te whakapono e hiahiatia ana e ia?

Kua tīmata te Whakapuakanga Tuarua! Tirohia te mahere atua ki Kanaana i te rangi, kia kore ai koe e riro i ngā tinihanga o te tuarua o ngā aue i te haerenga. I tēnei wāhanga tuatahi, ka kite koe i te hononga o ngā rārangi wā o Raniera me te Whakakitenga ki te maramataka a te Atua me ngā tohu i te rangi, e whakaatu ana i ngā mahere a te hoariri me te mārama whakamiharo. Whakakīia ō rama ki te hinu o te pono, ā, tū pakari—ahakoa te utu—i te mea e tere haere mai ana te whakamātautau nui whakamutunga o te ao mō te tohu o te kararehe.

Kei hea rawa tātou i roto i te kaupapa poropititanga o te mutunga o te ao? Mena kei te rapu koe kia mārama ki te whakautu ki taua pātai, ko tēnei ataata whakahihiri te mea e rapu ana koe. Whai muri i te whakaaroaro i ngā kaupapa o te ao i runga i te mata o te poropititanga o te Paipera, ngā tohutohu poropiti mai i te Wairua Tapu, me te reo o te Atua i te rangi, ka tau ngā whakatau, ā, ka mārama te tata o Āmaketona. Engari kāore te Atua e hiahia kia mātakitaki noa tana iwi! He wāhanga kei reira māu hei mahi. Ka whiwhi koe i te pūrongo a ngā tutei o Kanaana i te rangi, ā, ka whakatenatena i ō hoa teina ki te whakapono?