Kukhona Nje iNkuku naNje iPhakade?

Kukhona Ngempela iHadi, naLihlala Njalo kuPhakade?

Ngumkhonzi uMike Osborne

Ukufunda kwethu kusuka eMathewu isahluko 13, imisho 44 kuya ku 50.

Ubukumkani bamazulu bufana netheswa elifihliwe emhlabathini. Indoda eyathola yafihla futhi, yabe yesejabulile yathengisa konke okwakhe kwayithenga yalo mhlaba.

Kodwa futhi, ubukumkani bamazulu bufana nomthengisi obheke amaparele amahle. Yena athola yeyodwa enenani elikhulu, wahamba wathengisa konke okwakhe wayithenga. KwaPhakade, ubukumkani bamazulu bufana nenethi eyayehlowerwa echibini yathatha zonke izinhlobo zezinhlanzi. Yathi yakugcwalisa, abalobi bahlabisa phezulu ogwini. Yabe yesehlala phansi baqoqa izinhlanzi ezinhle emabhasikidi, kodwa badlula ezimbi. Yilokho kanye okuyokwenzeka ekupheleni kwezinsuku. Izingelosi zizofika zilihlukanise izibi kwaabalungileyo, zabe zigenca ekuThandweni okwesabekayo, khona kuthe ku kwenzeke ukukhala nokugriphaza kwamazinyo.

Ithuba leNkosi.

Sibe sesikule mfulo, kulezi veki zokugcina zalehlobo, kuthotho esiyibiza iimpendulo Zokwenziwa kwemibuzo yokwenziwa. Iveki nganye sithatha umbuzo ohlukile—owethulwe nguwe, umphakathi, noma esikholelwa kuwe ukubuza, noma usho noma cha. Kwaye ekuseni, ngifuna ukuthatha imibuzo emibili eyabahlupha kakhulu abakristu ababuzwa ngokholo lwethu: Khona kuhlala iHadi? Na lihlala kuPhakade?

Kwa abantu abaningi enkultureni yethu namuhla, ijebo yindawo okungekho mgomo wokuyibiza. Yiyo umfundisho ocasukisayo. Abantu bawohlanga abukhuluma ngayo, nalapho bekhuluma khona, imvamisa kube yinto ekhihizayo, enenhlonipho, noma ekungabazayo. Ngicabanga thina, njengoBantu bakaNkulunkulu, sovame ukuzizwa sinamahloni lapho isihloko sivuka. Ngikhumbula iminyaka embalwa eyedlule ukuhlangana nabangani bamanye esikoleni esiphakeme. Ngemuva kokwazi ukuthi ngingumfundisi—nginguKristu kusukela esikoleni esiphakeme—owakhe, ngabuza imibuzo embalwa ngeKristholoji, wathi, “Manje… awuso owakholwa yiNkosi yomlilo, awuso?” Ngingathi, “Yebo, ngiyakhola.” Yena wayesamangala ukuthi ngingakhola into enjalo.

Ningabani abathanda ukucabanga ngejebo. Ngokwami, ngangithanda ukushumayela into ekhuthazayo. Kodwa uma kunendawo eyiyo njengajebo elichazwe eBhayibhelini, ingabe bekungeyona into efanele ukuyatshela abantu? Uma indawo enjalo ikhona, ingabe bekungeyona into ethandekayo ukuyaxwayisa abantu?

Kwa, ngivumele ngibonise amakhadi ami. Njengoba ngishilo ngaphambili, ngiyakholwa ejebo. Ngiyakholwa njebo hhayi ngoba ngiqonda yonke into ngayo, hhayi ngoba ngiyakwazi ukuphendula imibuzo yonke, na hhayi ngoba iBhayibheli lisitshela yonke into esingathanda ukuyazi. Ngiyakholwa ngayo ngoba ngiyaphoqwa ukukholwa yiZwi eliNgcwele—na ngoba ngingumfundisi wenu, na ingxenye yomsebenzi wami ukufunda iZwi elingcwele na ukunutshela okushoyo.

Siyozokhuluma ngehlaka ekuseni hhayi nje kuphela ukuze uthole isixwayiso, kodwa ukuze ukwazi ukwazisa abanye. Umbhalo osanda kufundwa ungomunye wemisho eminingi esingayikhetha, kodwa ngiwukhethile ngoba endaweni emfushane kakhulu ufundisa amaqiniso amabili alula. Futhi yangokuqala yile: kukhona ngempela ihlaka. Kukho ngempela ihlaka. Bhekani imisho yama-49 nama-50. UJesu uthi, “Kuyakuba yile ndlela ekupheleni kwesikhathi. Izingelosi zizofika zihluke izonke ezibi kwabadilika, zize zibaphonse ek Furnace evuthayo, khona kutakuba nokukhala nokugriphaza kwamazinyo.”

Ku Matthew 13, uJesu afundisa ngezindaba—izifaniso. Zikhona eziyisikhombisa, noma eziyisishanu, kuye ngokuthi uyikhohlwa kanjani yokugcina. Khona isifaniso sabahlwayi, abagqinsi negodo, iphizi, imvubelo, bese ezintathu sifunde: isigcina-khona esifihliwe, uhluzi olukhulu lwamanani, nale njala egcwele izinhlanzi.

Kusivumele sichithe imizuzu embalwa naleyo yokugcina—injala egcwele izinhlanzi. Ifana kakhulu nesifaniso sabagqinsi negodo ekuqaleni kwesahluko, nakanye nendima eyaziwa kakhulu esahlukweni sama-25 ngezimbuzi nezishe. Isifundo esiyisisekelo siyafana kuzo zontathu. Kule ndaba, uJesu uthi kukhona ikakhulu izinhlobo ezimbili zezinhlanzi olwandle: izinhlanzi ezinhle nezinhlanzi ezibi. Zibhukuda eceleni, kodwa kungeke kube usuku olulodwa lokwehlukana—usuku lokuphendula, usuku lokwahlulela. Ngalolo suku, abahlobi bazo hlukanisa izinhlanzi: ezinhle ziye emikhosheni, ezibi zikaphethwa.

Yileyo indaba. Kodwa ubani uJesu akhuluma ngaye? Ng nyilván nothu. Ukhuluma ngabantu. Izinhlanzi ezihle ziYalandeli bakaJesu Kristu—abantu abazalwa kabusha, abaphindukile ekoneni labo, abathembe uKristu ngosindiso. Bona b “lungile,” uJesu uthi—hhayi ngoba behle ngokwemvelo, kodwa ngoba izono zabo zigezwe, uKristu lokhu kwabekwa kubo. Izinhlanzi ezimbi zithize sikhetha ukuphila impilo yazo, zikhohlwa uJesu Kristu zihlale ekoneni labo. Bona “ababi,” hhayi ngoba behle ngokwemvelo, kodwa ngoba bakhanye uJesu Kristu, bakhohlwa umnikelo wokuthethelelwa kwabono. Bona yibo abalungile bekungaba khona uma kungabekho umsebenzi kaKristu.

Umshikisho 50 uthi isiphetho sokugcina sesigaba sababi—ifurnace yomlilo, lapho kukhala khona ukukhala nezinyo lokugaya. Le ndawo uJesu ayikhuluma ngayo inezinama eziningi eSibhalweni: iHades, i-abyss, nakwiSambulo, ichibi lomlilo.

Kami kubiza i-hell, kodwa eTestamenteni Entsha livame ukubizwa ngeGehenna. Uma ubufunda uMateyu ngolimi lokuqala, uyabona ukuthi yilo igama uJesu avame ukulisebenzisa. IGehenna ibhekisela eNtsele yaHinnomu, indawo yejografi ngaphandle kweJerusalema. Eminyakeni eyikhulu ngaphambi kwesikhathi sikaKristu, abantu bakaThixo bakhonza izithixo khona—futhi okubi nakakhulu, izingane zabulawa khona, zaxhelekedwa kuthethweni lokukhanya, bagcine befela. Yileyo iNtsele yaHinnomu, uma ukwazi ukucabanga into enjalo.

Ngethukile, uKumkani olungileyo—uYosiya—wacima kamsinya loo ndawo nenyitshululo lwayo, waguqula yaba yindawo yokuqhawula inkunkuma yedolophu. I-Libhaka laseHinnomu laya kuba yindawo yokuqhawula. Inkunkuma yobuntu, imiqaqa, nezinqubu zezigebengu zazilinywa khona. Yayindawo embi, eyoyikekayo—indawo apho imililo yayingapheli, nezimpethu zingafi. Loo gama Gehenna labeyisithethantonye nesihogo. Yiloo nto uYesu akuthelekisa nesihogo njengesifingo esivuthayo. Ungacinga umlilo kuloo ndawo yokuqhawula inkunkuma, uhlala ushisa inkunkuma yaseYerusalem.

Ke ngabahlobo, isihogo asilwazi ulwazi. Asiyonto efananseyo. Asiyimeko yengqondo, njengokoko uva abantu besithi. Hayi—ngokwesibhalo, yindawo yokwenene. Yindawo yokugqibela yaboni abangazikhathazanga, nendawo yokugqibela kaSathana needemon zakhe. Yaye umuntu osibhalweni osithetha kakhulu ngesihogo kunayo yonke imikhulu: uYesu Kristu. Yinyani—Wathetha kakhulu ngesihogo kunayo yonke imikhulu esibhalweni. Umlinganiso omnye uthi i-13% yeengcazo zakhe zinxulumene nesihogo, yaye isigidi sesigaba seentsingiselo zakhe zibandakanya isigwebo, isigwebo, okanye isihogo. UYesu wawuchaza ngokucacileyo lo mhluko.

Kwivume khona ke ndinixelele izinto ezintlanu uYesu wazithetha ngesihogo. Ziningi, kodwa ezi zintlanu zifanelekile.

1. Isihogo yindawo yokwahlukana nobukho obumnandi bukaThixo.

Ngaphambili kweli khapha, xa uYesu echaza intsintelo yemfuzo yengqol’ nentshenye, uthi kwivesi 41 uNyana kaThixo uya kuthumela iingelosi zakhe, bahlube ekumkanini yakhe yonke into eyenza isono nawo wonke umenzi wobubi. “Baya kubalahla ekutheni okuvuthayo, apho kuya kuba”—lo gama kwakhona—“ukukhala nekuziqaqadza kwamazinyo.” Yaye abalungileyo baya kukhazeka njengilanga ekumkanini kaYababa.

Kukhona izinketho ezimbili kuphela, kusho uJesu. Ungabe uyiqholo noma ukhula ovamile. Ungabe uphila kahle noma uphila kabi. Ungabe usindisiwe noma ulahlekile. Uyangeke wamukelwe ekhondweni likaNkulunkulu noma ukhishwe. Uyangeke ukhazeke njengesono ekhondweni kaYihova oyise noma uya ekhombeni eline mlilo. Uyangeke ube noKristu kuze kube phakade noma uhlukaniswe naye nothando lwakhe kuze kube phakade.

2. Igehena iyindawo yobumnyama obuphelele nokudabuka.

Thathu izikhathi eMathewu, uJesu uthi labo abamkatshazi bayakhandwa “ngaphandle, ebubini.” Yini isithombe esibi kangaka—khandwa ngaphandle, kude nokukhanya, ebubini.

3. Igehena iyindawo yosizi olukhulu, olunzima nokuzisola.

UJesu usebenzisa isisho “ukukhala nokugriphaza ngamazinyo” futhi futhi. Njengoba ngicabanga ngaleso sisho, ngiyacabanga uJesu usisebenzisa ukuveza uhlobo lokuzisola noma ukungabi nathemba okungenakucatshangwa—kuxutshwe lutho, kuxutshwe nokuzichemba, konke lokho kupakanyiswe kuleso sithombe sokukhala nokugriphaza ngamazinyo.

4. Igehena iyindawo yomlilo.

Emibhalweni yethu yanamuhla, uJesu uyibiza ngokuthi ifurensa eline mlilo. Ezinye izikhathi Uthetha “umlilo ophakade” noma “umlilo wegehena.” Revelation 14 uchaza isibeko esivuthayo. Revelation 20 uyibiza ngokuthi ichibi lomlilo. Izikhathi eziningi zikaTestamente Entsha zisebenzisa isithombe somlilo.

Kodwa, ngiyazi lokhu kuphakamisa umbuzo. Ngaphambili sathi igehena iyindawo yobumnyama obuphelele, futhi manje sithi iyindawo yomlilo. Ingabe ingaba zombili? Impendulo ithi uJesu usebenzisa ulimi olunezifaniso kakhulu ukuchaza ukweli esangaze sifumana—indawo yosizi olungenakucatshangwa. Usebbenzisa izithombe esingazibamba. Inqubo ithi igehena imbi ngokomzimba nangokwengqondo—njengomlilo obuhlungu futhi onzima, igehena injalo, nganoma yiziphi izindlela ubuhlungu nokunzima.

5. Igehena ihlala phakade.

Iyindawo yosizi olophakade.

Ngivumele ngikubonishe imisho embalwa, ngoba lesi yingxenye ebalulekile y doktrini yebhayibheli ngokuphathelene nenkundla—kanye yingxenye u-nie na- mina esizochuzwa kuyo ngaphezu kweyinye. Ku Matthew 18, uJesu uthi kungcono ukungena ekuphileni nokhubazekile noma uparaliswa kunokuba ube nezandla ezimbili noma izinyawo ezimbili ulahleke umiswe emlilweni osesikhathini. Mark 9:43 uthi okuthile okufanayo: kungcono ukungena ekuphileni nokhubazekile kunokuba ube nezandla ezimbili uya enkundleni, “khona umlilo ungacimi.” Ku Matthew 25—indaba yezimvu nezimbube—uJesu uthi iNkosi iyothi kwabokwesobomvu, “Hambani kude nami, eni abath” прокляті, enkulungwini yomlilo owakhelwe uSathana nezithunywa zakhe.” Futhi kamuva uthi, “Baya kude nokohlwayo olungapheli, kodwa abalungileyo baye ekuphileni okuphakade.”

Qaphela ukuthi iZwi elithi osesikhathini igama elifanayo lesiGriki elisetshenziselwa zombini izulu nenkundla. Uma inkundla ingeyesikhathini, khona-ke izulu alisesikhathini. Zimelela noma ziwa ndawonye. Inkundla ihlala phakade njengoba izulu lihlala phakade.

Ekugcineni, ku Mark 9, uJesu wacaphuna Isaiah 66: “Isibunga sabo asifi, umlilo awucimi”—enye indlela ecacile yokuchaza imvelo ehlala phakade yenkundla.

Kodwa, inani labafundisi nabafundiswa bezenkolo abangama- evangelical baye bashiya umbono wendabuko wenkundla ukuba phakade. Babambelele kulokho okuthiwa y ukuqothulwa—umbono wokuthi ngesikhathi esithile abangakholwayo bayeka ukukhona, imizimba yabo nemiphefumulo yabo ichithwa. Abanye bathi kwenzeka ekufeni; abanye bathi kwenzeka ngoSuku Lokwahlulela. Abanye bathi ukuqothulwa kungenzeka kwenzeke ngemva kokuba umuntu ahlupheke kancane enkundleni. Kodwa ekugcineni, ngokombono wokuqothulwa, imiphefumulo nemizimba yabantu enkundleni ichithwa ngokugcwele nangokuphelele.

Kunezinkinga eziningi ngaleyo nkolelo. Anginaso sonke isikhathi sokungena kuzo zonke, kodwa okungenani eyodwa yile: uma ukuqothulwa kwekhofi kuyiqiniso, uJesu wayeqamba amanga lapho ethi umgubo unomphela. Futhi hhayi nje lokho—uma abantu abasemgubini ekugcineni baqothulwa, khona-ke cabanga ngakho: kunezindlela ezingaphezu kweyodwa zokuthathelwa ekuthukeni kukaNkulunkulu. Indlela eyodwa ingokwegazi likaJesu, ngokholo kuKristu. Enye indlela ukwenza lutho. Uma ukenqaba uKristu, uma uphumelela nje Usuku Lokwahlulela—mhlawumbe uhlupheke kancane—ekugcineni ukuhlupheka kwakho kuphela futhi uyeka ukukhona.

Abangani, akuyiqiniso. Ukuqothulwa kwekhofi akuyiqiniso. Uma ungathanda ukufunda ngokuningi, ngincoma incwadi kaRobert Peterson ethi Hell on Trial: The Case for Eternal Punishment. Abanye ababambeleyo umbono, ngiyakholwa, baphuthelwa yimfundiso ecacile yeSibhalo. Kukhona futhi abantu namuhla ababizwa ngokuthi abazingeli, abakholelwa ukuthi ekugcineni bonke bayakufika ezulwini. Lo mbono wathandwa eminyakeni embalwa eyedlule nguRob Bell encwadini yakhe ethi Love Wins. Lokho akuyiqiniso. Abanye bakholelwa ekuphindukeni—uthola ukuphila futhi futhi. Abanye abavela emva kwesizinda seRoma Katolika bakholelwa eparagatori. Kodwa ngiyakusassigqiza, zonke lezi zizama zabantu ukuzungeza iqiniso elikhulu leSibhalo: kunezindawo ezimbili kuphela, umgubo yindawo yeqiniso eluhlala njalo.

Ngeke ngicabange ukuthi abanye benu bangacabanga: Angazi uma ngithanda lo Nkulunkulu. UNkulunkulu wami unothando olungaphezu kwalokho uMike achazayo. Angikholwi kuNkulunkulu ongathumela abantu emgubini.

Ake ngithi izinto ezimbili ngalokho. Okokuqala, awukhethi uNkulunkulu wakho.

UThixo ungubani yena. Kufanele umwamkele ngokwemibandela yakhe noma ungamkeleki nhlanhla. Awukwazi ukuthanda ezinye zezimpawu zakhe. Awukwazi ukuthi, “Nginamathele ekuthandeni kukaThixo, kodwa angithandi ukulunga kwakhe noma ubungcwele bakhe.” UThixo ungubani yena. Eqinisweni, kungenzeka uphathwe wosizo lwazi ukuthi iBhayibheli lithi kakhulu ngokobungcwele bukaThixo kunekuthandana kwakhe. Ukuthukuthela kukaThixo kushiwo cishe izikhathi ezingamakhulu ayisithupha. Futhi uma ungakholwa ngoThixo onobungcwele, ukulunga, nokuthukuthela, khona-ke awuzange uqonde uthando lukaThixo.

UThixo uyathanda isintu kakhulu kangangokuthi wathuma uJesu ukuba afe emsalangweni – ukuba yisithokozo sethu, ukuthola ukuthukuthela kukaThixo endaweni yethu – ukuze sikhululwe kuko. Uthando lukaThixo lukhanya kakhulu phambi kokubungcwele kwakhe nokulunga kwakhe, ngoba uThixo unikeze indlela. Wenze kwenzeke kuwe ukuba uqiniseke ukuthi awuzange uye egehena – ngoba uyathanda. Umnyango wezulu uvuleke kakhulu, noJesu umi khona, ekubiza, elungele ukukwamkela ngomthokozo. Ngakho musa uzame ukukhetha uThixo wakho. Mwamkele njengoba yena yinjengo. Yiyo yindlela kuphela yokumamkela.

Okwesibili, kunabantu abahlabeke ekuthini benjwayelo yedoktrini yabo, bengekuthandi kukaThixo kuyo, ngifuna wazi ukuthi ngendlela yangempela, uThixo akathumi muntu egehena. Abantu abasegehena bakhona ngoba bakhetha ukube khona. Ngiyazi ngeqiniso ukuthi ngaphambi kokuba uThixo angene ekuphileni kwami ngo-1975, wangenza omusha, ngangihamba ngegehena ngomthokozo – ngoba ngangifuna ukwenza izinto engizenzayo. Futhi uma uThixo engangisindisi, ngangifanelwe ukujeziswa khona. UC. S. Lewis wake wathi kunabantu ababili kuphela emhlabeni: labo abathi kuThixo, “Kwenzeke intando yakho,” nelabo abathi uThixo ekugcineni, “Kwenzeke intando yakho.”

Ngeke ube nomuntu ejezebelweni ongefunzi ukuba khona. Futhi yeka njengamuhle: ngeke ube nomuntu oyokuya ejezelweni ngenene ofuna ukwazi uJesu Kristu. Uthi, “Kodwa ngani kumele umuntu akhokhe njalo ngenxa yesono? Ingabe isono sibi ngenene kangaka?” Impendulo kaBible ithi yebo. Uma isono sifanelwa isigwebo sikwaPhakade, khona-ke kumele sibe sibi kangaka. Isono siwukuhlasela uThixo—Yena owakudalile, owaphefumulela ukuphila kuwe, ogcina wonke umphompi wakho, okuzungezile ngobubele njalo, owanikeza uNkulunkulu wakhe siqu ukuze wena ukhululwe. Isono siwukuhlasela uThixo onothando olungenamkhawulo, olungenamkhawulo. Uma ijhezi lingabonisa nantoni, libonisa ukubiwa kwesono. Kwathi si sona, sihlambalaza iNkosi enamalungelo onke okuliza phansi imigomo yobudlelwane bethu naye. Futhi isigwebo kumele sifane necala.

Khona, ngathi Matthew 13 ifundisa izinto ezimbili. Eyokuqala, ijhezi liyindawo yeqiniso—futhi abantu abaningi bayaya khona. Kodwa eyesibili—futhi yeka njengamuhle—we awumele ube omunye wabo.

Umngani wakho awumele abe omunye wabo.

Abazali bakho awumele abe omunye wabo.

Abantwana bakho awumele baye ejezelweni.

Abamelwane bakho, abantu baseDagomba eGhana esathandaza ngabo ekuqaleni, awumele baye ejezelweni—uma benza into eyodwa: bazisolele befunde iinjil y uJesu Kristu. Emavesini 44–46, uJesu unika amafanekiso amabili amafushane. Emvesini 44, Uthi umbuso wezulu ufana nethelo elifihliwe emhlabathini. Umuntu uyathola, uyafihla futhi, ekujabuleni kwakhe uthengisa konke anako uthenga lomhlaba. Yini ilethelo? Emvesini 45, Uthi umbuso wezulu ufana nomthengisi ofuna amaparele amahle. Uyathola eyodwa yenani elikhulu, uthengisa konke anako uyithenga. Yini ile parele yenani elikhulu? Ithelo elifanelwa ykonke unganikeza, iparele lenani elikhulu emhlabeni, nguJesu Kristu. Uyena iNkosi enenani elikhulu kunalo lonke elinikezwa yimhlaba. Uyafanelwa ukunikwa konke ukuze umiliki.

In the Apostles’ Creed—which we’ll read before the Lord’s Supper—we speak of Jesus “descending into hell.” That is what He did on the cross. He experienced separation from His loving Father for you and for me. He absorbed your sin, took your guilt and misery upon Himself, and died the death you deserve so that you might live the life you don’t deserve. Jesus Christ is that treasure. He is that pearl. Follow Him, and you will never have to dread hell.

Listen—if anything I’ve said today about hell is true, then you have the most critical decision before you that you will ever face. Are you willing to bet your eternity on the chance that hell does not exist? Are you willing to wait until your final breath to find out? Are you willing to keep procrastinating about Jesus Christ on the gamble that God will not call your number before you’ve made peace with Him?

The stakes are that high. Depending on what you do with Jesus, you have eternal life to either lose or gain. Those are your two options: heaven or hell. There is no door number three. And if this teaching about hell is true, then let me speak to us as a church family: those words on the back wall have never meant more than they do right now.

We are here to go and make disciples of all nations. Can you possibly ignore the plight of your neighbors—your coworkers, your classmates, the people across the street, the people across the world—once you understand their destination if they die without Jesus Christ? So what will you do? What will you give away? How will you serve? To whom will you speak? Because what we’ve learned from God’s Word this morning demands a response. We cannot remain uncommitted. Once we understand the truth about heaven and hell, we realize that we hold the treasure they need. We have discovered the pearl of greatest price. Let’s give it away. Let’s give it away.

Nora Ephron—omnye wabathandwayo abalobi beefilimu abakho—mhlawumbe wazi imifilimu eminingi yakhe: When Harry Met Sally, Sleepless in Seattle, You’ve Got Mail, Julie & Julia. Ushone ngesonto elidlule ngenxa yenyumoniya ehlobene ne-leukemia. Ngaphambi nje kokufa kwakhe, utshilo lokhu:

“Ufika kunqopha ethile ekuphileni kwakho lapho kufanele uqonde ngokuqinisekile ukuthi izinsuku zifushana, nawe awukwazi ukulibala ukucabanga ukuthi uza kuzifeza ngeday. Uma ufuna ngempela ukuzenza, kufanele uzenze. Kunezimpumputhe eziningi ezigula, yaye ngaphambi nangaphambi, uyakwenza.”

Ukulungile. Yaye uNora Ephron wangena ekulandelelweni kwesikhathi esidlule. Kuyakwenzeka nawe. Kuyakwenzeka nami. Uzobe kuphi?

UMthengisi uMike Osborne uhlanganyele kubantu abasebenza e-RTS Orlando ngoMatshi, 2019, njengoDean omusha wabafundi. Uphinde asebenze njengoMqondisi weMfundo nasekuBambeni, asiza nokweluleka abafundi be-MDiv njengoba besilungiselela umsebenzi wovangeli wesikhathi esigcwele. Ngaphezu kwalokho uMike uvame ukutholakala ekilasini, efundisa amalabhorethri okuprekela nokweluleka kwabafundisi.

Lesi sihloko sisekelwe emtexteni olwashiwo ngomlomo weprayimari kaMthengisi Osborne. Ihlelwe kancane nguCopilot, kanye nabasebenzi bama-theolojia eThird Millennium Ministries.