ALPHA MAAMA (A.M.)

 Sapate Fepueli 14, 2021

God sent me before you to preserve for you a remnant

na‘e tuku mai au ‘e he ‘Otua ke mu‘omu‘a kiate kimoutolu

Senesi 45 (Genesis 45)

(v. 7) And God sent me before you to preserve for you a remnant on earth, and to keep alive for you many survivors.

(v. 7) Ko ia na‘e tuku mai au ‘e he ‘Otua ke mu‘omu‘a kiate kimoutolu, koe‘uhi ke fakaili ha toe ‘iate kimoutolu ‘i he fonua, pea ke fai ma‘amoutolu ha haofaki mo ha fakamo‘ui lahi.

*Commentary: The Reformation Study Bible*

remnant. Joseph's Use of this term indicates his strong faith, tested by hard experience, in the faithfulness of God to His covenant promises. Out of this small endangered group a great nation will be built (12:1-3, 17:7). The prophets will later use this term in affirming that even in trying circumstances, God will always preserve a people for Himself (Is. 10:20; 37:30-32; Mic. 2:12,13).

*Tohi Vete: Tohitapu Ako ‘o e Fakalelei Lotu*

ha toe. Ko hono ngaueʻaki ‘e Siosifa ‘a e lea ko eni´, ‘oku ne fakahaaʻi ‘a e malohi ‘o ‘ene tui´, ‘a ē naʻe siviʻi ‘i he ngaahi vaaʻihala faingataʻa naʻe fou ai´, ki he faitōnunga ‘a e ‘Otua´ ki heʻene ngaahi palomesi kovinānite´. ‘E hopo hake mei ha kiʻi falukunga kakai ha puleʻanga lahi (12:1-3, 17:7). ‘E toki ngaueʻaki ‘e he kau palofita´ ‘a e fakalea ko eni´, ke fakahā, neongo ha meʻa ke fē fē, ka ‘e fakahaofi maʻu pe ‘e he ‘Otua´ ha “toenga” ko ‘ene kakai ((‘Aisea 10:20; 37:30-32; Maika 2:12,13).

GOD IS . . . (KO E ‘OTUA, ‘OKU / KO E . . . )

2         GOD IS SIMPLE

...he who is the blessed and only Sovereign, the King of kings and Lord of lords, who alone has immortality, who dwells in unapproachable light, whom no one has ever seen or can see. To him be honor and eternal dominion. Amen. (1 Timothy 6:15-16)

            Doctrine

If you asked most Christians, is God simple? they would likely deny that to be the case. They might even be confused by the idea. To call a person simple in today's common parlance is to insult him or her. To call God simple is to glorify him. This observation highlights that certain words have a rich theological pedigree that is somewhat lost to us today.

2        KO E ‘OTUA´, ‘OKU “SIMIPOLO” (MAOKUPU)

***ko e konga eni ‘oku ne pole‘i maʻu pe ‘a e liliu lea´ - koe‘uhi´, ko e masiva lea ‘a e Tonga´, pea ‘oku tau liliu ‘a e ngaahi lea foʻi lea ‘o fakatatau ki hono ongo´ (Tonganization); pea kuo ‘i ai ‘a e ngaahi lea ‘Ingilisi kuo mahino pe ia ‘i hono tuʻunga ‘Ingilisi´. Pea ‘oku pehē ‘a e natula ko eni ‘o e ‘Otua´ ‘oku tau hoko atu ki ai´***

‘A ia te ne fai ‘i hono ngaahi taimi totonu, ‘e he ‘Ene ‘Afio ko e Pule Mohu Monū‘ia mo Tāfataha; ko e Tu‘i ‘o kinautolu ‘oku tu‘i, mo e ‘Eiki ‘o kinautolu ‘oku ‘eiki. ‘A ia ‘oku ‘a‘ana toko taha pē ‘a e ta‘efa‘amate, he‘ene ‘afio ‘i he maama ta‘efa‘a fotuaki; ‘a ia kuo te‘eki ke mātā ‘e ha tangata, pe te ne lava ke sio ki ai – ke ‘o ‘Ene ‘Afio ‘a e faka‘apa‘apa, pea mo e pule ta‘engata, ‘Ēmeni. (1 Timote 6:15-16)

            Tokāteline

Kapau te tau fehuʻi ange ki he tokolahi ‘o e kau kalisitiane´, pe ‘oku nau pehē ‘oku “simipolo” ‘a e ‘Otua? te nau fakaʻikaiʻi. Pea mahalo pe ‘e ngali fihi ai ‘enau fakakaukau´ fekauʻaki mo e moʻoni ko eni´. Kapau te tau pehe ‘oku simipolo ha taha he kuonga ni, ‘oku hangē ia ha lea tukuhifo ki he tokotaha ko ia´. Ka ko ‘etau taku ‘oku simipolo ‘a e ‘Otua´ (maokupu), ko ‘etau fakalangilangiʻi ia ‘a ‘Ene ‘Afio´. Ko e vakai ko eni´, ‘oku´ ne huluʻi mai ‘a e loloto ‘o e ngaahi lea teolosia ‘i onoʻaho ka kuo mole ia ‘i onopooni.

 

Veesi Lauloto: Senesi 50:20

Ka ko kimoutolu na‘a mou tu‘utu‘uni ha kovi kiate au; ka ko e ‘Otua na‘a ne tu‘utu‘uni ia ko e lelei, koe‘uhi ke hoko ‘a e me‘a kuo hoko ni, ‘a e fakamo‘ui ‘o ha fu‘u kakai.

As for you, you meant evil against me, but God meant it for good, to bring it about that many people should be kept alive, as they are today.

*Lesoni mei he Taukapo´ 

Siope 39:1 – 8; Sen 1:29; Sa 29:9; 104:18; Sele 2:24

Siope 39:1       “‘Oku ke ‘ilo ‘a e taimi ‘e fäʻele ‘a e fanga kosi nofo moʻunga? ‘Oku ke tokangaʻi ‘a e langä ‘a e fanga tia?”.

Naʻe fai ‘e he ‘Otua ‘a e ngaahi fehuʻI ko eniʻ kia Siope, ke fakamahino kiate ia ‘a e ngataʻanga mo e fakangatangata ‘o e tuʻunga ‘oku ‘I ai e fakakaukau ‘a ‘ene fakakaukauʻ, pea ke akoʻi ia ke ne ‘apasia lahi ki Hono Mafimafi taʻefakangatangataʻ, pea te ne malava leva ai ke matuʻaki fanongo ki he meʻa ‘oku lea mai ai ‘a e ‘Otuaʻ kia Siope.  Pea ‘i he vahe ko ‘eni, ‘oku fai ai ‘a e lave ki he fanga monumauʻ, ki honau natula mo honau tukunga ‘o tefito ke fakamahino ‘aki ‘a e ivi mo e poto pea mo e lölahi ‘a e ngaahi ngäue ‘a e ‘Otua. Ko e ngaahi meʻa moʻui eni ia ‘oku siʻi kef ai ha tokanga ia ki ai ‘a haʻa tangata, ka ‘oku matuʻaki mahuʻinga pe ia ki he ‘Otuaʻ he ko ‘Ene meʻa fakatupu.

Ko e ‘asi kaivao ko ha meʻa moʻui ‘oku tau toutou lau ki ai ‘i he Tohitapu; pea ‘oku pehë ‘e he niʻihi ‘oku ‘ikai ke lalata ‘a e fanga ʻasi.  He ‘oku ‘i ai ‘a e lau ia ‘oku pehë ko e tangata´ ‘oku hangë ha ‘uhikiʻi ‘asi kaivao ‘i honau fäʻeleʻi ‘o faingataʻa honau puleʻi. Pea ‘oku ongo fakatupu lotomamahi ki haʻa tangata, ‘a e ha mahino mai ‘a hono tokangaekina makehe ‘e he ‘Otuaʻ ‘a e faʻahinga monumanu ko eni. ‘Oku ne ngaohi hono ‘uhiki ke malohi, pea ne tutupu hake ‘o tauʻataina pe heʻene meʻa ‘oku fai ‘I he feituʻu kuo vaheʻi makehe ‘e he ‘Otua ke nau tutupu hake aiʻ, pea ko e faʻahinga meʻa moʻui mälohi foki eni (Nom 23:22), pea naʻe ngaohi ia ke makehe atu mo fakaʻofoʻofa (Sa 92:10).  ‘Oku ne malava ke ngäue ka ‘oku ‘ikai ke ne loto.  Ko e ‘Otua´ ‘oku ne poleʻi ‘a Siope ke fakamälohiʻi ia ki ai.  Pea pehë ‘a hono poleʻi kitautolu ‘e he ‘Otua ke tau fai ‘Ene ngäue mo e loto lelei ki ai ‘o moʻuiʻaki, he pehe tofu pe mo ‘Ene tokangaekina kitautolu.