ALPHA MAAMA (A.M.)

Puelulu Fepueli 23, 2022

WAITING OUT THE PROMISES

TATALI KI HE‘ENE NGAAHI PALOMESI

HABAKKUK 2:3

"The revelation awaits an appointed time; it speaks of an end and will not prove false."

HAPAKUKI 2:3

He ‘oku sio ‘a e vīsone ki ha taimi atu kuo tu‘utu‘uni, pea ‘oku holi ia ke a‘u, pea ‘e ‘ikai loi: kapau ‘oku ngali tuai, piki pē ki ai; he kuo pau te ne ha‘u: ‘e ‘ikai tuai.

 

Sola Scriptura - Scripture Alone - Ko e Folofola´ pe    

On the whole,how necessary the reinforcements of hope are to establish faith will be better appear if we reflect on the numerous forms of temptation by which those who have embraced the Word of God are assailed and shaken. First, the Lord often keeps us in suspense, by delaying the fulfillment of His promises much longer than we could wish. Here the office of hope is to perform what the prophet enjoins, “Though it tarry, wait for it" (Habakkuk 2:3). Here there is still greater necessity for the aid of hope, that we may be able to say with another prophet, “I will wait upon the LORD that hideth his face from the house of Jacob, and I will look for him” (Isaiah 8:17).

On account of this connection and affinity Scripture sometimes confounds the two terms faith and hope. For when Peter says that we are "kept by the power of God through faith until salvation, ready to be revealed in the last times” (1 Peter 1:5), he attributes to faith what more properly belongs to hope. And not without cause, since we have already shown that hope is nothing else than the food and strength of faith.

JOHN CALVIN

‘Oku mahu’inga ‘a e fakava’e totonu ‘a ‘etau ‘amanaki ki hono langa hake ‘etau tui koe’uhi ko e ngaahi fakatanga ‘oku fai ke ne lulu’i ‘a e piki ‘a e kalisitiane ki he Folofola ‘a e ‘Otua.  ‘Uluaki pe, ‘oku fa’a fakatatali ‘e he ‘Otua ‘a ‘ene fakaai ‘ene ngaahi palomesi ki he’ene kakai.  Pea ko e mahu’inga eni ‘o e ‘amanaki ki he kalisitiane ‘o hange ko e lau ‘a e palofita, “he ‘oku sio ‘a e visone ki ha taimi atu kuo tu’utu’uni, pea ‘oku holi ia ke a’u, pea ‘ikai ke loi:  kapau ‘oku ngali tuai, piki pe ki ai; he kuo pau ke ne ha’u; ‘e ‘ikai tuai” (Hapakuki 2:3).  ‘Io ko e mahu’inga eni ‘o e mo’ui ‘amanaki, ketau lea fakataha mo e palofita, “kau tatali ‘e au kia Sihova, ‘a ia ‘oku ne fufu hono fofonga mei he fale ‘o Sekope ‘oku fakatu’a kiate ia” (‘Aisea 8:17). 

‘I he fekau’aki mo e mo’oni ko ia, ‘oku fa’a fetaiaki ‘e he Folofola ‘a e tui mo e ‘amanaki.  ‘I he taimi ‘oku pehe ai ‘e Pita, “’a kimoutolu ‘oku le’ohia, he kapui ‘e he mafimafi ‘a e ‘Otua ko e me’a ‘i he tui, ke lava’i ‘a e fakamo’ui ‘a ia kuo ‘osi sauna ke fakae’a mai ‘i he kuonga fakamui” (1 Pita 1:5), ‘oku ne ngaue’aki ‘a e tui, ka ‘e tonu ange ‘a hono ngaue’aki ‘a e ‘amanaki.  Kae hange ko e me’a na’a tau ‘osi lave ki ai, ‘oku kei tonu pe ia he ko e ‘amanaki ko e me’atokoni ia ‘oku ne fakaivia ‘a e tui.