Umprofethi u-Ilya uyaziwa ngobuKristu. Cishe akukho ulwazi mayelana nokuphila kwakhe. Into eqinisekisiwe ukuthi wanikezela ekukholweni lobuKristu futhi waboshwa inkosi yakwaJuda uAhabhi ekukhulekeleni izithombe - ukholo emlandweni wamaqaba uBhali, owenzelwa imihlatshelo.
Ubani umprofethi u-Eliya ebuKristwini?
Naphezu kwezincomo eziningi zika-Eliya, inkosi yahlala ithembekile esithombeni sayo, lapho uNkulunkulu ajezisa khona ngesomiso iminyaka emithathu ezweni elawula khona. Kulesi simo, umthandazo ka-Ilya kuphela, owakhulunywa eNkosini, usindise abantu bakwa-Israyeli besomiso esinzima kakhulu, futhi ekugcineni iNkosi u-Ahabi yenqabe ukukhonza isithombe sobuqaba. Ukuhlonipha lokhu kukhululwa okuhle, iholidi lama-Orthodox lika-Eliya umprofethi lasungulwa.
U-Ilya ngokwakhe wabonisa izimangaliso kubantu futhi wajezisa izoni, eletha isichotho, ukuduma nokukhanyisela emasimini abo. Kodwa wayenakekela abagcini bekholo lobuKristu, egcwalisa izibopho zabo ngobumvu obusisiwe. Yingakho ebantwini wayebonakala engumuntu omdala, ehamba enqoleni yemlilo futhi ephethe ukuduma nokukhanyisa.
Umbuzo wokuthi zingaki izinsuku zokugubha usuku lapho umprofethi u-Eliya enza umthandazo omangalisayo ngenxa yemvula kwaxazululwa kalula. U-Saint Perun wathathelwa yinkulunkulu wamaqaba, umsizi womlilo, ukuduma, umbani nemvula, okuzinikezela kwakhe kwawela ngo-Agasti 2, lapho, ngokusho kwezinkolelo ezidumile, amanzi athola imithi, ukuhlanza iziqalekiso, iso elibi nokugula, nokugeza emagodini avulekile avinjelwe.