UFUNUO WA YOHANA

Kitabu cha Ufunuo wa Yohana ni mojawapo ya vitabu muhimu sana ndani ya Biblia, hasa kutokana na sababu ya kuhesabika kuwa ni kitabu kigumu kueleweka, na hivyo kuogopwa kusomwa na watu wengi. Kitabu hiki kinajulikana kuwa ni cha unabii wa agano jipya sawasawa na vitabu vya manabii wa agano la kale. Kinaitwa ni ufunuo kwa sababu maneno yaliyomo ndani yake si ya hekima ya Mungu kupitia \\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\r\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\nmwanadamu kama ilivyo ndani ya vitabu vingine, bali ni maneno na sauti ya Yesu mwenyewe akinena kupitia mtumishi wa Mungu Yohana, huku akimwonyesha funuo mbalimbali na kumwamuru kuandika kila aliloliona na kulisikia, kwa macho na kwa masikio yake.

Kutokana na ufunuo wa Yohana uliomo ndani ya kitabu hiki, kumetokea mafundisho mengi sana yanayotofautiana na kuzaa imani nyingi zinazopingana ndani ya madhehebu ya aina moja, wakati mwingine hata ndani ya chuo kimoja cha theolojia.Tofauti hizi zote zinatokana na kutofautiana katika njia za kufasiri ufunuo, unabii pamoja na Maandiko mengine yote. Wengine wanatumia kanuni maalumu zinazowaongoza kupata maana, na wengine hufasiri kwa kutumia historia, jiografia,na pengine kila mtu kudai amepata ufunuo wake binafsi kutoka kwa Mungu. Mambo haya yote yameendelea kukifanya kitabu hiki kionekane kuwa kigumu sana, na wengi kukiogopa hata kukisoma, wakiamini kuwa ni kitabu kilichojaa siri za Mungu ambazo ni vigumu kwa mwanadamu wa kawaida kuzielewa. Hata nimekuwa, mtu yeyote nakihubiri kutoka katika kitabu hiki, kunatokea mambo mawili: kwanza, mhubiri mwenyewe kutokujiamini katika kile nanachohubiri; pili, wasikilizaji kutothamini kile kinachoelezwa kwa sababu wamejenga dhana potofu ya kuwa kitabu hiki hakuna anayekielewa.

Baada ya kufundisha kitabu hiki miaka mingi katika semina mbalimbali pamoja na chuo cha Biblia, nimepata uzoefu mkubwa zaidi kutokana na changamoto mbalimbali nzinazotokana na maswali mengi wanayoyapata kwa wahubiri wa Injili wanaohubiri kutoka ndani ya kitabu hiki, lakini hawako tayari kujibu maswali ya wasikilizaji. Wengine wanakuwa wameshika mafundisho hayo bila uthibitisho wowote wa maandiko, na hawako tayari kubadili mtazamo wao hata kama wataona ukweli. Kwangu mimi, kumsikiliza kila mtu na imani yake na kufuatilia maeneo ambayo ni misingi yake imejengwa katika Biblia, imekuwa msaada mkubwa kwangu kuniongoza kukiandika kitabu hiki ili kuwasaidia wanafunzi wote wa Biblia wanaotaka kujifunza maandiko  kwa uthibitisho wa andiko kwa andiko, bila kuingiza mawazo na fikira za kibinadamu. Kila msomaji sharti ajue kwamba Biblia inaweza kujitafsiri yenyewe bila kuhitaji msaada wa mawazo ya mtu.