IMpi Yomhlaba Wonke Yokuqala yaphela mhlaka-11 November ngo-1918. Kwavalwa amabhizimusi njalo abantu bagida emigwaqweni yamadolobho. Kodwa ukuthaba lokhu akuzange kuthathe isikhathi. Enye inkemenkeme eyayibuhlungu kakhulu ukwedlula inkafulakufa yalandela ezithendeni zempi yomhlaba wonke.

Ngo-June 1918 umkhuhlane oyingozi kakhulu okuthiwa yi-Spanish flu wahlasela amabutho ayesilwa eFrance. Umkhuhlane lo waqeda abantu. Ngokwesibonelo, ngemva kwezinyanga ezilutshwana nje, wabulala amasotsha e-America amanengi ayeseFrance ukwedlula ayebulewe yisitha. Kanti njalo umkhuhlane lo wamemetheka wagcwala umhlaba wonke ngesikhatshana nje ngoba amasotsha awuthwala esebuyela emazweni akibo impi iphela.

Kanti njalo iminyaka eyalandelayo yayigcwele indlala kanye lokuwa kwezomnotho. Ngo-1918 impi iphela, indlala yayihlasele amazwe amanengi kakhulu kwele-Europe. Ngo-1923 imali yeGerman yayingasathengi lutho ngitsho. Eminyakeni eyisithupha eyalandelayo umnotho womhlaba wonke wadilika. Kusenjalo nje ngo-1939 kwaqubuka impi yomhlaba wonke yesibili, esingathi kwakuyikuqhubekela phambili kwempi yomhlaba yokuqala. Kambe ngubani owayebangela inyakanyaka yonke le ebuhlungu kangaka?

Isiphrofetho seBhayibhili siyasinceda ukuthi sibone ukuthi kuyini obekubangela izehlakalo lezi ebezisenzakala embalini, ikakhulu nxa sikhangele iMpi Yomhlaba Wonke Yokuqala. UJesu wakhuluma ngokuthi “isizwe sizahlasela isizwe” lokuthi kwakuzakuba lokuswelakala kokudla kanye lemikhuhlane emhlabeni wonke. (UMathewu 24:3, 7; ULukha 21:10, 11) Watshela abafundi bakhe wathi izehlakalo lezi zazizakuba yisiboniso sokuqala kwezinsuku zokucina. Okunengi mayelana  lalokhu sikuthola ebhukwini leSambulo, elichaza ukuthi izinhlupho ezisemhlabeni zihambelana lempi yasezulwini.​—Khangela ibhokisi elithi  “IMpi Emhlabeni Kanye leMpi Ezulwini.”

Ibhuku leSambulo lisitshela langabagadi bamabhiza abane ababizwa langokuthi ngabagadi bamabhiza be-Apocalypse, okutsho ukwambulelwa. Abagadi bamabhiza laba abathathu bamela izinhlupho ezazikhulunywe nguJesu esiphrofethweni sezinsuku zokucina, ezigoqela izimpi, indlala kanye lemikhuhlane. (Khangela ibhokisi elithi  “Abagadi Bamabhiza Abane Sebeqalisile Yini?”) Kuyacaca ukuthi impi yomhlaba wonke yokuqala yalumathisa izinhlupho ezilokhu ziqhubekela phambili. Kanti njalo iBhayibhili liveza ukuthi uSathane nguye owaqalisa konke lokhu. (1 UJohane 5:19) Kodwa uzajeziswa yini?

Ibhuku leSambulo lisiqinisekisa langokuthi uSathane usesalelwe ‘yisikhathi esifitshane.’ (ISambulo 12:12) Yikho elolaka njalo ebangela izinhlupho ezinengi kangaka emhlabeni. Kanti njalo izinhlupho esizibonayo zitshengisa ukuthi uSathane usesalelwe yisikhathi esifitshane. *

Impi Yomhlaba Wonke Yokuqala yawuntshintsha sibili umhlaba. Yabangela ukuthi abantu abanengi bangenele ezimpini, imibuso igenqulwe njalo intshintshwe lokuthi ababusi bangathenjwa. Yatshengisa lobufakazi bokuthi uSathane usexotshiwe sibili ezulwini. (ISambulo 12:9) Umbusi womhlaba lo ongabonakaliyo wenza njengombusi onguntandokayiphikiswa okwaziyo ukuthi sesalelwe yizinsuku ezilutshwana. Ngesikhathi izinsuku lezi ziphela, isikhathi sezinhlupho esabangelwa yiMpi Yomhlaba Wonke Yokuqala siyabe sesifike komlindi uyacina.

Yikho-ke ubufakazi beziphrofetho eziseBhayibhilini benza sibe lethemba lokuthi masinya nje iNkosi yethu esezulwini, uJesu Khristu, ‘izayichitha imisebenzi kaSathane.’ (1 UJohane 3:8) Izigidi zabantu bezilokhu zithandazela ukuthi uMbuso kaNkulunkulu uze. Wena uyakwenza yini lokhu? Siyawubonga kakhulu uMbuso lo ngoba sekuseduze ukuthi wenze abantu babone intando kaNkulunkulu isenziwa emhlabeni, hatshi ekaSathane. (UMathewu 6:9, 10) EMbusweni kaNkulunkulu ngeke kuphinde kube lempi yomhlaba wonke kumbe ezinye nje izimpi. (IHubo 46:9) Funda okunengi ngoMbuso lo ukuze ube lethuba lokuzibonela ngawakho ukuthula sekugcwele emhlabeni wonke.​—U-Isaya 9:6, 7.