Singabantu abanokufa, sidinga ingqiniseko kokweli xesha nethemba lokuzayo. Njengoko kwabekwa kakuhle ngofunda ngoThixo uEmil Brunner, “Oko umongo-moya ukuko kwimiphunga, linjalo ithemba ukunika intsingiselo kubomi bomntu. Susa umongomoya, kubakho ukufa ngokufuthaniseleka, susa ithemba, uluntu LUFUTHANISELEKA kukungabi namphefumlo; kungenelela ukuphelelwa lithemba, kuchazeka ukudodobala kwengqondo yokucinga namandla asemoyeni ngenxa yemvakalelo yokungasebenzi kakuhle kwengqondo kwakunye nokuphila ubomi ngaphandle kwenjongo ebhadlileyo. Njengoko ukuphila kwento engumntu kuxhomekeke kubukho bomongo-moya, kunjalo nokuphila kobuntu ukuxhomekeka ekufumaneni kwabo ithemba.”—Emil Brunner, Eternal Hope (London: Lutterworth Press, 1954), p. 7. Ngokwenene, ithemba elimile eBhayibhileni liyasixhasa ngexesha kukho iintlekele esijongene nazo kuhambo lwethu olusinga kunaphakade.