S\u00f6gnin „a\u00f0 sk\u00edra“ \u00fe\u00fd\u00f0ir „a\u00f0 hreinsa.“\u00a0 Sk\u00edrn er \u00e1 gr\u00edsku „baptisma“ og merkir „a\u00f0 d\u00edfa ni\u00f0ur \u00ed vatn.“\u00a0 \u00cd M\u00f3sel\u00f6gum var kve\u00f0i\u00f0 svo \u00e1, a\u00f0 prestar skyldu \u00fevegnir \u00far vatni \u00e1\u00f0ur en \u00feeir \u00fej\u00f3nu\u00f0u \u00ed musterinu (2M\u00f3s 40.12-15). \u00c6\u00f0sti presturinn \u00e1tti og a\u00f0 lauga l\u00edkama sinn \u00e1\u00f0ur en hann g\u00e9kk inn \u00ed helgid\u00f3minn \u00ed samfundatjaldinu og hi\u00f0 allrahelgasta \u00ed musterinu a\u00f0 f\u00e6ra f\u00f3rnina \u00e1 fri\u00f0\u00fe\u00e6gingardaginn, og eins eftir a\u00f0 hann kom \u00fea\u00f0an \u00fat aftur (3M\u00f3s 16.4,23,24).<\/p>\n
Sp\u00e1menn \u00cdsraels\u00fej\u00f3\u00f0arinnar bu\u00f0u f\u00f3lki a\u00f0 ba\u00f0ast til marks um a\u00f0 illskubreytni v\u00e6ri \u00fevegin af og n\u00fa vildi \u00fea\u00f0 taka h\u00e1ttaskipti og heg\u00f0a s\u00e9r \u00ed samr\u00e6mi vi\u00f0 vilja Gu\u00f0s (Jes 1.16,17).\u00a0 \u00cd Qumran vi\u00f0 Dau\u00f0ahafi\u00f0 fundu fornleifafr\u00e6\u00f0ingar merki um vatnslaug og \u00ferep sem hafa legi\u00f0 ofan \u00ed hana.\u00a0 \u00dearna hafa br\u00e6\u00f0urnir laugast og s\u00fdnt me\u00f0 \u00fev\u00ed a\u00f0 \u00feeir vildu lifa hreinl\u00edfi.\u00a0 Um sama leyti t\u00f3k J\u00f3hannes sk\u00edrari til starfa \u00ed J\u00f3rdandalnum.\u00a0 Hann pr\u00e9dika\u00f0i i\u00f0runarsk\u00edrn til fyrirgefningar synda.\u00a0Hann hvatti menn til \u00feess a\u00f0 b\u00faa sig undir komu \u00feess, sem v\u00e6ri honum m\u00e1ttugri.\u00a0 S\u00e1 mundi sk\u00edra l\u00fd\u00f0 Gu\u00f0s me\u00f0 heil\u00f6gum anda (L\u00fak 3.15-17).<\/p>\n
\u00d3v\u00edst er hvort Jes\u00fas sj\u00e1lfur sk\u00edr\u00f0i nokkurn mann (sj\u00e1 J\u00f3h 4.1-2).\u00a0 En hitt er lj\u00f3st, a\u00f0 hann sag\u00f0i \u00feeim sem hann haf\u00f0i l\u00e6kna\u00f0 a\u00f0 hl\u00edta l\u00f6gm\u00e1li M\u00f3se um hreinsun (J\u00f3h 9.6,7).\u00a0 S\u00ed\u00f0ar,\u00a0\u00e1\u00f0ur en hann steig upp til himna, bau\u00f0 hann postulum s\u00ednum a\u00f0 gera allar \u00fej\u00f3\u00f0ir a\u00f0 l\u00e6risveinum og sk\u00edra \u00ed nafni f\u00f6\u00f0ur, sonar og heilags anda (Matt 28.18-20).\u00a0 Postularnir hl\u00fdddu \u00feessu bo\u00f0i.\u00a0 Postulasagan geymir fj\u00f6lda fr\u00e1sagna af \u00fev\u00ed er \u00feeir sk\u00edr\u00f0u menn og ger\u00f0u \u00fe\u00e1 me\u00f0 \u00fev\u00ed a\u00f0 f\u00e9l\u00f6gum \u00ed kristinni kirkju.\u00a0 Menn \u00fe\u00e1gu sk\u00edrn til \u00feess a\u00f0 l\u00e1ta \u00ed lj\u00f3si, a\u00f0 \u00feeir vildu ekki framar \u00fej\u00f3na syndinni, heldur l\u00e1ta af \u00f3gu\u00f0legu l\u00edferni og byrja n\u00fdtt l\u00edf, helga\u00f0 hl\u00fd\u00f0ni og \u00fej\u00f3nustu vi\u00f0 Drottin og vilja hans (R\u00f3m 6.1-4).<\/p>\n
\u00cd upphafi Postulas\u00f6gunnar er sagt fr\u00e1 \u00fev\u00ed hversu heilagur andi var sendur kirkjunni \u00e1 hv\u00edtasunnudag.\u00a0 \u00deann dag t\u00f3ku um \u00ferj\u00fa \u00fe\u00fasund manns sk\u00edrn (Post 2.41).\u00a0Er fagna\u00f0arerindi\u00f0 t\u00f3k a\u00f0 brei\u00f0ast \u00fat \u00ed J\u00fadeu og Litlu-As\u00edu, var fj\u00f6ldi manna sk\u00edr\u00f0ur, \u00fear \u00e1 me\u00f0al margir sem ekki voru Gy\u00f0ingar:\u00a0 Samverjar (Post 8.12), hir\u00f0ma\u00f0ur fr\u00e1 E\u00fe\u00ed\u00f3p\u00edu (Post 8.38), r\u00f3mverskur hundra\u00f0sh\u00f6f\u00f0ingi (Post 10.47,48), og gr\u00edsk kona, L\u00fdd\u00eda a\u00f0 nafni (Post 16.15).\u00a0 \u00cd br\u00e9fum s\u00ednum \u00fatsk\u00fdr\u00f0i P\u00e1ll postuli \u00fea\u00f0 fyrir lesendunum a\u00f0 \u00feeir sem sk\u00edr\u00f0ust \u00e6ttu a\u00f0 breyta alveg um h\u00e1tterni og lifa upp fr\u00e1 \u00fev\u00ed n\u00fdju l\u00edfi (R\u00f3m 6.1-4; K\u00f3l 2.11,12). \u00a0\u00cd sk\u00edrninni er hinn n\u00fdi l\u00fd\u00f0ur Gu\u00f0s leystur fr\u00e1 gr\u00f6finni, ger\u00f0ur \u00fe\u00f3knanlegur Gu\u00f0i og bo\u00f0inn velkominn sem \u00feegnar Gu\u00f0s r\u00edkis, \u00e1 sama h\u00e1tt og \u00feegar Gu\u00f0 bjarga\u00f0i N\u00f3a undan syndafl\u00f3\u00f0inu og reisti Jes\u00fa upp fr\u00e1 dau\u00f0um (1P\u00e9t 3.18-22).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"