N\u00fa \u00e1 d\u00f6gum merkir or\u00f0i\u00f0 „von“ yfirleitt a\u00f0 \u00feess s\u00e9 v\u00e6nst, a\u00f0 eitthva\u00f0 gott muni henda \u00ed framt\u00ed\u00f0, jafnvel sama og \u00f3skhyggja.\u00a0 \u00deetta innihald or\u00f0sins er einnig a\u00f0 finna \u00ed Bibl\u00edunni (sj\u00e1 t.d. L\u00fak 23.8).\u00a0 \u00deau or\u00f0 \u00ed helgiritum Gy\u00f0inga (Gamla testamenti), sem \u00fe\u00fddd eru me\u00f0 „von“ hafa merkinguna „a\u00f0 b\u00ed\u00f0a einhvers me\u00f0 eftirv\u00e6ntingu“ e\u00f0a „a\u00f0 treysta einhverju sta\u00f0fastlega.“<\/p>\n
\u00deessi g\u00f3\u00f0a von er traust manna til Drottins og frelsunar hans (Slm 71.5; Jer 14.8; 17.13).\u00a0 Drottinn vakir yfir \u00feeim og blessar \u00fe\u00e1 og verndar, sem vona \u00e1 miskunn hans (Slm 33.18).\u00a0En \u00feeir sem rei\u00f0a sig \u00e1 anna\u00f0 en Drottin einan og setja \u00ed sta\u00f0inn von s\u00edna \u00e1 falsgu\u00f0i, munu skera upp eins og til var s\u00e1\u00f0 (2M\u00f3s 20.3-5;\u00a0 Slm 49.5-14; Jes 44.9-11).<\/p>\n
Eftir herlei\u00f0inguna til Bab\u00fdlon kenndu sp\u00e1mennirnir, a\u00f0\u00a0 \u00cdsraels\u00fej\u00f3\u00f0in skyldi ekki lengur vonast eftir a\u00f0 hlj\u00f3ta veraldlegt vald \u00e1 n\u00fd, heldur ganga \u00ed sig, taka sinnaskiptum og i\u00f0rast af \u00f6llu hjarta (Jer 29.10-14; 31.31-33).<\/p>\n
\u00c1 \u00f6ldunum s\u00ed\u00f0ustu fyrir Krists bur\u00f0 var \u00fea\u00f0 tr\u00fa margra, a\u00f0 von \u00cdsarels\u00fej\u00f3\u00f0arinnar um n\u00fdtt l\u00edf r\u00e6ttist ekki fyrr en sj\u00e1lfur Gu\u00f0 b\u00e6ri siguror\u00f0 af andst\u00e6\u00f0ingum s\u00ednum og \u00feeim, sem k\u00fagu\u00f0u l\u00fd\u00f0 hans.\u00a0 Mundi hann \u00fe\u00e1 setja \u00e1 stofn n\u00fdtt konungsr\u00edki handa \u00fej\u00f3\u00f0 sinni.\u00a0 \u00deessarar vonar g\u00e6tir mj\u00f6g \u00ed svonefndum opinberunarritum (sj\u00e1 Dan 7.12;\u00a0 Sak 9-14; og „Opinberunarritin“ \u00e1 bls. 1554).<\/p>\n
Vonin er v\u00ed\u00f0a umtalsefni \u00ed\u00a0 N\u00fdja testamenti, einkum \u00ed br\u00e9fum P\u00e1ls postula.\u00a0 A\u00f0 skilningi hans er h\u00fan n\u00e1tengd tr\u00fa og k\u00e6rleika.\u00a0 „Vonin um frelsun“ er „hj\u00e1lmur“ hins kristna manns, \u00e1 sama h\u00e1tt og tr\u00fa og k\u00e6rleikur eru honum sem „brynja“ (1\u00deess 5.8).\u00a0 A\u00f0 tr\u00faa er a\u00f0 vera „sta\u00f0fastur \u00ed voninni \u00e1 Drottin vorn Jes\u00fa Krist“ (1\u00deess 1.1).\u00a0Og \u00ed 1Kor 13.13 ritar P\u00e1ll:\u00a0„N\u00fa varir tr\u00fa, von og k\u00e6rleikur.“\u00a0 Kristnir menn eiga von, af \u00fev\u00ed a\u00f0 Gu\u00f0 reisti Jes\u00fa upp fr\u00e1 dau\u00f0um.\u00a0 Allir, sem \u00e1 hann tr\u00faa, munu r\u00edsa upp til eil\u00edfs l\u00edfs og vera me\u00f0 Drottni alla t\u00edma (1\u00deess 4.13-18).\u00a0 Jes\u00fas d\u00f3 \u00e1 krossinum til \u00feess a\u00f0 frelsa mennina fr\u00e1 syndum \u00feeirra, svo a\u00f0 \u00feeir yr\u00f0u fyrir Gu\u00f0i r\u00e9ttl\u00e6ttir fyrir tr\u00fana \u00e1 hann (R\u00f3m 3.25,26).\u00a0 Samt sem \u00e1\u00f0ur \u00feurfa \u00feeir, sem tr\u00faa \u00feessu fyrirheiti, \u00e1 voninni a\u00f0 halda.\u00a0 H\u00fan hj\u00e1lpar \u00feeim a\u00f0 reynast tr\u00fair, fagna \u00ed \u00ferengingum og b\u00ed\u00f0a \u00feess me\u00f0 \u00feolinm\u00e6\u00f0i a\u00f0 \u00f6\u00f0last ver\u00f0launin \u00e1 himnum, hina fullkomnu frelsun og endurlausn (R\u00f3m 5.1-5; 8.23-25; Fil 3.10-14).<\/p>\n
B\u00e6\u00f0i \u00ed Gamla og N\u00fdja testamenti setur l\u00fd\u00f0ur Gu\u00f0s von s\u00edna \u00e1 hann, (Heb 3.6; 6.11; 10.23), en tr\u00fain er fullvissa um \u00fea\u00f0 sem menn vona (Heb 11.1).\u00a0 \u00deannig gl\u00e6\u00f0ir tr\u00fain vonina, en tr\u00fain \u00fearf a\u00f0 s\u00ednu leyti l\u00edka \u00e1 voninni a\u00f0 halda, \u00fev\u00ed a\u00f0 vonin styrkir tr\u00fana og veitir Krists vinum kjark til \u00feess a\u00f0 takast \u00e1 vi\u00f0 freistingar, andstreymi og erfi\u00f0leika (1P\u00e9t 1.3-9; 3.14-16).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"