\u00cdsraelsmenn til forna v\u00e6ntu \u00feess a\u00f0 lifa eftir dau\u00f0ann \u00ed ni\u00f0jum s\u00ednum.\u00a0 \u00dev\u00ed \u00fe\u00f3tti \u00fea\u00f0 \u00feungt andstreymi a\u00f0 eignast ekki son sem trygg\u00f0i \u00e1framhald \u00e6ttarinnar.\u00a0Flestir voru \u00e1 \u00fev\u00ed a\u00f0 eftir dau\u00f0ann rotna\u00f0i l\u00edkaminn og yr\u00f0i a\u00f0 dufti (Pd 12.7; \u00a0\u00a0Slm 104.29; Jb 7.9,10).\u00a0 Sumir t\u00f6ldu a\u00f0 s\u00e1lir dau\u00f0ra \u00e6ttu s\u00e9r athvarf, \u00fear sem \u00fe\u00f3 v\u00e6ri daufleg vist \u00e1n hugsunar og skynjunar (Pd 9.10; Jes 38.10).\u00a0 Bibl\u00edan kann a\u00f0 greina fr\u00e1 \u00fev\u00ed a\u00f0 f\u00e1einir menn d\u00f3u ekki, heldur f\u00f3ru til raklei\u00f0is himins (1M\u00f3s 5.21-24; 2Kon 2.1-14).<\/p>\n
\u00cd sp\u00e1d\u00f3msb\u00f3k Dan\u00edels kemur fram s\u00fa hugmynd a\u00f0 menn s\u00e9u reistir upp fr\u00e1 dau\u00f0um til n\u00fds l\u00edfs og segir sp\u00e1ma\u00f0urinn \u00fea\u00f0 gilda jafnt um g\u00f3\u00f0a og vonda.\u00a0 Eil\u00edft l\u00edf fellur \u00feeim g\u00f3\u00f0u \u00ed skaut, en \u00feeim vondu sm\u00e1n og andstygg\u00f0 (Dan 12.1-3). \u00a0\u00cd sumum Dav\u00ed\u00f0ss\u00e1lma treystir sk\u00e1ldi\u00f0 \u00fev\u00ed a\u00f0 Gu\u00f0 muni ekki ofurselja Helju hina tr\u00fau\u00f0u, heldur leysa l\u00edf \u00feeirra fr\u00e1 gr\u00f6finni (Slm 16.10,11; 49.13-15; Jes 26.19).<\/p>\n
\u00c1ri\u00f0 586 f. Kr. voru \u00cdsraelsmenn herleiddir til Bab\u00fdlon.\u00a0\u00deegar Persar sigru\u00f0u Bab\u00fdlon\u00edumenn fengu hinir herleiddu a\u00f0 halda heim \u00e1 n\u00fd (538 f. Kr.).\u00a0 Sumir \u00cdsraelsmenn ur\u00f0u fyrir \u00e1hrifum af persneskum tr\u00faarbr\u00f6g\u00f0um\u00a0Persar tr\u00fa\u00f0u \u00fev\u00ed, a\u00f0 Satan, andst\u00e6\u00f0ingur Gu\u00f0s, yr\u00f0i lag\u00f0ur a\u00f0 velli og s\u00e1lir og l\u00edkamir tr\u00faa\u00f0ra sem d\u00e1nir v\u00e6ru, myndu reist aftur til l\u00edfs.\u00a0 \u00c1 \u00f6ldunum fj\u00f3rum, sem li\u00f0u \u00feanga\u00f0 til Jes\u00fas f\u00e6ddist, h\u00f6f\u00f0u gr\u00edskir hugsu\u00f0ir einnig \u00e1hrif \u00e1 Gy\u00f0inga.\u00a0 Grikkir t\u00f6ldu s\u00e1lina \u00f3dau\u00f0lega, en l\u00edkaminn v\u00e6ri einungis forgengileg kl\u00e6\u00f0i hennar.\u00a0P\u00e1ll postuli rita\u00f0i safna\u00f0arf\u00f3lkinu \u00ed Korintu, a\u00f0 l\u00edkami l\u00e6risveina Krists mynd deyja, en upp myndi r\u00edsa „andlegur l\u00edkami.“\u00a0 \u00deessi hugmynd er fr\u00e1brug\u00f0in \u00feeirri, sem l\u00fdsir \u00fev\u00ed a\u00f0 s\u00e1lin ein lifi eftir a\u00f0 l\u00edkaminn er or\u00f0inn a\u00f0 mold.\u00a0 P\u00e1ll segir, a\u00f0 ma\u00f0urinn allur, l\u00edkami og s\u00e1l, ver\u00f0i n\u00fdr og \u00f6\u00f0list eil\u00edft l\u00edf.<\/p>\n
„\u00c9g er upprisan og l\u00edfi\u00f0,“ segir Jes\u00fas (J\u00f3h 11.25,26) og ennfremur, a\u00f0 hver sem \u00e1 hann tr\u00fai hafi eil\u00edft l\u00edf (J\u00f3h 3.16).\u00a0Sadd\u00fakear, flokkur tr\u00far\u00e6kinna Gy\u00f0inga, neitu\u00f0u \u00fev\u00ed a\u00f0 upprisa v\u00e6ri til (sj\u00e1 athugagrein vi\u00f0 L\u00fak 20.27).\u00a0 Jes\u00fas sag\u00f0i \u00feeim, a\u00f0 \u00feegar menn risu upp fr\u00e1 dau\u00f0um, kv\u00e6ntust \u00feeir hvorki n\u00e9 giftust, heldur v\u00e6ru sem englar \u00e1 himnum (Mrk 12.18-27).\u00a0Hann var spur\u00f0ur a\u00f0 \u00fev\u00ed, hverjir fengju a\u00f0 stitja til bor\u00f0s \u00ed Gu\u00f0s r\u00edki.\u00a0 Flettu upp svari hans \u00ed L\u00fak 14.15-24.<\/p>\n
\u00deegar \u00ed frumkirkjunni tr\u00fa\u00f0u menn \u00fev\u00ed a\u00f0 l\u00fd\u00f0ur Gu\u00f0s yr\u00f0i reistur upp til n\u00fds l\u00edfs af \u00fev\u00ed a\u00f0 Gu\u00f0 reisti Jes\u00fa upp fr\u00e1 dau\u00f0um (Post 2.22-24; 29-32; 1Kor 15.20-28; 1\u00deess 4.13-17).\u00a0 \u00cd 21. kap\u00edtula Opinberunarb\u00f3kar J\u00f3hannesar er a\u00f0 finna l\u00fdsingu \u00e1 borginni helgu, n\u00fdrri Jer\u00fasalem, \u00fear sem Gu\u00f0 mun b\u00faa hj\u00e1 m\u00f6nnunum og \u00feeir munu vera f\u00f3lk hans, sem hann verndar og f\u00e6\u00f0ir a\u00f0 eil\u00edfu (Es 37.26,27; Matt 1.23; 2Kor 4.16-5.5).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"