S\u00ed\u00f0asta b\u00f3k Bibl\u00edunnar er a\u00f0 l\u00edkindum skrifu\u00f0 \u00e1 s\u00ed\u00f0asta \u00e1ratug fyrstu aldar e\u00f0a \u00e1 t\u00edmum ofs\u00f3kna D\u00f3mit\u00edanusar keisara. H\u00fan er eina opinberunarrit N\u00fdja testamentisins en opinberunarrit nefnist flokkur rita sem ritu\u00f0 voru me\u00f0al Gy\u00f0inga \u00e1 s\u00ed\u00f0ustu \u00f6ldunum fyrir Krist og fjalla \u00e1 dulm\u00e1li um yfirstandandi t\u00edma \u00ed \u00fev\u00ed skyni a\u00f0 upp\u00f6rva f\u00f3lk og hvetja til tr\u00faarsta\u00f0festu. Dan\u00edelsb\u00f3k \u00ed Gamla testamentinu er me\u00f0al opinberunarrita. Svipa\u00f0 efni er v\u00ed\u00f0a \u00ed N\u00fdja testamentinu, t.d. \u00ed 24. kafla Matteusargu\u00f0spjalls og 13. kafla Mark\u00fasargu\u00f0spjalls. \u00ddmis hugt\u00f6k, svo sem upprisa, Mannssonur o.fl., eiga r\u00e6tur s\u00ednar a\u00f0 rekja til hugmynda opinberunarritanna. Myndir og l\u00edkingar Opinberunarb\u00f3karinnar hafa veri\u00f0 t\u00falka\u00f0ar \u00e1 \u00fdmsa vegu \u00ed t\u00edmans r\u00e1s og vi\u00f0 tilraunir s\u00ednar til a\u00f0 t\u00falka t\u00e1kn b\u00f3karinnar hefur m\u00f6nnum oft s\u00e9st yfir \u00fe\u00e6r s\u00f6gulegu a\u00f0st\u00e6\u00f0ur sem b\u00f3kin var skrifu\u00f0 vi\u00f0. \u00de\u00e1 voru ofs\u00f3knart\u00edmar. R\u00f3mverski keisarinn heimta\u00f0i a\u00f0 menn tilb\u00e6\u00f0u sig sem gu\u00f0. \u00dev\u00ed neitu\u00f0u kristnir menn og vitnu\u00f0u \u00feess \u00ed sta\u00f0 um a\u00f0 a\u00f0eins m\u00e6tti tilbi\u00f0ja Gu\u00f0 og Jes\u00fa, \u201elambi\u00f0 hi\u00f0 sl\u00e1tra\u00f0a\u201c (Opb 5.6), og \u00feurftu a\u00f0 gjalda fyrir \u00feann vitnisbur\u00f0 me\u00f0 l\u00edfi s\u00ednu (sbr. Opb 6.9\u22126.10). M\u00e1lfar h\u00f6fundar er sk\u00e1ldlegt og \u00ed r\u00edkulegu myndm\u00e1li t\u00falkar hann atbur\u00f0i l\u00ed\u00f0andi stundar fr\u00e1 sj\u00f3narhorni n\u00fds veruleika sem er ofar \u00f6llu og annars konar en daglegt l\u00edf manna en varpar n\u00fdju lj\u00f3si \u00e1 atbur\u00f0i er \u00ferengja a\u00f0. Opinberunarb\u00f3kin hefur veri\u00f0 \u00f3\u00ferj\u00f3tandi uppspretta sk\u00e1lda og listamanna. Or\u00f0taki\u00f0 \u201ea\u00f0 hella \u00far sk\u00e1lum rei\u00f0i sinnar\u201c er \u00e6tta\u00f0 \u00far henni (16.1), einnig myndin af hinum bleika hesti dau\u00f0ans (6.8), svo a\u00f0 d\u00e6mi s\u00e9u nefnd. Tilgangur b\u00f3karinnar er a\u00f0 upp\u00f6rva og hvetja \u00fe\u00e1 sem lifa vi\u00f0 ofs\u00f3knir og erfi\u00f0leika. H\u00fan hefur enda miki\u00f0 veri\u00f0 lesin \u00e1 \u00ferengingat\u00edmum og \u00fe\u00e1 hafa menn \u00fe\u00f3st geta lesi\u00f0 margt \u00fat \u00far t\u00e1knum hennar og heimf\u00e6rt \u00e1 l\u00ed\u00f0andi stund.
\n\u00c1 \u00ferengingat\u00edmum hafa \u00f3talmargir s\u00f3tt huggun og \u00fer\u00f3tt \u00ed Opinberunarb\u00f3kina \u00fev\u00ed a\u00f0 h\u00fan \u00edtrekar a\u00f0 \u00fer\u00e1tt fyrir allt er Gu\u00f0 s\u00e1 sem \u00f6llu stj\u00f3rnar: \u201eSj\u00e1, tjaldb\u00fa\u00f0 Gu\u00f0s er me\u00f0al mannanna og hann mun b\u00faa hj\u00e1 \u00feeim og \u00feeir munu vera f\u00f3lk hans \u2026 Og hann mun \u00feerra hvert t\u00e1r af augum \u00feeirra. Og dau\u00f0inn mun ekki framar til vera, hvorki harmur n\u00e9 vein n\u00e9 kv\u00f6l er framar til. Hi\u00f0 fyrra er fari\u00f0.\u201c (21.3\u201321.4).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"