Zozn\u00e1mte sa s \u010fal\u0161\u00edm mu\u017eom, ktor\u00fd prep\u00e1sol prv\u00e9 Vianoce: Herodesom. Mat\u00fa\u0161 rozpr\u00e1va jeho pr\u00edbeh. Bol ve\u013emi odli\u0161n\u00fd od hostinsk\u00e9ho. Nebol nevedom\u00fd, bol ve\u013emi dobre informovan\u00fd:<\/p>\n
„Ke\u010f sa Je\u017ei\u0161 narodil v judskom Betleheme za \u010dias kr\u00e1\u013ea Herodesa, ajh\u013ea, mudrci od v\u00fdchodu pri\u0161li do Jeruzalema<\/span><\/span><\/span>\u00a0a p\u00fdtali sa: Kde je ten naroden\u00fd kr\u00e1\u013e \u017eidovsk\u00fd? Videli sme toti\u017e Jeho hviezdu na v\u00fdchode a pri\u0161li sme sa Mu pokloni\u0165.<\/span><\/span>\u00a0<\/span>Ke\u010f to po\u010dul kr\u00e1\u013e Herodes, predesil sa a s n\u00edm cel\u00fd Jeruzalem. <\/span><\/span><\/span>Zhroma\u017edil v\u0161etk\u00fdch ve\u013ek\u0148azov a z\u00e1konn\u00edkov \u013eudu a vypytoval sa ich, kde sa m\u00e1 narodi\u0165 Mesi\u00e1\u0161.<\/span><\/span>\u00a0<\/span>Odpovedali mu: v judskom Betleheme, lebo tak p\u00ed\u0161e prorok: <\/span><\/span><\/span>A ty, Betlehem, judsk\u00e1 zem, nijako nie si najmen\u0161\u00ed medzi v\u00fdvodiacimi mestami judsk\u00fdmi, lebo z teba vyjde vodca, ktor\u00fd bude p\u00e1s\u0165 m\u00f4j \u013eud izraelsk\u00fd.<\/span><\/span>\u00a0<\/span>Nato Herodes sa ich povypytoval na \u010das, kedy sa zjavila hviezda. <\/span><\/span><\/span>A ke\u010f ich posielal do Betlehema, povedal: Cho\u010fte, d\u00f4kladne sa prezvedajte o tom die\u0165atku; a ke\u010f Ho n\u00e1jdete, ozn\u00e1mte mi, aby som aj ja \u0161iel a poklonil sa Mu.<\/span><\/span><\/span>“ (Mat\u00fa\u0161 2:1-8)<\/p>\n Herodes sa tv\u00e1ril, \u017ee sa chce kla\u0148a\u0165 Je\u017ei\u0161ovi Kristovi, ale mal strach z toho, ktor\u00fd sa volal \u017eidovsk\u00fd kr\u00e1\u013e. Nechcel, aby sa o jeho tr\u00f3n uch\u00e1dzala ak\u00e1ko\u013evek konkurencia. V slovnom spojen\u00ed „predesil sa“ (Mat\u00fa\u0161 2:3) sa pou\u017e\u00edva slovo, ktor\u00e9 znamen\u00e1 by\u0165 „rozru\u0161en\u00fd, zm\u00e4ten\u00fd, otrasen\u00fd“. Vyjadruje my\u0161lienku paniky. Jeho nadvl\u00e1da bola ohrozen\u00e1. Nemal \u017eiadne pochopenie pre in\u00e9ho \u017eidovsk\u00e9ho kr\u00e1\u013ea.<\/p>\n Ak probl\u00e9mom hostinsk\u00e9ho bolo zaujatie, Herodesov\u00fdm probl\u00e9mom bol strach. Herodes bol Idumejec. Nebol ani \u017did. Jeho otec Antipater urobil R\u00edmu nieko\u013eko l\u00e1skavost\u00ed. Ako odmenu dostala Herodesova rodina pr\u00e1vo vl\u00e1dnu\u0165 Judei, ktor\u00e1 bola pod r\u00edmskou okup\u00e1ciou. Herodes bol dokonal\u00fd politik. Na\u010falej robil v\u0161etko, \u010do mohol, aby si z\u00edskal priaze\u0148 R\u00edma. Na opl\u00e1tku mu r\u00edmsky sen\u00e1t poskytol arm\u00e1du. Herodes dok\u00e1zal roz\u0161\u00edri\u0165 svoju r\u00ed\u0161u od Judey cez Jord\u00e1nsko, S\u00fdriu a\u017e po Libanon. Dokonca sa naz\u00fdval „\u017eidovsk\u00fdm kr\u00e1\u013eom“ a pod t\u00fdmto titulom bol zn\u00e1my a\u017e do svojej smrti.<\/p>\n Niet divu, \u017ee spanik\u00e1ril, ke\u010f sa dozvedel, \u017ee sa narodil niekto in\u00fd, kto je titulovan\u00fd ako \u017eidovsk\u00fd kr\u00e1\u013e. Okam\u017eite sa ho zmocnila panika, hoci Je\u017ei\u0161 bol e\u0161te die\u0165a a on bol dospel\u00fd mu\u017e.<\/p>\n Herodes bol bezoh\u013eadn\u00fd. Jeho hlavn\u00fdm pr\u00ednosom pre R\u00edm bola nemilosrdn\u00e1 \u00fa\u010dinnos\u0165, s akou dok\u00e1zal od \u013eud\u00ed vybera\u0165 dane. Vyvra\u017edil v\u0161etk\u00fdch Hasmoneovcov, synov Makabejcov, ktor\u00ed viedli revol\u00faciu proti gr\u00e9ckej nadvl\u00e1de. Chcel sa uisti\u0165, \u017ee to u\u017e neurobia, a tak ich jednoducho v\u0161etk\u00fdch vyvra\u017edil. Mal desa\u0165 man\u017eeliek a dvan\u00e1s\u0165 det\u00ed. Jedna z jeho man\u017eeliek, Mariamne, mala brata Aristobula, ktor\u00fd bol ve\u013ek\u0148azom. Herodes sa Aristobula b\u00e1l, a tak ho zavra\u017edil. Potom zabil aj ju.<\/p>\n Jeho paranoja bola legend\u00e1rna. B\u00e1l sa, \u017ee jeden z jeho dvoch synov by ho mohol pripravi\u0165 o tr\u00f3n, a tak zavra\u017edil oboch. Cel\u00fd jeho \u017eivot sa niesol v znamen\u00ed sprisahania a popr\u00e1v. P\u00e4\u0165 dn\u00ed pred svojou smr\u0165ou popravil v\u0161etk\u00fdch svojich potomkov, ktor\u00ed si mohli n\u00e1rokova\u0165 na tr\u00f3n. V jednom z posledn\u00fdch \u010dinov svojho zl\u00e9ho \u017eivota dal uv\u00e4zni\u0165 v\u0161etk\u00fdch v\u00fdznamn\u00fdch ob\u010danov Jeruzalema a prik\u00e1zal, aby ich v okamihu jeho smrti zabili. „T\u00edto \u013eudia nebud\u00fa plaka\u0165, ke\u010f zomriem,“ povedal, „a ja chcem, aby plakali, aj keby plakali nad niek\u00fdm in\u00fdm.“ Tak\u017ee aj pri jeho smrti sa konalo ve\u013ek\u00e9 vyvra\u017e\u010fovanie.<\/p>\n Herodes bol tak\u00fd brut\u00e1lny, nemilosrdn\u00fd \u010dlovek, tak\u017ee nie je \u0165a\u017ek\u00e9 si predstavi\u0165, ak\u00fdm sp\u00f4sobom sa rozhodne vybi\u0165 si zlos\u0165, ke\u010f sa dozvie, \u017ee sa narodilo die\u0165a, ktor\u00e9 je pod\u013ea proroctva skuto\u010dn\u00fdm kr\u00e1\u013eom \u017didov. Rozz\u00faril sa, ke\u010f si uvedomil, \u017ee mudrci sa mu nechystaj\u00fa poda\u0165 spr\u00e1vu.<\/p>\n \u201eKe\u010f Herodes videl, \u017ee ho mudrci oklamali, stra\u0161ne sa rozhneval a dal povra\u017edi\u0165 v\u0161etky deti v Betleheme a na celom jeho okol\u00ed, po\u010dn\u00fac od dvojro\u010dn\u00fdch nadol, pod\u013ea \u010dasu, na ktor\u00fd sa d\u00f4kladne povypytoval mudrcov. Vtedy splnilo sa slovo proroka Jeremi\u00e1\u0161a: Hlas bolo po\u010du\u0165 v R\u00e1me, mnoho pla\u010du a n\u00e1reku: R\u00e1chel oplak\u00e1vala svoje deti a nechcela sa da\u0165 pote\u0161i\u0165, preto\u017ee ich niet.\u201c (Mat\u00fa\u0161 2:16-2:18)<\/p>\n Vo svojej \u0161ialenej snahe vyhladi\u0165 jedno die\u0165a dal Herodes povra\u017edi\u0165 desiatky det\u00ed. Boh u\u017e predt\u00fdm varoval Jozefa a M\u00e1riu a oni utiekli s Je\u017ei\u0161om do Egypta. Herodes teda zlyhal. Nielen\u017ee pri\u0161iel o prv\u00e9 Vianoce, ale jeho reb\u00e9lia roz\u0161\u00edrila ve\u013ek\u00fa trag\u00e9diu. V\u0161etko to bolo kv\u00f4li strachu, \u017eiarliv\u00e9mu strachu.<\/p>\n Aj v na\u0161ej spolo\u010dnosti existuj\u00fa Herodesove typy. Herodes sa b\u00e1l, \u017ee jeho tr\u00f3n zaujme niekto in\u00fd. Ve\u013ea \u013eud\u00ed je tak\u00fdch ako on. Nedovolia, aby nie\u010do naru\u0161ilo ich kari\u00e9ru, postavenie, moc, amb\u00edcie, pl\u00e1ny alebo \u017eivotn\u00fd \u0161t\u00fdl. Nehodlaj\u00fa dovoli\u0165, aby sa kr\u00e1\u013eom ich \u017eivota stal niekto in\u00fd. V Je\u017ei\u0161ovi vidia hrozbu, a preto prich\u00e1dzaj\u00fa o Vianoce.<\/p>\n \u013du\u010fom nevad\u00ed, \u017ee si na oslavu Je\u017ei\u0161ovho narodenia ber\u00fa vo\u013eno. Dokonca ho prijm\u00fa ako zdroj pomoci, ke\u010f sa dostan\u00fa do probl\u00e9mov. Mo\u017eno ho s rados\u0165ou prijm\u00fa ako duchovn\u00e9ho dobrodinca. Dokonca s\u00fa ochotn\u00ed prida\u0165 Ho do svojho \u017eivota a naz\u00fdva\u0165 sa kres\u0165anmi, ale nie vtedy, ke\u010f trv\u00e1 na tom, \u017ee On je Kr\u00e1\u013e. To by mohlo by\u0165 hrozbou pre ich \u017eivotn\u00fd \u0161t\u00fdl, kari\u00e9ru alebo \u010doko\u013evek in\u00e9, na \u010dom lipn\u00fa. S\u00fa rovnako bojazliv\u00ed a \u017eiarliv\u00ed na stratu vlastn\u00e9ho sebaur\u010denia ako Herodes na stratu svojho tr\u00f3nu. Za ka\u017ed\u00fa cenu si bud\u00fa str\u00e1\u017ei\u0165 svoje vlastn\u00e9 priority, svoje vlastn\u00e9 hodnoty, svoju vlastn\u00fa mor\u00e1lku. Nepr\u00eddu ku Kristovi, ak hroz\u00ed, \u017ee im bude kl\u00e1s\u0165 prek\u00e1\u017eky v ich \u017eivotnom \u0161t\u00fdle. Nebud\u00fa akceptova\u0165 Jeho pr\u00e1vo vl\u00e1dnu\u0165 nad nimi. Chc\u00fa riadi\u0165 predstavenie.<\/p>\n Svet je pln\u00fd \u013eud\u00ed, ktor\u00ed kri\u010dia: „Nechceme, aby nad nami vl\u00e1dol tento \u010dlovek“ (porov. Lk 19:14). \u013dudia si chc\u00fa sami ur\u010dova\u0165 svoju kari\u00e9ru, sami sa rozhodova\u0165, sami riadi\u0165 svoj osud, sami si pl\u00e1nova\u0165 svoju bud\u00facnos\u0165. Preto m\u00e1me svet pln\u00fd kr\u00e1\u013eov, ktor\u00ed sa nechc\u00fa skloni\u0165 pred Je\u017ei\u0161om Kristom. Tak\u00fdchto \u013eud\u00ed ovl\u00e1da ten ist\u00fd druh \u017eiarliv\u00e9ho strachu, ktor\u00fd poh\u00e1\u0148al Herodesa. Podobne ako on, aj oni prep\u00e1sli Vianoce.<\/p>\n John MacArthur<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n Prelo\u017een\u00e9 z: https:\/\/www.gty.org\/library\/blog\/B121211<\/a><\/p>\n \u010eal\u0161ie \u010dl\u00e1nky s\u00e9rie:<\/strong> Zozn\u00e1mte sa s \u010fal\u0161\u00edm mu\u017eom, ktor\u00fd prep\u00e1sol prv\u00e9 Vianoce: Herodesom. Mat\u00fa\u0161 rozpr\u00e1va jeho pr\u00edbeh. Bol ve\u013emi odli\u0161n\u00fd od hostinsk\u00e9ho. Nebol nevedom\u00fd, bol ve\u013emi dobre informovan\u00fd: „Ke\u010f sa Je\u017ei\u0161 narodil v judskom Betleheme za \u010dias kr\u00e1\u013ea Herodesa, ajh\u013ea, mudrci od v\u00fdchodu pri\u0161li do Jeruzalema\u00a0a p\u00fdtali sa: Kde je ten naroden\u00fd kr\u00e1\u013e \u017eidovsk\u00fd?<\/p>","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":11076,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[68,83],"tags":[128,121],"ppma_author":[191],"class_list":["post-11075","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-clanky","category-nazory","tag-hriech","tag-john-macarthur"],"authors":[{"term_id":191,"user_id":8,"is_guest":0,"slug":"john-macarthur","display_name":"John MacArthur","avatar_url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/?s=96&d=mm&r=g","0":null,"1":"","2":"","3":"","4":"","5":"","6":"","7":"","8":""}],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/pravdavlaske.sk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11075","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/pravdavlaske.sk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/pravdavlaske.sk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pravdavlaske.sk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pravdavlaske.sk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=11075"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/pravdavlaske.sk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11075\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pravdavlaske.sk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/11076"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/pravdavlaske.sk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=11075"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pravdavlaske.sk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=11075"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pravdavlaske.sk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=11075"},{"taxonomy":"author","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pravdavlaske.sk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/ppma_author?post=11075"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
\n\u013dudia, ktor\u00ed prep\u00e1sli Vianoce: n\u00e1bo\u017eensk\u00ed vodcovia<\/a>
\n\u013dudia, ktor\u00ed prep\u00e1sli Vianoce: hostinsk\u00fd<\/a>
\n\u013dudia, ktor\u00ed prep\u00e1sli Vianoce: Jeruzalem<\/a>
\n\u013dudia, ktor\u00ed prep\u00e1sli Vianoce: R\u00edm a Nazaret<\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"