]ntä¶p {]`mX¯n R§Ä Xmt_mÀaebnte¡p ]pds¸«p. \{k¯nÂ\n¶v GItZiw 35 IntemaoäÀ AIsebmWv Xmt_mÀae. cq]m´coIcW¯nsâ aebmbn«mWv CXdnbs¸Sp¶Xv. F¶m ss__nfn HcnS¯pw Xmt_mÀaebn cq]m´coIcWw \S¶Xmbn«p ]dbp¶nÃ. F¦nepw A¸kvtXmenIImeL«w apX Xmt_mÀae cq]m´coIcW¯nsâ aebmbn hW§s¸«ncp¶psh¶v k`m]nXmhmb HcnP³ tcJs¸Sp¯nbn«pWvSv.
]pXnb \nba¯n cq]m´coIcWs¯ kw_Ôn¡p¶ \mep ]cmaÀi§fpWvSv. ""Bdp Znhkw Ignªv ]t{Xmkv, bmt¡m_v, tbml¶m³ F¶nhsc am{Xw Iq«ns¡mWvSv tbip Hcp DbÀ¶ aebnte¡p t]mbn. Ah³ AhcpsS ap¼n h¨v cq]m´cs¸«p'' (aÀt¡m. 9:2), a¯m 17:1þ2). ""CXp ]dªn«v GItZiw F«p Znhk§Ä Ignªv ]t{Xmkv, tbml¶m³, bmt¡m_v F¶nhsc Iq«ns¡mWvSv {]mÀ°n¡m³ aebnte¡p t]mbn. {]mÀ°n¨psImWvSncn¡pt¼mÄ Ahsâ apJ`mhw amdn; hkv{Xw sh×tbmsS tim`n¨p'' (eq¡m. 9:28þ29). ""kzÀ¤¯nÂ\n¶pWvSmb B kzcw R§Ä tI«p. Fs´¶m R§fpw Ahsâ IqsS hnip²aebn DWvSmbncp¶p'' (2 ]t{Xm. 1:18).
aebn ssZhmhnjvIcWw
ss__nÄ hnhcW{]Imcw ssZh¯nsâ ]e kp{][m\ BhnjvImc§fpw Act§dnbXv aebnemWv. ko\mbn ssZhw tamibv¡v ]¯p Iev]\IÄ \evIn. ""IÀ¯mhv ko\mbv aeapIfn Cd§nh¶v tamisb aeapIfnte¡p hnfn¨p. tami Ibdns¨¶p'' (]pd. 19:20).
tamdnbm aeapIfn ssZhw ]qÀÆ]nXmhmb A{_ml¯n\p {]Xy£s¸«p. Xsâ GI]p{X³ Cklm¡ns\t¸mepw _enIgn¡m³ k¶²X {]ISn¸n¨ A{_mlt¯mSv ssZh¯n\v aXn¸p tXm¶pIbpw _enbÀ¸Ww Hgnhm¡pIbpw sNbvXp. ssZhw ]dªp: ""Ip«nbpsSta ssIhbv¡cpXv. Ahs\ H¶pw sN¿cpXv. \o ssZhs¯ `bs¸Sp¶psh¶v F\n¡nt¸mÄ Dd¸mbn. ImcWw \nsâ GI]p{Xs\ F\n¡p Xcm³ \o aSn ImWn¨nÃ'' (DÂ]¯n 22:1þ12).
aebpsS apIfn Ibdn CjvSapÅhsc Xsâ ]¡te¡p hnfn¨psh¶v aÀt¡mknsâ kphntij¯n tcJs¸Sp¯nbncn¡p¶p. ""Ah³ aebpsS apIfnte¡p Ibdn X\n¡v CjvSapÅhsc ASpt¯¡p hnfn¨p'' (aÀt¡m. 3:13). tbiphnsâ Kncn{]`mjWw temI{]kn²amWsÃm. ""P\¡q«s¯ IWvSt¸mÄ tbipaebnte¡p Ibdn. Ah³ Ccp¶t¸mÄ injy·mÀ ASps¯¯n. Ah³ Ahsc ]Tn¸n¡m³ XpS§n'' (a¯m. 5:1þ2). ImÂhcn aebsænepw ImÂhcn ae F¶ t]cnemWv tbiphns\ Ipcnin Xdbv¡s¸« Øew Adnbs¸Sp¶Xv. ""XetbmSv F¶p hnfn¡s¸« Øe¯v Ah³ h¶p. AhnsS AhÀ Ahs\ Ipcnin Xd¨p'' (eq¡m. 23:33).
Xmt_mÀ ae
kap{Z\nc¸n \n¶pw 588 aoäÀ Dbc¯nemWv Xmt_mÀae. lcnXtim` Xmt_mdnsâ {]tXyIXbmWv. aebpsS sX¡pIng¡p `mK¯mbn cq]m´coIcW¯nsâ HmÀ½bv¡mbn Øm]n¡s¸«ncp¶ Hcp tZhmebapWvSmbncp¶psh¶v ]pcmhkvXpKthjW§Ä sXfnbn¨n«pWvSv. Ipcnipbp²Ime¯pw ChnsS tZhmebhpw B{iahpw DWvSmbncp¶Xn\p Ncn{X]camb sXfnhpIÄ IsWvS¯nbn«pWvSv. 1263  s__mdÊnsâ t\XrXz¯nepÅ CÉmanIB{IaW¯n tZhmebhpw B{iahpw XIÀ¡s¸«p. 1631 þ {^m³knkvI³ k\ymknIÄ XpÀ¡nIfn \n¶pw Cu Øe¯nsâ DSaØmhImiw ssIhis¸Sp¯n.
hmKa¬aeIfpw hb\mS³ Npc§fpambn XmcXays¸Sp¯pt¼mÄ Xmt_mÀ ae H¶paÃ. slbÀ]n³ hfhpIfpÅ CSp§nb ]mXbneqsS _kv aeapIfn F¯nÃ. ASnhmc¯p\n¶v SmIvknbnemWv aeapIfnse¯p¶Xv. hWvSnbn bm{X¡msc Ip¯n\ndbv¡p¶ {]tXyI kmt¦XnIhnZy AhÀ¡dnbnÃ. SmIvkn¡mÀ tIcf¯n h¶v Cu hnZy ]Tn¨pt]mbncps¶¦n SmIvknbpsS F®w Ipdbv¡mambncp¶tÃm F¶p Nn´n¨pt]mbn. ambmPme¡msc AXnibn¸n¡pwhn[amWv ChnsS Nne SmIvkn¡mÀ bm{X¡msc hml\¯n Hfn¸n¡p¶Xv. ]Ån¡qSw hn«nd§p¶Xpt]msebmWv Nne Hmt«mdn£mIfn \n¶v Ip«nIÄ Cd§nhcp¶Xv.
aeapIfn Ct¸mÄ cWvSp ]ÅnIfpw {^m³knkvI³ sshZnIcpsS Hcm{iahpapWvSv. hnip²\mSnsâbpw AhnSps¯ FÃm It¯men¡mtZhmeb§fpsSbpw kq£n¸pw \S¯n¸pw {^m³knkvI³ sshZnIcpsS NpaXebnemWv. hnip²\mSv kwc£W¯n\pÅ D¯chmZnXzw tdmw {^m³knkvI³ A¨·msc Gev]n¨ncn¡p¶p. hnip²\mSv kwc£W¯n\pthWvSn temIsa¼mSpapÅ It¯men¡mtZhmeb§fn \n¶p kzoIcn¡p¶ kw`mh\IÄ tdmanÂ\n¶v {^m³knkvI³ sshZnIÀ¡p \ÂIp¶p.
It¯men¡mtZhmebw
Xmt_mÀaebn Ct¸mgpÅ It¯men¡mtZhmebw 1924  ]Wn Ign¸n¨XmWv. amÀ]m¸mbpsS {]Xn\n[n ImÀUn\ PntbmÀPn aq¶phÀjwsImWvSv tZhmebw ]Wn ]qÀ¯nbm¡n. tbiphnsâ cq]m´coIcWs¯ A\pkvacn¸n¡p¶ Cu ]Ån aq¶v IqSmc§fpsS BIrXnbnemWv cq]Iev]\ sNbvXncn¡p¶Xv. ]ÅnbpsS {][m\ AįmcbpsS Ccphi§fnepapÅ `n¯nIfn tbiphnsâ P\\w, hn. IpÀ_m\, IpcnipacWw, D°m\w XpS§nb c£mIckw`h§Ä Nn{XoIcn¨n«pWvSv.
aq¶p IqSmc§Ä
kaho£Wkphntij§fnepw (a¯m. 17:1þ8), aÀt¡m. 9:2þ8, eq¡m 9:28þ30) cq]m´coIcWkw`hw tcJs¸Sp¯nbn«pWvSv. H¶mw ]oUm\p`h{]hN\¯n\v Bdp Znhk§Ä¡ptijw Xsâ Gähpw {]nbs¸« injycpsam¯v tbip cq]m´coIcWaebnse¯n. hnimeamb AÀ°¯n Úm\kv\m\s¸«v {InkvXpamÀ¤w kzoIcn¨hscÃmw AhnSs¯ injy·mcmWv. AhÀ¡p ]pdsa tbip {]tXyIw sXcsªSp¯b¨ 72 t]sc¡pdn¨v ss__nfn ]cmaÀiapWvSv. AhÀ kphntij km£y¯n\mbn Abbv¡s¸«hcmWv (ep¡m. 10:11þ12). IrXyamb AÀ°¯n A¸kvtXme]Zhnbnte¡v DbÀ¯s¸« ]{´WvSpt]cmWv injy·mcmbn Adnbs¸Sp¶Xv. ChÀ¡p ]pdsa kp{][m\ kµÀ`§fn ]t{Xmkv, bmt¡m_v, tbml¶m³ F¶o injy·mÀ¡v tbip {]tXyI {]m[m\yw Iev]n¡p¶Xmbn ImWmw. KZvska\nbn {]mÀ°\bv¡pt]mbt¸mÄ Cu aqhÀkwLw tbiphnt\msSm¸apWvSmbncp¶p.
cq]m´coIcW¯nsâ AÛpXw
Xmt_mÀaebn bYmÀ°¯n F´mWp kw`hn¨Xv? tbip cq]w amdn aämsc¦nepw BbXmbn ss__nfn ]dbp¶nÃ. kw`hn¨Xv C{Xam{Xw. ""Ah³ AhcpsS ap¼n h¨v cq]m´cs¸«p. Ahsâ hkv{X§Ä `qanbnse GsXmcp Ae¡pImc\pw shfp¸n¡m³ Ignbp¶Xns\¡mÄ sh×bpw Xnf¡hpapÅhbmbn. Genbmbpw tamibpw {]Xy£s¸«v tbiphnt\mSv kwkmcn¨psImWvSncp¶p.'' (aÀt¡m. 9:2þ4). AXmbXv A`uaamb Hc´co£w AhnsSbpWvSmbn. ssZhnIkm¶n[yw AhÀ¡v A\p`hs¸«p. AhÀ¡v `bw tXm¶n. Hcp XqshÅ taLw Ahsc BhcWw sNbvXp. taL¯nÂ\n¶v Hcp kzcapWvSmbn. ""Ch³ Fsâ {]nb]p{X³. Chsâ hm¡p {ihn¡phn³'' (aÀt¡m. 9:8). tbiphnsâ Úm\kv\m\thfbn CtX kzcw temIw {ihn¨p. ""Ch³ Fsâ {]nb]p{X³. Ch\n Rm³ {]kmZn¨ncn¡p¶p''(a¯m. 3:17).
ssZhkm¶n[y¯nsâ IqSmcw
ssZhm\p`hwsImWvSv \ndª ]t{Xmkv tbiphnt\mSv ]dªp: ""IÀ¯mth, \mw ChnsSbmbncn¡p¶Xv \ÃXmWv. \n\¡v k½XamsW¦n R§Ä ChnsS aq¶p IqSmc§Ä DWvSm¡mw. H¶v \n\¡v, H¶v Genbmbv¡v, H¶v tamibv¡v.'' ssZhalna ZÀin¡p¶hÀ¡v ssZh¯nsâ IqsSbmbncn¡Wsa¶ B{Klw kzm`mhnIamWv. ssZhk¶n[nbn IqSmcw \nÀ½n¡p¶Xns\¡pdn¨mWv ]t{Xmkv BtemNn¨Xv. a\pjy³ Xs¶ ssZh¯nsâ IqSmcamsW¶v hn. ]utemkv HmÀ½s¸Sp¯p¶pWvSv (2 sImdn. 6:16). tbip{InkvXp DÅn cq]s¸Spt¼mÄ cq]m´coIcW¯nsâ A\p`hapWvSmIpsa¶ Nn´tbmsS R§Ä cq]m´coIcW¯nsâ aebnd§n.