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1 | Did God the Father create Jesus | Bible general Archive 4 | Makarios | 226005 | ||
Greetings jonathandunlap30@gmail.com, "Does the fact that Jesus said no one knows the day or hour of His return except the Father mean that He is less than God Almighty (Mark 13:32)?" "No. But explaining this issue requires a little theological background. Though a bit complex, the eternal Son of God was, prior to the Incarnation, one in person and nature (wholly divine). In the Incarnation, He bacame two in nature (divine and human) while remaining one person. "Thus Christ at the same moment in time had what seem to be contradictory qualities. He was finite and yet infinite, weak and yet omnipotent, increasing in knowledge and yet omniscient, limited to being in one place at one time and yet omnipresent. It was only from His humanity that Christ could say that He didn't know the day or hour of His return. In His humanity, Jesus was not omniscient but was limited in understanding jsut as all human beings are. If Jesus had been speaking from the perspective of His divinity, He wouldn't have said the same thing. "Scripture is abundantly clear that in His divine nature, Jesus is omniscient- just as omniscient as the Father is. The apostle John said that Jesus "did not need man's testimony about man, for he knew what was in a man" (John 2:25). Jesus' disciples said, "Now we can see that you know all things" (16:30). After the Resurrection, when Jesus asked Peter for the third time if Peter loved Him, Peter responded: "Lord, you know all things; you know that I love you" (21:17). Jesus knew just where the fish were in the water (Luke 5:4-6; John 21:6-11), and He knew just which fish contained the coin (Matthew 17:27). He knows the Father as the Father knows Him (Matthew 11:27; John 7:29; 8:55; 10:15; 17:25)." (1) So, Christ in His deity is omniscient. It is only from the perspective of His humanity that He did not know the time of the Second Coming. Source: (1) pg. 94, The Complete Book of Bible Answers, 1997 by Ron Rhodes, Harvest House Publishers Blessings to you, Makarios |
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2 | Did God the Father create Jesus | Bible general Archive 4 | Beja | 226007 | ||
Makarios, Very fitting to answer from a quote. I would love to even see an ancient quote answering this objection; I know there must be several. The reason it is so fitting is that not only does it answer the question, but it also serves to remind us that such heretical objections are nothing new. They have been raised before, and they will be raised again. Praise God that we have not only godly men in the present to answer such objections, but that He has gifted us throughout the history of the church with a long lineage of men who have risen up to rebuke challenges to the person and work of our Lord Jesus Christ. In Christ, Beja |
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