Bible Question:
Hello all, Here's a question that I came up with a while back that I love asking because I love the variety of answers that I often get. Here we go. In Christian Doctrine, it is taught that Jesus is the Son member in the Tri-une Godhead. We are also taught that the all of the members of the Tri-une Godhead share the same knowledge, attributes, and etc. With that in mind, turn to Matthew 24:36. "But of that day and hour no one knows, not even the angels of heaven, nor the Son, but the Father alone." Ok, with that verse in mind as well as the doctrine of the tri-une God, answer this for me. How can God keep knowledge away from himself? Jesusman |
Bible Answer: Mark 13:32 "*nor the Son.* When Jesus spoke these words to the disciples, even He had no knowledge of the date and time of His return. Although Jesus was fully God, when He became a man, He voluntarily restricted the use of certain divine attributes. He did not manifest them unless directed by the Father. He demonstrated His omniscience on several occasions, but He voluntarily restricted that omniscience to only those things God wanted Him to know during the days of His humanity. Such was the case regarding the knowledge of the date and time of His return. After He was resurrected, Jesus resumed His full divine knowledge (compare Matt. 28:18; Acts 1:7)" (page 1493, MacArthur Study Bible, Word Publishing, 1997). |