As a Human, if Jesus were fully man AND fully God, why didn't he know the "day and hour"?

Question

If all authority had been given him in heaven and on earth, how would being human prevent him from knowing the "day and hour"? (Matt. 28:18; 24:36) After all, couldn't Jesus cure diseases and physical deformaties, read hearts, and raise the dead?

Stacy, if Jesus is fully man AND fully God as trinitarians say he is, why wouldn't he know the day and hour? And what about the holy spirit? It was never human. Why doesn't it know either?

Answer 1

Jesus is God son, not Jehovah God himself.
This truth, It makes complete sense when you understand that the father is Greater than the son.

Answer 2

Christ was the word made flesh. John 1:1 tells us that Christ has been with the Father from the beginning and at the same time was God. When Christ was on this earth, He took on a human nature. He was faced with temptation on a daily basis and remained perfect. He was the unblemished Lamb that was to be sacrificed. When He was put upon the cross, He took upon Himself the sin of the entire world, past, present, and future.

Now lets take a look at the verses you provided:

Mattew 24:36 But of that day and hour knoweth no man, no, not the angels of heaven, but my Father only.

Obviously, this in relation to prophecy and is pretty clear that only one who knows the specific time of Christ's return is the Father. Now look at the verses chronologically. Christ was alive in human form and in His human nature when He made the above statement.

Matthew 28:18 And Jesus came and spake unto them, saying, All power is given unto me in heaven and in earth.

Christ makes this statement after the resurrection. He had been glorified and "All power is given unto me in heaven and in earth".

Hope that helps and God bless.

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Answer 3

Jesus told us that He didn't know the hour or the day of His return because then everyone would have known and gotten ready and probably advertise and make a lot of money on it since a lot of people will try to make a buck from anything. Think of all the advertising, gimicks, false prophets, protestors, etc, etc there would be. Jesus said only the Father knows the day and hour. If Jesus knew He would have had to tell His followers because He said His Holy Spirit would tell us all things. He also said it's not for us to know. I think He was trying to tell us to be ready no matter when He returns.

Answer 4

In the NIV, it states that no one "knows about" that day or hour, not even the angels in heaven....." It did not say "know the specific day or hour."

The NAS states "But of that day and hour no one knows."

The Amplified version states "But of that [exact] day and hour no one knows."

Believers will know that the period is drawing near, but they will not know the exact day or the hour.

In Rev. 1:1, it states that "The revelation of Jesus Christ, which God gave Him to show His servants things which must shortly take place" sounds to me like He was told about this event beforehand. It may have been done after Jesus' ascension or when Jesus appeared to John on the Isle of Patmos.

Jesus knew the details since it was about His second coming where He would appear to all men.

Answer 5

Jesus as God, came to earth and purposely placed particular human limitations upon himself. On earth He was 100% God and at the same time 100% human. One limitation that he placed on himself, was not knowing the day and the hour, at least while on earth. Where is the confusion.

Now my confusion is why would a Jehavah Witness use this verse? In the past they have repeatedly tried to predict the return or Christ and have been wrong everytime. Clearly they do NOT believe they are limited in their knowledge of end things.
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Jesus is God. Those that reject this truth, and do not repent will not enter heaven.

John 8:24 I said therefore unto you, that ye shall die in your sins: for if ye believe not that I AM, ye shall die in your sins. (cf. Exodus 3:14)

And Thomas answered and said unto him (i.e. JESUS), MY LORD and MY GOD.

Answer 6

I assume that the human side of Jesus was not omniscient. If he had been, then he would have no experienced what it was really like to be human. So Jesus willingly gave up his omniscience temporally while on Earth, so that he could truly experience what it was like to be "one of us".

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OK, smart guy, here is a more complete answer, since you obviously didn't like the short answer:
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If Jesus is God, then why did He not know the time of His return?

If Jesus is God in flesh, then shouldn't He know what the day and hour of his return would be? After all, God knows all things. Therefore, if Jesus doesn't know all things, then He cannot be God.
This objection is most often raised by the Jehovah's Witnesses but is also echoed by the Christadelphians. It is a good question.
Jesus was both God and man. He had two natures. He was divine and human at the same time. This teaching is known as the hypostatic union; that is, the coming-together of two natures in one person. In Heb. 2:9 that Jesus was ". . . made for a little while lower than the angels . . ." Also in Phil. 2:5-8, it says that Jesus "emptied Himself, taking the form of a bond-servant, and being made in the likeness of men . . ." Col. 2:9 says, "For in Him all the fullness of Deity dwells in bodily form." Jesus was both God and man at the same time.
As a man, Jesus cooperated with the limitations of being a man. That is why we have verses like Luke 2:52 that says "Jesus kept increasing in wisdom and stature, and in favor with God and men." Therefore, at this point in his ministry he could say He did not know the day nor hour of His return. It is not a denial of His being God, but a confirmation of Him being man.
Also, the logic that Jesus could not be God because He did not know all things works both ways. If we could find a scripture where Jesus does know all things, then that would prove that He was God, wouldn't it?

He said to him the third time, "Simon, son of John, do you love Me?" Peter was grieved because He said to him the third time, "Do you love Me?" And he said to Him, "Lord, You know all things; You know that I love You." Jesus *said to him, "Tend My sheep" (John 21:17 - NASB).

Jesus did not correct Peter and say, "Hold on Peter, I do not know all things." He let Peter continue on with his statement that Jesus knew all things. Therefore, it must be true.
But, if we have a verse that says that Jesus did not know all things and another that says he did know all things, then isn't that a contradiction? No. It is not.
Before Jesus' crucifixion and resurrection He said the Father alone knew the day and hour of His return. It wasn't until after Jesus' crucifixion and resurrection that omniscience is attributed to Jesus. As I said before, Jesus was cooperating with the limitations of being a man and completed His ministry on this earth. He was then glorified in His resurrection. Yet, He was still a man (cf. Col. 2:9; 1 Tim. 2:5). After Jesus' resurrection, He was able to appear and disappear at will. This is not the normal ability of a man. But, it is, apparently, the normal ability of a resurrected and glorified man. Jesus was different after the resurrection. There had been a change. He was still a man and He knew all things.

Answer 7

Matthew 24:36. as Jesus was speaking with the apostles of the end times, he says that no man, not the angels of heaven, but my father only.

Answer 8

Jesus never claimed to be God. He said he was the Son. "Being in the form of God he thought it not robbery to be equal with God". The word is the wisdom and plan of God, that is why the bible is called the Word of God; Jesus is the revelation of God-God being revealed- That is why He said" when you have seen me, you have seen the Father". Note: And now, O Father, glorify Thou Me with Thine own self with the glory which I had with Thee before the world was; and yet Jesus came as a baby to fullfil trhe plan of God.

Answer 9

Its really not that difficult if you think "Trinity"

Jesus is not the Father, He came not as a God but as a human Representative of God in action and speech and nature

Answer 10

Good question, only God the Father know's the "day and the hour".
I think the "trinity" is one of those mysteries that we may never fully know the truth.
Come Lord Jesus