Do you think this is the case, or do You think God shielded Him from this foreknowledge until He was 12 and was teaching in the Temple, or was 30 and began His earthly ministry?
2007-12-13 00:44:55 · 12 answers · asked by Cinnibuns 5 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
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2007-12-13 01:57:10 · update #1
No, I don't think he did. Philippians talks about how he emptied himself at the incarnation. Luke talks about how he grew in wisdom and knowledge. I think it is a piece of information he grew into--likely coinciding with his beginning of ministry (though admittingly the scripture is silent on it). I do believe though with authority that he did not posses this knowledge deliberately as a baby.
2007-12-13 01:02:33 · answer #1 · answered by Todd 7 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Jesus said that He was slain from the foundation of the earth.
Jesus was always a Branch of Almighty God and God Himself. The Holy Spirit teaches us all things of God. This is my thinking, it is not clearly defined in the Bible. The Holy Spirit as a Dove descended upon Jesus in the river Jordan when Jesus was baptized. With the Holy Spirit within us we can do all things. This may have been symbolic because Christ is God and had the Spirit of God, but it is possible that He was always this age until He was born of a virgin and in a manger. The Bible says that Christ was tempted as we are tempted except without sin. You must be 30 to become a priest. Jesus said that a lot of things were done like His baptism "to fulfill all righteousness." Jesus knew because He said, "for this purpose I have come into the world." Jesus thoroughly knew the writings of Moses and the prophets when He was 12 and teaching in the temple. The Old Testament tells of the sufferings of Christ so at 12 at least Christ knew of the crucifixion. Mary knew very well of Jesus' power because of the water changed to wine so He may have shown these attributes of miracles all of His childhood.
I have searched my mind in remembering Scripture for you. The moment Jesus read in Scripture of His path was the moment He knew, but then He was God so He always knew.
Can't answer exactly. I have at least tried for you.
2007-12-13 09:11:11 · answer #2 · answered by Jeancommunicates 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Almost every word written about Jesus in the new testament is a fabrication including his name. Its seems likely that there were in fact two people who held the title of Jesus which was the name associated with the two leading roles in the Jerusalem church, the political leader and the spiritual leader. These roles were filled by Jacob and his brother James who were both therefore known as Jesus. Jacob advocated a far more active resistance to Roman occupation and was to some extent analogous to modern day figures like Osama Bin Laden and was born to power because of his ancestry. The dual titles of Jesus also may go someway to explain the Resurrection myth as one Jesus was never actually killed until the Roman massacre in about AD70 when the temple was burnt and 1.5 million Jews killed following a popular Jewish uprising led by James.
2007-12-13 12:54:52 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
All things were created by Him, and for Him. Jesus is God, and He knew forever that He would come to this earth to die for us. He did not just exist when He was on the earth- He was part of the trinity from everlasting to everlasting- Can you imagine someone knowing forever that sometime He would come to earth, lay aside His divinity (even though He continued to be God, He chose to lay it aside) to become a man, and pay the price that we could never pay. He always knew that He would be sacrificed. However, He also knew the victory - a Risen Savior- that defeated Satan.
2007-12-13 09:11:23 · answer #4 · answered by AdoreHim 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I think that by 30, as a pacifist revolutionary he would know that the authorities would not let him live. As a God/man would he share prescience with god or would he share the lack of it with men? I have often wondered as to the state of Jesus - the balance between his mortality and his divinity.
2007-12-13 10:13:01 · answer #5 · answered by Duncan w ™ ® 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Personally, I belive that he did not have knowledge of the future until the age of 12 or so. Although he has one mind, being the mind of God, the Father could have possibly shielded him from knowing.
2007-12-13 08:54:01 · answer #6 · answered by Michael 3 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Jesus Christ/God are the same person so yes He knew what was coming. God knew it so therefore Jesus knew it because they are the same person. John 10:30
2007-12-13 08:55:00 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
Well Jesus was certainly well learned, but probably did not personally trust His purpose until John the Baptist revealed Him. The only reason John went baptizing with water was to reveal to the world the One who would baptize with the Holy Spirit.
http://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=John1&version=31
2007-12-13 09:05:38 · answer #8 · answered by wise1 5 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Most likely at His baptism.
2007-12-13 08:53:47 · answer #9 · answered by Mutations Killed Darwin Fish 7 · 2⤊ 1⤋
Psychosis often sets in during the teens and early twenties
2007-12-13 08:49:48 · answer #10 · answered by Sly Phi AM 7 · 1⤊ 4⤋