How Can Jesus Be God if He Doesn't Know the Time of His Return?

Tim Barnett of Stand to Reason responds to the challenge that Jesus can't be God if he's not omniscient.

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How Could Jesus Be God if He Didn’t Know the Time of His Return?

#STRask: Why Didn’t Jesus Know the Time of His Return?

Is the view that Jesus didn’t know the time of his return because he limited his omniscience the same as Open Theism? How can God not know what he’s chosen not to know?

[zacharysiple]

I agree with the limitation thing. When Jesus became a baby, He had to give up a knowledge on how to walk, talk, feed himself, etc. Baby Jesus would have to be potty trained.

When He started carpentry work, I doubt Jesus was like: "Yeah, yeah, stepfather, I can make a chair all by myself. You don't need to teach me."

If the Son of God would have these limitations, it would make sense that the Father would restrict knowledge of things like His return, if Jesus was not to know about these things.

[muchuoclifford-thehungryvi]

never have i ever gotten an answer so clear about this misconception until today. this can only be him speaking through you. thank you sir, more wisdom

[parkerbailey]

So did the Holy spirit know the hour or did He have to willfully limit his knowledge as well in order for only the Father to know.

[kafir]

Jesus even let himself be led by Satan into the wilderness but did not yield to any of the satan's challenges.
He had to demonstrate how a human being can resist temptations.
His dual nature is manifest in varied modes and measures, and he could choose to be what he deemed best.
Jesus is certainly God in the first place, and human of flawless order during incarnation on the earth.

[KoreaRides]

Does the Trinity Doctrine Make Sense or is it Nonsense?

Since the Trinity doctrine claims Jesus is also the one God, an Adventist author from the 1800's wrote, "To believe that doctrine, when reading the scripture we must believe that God sent Himself into the world, died to reconcile the world to Himself, raised Himself from the dead, ascended to Himself in heaven, pleads before Himself in heaven to reconcile the world to Himself, and is the only mediator between man and Himself…… We must believe also that in the garden God prayed to Himself, if it were possible, to let the cup pass from Himself, and a thousand other such absurdities."
(J.N.Loughborough)
Some of those other absurdities it teaches is that Jesus is the immortal God but died,
is the invisible God but was seen,
is the omnipotent God but was strengthened by an angel,
is the omniscient God but did not know the day of his return,
is as great as His Father but His Father is greater than He,
is equal with the Father and yet He is the Father,
is the Son but the same age as the Father,
is the Son who has a Father and the God who has no Father,
is the begotten Son and the unbegotten God,
is very God and very man, came out from Himself,
prayed to Himself, gave power to Himself,
thanked Himself, bore witness of Himself,
went back to Himself,
sits at the right hand of Himself,
is His own Father and His own Son,
left Heaven and yet was there all the time.
There are many things which are hard to understand in the Bible but you can be sure that God never expects us to believe impossibilities!
TRINITY = The greatest lie ever told!

[ricoyochanan]

Yes, I agree, this explains it:
Php 2:5  Let this mind be in you, which was also in Christ Jesus: 
Php 2:6  Who, being in the form of God, thought it not robbery to be equal with God: 
Php 2:7  But made himself of no reputation, and took upon him the form of a servant, and was made in the likeness of men:

[kiwisaram]

At various times Christ told others it was not His time so He obviously knew and in the text He does tell people what it will be like at that time, so the problem is men want a date and time, but the consequences of knowing the day you will die are astonomical. We know the circumstances in which God will act and thise depend on men and and are not determined by a clock. The question could be more precisely put as, when will I die? And the answer is, what is that to you? You must follow Christ unless you want to perish.

[ZEN_]

sorry bro but this has many Flaws, THE RIGHT ANSWER is He was reffering to a Jewish Marriage, research that

[samjabar]

I was interesting about the answer but this doesn’t help me…Cause You said “I Think … “ without mentioned any Reference it’s men it’s just “Thinking “ …..and if he’s Freely veiled his glory … that mean he’s owned his decision…so the decision of his return up to him…so why he doesn’t know, if that was his decision??🤔

[RBULLSTAG]

First of all... of course he know. Why should Jesus reveal the hour.... When he said on that day and hour he will come like a Thief in the night.

If he would reveal. The mankind can prepare. That's why he said it was appointed to the Father.

Again the disciples ask it again during the accession . And he plainly says .. it is not for you to know the day and the hour.

Acts 1:5-8

And also how come he will not know..when he is the one to come.

[roni-leeaniciete]

Why is it so difficult to accept the words of Jesus when He said that the Father in Heaven is the Only True God? Is it not disrepectful to Jesus to not accept His own words?

[khurrumsandhu]

Bro i subscribed that was soooo awesome God bless you man

[Ffed]

According to your explanation if he emptied himself that means he relinquished some of his attributes to humble himself while in human form. So if he is missing his attributes doesn't it mean he is not fully god?

[hisholyname]

What if it's a multiverse?
Say there was an apocalypse yesterday, today, tomorrow and every day.
Which one would you like Jesus to have mentioned?

[abrahamphilip]

Said Jesus "I do only the will of the Father, not my own" So when he returns which would to Judge, it would be when the Father tells him to do, , for the reason he said "No one knows the time or hour but My Father in heaven" Meaning when the Father Wills he will return,

[Fabian-iobu]

Is it possible that the answer is that „know“ is used in the sense to declare?

[thepalerider]

Maybe you can point out in the Bible where it says Jesus was limited to what he could do because of his human form? You can’t, you’re just adding stuff to make an argument. You can’t make stuff up as you go.

[gregmims]

Actually he was speaking of the rapture-not the 2nd coming.

[jasmineangeletti]

The son the father and the holy Spirit are one of God