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| How Can Jesus Be All-knowing If He Said He Didn't Know The Day Or Hour? by IseOluwa777(op): 8:33pm On May 05 |
1) Direct answer Jesus is all‑knowing as God, but when He said He didn’t know the day or hour, He was speaking from the position of the Son—the servant role in flesh—where that knowledge was veiled and not given to be revealed through that office. 2) Scriptural explanation - The Bible says, “Of that day and that hour knoweth no man… neither the Son, but the Father” (Mark 13:32). That’s Jesus speaking as the Son. - Yet the same Scripture declares, “God was manifested in the flesh” (1 Timothy 3:16), and “in Him dwelleth all the fulness of the Godhead bodily” (Colossians 2:9). So the One in Him—the Father—knew all things. - Jesus said, “The Father that dwelleth in Me, He doeth the works” (John 14:10). The indwelling Father is the all‑knowing God. - The disciples confessed to Jesus, “Now are we sure that Thou knowest all things” (John 16:30); and Peter said, “Lord, Thou knowest all things” (John 21:17). So He is not ignorant in His Godhead. - As the Son, He took the form of a servant and humbled Himself (Philippians 2:7- , grew in wisdom (Luke 2:52), hungered, slept, and wept. That shows the true human vessel.- After the resurrection He said, “All power is given unto Me” (Matthew 28:18), and He told them, “It is not for you to know the times or the seasons, which the Father hath put in His own power” (Acts 1:7). The times are held in the Father’s authority—God’s own counsel. Continue. https://truebibleteachingsai.org/answers/how-can-jesus-be-all-knowing-if-he-said-he-didnt-know-the-day-or-hour-37e23ea |
| Re: How Can Jesus Be All-knowing If He Said He Didn't Know The Day Or Hour? by mysticwarrior(m): 8:40pm On May 05*. Modified: 5:55am On May 06 |
Even God doesn't know everything. He never knew he would one day regretted creating man when he destroyed what he created in the great flood. |
| Re: How Can Jesus Be All-knowing If He Said He Didn't Know The Day Or Hour? by IseOluwa777(op): 8:49pm On May 05 |
mysticwarrior:Does God Know Everything? Does He Know the End of a Thing from the Beginning? Answered by True Bible Teachings AI on 5/5/2026 1) Direct Answer Yes. God knows everything, and He knows the end from the beginning. 2) Scriptural Explanation - The Bible says, “I am God… declaring the end from the beginning” (Isaiah 46:9-10). - “Known unto God are all His works from the beginning of the world” (Acts 15:18). - “All things are naked and opened unto the eyes of Him” (Hebrews 4:13). - “God is greater… and knoweth all things” (1 John 3:20). - “Thine eyes did see my substance… in Thy book all my members were written” (Psalm 139:16). - “Whom He did foreknow, He also did predestinate” (Romans 8:29), and He “works all things after the counsel of His own will” (Ephesians 1:11). Continue https://truebibleteachingsai.org/answers/does-god-know-everything-does-he-know-the-end-of-a-thing-from-the-begi-1ab51e0 |
| Re: How Can Jesus Be All-knowing If He Said He Didn't Know The Day Or Hour? by MaxInDHouse(m): 9:07pm On May 05 |
Jesus only knew what God revealed to him that's why he cried out in when his father cut of the supernatural powers Jesus was using. Matthew 27:45 |
| Re: How Can Jesus Be All-knowing If He Said He Didn't Know The Day Or Hour? by mysticwarrior(m): 9:36pm On May 05 |
IseOluwa777:When God was creating man did he saw it that he would one day regretted creating man? Please I need a direct answer? |
| Re: How Can Jesus Be All-knowing If He Said He Didn't Know The Day Or Hour? by HacheNoire: 10:05pm On May 05 |
MaxInDHouse:But Jesus is God right? Why shouldn’t he know? |
| Re: How Can Jesus Be All-knowing If He Said He Didn't Know The Day Or Hour? by IseOluwa777(op): 10:15pm On May 05 |
mysticwarrior:Off course, or else He would not be God. |
| Re: How Can Jesus Be All-knowing If He Said He Didn't Know The Day Or Hour? by mysticwarrior(m): 1:41am On May 06 |
IseOluwa777:Then why did he regretted creating man if he knew? |
| Re: How Can Jesus Be All-knowing If He Said He Didn't Know The Day Or Hour? by MaxInDHouse(m): 5:20am On May 06 |
HacheNoire:WRONG! Jesus is not God, he is one of God's sons {Job 38:7} upon whom God bestowed the title "GOD" just as God did to Moses. Exodus 7:1 That is why John didn't use the present tense but past tense because by the time John was writing his gospel account Jesus has finished his earthly assignment where he served as God in the midst of his people. Note how John puts it: In the beginning was the word and the word was with God and the word was God. John 1:1 Moses also served as God so we can equally say Moses WAS God because he once served as God in his lifetime but he is not God because that title was given to or confered on him just as it was with Jesus! Isaiah 9:6 |
| Re: How Can Jesus Be All-knowing If He Said He Didn't Know The Day Or Hour? by MaxInDHouse(m): 5:44am On May 06 |
IseOluwa777:Reasonableness is needed when we are talking about what the Bible teaches. According to the Bible there are certain things God didn't know unless we are just been presumptuous. For instance this is what the Bible said about God: Then the Lord said, “The outcry against Sodom and Gomorrah is so great and their sin so grievous that I will go down and see if what they have done is as bad as the outcry that has reached me. If not, I will know.” Genesis 18:20-21 NIV “The outcry against Sodʹom and Go·morʹrah is indeed great, and their sin is very heavy. I will go down to see whether they are acting according to the outcry that has reached me. And if not, I can get to know it.” NWT And the LORD said, Because the cry of Sodom and Gomorrah is great, and because their sin is very grievous; I will go down now, and see whether they have done altogether according to the cry of it, which is come unto me; and if not, I will know. KJV Did God know everything happening in Sodom and Gomorrah? NO! That is why He wanted to go and confirm the reports He is getting! So when God said He knows the end of everything from the beginning He is talking about His own program since nothing can stop Him from achieving His aim but what each person on planet earth wants to do or what is happening in all the earth God doesn't know and there is a reason why He chose not to know! |
| Re: How Can Jesus Be All-knowing If He Said He Didn't Know The Day Or Hour? by mysticwarrior(m): 6:13am On May 06 |
MaxInDHouse:You are a wise man. |
| Re: How Can Jesus Be All-knowing If He Said He Didn't Know The Day Or Hour? by MaxInDHouse(m): 6:19am On May 06 |
mysticwarrior:The secret behind understanding the Bible starts with knowing who Jesus is {1Corinthans 1:24} if someone misses the fact that Jesus was created by God then such a person can never ever understand the Bible. Proverbs 8:22 WHY? Because it's Jesus that made God so happy that God decided to create more life as Jesus always do the things that pleases his father {John 8:29} with that God wanted more children like Jesus so He gave Jesus the power to create more life {Colossians 1:15-16} so Jesus could create many things that will bring more happiness to our grand Creator but at a point in time God discovered that it's not all intelligent creatures that will humbly appreciate life the way Jesus did {Proverbs 8:22-31} some like Satan wants to be God on their own {Isaiah 14:12-14} and so many others chose that evil path! Genesis 6:5-6 Why is it evil to think of becoming equal with God simply because we were created in God's image? Philippians 2:6 Because only God knows what is good and what is bad to us we may choose a wise course but we can't know what the end will be {Proverbs 14:12; 16:25} but Jesus who is God's only begotten Son never thought of doing anything apart from what his father told him to do! John 5:30 Well if you want to know that is why God sent him to teach us how we can be like him and whoever accepts to be like Jesus will be given everlasting life! John 3:16 God bless you! |
| Re: How Can Jesus Be All-knowing If He Said He Didn't Know The Day Or Hour? by MaxInDHouse(m): 6:20am On May 06 |
mysticwarrior:I learned from Jesus! |
| Re: How Can Jesus Be All-knowing If He Said He Didn't Know The Day Or Hour? by IseOluwa777(op): 9:51am On May 06 |
MaxInDHouse:1) Direct Answer God did not come down to learn something He didn’t know. He came down to make a righteous, open investigation before judgment, to give space for intercession, to separate the righteous from the wicked, and to leave Sodom without excuse. 2) Scriptural Explanation - The Bible says the LORD appeared to Abraham as a Man and ate with him (Genesis 18:1- . He discerned Sarah’s thoughts behind Him (Genesis 18:12-15). If He knew the secret of a heart, He surely knew Sodom’s deeds.- “I will go down now, and see… and if not, I will know” (Genesis 18:21) is God speaking in simple human terms, showing that the Judge of all the earth does right (Genesis 18:25). He doesn’t strike blindly; He makes it plain. - God often “comes down” to act, not to gain information: “I am come down to deliver” (Exodus 3: ; He “came down” at Babel to confound (Genesis 11:5-7).Continue here https://truebibleteachingsai.org/answers/if-god-knows-everything-why-in-genesis-1821-did-he-have-to-come-down-t-fc8f674 |
| Re: How Can Jesus Be All-knowing If He Said He Didn't Know The Day Or Hour? by IseOluwa777(op): 9:56am On May 06 |
MaxInDHouse:You miss the whole thing. Jesus was not created by God, Jesus was God Himself, in flesh. You would do well to read the below. Answered by True Bible Teachings AI on 5/5/2026 1) Direct answer “Firstborn of all creation” means Jesus holds the place of preeminence and heirship over everything God made. It does not mean He is a created being. He is the visible image of the invisible God, and all things were made by Him, through Him, and for Him. 2) Scriptural explanation - The Bible says, “Who is the image of the invisible God, the firstborn of every creature: for by Him were all things created… and He is before all things, and by Him all things consist” (Colossians 1:15–17). If all things were created by Him and He is before all things, He cannot be one of the created things. - It also says He is “the firstborn from the dead; that in all things He might have the preeminence” (Colossians 1:18). So “firstborn” speaks of rank and preeminence—He is Head over creation and Head of the new creation by resurrection. Continue https://truebibleteachingsai.org/answers/what-does-it-mean-that-jesus-is-the-firstborn-of-all-creation-1ec5ec2 |
| Re: How Can Jesus Be All-knowing If He Said He Didn't Know The Day Or Hour? by IseOluwa777(op): 9:58am On May 06 |
MaxInDHouse:You dislocate, nisplace and disregard the Holy Bible's statements when you say Jesus was one of Job's sons. No scriptural support for that wild claim. |
| Re: How Can Jesus Be All-knowing If He Said He Didn't Know The Day Or Hour? by IseOluwa777(op): 10:07am On May 06 |
mysticwarrior:Because it was part of His salvation program . Rev 13:8 says the Lamb was slain from the foundation of the world - long before man was created, so He knew and slew Christ in His mind, before the world began. |
| Re: How Can Jesus Be All-knowing If He Said He Didn't Know The Day Or Hour? by MaxInDHouse(m): 1:17pm On May 06 |
IseOluwa777:God reads the heart of His own friends not all hearts, He doesn't reading all hearts for a reason! |
| Re: How Can Jesus Be All-knowing If He Said He Didn't Know The Day Or Hour? by MaxInDHouse(m): 1:21pm On May 06 |
IseOluwa777:Using AI to find answers to spiritual things is absurd we can use AI to find out what happened in the past or laws having to do with humans but spiritual things i'm sorry AI has no say in this. What the Bible say is that Jesus is the firstborn of all creation which means he is part of creation. You can't separate the firstborn from other children nah!😟 |
| Re: How Can Jesus Be All-knowing If He Said He Didn't Know The Day Or Hour? by IseOluwa777(op): 1:49pm On May 06 |
MaxInDHouse:Ignore the messenger, listen to the message. AI if programmed right, can tell you the truth. This one is programmed right. You have taken one scripture which you misunderstood, and ran with it. Yet scripture says not to do that. Every matter must be established by two or three witnesses. Now where does the scripture say Jesus was created?. He was the first that existed before others, thats why HE is called firstborn. If He was created, he can not be Alpha and Omega, the beginning and the ending, the first and the last. Remember, Jehovah in the old testament also identified himself as the first and with the last. So Jehovah of the old testament is the Jesus Christ of the new, only in flesh. |
| Re: How Can Jesus Be All-knowing If He Said He Didn't Know The Day Or Hour? by IseOluwa777(op): 1:52pm On May 06 |
MaxInDHouse:So He selects the hearts He chooses to know what they are thinking? Pause and listen to what you are saying. What you are describing is not God. God can only be God, if He knows the end from the beginning otherwise he lied in the Bible where He said he declares the end from the beginning. You can not do that without knowing all things. |
| Re: How Can Jesus Be All-knowing If He Said He Didn't Know The Day Or Hour? by MaxInDHouse(m): 2:25pm On May 06 |
IseOluwa777:So it's whatever programmer asked it to say which means the programmer can set it to teach you what the programmer want you to believe!😟 IseOluwa777:This is a problem caused by translators because they removed God's personal name from your Bible. Jehovah is the Creator and father of Jesus. The spirit son of God who later became Jesus was called the angel of God in the Old Testament! |
| Re: How Can Jesus Be All-knowing If He Said He Didn't Know The Day Or Hour? by MaxInDHouse(m): 2:26pm On May 06 |
IseOluwa777:That is what the Bible teaches! |
| Re: How Can Jesus Be All-knowing If He Said He Didn't Know The Day Or Hour? by IseOluwa777(op): 3:23pm On May 06 |
MaxInDHouse:No, that is not what the Bible teaches, it is what you percieve, based on what you were taught which is wrong and not true. |
| Re: How Can Jesus Be All-knowing If He Said He Didn't Know The Day Or Hour? by IseOluwa777(op): 3:30pm On May 06 |
MaxInDHouse:AI knows nothing of its own. It only speaks what it is allowed to speak. if you do not know the answer before AI speaks, you will not know when it is lying to you, as it most often does, particularly in religious matters. So I know the truth, AI is only helping me string the words together coherently. Now I see you are speaking from the understanding of a Jehovah's Witness. The following Answer will do you well to read it all. if you cant see it after this, there is nothing I can do to make you see it. What Are the Scriptures in the Jehovah Witnesses Watchtower Bible That Prove Jesus is God? 1) Direct answer Yes. Even in the New World Translation, the Bible clearly shows that Jesus is God manifested in flesh. 2) Scriptural explanation (NWT wording/themes) Direct confessions of Jesus as God - John 20:28 — “Thomas answered him: ‘My Lord and my God!’” Jesus accepts this confession. - Matthew 1:23 — “They will call his name Immanuel,” which means “With us is God.” Jehovah-only passages applied to Jesus - Isaiah 40:3 and Mark 1:3 — “Prepare the way of Jehovah” is fulfilled in the coming of Jesus. - Isaiah 6:1 (Jehovah on the throne) and John 12:41 — “Isaiah said these things because he saw his glory and he spoke about him” (the context is Jesus). Isaiah saw Jehovah’s glory; John says he saw Jesus’ glory. - Joel 2:32 and Romans 10:9-13 — “Everyone who calls on the name of Jehovah will be saved.” In Romans 10 this saving confession is centered on Jesus as Lord. - Psalm 102:25-27 (Jehovah, Creator of heavens and earth) and Hebrews 1:10-12 — Addressed to the Son: “You, O Lord, laid the foundations of the earth in the beginning…” The Son bears the work and titles of Jehovah. Continue https://truebibleteachingsai.org/answers/what-are-the-scriptures-in-the-jehovah-witnesses-watchtower-bible-that-0760d66 |
| Re: How Can Jesus Be All-knowing If He Said He Didn't Know The Day Or Hour? by MaxInDHouse(m): 3:46pm On May 06 |
IseOluwa777:Well that is what the Bible teaches! God never read the mind of His first spirit son (Jesus) and when God noticed that Jesus always does what pleases Him (God) creation of other intelligent creatures followed but other creatures after Jesus did not behave like God's firstborn son that's why God started reading the hearts of men but when He discovered that their hearts are full of evil thoughts {Genesis 6:5-6} God stopped reading the hearts of all except that of His loyal friends! Genesis 17:17; 18:12 You don't ask questions instead you just conclude presumptuously thinking you've sought it all out. |
| Re: How Can Jesus Be All-knowing If He Said He Didn't Know The Day Or Hour? by MaxInDHouse(m): 3:52pm On May 06 |
Thomas exclaimed nah just as anyone will shout "My God!" at the sight of what is strange to them it doesn't mean they are calling the strange sight their God o!🙂 "With us is God" has been used many times in the Bible but you never noticed. At Exodus 13:21 the Bible said: Now Jehovah was going ahead of them by day in a pillar of cloud to lead them along the way, and by night in a pillar of fire to give them light, so that they could travel by day and by night. But at Exodus 14:19 the Bible said: Then the angel of the true God who was going ahead of the camp of Israel departed and went to their rear, and the pillar of cloud that was in front of them moved to the rear and stood behind them Who was with the Israelites? Jehovah or an angel?🙂 IseOluwa777: |
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, grew in wisdom (Luke 2:52), hungered, slept, and wept. That shows the true human vessel.