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Why don't Jesus and Holy Ghost know? Why are they out of the loop?

At Mark 13:32,

New King James Version

But of that day and hour no one knows, not even the angels in heaven, nor the Son, but only the Father.

American Standard Version

But of that day or that hour knoweth no one, not even the angels in heaven, neither the Son, but the Father.

Amplified Bible

But of that day or that hour not a [single] person knows, not even the angels in heaven, nor the Son, but only the Father

It reads the same way in many other translations

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  • Anonymous
    1 decade ago
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    I don't want to be Joe....

  • 1 decade ago

    Jesus’ language about the Trinity can be difficult to interpret. In Mark 13:32, Jesus is not saying that God the Father is superior to God the Son or God the Holy Spirit. Especially in the Gospel of John, Jesus can sometimes sound as though he is contradicting himself (for example, “The Father and I are one”—10:30/“The Father is greater than I”—14:28).

    Some commentators have said that here Jesus is talking about his human knowledge regarding the time of the final judgment. It is best to interpret biblical passages as the faith community has prayerfully understood them over the centuries.

    This verse recommends that we be ready for God’s final judgment of the world whenever that may happen.

    Even though we may long for the day of the Lord’s return in glory, the time of that return is unknown. Not even Jesus knows; only the Father knows (Mark 13:32). We are warned against false prophets who say that the end is near (Mt 24:23-26), but Jesus assures us, “I am with you always, to the end of the age” (Mt 28:20).

    Until that time, we are to be about the Lord’s work, “Blessed are those servants whom the master will find at work when he arrives” (Mt 24:46). If we look too eagerly for Jesus’ return on the clouds of heaven, we may pass him by too often on the street (Mt 25:31-46). It would seem that what gets left behind most in the “Left Behind” mentality is the whole Bible.

  • 1 decade ago

    As things are happening on the earth, when the restrainer is removed, the earth will be totally turned over to Satan and his angels. They will cause tribulation that has never been seen on Earth before. During this time, The Father does not want anyone, angel, or man to intervene. The Father will wait until the last person is saved.

    This is of course, speculation. I do not believe the Bible has any scripture that explains why.

  • 1 decade ago

    Many verses of Scripture distinguish between the Father and Son in power, greatness, and knowledge. However, it is a great mistake to use them to show two persons in the Godhead. If a distinction exists between Father and Son as persons in the Godhead, then the Son is subordinate or inferior to the Father in deity. This would mean the Son is not fully God, because by definition God is subject to no one. By definition, God has all power (omnipotence) and all knowledge (omniscience). The way to understand these verses is to view them as distinguishing the divinity of Jesus (the Father) from the humanity of Jesus (the Son). The humanity or Sonship role of Christ is subordinate to His deity.

    John 5:19 says, "The Son can do nothing of himself, but what he seeth the Father do: for what things soever he doeth, these also doeth the Son likewise." (See also John 5:30; 8:28.) In Matthew 28:18 Jesus proclaimed, "All power is given unto me in heaven and in earth," implying that the Father gave Him this power. In John 14:28 Jesus said, "My Father is greater than I." First Corinthians 11:3 states that the head of Christ is God. All these verses of Scripture indicate that the human nature of Jesus could do nothing of itself but His human nature received power from the Spirit. The flesh was subject to the Spirit.

    In speaking of the Second Coming, Jesus said, "But of that day and that hour knoweth no man, no, not the angels which are in heaven, neither the Son, but the Father" (Mark 13:32). Again, the humanity of Jesus did not know all things, but the Spirit of Jesus did.

    John 3:17 speaks of the Son as sent from God. In John 6:38 Jesus said, "I came down from heaven, not to do mine own will, but the will of him that sent me." Jesus did not come of Himself, that is of His humanity, but He proceeded from God (John 7:28; 8:42; 16:28). The Son did not teach His own doctrine, but that of the Father (John 7:16-17). He did not teach His own commandments, but taught and kept the Father's commandments (John 12:49-50; 15:10). He did not seek His own glory but He glorified the Father (John 8:50; 17:4). All of these passages describe the distinction between Jesus as a man (Son) and Jesus as God (Father). The man Jesus did not originate by the operation of the humanity, nor did the man Jesus come to display the humanity. The Spirit formulated the plan, conceived the babe in the womb, placed in that flesh all the character and quality of God, and then sent that flesh out into the world to manifest God to the world. In the end, that flesh will have completed its purpose. The Son will be submerged in God's plan so that God may be all in all (I Corinthians 15:28).

    These verses describe the relationship of Christ's human nature as man to His divine nature as God. If we interpret them as making a distinction between two persons called God the Father and God the Son, there would be a contradiction. We would have God the Son with the following characteristics that are not of God: He would not have any power of his own; He would not have full knowledge; He would not do His own will; He would have someone greater than Himself; He would have His origin in someone else; and He would eventually lose His own individuality. These scriptural facts contradict the concept of "God the Son."

    A=Apostolic

    B=Believer

    I=In

    O=One

    G=God

    JESUS

    Source(s): www.newlifeupc.org
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  • 1 decade ago

    Mark 13 (Amplified Bible) 32But of that day or that hour not a [single] person knows, not even the angels in heaven, nor the Son, but only the Father.

    GOD IS SOVEREIGN.

    Source(s): The Holy Bible
  • ?
    Lv 5
    1 decade ago

    Ok Jesus is God and He knows everything. Jesus became human right. ok now He limited His Power to know the future. Cause He predicted His Death Didnt He? Yes He did so why not the future? well He limited His Power and He sits now at the Right hand of God and Now He knows when He is Coming Back. Email me if you are confused

  • Anonymous
    1 decade ago

    I dont see in the word there that the Holy Spirit does not know..But what difference does it make??? God is God right? and He makes all the calls right? So why be upset about it ? The message is be ready for the Lord to come båck for He is coming like a theif in the night you see if we knew when Jesus is coming båck do you think we would live like we should do things we should or just party and say hey He wont be back until friday live it up??? I dont think so we need to be prepared at anytime anyday or night for the coming of the Lord..... dont be caught with your lamp with out oil at the wedding party if you dont have that oil and go to get some you wont get in the door He will say to you go from me for i know you not...read the word pray to God in Jesus and get to know Him one on one.......

    Source(s): bible life
  • 1 decade ago

    the father is above the son

    yet the father declares that the holy spirit is divine as is the son.

    The father states every one will bow down to the son and call him lord.

    Php 2:9 Wherefore God also hath highly exalted him, and given him a name which is above every name:

    Php 2:10 That at the name of Jesus every knee should bow, of things in heaven, and things in earth, and things under the earth;

    Php 2:11 And that every tongue should confess that Jesus Christ is Lord, to the glory of God the Father.

    all things will bow down to jesus and call him lord or supreme ruler.

    the father has stated we are to do so.

    the holy spirit indwells every believers that calls on jesus for salvation.

    Joh 3:17 For God sent not his Son into the world to condemn the world; but that the world through him might be saved.

    Joh 3:18 He that believeth on him is not condemned: but he that believeth not is condemned already, because he hath not believed in the name of the only begotten Son of God.

    the father sent jesus to save mankind

    he who has the son has life he who has not the son does not have eternal life. The father has said so.

    any one who denies what the father has said, does not know or follow God. If you deny that the father wants every one to bow down and call jesus lord, calls the father a liar.

  • 1 decade ago

    God is the only one to make that decision. Jesus will come "like a thief in the night"

  • Anonymous
    1 decade ago

    Well, Father did not know Spirit was going to come upon mary too.

    But Father did it anyway and came upon mary and she was pregnant.

    Oh and Jesus too.

    Source(s): trinity (btw, christians tell me when spirit came upon mary, father was not involved. that's why i say father did not know)
  • Anonymous
    1 decade ago

    That's right only God knows.

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