"Only the Father Knows the Day or Hour" - Does This Imply Limited Knowledge?
Jesus speaks here as man, not as God. Robert Sungenis explains that Christ's human nature does not know the hour while his divine nature does, so the saying shows the self-limitation of his humanity, not ignorance in his divinity.
"Only the Father Knows the Day or Hour" - Does This Imply Limited Knowledge?
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Does "only the Father knows the day or hour" (Mark 13:32, Matthew 24:36) mean Jesus had limited knowledge? No. Jesus speaks from His human nature. As man, He does not know the hour. As God, He does. This expresses the self-limitation of His humanity, not ignorance in His divinity. Robert Sungenis gave the same answer when a viewer asked about Mark 13:32 and Matthew 24:36 on Robert Sungenis Live #103, Ask Your Question (Nov. 17, 2021). He explained that Jesus had two natures, a human nature and a divine nature, and that in coming to earth He chose to live His life from His human nature. In that talk he said Jesus "put it on the shelf for use later but not now," speaking of His divinity, so that He would go through life as a man in the full sense, without help from His divinity. He added that a sinless human nature is still a human nature, and cited Hebrews 5, where Jesus "learned obedience for the things he suffered."