Seeing the Light: 3. "If Jesus is God, why did He say no one knows the day or the hour?"

Seeing the Light: 3. "If Jesus is God, why did He say no one knows the day or the hour?"

This question is based on the following verse below:

- Mark 13:32, (KJV), "But of that day and that hour knoweth no man, no, not the angels which are in heaven, neither the Son, but the Father."

Notice how Jesus listed who does not know the day or hour: no man, not the angels which are in heaven, neither the Son. These are separate categories of beings... men, angels, the Son. Jesus puts Himself in His own category, which is separate from human and heavenly beings due to His dual nature: fully God, fully man (more on this in the next few paragraphs).

Let's look first at Zechariah 14:1-9 is a prophecy

Zechariah 14:1-9 (KJV), "Behold, the day of the LORD cometh, and thy spoil shall be divided in the midst of thee. For I will gather all nations against Jerusalem to battle; and the city shall be taken, and the houses rifled, and the women ravished; and half of the city shall go forth into captivity, and the residue of the people shall not be cut off from the city. Then shall the LORD go forth, and fight against those nations, as when he fought in the day of battle. And his feet shall stand in that day upon the mount of Olives, which is before Jerusalem on the east, and the mount of Olives shall cleave in the midst thereof toward the east and toward the west, and there shall be a very great valley; and half of the mountain shall remove toward the north, and half of it toward the south. And ye shall flee to the valley of the mountains; for the valley of the mountains shall reach unto Azal: yea, ye shall flee, like as ye fled from before the earthquake in the days of Uzziah king of Judah: and the LORD my God shall come, and all the saints with thee. And it shall come to pass in that day, that the light shall not be clear, nor dark: but it shall be one day which shall be known to the LORD, not day, nor night: but it shall come to pass, that at evening time it shall be light. And it shall be in that day, that living waters shall go out from Jerusalem; half of them toward the former sea, and half of them toward the hinder sea: in summer and in winter shall it be. And the LORD shall be king over all the earth: in that day shall there be one LORD, and his name one."

This is a prophecy, concerning the coming of who? The LORD.

Now let's look at Acts 1:7-12. Here, in His resurrected body (as in after His crucifixion) Jesus tells the disciples again that it's not for them to know the times or seasons that the Father has put in place... but notice what the two men (likely angels) say to the disciples after Jesus ascends to heaven.

Acts 1:7-12 (KJV), "And he said unto them, It is not for you to know the times or the seasons, which the Father hath put in his own power. But ye shall receive power, after that the Holy Ghost is come upon you: and ye shall be witnesses unto me both in Jerusalem, and in all Judæa, and in Samaria, and unto the uttermost part of the earth. And when he had spoken these things, while they beheld, he was taken up; and a cloud received him out of their sight. And while they looked stedfastly toward heaven as he went up, behold, two men stood by them in white apparel; which also said, Ye men of Galilee, why stand ye gazing up into heaven? this same Jesus, which is taken up from you into heaven, shall so come in like manner as ye have seen him go into heaven. Then returned they unto Jerusalem from the mount called Olivet, which is from Jerusalem a sabbath day's journey."

To summarize the connection between these two passages:
1. In the book of Zechariah: The LORD  is supposed to descend onto the Mount of Olives, specifically His feet are going to touch the Mountain of Olives.
2. In the book of Zechariah: The LORD knows this one day and when it will happen.
3. In the book of Acts: Jesus is going to return to the Mount of Olives.

Jesus is the LORD who returns to the Mount of Olives! The two men (again, likely angels) literally tell the disciples that Jesus will return in the same way the disciples saw Him ascend into heaven... the disciples saw Jesus ascend while Him and them were on the Mount of Olives, and they angels state Jesus will return in the same manner as He left to the Mount of Olives! This clearly demonstrates, then, that Jesus does know the day He is to return, since the LORD in Zechariah 14:7 knows the day.

Okay... so Jesus does know, but He said He does not know... so which is it?

- It's both... Jesus is both fully God, and fully human. Jesus and the Father are one in nature, but separate in persons (Psalms 2, Psalm 45:6-7, Psalm 110, Matthew 28:19, John 8:58, John 14:1, John 14:7-11, Revelation 1:8, Revelation 1:18, Revelation 4:10, Revelation 5:13-14 to name a few).

- In scripture, we see Jesus' human nature, being born from a woman, knowing/finding things out, coming to an understanding of something, praying: Isaiah 9:6, Matthew 12:45, Matthew 26:10 Luke 1:26-38, John 4:1, John 11:17, Philippians 2:5-8, Matthew 6:9-13 26:36-39,  Mark 1:35, 6:41, 6:46, 14:36, Luke 22:39-44, and John 17

- In scripture, we equally see Jesus' divine nature, from healing people, raising people from the dead, forgiving people's sins, never mind prophetic verses regarding the Messiah as God and man, but also teaching people as God, and (Matthew 7:29 = Psalm78:2, Isaiah 50:4, Micah 4:2, Matthew 8:23-27 = Psalm 107:23-29,  Matthew 9:2-6 = Psalm 103:3, 103:12, Matthew 20:31-34 = Psalm 118:1) Jeremiah 23:5-6 Jesus as the Messiah to be fully God and fully man, and Jesus received and accepted worship (Matthew 2:11, 8:2, 9:18, 14:33, 15:25, 28:9, 28:17, Mark 5:6, Luke 24:52, John 9:38, and Revelation 1:18 Jesus says He lives forever and ever and Revelation 3:21 Jesus says He sits on the throne with the Father to which we are shown Jesus receiving worship in Revelation 4:9-11 and 5:14).

So, "If Jesus is God, why did He say no one knows the day or the hour?"

- Jesus is the LORD spoken of in Zechariah 14 who knows when He will return to the Mount of Olives, but because He is fully God AND fully human, Jesus humbled himself to not know the day of His return as a man, but as God He knows the day of His return.