#38 Why Didn’t Jesus Know The Day Or Hour Of The End? (Matthew 24:36 Explained)

Since Jesus is God, and God is all-knowing, then… is Jesus all-knowing? And if He is, then how do you explain Matthew 24:36? This is something you need to know, for at least three reasons. First, it's important for Christian discipleship. Second, this is going to help you become your own family's Bible answer man. And third, this is going to level up your apologetic. Specifically, we will talk about • Why this can be a tough challenge to answer. • What the hypostatic union is, and how it is relevant to this question. • Why it's actually absurd for a skeptic or atheist to accuse Scripture of having a contradiction. • How the skeptic is being arbitrary in defining God and omniscience, and how to expose that. • Why the possibility of contradictions in our doctrine should matter to Christians. • Why it's important to use the Bible's own definitions for omniscience, and God, and Jesus, and how to explain this. • Why Jesus not knowing the answer is a good thing. • What Jesus could have said instead that would have actually been problematic. • Why the complaint about Jesus not knowing tells us more about the person making the objection than about any problem with Christian theology. Resources for you: • Theopedia's articles on "The two natures of Christ" https://www.theopedia.com/hypostatic-union • The Discord Politics Server: https://discord.gg/politics You may also like: • 6 Reasons Why Logic Is Not Just a Human Convention: https://thethink.institute/articles/no-logic-is-not-just-a-human-convention ---- Please support this work by joining our Taking Every Thought Captive campaign! Give to the Think Institute at https://thethink.institute/partner. —- Join the ThinkSquad community: https://facebook.com/groups/thinksquad ---- Subscribe to the Think Institute YouTube Channel! https://youtube.com/thethinkinstitute. This channel will deliver even more knowledge on how to answer questions and objections to the Christian worldview! If you subscribe now, you'll get to hear the next video in this series... ---- Want to bring Joel to speak at your church or event? Go here: https://thethink.institute/booking ---- Music Credits: Synthwave Intro 10 by TaigaSoundProd Link: https://filmmusic.io/song/8736-synthwave-intro-10 License: https://filmmusic.io/standard-license