Mark 13: 32 reads: "But of that day and that hour knoweth no man, no, not the angels which are in heaven, neither the Son, but the Father." Jesus was conscious of His unique relationship to the Father as the eternal Son, yet there was a limitation of His knowledge during His incarnation in human flesh. What the Father had not revealed to Him about the future He did not know. In that sense the man Jesus (the Son with regard to His human nature) was not omniscient (All knowing). When He became a man, He limited Himself in order to be made like us. He was not omnipresent when He became man. When Jesus became human and came to Earth, he gave up the right to use his divine abilities for his own purposes. Because Jesus submitted to the Father in everything, he also left the matter of the timing of his return to the Father. People today who claim to know the day of Jesus’ return are claiming to know more than Jesus did; they are false prophets. When I consider this verse, two things strike me. First, the Lord Jesus Christ was willing to limit Himself for His Elect chosen by the Father. Second, no one on earth knows the time of the Rapture or Second Coming. Our response must be to live each day as if it was your last. Keep heaven before you and be listening for the shout!
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