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Some scholars say that we should adore the mysteries of Deity and not try to figure out every little detail. Many devout questions will not be answered in this life. Yet attempting to probe deeply into the arcane secrets of God’s Word is an expression of our respect for the veracity and profundity of the scriptures.
This reverent exploration is intriguing: at what time in the life of Jesus did He comprehend He was the Messiah, the godman, the Only Begotten Son of God, the 2nd Person of the Triune Godhead?
Don’t be too quick to say He always knew it, for Luke 2:52 says: “And Jesus increased in wisdom and stature (maturity, body, age, strength), and in favour with God and man.”
Some scholars say Jesus’ understanding of who He was reached its climax and was confirmed when John the Baptist baptized Him, the Holt Spirit descended on Him like a dove, and a voice from heaven declared, “This is my beloved Son in whom I am well pleased.”
We know that Jesus understood that God was His Father at age 12. See Luke 2:42.
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Luke 2:46, 47, 48, 49
And it came to pass, that after three days they found him in the temple, sitting in the midst of the doctors, both hearing them, and asking them questions.
And all that heard him were astonished at his understanding and answers.
And when they saw him, they were amazed: and his mother said unto him, Son, why hast thou thus dealt with us? behold, thy father and I have sought thee sorrowing.
And He said to them, “Why did you seek Me? Did you not know that I must be about My Father’s business?”
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When boy Jesus asked the older men questions, did He seek answers, or was He just testing them, for He already knew all the answers?
However, He may have known His divinity and destiny as a fetus.
John the Baptist did leap in the womb of his mother Elizabeth when Mary, pregnant with Jesus, greeted her cousin. So if John the Baptist responded with exuberant joy at the presence of the fetus of Jesus, recognizing Jesus as Lord, Messiah, and God manifested in the flesh, wouldn’t Jesus as a fetus have the same knowledge!
Then in what specific wisdom did Jesus grow into as He aged? Practical application of scriptures in the physical world?
Jesus was the Logos Word made flesh, so did He even need to study the Old Testament scrolls kept in the synagogue?
The Son of God came down from heaven to earth to experience submission to the Father, in the context of hunger, thirst, weariness, temptation, etc., in our material realm.
Hebrews 5:8
Though he were a Son, yet learned he obedience by the things which he suffered;
This reverent exploration is intriguing: at what time in the life of Jesus did He comprehend He was the Messiah, the godman, the Only Begotten Son of God, the 2nd Person of the Triune Godhead?
Don’t be too quick to say He always knew it, for Luke 2:52 says: “And Jesus increased in wisdom and stature (maturity, body, age, strength), and in favour with God and man.”
Some scholars say Jesus’ understanding of who He was reached its climax and was confirmed when John the Baptist baptized Him, the Holt Spirit descended on Him like a dove, and a voice from heaven declared, “This is my beloved Son in whom I am well pleased.”
We know that Jesus understood that God was His Father at age 12. See Luke 2:42.
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Luke 2:46, 47, 48, 49
And it came to pass, that after three days they found him in the temple, sitting in the midst of the doctors, both hearing them, and asking them questions.
And all that heard him were astonished at his understanding and answers.
And when they saw him, they were amazed: and his mother said unto him, Son, why hast thou thus dealt with us? behold, thy father and I have sought thee sorrowing.
And He said to them, “Why did you seek Me? Did you not know that I must be about My Father’s business?”
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When boy Jesus asked the older men questions, did He seek answers, or was He just testing them, for He already knew all the answers?
However, He may have known His divinity and destiny as a fetus.
John the Baptist did leap in the womb of his mother Elizabeth when Mary, pregnant with Jesus, greeted her cousin. So if John the Baptist responded with exuberant joy at the presence of the fetus of Jesus, recognizing Jesus as Lord, Messiah, and God manifested in the flesh, wouldn’t Jesus as a fetus have the same knowledge!
Then in what specific wisdom did Jesus grow into as He aged? Practical application of scriptures in the physical world?
Jesus was the Logos Word made flesh, so did He even need to study the Old Testament scrolls kept in the synagogue?
The Son of God came down from heaven to earth to experience submission to the Father, in the context of hunger, thirst, weariness, temptation, etc., in our material realm.
Hebrews 5:8
Though he were a Son, yet learned he obedience by the things which he suffered;