Jesus Christ: An Omniscient Being? Essay

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" In this instance, the word revelation means "the communication of the knowledge of God" or "God's disclosure to humanity of Himself" (Baixeras, Internet). Therefore, if God had to reveal to Jesus His own knowledge, this indicates that Jesus was not an omniscient being, for as a prophet, his own revelations to common, ordinary men and women were made possible via some form of communication with God the Father.

In conclusion, it is abundantly clear from the evidence presented above that Jesus Christ was not an omniscient entity, due to the fact that even though he was a great teacher and prophet, if not a philosopher, he did not know everything there is to know in the universe or else he would not have had to rely upon God the Father for spiritual answers and for direction in providing words of encouragement for those Jewish men and women lost in body and soul. However, Jesus Christ was indeed "all-knowing" when it comes to discerning and explaining how a believer might obtain eternal life and salvation.
In the words of Raymond E. Brown, Jesus Christ was the Son of God in the flesh of man and did not have "the brain and consciousness of God Himself, due to being a mere mortal man upon the face of the earth, sent by God to save mankind but not with the ability to be an all-knowing God" (322)......

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