was Jesus self limiting himself while here upon the earth?

I, for one, hold the view as He was always fully God and also always the Son was always self limiting on behalf of God the Father. Example: Mark 13:32, Acts of the Apostles 1:7.

 

Jesus Christ, during His Incarnation, was, "God manifested in the flesh" (1 Timothy 3:16). He remained in the "very nature of God", while "taking on Himself" the "very nature of Humans", sin excepted. (Philippians 2:5-8). For the duration of His earthly life, Jesus "laid aside His Glory", that is, "His equality" with the Father, and became "subordinate" to the Father during this time. (John 17:5; Philippians 2:5-8, Hebrews 2:7-9, etc). The Bible never says that Jesus was in any way "dependant" on either the Father or Holy Spirit, but always, as God, worked "together with", the other Persons of the Holy Trinity. Jesus never did anything by Himself, because as He is the Second Person of the Trinity, could never detach Himself from the Godhead, and would naturally always work together with the Father and Holy Spirit. In His earthly Ministry, Jesus came as the Suffering Servant, and as Servant, had a "Master", Who is the Father. Hence, Jesus as "Man", could say, "the Father is greater than I", (John 14:28); and also say, as God, "I and the Father we are one" (John 10:30). The Person of Jesus Christ is one of the Greatest Mysteries, which our human minds can never fully understand.

 

So you believe God can limit His knowledge to what He chooses to know, while incarnate but not at any other time. Interesting...

 

And now, O Father, (glorify) thou me with thine own self with the glory which I had with thee before the world was. John 17:5
So also Christ (glorified) not himself to be made an high priest; but he that said unto him, Thou art my Son, to day have I begotten thee. Heb 5:5
But with the precious blood of Christ, as of a lamb without blemish and without spot: Who verily was foreordained before the foundation of the world, but was manifest in these last times for you, Who by him do believe in God, (that) raised him up from the dead, and gave him (glory); that your faith and hope might be in God. 1 Peter 1:19-21

How does veiling figure into all that?

Is one separate from the other? Did one, must needs, to receive, from the other?

 

Other than during the incarnation, why would God self-limit His knowledge?

peace to you

 

To understand His reason for this, first you need to underststand He did limit His omniscience. Remember He said to Abraham, Genesis 22:12, "for now I know that thou fearest God, . . ." This is years after, Genesis 15:6.

 

this is an impossibility!

 

Why answer a question with a question? At a minimum, you should have addressed the question to Y1.

Does our all powerful God have the capacity to limit His knowledge? A simple yes or no would be offered by someone without guile. SBG's answer is no. Not biblical, but he had the courage of his convictions.

 

as the God-Man, during His Incarnation, the Person Jesus Christ "grew in wisdom" (Luke 2:52). This does not allpy to His Divine Nature, as Almighty God, which He remained fully while on earth.

 

No, God doesn’t self limit His knowledge. God never asks a question that He doesn’t already know the answer to.

Any communication with us is a condescension designed to increase our understanding of Him and/or our relationship with Him. God never “learns” new information, even if scripture gives that impression.

I’ve heard some argue that God self-limited His knowledge of who would be saved in an attempt to preserve His Devine attribute of omniscience while supporting their view of “free will” in salvation.

So my question to your question is an attempt to understand if you are trying to make that case.

peace to you

 

I guess you cannot answer the question with a yes or no.

 

There is no reason Jesus would have had to rely on his own divine nature to know something, as he would have had access to necessary divine revelation like the greatest of the OT prophets.

 

HUH? Jesus Christ IS ETERNALLY Almighty God, YHWH!

 

What meanest thou, “Huh?” That doesn't address what was stated, except to ignore what has already been established even by yourself, namely Jesus' human nature.