28/12/2025
Jesus said he doesn't know when the Hour will come. Only God Knows. (Mark 13:32). Does this mean Jesus isn't God?
This is a Jewish wedding motif. In Jewish weddings at that time, families lived together. A son gets engaged and goes back to the house and builds a room for him and his bride.
A father gets to decide when the room is finished for the Son's bride. The Son trusts the Father. It does not mean the Father is ontologically superior. Just like a human father is not ontologically superior to his son. They relate to each other and have different roles. The verse is showing the Son has allowed the Father to determine the time from a place of respect and submits to his authority as the practice in this tradition sets forth. Remember Phil 2:8-10 where God the Son submits?
Jesus just got done telling them about future events leading up to this verse so he obviously is omniscient. He is using this familiar motif to teach them that he will return just like a groom guarantees his return, and that they need the kind of trust he has with his Father. This in no way is a verse that shows inferior ontological status. It is about trust.
With the true and living God of the Bible, you can be assured Jesus will come get you:
Jesus says (John 14:2-4):
“In My Father’s house are many rooms; if that were not so, I would have told you, because I am going there to prepare a place for you. 3 And if I go and prepare a place for you, I am coming again and will take you to Myself, so that where I am, there you also will be. 4 And you know the way where I am going.”
Verse 24- “You heard that I said to you, ‘I am going away, and I am coming to you,”
A church is where you worship God. Jesus establish HIS church (Matt. 16:18) and the church is called "the bride of Christ" (Eph 5:24-27) and after Jesus prepares the rooms, the Father announces the end and the groom (Jesus) goes and gets his church for the wedding feast (Rev 19:-9; 21:1-2).
Just like the Old Testament. God has a covenant with his people and when they worshipped false gods, he compared it to adultery.
Wedding motif runs throughout the Bible. This motif shows both the person of the Father and the Son as God. Remember the true and living God is relational. They enjoy working together and glorifying each other and trusting each other. The Fathers house yet the Son builds the rooms and has the church where people worship him and the Father and Spirit. We honor the Son just like the Father (John 5). Like Father, like Son. When the Father wills for the Son to end the world, the Son will end the world. Jesus describes how He will end the world many times - bringing the day of judgement. Only God can do this.
