tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13958708.post4486401498522229413..comments2024-03-28T13:18:18.245-07:00Comments on Foster's Theological Reflections: Paradoxes of Jesus, Bowman and a Possible Sleight of HandEdgar Fosterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00280475259670777653noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13958708.post-28208071322910085912015-08-16T14:52:18.691-07:002015-08-16T14:52:18.691-07:00Hi Sean,
I appreciate your reply. Jesus probably ...Hi Sean,<br /><br />I appreciate your reply. Jesus probably learns what Jehovah is thinking by means of communicating with his Father (Mt 11:27; Rev 1:1). On earth, he spoke only what his Father taught/had taught him.<br /><br />If omniscience truly is incommunicable (like omnipotence in the strictest sense or divine holiness), then Jehovah could not give omniscience to Jesus Christ (from a non-Trinitarian perspective); otherwise, it would make Christ fully God like his Father. <br /><br />Interestingly, in Rev 5:6 (I believe), Christ is said to have seven eyes as the exalted Lamb of God, but these eyes evidently result from the seven spirits of Jehovah empowering him. Compare Zechariah 4:10.<br /><br />Maybe we could distinguish between weak/thin omniscience (like an "omniscient" narrator in a story) and strong/thick omniscience, which only God possesses. Cf. Matt 24:36; Mark 13:32. <br /><br />I've long thought that the word "omniscience" is a theological abstraction from scripture anyway. The Bible doesn't use that exact term in the Hebrew-Aramaic or Greek scriptures, but we do learn that God knows all things (in the absolute sense). Richard Swinburne also has a good discussion on God's omniscience. I'll try to look up his definition of the term.<br /><br />All the best,<br /><br />EdgarEdgar Fosterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00280475259670777653noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13958708.post-82783623560606458042015-08-15T18:16:52.679-07:002015-08-15T18:16:52.679-07:00This comment has been removed by the author.Sean Killackeyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08683592785735127212noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13958708.post-65773433886495026462015-08-11T18:08:29.885-07:002015-08-11T18:08:29.885-07:00Hi Sean,
There may possibly be another way to vie...Hi Sean,<br /><br />There may possibly be another way to view this issue, but admittedly, my thinking has usually been that only God (Jehovah) is omniscient in the strict sense of the word. Omniscience is supposed to be a divinely incommunicable attribute, which only Almighty God can instantiate. So if Christ is omniscient, then it would seem that he must be Christ Pantokrator in the strong sense of that term.<br /><br />Therefore, while I would agree that God could/has given Christ special knowledge, would we call that knowledge "omniscience" in the special theological way that term is normally employed?Edgar Fosterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00280475259670777653noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13958708.post-21558649496479291292015-08-11T11:04:48.452-07:002015-08-11T11:04:48.452-07:00This comment has been removed by the author.Sean Killackeyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08683592785735127212noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13958708.post-1092038033689233422011-10-21T12:53:40.575-07:002011-10-21T12:53:40.575-07:00Great. Thanks for posting my link.
God bless you,...Great. Thanks for posting my link.<br /><br />God bless you,<br /><br />DaveDave Armstronghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07771661758539438173noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13958708.post-43236810105817727812011-10-21T12:02:29.303-07:002011-10-21T12:02:29.303-07:00Thanks for your input, Dave. I'll read your pa...Thanks for your input, Dave. I'll read your paper and try to offer a response. Or, if I cannot, maybe one of our readers will.<br /><br />Best regards,<br /><br />EdgarEdgar Fosterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00280475259670777653noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13958708.post-57032853890004578202011-10-21T11:42:07.246-07:002011-10-21T11:42:07.246-07:00Hi Edgar,
I have written a paper defending the om...Hi Edgar,<br /><br />I have written a paper defending the omniscience of Jesus:<br /><br /><i>Biblical Evidence for Jesus' Omniscience, by Cross-Referencing to Parallel Texts Describing the All-Knowing Attributes of God the Father</i><br /><br />http://socrates58.blogspot.com/2011/10/biblical-evidence-for-jesus-omniscience.htmlDave Armstronghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07771661758539438173noreply@blogger.com