Theological question: “Since Jesus is God why didn’t he know the time of His coming as put [stated] in Matthew 24:36.”

Consider this,

The Day of the Second Advent is fluid, wholly dependent upon free will choices made by human men and women in authority and those to whom the Gospel is given; that is, there is a certain specified, ordained, number of redeemed in Jesus that must be attained before the 2nd-Advent. The Father, as the Administrator of the Trinity, decides when that number of redeemed has been fulfilled.

Know that the Holy Spirit has told us there was one-third of the angelic creation that followed Lucifer/Satan in the Great Rebellion, that Rebellion being causation for the Creation Narrative. As physics will testify, our World, our atmosphere, hates a vacuum; that is, remove a certain volume of fluid from a particular entity and all of nature seeks to fill that void; no difference concerning the “void” left in the Spiritual Realm by those who allied with Satan’s covetousness resulting in their banishment from the Kingdom; that void will be replaced, restored, in number, a specific number, and the 2nd-Advent, the initiation of the Millennial Kingdom, will NOT manifest until said number has been attained; that is, until such “Time” a corresponding number of human kind responds to the Gospel and is prepared to enter the Kingdom for service, the end will not manifest and the Father will determine when that specific number has been attained; by divine authority, that number remains the sole property of the Father while the Son and the Spirit respect the Father’s discernment as the Administrator of all things concerning Time and Eternity and the New Jerusalem, order, holiness, peace.

1) Father – Administrator
2) Jesus – Son, Creator, Warrior, Messiah, Judge
3) Holy Spirit – Logistics

Satan’s rebellion and its horrific aftermath, having been played-out within the Realm of Time for the previous 6000-years, will be completely righted, corrected, healed, made whole, holiness – order restored, by the Father’s divine plan we know as “The Gospel” which was ordained as Elohim’s battle strategy “before Time began” (2 Timothy 1:8-9); in fact, the primary reason Jesus entered the temporary Realm of Time was “to destroy the works of the Devil” (1 John 3:8).

Destroying Satan’s works includes restoring all that Satan has destroyed and stolen, that one-third of the rebellious angelic creation will be restored by redeemed human kind, though redeemed humanity will not be angelic in origin, those restored through the Gospel will be dedicated resurrected servants of Jesus our Messiah in the New Jerusalem thereby closely duplicating the responsibilities of the angelic creation that chose via free will to leave their assigned responsibilities in the Kingdom; again, that specific number of redeemed subject to free will choices made within the Realm of Time belongs to the Father, the divine Administrator of Heaven, Earth, the eternal Kingdom. The Son and the Spirit honor and respect the Father’s eschatological will.

Why does Satan have access to Elohim in the Kingdom; this, according to the Book of Job?

The entire creation narrative is rooted in Satan’s rebellion that manifest before Time began; in fact, the Gospel of Jesus our Messiah as the battle strategy to defeat Satan finds its origin in the Spiritual Realm “before Time began” (2 Timothy 1:8-9) and that war between Elohim and Satan was formally declared in Genesis 3:15 as a struggle between a Messiah who would enter Time via the seed of the woman (not man) and do battle with Satan as the Messiah would crush Satan’s head while Satan would bruise Messiah’s heal; this divine-spiritual war was concluded at Golgotha with Jesus victorious over the works of Satan e.g. death-Hell-the grave; in fact, the primary reason Jesus entered the Realm of Time/physics was “to destroy the works of Satan” (1 John 3:8b) via the Gospel which was first pictured for us in Genesis 3:21; this, demonstrating that Elohim, Himself, would shed innocent blood to clothe human kind in a gifted, imputed, robe of righteousness (animal skins) while Elohim simultaneously demonstrated that He would reject self-righteousness or works for righteousness as payment for sin; this, as Elohim rejected Adam’s futile attempt to cover his own sin and nakedness by the works of his hands via the application of fig leaves.

The Holy Spirit makes the effort to demonstrate for us the wartime relationship that exists between Elohim and Satan through the Book of Job in the Old Testament. Currently, Elohim and Satan are battling for the spirit of mankind and Elohim is employing the works of Satan as a sifter of righteousness and an exposer of the unrighteous. Satan is currently performing Elohim’s will as a sifter of wheat and tares. This war between Elohim and Satan will ultimately demonstrate to the two-thirds of the faithful angelic creation the necessity for obedience and honor concerning their relationship with Elohim and that same war between Elohim and Satan will ultimately be seen as a divine bulwark against rebellion in the New Jerusalem concerning redeemed mankind as mankind will have the historical knowledge of 6000-years of pure horror resulting from disobedience and compromise with evil and the Evil One; this being of necessity as free will exists throughout eternity in the New Jerusalem. The current war between Elohim and Satan that permeates this World and our soul will ultimately be a divine deterrence concerning future rebellion in the New Jerusalem where free will exists by necessity. Obedience to Elohim is eternally superior to sacrifice.

For this reason, Satan, a tool of Elohim concerning eternal righteousness in the Kingdom, has access to Elohim just as the leadership of warring factions in this World have access to one another concerning wartime negotiations; ultimately, Elohim will use Satan’s captivity during the Millennial Kingdom to prove once and for all time that Satan is the author of all suffering and death and horror; this, underscored by Satan’s release at the culmination of the Millennial Kingdom where rebellion via war is once again initiated by Satan; through this stark example of cause and effect, the two-thirds of the angelic hosts who have been observing Elohim’s battle with Satan over the previous 6000-years of human history will concur with Elohim that their former leader, Lucifer-Satan, a rebellious cherub angel, does indeed deserve punishment in Hell, eternally, (Revelation 20:10) and Elohim will be glorified by the angelic and redeemed humanity for His patience, wisdom, as Elohim will have successfully defeated Satan not by the sword but through Elohim’s own selfless love demonstrated through Messiah at Golgotha.

Why Jesus as the atoning sacrifice for the sin of humanity?

Jesus is the ONLY One who can pay for the sin of humanity as Jesus is the ONLY One who meets the divine criteria for acceptable sacrifice for sin, sinlessness…void spot or blemish or wrinkle. This “sinless blood atonement” was first pictured for us in Genesis 3:21 as Elohim, Himself, shed innocent blood to cover the sin of Adam and Eve while Elohim rejected Adam’s attempt to cover his own sin by the works of his hands, fig leaves. Jesus is the spotless, sinless, Lamb of Elohim who was slain “before the foundation of the World” (Revelation 13:8). The war between Jesus and Satan was openly declared by the Holy Spirit in Genesis 3:15 as our Messiah would enter Time through the seed of a virgin woman absent the seed of man which passes the Adamic sin-nature (Romans 5:12).

Jesus entered Time “to destroy the works of Satan” (1 John 3:8b) and this plan was ordained before Genesis 1:1. The entirety of Biblical eschatology is predicated upon Elohim’s response to Satan’s great rebellion in the Kingdom; in fact, the Genesis creation narrative is a response to Satan’s rebellion as our Heavens and Earth are a temporary repository for the Great Kingdom War as Elohim restores holiness and peace to His own Heavenly Kingdom.

Our entire existence, causation for same, is predicated upon WAR!

Elohim’s selfless love observed at Golgotha is the divine response to Satan’s rebellion and Elohim’s plan for victory over evil. Elohim has displayed His divine LOVE for His created beings by giving Himself on the alter through suffering and death…this unfathomable sacrifice by Elohim will be THE eternal defining memory of our Creator’s faithfulness that will endure throughout Eternity as we dwell with Him in the New Jerusalem…worthy is the Lamb.

Do Christians Sin?

Redemption, salvation, born-again, does NOT negate the influence of the old Adamic sin-nature integral with the flesh (Romans 5:12). The rebirth in Jesus performed by the indwelling Holy Spirit concerning those who trust in Jesus as Messiah (John 3:3-5; 2 Corinthians 5:17) simply transforms the spirit of man into one that “desires” obedience, seeks to please the Father through the production of divine fruit (John 15:8; Galatians 5:16-23) but a spiritual inner war ensues between the old flesh and the new spirit and there are times where the old flesh is successful in compromising the new spirit via word, thought, deed, but the Spirit convicts the redeemed conscience and provides the new man the solace of 1 John 1:9 in order that intimacy and fellowship with the Father can be restored, intimacy stymied by disobedience; though eternal relationship is secure via the Spirit as Guarantor (Ephesians 1:13-14) the new spirit wars against the flesh during daily sanctification and this war, battles won, battles lost, will continue until the fleshly tent, that is the body of man, is taken down through death and the spirit is set free from the incessant tug/temptation of disobedience. It is in Jesus by faith that the redeemed ultimately succeed and are victorious (1 Corinthians 15:57).

Though the redeemed in Jesus are declared “not guilty” by the Father as a result of New Covenant promise (Hebrews 8:12), the redeemed will, unfortunately, fall short of perfection BUT the Father agrees by New Covenant promise to not see the failings of the redeemed in Jesus but the Father chooses to only see the absolute perfection of His dear Son over the life of those who have trusted in Jesus’ atonement at Golgotha; this, due the glorious imputation/gifting of Jesus’ righteousness over the life of the one who “believes” that Jesus is Messiah (2 Corinthians 5:21).

To clarify, a Christian does sin but the one redeemed by the Holy Spirit does not revel or glorify in their sin through continued, willful, disobedience but the Christian is quick to repent, apologize, strive for perfection, moving forward in assurance that they are the Father’s prize possession due Jesus’ faithfulness, Jesus’ obedience, eternally.

Concerning “Once Saved – Always Saved”

Anyone truly “born again” (John 3) by the Spirit will NOT walk away from their Lord. Yes, those born again possess “free will” but that will has been redirected-redeemed by faith through the Spirit’s anointing to desire the things of God, NOT the things of the World (2 Corinthians 5:17).

It is the one who endures to the end that has been truly saved. The steadfastness of the faithful is their testimony of true deliverance from Satan’s grasp. The one who is truly born again WILL ENDURE and no one will snatch the truly redeemed out of the hands of Jesus or the hands of the Father (John 10:28-30).

Those people who falsely believe that one can lose their salvation don’t understand the power and strength of the Gospel and the Spirit’s work in renewing a life by faith in those who truly believe nor do they differentiate between true redemption of the Saints and deceit of simply walking an isle or entering baptismal waters with a heart that is NOT truly repentant or believing.

You don’t understand the truism that anyone who lives in willful sin and rebellion “claiming” to have been redeemed is a liar and the Spirit does NOT indwell them. If one can live in willful sin void an all powerful self-condemnation and desire to repent and return, these were NEVER redeemed in the first place though they may have tasted of the Spirit’s goodness in a moment of elation, felt the flame of spiritual renewal through experiential relevance, they NEVER truly trusted in Jesus as Messiah by faith and they therefore NEVER experienced the New Birth by the Spirit’s indwelling!

I ask you this, seeing that we’re all sinners before and subsequent salvation; this, due the Adamic nature (Romans 3:23; Romans 5:12), how much sin must one who is “born again” commit in order to lose their salvation and nullify the promises of God? At what point does the blood of Messiah Jesus fail to forgive sin (Hebrews 8:12; 10:17)? How does one find peace in Jesus while walking in fear of never truly knowing their eternal destination (1 John 5:13).

Jesus kept the Torah, why don’t Christians?

Jesus was born of a woman, born under the Law (Galatians 4:4). Torah was given specifically to Israel’s children to sanctify them from the paganism that compromised the Adamic/Noahic generations, a compromise with demonic evil that nullified their ordination as progenitors of the Messiah. Elohim codified essential moral elements of the spiritual law for Israel’s children as Elohim did NOT desire a repeat of the horrors having manifest as a result of Adamic/Noahic disobedience culminating in The Flood (Genesis 6:5). Elohim’s primary purpose for sanctifying Abraham, Isaac, Jacob, was due Elohim’s desire to introduce His Messiah into the Realm of Time to do battle with Satan and defeat Satan via Messiah’s work at Golgotha (Genesis 3:15; 1 John 3:8b); this, via a Gospel foreshadowed first in Genesis 3:21.

Sinai and Moses’ 603 civil/ceremonial laws were given specifically to Israel’s children via a now bygone Law Covenant that simply foreshadowed the New Covenant’s grace through faith (Galatians 3:24). Anyone who trusts in Messiah Jesus as Savior, Jesus as acceptable blood atonement for sin (Leviticus 17:11; 1 Peter 1:18-19), is NOT under the codified law, Sinai, Moses, a Law Covenant but the faithful in Jesus are in the New Covenant and their “law” is spiritual and written upon the heart and it is the indwelling Holy Spirit who sanctifies and controls the behavior of the redeemed through divine arbitration of the redeemed conscience or “new creation” in Messiah (2 Corinthians 5:17; Galatians 5:16).

The Christian is NOT under/enslaved to Sinai or Moses or Torah or a Law Covenant but the Christian is considered-arbitrated-adjudicated “not guilty” due their relationship with Messiah by faith; that is, when one trusts in Jesus, the perfection, the law-keeping perfection of Messiah, is imputed-gifted over their life and the Father agrees by New Covenant promise to remember their sins no more (Hebrews 8:12); in fact, when one trusts in Jesus as their Messiah who died for them, the Father does not see your sin any longer but the Father ONLY SEES the righteousness of His dear Son in you….this is the promise of the imputation of Messiah’s righteousness over your life (2 Corinthians 5:21)…this is the focal point of the Gospel; the blood of Messiah has cleansed you and made you “positionally” “perfect” in the Father’s eyes (1 Peter 1:18-19).

The “law” of the Christian is NOT Sinai or Moses or Torah or Hammurabi but the “law” of the Christian is realized-actuated-made relevant through obedience to the indwelling Holy Spirit via daily Christian sanctification and the production of divine “fruit” (Galatians 5:16-23) against which there is no law as the “fruit of the Spirit” fulfills ALL LAW, both codified and spiritual. Christians are free from enslavement to codified laws, Torah, Judaism, as they walk by the Spirit producing divine fruit via an enlivened conscience that actually pleases the Father and confirms that one is truly a disciple of Jesus (John 15:8; Romans 7:4; Galatians 5:18); in fact, it is not possible that any work or effort to keep a law or edict please the Father lest that work is done through the indwelling Holy Spirit’s anointing and the Holy Spirit is ONLY given to those who trust in Jesus as Messiah (Ephesians 1:13-14; Isaiah 64:6).