QUESTION: A man said that if Christ was God He would have known when
He was going to return (Matthew 24:36). Is Christ God? If God is the Father
and Christ is the Son, who is the Mother?
ANSWER: Yes! Christ is God! (John 1:1; John 5:18; John 20:28; Philippians 2:5-
6). It is sometimes difficult for man, largely because of false teaching, to accept
the fact of three personalities in one God or one Godhead! The scriptures reveal
quite forcefully that there is only one God (Isaiah 44:6). However, with equal
force, this one God reveals Himself to us in scripture as God the Father
(Ephesians 4:6), God the Son (Matthew 1:23), and God the Holy Spirit (Acts 5:3-
4)! These three separate and distinct personalities make up the Godhead or God
(Matthew 28:19; Acts 17:29; Colossians 2:9)! Each of these personalities, being
all-present, all-knowing, and all-powerful, possesses all the attributes of Deity.
They are coequal and coeternal! They are individually and collectively, God!
We learn from the Bible that “God created the heaven and the earth” (Genesis
1:1), but it was not the Father alone who participated in the creation. In Genesis
1:26, “God said, Let us make man in our own image, after our likeness.” To
whom was God speaking? Undoubtedly, to the other two personalities in the
Godhead! We find in Genesis 1:2 that the Holy Spirit was present at the creation
and in Colossians 1:16-17, we find that the Son was also present. They were not
only there, but were actively involved with the Father in the creation process!
Undeniably then, there is only “one” God or Godhead (Isaiah 42:8; 43:10; 45:21),
made up of three distinct personalities (Matthew 3:16; 28:19; II Corinthians13:14).
It is very difficult for physical man to accept the biblical concept of the Godhead,
simply because he tries to understand it from an earthly or physical viewpoint. It
cannot be done! It is for this reason that atheists, unbelievers, and skeptics
continually reject the miracles of the Bible! The result of this viewpoint is selfdefeating,
because when man tries to force the spiritual things of God into his
own physical limitations, he dethrones God in his own mind to the human level.
As long as one fails to comprehend the fact of an enormous difference between
physical man and spiritual Deity, he will never be able to accept the truths of the
Bible necessary to his salvation. All men everywhere need always to contemplate
and understand the following: “For my thoughts are not your thoughts, neither are
your ways my ways, saith the Lord. For as the heavens are higher than the earth,
so are my ways higher than your ways, and my thoughts than your thoughts”
(Isaiah 55:8-9).
The fact of Jesus not knowing (when He spoke the words in Matthew 24:36) of
the time of His Second Coming does not, in any way, disprove His Deity. The
statement that “He would have known, had He been God” implies that He wanted
to know and the Father wouldn’t tell Him. This is foolishness! Deity (Father, Son,
and Holy Ghost) is all-knowing. This does not necessarily mean that each of
them knows everything all the time. It means that each of them can know
whatever they want to know whenever they want to know it. At this particular
time, the Father only possessed that specific knowledge. When Christ ascended
back to the Father (Daniel 7:13-14; Matthew 28:18-20), He was given a kingdom,
dominion, glory, and all authority. It may be the case that He at that time, or since
that time, has opted to know the time of His Second Coming. We cannot know!
Whether He has decided to know it should not be of great importance to us.
What is important is that we be ready to meet Him when He does come!
The words “Father” and “Son” are not to be understood in the physical sense; nor
are we to infer that Christ had a mother because the first person in the Godhead
is referred to as His “Father!” The words “Father” and “Son” are used solely to
describe the functional and spiritual relationship that exists between the first and
second persons of the Godhead. Jesus Christ, as God, is eternal, without
beginning and without end (Micah 5:2; Hebrews 7:1-3).
