This is just a short note to let you know that I have just made an important   
   update to my recent article entitled "Did Jesus Know Everything, And The   
   Fate Of Judas Iscariot". There was a verse which I had wanted to include in   
   the series, but because of the way that I searched for it when I wrote the   
   article, I was unable to find it. However, just a few moments ago, I   
   finished listening to Alexander Scourby's reading of the Gospel of Mark, and   
   lo and behold, the Lord pointed out the verse to me in Mark chapter   
   thirteen. This one verse adds significant support for one of the positions   
   that I adopt in the aforementioned article. Below you will find the original   
   version of that portion of the article, followed by the new version of the   
   same.   
      
      
   Old Version   
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   Before you start poo-hooing me, or accusing me of being a   
   heretic, allow me to point you to a verse which demonstrates   
   that while He was on Earth, it is possible that the Lord may   
   not have known everything. Many of you are probably familiar   
   with this verse, because if you are like me, you have read   
   Matthew chapter twenty-four many times. In the chapter, while   
   discussing His Return and the End of the World, Jesus states   
   the following:   
      
   "But of that day and hour knoweth no man, no, not the angels   
   of heaven, but my Father only."   
   Matthew 24:36, KJV   
      
   While you may not agree with my speculation, I propose that   
   by saying "but my Father only", Jesus may have been inferring   
   that at the time that He made that statement, even He did not   
   yet know the date that His Father has set for His Return to   
   the Earth.   
      
      
   New Version   
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   Before you start poo-hooing me, or accusing me of being a   
   heretic, allow me to point you to a verse which demonstrates   
   that while He was on Earth, apparently, the Lord didn't know   
   everything ahead of time. Many of you are probably familiar   
   with this verse, because if you are like me, you have read   
   Matthew chapter twenty-four many times. In the chapter, while   
   discussing His Return and the End of the World, Jesus states   
   the following:   
      
   "But of that day and hour knoweth no man, no, not the angels   
   of heaven, but my Father only."   
   Matthew 24:36, KJV   
      
   It seems to me that by saying "but my Father only", Jesus was   
   inferring that at the time that He made that statement, even   
   He did not yet know the date that His Father has set for His   
   Return to the Earth. If you still doubt that this is what He   
   meant, then consider the following verse that is found in the   
   Gospel of Mark, chapter thirteen. This chapter is actually a   
   parallel chapter to Matthew chapter twenty-four, and Jesus is   
   speaking of the very same events; that is, the destruction of   
   Jerusalem and the Temple, His Return, etc.:   
      
   "But of that day and that hour knoweth no man, no, not the   
   angels which are in heaven, neither the Son, but the Father."   
   Mark 13:32, KJV   
      
   The previous verse clearly confirms my understanding of what   
   Jesus was saying in Matthew 24:36; that is, that at the time   
   that He made that statement, even He was unaware of the date   
   that His Father had set for His Return. There is no other way   
   to interpret those two verses, unless you purposely distort   
   the meaning of the Greek word "oude", which is translated as   
   "neither" sixty-nine times in the New Testament.   
      
   So again, we find clear Scriptural proof, that even though He   
   is the Son of God, Jesus was not aware of everything at every   
   moment during His Earthly Mission. For reasons which are only   
   known to the Father, He chose not to reveal certain things to   
   Jesus. It is possible then that the identity of His betrayer   
   may have been one of such things which was not known to the   
   Lord until some time later during His Ministry.   
      
      
      
   Jeff Snyder, SysOp - Armageddon BBS  Visit us at endtimeprophecy.org port 23   
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