Jesus spoke from His human side when He said no one knew the day or hour, although He knew it from His divine side.
In Matthew 24:36 Jesus said no man, not even the angels, knew the day and hour, but only the Father. Les Feldick explains that Jesus was both fully God and fully man, and in His earthly life He never let His deity cross over into His humanity. So He could truthfully say, as a man, that He did not know, even though from His God side He knew the exact time.
Matthew 24:36 — Jesus' statement directly records that no man, not even the angels, knows the day or hour, only the Father.
Acts 1:7 — Jesus repeats the same principle after His resurrection: the times and seasons are not for men to know, but are in the Father's own power.
Scripture records Jesus' words plainly. In Matthew 24:36, while telling His disciples about the end of the age and His coming, He says: "But of that day and hour knoweth no man, no, not the angels of heaven, but my Father only." The verse does not explain how the Son could not know; it simply states that the Father alone had that knowledge. The same truth appears after the resurrection. In Acts 1:7, when the disciples ask if Jesus will now restore the kingdom to Israel, He answers: "It is not for you to know the times or the seasons, which the Father hath put in his own power." The emphasis is on the Father's sovereign timing rather than on a particular explanation of Jesus' human knowledge.
Les Feldick teaches that Jesus was fully God and fully man. When He took on human flesh, He did not stop being God, but He also did not let His divine nature interfere with His humanity while He walked on earth. For this reason, when Jesus made the statement in Matthew 24:36, He was speaking from His humanity side. As a man, He could honestly say He did not know the day or hour, even though from His God side He knew it perfectly. Les emphasizes that Jesus was not playing games or giving false information; the statement was truthful because of the limitations He voluntarily accepted in His humanity. Les also notes that Jesus gave no hint that roughly 2,000 years would pass between His first and second comings. In Acts 1, Jesus did not correct the disciples' expectation of a kingdom; He simply would not give them the timing. According to Les, the prophetic clock could have resumed right after the ascension, but the Father had kept that knowledge in His own power. Finally, Les applies this to believers today: no one knows when Christ will return. It is imminent — He may come before the day is over, or it may be years away. Les warns never to subscribe to anyone who sets a specific date for the Lord's return.
Les Feldick teaches that Jesus was completely God and completely man at the same time. He never stopped being God when He took on flesh. Yet in His earthly ministry He deliberately did not let His deity 'cross over' into His human experience. Therefore, when He said no one knew the day or hour, He was speaking as a man and could truthfully say He did not know. From the God side, however, He knew the exact day and hour, and He could have told the disciples had He chosen to do so.
According to Les, Jesus did not rebuke the disciples for expecting an earthly kingdom. Rather, He refused to answer just one part of their question: the timing. He told them it was not for them to know the times or seasons that the Father had set by His own authority. In Les's teaching, the tribulation and kingdom could have come shortly after the ascension in the prophetic program, but the precise time was kept hidden.
Les Feldick warns against date-setting. Because Christ's return for the Body of Christ is imminent, no one can know when it will happen. He says we should never subscribe to anyone who claims to know the day; it may be before the day is over or years down the road.
No Hint of a Gap Before the Return
Les points out that while speaking of the end of the age, Jesus gave no hint that 2,000 years would intervene before His Second Coming; He spoke as though it was near.
The Humanity Side of Jesus
Les explains that Jesus was totally God and totally man, but in His earthly ministry He never let His deity cross over into His human experience. When He said no one knew the day or hour, He spoke from His humanity side and could honestly say that.
Only the Father Knows the Exact Time
Les has a 'pet explanation' for how Jesus could say this without lying, and he affirms that God the Father knows the exact hour, day, and year of prophetic events.
Matthew 24:36 Raises the Question
Les reads Matthew 24:36 and notes that it prompts many viewer questions about why Jesus would say something like this.
Not for You to Know
Les says Jesus could honestly tell the eleven that the timing was not for them to know, even though He knew the exact day and hour from His God side.
The Kingdom Is Certain; the Timing Is Hidden
Les shows from Acts 1 that Jesus did not deny the coming kingdom; He only refused to answer the 'when' because that timing was not for the disciples to know.
Return Is Imminent, Not Dateable
Les applies the teaching to today: no one knows when Christ will return, so believers should never commit to someone's date-setting; the return is only imminent.
Why Did God Hide Secrets in the Bible Until Now?
They understood none of these things, and this saying was, here's that word again, what is it? Hid, see? It was hid from them. Neither knew they the things which were spoken. Now Jesus told them more than once that He was going to go up and be crucified, and that He'd rise from the dead. But again, God never opened their eyes to it.
Matthew 24:36: But of that day and hour knoweth no man, no, not the angels of heaven, but my Father only.
Jesus said this while speaking on the Mount of Olives about the end of the age and His coming.
Acts 1:7: And he said unto them, It is not for you to know the times or the seasons, which the Father hath put in his own power.
Jesus answered the disciples' question about the timing of the kingdom with this statement about the Father's authority.
Yes, from His divine side He knew the exact day and hour. But in His earthly ministry He spoke from His humanity side, and as a man He could honestly say He did not know. Les Feldick emphasizes that Jesus did not let His deity override His human limitations.
Jesus refused to answer the 'when' because the Father had placed the times and seasons in His own power. He did not deny that the kingdom would come; He simply said it was not for them to know.
No. Les Feldick teaches that Christ's return is imminent and no one knows the date. He warns against subscribing to anyone who sets a specific day or time for the Lord's return.
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