1) Why might Jesus have some awareness of his messianic role, yet not have a comparable awareness of his divinity?
Jesus had a messianic understanding based on many levels of different traditions. The things that Jesus did not initiate were: the Transfiguration, the Crucifixion and the Resurrection.
What might have been his messianic role: Jesus associated the rich and the poor are called to repent. He challenged the patriarchal society. Jesus cleansed the temple which was a symbolic act in which the corrupt system needed to be destroyed. Jesus fed 5000 people, knowing it would be seen as messianic. It was in Jesus’ actions that spoke loudly, though he made no claims. There was the messianic vision of Jesus gathering the disciples.
Jesus did call himself the Son of Man and Son of God. However, Jesus did not call himself God. When Jesus was baptized, and the things that happened to him in the wilderness, the Mount of Transfiguration and certain sayings of Jesus alluding to visionary experiences. These were controversial experiences where one receives vivid and frequent experiences of another dimension or level of reality. This would be the level of divinity that Jesus may not have had, that comparable awareness of his divinity.
God or the Spirit is conveyed to others. His followers saw Jesus before and after the resurrection. These types of occurrences had a profound impact on his followers. The phenomena of Jesus cannot be reduced to a psychological realm. The visionary and metaphorical report said by Jesus (Luke 10:18) “I have observed Satan fall like lightning from the sky.” We feel equipped as people of faith that certainly Satan has no place in our world. Jesus is listened to on this account. It is a triumph over darkness and it can also mean, in a brief allusion, a visionary experience as understood in Revelation.
In any case the clear message of Jesus the messiah is given. The cleansing of the temple to drive out corruption. Satan falling like lightning from the sky. Jesus had divinity spoken in which his visions, as he had spoken, continues with the people through a growing evolutionary process. This was for all of His followers, to understand and to have us be made aware even today. His messianic role is to be carried on with everlasting life. Christological monotheism is this for Jesus: he sits at the right hand of the Father but is not the Father.
Often I have wondered if Jesus had more ability to have a messianic presence and could not become fully aware of His own divinity. He shined radiantly in his reffulgence. Maybe He wasn’t able to see Himself, in the ways that others had seen and witnessed Him to be.
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