How Much Did Jesus Know And When?

How did Jesus' mind in the flesh compare
With that possessed by God through the ages?
Nothing about His infancy was rare;
He grew as all youths do in their stages.
Jewish scriptures were taught to all their boys;
As He learned, His double roles became clear;
His temple visit showed unchildlike joys;
He discussed law with elders free of fear!
The Holy Spirit indwelled Him ever,
Aided Hia choices, what to say or do;
A certain line Jesus could cross never,
Else His flesh would be God-aided undue!
Yes, He knew His sovereign role here;
Proved scripture true---His quotes did not veer!

The Bible doesn't clearly reveal just how much of His divine history as the Almighty Lord Jesus knew as a man, or when He knew it. After all, He is One God---Father, Son, and Holy Spirit; He created the universe and man; He chose Abraham and was the "I Am" God of Moses; He was the Almighty Lord who dealt with Israel and dominated the Septuagint, their Bible, the Old Testament; and He it was that inspired the authors that put every word on paper! Yet, He came to Bethlehem in Mary's womb as a baby, was born there, and His earthly name was Jesus. How much of all that history (and future) did He know? If He did know it, at what age did it come to Him?

First, as a baby, I suspect He was a perfectly normal baby boy, with an infantile mind. He was capable of learning, but He had to learn all the things any bsby must learn---to crawl, walk, talk, use the potty, etc. He had younger brothers and sisters; I think He was normal in intellect and behavior, at least up to 12 years of age. His parents took Him on a trip to the temple in Jerusalem at that age; while there his behavior showed that He already knew the scriptures so well that He was able to hold His own in at least a 3-day discussion and debate with the wisest of the piests and elders there. He must have had the usual religious instruction by His father Joseph and rabbis that Jewish boys have; it was in the course of this requisite training for His Bar Mitzah that the full knowledge of the Lord of the universe flooded like a deluge into his human mind. Thus, He was supremely adequate to discuss intricate details and mysteries of Jewish theology with the sages of Judaism at the temple. I imagine that much of the debate centered around the perversions of Mosaic Law that crept in with the rise of Pharisees during the Babylonian captivity, when so many man-made rules were given equal standing with God's (His) own pronouncements in the Pentateuch and the prophets. Yet, in this incident, as in His entire interaction with mankind, He had to be very careful not to cross the line---meaning to use arguments that God alone might make out of vastly superior knowledge rather than limiting His statements to only those reasonable for a normal 12-year-old boy. What a difficult task! He could not use His miraculous power to make shortcuts unavailable for men to aid in sustaining Himself. For example, when thirsty, He could not strike a rock and get water; He had to look for water and find that which would be accessible to any man when He was thirsty.

Since He had been responsible for causing the writing of the scriptures before His own bith as Jesus, He was in a position to see and possibly comment on or correct any error that its human authors may have made; the fact that during His entire 33-year lifetime He pointed out no error, but, instead quoted much of the Old Testament, stands as a confirmation of the absolute truth of that part of the Bible. For the New Testament, we have no such phenomenon as God coming to earth yet in any form to verify or castigate the New Testament; however, the New Testament says that Jesus is coming back to earth a second time, not as a man, but as God, the Lord Almighty. There is no untruth in it either, or I'm sure His followers would have been (or will be) called upon to explain just how the God of truth was contradicted by modern-day Pharisees.