Skeptics argue that Mark 13:32 proves Jesus cannot be God because He explicitly admits to not knowing the hour of His own return. This objection fails because it confuses ontological inability with the functional submission of the Shaliach (Agent), where Christ voluntarily restricts His access to divine omniscience to authentically fulfill His messianic mission as a man.

THE TARGET QUESTION:If Jesus is God, why did he fall on his face and pray in Matthew 26:39? Is God praying to himself? Does God have a God?THE FORENSIC ANSWER:The Gethsemane Paradox is the single most cited forensic discrepancy regarding the deity of Christ. Skeptics argue that a sovereign God cannot bow, beg, or submit. They claim the prayer proves inferiority. They are wrong.This presentation dismantles that objection by applying the rigorous legal frameworks of the Ancient Near East and the Hypostatic Union. We strip away religious sentimentalism to reveal the hard mechanics of the Incarnation.THE EVIDENCE FILE:The Category Error: Why confusing Ontology (Nature) with Economy (Function) destroys the skeptic's case.The Hypostatic Union: Linguistic analysis of Thelema (Will) and why Christ must possess two distinct wills to save humanity.The Suzerain-Vassal Treaty: How Jesus operates as the Second Adam to reverse the curse of Eden.The Shaliach Law of Agency: Understanding how an agent carries full authority while maintaining functional subordination.The Cup of Wrath (Kôs): A forensic deep-dive into Jeremiah 25 and why only God could drink the cup Jesus feared.This is not a sermon. This is a legal defense of the Deity of Christ.

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The skeptic demands a modern English soundbite to validate the ancient ontological claim of Christ's deity, ignoring the cultural necessity of covert theological assertion in a Roman-occupied state. We dismantle this objection by presenting the forensic evidence of Jesus appropriating the Divine Name, the authority of the Sanhedrin's death sentence for blasphemy, and the undeniable application of the Shaliach laws of agency.