Section 6
and no one knows who the Son is except the Father, and who the Father is except the Son, and he to whom the Son wills to reveal Him." The Lord's prayer here involves the Trinity eco nomically. In the Holy Spirit the Son praised the Father, the Lord of heaven and earth. Eco nomically, all things have been delivered to the Son by the Father. Now no one knows who the Son is except the Father and who the Father is except the Son, and he to whom the Son wills to reveal the Father. The emphasis here is not on the essential Trinity but on the eco nomical Trinity.
In His exulting in the Holy Spirit, the Sav ior praised the Father, the Lord of heaven and earth. "Father" refers to the Father's relationship with Him, the Son. "Lord of heaven and earth" refers to God's relationship with the universe. When God's people were defeated by His enemy, He was called the God of heaven (Ezra 5:11-12; Dan. 2:18, 37). But when there was a man stand ing for God on the earth, He was called the possessor of heaven and earth (Gen. 14:19, 22). Here in Luke 10:21 the Man-Savior, as the Son of Man, also called the Father the Lord of heaven and earth. This indicates that He was standing on the earth for God's interest.