Adventistische Schriften über: "Are there any indications in the Gospels that the Holy Spirit was to be poured out before the Ascension, especially in the context of Daniel's 70th week and the remaining 3.5 years for Israel?"

The documents confirm that Daniel's 70th week includes the three-and-a-half-year ministry of Christ as well as a subsequent period during which the gospel was preached exclusively to the Jewish people. While Jesus already breathed the Holy Spirit onto his disciples before his death, the full outpouring was not manifested until after the Ascension at Pentecost, marking the end of the typological worship service. This remaining time of the 70th week served to conclude the national period of grace for Israel before the message was proclaimed to the Gentiles.

The Distribution of the 70th Week and the Holy Spirit

»Before He left His disciples, ‘Christ breathed upon them and said to them: Receive the Holy Spirit.’ Again He said, ‘Behold, I send the promise of My Father upon you.’ But only after the Ascension was the gift received in its fullness. Only after the disciples had fully devoted themselves to His work through faith and prayer was the outpouring of the Spirit received. Then, in a special sense, the heirs of Christ were entrusted with the blessings of heaven.«

1 - Francis D. Nichol, Ellen G. White and Her Critics (EGWC 546.2)

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The Period of Grace for the Jews and the 70 Weeks

»The prophecy of the seventy weeks clearly sets the limit for the period of grace of the nation of the Jews. ... Seeing this [the completion of sin], the conclusion of the seventy weeks would seal their destiny as a nation. Now the question is whether this occurred at Christ's death. It could not have, because God restricted the apostles' ministry for at least three or four years after that time exclusively to this people. ... The seventy weeks that were set apart for them had not yet elapsed.«

2 - Signs of the Times [J.V. Himes], The Advent Herald, and Signs of the Times Reporter [Himes], vol. 4 (HST December 5, 1843, page 130.7)

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Christ's Ministry and the End of the 70 Weeks

»The final year week, which encompassed His three-and-a-half-year ministry, was marked by the cross in the middle, which brought an end to all typological worship from Pentecost onward. The remaining part of the seventieth week was devoted to preaching to the Jews. ... So if we add three and a half years, the remainder of the 70th week, we clearly see that Daniel's 70 weeks, or 490 years, extend precisely to the thirty-seventh year of Christ.«

3 - LeRoy Edwin Froom, The Prophetic Faith of Our Fathers, vol. 3 (PFF3 393.4)

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