Adventistische Schriften über: "Meaning of the “times of refreshing” in Acts 3:20"

In the Adventist sources provided, the “times of refreshing” primarily refer to a special spiritual renewal at the end of time, associated with the latter rain and the Second Coming of Christ. In their fullest meaning, they are connected with the blotting out of sins and the close of the investigative judgment; at the same time, an initial, limited fulfillment at the time of repentance and forgiveness is not ruled out.

Refreshing and the Second Coming of Christ

»Here is brought to view a time of refreshing. This is spoken of in close connection with the second coming of Christ. […] Thus the heavenly Father is waiting just before the end for the “latter rain,” the “refreshing,” to ripen the harvest of the earth.«

1 - John Norton Loughborough, Heavenly Visions (HEVI 73.3)

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Refreshing in Its Fullest Meaning

»In our interpretation of this passage we have been accustomed to say—and rightly so—that the blotting out of sin precedes the second coming of Christ, and that the blotting out and the second coming of Christ in their fullest meaning bring the times of refreshing from the presence of the Lord, without denying that they take place to some extent already at the time of repentance and forgiveness.«

2 - Warren Eugene Howell, A Review of “Our Authorized Bible Vindicated,” by B. G. Wilkinson (RABV 89.4)

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The Blotting Out of Sins and the Close of the Judgment

»The apostle Peter distinctly states that the sins of believers will be blotted out “when the times of refreshing shall come from the presence of the Lord, and he shall send Jesus Christ.” […] When the investigative judgment closes, Christ will come.«

3 - Ellen Gould White, The Great Controversy (GC 485.2)

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