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2221 Bible Readings — Bible Questions Answered, p. 159.1 (Ellen G. White Estate)

“To Anoint the Most Holy.” —The Hebrew words here used are regularly employed of the sanctuary, but not of persons. The anointing of the “most Holy,” then, must refer …

2223 Bible Readings — Bible Questions Answered, p. 159.2 (Ellen G. White Estate)

When did the angel say that the seventy weeks (490 years) were to begin?

2224 Bible Readings — Bible Questions Answered, p. 159.3 (Ellen G. White Estate)

“Know therefore and understand, that from the going forth of the commandment to restore and to build Jerusalem unto the Messiah the Prince shall be seven …

2225 Bible Readings — Bible Questions Answered, p. 159.4 (Ellen G. White Estate)

Note.—Seventy weeks are 490 prophetic days, and reckoning a prophetic day as a year (Numbers 14:34; Ezekiel 4:6), this would be a period of 490 literal years.

2226 Bible Readings — Bible Questions Answered, p. 159.5 (Ellen G. White Estate)

Sixty-nine (7 weeks and 62 weeks) of the seventy weeks were to reach “unto the Messiah the Prince.” Messiah is Christ, “the Anointed.” Messiah is the Hebrew word, and Christ the Greek word, meaning anointed. (See margin of John 1:41.)

2228 Bible Readings — Bible Questions Answered, p. 159.7 (Ellen G. White Estate)

“God anointed Jesus of Nazareth with the Holy Ghost and with power.” Acts 10:38.

2229 Bible Readings — Bible Questions Answered, p. 159.8 (Ellen G. White Estate)

At what time did Jesus receive the special anointing of the Holy Spirit?

2230 Bible Readings — Bible Questions Answered, p. 159.9 (Ellen G. White Estate)

“Jesus also being baptized, and praying, the heaven was opened, and the Holy Ghost descended in a bodily shape like a dove upon Him, and a voice came from heaven, which said, Thou art My beloved Son.” Luke 3:21, 22.

2231 Bible Readings — Bible Questions Answered, p. 159.10 (Ellen G. White Estate)

What prophecy did Jesus quote shortly after this as applying to Himself?

2232 Bible Readings — Bible Questions Answered, p. 159.11 (Ellen G. White Estate)

“The Spirit of the Lord is upon Me, because He hath anointed Me to preach the gospel to the poor.” Luke 4:18. (See Mark 1:15.)

2233 Bible Readings — Bible Questions Answered, p. 159.12 (Ellen G. White Estate)

Note.—It is evident that the sixty-nine weeks (483 years) were to reach to the baptism of Christ, as that was the time of His anointing by the Holy Spirit. John the …

2234 365 Days in the Gospels and Spirit of Prophecy, p. 159 (Ellen G. White Estate)

The Good Shepherd — June 8 [Description]Overview of the Passage:This powerful passage paints a deeply personal picture of Jesus as the Good Shepherd—a role …

2238 365 Days in the Gospels and Spirit of Prophecy, p. 159.3 (Ellen G. White Estate)

“I am the Good Shepherd: the good shepherd giveth his life for the sheep.” “I am the Good Shepherd, and know My sheep, and am known of Mine. As the Father knoweth Me, even so know I the Father: and I lay down My life for the sheep.”

2239 365 Days in the Gospels and Spirit of Prophecy, p. 159.4 (Ellen G. White Estate)

Again Jesus found access to the minds of His hearers by the pathway of their familiar associations. He had likened the Spirit’s influence to the cool, refreshing …

2240 365 Days in the Gospels and Spirit of Prophecy, p. 159.5 (Ellen G. White Estate)

This figure the prophet Isaiah had applied to the Messiah’s mission, in the comforting words, “O Zion, that bringest good tidings, get thee up into the high mountain …