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The European Union in Prophecy
out of the things written in the books, it is impossible that the sins of men should be
blotted out until after the judgment at which their cases are to be investigated. But
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." Acts 3:19, 20. When the investigative judgment closes, Christ will come,
and His reward will be with Him to give to every man as his work shall be.
In the typical service the high priest, having made the atonement for Israel,
came forth and blessed the congregation. So Christ, at the close of His work as
mediator, will appear, "without sin unto salvation" (Hebrews 9:28), to bless His
waiting people with eternal life. As the priest, in removing the sins from the sanctuary,
confessed them upon the head of the scapegoat, so Christ will place all these sins upon
Satan, the originator and instigator of sin. The scapegoat, bearing the sins of Israel,
was sent away "unto a land not inhabited" (Leviticus 16:22); so Satan, bearing the
guilt of all the sins which he has caused God's people to commit, will be for a thousand
years confined to the earth, which will then be desolate, without inhabitant, and he
will at last suffer the full penalty of sin in the fires that shall destroy all the wicked.
Thus the great plan of redemption will reach its accomplishment in the final
eradication of sin and the deliverance of all who have been willing to renounce evil.
At the time appointed for the judgment--the close of the 2300 days, in 1844--
began the work of investigation and blotting out of sins. All who have ever taken upon
themselves the name of Christ must pass its searching scrutiny. Both the living and
the dead are to be judged "out of those things which were written in the books,
according to their works." Sins that have not been repented of and forsaken will not
be pardoned and blotted out of the books of record, but will stand to witness against
the sinner in the day of God. He may have committed his evil deeds in the light of day
or in the darkness of night; but they were open and manifest before Hi