In the great day of final award, the dead are to be "judged out of those things which were written in the books, according to their works." Revelation 20:12. Then by virtue of the atoning blood of Christ, the sins of all the truly penitent will be blotted from the books of heaven. Thus the sanctuary will be freed, or 358 cleansed, from the record of sin. In the type, this great work of atonement, or blotting out of sins, was represented by the services of the Day of Atonement--the cleansing of the earthly sanctuary, which was accomplished by the removal, by virtue of the blood of the sin offering, of the sins by which it had been polluted.

På den store dag, da enhver vil få sin løn, vil de døde blive "dømt ud fra det, der stod skrevet i bøgerne, efter deres gerninger". Åb. 20, 12. Da vil alle virkelig bodfærdige menneskers synder blive udslettet af Himmelens bøger i kraft af Kristi forsonende blod. Således vil helligdommen blive befriet eller renset for de optegnede synder. I forbilledet repræsenteredes denne store forsoning eller udslettelse af synderne ved tjenesten på forsoningsdagen, renselsen af den jordiske helligdom, der skete ved, at de synder, den var blevet besmittet med, blev fjernet i kraft af syndofferets blod.