Which description corresponds to the second phase of the cleansing of the sanctuary?

Which description corresponds to the second phase of the cleansing of the sanctuary?

• A. The forgiveness of sins
• B. The cleansing of the sanctuary alone
• C. The blotting out of sin and the cleansing of both the sanctuary and the individual believer
• D. The Second coming of Christ

Answer: (C)

The second phase of the cleansing of the sanctuary describes a twofold purification: sins are blotted out in the heavenly sanctuary during the investigative judgment, and then there is a cleansing of both the sanctuary and the individual believer—the blotting out of sin from the records of heaven as well as from the lives of believers. This reflects Adventist teaching that salvation includes clearing the heavenly records and preparing the people to stand righteous before God at the end of the judgment. The other options don’t capture both aspects: forgiveness alone misses the sanctuary’s cleansing, cleansing of the sanctuary alone misses the believer’s cleansing, and the Second Coming is the event that follows these phases, not the phase itself.

The second phase of the cleansing of the sanctuary describes a twofold purification: sins are blotted out in the heavenly sanctuary during the investigative judgment, and then there is a cleansing of both the sanctuary and the individual believer—the blotting out of sin from the records of heaven as well as from the lives of believers. This reflects Adventist teaching that salvation includes clearing the heavenly records and preparing the people to stand righteous before God at the end of the judgment. The other options don’t capture both aspects: forgiveness alone misses the sanctuary’s cleansing, cleansing of the sanctuary alone misses the believer’s cleansing, and the Second Coming is the event that follows these phases, not the phase itself.