 As true believers are found righteous in the judgment, their sins are removed or "blotted" from record by the atoning blood of Jesus Christ.This is believed to have been foreshadowed by the work of the High Priest in the Most Holy Place on the Day of Atonement (Leviticus 16).The investigative judgment is the final phase of Christ's atoning work, which began on the cross and continued after his ascension in the Holy Place of the heavenly sanctuary.