cloud,
thy
sins:
return
unto
me;
for
I
have
redeemed
thee.
Sing,
O
ye
heavens;
for
the
LORD
hath
done
it:
shout,
ye
lower
parts
of
the
earth:
break
forth
into
singing,
ye
mountains,
O
forest,
and
every
tree
therein:
for
the
LORD
hath
redeemed
Jacob,
and
glorified
himself
in
Israel
“
Isaiah
44:22-23.
The
wonderful
transformation
that
the
blotting
out
of
sins
will
accomplish
in
the
final
generation
is
depicted
in
Isaiah
4:2-5.
“In
that
day
shall
the
branch
of
the
LORD
be
beautiful
and
glorious,
and
the
fruit
of
the
earth
shall
be
excellent
and
comely
for
them
that
are
escaped
of
Israel.
And
it
shall
come
to
pass,
that
he
that
is
left
in
Zi-
on,
and
he
that
remaineth
in
Jerusalem,
shall
be
called
holy,
even
every
one
that
is
written
among
the
living
in
Jerusalem:
When
the
Lord
shall
have
washed
away
the
filth
of
the
daughters
of
Zion,
and
shall
have
purged
the
blood
of
Jerusalem
from
the
midst
thereof
by
the
spirit
of
judgment,
and
by
the
spirit
of
burn-
ing.
And
the
LORD
will
create
upon
every
dwelling
place
of
mount
Zion,
and
upon
her
assemblies,
a
cloud
and
smoke
by
day,
and
the
shin-
ing
of
a
flaming
fire
by
night:
for
upon
all
the
glory
shall
be
a
defence.
Other
passages
in
Inspiration
speak
of
the
complete
eradi-
cation
of
the
memory
of
past
sins.
“
Those
who
have
delayed
a
prep-
aration
for
the
day
of
God
cannot
obtain
it
in
the
time
of
trouble,
or
at
any
future
period.
The
righteous
will
not
cease
their
earnest
agonizing
cries
for
deliverance.
They
cannot
bring
to
mind
any
particular
sins,
but
in
their
whole
life
they
can
see
but
little
good.
Their
sins
had
gone
beforehand
to
judgment,
and
pardon
had
been
written.
Their
sins
had
been
borne
away
into
the
land
of
forgetfulness,
and
they
could
not
bring
them
to
remembrance
“
35G
p.
134.
“
Their
sins
have
gone
beforehand
to
judgment
and
have
been
blotted
out,
and
they
cannot
bring
them
to
remembrance
“
GC
p.
620.
We
should
note
that
those
whose
sins
have
been
blotted
out
cannot
bring
them
to
remembrance.
It
is
not
that
they
choose
not
to
remember
them,
but
they
cannot,
so
completely
have
they
18
perfect
in
the
Bible
were
not
sinless
as
Adam
before
the
fall
or
as
Christ
was
in
His
humanity.
HOW
WILL
SINLESS
PERFECTION
BE
ATTAINED?
If
none
of
the
saints
in
the
Bible
had
attained
to
sinless
per-
fection,
how
will
the
final
generation
ever
attain
to
it?
Will
it
be
through
diligent,
daily
sanctification?
There
are
many
sincere
people
who
think
that
when
through
daily
sanctification
they
come
to
the
point
where
they
have
ceased
to
sin,
they
will
have
attained
to
sinless
perfection.
However,
they
do
not
realize
that
ceasing
to
sin
is
not
sinless
perfection.
The
apostle
John
was
not
holding
on
to
any
sin,
yet
he
wrote
“
If
we
say
we
have
no
sin,
we
deceive
ourselves.
“
If
God’s
people
never
committed
another
sin
for
the
rest
of
their
lives,
they
would
still
have
a
corrupt
human
channel,
a
filthy
garment
that
defiles
even
their
best
deeds.
They
would
still
need
an
intercessor
in
the
heavenly
sanctuary.
There
also
are
those
who
are
convinced
that
we
need
the
latter
rain
in
order
to
perfect
our
characters
so
that
they
will
re-
flect
the
image
of
Jesus
perfectly.
And
that
is
true
according
to
Inspiration.
Consequently,
we
have
had
numerous
calls
to
en-
gage
in
days
of
prayer
for
the
latter
rain
to
be
bestowed.
But
thus
far
there
has
been
no
latter
rain
poured
out.
And
many
are
wondering
why
the
Lord
hasn't
answered
their
prayers
when
it
tells
us
to
pray
for
the
latter
rain.
See
Zechariah
10:1
&
TM
p.
506.
Christ
cannot
bestow
the
latter
rain
upon
His
people
until
the
soul
temple
is
cleansed
from
all
defilement.
As
long
as
His
people
are
encumbered
with
the
corrupt
human
channel,
as
long
as
they
are
clothed
with
the
filthy
garments
of
past
sins,
the
mighty
power
of
the
latter
rain
would
consume
them.
We
read
of
such
righteous
men
as
Job
and
Isaiah
and
Daniel
and
how
they
reacted
when
the
divine
presence
drew
near
them.
Job
ex-
11