God sees us as being righteous through Jesus Christ. 

Ezekiel 43:23

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“When you have finished cleansing it, you shall offer a young bull without blemish, and a ram from the flock without blemish.” Ezekiel 43:23

The priests who were following the law cleansed the altar twice, once with the sacrifice of a young bull, then again with the sacrifice of a kid from the goats. Then, the sanctified and cleansed altar is used to sacrifice another young bull without blemish and a ram without blemish.

We can say that the first cleansing of the altar is when Jesus Christ offered Himself upon the altar of the Cross as the atonement made for sin. He did away with the need for earthly ministers and opened the door of the soul and spirit to prepare anyone to come to God through Jesus Christ. “Behold, I stand at the door and knock. If anyone hears My voice and opens the door, I will come in to him and dine with him, and he with Me.” Revelation 3:20 The second cleansing of the altar is when we do not close that open door, but we are open to give our life on the altar of our soul as a living sacrifice to Jesus Christ. After that, the blood of the pure, sinless, and unblemished Lamb of God is sprinkled upon our soul as we are cleansed and sanctified.

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….to you who do not hold to her teaching and have not learned Satan’s so-called deep secrets,
I will not impose any other burden on you, except to hold on to what you have until I come.
I am coming soon. Hold on to what you have, so that no one will take your crown.
Revelation 2:24-25, 3:11