Actually wiped clean. Believers have the righteousness of Christ imputed to them, making them righteous in God's Sight. Since we are "in Christ", His righteousness is our righteousness. Our own, old righteousness is of no value. (2Co 5:17) Therefore if any man be in Christ, he is a new creature: old things are passed away; behold, all things are become new.
Using the word covered was meant in the sense of there being something to bridge the gap, so to speak, for our own conscience's sake. I realize the OT concept of the sacrifice being a covering for sin, hiding it from God's eyes, the same as God killed two animals to provide skins to Adam and Eve for covering their nakedness.
Okay, that makes sense. Thanks for the clarification!
Did you make it through the recent problems without losing power?