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What does the Bible say about east from west?

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The Bible teaches that God, in His merciful forgiveness, removes the sins of His repentant people as far from them as the east is from the west, and He gathers His people from every direction to belong to Him. Psalm 103:12 celebrates the complete pardon God gives through His steadfast love, while Isaiah 43:25 declares that He blots out transgressions for His own sake and remembers them no more. Micah 7:19 similarly portrays God casting sins into the depths of the sea. The east and west also picture the worldwide reach of His saving purpose: Isaiah 43:5 and Zechariah 8:7 speak of His gathering, and Matthew 8:11 anticipates many coming into Christ's kingdom.

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  • Psalms 103:12

    As far as the east is from the west, So far has he removed our transgressions from us.

  • Matthew 24:27

    For as the lightning comes forth from the east, and is seen even to the west, so will be the coming of the Son of Man.

  • Zechariah 8:7

    Thus says Yahweh of Hosts: "Behold, I will save my people from the east country, and from the west country;

  • Isaiah 43:5

    Don't be afraid; for I am with you: I will bring your seed from the east, and gather you from the west;

  • Isaiah 43:25

    I, even I, am he who blots out your transgressions for my own sake; and I will not remember your sins.

  • Ezekiel 11:23

    The glory of Yahweh went up from the midst of the city, and stood on the mountain which is on the east side of the city.

  • Matthew 8:11

    I tell you that many will come from the east and the west, and will sit down with Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob in the Kingdom of Heaven,

  • Micah 7:19

    He will again have compassion on us. He will tread our iniquities under foot; And you will cast all their sins into the depths of the sea.

  • Isaiah 59:19

    So shall they fear the name of Yahweh from the west, and his glory from the rising of the sun; for he will come as a rushing stream, which the breath of Yahweh drives.

  • Genesis 13:14

    Yahweh said to Abram, after Lot was separated from him, "Now, lift up your eyes, and look from the place where you are, northward and southward and eastward and westward,

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