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East from west - a Christian perspective
God doesn't just forgive our sin; He actually casts it away as far from us as it's possible to be. The phrase "as far as the east is from the west" is a rhetorical description of an infinitely long distance.
http://biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Psalm%20103:12&version=NIV
East - a Christian perspective
We are told in the psalms that God has removed our transgressions--or sins--from us. He has placed them as far as the east is from the west, which is a poetic way of saying that they are forever removed from us.
http://biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Psalm%20103:11-12&version=NIV