What did Jesus mean by I will cast your sin as far as the east is from the west?

Answer 1

I'm not positive but i think it means that he'll forgive your sin that it'll never leave you completely but its very far away.

i agree, partly. i think that it means that he will forgive you, and that he will throw your sin so far out that it will be forgotten.

CalormeneQueen:

This is what I'm positive He means.

If you are on the earth, and you go north, you can kept going in a straight line until you reach the north pole, and you can still be going in that same straight line, but once you pass the north pole, you'll be going south. See how the longitude lines all meet at the poles?

But notice how the latitude lines are all parallel.

If you start going east and keep walking in a straight line line, you will never ever ever be going west. just try it with a globe!

if you start going north or south, you will eventually end up going in the opposite direction, but if you start going east or west, your direction never changes. ever.

This means that the distance between east and west is infinite and nonexistent. When He cast your sins as far as the east is from the west, they cease to exist.

Answer:

Where is the scripture where Jesus says that?

Answer: Jesus didn't say it: King David did in Psalm 103 (v. 12).

Answer 2

King James Version

Psalms 103: 12 As far as the east is from the west, so far hath he removed our transgressions (Sins) from us.