The prophet Isaiah informed his brethren just exactly it was that caused their spiritual separation from God: “But your iniquities have separated you from your God; your sins have hidden his face from you, so that he will not hear” (Isa. 59.2). In our world of three dimensions, we understand nearness, distance and separation. Even simple pronouns such as “this and that,” and “these and those” are understood to convey nearness or distance. To convey the consequences of sin, Isaiah says that our sins have separated us from our Lord.  Separation from a loved one who is on some battlefield half way across […]