The Japanese believers began to weep. The Korean believers' bitterness was overcome by the love of the cross. Japanese tears of repentance and Korean tears of forgiveness intermingled to bathe the site of an old nightmare. There are two key words in our text that you should underline. In this passage we are going to examine the concepts of separation and reconciliation.
People always bring about separation.
God always brings about reconciliation. Consider the separation and alienation of the world. We are separated racially, politically, socially and economically. We are alienated in our government, in our homes, in our families and sometime even in our churches. Man is adept at building walls of separation.