It builds a bridge over the quarrel that produced enemies and caused separation. It ends the hostility. Human evil, as it occurs in an unforgiven life, invokes God's anger and stirs His just wrath. Righteous hostility alienates the God of holiness from the unforgiven person.
Reconciliation occurs only if the true cause of the enmity is addressed.
God empowered perfect forgiveness by destroying the cause of the enmity. Atonement and redemption built a bridge over human evil. If a person is to be reconciled to God, he must respond to God's initiative. For a person to make reconciliation reality, he must accept ownership of his evil and surrender his evil to God's forgiveness. God initiated reconciliation.