Separation (as used here) does not mean that God left humanity.
It means that we turned away — and in our fear, shame, and distortion, believed He had turned away too.
The lie in Eden wasn’t just “you can be like God.”
It was the deeper, quieter insinuation: “God isn’t fully good. He’s holding something back.”
That doubt fractured trust, and when trust broke, relationship ruptured — not by God’s choice, but ours.
We hid.
We covered ourselves.
We projected our shame onto Him and braced for punishment — even though He came still walking in the garden, still calling their names.
In this work, separation is not God abandoning us — it’s our distortion of His presence.
It’s the belief that we are unworthy of love.
That we have to earn it.
That we are alone.
But God never left.
He clothed Adam and Eve.
He pursued Israel.
He embodied Himself in Christ to be seen, touched, known again — to restore what we broke.
Separation leads to fear.
Fear leads to control.
And control keeps us locked in distortion, disconnected from love.
Healing begins the moment we stop running, stop hiding, and realize:
The separation was never on His side.
