How far away did Christ take our sins at the cross?

Les explains that when Christ took our sins, He removed them as far as the east is from the west and buried them in the deepest sea. He suggests that during a three-hour period, perhaps in the eternal state, Christ suffered all the hell and all the judgment every human being deserved. After stepping out of eternity back into time on the cross, He could say, "It is finished." Les emphasizes that what Jesus referred to was the business of obliterating our sin and suffering the sin penalty, which was finished. He also notes that salvation could never be complete until Christ rose from the dead, and that our gospel is Christ crucified and risen from the dead, as Paul writes. He contrasts this with those who hang on Jesus' earthly ministry, saying we cannot be saved by the gospel according to Jesus, because salvation is only by virtue of His death, burial, and resurrection.