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   Sun, 25 Jan 2026 08:22:18 -0600   
      
   Christ Rose  wrote:   
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   > What did happen immediately was separation from God. Adam hid from the   
   > presence of the LORD (Genesis 3:8). He was expelled from the garden and   
   > cut off from direct fellowship with God (Genesis 3:23–24). Death entered   
   > his condition that very day, even though physical death came later.   
   >   
   > This confirms an essential understanding of what death means in the   
   > Bible. Death does not mean cessation of existence. Death means   
   > separation. Spiritual death is separation from God. Physical death is   
   > separation of the soul from the body. Eternal death is eternal   
   > separation from God in the lake of fire (), where the worm does not die   
   > (), the fire is not quenched (), where there will be "weeping and   
   > gnashing of teeth", and wher the smoke of their "torment" goes up "day   
   > and night", "forever and ever" (), not cessation of existence.   
      
      
   What did happen immediately was separation from God. Adam hid from the   
   presence of the LORD (Genesis 3:8). He was expelled from the garden and   
   cut off from direct fellowship with God (Genesis 3:23–24). Death entered   
   his condition that very day, even though physical death came later.   
      
   This confirms an essential understanding of what death means in the   
   Bible. Death does not mean cessation of existence. Death means   
   separation. Spiritual death is separation from God. Physical death is   
   separation of the soul from the body. Eternal death is eternal   
   separation from God in the lake of fire (Revelation 20:14–15), where the   
   worm does not die (Mark 9:48), the fire is not quenched (Mark 9:48),   
   where there will be "weeping and gnashing of teeth", and where the smoke   
   of their "torment" goes up "day and night", "forever and ever"   
   (Revelation 14:11), not cessation of existence.   
      
      
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   Have you heard the good news Christ died for our sins (†), and God   
   raised Him from the dead?   
      
   That Christ died for our sins shows we're sinners who deserve the death   
   penalty. That God raised Him from the dead shows Christ's death   
   satisfied God's righteous demands against our sin (Romans 3:25; 1 John   
   2:1-2). This means God can now remain just, while forgiving you of your   
   sins, and saving you from eternal damnation.   
      
   On the basis of Christ's death and resurrection for our sins, call on   
   the name of the Lord to save you: "For 'everyone who calls on the name   
   of the Lord will be saved'" (Romans 10:13, ESV).   
      
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