Thou Shalt Surely Die: What Death?

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Q. “In the day that thou eatest thereof thou shalt surely die.” What death was meant?
A. Physical death of the body. The margin reads, “dying thou shalt die.” “By one man sin entered into the world, and death by sin,” etc. The seeds of death of the body were laid in the man when the condition was broken through which he held his blessings from God. His physical condition became subject to death, which eventually feeds upon him. This goes no further than the body. “After this, the judgment,” was not yet spoken, though always true. The only thing that goes beyond government of God in this world in Genesis 3 is the sentence, “So he drove out the man.” This exclusion from the presence of God and all good went farther a long way. Total exclusion from His presence forever we find in the description of those shut out from God and the sphere and blessing in Revelation 22:1515For without are dogs, and sorcerers, and whoremongers, and murderers, and idolaters, and whosoever loveth and maketh a lie. (Revelation 22:15), “For without are dogs,” etc. Such find their place in “the lake of fire which burneth with fire and brimstone, which is the second death” (Rev. 21:88But the fearful, and unbelieving, and the abominable, and murderers, and whoremongers, and sorcerers, and idolaters, and all liars, shall have their part in the lake which burneth with fire and brimstone: which is the second death. (Revelation 21:8)).