1) Spiritual death;
2) Physical death; and
3) Eternal death or Second Death,
Spiritual Death
Spiritual death means separation from God.Spiritual death occurred in the Garden of Eden, the verses below explain how it happened:
(Gen 3:8-19 [KJV])
And they heard the voice of the LORD God walking in the garden in the cool of the day: and Adam and his wife hid themselves from the presence of the LORD God amongst the trees of the garden.
And the LORD God called unto Adam, and said unto him, Where [art] thou?
And he said, I heard thy voice in the garden, and I was afraid, because I [was] naked; and I hid myself.
And he said, Who told thee that thou [wast] naked? Hast thou eaten of the tree, whereof I commanded thee that thou shouldest not eat?
And the man said, The woman whom thou gavest [to be] with me, she gave me of the tree, and I did eat.
And the LORD God said unto the woman, What [is] this [that] thou hast done? And the woman said, The serpent beguiled me, and I did eat.
And the LORD God said unto the serpent, Because thou hast done this, thou [art] cursed above all cattle, and above every beast of the field; upon thy belly shalt thou go, and dust shalt thou eat all the days of thy life:
And I will put enmity between thee and the woman, and between thy seed and her seed; it shall bruise thy head, and thou shalt bruise his heel.
Unto the woman he said, I will greatly multiply thy sorrow and thy conception; in sorrow thou shalt bring forth children; and thy desire [shall be] to thy husband, and he shall rule over thee.
And unto Adam he said, Because thou hast hearkened unto the voice of thy wife, and hast eaten of the tree, of which I commanded thee, saying, Thou shalt not eat of it: cursed [is] the ground for thy sake; in sorrow shalt thou eat [of] it all the days of thy life;
Thorns also and thistles shall it bring forth to thee; and thou shalt eat the herb of the field;
In the sweat of thy face shalt thou eat bread, till thou return unto the ground; for out of it wast thou taken: for dust thou [art], and unto dust shalt thou return.
The moment Adam sinned, he was separated from God. (Gen. 3:9). Adam said, "... I hid myself." He was separated from God.
Adam and Eve listened to the devil and disobeyed God and experienced immediate spiritual death and ultimate physical death. Spiritual death kicked off immediately in the human race (not only in Adam and Eve). Man had become an outcast and driven from the Garden with no legal ground to approach God. Since that time, mankind had been living in disobedience to God
Scriptures on Spiritual Death
Luke 1:79, John 5:24-26, John 6:50-51, John 6:53, John 11:26, Rom 5:12, Rom 5:15, Rom 7:11, Rom 8:5-6, Rom 8:12-13, 2 Cor 5:14, Eph 2:1, Eph 2:5-6, Eph 4:18, Eph 5:14, Col 2:13, 1 Tim 5:6, 1 Peter 2:24, 1 John 5:12Physical Death
"Physical Death" is the natural end of human life on this earth; it is the consequence of Spiritual death; Gen 2:17. Physical death is an ultimate expression of spiritual death.The body may be killed or die a natural death, but the soul continues to be conscious in another sphere of existence:
“And fear not them which kill the body, but are not able to kill the soul: but rather fear him which is able to destroy both soul and body in hell” (Matt. 10:28).
Adam did not die physically the minute he sinned (even though he died spiritually the minute he sinned), the process of physical death began in their bodies immediately resulting in physical death after several years.
(Gen 5:5 [KJV])
And all the days that Adam lived were nine hundred and thirty years: and he died (physically).
The pattern now follows from Genesis even till now, below are some examples from the 5th Chapter of Genesis.
(Gen 5:8 [KJV])
And all the days of Seth were nine hundred and twelve years: and he died.
(Gen 5:11 [KJV])
And all the days of Enos were nine hundred and five years: and he died.
(Gen 5:14 [KJV])
And all the days of Cainan were nine hundred and ten years: and he died.
(Gen 5:17 [KJV])
And all the days of Mahalaleel were eight hundred ninety and five years: and he died.
(Gen 5:20 [KJV])
And all the days of Jared were nine hundred sixty and two years: and he died.
(Gen 5:27 [KJV])
And all the days of Methuselah were nine hundred sixty and nine years: and he died.
(Gen 5:31 [KJV])
And all the days of Lamech were seven hundred seventy and seven years: and he died.
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