No More Death

In the beginning, there was no death. Not for Adam, not for Eve, not for the animals, not for the land. There was no decay. No measure of disorder. No separation from the Creator. The breath of God flowed in Adam and through creation itself. That breath sustained all life. But when Adam disobeyed, the connection was severed. God had warned him in Genesis 2:17: “In the day you eat from it, mot tamut —you will surely die.” That Hebrew phrase mot tamut means “dying you will die”—a layered death that begins immediately and spreads through spirit, soul, and body. It wasn’t instant physical death, but a severing from the Source of life. From that moment, mavet —death—entered the world. Not just biological death, but separation. Rupture. The force that cuts off life from God. Paul says in Romans 5:12, “Through one man, sin entered the world, and death through sin, and so death spread to all men...” The Greek word thanatos (death) here is not passive. It reigns like a tyrant. Romans 5:...