Our word for today is the umbrella word that God uses to describe the consequences of sin or rebellion against Him. It is מות die, dying, death, perish. It is used 840 times in the Hebrew Bible our Old Testament. Remember back in chapter one טוֹב was the umbrella word God used to describe what he created was ט֖וֹב מְאֹ֑ד very good. So the umbrella word for all the wonder of God’s creation was the word טוֹב good. But now the word מות is used to identify our fallen messed up world that is busted and doesn’t work like it was originally designed to work can be described with our word for today. God was very clear back in chapter two when he communicated to Adam what the consequences would be if he did the one thing that God told him not to do. The exact phrase is מ֥וֹת תָּמֽוּת which is literally dying you will die. So there is no way to misunderstand what God was communicating. But even so, Adam and Eve sinned and rebelled against God as we all have. And sure enough, we begin to see this happening in chapter five of Genesis beginning with Adam we see eight people listed that they lived so many years then מות died. This phrase so and so lived so many years then מות died, is continued on throughout the rest of the book of Genesis. I think God wants us to get the point that it is not worth it to disobey, rebel, and sin against God. Because we are not only hurting God but hurting ourselves and our loved ones. In a real physical way, they no longer lived on this earth and God said that it would happen, and it has and still is happening to this day. But the good news is that we can have eternal life through Jesus Christ because of his victory over death.
