There is perhaps no greater visible example of sin’s effect on the world than death. It is the most visible act of separation that we can see, when a person’s spirit leaves the body. In our fallen, broken world, it is a perpetual example of the separation from God that those who aren’t in Christ endure now, and will endure for eternity if they do not repent. It is such a clear picture that it shocks us when someone we know dies. We get so used to not really thinking about the totality of sin’s effect, that when someone dies we are jolted as this reality forces itself upon us. As such, death is also a great indicator of our spiritual status as well.
