What is death in the Bible, and what are its seven kinds?

Answered by Gene Cunningham, Basic Training Bible Ministries · from The Basics, Lesson 1–1: The Problem—Sin

In the Bible death never means the end of existence; it means separation - the inability to function in a particular realm. Scripture describes seven deaths: spiritual, positional, temporal, operational, sexual, physical, and the second death. The root of them all is spiritual death - separation from God - into which every person is born.

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Source: The Basics The Basics, Unit 1, Lesson 1-1 - The Problem-Sin (pp. 1-10) · Read this lesson in the book →

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