SIMPLY MEANS SEPARATION

• from law of Moses, Rom. 7:4

• prodigal, while 'separated from father', Luke 15:24

• us from sin, Rom. 6:2; 1 Pet. 2:24

• from God while still alive, Eph. 2:"1; 1 Tim. 5:6; Rev. 3:1

• physical, spirit from body - James 2:26

USED IN THREE SENSES

• physical death, James 2:26, etc. spirit separated from body.

• spiritual death because of sin, Eph. 2:1 - separated from God

• eternal death = eternal separation from God, 2 Thess. 1:7-9; Rev. 2:11; 20:6, 14

NOT MEAN ANNIHILATION

• Matt. 8:22 - follow me, and let the dead bury the dead.

• Romans 14:9 - for to this end Christ both died and rose again, that He might be Lord both of the dead and of the living.

• Phil. 1:21 - for to me to live is Christ, and to die is gain.

• 1 Thess. 5:9-10 - she that liveth in pleasure is dead while she liveth

• 1 John 3:14 - we know that we passed out of death unto life because we love the brethren. He that loveth not abideth in death.

See also Spirit and Soul