God did not decree Death; per se. . Satan forced Death when Man disobeyed God via obeying Satan and thus absorbing SIN wrt Man’s free will Choice of Eating of the Forbidden Fruit of Knowledge of Good and Evil = versus = Eating Only of The Fruit from the Tree of Life.
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