There before them were many trees. The devil tempted Eve and she and her husband ate of the forbidden fruit. From that time on they sensed a nakedness, and were not at ease in the presence of God, so that they hid from Him. Men are not wrong to fear death. It is a dreaded enemy to those who have been separated from God by their sin.
Death is a dreaded enemy, and the fear of death hold men in bondage all their lives.
Some try to set aside the fear of death by concluding that after death there is neither a heaven to seek nor a hell to shun. Others simply try to avoid thinking about death and its consequences. Still others try to convince themselves that they most certainly would not be condemned to hell. Unfortunately, all are wrong. None of these solutions to the dilemma of death is adequate.