Genesis

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NASB	Genesis 1:31 God saw all that He had made, and behold, it was very good. And there was evening and there was morning, the sixth day.
AMPLIFIED 2015	Genesis 1:31 God saw everything that He had made, and behold, it was very good and He validated it completely. And there was evening and there was morning, a sixth day.

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Bible Question: Did God create death?

Bible Answer: Greetings Diomede,

Scripture says that at the end of the six days of creation, "And God saw everything that He had made" (including not only the entire earth and all its contents, but all the heavens as well - note Genesis 1:16; 2:2, etc.) ".. and, behold, it was very good" (Genesis 1:31). Death did not "enter the world" until man sinned (Romans 5:12; 1 Corinthians 15:21). In Genesis, I believe that the life spans that are spoken of (Methusaleh lived 969 years) are real years. Methusaleh really did live to be 969 years old. However, after the flood, the life-span of man began a slow and erratic decline from 950 years (Noah) to eventually down to about 70 years at the time of Moses (see Psalm 90:10).

Death is part of God's curse on man's dominion (Genesis 3:19) as a result of the fall of man. The wages of sin is death (Romans 6:23). But the blood of Jesus is our atonement and has redeemed us of our sins (Leviticus 17:11; Ephesians 1:7; 1 John 1:7). "Christ hath redeemed us from the curse of the law, being made the curse for us" (Galatians 3:13, KJV), and "the dead shall be raised incorruptible" (1 Corinthians 15:52, KJV).

Yes, God would have had to 'create' or at least invent the concept of death at some point to make it necessary for us to die and be delivered from the bondage of corruption into the glorious liberty of life as a child of God (Romans 8:21). But because of Christ's victory over sin and death, the heavens and earth will then be made eternally new (Revelation 21:1-5), and those who put their faith in Christ see death in a glorious light, since we will be with our Lord.

Blessings to you,

Makarios