Does Jesus Punish the Sinners with Death?

Jesus is the light of the world; He has no darkness in Himself, “I am the light of the world. He who follows Me shall not walk in darkness, but have the light of life.” (John 8: 12). All evildoers hate the light lest their deeds should be exposed, “And this is the condemnation, that the light has come into the world, and men loved darkness rather than light, because their deeds were evil. For everyone practicing evil hates the light and does not come to the light, lest his deeds should be exposed. But he who does the truth comes to the light, that his deeds may be clearly seen, that they have been done in God” (John 3:19-21). Jesus does not punish man for his sins, but we are the ones who formed our destiny. God the Father loved us and sent His Son to our world to save us from the power of sin which leads to our death, “For God so loved the world that He gave His only begotten Son, that whoever believes in Him should not perish but have everlasting life. For God did not send His Son into the world to condemn the world, but that the world through Him might be saved.” (John 3:16-17). Jesus’ life destroyed death on the cross. He confronted all evil works of hatred, rejection, unfaithfulness, cruelty, etc. He took our death and gave us His resurrection. He gave us this overcoming power over death.

We are the ones who have chosen the ways of the devil which led us to death. Death is both cause and result of missing the way and of being separated from the life of God. God is immortal and the only source of immortality. Losing the unity with Him in His Son Jesus Christ through the Holy Spirit is the cause of sin and death.

 So, death is not a punishment of God: it is, rather, the result of man's failure to live up to his destiny of participating in God's immortality. Death is the primary manifestation of separation and alienation from God; it is also our main source of bondage and the driving force behind individual sins.  “In as much then as the children have partaken of flesh and blood, He Himself likewise shared in the same, that through death He might destroy him who had the power of death, that is, the devil, and release those who through fear of death were all their lifetime subject to bondage.” (Hebrews 2: 14-15) "Even so we, when we were children, were in bondage under the elements of the world" (Galatians 4:3).