Sin is selfishness (inward focussed). God is Love (always outward focussed). Because Sin is selfishness, it separates us from God. (We are to selfish to trust God.)
Since God is also the Source of Life, and we are separated from God through our sin, we are also separated from the Source of Life. The result is death.
Death is not strictly the punishment of sin. It is rather the natural consequence of being separated from the Source of Life - God. One can just as well say that death is the punishment for not eating. Or the wages of not breathing is death. Separation from the life-giving elements results in death. God is the ultimate life-giving Element. Separation from God results in ultimate death.
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