I have answered that before.....perhaps not in response to you. Yes, I believe death existed LONG before the event we know as the "fall".
I believe verse two shows that Satan who has the power of death was present on the earth. I believe it also shows that at some point in time maybe even immediately following, In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth, that this also at that time took place: 1 Sam 4:21 And she named the child Ichabod, saying, The glory is departed from Israel: because the ark of God was taken, and because of her father in law and her husband.
I say, maybe even immediately, because it is stated that Satan was a liar and murderer from the beginning.
I believe the last of verse 2 and verse 3 is God returning in his glory. The glory of Light. To deal with Satan and death.
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