The wages of sin is death, as you already know. Did you know that there are two deaths, sister? The first one is when a person dies. The second one is the lake of fire. People who have physically died are still alive but are either in the paradise of God or they are in Hades (Hell or gehenna). On Judgement day, these unbelievers will be judged and their place will be the eternal lake of fire.
Here are a couple of Watchtower Org. quotes that show that they teach death pays for their own sins. Fortunately TheHC finally responded and affirmed because she knew I had quotes. I put them on a different thread she was on last summer.
The Watchtower 11/15/95 page 19
Must those resurrected during Jesus' Thousand Year Reign enter the antitypical city of refuge and remain there until the death of the high priest?
No, because by dying the paid the penalty for their sinfulness. (Romans 6:7; Heb 9:27) Nevertheless, the High Priest will help them to reach perfection. If they successfully pass the final test after the Millennium, God will also declare them righteous with a guarantee of eternal life on earth.
The Watchtower 5/15/73 page 312
What of those, then. who will be resurrected during Jesus' thousand year reign? Must these, too, come within the city of refuge and remain there until the "death of the high priest"?
No, for these have paid the penalty for their sinfulness by their own death. (Rom 6:7) They have been aquitted of sin by going down into the common grave of all mankind. On coming forth from death they are now standing on a road that leads, not into the anti-typical city of refuge, but into everlasting life.
