There is no doubt that God's law comes with a credible threat that if you don't follow, you will face divine retribution. The threat naturally makes the law binding on the violent action of the frequent offender. Unless there is a threat, the law does not delegate authority; the criminal law has power poses a terrible threat. The threat of breaking law is equivalent to the level of broken law. When Adam and Eve were in the Garden of Eden, they had to avoid the particular temptation of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil. If they sinned, they would die.The Eternal God would demand death. A little sin is the most vicious act challenges God's will. There would be a threat of eternal judgment if punishments for minor offenses were increased.
This is how God takes sinful people seriously. Sin cannot be ignored or taken gently. This is a grave crime before God, and God will not let you get away with. The reality of Hell advises us that sin is judged. We understand the atrocity of sin the reality of Hell and the threat. A world devoid of sin is a dream world. In a world death is constantly hiding,  sin becomes a terribly important and present threat. Anti-rape groups argue that men often fail to justify their rape by claiming that they had an irresistible urge or that the woman had brought it upon herself.
When man has a false god, is punished by an angry God. Many people experience the terrible fear of alienation at one point or another in their working lives. Unless man takes the time to find his "rest in God," he will eventually experience this dreadful reality when he dies.