Most people realize that there is more between heaven and earth, but many have never had a personal experience with God. The reason is that there is a problem between us and God. That problem is in our thinking and actions. We as human beings can do many good things, but when you look at the misery in the world, you see that we as human beings are unable to live in harmony with those around us. You see this on a large scale, but also in our own lives. Even in doing good things, we often have our own wellbeing in mind. This problem creates distance between people, but also between a human being and our Maker, God.
When God made the world, all was well. Man was given responsibility for the world. As long as man was connected to God there would be no death and man would live eternally with God.
With the first people, Satan succeeded in bringing about a break in the relationship between God and man. That is why there is a lot of misery in this world. God holds us all personally responsible for our mistakes, but also collectively for the misery in the world, because we are no different from other people and evil does seem to have crept into our DNA as well. God calls this sin and deals with it as we deal with a crime. Good conversation cannot solve this problem. The punishment God is satisfied with is that we die and we are without Him in eternity. Consequence would be that there would be no human being left living eternally with God.