I wouldn't refer to it as penalty.
I simply mean that, since that man chose to disobey God, he will miss out on God's best for him.
He may very well live a long and happy life.
We are free to choose what we wish to do.
But if we do not choose what He tells us, we cannot escape the consequences.
Yet He may very well bless our lives abundantly.
It still will not be the best that He wanted to give to us.
Watch in person, in real life - those who chose to disobey God, and did not repent, cannot be trusted. They cannot discern God's Will and Plan and Purpose daily or for life. They can scarcely tell, if at all, when someone lies to them, or if they are being told the truth! And this results in them doing more that is disobedient, more that is wrong, and more that causes pain or harm or loss to others in the body / assembly .