Death Will Continue through the Millennium Isaiah 65:20 This means that human life will be prolonged so that men will live as long as trees (Isaiah 65:22) and for the entire 1,000 years if they do not commit a sin having the death penalty, an act which will require them to be executed (Isaiah 65:20; Isaiah 11:2-5). Then, if they do not rebel with Satan at the end of the 1,000 years, if they have accepted Jesus Christ as their Savior, and if they are born again and consecrated to eternal righteousness, they will continue to live eternally in the New Earth (Matthew 25:46; 1 Cor. 15:24-28; Ephes. 1:10; Ephes. 2:7; Ephes. 3:11; Rev. 20:7-10; Rev. 22:2). A man in the 1,000-year reign of Christ will be considered an infant of years instead of an infant of days and no one will die unless he is executed for crime; nobody will fail to fill out his days of maturity and long life. Even sinners will live through the entire period if they will obey the civil laws and refrain from sins that carry the death penalty. A man will be considered a mere child at the age of 100. Death will continue through the 1,000-year reign of Christ on earth, but only for those who commit death-penalty sins-acts for which they will be executed. If a man sins thus at any age 100, 500, or 1,000-he will be executed, for the law will go forth from Zion and the Word of the Lord from Jerusalem in those days (Isaiah 2:2-4; Isaiah 11:3-5; Micah 4). The resurrected saints of all ages or periods who have been made immortal and come back to earth with Christ at His second coming (Zech.14:5; Jude 1:14-15; Rev. 19:4) will be kings and priests and the judges to execute judgment and justice throughout the earth. There will be no favoritism shown because of family, church, political, or financial connections. The guilty will be executed according to the law, and perfect righteousness and justice will be meted out to all alike (Psalm 149:6-9; 1 Cor. 6:2; Rev. 5:10; Rev. 20:4-6). The last enemy to be destroyed will be death (1 Cor. 15:24-28). All sinners in heart will rebel with Satan at the end of the 1,000 years and be destroyed by fire coming from God out of heaven (Rev. 20:7-10). The saints-those who are in the camp of the saints and in the beloved city, earthly Jerusalem-will continue living in the new earth, and will multiply and replenish the earth as God originally intended when Adam was created (Matthew 25:46; Rev. 21:3-6,24-27; Rev. 22:2-5).
Posted on: Mon, 23 Sep 2013 11:44:22 +0000
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