Bible Questions Answered:
“In our class we debated just how long some one will live in the millennium, what do you think?”
Sherri/ London, United Kingdom
Bible Answer:
Adam and Eve were created to live forever.
But because of their sinful choice, they began to die after being banished from the garden of Eden, with it's tree of life (Genesis 2:9).
Chased out of the garden, yet longevity was the rule for some time as indicated by the life spans of the following:
Adam: Genesis 5:3 930 years
Seth: Genesis 5:6 912 years
Enosh: Genesis 5:9 905 years
Kenan: Genesis 5:12 910 years
Mahalalel Genesis 5:15 895 years
Jared: Genesis 5:18 962 years
Enoch: Genesis 5:21 365 years (Genesis 5:24 KJV And Enoch walked with God: and he was not; for
God took him.- - Enoch did not see death.)
Lamech Genesis 5:28 777 years
Noah Genesis 9:29 950 years
Now the question arises how long could one live during the Millennium?
The Millennium, will be a period of 1,000 years of Christ rule on earth, as King of Kings and Lord of Lords.
Micah 4:3 KJV
And He shall judge among many people, and rebuke strong nations afar off; and they shall beat their swords into plowshares, and their spears into pruning hooks: nation shall not lift up a sword against nation, neither shall they learn war any more.
Isaiah 11:4-9 KJV
4 But with righteousness shall He judge the poor, and reprove with equity for the meek of the earth: and He shall smite the earth: with the rod of His mouth, and with the breath of His lips shall He slay the wicked.
5 And righteousness shall be the girdle of His loins, and faithfulness the girdle of His reins.
6 The wolf also shall dwell with the lamb, and the leopard shall lie down with the kid; and the calf and the young lion and the fatling together; and a little child shall lead them.
7 And the cow and the bear shall feed; their young ones shall lie down together: and the lion shall eat straw like the ox.
8 And the sucking child shall play on the hole of the asp, and the weaned child shall put his hand on the cockatrice' den.
9 They shall not hurt nor destroy in all My holy mountain: for the earth shall be full of the knowledge of the Lord, as the waters cover the sea.
Be sure to read the blog posting …... Millennium
Mankind will not be in a glorified state of being, such as our Lord is, and church will one day be with Him as, but humanity will be flesh and blood as it is today.
Even though that may be, yet the curse of sin, will be gone, and the earth will be re-energized into a Garden of Eden state of being.
And so the Word tells us:
Isaiah 65:18-25 NLT
18 Be glad; rejoice forever in My creation! And look! I will create Jerusalem as a place of happiness. Her people will be a source of joy.
19 I will rejoice over Jerusalem and delight in My people. And the sound of weeping and crying will be heard in it no more.
20 “No longer will babies die when only a few days old. No longer will adults die before they have lived a full life. No longer will people be considered old at one hundred! Only the cursed will die that young!
21 In those days people will live in the houses they build and eat the fruit of their own vineyards.
22 Unlike the past, invaders will not take their houses and confiscate their vineyards.
For My people will live as long as trees, and My chosen ones will have time to enjoy their hard-won gains.
23 They will not work in vain, and their children will not be doomed to misfortune.
For they are people blessed by the Lord, and their children, too, will be blessed.
24 I will answer them before they even call to Me. While they are still talking about their needs, I will go ahead and answer their prayers!
25 The wolf and the lamb will feed together. The lion will eat hay like a cow. But the snakes will eat dust.
In those days no one will be hurt or destroyed on My holy mountain. I, the Lord, have spoken!”
Zechariah 8:3-8 KJV
3 Thus saith the Lord; I am returned unto Zion, and will dwell in the midst of Jerusalem: and Jerusalem shall be called a city of truth; and the mountain of the Lord of Hosts the holy mountain.
4 Thus saith the Lord of Hosts; There shall yet old men and old women dwell in the streets of Jerusalem, and every man with his staff in his hand for very age.
5 And the streets of the city shall be full of boys and girls playing in the streets thereof.
6 Thus saith the Lord of Hosts; If it be marvelous in the eyes of the remnant of this people in these days, should it also be marvelous in Mine eyes? saith the Lord of Hosts.
7 Thus saith the Lord of Hosts; Behold, I will save My people from the east country, and from the west country;
8 And I will bring them, and they shall dwell in the midst of Jerusalem: and they shall be My people, and I will be their God, in truth and in righteousness.
Ezekiel 47:12 KJV
And by the river upon the bank thereof, on this side and on that side, shall grow all trees for meat, whose leaf shall not fade, neither shall the fruit thereof be consumed: it shall bring forth new fruit according to his months, because their waters they issued out of the sanctuary: and the fruit thereof shall be for meat, and the leaf thereof for medicine.
At the end of the Millennium:
Revelation 20:7-10 KJV
7 And when the thousand years are expired, Satan shall be loosed out of his prison,
8 And shall go out to deceive the nations which are in the four quarters of the earth, Gog, and Magog, to gather them together to battle: the number of whom is as the sand of the sea.
9 And they went up on the breadth of the earth, and compassed the camp of the saints about, and the beloved city: and fire came down from God out of heaven, and devoured them.
10 And the devil that deceived them was cast into the lake of fire and brimstone, where the beast and the false prophet are (They were thrown in, before the millennium), and shall be tormented day and night for ever and ever.
I Corinthians 15:26 KJV
The last enemy that shall be destroyed is death.
Revelation 21:4 KJV
And God shall wipe away all tears from their eyes; and there shall be no more death, neither sorrow, nor crying, neither shall there be any more pain: for the former things are passed away.
Millennial Longevity:
How long did the prophet Isiah prophesy that God's people would live?
Isaiah 65:22 NLT
“...For My people will live as long as trees,..”
White Oaks can live from 400-500 years. Cedars from 400-600, and there are species, that are known to have lived over 1,000 years. There are a few trees, said to be alive today, that were alive in the time of Christ.
It more than appears that a person could live the 1,000 year millennium, with the blessing of the Lord!
What would it be like to live 1,000 years?
For that fact, for God's people, what will it be like to live …....forever, time without end?
Have you given your heart and life to the Creator of the Universe, He loves you and has given His life for you.
II Corinthians 5:21 NLT
For God made Christ, who never sinned, to be the offering for our sin, so that we could be made right with God through Christ.
John 3:16-18 KJV
16 For God so loved the world, that He gave His only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in Him should not perish, but have everlasting life.
17 For God sent not His Son into the world to condemn the world; but that the world through Him might be saved.
18 He that believeth on Him is not condemned: but he that believeth not is condemned already, because he hath not believed in the name of the Only Begotten Son of God.
Salvation Prayer
