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Will people die during the Millennium when Christ is ruling on earth?
After the Judgment of separating the sheep from the goats, the saved go into the Millennial period (Mt.25) the unsaved (goats) go into the fire, which is judgment. There are two kinds of believers that will enter the Millennium. Those who have come back with Christ (1 Thess. 4:14b) who are made eternal, been transformed, and have glorified bodies. And those that are mortal that lived through the Great Tribulation and survived (sheep). Those mortals will become the non immortal race of man on earth which those who were made like Christ in the resurrection will co rule and reign over (Rev.20:6). Isaiah states, "There shall be no more thence an infant of days, nor an old man that hath not filled his days: for the child shall die an hundred years old; but the sinner being an hundred years old shall be accursed" (Isaiah 65:20). During this Millennial period a 100-year-old person will die as a child, if saved they will live to the extent of years (likened to Adams day), v.22 “ for as the days of a tree, so shall be the days of My people.”
Those born in Millennial period must receive Christ as Savior just as people in prior dispensations. By the end of the 1,000 years there will be millions of people born under Christ's Kingdom that will still refuse to accept Him as Savior. During this time period of Christs theocracy, Satan is bound in the bottomless pit. But the adamic nature is not eradicated in mortal mankind that is still being born. Those who are born to those who have entered the millennium can refuse and not be saved (even if their parents are saved). At the end of this time period Satan will be released from the bottomless pit (Revelation 20:7) and will lead All unbelievers in a rebellion against Jesus Christ, against the saints and the city of Jerusalem (Rev.20:6). The fire of God will come from Heaven and devour them (Revelation 20:8, 9). Then comes the white throne judgment -- the last judgment before the new Heavens and earth are made prepared for the heavenly Jerusalem to come down where death will be no more.
Isaiah 65:17-25
New Heavens and a New Earth
17 “See, I will create
new heavens and a new earth.
The former things will not be remembered,
nor will they come to mind.
18 But be glad and rejoice forever
in what I will create,
for I will create Jerusalem to be a delight
and its people a joy.
19 I will rejoice over Jerusalem
and take delight in my people;
the sound of weeping and of crying
will be heard in it no more.
20 “Never again will there be in it
an infant who lives but a few days,
or an old man who does not live out his years;
the one who dies at a hundred
will be thought a mere child;
the one who fails to reach[a] a hundred
will be considered accursed.
21 They will build houses and dwell in them;
they will plant vineyards and eat their fruit.
22 No longer will they build houses and others live in them,
or plant and others eat.
For as the days of a tree,
so will be the days of my people;
my chosen ones will long enjoy
the work of their hands.
23 They will not labor in vain,
nor will they bear children doomed to misfortune;
for they will be a people blessed by the Lord,
they and their descendants with them.
24 Before they call I will answer;
while they are still speaking I will hear.
25 The wolf and the lamb will feed together,
and the lion will eat straw like the ox,
and dust will be the serpent’s food.
They will neither harm nor destroy
on all my holy mountain,”
says the Lord.
The point of Isaiah’s metaphor in 65:20 is that in the new heavens and new earth there will be no more untimely deaths. In the eternal kingdom, children won’t die in days of suckling, nor men in days of youth. All will have longevity of days.
And indeed, those 100 years old will be considered mere youth. In the new heavens and new earth, people will no longer be cut off by death, and the injustices of life will vanish. The verse doesn’t imply death will be present, but simply underscores that one of the great blessings of the eternal kingdom will be longevity.
Isaiah expresses this reality by employing figures we know, and his use of metaphor highlights the differences between this age and the age to come in a way we can easily understand.
Other details of the text, including verses 18 to 25, indicate this is not about an eschatological hope in a millennial reign of Christ, but rather the eternal reign of Christ. Verse 19, for example, declares that “no more shall be heard in it the sound of weeping”; Revelation 21:4 echoes this verse, and sees it as a mark of the final kingdom (Rev. 21:1). Additionally, in Isaiah 65:18 God’s people are commanded to “be glad and rejoice forever”; the believer’s joy is not merely for a 1,000-year period, but forever.
The point of Isaiah’s metaphor in 65:20 is that in the new heavens and new earth there will be no more untimely deaths. In the eternal kingdom, children won’t die in days of suckling, nor men in days of youth. All will have longevity of days.
And indeed, those 100 years old will be considered mere youth. In the new heavens and new earth, people will no longer be cut off by death, and the injustices of life will vanish. The verse doesn’t imply death will be present, but simply underscores that one of the great blessings of the eternal kingdom will be longevity.
Isaiah expresses this reality by employing figures we know, and his use of metaphor highlights the differences between this age and the age to come in a way we can easily understand.
Other details of the text, including verses 18 to 25, indicate this is not about an eschatological hope in a millennial reign of Christ, but rather the eternal reign of Christ. Verse 19, for example, declares that “no more shall be heard in it the sound of weeping”; Revelation 21:4 echoes this verse, and sees it as a mark of the final kingdom (Rev. 21:1). Additionally, in Isaiah 65:18 God’s people are commanded to “be glad and rejoice forever”; the believer’s joy is not merely for a 1,000-year period, but forever.
Comfort to Believers
Isaiah’s eschatological battlefield is worthy of visitation since it reminds us of previous battles over the same turf. Derek Thomas provides a succinct and helpful summary:
The passage describes a new heavens and a new earth (65:17), calling upon the faithful to rejoice forever (65:18) because it will be a condition where there is no weeping, or distress (65:19). There will be no death in heaven (65:20), or any kind of violence (65:25).
We do well to understand various views in order to avoid repeating past interpretive errors. Isaiah 65:20 communicates good news that provides deep comfort for all who are in Christ Jesus. The terrible brokenness of this world will one day disappear as the Lord of creation makes all things new. https://www.thegospelcoalition.org/article/will-people-die-during-christs-millennial-reign/
Question: When Lazarus died, he went to "Abraham's bosom." He "lifted up his eyes," but his body was in the grave. The thief on the cross died and went to "Paradise" with Jesus "in the heart of the earth." Christians who die go to be with Christ in heaven but won't get glorified bodies until the resurrection. In the millennium, a child will die being 100 years old and will go...where? After the millennium, the New Jerusalem descends to earth. This is not for all believers but only the church. Can you sort this out?
Response:
Our spirits that separate from our bodies at death and go to be with Christ to await glorified bodies at the resurrection are not blind, deaf, and dumb until then. God, angels, Satan, and demons are all spirits and can see, think, hear, speak-and so can the human spirit, separated from its body, whether in heaven or in hell. "There is a natural [physical] body, and there is a spiritual body" (1 Cor:15:44
). Such was the condition of the rich man, (conscious, in torment, seeing, speaking). Lazarus and Abraham were in the place Christ called "paradise," where He, the believing thief, and Old Testament believers went upon death.
At His resurrection, our Lord emptied paradise and took its occupants to heaven. Since then, at death, believers' souls and spirits have gone directly to be with Christ in His Father's house of many mansions (Jn:14:2
). Souls and spirits of all those "who sleep in Jesus" [i.e., died in faith in Christ] are waiting in heaven for the resurrection of their bodies that will be transformed into His likeness at the Rapture.
To speak of a hundred-year-old as a "child" does not mean that person is immature physically or mentally but that to die at 100 during the Millennium would be like being cut off in childhood. Those dying that "young" must be wicked and taken instantly to hell to join the "rich man" and multitudes of others in torment.
Revelation 21 reveals the "new heaven and new earth" after the final judgment of the wicked (Rev:20:10-15
). They will then all be in the Lake of Fire, not intended for mankind but "prepared for the devil and his angels" (Mat:25:41
). Jews or Gentiles who believed on Christ, but not until they saw Him at the Second Coming, are not in the church but will dwell on earth eternally: in their natural bodies during the Millennium and in new bodies on the new earth with access to the new Jerusalem but not as its residents (Rev:21:24
). Jews saved at the Second Coming will eternally dwell in the promised land of Israel on the new earth (Gen:17:8
; 1 Chr:16:14-18
; Eze:32:21-28
; 39:27-29; Zec:12:10
Jews or Gentiles who believed on Christ before His visible appearing ("blessed are they that have not seen, and yet have believed" - Jn:20:29
are the bride, the church. They inhabit the new Jerusalem, are always with Christ, and have full access through Him to the throne of God in heaven.
This is how I "sort this out." But you Bereans must search the Scriptures daily to come to your own conclusions.TheBereancall.org
hope this helps !!!
