Living Longer

[B-A-C]

Before Genesis 6:3; People lived a long time. There were many patriarchs that lived well into their 900's.

But then...
Gen 6:3; Then the LORD said, "My Spirit shall not strive with man forever, because he also is flesh; nevertheless his days shall be one hundred and twenty years."

However in Isaiah we see...

Isa 65:16; "Because he who is blessed in the earth Will be blessed by the God of truth; And he who swears in the earth Will swear by the God of truth; Because the former troubles are forgotten, And because they are hidden from My sight!
Isa 65:17; "For behold, I create new heavens and a new earth; And the former things will not be remembered or come to mind.
Isa 65:18; "But be glad and rejoice forever in what I create; For behold, I create Jerusalem for rejoicing And her people for gladness.
Isa 65:19; "I will also rejoice in Jerusalem and be glad in My people; And there will no longer be heard in her The voice of weeping and the sound of crying.
Isa 65:20; "No longer will there be in it an infant who lives but a few days, Or an old man who does not live out his days; For the youth will die at the age of one hundred And the one who does not reach the age of one hundred Will be thought accursed.
Isa 65:21; "They will build houses and inhabit them; They will also plant vineyards and eat their fruit.
Isa 65:22; "They will not build and another inhabit, They will not plant and another eat; For as the lifetime of a tree, so will be the days of My people, And My chosen ones will wear out the work of their hands.
Isa 65:23; "They will not labor in vain, Or bear children for calamity; For they are the offspring of those blessed by the LORD, And their descendants with them.
Isa 65:24; "It will also come to pass that before they call, I will answer; and while they are still speaking, I will hear.
Isa 65:25; "The wolf and the lamb will graze together, and the lion will eat straw like the ox; and dust will be the serpent's food. They will do no evil or harm in all My holy mountain," says the LORD.

So it sounds like in the coming age, people will live for a much longer time once again. (These aren't saved Christians, they have ETERNAL life).

I also have a question about verses 21 and 22 and how they relate to...
John 14:2; "In My Father's house are many dwelling places; if it were not so, I would have told you; for I go to prepare a place for you.

My first thought was... Are these places (King James says Mansions) places that Jesus made for us, or are they places we build ourselves? but then it says "My chosen ones will wear out the work of their hands." So I believe these are likely those who are still outside the New Jerusalem.

 

[james1523]

Before Genesis 6:3; People lived a long time. There were many patriarchs that lived well into their 900's.

But then...
Gen 6:3; Then the LORD said, "My Spirit shall not strive with man forever, because he also is flesh; nevertheless his days shall be one hundred and twenty years."

However in Isaiah we see...

Isa 65:16; "Because he who is blessed in the earth Will be blessed by the God of truth; And he who swears in the earth Will swear by the God of truth; Because the former troubles are forgotten, And because they are hidden from My sight!
Isa 65:17; "For behold, I create new heavens and a new earth; And the former things will not be remembered or come to mind.
Isa 65:18; "But be glad and rejoice forever in what I create; For behold, I create Jerusalem for rejoicing And her people for gladness.
Isa 65:19; "I will also rejoice in Jerusalem and be glad in My people; And there will no longer be heard in her The voice of weeping and the sound of crying.
Isa 65:20; "No longer will there be in it an infant who lives but a few days, Or an old man who does not live out his days; For the youth will die at the age of one hundred And the one who does not reach the age of one hundred Will be thought accursed.
Isa 65:21; "They will build houses and inhabit them; They will also plant vineyards and eat their fruit.
Isa 65:22; "They will not build and another inhabit, They will not plant and another eat; For as the lifetime of a tree, so will be the days of My people, And My chosen ones will wear out the work of their hands.
Isa 65:23; "They will not labor in vain, Or bear children for calamity; For they are the offspring of those blessed by the LORD, And their descendants with them.
Isa 65:24; "It will also come to pass that before they call, I will answer; and while they are still speaking, I will hear.
Isa 65:25; "The wolf and the lamb will graze together, and the lion will eat straw like the ox; and dust will be the serpent's food. They will do no evil or harm in all My holy mountain," says the LORD.

So it sounds like in the coming age, people will live for a much longer time once again. (These aren't saved Christians, they have ETERNAL life).

I also have a question about verses 21 and 22 and how they relate to...
John 14:2; "In My Father's house are many dwelling places; if it were not so, I would have told you; for I go to prepare a place for you.

My first thought was... Are these places (King James says Mansions) places that Jesus made for us, or are they places we build ourselves? but then it says "My chosen ones will wear out the work of their hands." So I believe these are likely those who are still outside the New Jerusalem.

Verse 18 to 25 shows that God will restore the Earth (the new heavens and new earth).

This refers to the nations outside of the New Jerusalem in the new heavens and new earth. Rev 21:3, 24-26, 22:2. Christians will be given glorified bodies and have eternal life, like Christ. But the nations outside the New Jerusalem will be restored to their original created state, and will not have eternal life in themselves as Christians do, but can obtain it by eating the tree of life (22:2, the leaves are for the healing of the nations).

I believe the dwelling places in John 14 are unrelated as they are about positions of authority in God's kingdom, not literal mansions.