The question is often asked, will the people that live during the millennium period, live forever or will they die? There will be two groups that are living during the millennium period. The first group will be the saints or those who receive spiritual or immortal bodies at the return of Christ; 1 Cor. 15:54, “…when this corruptible shall have put on incorruption, and this mortal shall have put on immortality, then shall be brought to pass the saying that is written, Death is swallowed up in victory.” The second group will be those who are left behind in their mortal or fleshly bodies at Christ’s return; Mt. 24:40-41, “then shall two be in the field; the one shall be taken, and the other left. Two women shall be grinding at the mill; the one shall be taken, and the other left.”
Both groups will live in the millennium period, but only the saints will enjoy immunity from death. By definition alone, the individuals that are left behind will remain in a mortal body, meaning they are still subject to death. There lives will be prolonged, due to the fact that they will have miracle medicines readily available; Rev. 22:2, “…and on either side of the river, was there the tree of life… and the leaves of the tree were for the healing of the nations.” The fruit from the tree of life is what causes an individual to live forever; Gen. 3:22, “…the man is become as one of us, to know good and evil: and now, lest he put forth his hand, and take also of the tree of life, and eat, and live for ever.” The saints will have access to the fruit from the tree of life, but the ones left behind will only have access to the leaves from the tree of life. The leaves from the tree of life promote healing, but the ones left behind are still trapped in a mortal body, meaning death is inevitable. The leaves from the tree of life will render premature death to be a thing of the past, but it will not alter the mortal status of an individual. Those left behind will live longer than society’s normal life expectancy, but will eventually succumb to death; Is. 65:20, “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.” They will be left behind for a reason; they had not repented when Christ returned. For that reason, they will still be subject to the curse of the Law of sin and death because of Adam’s sin; Rom. 5:12, “wherefore, as by one man sin entered into the world, and death by sin; and so death passed upon all men, for that all have sinned.”
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