Death In The Millennium?

Q

Would you please clarify this verse for us?

“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; he who dies at a hundred will be thought a mere youth; he who fails to reach a hundred will be considered accursed. Isaiah 65:20.

It sounds like there will be death in the millennium. Am I understanding that verse correctly? I am also trying to understand in the millennium – Rev 22:2 – that the leaves will heal the nations – why do the nations need to be healed?

A

On Earth there will be sin and death throughout the Millennium because Earth will still be mostly populated by people in their natural bodies. That’s what Isaiah 65:20 is describing.

Rev. 21 is about the New Jerusalem, where the Church will dwell. There will be no more mourning or death or crying or pain there (Rev. 21:4) because we’ll all be in our resurrection bodies. Rev. 22:1-5 is about Earth again. We know this because it was taken from Ezekiel 47, a description of Israel in the Millennium. That’s why the trees will have leaves for healing of the nations.