Millennial Life Spans

Q

Will all the righteous who enter into the millennium (and born during it) live to see Satan released at the end? I know the Bible says that a sinner will die 100 years old but it doesn’t give a number for the righteous. It just compares their life length to that of a tree. Kind of like what happened with Rayford in the Left Behind series. He lived through the 7 years AND the entire 1000 year reign of Christ.

A

The Bible doesn’t say all sinners will die at age 100. What it says is that someone who dies at 100 years will be thought a mere youth and he who fails to reach a hundred will be considered accursed (Isaiah 65:20). But the Bible does not reveal any more detail than that about lifespans in the Millennium. Some speculate that with the curse lifted and the creation returned to pre-flood conditions, lifespans could approximate those of early mankind. The longest of these was Methuselah, who lived 969 years Genesis 5:27).

As you know the Left Behind series was a fictional account so the authors were only expressing their opinions about when sinners would die and how long the righteous will live.