Will there be mourning or death on the new earth?

tonychanyt said:

Isaiah 65:


No more crying but people still die?


This was apocalyptic language. People will no longer physically die; there will be no more weeping.

Centuries later, John updated Isaiah's picture with more details in Re 21:


Believers will dwell on the new earth with God.


If someone cries, God will comfort them. No one will die on the new earth.


Isaiah suggested no more mourning but people may still die on the new earth, while John suggested people may mourn but no one will die. Both used symbolic language. I think both indicate no more mourning or death.

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tonychanyt said:

Isaiah 65:


No more crying but people still die?


This was apocalyptic language. People will no longer physically die; there will be no more weeping.

Centuries later, John updated Isaiah's picture with more details in Re 21:


Believers will dwell on the new earth with God.


If someone cries, God will comfort them. No one will die on the new earth.


Isaiah suggested no more mourning but people may still die on the new earth, while John suggested people may mourn but no one will die. Both used symbolic language. I think both indicate no more mourning or death.

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AlexB23 said:

Maybe in the heaven, we live forever, but on New Earth, people who have helped the Christian cause, but never had the chance to become Christian themselves can live their lives, but pass away at 100+ years old. But who knows, we will only know as Christians when we pass away, and live eternally with Jesus. Isaiah and Revelation are pretty complicated.

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Spiritual Jew said:

The complication is removed when we understand that NT scripture gives the fuller revelation of what will happen in comparison to OT scripture, generally speaking. Surely, God will not want sin and death to go on forever, so it makes sense that there will be no more death, sorrow, crying or pain on the new earth just as Revelation 21:4 indicates.

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tonychanyt said:

Isaiah 65:


No more crying but people still die?


This was apocalyptic language. People will no longer physically die; there will be no more weeping.

Centuries later, John updated Isaiah's picture with more details in Re 21:


Believers will dwell on the new earth with God.


If someone cries, God will comfort them. No one will die on the new earth.


Isaiah suggested no more mourning but people may still die on the new earth, while John suggested people may mourn but no one will die. Both used symbolic language. I think both indicate no more mourning or death.

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