• “Be Joyful Forever in What I Am Creating”
    Isaiah’s Prophecy—Light for All Mankind II

    • The Promise of a Secure Future

      27. In what way does Isaiah describe the security that the returning Jews will enjoy in their homeland?

      27 In the first fulfillment, what is life to be like for returning Jews under the new heavens? Jehovah says: “No more will there come to be a suckling a few days old from that place, neither an old man that does not fulfill his days; for one will die as a mere boy, although a hundred years of age; and as for the sinner, although a hundred years of age he will have evil called down upon him.” (Isaiah 65:20) What a beautiful picture of the security that the returning exiles will enjoy in their restored homeland! Untimely death will not claim a newborn, who is but a few days old. Neither will such a death take an older man who has not yet lived out a full life span.d How reassuring Isaiah’s words are to the Jews who will return to Judah! Safe in their land, they need not worry that enemies will carry off their babes or slaughter their men.

      28. What do we learn from Jehovah’s words about life in the new world under his Kingdom?

      28 What do Jehovah’s words tell us about life in the coming new world? Under God’s Kingdom, every child will have the prospect of a secure future. Never will death claim a God-fearing man in his prime. On the contrary, obedient mankind will be safe, secure, able to enjoy life. What of any who choose to rebel against God? Such ones will lose the privilege of life. Even if the rebellious sinner is “a hundred years of age,” he will die. In such a case, he will be “a mere boy” compared to what he could have become​—a man with endless life.