Will a New Therapy “Transform Medicine and Reverse Ageing”?

Of course, this study doesn’t claim to enable us to live forever—just to possibly reverse some of the effects of time. Yes, the world is obsessed with “antiaging” or reversing the effects of time and the curse on our bodies. It’s an $83 billion market—and that number is expected to balloon to nearly $150 billion in under a decade. Every new development grabs headlines as people hope maybe, just maybe, the technology will develop in our lifetime. And maybe it will.

Even if scientists can extend lifespans by a decade or two or more, they won’t be able to save anyone from death.

Maybe someday they’ll figure out how to repair our declining vision, reverse wrinkles (without Botox!), or decrease our age at a cellular level. But even if scientists can extend lifespans by a decade or two or more, they won’t be able to save anyone from death. Everyone will die, and that’s just a fact (until Christ returns). How do I know scientists will never be able to give immortality or anything like it? Because God’s Word clearly says,

And just as it is appointed for man to die once, and after that comes judgment. (Hebrews 9:27)

Death will come to all of us because all have sinned. Our bodies don’t ultimately wear out and die because of aging. Yes, that might be the natural mechanism—along with sickness, accidents, and intentional killing—but the ultimate reason is the same for everyone. The cause of death is ultimately the same: sin.

Therefore, just as sin came into the world through one man, and death through sin, and so death spread to all men because all sinned. (Romans 5:12)

You are a sinner and I am a sinner, as we are all descendants of Adam. And that is why our bodies will someday return to the dust from which we came (Genesis 3:19). The Apostle Paul describes our bodies as a tent in which our spirit/soul dwells.

For we know that if the earthly tent which is our house is torn down, we have a building from God, a house not made with hands, eternal in the heavens. (2 Corinthians 5:1 LSB)

The only way to be saved from death is through faith in Jesus Christ. Jesus died in our place on the cross, taking our penalty of death for us, and then he rose from the grave. If we turn from our sin and trust in him, we will be forgiven of our sin and given the gift of eternal life. Even though our bodies will die, our souls will live forever—and someday, we will be given a new, glorified, resurrected body that will never age but will continue forever and ever and ever.

Thanks for stopping by and thanks for praying,
Ken

This item was written with the assistance of AiG’s research team.