The 17 prophets to date in the dispensation of the fulness of times (Ephesians 1:10) and their ages at death are:
- Joseph Smith 38
- Brigham Young 76
- John Taylor 78
- Wilford Woodruff 91
- Lorenzo Snow 87
- Joseph F. Smith 80
- Heber J. Grant 88
- George Albert Smith 81
- David O. McKay 96
- Joseph Fielding Smith 95
- Harold B. Lee 74
- Spencer W. Kimball 90
- Ezra Taft Benson 94
- Howard W. Hunter 87
- Gordon B. Hinckley 97
- Thomas S. Monson 90
- Russell M. Nelson 99*
*Living as of 15 Apr 2024
The mean age at death of these 17 prophets is 85. 8 of the 17 lived into their 90's and President Nelson will likely live to be 100.
This is in direct fulfillment of the following prophetic blessings mentioned in the Bible:
Exodus 20:12 "Honor thy father and thy mother, that thy days may be long upon the land"
Exodus 23:26 "The number of thy days I will fulfil"
Deuteronomy 5:33 "Ye may prolong your days in the land"
Deuteronomy 6:2 "That thy days may be prolonged"
Deuteronomy 11:21 "That your days may be multiplied"
1 Kings 3:14 "I will lengthen thy days"
Job 5:26 "Come to thy grave in a full age"
Psalm 71:9, 18 "Cast me not off in the time of old age" "When I am old and grayheaded, O God, forsake me not"
Psalm 91:16 "With long life will I satisfy him, and shew him my salvation"
Proverbs 3:2 "For length of days, and long life, and peace, shall they add to thee"
Proverbs 4:10 "The years of thy life shall be many"
Proverbs 10:27 "The fear of the Lord prolongeth days"
Proverbs 16:31 "Long life is the reward of the righteous" (Good News Translation)
Ecclesiastes 7:17 "Why shouldest thou die before thy time?"
Isaiah 40:31 "They that wait upon the Lord shall renew their strength"
John 10:10 "Life, and that they might have it more abundantly"
Ephesians 6:3 "Live long on the earth"
Is there another organization of global significance anywhere on earth led by 3 men in their '90's?
