But the aggressive members of society are always tending to become bullies, robbers, and swindlers; and no one believes that sucha state of things as we now live in is the millennium.
The word millennium is derived from the Latin words mille,meaning 'a thousand,' and annus meaning 'a year ' The term, therefore, refers to a thousand year period It denotes a doctrine taken from a passage in Revelation 20: 1-10 in which the writer describes the devil as being bound and thrown into a bottomless pit for a 1000 years The removal of Satanic influence is accompanied by the resurrection of the Christian martyrs, who reign with Christ in the millennium This period is a time when all of humankind's yearning for an ideal society characterized by peace, freedom, material prosperity, and the rule of righteousness will be realized The vision of the Old Testament prophets who foretold a period of earthly prosperity for the people of God will find fulfillment during this era
(New Testament) in Revelations it is foretold that those faithful to Jesus will reign with Jesus over the earth for a thousand years; the meaning of these words have been much debated; some denominations (e g Jehovah's Witnesses) expect it to be a thousand years of justice and peace and happiness
Any period of a thousand years An epoch of a thousand years in the modern Western calendar The third millennium will begin on January 1, 2001 (usually capitalized) The supposed thousand year reign of Christ after his Second Coming
A millennium is a period of one thousand years, especially one which begins and ends with a year ending in `000', for example the period from the year 1000 to the year 2000
1 A period of 1,000 years 2 Informally, January 1, 2000, expected to be a record-breaking time for tourism
Literally a period of a thousand years Also used as common shorthand for "Millennial Reign, " the thousand-year reign of the Messiah, a time of universal peace and prosperity on the earth (Rev 20, Isaiah 11, etc )
a span of 1000 years the 1000th anniversary (or the celebration of it) (New Testament) in Revelations it is foretold that those faithful to Jesus will reign with Jesus over the earth for a thousand years; the meaning of these words have been much debated; some denominations (e
a thousand years In Revelation 20, 1-5, the thousand-year reign of Christ is predicted, and this reign has been called "the Millennium" because it is supposed to bring in an era of peace and well-being A millenarian is one who takes this passage as predicting a literal, physical reign on Christ on Earth (as opposed to treating it as a metaphor for heaven, for example) and who tries to identify the events that will occur in order to bring the Millennium about
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