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Millennialism
Millennialism
(from
millennium
, Latin for "thousand years"), or
chiliasm
in Greek, is a belief held by some
Christian
denominations
that there will be a
Golden Age
or
Paradise
on
Earth
in which "Christ will reign" for 1000 years prior to the
final judgment
and future eternal state (the "
World to Come
" of the
New
Heavens
and
New Earth
). This belief is derived primarily from . Millennialism is a specific form of
millenarianism
.
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