A long period of happiness, righteousness, and prosperity, usually considered as being in the indefinite future.
Each first day of January falling in a year which is a multiple of one thousand, such as in 1000 a. d. or 2000 a. d.; as, the second millenium will be celebrated on January 1, 2000; also used attributively, as a millenium celebration.
One thousand years of peace when Jesus Christ will reign personally on the earth.
The non-biblical term for the thousand-year reign of Christ on earth.
1. Spiritual condition of 1,000 years of peace to be brought by divine providence. 2. An age of happiness to be brought about by human effort.
A word that literally means "thousand," referring to the future thousand years of Christ's reign upon the earth. "Blessed and holy is he who has part in the first resurrection. Over such the second death has no power, but they shall be priests of God and of Christ, and shall reign with Him a thousand years" (Rev. 20:6).
Literally means one thousand years.
(mil·LEN·ni·um). In early Christian thought the 1,000 year period, immediately following the second coming of Jesus of Nazareth, when he will establish the Kingdom of God and will rule on Earth from Jerusalem.
(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
a period of time , literally equal to one thousand year s (from Latin mille , thousand, and annum , year)
The 1000 year reign of Christ following the Second Coming.
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.
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.)
Any period of one thousand years.
A thousand years. The Orthodox Church has traditionally taught that the thousand-year reign of Christ on earth before the final defeat of Satan, as recorded in Rev. 20:1-3, is symbolic of the rule of Christ through the Church, which is a manifestation of the Kingdom of God (see 2 Pet. 3:8).
According to Jehovah's Witnesses, this is a period of 1,000 years that follows Armageddon and consists of paradise on earth for the faithful survivors and a selected group of resurrected people.
The reign of Jesus Christ on earth for 1,000 years. Christ and the Church will rule and tribulational believers will populate the earth. There will be perfect environment and universal knowledge of the Lord (Bible Doctrine in the soul of believers).
(from Latin for "thousand"; adj. millenarian) A thousand year period; millenarian has to do with the expected millennium, or thousand-year reign of Christ prophesied in the New Testament book of Revelation ("the Apocalypse"), a time in which the world would be brought to perfection; millenarian movements often grow up around predictions that this perfect time is about to begin. See also Apocalypse and Eschatology.
Literally, “a thousand yearsâ€. Based on Revelation 20:1-10, the meaning of the millennium has been disputed among Christians for many centuries. Dispensationalists believe it refers to a future, earthly reign of Christ, while most other Christians, including Catholic, Orthodox, and many Protestants, believe it represents the current Church age.
After the tribulation, Jesus Christ will set up an earthly Kingdom where he will rule for 1000 years. (Rev 20: 3-4)
Millennium is a grim, suspenseful television series, produced by Chris Carter (creator of The X-Files), and set during the years leading up to the dawn of the new millennium. The series was produced in Vancouver, Canada and aired from 1996 to 1999 on the Fox Network.