millennialist

(noun)

Millennialism 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 1,000 years prior to the final judgment and future eternal state (the "World to Come" of the New Heavens and New Earth).

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Examples of millennialist in the following topics:

  • The Revolution and Churches

    • The Revolution strengthened millennialist strains in American theology.
    • Victory over the British was taken as a sign of God's partiality for America and stimulated an outpouring of millennialist expectations—the conviction that Christ would rule on earth for 1,000 years.

  • The Social Gospel

    • Social Gospellers typically were post-millennialist; that is, they believed that the Second Coming could not happen until humankind rid itself of social evils by human effort.