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Millennialism is also a doctrine of Zoroastrianism concerning successive thousand-year periods, each of which will end in a cataclysm of heresy and destruction, until the final destruction of evil and of the spirit of evil by a triumphant king of peace at the end of the final millennial age (supposed by some to be the year 2000). "Then Soshyant makes the creatures again pure, and the resurrection and future existence occur" (Zand-i Vohuman Yasht 3:62).
Christian views on the future order of events diversified after the Protestant reformation. In particular, new emphasis was placed on the passages in the Book of Revelation which seemed to say that Satan would be locked away for 1000 years, but then released on the world in a final battle. Previous Catholic and Orthodox theologians had no clear or consensus view on what this actually meant (only the concept of an end of the world coming unexpected, "like a thief in a night", and the concept of "the antichrist" were almost universally held). Millennialist theories try to explain what this "1000 years of Satan in chains" would be like.
Although never officially recognized by the Catholic Church (and actually pronounced a heresy as early as 431 AD), millennialism, which had clearly already existed in Jewish thought, received a new interpretation and fresh impetus with the arrival of Christianity. A millennium is a period of one thousand years, and, in particular, Christ's thousand-year rule on this earth, either directly preceding or immediately following the Second Coming (and the Day of Judgement).
The millennium reverses the previous period of evil and suffering; it rewards the virtuous for their courage while punishing the evil-doers, with a clear separation of saints and sinners. The vision of a thousand-year period of bliss for the faithful, to be enjoyed here on earth ("heaven on earth"), exerted an irresistible power. Although the picture of life in the millennial era is almost willfully obscure and hardly more appealing than that of, say, the Golden Age, what has made the millennium much more powerful than the Golden Age or Paradise myths are the activities of the sects and movements that it has inspired. Throughout the ages, hundreds of sects were convinced that the millennium was imminent, about to begin in the very near future, with precise dates given on many occasions.
Premillennial sects look for signs of Christ's imminent return. Other chiliast sects, such as the prophetic Anabaptist followers of Thomas Müntzer, have believed that the millennium had already begun, with only their own members having realized this fact. Consequently, they have attempted to live out their own vision of millennial life, radically overturning the beliefs and practices of the surrounding society. In doing so, they offered a model of the good life and expressed their hope that soon the rest of the world would follow and live like they did.
See Christian eschatologyTympanum sculpture at the Abbey Church of Ste-Foy, Conques-en-Rouergue, France Christian Eschatology is the study of Christian beliefs concerning final events and ultimate purposes (from Gr. eskhatos last . In Christian theology, eschatology studies the c for a discussion of "premillennialism" and "postmillennialism".
Millennial sects have typically believed that the transition from the present age to the millennium would be anything but smooth, with the AntichristIn Christian eschatology, the Antichrist is a person or other entity that is the embodiment of evil, and utterly opposed to truth. In the New Testament, the word "antichrist" (Greek antichristos is used only in 1 John and 2 John, where it generally descri having to be defeated and Jesus Christ's reign on earth having to be established (millennial theories differ as to whether the battle with the Antichrist will occur before or after the 1000 years). Leaders of some movements have seen it as their responsibility to bring about the expected disastrous wars which would bring an end to the present age.
On the other hand, those who did not believe in the millennium also imagined the end of the worldThis article is about the religious concept. For other meanings, see End of the World (disambiguation Many religious faiths teach that the end of the world or Apocalypse, will occur at some unknown point in the future. While such an event is often symboli as chaotic and catastrophic. The word ApocalypseThis article is about apocalypse, the biblical event. There is another article about Apocalypse, the comic book supervillain. An apocalypse in the terminology of early Jewish and Christian literature, is a revelation of hidden things given by God to a cho has been used for this final phase of human history as we know it, with ArmageddonIn Christian apocalyptic literature (the Book of Revelation , Armageddon or Har-Mageddon is the site of the final battle between the kings of the earth (incited by Satan) and the Christian God. The term is also used for the battle itself, or more broadly as the site of the last decisive battle on the Day of Judgement.
An (or the) Apocalypse [from Greek apo "off", "from", "away", "un-" and kalyptein "cover"] is,
The Book of Revelation is not easy to interpret. Numerous painters and sculptors have produced works of art dealing with the Apocalypse. For example, they portrayed the four horsemen of the Apocalypse, symbolizing pestilence, war, famine, and death.
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