What does the word “millennium” mean?
A noun designating any period of a thousand years, a 1,000th anniversary, the thousand year period (for Christians) when Jesus Christ rules the earth, any period of peace happiness, prosperity; a golden age. (Webster’s New World Dictionary) 2) How do you spell the word? With two “l’s” and two “n’s.” Millennium. Plural forms: Millenniums or millennia. Other variations: Millennial (adj.). Millenarian (n, someone who believes in the coming of a millennium. Note in this case there is only one “n.” 3) How did the millennium come to have any significance? The theological origin, which also gives rise to its historical significance, stems from the book of Revelation in the New Testament of the Bible. It refers to the thousand-year period when Christ rules the earth, after overpowering Satan. See Revelations 20:1-5.”1 And I saw an angel coming down out of heaven, having the key to the Abyss and holding in his hand a great chain. 2 He seized the dragon, that ancient serpent, who is the devil, o
