Chiliasm

noun

1. The doctrine stating that Jesus will reign on earth for 1,000 years.
2. The doctrine, suggested by the 20th chapter of Revelation, of a visible and corporeal government of Christ and the saints on earth in the last days, continuing for a thousand years, preceded by a first resurrection of the righteous only, and succeeded by a final struggle between good and evil, a second resurrection, and the last judgment. See <internalXref urlencoded="millenarianism">millenarianism</internalXref>.
3. The millennium.
4. The doctrine of the personal reign of Christ on earth during the millennium.
5. Belief in an <xref>earthly</xref> <xref>thousand</xref>-<xref>year</xref> period of <xref>peace</xref> and <xref>prosperity</xref>, sometimes equated with the return of <xref>Jesus</xref> for that period.