Definition
Millenarianism (also millennialism, from Latin mille = thousand + annum = year) is the eschatological belief that a thousand-year period of special rule, peace, or consummation will precede or accompany the final end of history. The term covers all positions that expect a literal or symbolic millennium, including premillennialism, amillennialism, and postmillennialism. In the broader sense millenarianism refers to any belief in an imminent golden age of God’s Kingdom rule on earth.
The primary biblical locus is Rev. 20:1-10, where Satan is bound for a thousand years and the martyrs reign with Christ. Supporting texts include Isa. 65:17-25, Ps. 72, and the wider prophetic literature on a coming peaceable kingdom.
Usage in the Corpus
Stephen Jones
Jones holds an elaborated millenarianism he terms the Sabbath Millennium — the seventh millennial day of the creation week, grounded in the creation sabbath (Gen. 2:2-3) and Jubilee legislation (Lev. 25). “We are now in the transition into the great Tabernacles Age, which will last a thousand years. It is the great Rest Year, the Sabbath Millennium.” During the millennium the apokatastasis processes continue through the staged resurrections (wheat harvest, grape harvest). [Jones, Secrets of Time, Foreword]
George Warnock
Warnock’s eschatology presupposes a golden rest period for the Church. The eighth day of the Feast of Tabernacles — symbol of the new day after the sabbath rest — points to a new beginning following the millennial rest period. [Warnock, The Feast of Tabernacles, Ch. 11]
E.W. Bullinger
Bullinger’s futurist eschatology expects a literal Kingdom era after the fall of the four Gentile powers (Dan. 2): “the kingdoms of this world are become the kingdoms of our Lord and of His Christ.” [Bullinger, Number in Scripture, Part I, Ch. I]