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A period of 1,000 years. Some Christian
sects, such as Jehovah's Witnesses, believe
that Jesus will return to govern the Earth in
person at the next millennium, the 6001st
year after the creation (as located by
Archbishop Usher at 4004 BC). This belief,
millenarianism, also called chiliasm (from
the Greek for 1,000), was widespread in the
early days of Christianity. As hopes were
disappointed, belief in the imminence of the
second coming tended to fade, but millenarian
views have been expressed at periods of great
religious excitement, such as the
Reformation.