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Most Christian millennialist thinking is based upon the Book of Revelation, specifically Revelation 20, [3] which describes the vision of an angel who descends from heaven with a large chain and a key to a bottomless pit, and captures Satan, imprisoning him for a thousand years:
Christians throughout history have often considered that some thousand-year Sabbath, expected to begin six thousand years after Creation, might be identical with the millennium described in the Book of Revelation. This view was also popular among 19th- and 20th-century dispensational premillennialists.
The Saints who died are resurrected (Resurrection of the Saints [5]) and begin their thousand-year reign with Christ (Revelation 20:1–6). After the thousand years, Satan is released from the Abyss to deceive the nations and gather Gog and Magog and the people of the world to encircle the camp of the saints and the city of Jerusalem.
Premillennialism is based upon a literal interpretation of Revelation 20:1–6 in the New Testament, which describes Jesus's reign in a period of a thousand years. Premillennialism is in contrast to amillennialism and postmillennialism beliefs.
The Dragon is imprisoned in the Bottomless Pit for a thousand years. (20:1–3) The resurrected martyrs live and reign with Christ for a thousand years. (20:4–6) After the Thousand Years The Dragon is released and goes out to deceive the nations in the four corners of the Earth—Gog and Magog—and gathers them for battle at the holy city ...
George M. Fredrickson argues, "The belief that a religious revival and the resulting improvement in human faith and morals would eventually usher in a thousand years of peace and justice antecedent to the Second Coming of Christ was an impetus to the promotion of Progressive reforms, as historians have frequently pointed out."
[9] [10] They believe the 144,000 (which they consider being synonymous with the "little flock" of Luke 12:32) will serve with Christ as king-priests for a thousand years, while all other people accepted by God (the "other sheep" of John 10:16, composed of "the great crowd" of Revelation 7:9,14 and the resurrected "righteous and the unrighteous ...
Uriah Smith, Daniel and the Revelation , the classic work on eschatology amongst the Adventist pioneers; Ranko Stefanovic,Revelation of Jesus Christ (publisher's page Archived 2007-09-29 at the Wayback Machine). Andrews University Press; Zdravko Stefanovic, Daniel: Wisdom to the Wise; publisher's page Archived 2011-07-15 at the Wayback Machine