The Christian term millenarianism is etymologically derived from “millennium” (Latin: millen(n)ium) – also known as chiliasm (from the Greek chília, “thousand”), though its roots are within ancient Judaism. It covers a broad spectrum of expectations of salvation taking place in this world rather than in the heavenly afterlife[2]. The idea of a thousand-year interim kingdom unstained by evil, as developed in the Gospel of John, w…