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Paperback. This work seeks to provide an understanding of what the millennium means in the New Testament. Part One is an introductory survey of the better-known and more influential millennium thinkers and movements through history. It shows how the millennium was interpreted as a utopia and expressed in violent ways in the 15th and 16th centuries, and by the Branch Davidians in Waco and the Aum Shinrikyo sect in Japan. It also examines the teachings of the Jehovah's Witnesses and the New Age movement on the millennium. Part Two is devoted to the millennium in the Revelation of St John. It strips the millennium of utopian fantasies and the other accretions it has acquired through the centuries. It sets the millennium within the context of the whole of Revelation and its attack on the deceptive and oppressive ideology propagated by the Roman Empire and John's alternative interpretation of reality. It demonstrates that far from being an isolated reference, the millennium is integral to the whole of Revelation.It shows that the millennium is a metaphor for God's vindication of those who pay the ultimate price in witnessing truth and justice, and indicates the relevance of the millennium in contemporary society. An introduction to recent and historic thinking on the millennium, particularly the Revelation of St John, challenging readers to help victims of oppression and injustice. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability.…