What does "postmillennialism" mean?

An interpretation of the Book of Revelation where Christ's second coming will be after the "Millennium", a Golden Age or era of prosperity and dominance of Christianity.

Postmillennialism

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An interpretation of the Book of Revelation where Christ's second coming will be after the "Millennium", a Golden Age or era of prosperity and dominance of Christianity. uncountable

Etymology

From postmillennial + -ism.

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