History of the United States I / Unit 13 USH1 1804 short lesson, about 20 seconds
Millennialism
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The idea
Participants adopted millennialism, the fervent belief that the Kingdom of God would be established on earth and that God would reign for a thousand years.
In practice
An expected age of harmony and Christian morality, arriving soon.
Where people slip
People who believe the world can be perfected will try to perfect it, which is where every reform movement in this unit comes from.
Your place on the trail
Every lesson rests on earlier ones and opens later ones. Tap any to jump.
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