Groenewald, Jonanda2011-01-072011-01-072001Groenewald, J & Van Aarde, AG 2001, 'Apokaliptiek en millennialisme : Die relevansie van die begrip "duisendjarige vredesryk" vir vandag', HTS Teologiese Studies/ Theological Studies, vol. 57, no. 1&2, pp. 676-704.0259-9422 (print)http://hdl.handle.net/2263/15535Spine cut of Journal binding and pages scanned on flatbed EPSON Expression 10000 XL; 400dpi; text/lineart - black and white - stored to Tiff Derivation: Abbyy Fine Reader v.9 work with PNG-format (black and white); Photoshop CS3; Adobe Acrobat v.9 Web display format PDFWith the turn of the century it once again became clear that apocalypticism and millennialism are important themes. At the dawn of a new millennium the expectancy arises that the end of the world is at hand. Apocalypticism deals with the end time and millennialism with the thousand-year reign. The purpose of this study is to look at the relevance of the "thousand year reign" for a postmodern person. The "thousand year reign ", described in Revelation 20:1-10, is a concept that originated in the premodern time. Since there is a difference between how a premodern and a postmodern person understands time, it is important first to understand what this theme meant for the first readers of Revelation and then asking the question as to the relevance of this theme for today.AfrikaansFaculty of Theology, University of PretoriaRevelation 20:1-10ApocalypticismThousand-year reignBible -- N.T. -- Revelation XX, 1-10 -- Criticism, interpretation, etc.MillennialismPostmodernism -- Religious aspects -- ChristianityEnd of the worldTime -- Religious aspects -- ChristianityArticle