The expression “a thousand years” is mentioned frequently (2:3.4.5), a figure that has sparked many unnecessary speculations over the centuries and has led to the well-known millenarianism, which the Church has repeatedly condemned. It has been viewed as a period of great prosperity for humanity. Even in the whole union between Church and state… ‘A thousand years,’ in John’s intent, is a symbolic figure; it is ‘God’s time’ (cf. 2 Pt 3:8). It signifies our current age, begun by the death and resurrection of Jesus Christ, and definitively marked by his victory over the Devil. This victory over the still-present forces of evil is being fulfilled day by day until the second coming of the Lord, which will bring about the end of time.