Nuanced
Millennium symbolic of Spirit's rule; Satan bound through Truth; spiritual kingdom
Christian Science interprets Revelation 20 allegorically rather than literally. The 'thousand years' represents the spiritual dominion of Truth and the binding of error (Satan) through the revelation of divine Science. This is not a future earthly millennium but a process occurring in human consciousness as individuals awaken to Truth. The 'first resurrection' is the spiritual awakening of individual minds to divine reality. Christian Science rejects literal, bodily resurrection and a physical future kingdom, emphasizing instead the spiritual reign of Truth in individual and collective consciousness here and now.
Key Distinctions
- Millennium view:
- spiritual; not literal future kingdom
- Christ return:
- spiritual awakening; not bodily
- Satan binding:
- binding of error through Truth
Scripture References
Sources
- Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures, Mary Baker Eddy