More here than I feel like dealing with at present.
Suffice to say that Justin Martyr’s first comment mentioned is correct.
**Debate over the matter existed even in the early Church. When Church Father Justin Martyr was asked in the second century if he believed that there would be an earthly millennial reign of Christ in the future, he stated, “I and many others are of this opinion, and [believe] that such will take place.” At the same time he admitted, “that many who belong to the pure and pious faith, and are true Christians, think otherwise” (Dialogue with Trypho, 70). **
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