term those who can swallow the literal interpretation of the ‘thousand years’ Chiliasts (from the Greek, chilias, a thousand) or Millenarians (from the corresponding Latin word). To refute them point by point would take too long. My present obligation will be, rather, to show how the Scriptural passage in question ought to be understood. Our Lord Jesus Christ Himself said: ‘No one can enter the strong man’s house and plunder his goods, unless he first binds the strong man,’4 meaning by this ‘strong