A popular view in Christendom today is the belief that Christ will return to the earth to set up a kingdom on this earth with headquarters in Jerusalem. This reign will last a literal one thousand years and will end with another coming of the Lord in judgment. That there must be a third coming of the Lord makes the whole system suspect. Granted, the passage of time between fulfillment of prophecies given in a series is a common difficulty in interpreting prophecy. The first coming of