Some justifiable criticism came about because, as scholar Robert Mounce pointed out, “unfortunately, many chiliasts allowed their imaginations to run riot and read into the thousand - year period all manner of materialistic and sensuous extremes. ”
लेकिन कितना अच्छा होता अगर वे मिलेनियम की आशा को ठुकराने के बजाय उन लोगों के सोच - विचार को सुधारते, जो इसका गलत मतलब निकालने लगे थे ।