Wikipedia's first sentence called it “theological term referring to a future time of peace and brotherhood on the earth”. Today it says “future eternal period of time on earth in which the messiah will reign and bring universal peace and brotherhoo”.
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Future period of time on Earth In Abrahamic religions , the Messianic Age ( ʿŌlām haBāʿ , “the World to Come”; al-ʿĀḵira , “the Hereafter”) is the future period of time on Earth in which the messiah will reign and bring universal peace and brotherhood , without any evil . Many believe that there will be such an age; some refer to it as the consummate " kingdom of God " or the " world to come ". Jews believe that such a figure is yet to come, while Christians and Muslims believe that this figure will be Jesus .1
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The opening as it stood in 2010
Messianic Age is a theological term referring to a future time of peace and brotherhood on the earth, without crime , war and poverty . Many religions believe that there will be such an age; some refer to it as the " Kingdom of God ".
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The opening as it stood in 2015
The Messianic Age is a theological term referring to a future time of universal peace and brotherhood on the earth, without crime , war and poverty . Many religions believe that there will be such an age; some refer to it as the consummate " kingdom of God ", " paradise ", " peaceable kingdom ", or the " world to come ".
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Future period of time on Earth in which the messiah will reign and bring universal peace, without any evil or bad In Abrahamic religions , the Messianic Age is the future period of time on Earth in which the messiah will reign and bring universal peace and brotherhood , without any evil . Many believe that there will be such an age; some refer to it as the consummate " kingdom of God " or the " world to come ".
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The opening as it stood in 2025
Future period of time on Earth In Abrahamic religions , the Messianic Age ( Hebrew : יְמוֹת הַמָשִׁיחַ ) is the future eternal period of time on Earth in which the messiah will reign and bring universal peace and brotherhood, without any evil (through mankind's own terms). Some refer to it as the consummate " kingdom of God " or the " world to come ". Jews believe that such a figure is yet to come, while Christians believe that this figure is Jesus Christ .
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Wikipedia's first sentence called it “theological term referring to a future time of peace and brotherhood on the earth”. Today it says “future eternal period of time on earth in which the messiah will reign and bring universal peace and brotherhoo”. Read the current article and compare.
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Then
theological term referring to a future time of peace and brotherhood on the earth
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future eternal period of time on earth in which the messiah will reign and bring universal peace and brotherhoo
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