In common with many of the fathers, Irenaeus did not distinguish between the new earth re-created in its eternal state—the thousand years of Revelation 20—when the saints are with Christ after His second advent, and the Jewish traditions of the Messianic kingdom.
Como moitos dos Padres, Ireneo non distinguiu entre a Nova Terra recreada no seu estado eterno —os mil anos de Apocalipse 20—, cando os santos están con Cristo despois da Súa segunda vinda, e as tradicións xudías do reino mesiánico.