This is the Day with Mike Rogers

Jesus has told his disciples that the temple will fall within their generation, but no one will know the day or the hour. What comes next? He tells them to watch.

In this episode, we begin the last section of the Olivet Discourse, where Jesus gives five exhortations, each built around a judgment. Matthew arranges them in a mirror pattern (a chiasm). At the outside are the flood in the distant past and the ...

In this episode, we continue our journey through Matthew 24 by focusing on Jesus’ answer to the disciples’ “when” question—uncovering the powerful timing statements at the heart of the Olivet Discourse. Through the parable of the fig tree and the unmistakable declaration that “this generation will not pass away,” we explore how Jesus placed the fulfillment of these events squa...

In this episode, we explore the powerful meaning behind “the sign of the Son of Man in heaven” in Matthew 24 and how it fits within Jesus’ prophetic discourse about the destruction of the temple and the end of the Mosaic age. Continuing our study of the Olivet Discourse, we examine how Christ’s death, resurrection, ascension, and heavenly enthronement become the ultimate sign that the messianic kingdom has b...

In this episode, I dive deep into Jesus’ “immediate signs” in Matthew 24:27–31—lightning flashing across the sky, vultures circling over a corpse, and the dramatic collapse of sun, moon, and stars. Are these images predictions of the end of the physical universe, or something else entirely? By tracing the prophetic language of the Old Testament and the covenantal context of the Olive...

In this episode, I continue building our prophetic model of Matthew 24 by examining Jesus’ “later sign” — the great tribulation — and placing it firmly within its first-century, covenantal context. Moving from general birth pains to the specific crisis surrounding Jerusalem, I explore the “abomination of desolation” foretold by Daniel, the “days of vengeance” ...

In this episode, we continue building a historically grounded, text-driven understanding of Matthew 24 by examining what Jesus called “the beginning of birth pains” in the Olivet Discourse. Anchored in the first-century destruction of Jerusalem’s temple, we explore how religious deceivers, wars and imperial unrest, famines and earthquakes, persecution, apostasy, and the worldwide proclamation of the ...

In this episode, I explore the Olivet Discourse in Matthew 24 and explain what Jesus really meant about the destruction of the temple.  I break down biblical prophecy, the disciples’ questions, and the signs Jesus described—without end-times hype or complicated theology. If you’ve ever been confused by Matthew 24, end times prophecy, or the meaning of the Olivet Discourse, this episode provides ...

In this episode, I show how the Scriptures create a dilemma for the existing prophetic models to encourage you to join us as we discover a better option. Here is the outline: 

Introduction

1. Category 1: OT Scriptures about the future kingdom 
   1. The Davidic kingdom (2 Sam 7:12–13, 19)
   2. The increasing kingdom (Dan 2)
   3. The victorious kingdom (Psa 110:1)
2. Category 2: NT Scriptures announcing the kingdom
   1. T...

In this first episode, I share some personal and theological background and outline the focus of the podcast. The episode centers on the importance of the kingdom of God as a guiding theme for reading Scripture and approaching questions of prophecy, setting the stage for future conversations. 

For further writing on these themes, please visit my blog at MikeRogersAD70.com, or view my book on Amazon: Inmillennialism: Redef...