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 Olivet Discourse, this episode argues that Jesus was describing not the end of creation, but the end of Israel’s Mosaic age centered on the temple. I explore how “parousia” speaks of Christ’s judgment-presence, how vultures signal covenant curse, and how cosmic-collapse imagery consistently marks the fall of nations—not the unraveling of the space-time order. The result is a powerful, cohesive vision of the temple’s destruction as the climactic transition from the old covenant world to the unveiled reign of the Son of Man.

For more information, see my blog (www.MikeRogersAD70.com) or my book, Inmillennialism: Redefining the Last Days, on Amazon.

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” rooted in Deuteronomy and Isaiah, and the prophetic hyperbole Jesus employs to describe the horror of the Roman siege. Drawing from the historical record of Flavius Josephus, I show how the destruction of Jerusalem in AD 70 fulfills Christ’s warning, marks the end of the Mosaic age, and inaugurates the fully established messianic age — not as distant speculation, but as coherent, covenantal history.

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 gospel throughout the Roman "world" all fit within the disciples’ generation and culminate in AD 70. Rather than predicting the end of world history, Jesus was describing a covenantal transition—the close of the Mosaic age and the vindication and enthronement of the Son of Man. This episode shows how that framework clarifies difficult New Testament passages, answers skeptical objections about Jesus’ credibility, and strengthens the church’s confidence in living faithfully within the established kingdom age, where Christ reigns, and His mission advances.

Jesus and the disciples linked His "coming" (parousia) to the fall of the temple in their generation. This episode explores the relationship between them.

Jesus foretold the temple's destruction, and the disciples then asked two questions. Were they asking about the end of time? About the last days of planet Earth? Many people assume they were doing so, but in this episode, I suggest another possibility. This option links their questions to the Lord's prophecy, not to some other subject.

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 clear, Bible-based insight and practical context to help the passage finally make sense.

Here, I use four criteria to select the best place to start documenting the Bible's prophetic model:

1. It should be in the New Testament
2. It should use a minimum of figurative language
3. It should be lengthy
4. It should influence the rest of the New Testament

In addition, I explain the word "inmillennialism."

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. The first of Acts
   2. The end of Acts
   3. The interior of Acts
3. Category 3: NT time statements about Jesus coming in the kingdom
   1. Matthew 10:23
   2. Matthew 16:27–28

Conclusion: the dilemma

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