John Rogers

John Rogers (1627–1698) was an English Nonconformist minister and apocalyptic theologian whose prophetic writings, including *A Midnight Cry from the Temple of God to the Ten Virgins*, exemplified the intense millennial expectations and sectarian fervor of the Interregnum and Restoration periods. His work synthesized radical Protestant theology with visionary eschatology, positioning him within the broader landscape of Fifth Monarchy Men and other radical religious movements that sought to interpret contemporary political upheaval through biblical prophecy. Rogers's theological output reflects the intellectual and spiritual turbulence of seventeenth-century English Protestantism, particularly the anxieties and hopes surrounding the possibility of Christ's imminent return and the establishment of God's kingdom on earth.