Gary Varvel: Mind readers find President Trump's thought crimes

Plus a Biblical view of the Rapture of the church

Thought Crimes: Jack Smith is going to need a mind reader to tell us what former President Trump believed about the election and when he believed it.

Fourth Indictment: Georgia has joined the indictment parade with charges like, Tweeting at people to watch TV. Seriously. Here is a run-down of the ‘conspiratorial’ acts cited by the Fulton County district attorney’s office in the unprecedented indictment.

Fifth Indictment? Now Arizona Democratic Gov. Katie Hobbs is calling for an investigation over the 2020 election.

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THE RAPTURE - Part 2 - God’s 7000 year timeline

A couple of subscribers asked about my eschatological views (End-Times Theology) of the Rapture. There is a huge debate over this doctrine but I am convinced the Bible teaches a Pre-Tribulation Rapture of Christians to meet Jesus Christ in the air.

The Rapture was not some new idea made up by John Darby, Hal Lindsay or Tim LaHaye. Granted, the word Rapture is not found in the Bible but neither is the word, Bible, in the Bible. The Greek word Harpazo means to seize or snatch away by which we get the English equivalent, Rapture. Like most prophecy, God gives us progressive revelation through several writers. To get the full picture we must put together the pieces revealed in multiple texts in scripture. Many books have been written on this subject but I’ll try to summarize this doctrine for you.

1. Jesus introduced the Rapture in John 14:1-3:

“Let not your hearts be troubled. Believe in God; believe also in me. 2 In my Father's house are many rooms. If it were not so, would I have told you that I go to prepare a place for you? 3 And if I go and prepare a place for you, I will come again and will take you to myself, that where I am you may be also.”

Jesus told his disciples that he was going to prepare a place for them in His Father’s house (heaven). Then Jesus promised them that He would come back and “take you to myself.” .

2. Jesus described the Rapture in Luke 17:24; 34-36:

“For as the lightning that flashes out of one part under heaven shines to the other part under heaven, so also the Son of Man will be in His day.”

Jesus’ coming at the Rapture will be like a lightning flash in the sky.

“I tell you, in that night there will be two people in one bed: the one will be taken and the other will be left. 35 Two women will be grinding together: the one will be taken and the other left. 36 Two men will be in the field: the one will be taken and the other left.”

The Rapture will be a surprise event and only Christians will be taken. The people who never trusted in Jesus as their Savior will be left behind.

3. The Apostle Paul described the bodily resurrection at the Rapture in 1 Corinthians 15:51-53:

“ But let me reveal to you a wonderful secret. We will not all die, but we will all be transformed! 52 It will happen in a moment, in the blink of an eye, when the last trumpet is blown. For when the trumpet sounds, those who have died will be raised to live forever. And we who are living will also be transformed. 53 For our dying bodies must be transformed into bodies that will never die; our mortal bodies must be transformed into immortal bodies.”