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Open Our Eyes, Lord! 
2 Thessalonians 2:7
Who is the restrainer and what is meant by taken out of the way?
Kim, hi! Paul in fact never says. It is a popular teaching these days that it is a reference to a supposed (but not mentioned) “rapture” of the church before the tribulation. This is what is called a “novel” doctrine, since no-one taught that interpretation before around 1950.
Here are some of my thoughts on it. Blessings in 2022! Gary
https://openoureyeslord.com/2011/06/30/what-comes-before-the-day-of-the-lord-the-final-apostasy-or-the-departure-of-the-church/
I think that we all should know the Hebrew names an history of them an understand that we all got different languages an spelling it all accrued at the tower of babble I was trouble with this an I read your stuff an it made sense to me thank you an please keep doing this work for the Lord
Hi! I would recommend the volume by Tremper Longman, http://www.amazon.com/An-Introduction-Old-Testament-Edition-ebook/dp/B000SEL1FQ