Was the Hamas attack on Israel prophesied in the Bible?

That's just one of the questions we'll be answering on today's edition of Core Christianity.

Hi, it's Bill Meyer, along with Pastor Adriel Sanchez,

and this is the radio program where we answer your questions about the Bible and the Christian life every day.

You can call us right now with your question. Our phone lines are open. We'll be taking calls for the next 25 minutes or so.

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Core Christianity.com. First of today, here's a voicemail from one of our listeners named Robin.

Hi, I have a question about Second Thessalonians chapter 2, verse 7. When it talks about he who now restrains it will do so

until he is out of the way. Who is it that is restraining? And when it says he is out of the way,

what does that mean? Thank you.

Excellent question. I love that we're diving right into the text of scripture here.

Second Thessalonius chapter 2, I'm just going to read verses 1 through 7 to give some of the context.

Now we request you, brethren, with regard to the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ and our gathering

together to him, that you not be quickly shaken from your composure to be disturbed either

by a spirit or a message or a letter as if from us to the effect that the day of the Lord

has come.

So let's just set the scene.

Paul is saying, I don't want you to think that the day of the Lord has come. So let's just set the scene. Paul is saying, I don't want you to think

that the day of the Lord has already happened, that the final judgment has occurred. Even if you get a

letter, you know, supposedly from us, don't buy into it, he says. And so it seems like there was

some confusion there in

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