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Moshiach Thoughts
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- In the future,
when Moshiach comes, every creation in this world will understand
and recognize that there is a G-dly power within which makes it
exist and gives it its life-force. This is the meaning of the
line from the Amida prayer which we say on Rosh Hashana. We beseech
G-d to reveal His Kingship in this world - "May everything that
has been made know that You made it"- because in truth nothing
exists without this G-dliness. (Rabbi Shneur Zalman of Liadi)
- All of the Prophets prescribed teshuva
and said that the Jewish people will be redeemed only through
teshuva. The Torah has given assurance that Israel will do teshuva
- at the end of its exile - and will be redeemed immediately,
as it says in Deuteronomy: "It will be when all these things have
happened... you will return to G-d... and G-d will return your
captivity and will gather you from among all the nations where
He dispersed you" (Maimonides, Hilchot Teshuva)
- One can appreciate that the nature of
the Jewish people's service during Simchat Torah and its extension
throughout the year is one that is permeated with the ideal of
Redemption and Moshiach. This means, that the manner in which
a Jew conducts his daily activities, even as we stand in exile
immediately before the Redemption is a sampling of and analogous
to the way of life and conduct that will occur in the actual Messianic
Age. (The Rebbe, Simchat Torah 5752-1991)
- Even before the world was created, G-d
created the soul of Moshiach. It shone very brightly, and is hinted
to in the verse, "And G-d saw the light, that it was good." The
forces of evil also saw this light, and asked G-d, "Whose light
is this?" G-d answered, "This is the king who will defeat all
of you in the End of Days." (Yalkut Shimoni on Isaiah)
- Rav said, "The world was created only
for [King] David." Shmuel said, "The world was created only for
Moses." Rabbi Yochanan said, "The world was created only for Moshiach."
(Sanhedrin 88b)
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