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Another explanation for why we drifted away from the knowledge and wisdom that our grandparents have been carrying with them for 4000 years exists. There is a mystery concerning Moshiach. Its found in various aspects of Jewish life (e.g., the Pesach afikomen that gets hidden then revealed later). Perhaps one of the most interesting foreshadows is from the life of Yosef (Joseph): his brothers know him as a Hebrew but send him to the Egyptians; he eventually looks more like an Egyptian than a Hebrew; as a result, even when his brothers stand before Yosef they dont recognize him. Its only when he calls them close, and they approach, does he reveal who he really is (Genesis 45:4).
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Halacha is what we do, not who we are, nor is what we believe...
Moshiach by your description means that anyone who brings out the best in people is "a moshiach"... yet, even though this might be true (see Ovadyah 1:21) many people think it is about their own idea, or belief... we believe things about moshiach, or do we believe IN moshiach? or are we suppose to believe in G_d? or is it only about ourselves?
Some would say all these are One... yet that would deduce everything to pantheism. If every person acted like a Moshiach towards everyone else, what would the world be like?
Moses (more than Yosef) is the first example of a Moshiach, he was hidden at birth, yet kills an Egyptian and runs away, only to bring back plagues, and he leads the people out of bondage/slavery to freedom, yet, the people never really follow him completely...
it is a good thing G_d loves us - b/c no one else does...
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A beautiful explanation if I ever heard one. It's also the same thing I have believed for many years... Thank You.
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I was very struck with the words of Yehonaton Levy, from Chicago, Illinois. He said, "It's a good thing God loves us, because nobody else does." There is so much truth in that simple sentence.
I have been studying antisemitism from every angle, psychologically and socially, and to make a long story short, we will never overcome it, no matter how much good we Jews do. Mr. Levy is so correct, it IS a good thing that God loves us, because nobody else will.
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Is Moshiach just an abstract term or is he a personality, or does he exist now?
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