Rabbi Simon Jacobson dispels various popular misconceptions about Jewish belief in Moshiach and clarifies some of the basic ways in which the advent of the Messianic ... More
Rabbi Simon Jacobson dispels various popular misconceptions about Jewish belief in Moshiach and clarifies some of the basic ways in which the advent of the Messianic Era is brought about.
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Tremendously well treated. My interest was part academic and part casual query. You easily influenced my third and sadly rarely satisfied quest for greater meaning and understanding. For that delight, I thank you greatly.
Live long and prosper : )
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Fantastic! I saw this posted on facebook as an answer to a question and gave the link a click. I appreciate your rationality and sensible explanation. May you continue to teach us good things.
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I learn by listening and adding to my understanding who I and others are.
Thank you for adding to this.
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Expressed beautifully!
This meassage has to be spread widely!
Mashiach Now!!!
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Simply Brilliant! With such humility and sincerity!
Rivkah Bergman
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All very nice, but I think you might have overlooked something. From a pragmatic point of view (rather than mystical), the story of the garden of Eden is the story of childhood - everything is provided for and you don't have a worry in the world. Then you get married and things become less rosy - you are on your own in a grown up world and you have to work for it - like the world has always been.
From that point of view, you have to differentiate between a messianic world that is equivalent to going back to childhood and a messianic world that is a grown-up messianic world - you don't want to go back to childhood, as that would be regressing, rather than progress.
That said, the major difference between atheists and believers is actually the notion of agency. One all pervading essence doesn't necessarily have 'agency' even if it is an all pervading essence.
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Seems to me this is a great motivational and inspiring retoric, but spends very little time actually describing, according to Torah, whom the Messiah is and how he will be regarded at first and later on. Yeshaayahu or Isaiah Chapt 53 paints a pretty vivid picture. Read it for yourself. May Moshiach come in our lifetime. Shalom
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Thank you Rabbi Jacobson for a well thought out and concise Lecture on Moshiach!
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It seems to me that those who believe the world will be ending will bring about exactly what they believe. The Torah is telling those who will listen that for them the world will transition peacefully. Maybe those are the people who will be ushering in the new world of peace, and the others will just destroy themselves.
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