04-10-2019, 05:10 PM
The Moshiach is a person which descends from Dovid haMelech, he is referred to as a 'he'.
I quote from the website of Chabad:
''The generic term, Messiah, means "anointed one." Kings and priests were anointed in ancient times to set them apart as specially designated leaders of society. The anointed one will bring redemption to this world. It will be a time of true bliss, unparalleled in our own existence. It will not be a new world, a qualitatively different world, rather will it be this world brought to perfection. Universal peace, tranquility, lawfulness, and goodness will prevail, and all will acknowledge the unity and lordship of God.
Will the Messiah be a specific person, or will he only represent an era of perfection—the "days of Messiah?" Traditional Judaism believes, without equivocation, in the coming of an inconceivably great hero, anointed for leadership—a descendant of the House of David, who will lead the world out of chaos. He will be of flesh and blood, a mortal sent expressly by God to fulfill the glory of His people. The traditional belief is that man must work to better the world and help bring on the Messiah. It believes the idea that mankind by itself will inevitably progress to such an era to be unfounded optimism. A supernatural gift to mankind, in the person of the Messiah, will be required to bring the world to this pinnacle of glory. God will directly intervene to prevent the world from rushing headlong into darkness, and will bring the redemption through a human personality.''
But there is more to say about this subject;
The Moshiach will be greater than the avot and than the angels which serve haShem. According to Hasidic thought in every generation there is someone who could become Moshiach, think about Noach, Avrohom, Moshe who acted as proto-types, but THE Moshiach is the go'el of Yisroel.
In Midrash Tanchuma there is made a connection between Zacharyah 4:1-7 and Ps.121. Here is spoken about a mountain and according to the Midrash this mountain is Moshiach and he is higher than the proto-types mentioned before. In Yalkut Shimoni remez nr. 2:571 we read the same conclusion, but there is also a connection made with Yeshayahu 52:13. To summarize; the Moshiach will be higher than the avot, but also than the malachei hasharet.Zacharyah 4:1-7
Rabbi Don Itzhak Abarbanel says that the Moshiach becomes a plain according to Zacharyah 47, this is because he will lead the nations in rightheousness and he makes them straight, as written in Yesayahu 2:4.
I quote from the website of Chabad:
''The generic term, Messiah, means "anointed one." Kings and priests were anointed in ancient times to set them apart as specially designated leaders of society. The anointed one will bring redemption to this world. It will be a time of true bliss, unparalleled in our own existence. It will not be a new world, a qualitatively different world, rather will it be this world brought to perfection. Universal peace, tranquility, lawfulness, and goodness will prevail, and all will acknowledge the unity and lordship of God.
Will the Messiah be a specific person, or will he only represent an era of perfection—the "days of Messiah?" Traditional Judaism believes, without equivocation, in the coming of an inconceivably great hero, anointed for leadership—a descendant of the House of David, who will lead the world out of chaos. He will be of flesh and blood, a mortal sent expressly by God to fulfill the glory of His people. The traditional belief is that man must work to better the world and help bring on the Messiah. It believes the idea that mankind by itself will inevitably progress to such an era to be unfounded optimism. A supernatural gift to mankind, in the person of the Messiah, will be required to bring the world to this pinnacle of glory. God will directly intervene to prevent the world from rushing headlong into darkness, and will bring the redemption through a human personality.''
But there is more to say about this subject;
The Moshiach will be greater than the avot and than the angels which serve haShem. According to Hasidic thought in every generation there is someone who could become Moshiach, think about Noach, Avrohom, Moshe who acted as proto-types, but THE Moshiach is the go'el of Yisroel.
In Midrash Tanchuma there is made a connection between Zacharyah 4:1-7 and Ps.121. Here is spoken about a mountain and according to the Midrash this mountain is Moshiach and he is higher than the proto-types mentioned before. In Yalkut Shimoni remez nr. 2:571 we read the same conclusion, but there is also a connection made with Yeshayahu 52:13. To summarize; the Moshiach will be higher than the avot, but also than the malachei hasharet.Zacharyah 4:1-7
Rabbi Don Itzhak Abarbanel says that the Moshiach becomes a plain according to Zacharyah 47, this is because he will lead the nations in rightheousness and he makes them straight, as written in Yesayahu 2:4.