Well as a non-Jew it is not enough for me to have any hope, Blessings to you if it works for you...
freedom man4534, what you have posted is all well and good and it faithfully reiterates the standard and accepted response of Judaism.
what it does not do is that it does not address the Talmud's clear and unequivocal teachings on the subject as I posted above. and please don't reply with the baseless and disingenuous accusations like those made by h.a. cherev against me of "cherrypicking". if it is o.k. for him and you and others to cite Scripture or Talmud to support your opinions it is fair game for me or anyone else to do so. if I had cited only one source as evidence of my argument I would be the first to admit to selectively using biased citations. however since there are so many Rabbis all saying essentially the same thing, the charge of "cherrypicking" is at the very least spurious.
besides, Judaism asserts most vociferously that Talmud is superior to Scripture and that Talmud takes precedence over Scripture and the Word of G-d.
"There is nothing superior to the Holy Talmud."
(Mizbeach, cap. V)
"Those who devote themselves to reading the Bible exercise a certain virtue, but not very much; those who study the Mischnah exercise virtue for which they will receive a reward; those, however, who take upon themselves to study the Gemarah exercise the highest virtue." (Babha Metsia, fol. 33a) (Sopherim XV, 7)
"He who transgresses the words of the scribes sins more gravely than the transgressors of the words of the law."
( Sanhedrin X, 3, f.88b)
further, with respect to the Second Coming of Messiah, there are these passages from Talmud that bear a surprising resemblance to what is written in NT.
“If Israel behaved worthily, the Messiah would come in the clouds of heaven, if otherwise, humble riding on a donkey.” (Sanhedrin 98a)
“If one see an ass in a dream, he may hope for salvation, as it says, ‘Behold thy King cometh unto thee; he is triumphant and victorious, lowly and riding upon an ass.’”
( Bereshith 56b)
nowhere in any of my posts have I overtly challenged the validity of Judaism. what I have done is cite references that seem to corroborate the NT and it's reporting of events. I cite those passages from Talmud because in reading Talmud ( which few Jews actually do and which h.a. cherev baselessly asserts by inference that I have not done ), in reading Talmud I find seeming contradictions that I would honestly like to understand. ( just as many people stumble over seeming contradictions in NT )
if you or h.a. cherev do not wish to discuss the fact that many Talmudic Rabbis ( and the Rabbinical Councils that approved these writings to be included in Talmud ) had interpretations that are very different than the accepted Judaic position, then please simply say so. that would be better than trying to focus on nit picking side issues in order to change the subject, or merely reiterating the same doctrinal position again and again. you strain at a gnat and swallow a camel.
I was hoping for an honest exchange on the Talmudic interpretations as I truely wish to learn. however, as you gentlemen cannot or will not engage on that level I will say farewell and take my leave.
i know nothing about the talmud and the talmud cannot replace the torah it is mostly a buunch of opinions from different people
Agree totally! There's nothing wrong with having a little (or a lot) of Faith. Modern society will try and beat it out of you. Don't let 'em.
Well you can read a list of
101 prophecies that are currently being fulfilled
here .
To be courteous, I'll only select a few, but you can go to the link if you would like to try your hand at debunking them or discrediting them.
3. The use of nuclear weapons anticipated (Zechariah 14:12).
The neutron bomb melts (dissolves) its victims -
just as Zechariah predicted 2500 years ago.
Visit:
What is a Neutron Bomb? (manuels web)
6. Damascus would be destroyed (
Isaiah 17:1,
14;
Jeremiah 49:23-27;
Amos 1:3-5). Damascus, Syria is increasingly in the news and is extremely anti-Semitic. Many terrorist organizations have their bases in Damascus. God declares that they will become a ruinous heap because they have violently taken what was not theirs.
> For updated news & links visit:
The Burden of Damascus (harpazo network) .
8. Global communications foreseen (
Revelation 11:9-10;
17:8).
The Bible predicts that the entire world will "see" certain events unfold.
The invention of the television and the deployment of global satellite networks during the 20th century allow news to travel the world at the speed of light for the first time ever. Remember that in the apostle John's day, news traveled at the speed of horseback.
Visit:
* International GPS Service (igscb.jpl.nasa.gov)
10. There would be a move toward a global government (
Daniel 2:40-44;
7:23;
Revelation 13:7-8). The former Roman Empire - which encompassed present-day Europe - would revive and eventually dominate the world.
The European Union has steadily moved forward in its attempt to unite Europe politically and economically. It has succeeded in creating a European parliament, a court, and a common currency.
Visit:
The Rise of the European Superstate (koinonia house) * EU Leaders to Gather in Rome to Launch 1st-Ever EU Constitution (eu business)
* EU Launches Growth Plan (eu observer)
* European Super-Region Plan Touted (eu observer)
* EU in Bid for Bigger Role at the UN (eu observer)
* EU: Convention Battle Continues (eu observer)
* Belgium Stands Firm Over EU Military HQ Plans (eu business)
* A "Real European Government" Composed of Prime Ministers of Europe (eu observer)
* EU Constitution Given Positive Send Off (eu observer)
* Javier Solana Sketches New 'Hard Power' Era for EU (eu observer)
* Europe Tests Its Military Wings (guardian)
* War Crimes Court On Trial As EU, US Square Up (dailytimes)
* Euro Information (euro.gov.uk)
* 'Old Europe' presses ahead with plans for an EU army (telegraph)
* EU Peacekeeping Force Ready (the age)
11. Literal Babylon (formerly called Babel) would reemerge in the land of Shinar - known today as Iraq (
Zechariah 5:11;
Genesis 10:10;
Genesis 11:1-9;
Isaiah 13). Saddam Hussein spent over 20 years and many hundreds of millions of dollars rebuilding the city of Babylon.
Visit:
The Mystery Of Babylon (koinonia house) * Marines Visit Biblical City - Babylon (usmc.mil)
* Multinational Military Ceremony In Babylon - Sept. 2003 (gospel.com)
* Photo Tour of Babylon
12. The possesion of Jerusalem would be at the center of international turmoil (
Zechariah 12:3). Almost daily the world news reports on the conflict over Jerusalem.
Visit:
Prognosis for Jerusalem? (koinonia house)
* Structural Collapse On Temple Mount! (world net daily)
* Muslim Writer: Jerusalem Not Sacred (world net daily)
* Jerusalem Bus Bombing (jerusalem post)
* Jerusalem Touted As World's Capital (world net daily)
* Temple Mount Reopens to Non-Muslim Visitors (world net daily)
13. The fact that God once flooded the earth (the Noahic Flood) would be denied (
2 Peter 3:5-6). There is a mass of fossil evidence to prove this fact, yet it is flatly ignored by the scientific world because of its uncanny implication.
Visit:
Noah’s Flood Questions and Answers (answersingenesis.org)
* Noah's Ark (sunstar)
19. There would be technology capable of tracking the world's population and commerce (
Revelation 13:16-17).
> For updated news & links visit:
Technology (harpazo network)
"And he causeth all, both small and great, rich and poor, free and bond, to receive a mark in their right hand, or in their foreheads: And that no man might buy or sell, save he that had the mark, or the name of the beast, or the number of his name." (Revelation 13:16-17)
Florida: Have Your Thumb Ready to Ride the Bus
- (February 28, 2004) The Pinellas school system is ready to approve a new technology that uses student fingerprints to keep track of who is riding school buses.
Beginning in the fall, the fingerprint system would identify students as they board and leave. The goal is to ensure they are getting on the right bus and getting off at the right stop.
School officials say the $2-million project will save money and dramatically improve safety for students, whose fingerprints will serve as authorization to board and disembark.
If the School Board approves the proposal March 9, Pinellas will become one of four Florida school districts in the process of implementing Global Positioning Systems with a student-tracking system. ...st petersburg times
Big Brother Britain, 2004
- (January 12, 2004) More than four million surveillance cameras monitor our every move, making Britain the most-watched nation in the world, research has revealed.
The number of closed circuit television (CCTV) cameras has quadrupled in the past three years, and there is now one for every 14 people in the UK. The increase is happening at twice the predicted rate, and it is believed that Britain accounts for one-fifth of all CCTV cameras worldwide. Estimates suggest that residents of a city such as London can each expect to be captured on CCTV cameras up to 300 times a day, and much of the filming breaches existing data guidelines.
Civil liberties groups complain that the rules governing the use of the cameras in Britain are the most lax in the world. They say that, in contrast to other countries, members of the public are often unaware they are being filmed, and are usually ignorant of the relevant regulations. They also argue that there is little evidence to support the contention that CCTV cameras lead to a reduction in crime rates. ...independent
Bio-Chip Implant Arrives for Cashless Transactions
- (November 21, 2003) At a global security conference held today in Paris, an American company announced a new syringe-injectable microchip implant for humans, designed to be used as a fraud-proof payment method for cash and credit-card transactions.
The chip implant is being presented as an advance over credit cards and smart cards, which, absent biometrics and appropriate safeguard technologies, are subject to theft, resulting in identity fraud.
Identity fraud costs the banking and financial industry some $48 billion a year, and consumers $5 billion, according to 2002 Federal Trade Commission estimates.
In his speech today at the ID World 2003 conference in Paris, France, Scott R. Silverman, CEO of Applied Digital Solutions, called the chip a "loss-proof solution" and said that the chip's "unique under-the-skin format" could be used for a variety of identification applications in the security and financial worlds. ...world net daily
Britain Plans to Introduce Identity Cards
- (November 11, 2003) The British government said Tuesday it wants to introduce compulsory identity cards to protect against illegal immigration, welfare fraud and terrorism - though implementation is years away.
Home Secretary David Blunkett said the government would introduce the scheme after building a national database of biometric information using fingerprints, iris scans and facial recognition technology.
"An ID card scheme will help tackle the crime and serious issues facing the U.K., particularly illegal working, immigration abuse, ID fraud, terrorism and organized crime," Blunkett said. The Home Office said "using multiple identities is one of the most common practices of those involved in terrorist activity."
But the issue of identity cards has split Prime Minister Tony Blair's government, with some ministers reportedly claiming that they are too expensive and threaten civil liberties.
Britain has not had compulsory identity cards for ordinary citizens since shortly after World War II. Such ID cards are mandatory in several Western European countries, including Belgium and Germany. Blair has endorsed the idea in principle, but his office last week said it would take years to resolve the many complex issues surrounding the plan... ap
Japan Plans GPS Tracking System for Teens
- (October 02, 2003) Stunned by the kidnapping of a teenage girl, a rural Japanese city plans to use a satellite-linked tracking system to help parents find their children. The northern city of Murakami has asked two security companies to provide the service for the families of 2,700 elementary and junior high school students, said Kenkichi Kimura, an official on the city's Board of Education.
The abduction of a 15-year-old girl last month prompted the program. A 26-year-old man took the teenager to his home on a nearby island, where she was rescued 11 days later. With the new service, students will carry devices that will send out signals allowing their parents to pinpoint where they are through a Web site on the Internet, Kimura said Thursday.
It will use a combination of technologies provided by mobile phone companies and the Global Positioning System, a U.S. satellite navigation service used by everyone from hikers to ship captains. lasvegas sun
VeriChip Corporation Increases Its Washington, D.C. Presence
- (September 29, 2003) Applied Digital Solutions, Inc. (NASDAQ: ADSX) an advanced technology development company, today announced that its wholly owned subsidiary, VeriChip Corporation, has retained the services of Stanley "Stan" L. Reid, a longtime technology industry executive and former congressional aide with extensive experience and wide contacts in Washington, D.C., to market VeriChip(TM) secure identification solutions to federal agencies.
VeriChip is a subdermal, radio frequency identification (RFID) device that can be used in a variety of security, financial, emergency identification and other applications. About the size of a grain of rice, each VeriChip product contains a unique verification number that is captured by briefly passing a proprietary scanner over the VeriChip.
Since 1996, Mr. Reid has served as president of Strategic Sciences, a Washington, D.C.-area consulting firm that specializes in marketing advanced technologies to the federal government. Mr. Reid has particular expertise in selling new, introductory technologies to government agencies, including the Departments of Defense (DoD), Energy (DoE) and State, as well as the agencies that have been incorporated into the Department of Homeland Security. business wire
Radio-Frequency Identification Tags For School Kids
- (October 24, 2003) Gary Stillman, the director of a small K-8 charter school in Buffalo, New York, is an RFID believer. While privacy advocates fret that the embedded microchips will be used to track people surreptitiously, Stillman said he believes that RFID tags will make his inner city school safer and more efficient.
Stillman has gone whole-hog for radio-frequency technology, which his year-old Enterprise Charter School started using last month to record the time of day students arrive in the morning. In the next months, he plans to use RFID to track library loans, disciplinary records, cafeteria purchases and visits to the nurse's office. Eventually he'd like to expand the system to track students' punctuality (or lack thereof) for every class and to verify the time they get on and off school buses.
"That way, we could confirm that Johnny Jones got off at Oak and Hurtle at 3:22," Stillman said. "All this relates to safety and keeping track of kids.... Eventually it will become a monitoring tool for us."
Radio-frequency identification tags -- which have been hailed as the next-generation bar code -- consist of a microchip outfitted with a tiny antenna that broadcasts an ID number to a reader unit. The reader searches a database for the number and finds the related file, which contains the tagged item's description, or in the case of Enterprise Charter, the student's information.
Unlike bar codes, which must be manually scanned, RFID-tagged items can be read when they are in proximity to a reader unit, essentially scanning themselves. wired
Plan to Keep File on Every Child
- (September 9, 2003) Every child in England will be given a unique identifying number attached to an electronic file of personal information about their lives, under plans announced yesterday to avoid a repetition of the murder of Victoria Climbié.
The eight-year-old from the Ivory Coast died in London in 2000 after months of torture and malnutrition. Her carers were jailed for life, but a public inquiry under Lord Laming identified at least 12 occasions when she might have been saved by social workers, police or NHS staff if they had been aware of each others' suspicions.
The proposal came as part of a wide-ranging package of reforms, announced by Tony Blair, including plans to appoint an independent children's commissioner to champion their rights. To tighten the child protection net, a sophisticated tracking system to keep tabs on England's 11 million children has been proposed.
In 150 local authorities, where education and children's social services are to be merged into new children's departments, there will be a "local information hub" recording details of all the children living in the area.
Each will have a file including name, address, date of birth, school and GP. When a child is known to agencies such as education welfare, social services, police, or youth offending teams, the file will carry a flag, giving contact details of the professional dealing with the case. If the child is known to more than one agency, the file will state which professional takes overall responsibility guardian
Technology Automatically IDs Consumers
- (July 19, 2003) A consumer-privacy advocate says the nation's largest shaving-products manufacturer, in conjunction with an umbrella research group, is developing "smart shelf" in-store technology that not only tracks products but also builds an identity profile of the consumer doing the buying.
According to published reports, the technology in question – Radio Frequency Identification, or RFID – uses a microchip with an antenna capable of sending out a signal that enables a computer to "see" the product. As WorldNetDaily has reported , RFID technology is being considered for use by companies such as Wal-Mart to track inventory in distribution centers.
Shaving-products maker Gillette and Wal-Mart had agreed to employ the smart-shelf technology at one of the retailer's stores in Brockton, Mass., this summer. The Gillette products would be equipped with tiny RFID chips that sent a radio signal to store personnel, alerting them when in-store stocks of merchandise were near empty. Wal-Mart, however, has decided not to use smart shelf for the time being.
But Katherine Albrecht, founder and director of Consumers Against Supermarket Privacy Invasion and Numbering , or CASPIAN, says Gillette is getting ready to deploy the technology, which is being championed by the AutoID Center , on its products. And she says there is more involved than meets the eye.
Not only will the technology provide store managers with real-time in-store stock figures for Gillette products, but – via small cameras – it will also snap a picture of the consumer taking the product off the shelf, she told WorldNetDaily. world net daily world net daily
21. The ancient city of Petra (Sela - the rock city) in Jordan would exist and become the refuge for the fleeing Jews during the Tribulation (Isaiah 16:1-4; Matthew 24:16; Revelation 12:6, 14). In 1994, Jordan and Israel signed a peace treaty making Petra a potential refuge for fleeing Jews.
> For updated news & links visit:
Petra (harpazo network)
22. Russia (Magog) would rise as a military power and lead a surprise attack on Israel just prior to the final seven years of this age (Ezekiel 38). Today, most of the southern states of the former Soviet Union are both military powerhouses and Muslim. Visit:
Gog and Magog (harpazo network)
* Ezekiel's Wall (jack kinsella)
* Rebuilding Russia in the Soviet Image (hal lindsey)
* Revisiting Perestroika (hal lindsey)
* Russian Study Warns Of Israeli Competition (menl)
* Russia Successfully Tests Intercontinental Missile (irib)
* Russia, Saudis Prepare Energy Accord (menl)
* Russia Holds Large-Scale Naval Exercise in Far East (people daily)
* Russian Role in Mideast Peace Process (sify)
23. Turkey (Meshech) would also turn on Israel in the same surprise attack (
Ezekiel 38). In November of 2002, Turkey elected a pro-Islamic party to govern the country.
> For updated news & links visit:
Turkey (harpazo network)
24. Iran (Persia), Sudan (Cush), and Libya (Put) would also partake in the surprise attack on Israel (
Ezekiel 38).
Anti-Semitism in the Arab world is rampant. According to the Koran and Hadith, all Muslims are commanded to kill Jews, Christians, and non-believers in Jihad (holy war) unless they convert to Islam (Surahs 9:5 and 47:4; Volume 1, book 2, numbers 24 and 35).
> For updated news & links visit:
Muslims & Anti-Semitism (harpazo network)
25. Ironically, Egypt and Jordan would not participate in this surprise attack (
Ezekiel 38). Astoundingly, they are the only two Arab nations that have signed a peace treaty with Israel. Jordan signed a peace treaty with Israel in 1994 and Egypt signed a peace treaty with Israel in 1979.
Visit:
Peace Treaty Between Israel and Egypt (american-israeli cooperative enterprise)
26. Birds of prey would eat the dead flesh of the enemy armies that fall in battle against Israel (
Ezekiel 39:4,
17;
Revelation 19:17-21).
It is a little known fact that Israel is the bird migration capital of the world. In fact, 500 million to 1.5 billion birds fly over Israel each spring. During the fall migration an estimated 1 to 4 billion birds traverse Israel. Many of these migratory birds are raptors - carrion (dead flesh) eating birds of prey. In fact, 34 species of raptors migrate over Israel.
Visit:
Bird Lovers’ Paradise (jewish virtual library)
28. The sun would scorch the inhabitants of the earth (
Revelation 16:8-9). Though this prophecy is clearly a divine judgment on unrepentant mankind, it is interesting that a compromise in the earth's atmosphere due to nuclear war or other ecological disaster could facilitate this judgment.
> For updated news & links visit:
the Sun (harpazo network)
29. The nation Israel would be born in one day (
Isaiah 66:8).
On May 14, 1948 Israel became a nation.
Visit:
Declaration of Independence (brijnet)
30. The Jews would begin to regather in Israel (
Jeremiah 31:7-10;
Ezekiel 37:21-22;
38:8). 5.4 million and counting!
Visit:
Israel, God's Timepiece (harpazo network)
* Israel's Population at 6,716,000 on Eve of New Year (ha'aretz)
* Statistics Bureau: Israeli Jews Outnumber Jews in the U.S. (ha'aretz)
* Americans Defy Terror, Emigrate to Israel (world net daily)
31. The Jews would regain control of biblical Jerusalem (
Zechariah 12:6;
Luke 21:24).
This happened in 1967!
Visit:
* The Divine Zionist Roadmap (arutz 7)
32. The Eastern Gate would remain closed until the Messiah returns. At Christ's Second Coming, He will enter Jerusalem through the now sealed Eastern Gate (
Ezekiel 44:1-3). Today, as predicted, the Eastern Gate remains sealed.
> For updated news & links visit:
Eastern Gate (harpazo network)
34. The returning Jews would have no king in the last days (
Hosea 3:4-5). Amazingly, not only is Israel no longer a theocracy, but today the Jewish state is governed by a democracy comprised of some 30 political parties.
Visit:
The Knesset (jewish virtual library)
36. Israel, once a desolate desert, would blossom in the last days and export produce to the world (
Isaiah 27:6;
35:1-2;
Ezekiel 36:34-36). Israel's increased rainfall and world-renowned irrigation technology have caused the land to blossom.
Incredibly, as predicted, they currently export 800 million dollars worth of fresh produce each year.
Visit:
* Israel's Exports Underpin Economic Growth (israel ministry of foreign affairs)
* The World Factbook 2002 - Israel (cia)
37. Israel would once again plant vineyards on the mountains of Israel (
Joel 3:17-18;
Amos 9:13). Today, sweet wine flows from the Golan Heights and many other vineyards on the mountains of Israel.
Visit:
Israeli Wine & Wineries - Gems in Israel
38. The last days Jews would plant forests of trees. The Bible even specifies the variety of trees - cedar, acacia, myrtle, oil, cypress, pine, and box (
Isaiah 41:18-20). This has happened in our day.
Visit:
Trees (harpazo network)
Though Israel would be the focus of many fulfilled prophecies, most Jews would remain blind to the fact that Jesus is their Messiah until the very end href="http://www.blueletterbible.org/kjv/Luk/Luk019.html#41">Luke 19:41-42;
Luke 13:34-35;
Romans 11:25-26).
Visit:
* Jesus the Messiah - Evidence & Objections (jewsforjesus)
* Ask the Rabbi: When is Messiah Coming? (aish.com)
40. The Euphrates River would be dried up (
Revelation 16:12). Today, the massive Ataturk Dam in Turkey, completed in 1990, can hold back the Euphrates to a trickle.
Visit:
Ataturk Dam
41. Asia (the kings from the east) would be capable of deploying a 200-million-man army during earth's final days (
Revelation 9:14-16;
16:12). Bear in mind, in Jesus' day there were only an estimated 170 to 400 million people on the entire planet.
Visit:
Historical Estimates of World Population (census.gov)
* The World Factbook 2002 - China (cia)
42. Population explosion predicted (
Revelation 7:9,
14). The apostle John, who wrote the Book of Revelation, was told the number of an army in the last days - two hundred million (
Revelation 9:16). This was the approximate population of the world at that time.
That John also beholds "a great multitude which no one could number" coming out of the Great Tribulation at the end of the age (Revelation 7:9, 14). indicates an enormous number of people on planet earth in the last days.
Visit:
* Weapon of Mass Population (sp times)
44. Egypt, one of the world's greatest ancient civilizations, would exist in the last days - but only as a lowly third world nation (
Ezekiel 29:14-16). Today, as predicted, Egypt remains an impoverished nation. To show how amazing this prophecy is, compare modern Egypt with the tiny nation of Austria. Egypt has ten times more land area, and a population eight times greater then Austria. Yet, Epypt's Gross Domestic Product is only one-fifth of Austria's GDP.
WORLDWIDE BREAKDOWN THE RETURN OF THE KING
What it's making in each territory plus 'Two Towers' and 'Fellowship of the Ring's total. FRANCHISE TOTAL: $2,869,046,153 As of 3/17/04 CENTER>
|
Country |
Gross-to-Date |
% of
WW |
Opening
Weekend |
Screens |
Release
Date |
TTT
Gross |
FOTR
Gross |
|
Austria |
$9,858,021 |
0.9% |
$2,428,988 |
157 |
12/17/03 |
$7,951,763 |
$6,845,000 |
|
Egypt |
$160,465 |
0.0% |
- |
5 |
2/11/04 |
$129,736 |
$167,782 |
|
Israel |
$2,789,456 |
0.3% |
$643,645 |
38 |
12/18/03 |
$2,524,320 |
$2,715,451 |
|
United States/Canada |
$371,800,000 |
34.7% |
$72,629,713 |
7,205 |
12/17/03 |
$341,748,130 |
$314,776,170 |
|
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> 50. The rise of anti-Semitism worldwide anticipated (
Joel 3:2;
Zechariah 12:2-3). In the 1940s, Hitler tried to exterminate every Jew. And in the final 3 ½ years of the Tribulation, Antichrist will turn on the Jews and attempt the same.
> For updated news & links visit:
Anti-Semitism (harpazo network)
> 51. Jesus said Christians would be hated for His name's sake (
Luke 21:17;
Revelation 6:9-11;
20:4). The banning of the Bible, prayer, the Ten Commandments, nativity scenes, Christmas songs, etc., reflects this trend. Also consider that more Christians were martyed during the past century than during any other period in history.
> For updated news & links visit:
Persecution (harpazo network)
and these were real martyrs - killed for their beliefs - not like radical muslims murderers who kill others for their faith
> 53. Homosexuality would be flaunted at the end of the age (
Luke 17:28-30;
Genesis 19).
Ask your grandparents if there were such things as Gay Pride parades in their day.
> For updated news & links visit:
Homosexuality (harpazo network) br>
> 63. Plans to rebuild the temple in Israel anticipated (
Revelation 11:1-2;
2 Thessalonians 2:1-4;
Matthew 24:15). Preparations by the Temple Institute are nearly complete.
Visit:
The Temple Institute
* Temple Mount Faithful (tmf)
* Group Wants to Lay Temple Cornerstone (ha'aretz)
* Ephod Garment for the Uniform of High Priest Completed (temple institute)
* Government of Israel Reopens the Temple Mount to Non-Moslems (tmf)
> 64. A red heifer without blemish must be born and sacrificed to purify the temple in Israel (
Numbers 19:2, 3, 5, 9). A kosher red heifer was born in 2002 and remains without blemish!
Visit:
Red Heifer Born in Israel! (templeinstitute.org)
> 65. The temple sacrifices would be reinstitued in Israel in the last days (
Daniel 9:27;
Daniel 12:11). Daniel foresaw the Antichrist ending the daily sacrifices. Therefore, the Jewish sacrificial system must have first been restored in the last days.
Currently, the Temple Institute has created all the temple furniture and vessels. There are also several hundred young Jewish men in training for the Levitical priesthood.
Visit:
Time for a Temple? - Jewish Plans to Rebuild the Temple
66. In the last days, Israel would be surrounded by enemy Nations. (
Psalm 83:4-8).
Visit:
Psalm 83 & the Confederacy of Hate (harpazo network)
67. Israel would remain invincible except during the Great Tribulation (
Zechariah 12:6-9). Even during those last 3 ½ years, when it looks like Israel will be destroyed, the Lord shall deliver Israel from the hands of her enemies. (
Jeremiah 30:3-7;
Zechariah 14;
Mark 13:14-20).
Since 1948, Israel has been attacked in three major wars and six lesser wars, yet despite being vastly outnumbered, they have destroyed all attacking foes.
> For updated news & links visit:
Israel @ War (harpazo network)
The majority of those in the last days church would be lukewarm, wealthy, complacent and would be vomited into tribulation (Revelation 3:14-16). Polls reveal that a high percentage of professing Christians deny that the Bible is the inspired Word of God. Many even deny that Jesus is God. > For updated news & links visit:
Lukewarm Christians (harpazo network)
71. Many would say that Christ is in the "secret chambers" or "inner rooms" in the last days. (
Matthew 24:26). According to the Catholic Church, Christ is in the inner rooms of hundreds of thousands of Catholic churches - either in Eucharistic tabernacles or in Eucharistic monstrances. Jesus also warned that this deception would be acompanied by great signs and wonders (
Matthew 24:23-27). Currently, Eucharistic miracles are reported around the globe.
Read appendix A and B of the book Messages From Heaven
online @ www.eternal-productions.org
or The Eucharist - A Biblical Review (harpazo network)
Visit:
Eucharistic Adoration (therealpresence.org)
* New Focus on the Eucharist (catholic herald)
* Eucharist Adoration News
72.
A woman, who is an impostor, would call herself "queen" and head the global counterfeit church in the last days (
Revelation 17;
18:7).
Tens of millions follow the apparition of Mary, who claims that she is the Mother of the Church, the Lady of All Nations, the Co-Redemptrix, and the Queen of Heaven and Earth.
Visit:
Apparitions of Mary (eternal productions)
to read the book and view the video Messages From Heaven.
* Pope Stresses Need to Pray the Rosary-Urges Confidence in the Virgin Mary (zenit)
* John Paul II Entrusts Future of Europe to Mary (zenit)
73. The woman would also embody a great city set on seven hills (
Revelation 17:9,
18). The Queen of Heaven is considered the Mother of the Roman Catholic Church which has its headquarters (the Vatican) situated on seven hills. As the Catholic Encyclopedia states,
"It is within the city of Rome, called the city of seven hills, that the entire area of Vatican State proper is now confined."Visit:
* A Woman Rides The Beast (the berean call)
74. In the last days, this wicked woman would go out over the face of the whole earth. She would be associated with a global curse. Her final destination would be Babylon - in the land of Shinar (
Zechariah 5).
Interestingly, the apparition of Mary claims that she will soon travel through the entire world saving those who look to her.
Visit:
www.harpazo.net/Queen.html to read the booklet Queen of All.
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75. This female impostor would come in Christ's name seducing His followers to commit idolatry (
Revelation 2:20-22;
17:4,5).
The apparition of Mary encourages millions to bow down to her statues and visit her shrines. Worldwide, she also stresses the importance of worshiping the Eucharist.
* Pope: Mary's Tears Are a Call to Conversion and Peace (zenit)
76. The Lady of Kingdoms would deceive God's people.
Ultimately, the Lord would expose her true identity (
Isaiah 47).
It is provocative that an apparition of Mary entitled "The Lady of Nations" has initiated Catholics to petition the pope to declare her Co-Redemptrix. Nearly 7 million petitions have been sent to the pope urging him to declare her Co-Redemptrix.
> For updated news & links visit:
the Lady (harpazo network)
79. Israel would be partitioned by other nations (
Joel 3:2;
Daniel 11:39). This has been a top priority for the United Nations since Israel's statehood. Currently, the West Bank, the Golan Heights, and Gaza, have been divided up into Jewish and Palestinian settlements.
Visit:
* Kofi Annan Calls For International 'Buffer' Force for Israel (ha'aretz)
* Bush: The Holy Land Must Be Divided (israeli insider)
* U.S. Wants Timetable For Outpost Evacuation (menl)
* Sharon: "The time has come to divide this land between us and the Palestinians"(jpost)
80. A global arms race would occur (
Joel 3:9-14;
Revelation 16:14).
Never in history have so many nations stockpiled armaments.
> For updated news & links visit:
Global Arms Race (harpazo network)
81. Atomic fission anticipated (
2 Peter 3:10-12). The Greek word translated
elements is
stoicheion which refers to the Greek letters: alpha, beta, gamma, etc. These are fundamental particles and rays of the atomic nuclei which are emitted from a molecule during radioactive decay. Peter predicted these elements would "melt with fervent heat" when the earth and the heavens are "dissolved" by fire. Today we understand that if the elements of the atom are loosed, there would be an enormous release of heat and energy (radiation).
82. Financial systems would depend on numbers not cash (
Revelation 13:17-18).
> For updated news & links visit:
Cashless Society (harpazo network)
84. A global economic system would exist (
Revelation 13:17;
18:3,
11 ,
19 ,
23 ). Today, globalists in every level of government are seeking to unite the world. Connecting the world monetarily is crucial to their goal.
> For updated news & links visit:
Global Economic System (harpazo network)
86. Many would call themselves the Christ (
Matthew 24:5). Jesus was an itinerate preacher who never traveled outside the tiny nation of Israel and He had the audacity to say that many would come in His name, claiming to be the Christ. And yet today, multitudes within the New Age Movement, Eastern religions, and the cults call themselves the Christ.
God predicted that His name would be great among the nations (Malachi 1:11; Philippians 2:9-11). As we begin the 3rd millennium, nearly 2 billion people profess to be Christians. Ironically, over one billion Muslims regard Jesus as the Christ and the only sinless prophet, though they deny His claims that He rose from the dead and that He is divine.
Most of the remaining population regard Jesus as the greatest prophet and teacher ever. As foretold, no other name compares to the fame ascribed to Jesus Christ.
88. Jesus predicted that even after heaven and earth pass away, His words would never be forgotten (
Luke 21:33). As we near the end of the age, we see that Christ's words remain as accurate, renowned, and relevant as they were 2000 years ago. Today, Bible societies distribute approximately 600 million Scripture portions or entire Bibles every single year.
Visit:
United Bible Societies (biblesociety.org)
Despite the Bible's numerous warnings and last days prophecies, most people would be taken off guard when these events culminate (Luke 21:35-36; 1 Thessalonians 5:2).>
95. People would reject the sound doctrine of the Word of God and follow the doctrines of men that appeal to their own lusts (
2 Timothy 4:3-4;
Acts 20:29-30).
Jesus also predicted that there would be many hypocrites within the church (Matthew 24:48-51; Matthew 7:22-23).
Visit:
Let Us Reason Ministries
* 'Bible as Hate Speech' Bill (world net daily)
* Episcopalians Approve Gay Bishop (cnn)
* Major Sex Abuse Uncovered in Anglican Church (the age)
* Baptist Church In Nashville Standing By Lesbian Minister (knoxnews)
* Gay Bishop-Elect: 'I Do Believe This Is Of The Spirit' (cnn)
* Preacher Remains Defiant in his Heretical Religious Views (agape press)
Many would forsake the Ten Commandments as a moral code:
blaspheming, committing adultery, disobeying parents, stealing, lying, coveting, etc.
(Matthew 24:12; Revelation 9:21). Visit:
NEW! The Good Test (See How You Measure Up!)ernal productions)
* Chief Justice Vows To Fight Monument Removal Order(cnn)
* Ten Commandments Monument Moved (cnn)
97. Idolatry would be pervasive (
Revelation 9:20). An idol is anything that competes with the attention due only to our Creator. Money, position, pleasure, a person, possessions, and any created thing can all become idols (
Romans 1:18-25;
2 Timothy 3:1-4).
hey, what's that popular tv show? what covers so many children's dressers, porticularly in catholic homes? not bashing, my mom had them all growing up. they seem benign. they are actually, it's how you think about them.
. Men would mock the warning signs of the end of the age saying,
"These signs have always been around" (2 Peter 3:3-4).> The Bible even reveals their motivation, they love lust.
There are many more last days prophecies (several too detailed for this brief list), however these 101 demonstrate that the Bible is the inspired Word of God. It is true that some of these signs have been around for millennia. But only our generation has witnessed the coming together of every one of these events. Contrast the Bible's 100% track record with other self-proclaimed prophetic sources and there is no comparison. The false prophets typically repackage and plagiarize the Bible's prophecies for the unsuspecting masses, or they make so many vague prophecies that one is bound to be fulfilled. Nostradamus did both. 1
Jesus also predicted that when these signs begin to happen that some men would be paralyzed with fear (Luke 21:26), while others would look up with hopeful expectation (Luke 21:28). Which camp do you fall into? If you're fearful, there is good news and bad news. The bad news is that God will judge every man who breaks even one of His laws. Have you ever blasphemed your Creator's name? Lied (white lies and fibs count)? Stolen (cheating on a test or taxes is stealing)? Looked with lust? If you have answered "Yes" to these questions, then by your own admission, you are a blaspheming, lying, thieving, adulterer at heart. And we have only looked at four of the Ten Commandments (Exodus 20).
That's how God sees you. Keep in mind, God sees every secret sin of your past as if it just occurred. Nothing is hidden from His holy eyes. Also remember that Jesus rebuked the pious religious leaders of His day because, though they appeared good on the outside, inside they were prideful hypocrites. They were trusting in their own "goodness," but the Lord saw their heart. No matter how upright we may appear on the surface, all of us have broken God's holy commandments and need the Savior. Please listen to your conscience. You know you are guilty, and therefore will end up in hell. That's not God's will. In fact, God "is longsuffering toward us, not willing that any should perish but that all should come to repentance" (2 Peter 3:9).
and of course, I consider “The Passion” as a sort of “last straw” “no excuse” send out for lots of folks. It was not perfect but it was pretty clear. It is finished. All that’s left is to believe or not to believe. That is the question. And it will be put to every man by God. Well, we also need to continue to tell others while we may. If you doubt, I would say your grievance is with Him, because my own personal word and authority are meaningless. If I am wrong, what is there to fear, but if He is right, then it’s all or nothing. Good Providence!
http://www.beingjewish.com/soul/future.html The Messianic Era
and the World to Come
Many people confuse the concepts of the Messianic Era and the World to Come, thinking that they are one and the same. They are not.
The first thing to understand is that the World to Come is not a place, but a time.
Judaism divides our existence in the universe into two times periods: This World (Olam Hazeh), and the World to Come (Olam Habah).
The Resurrection will take place during the World to Come, and will involve a rebirth of the physical world. This is how it will take place:
The world will undergo a complete cessation. There will be only quite and desolation, and the world as we know it will cease to exist. All things will no longer be alive.
All souls will be brought to the Realm of Souls, to recharge, so to speak.
The world will be dormant for one thousand years.
Then the world will be resurrected. The world and everything in it will start to live again. Souls will be reunited with their bodies, but the reconstructed bodies will not have the same low level they now have in This World. Even the physical will have a much more elevated, holier nature to it, as it was before the sin of the Tree of Knowledge.
No longer will the body be impeded by its own materialism. No longer will the soul be impeded by the desires of the body, because the body and soul will be fully integrated, and as one will be holy.
This is what we call the World to Come, Olam Habah.
In the World to Come, says the Talmud, there will be no eating or drinking, nor any other physical needs that we know today. The righteous will sit and enjoy the splendor of the Manifestation of the holiness of Hashem, which we call the Shechinah (which is not Hashem Itself, despite the common misconceptions).
The World to Come will be forever. That is where we will enjoy the full effects of the spiritual work we do in this world. Many good deeds have "fruits" in this world that we can often appreciate and enjoy during our lifetimes, but the primary results and effects of our good deeds will be manifest in the World to Come.
About the World to Come not much is known. The Talmud says that even the Prophets could not see more than dimly into the World to Come. Only Hashem knows clearly the details of it.
What about the Messianic Era? What is that?
I have described this world as being separate in time from the World to Come. I have delineated two clear time periods: Olam Hazeh (This World), and Olam Habah (the World to Come). The Messianic Era is a part of This World. It is not a part of the World to Come.
Sometime during the period of time called This World, the world will begin to better itself spiritually. This will either be as a direct result of, or it will be a prelude to, the Messianic Era.
The Messianic Era will be a better time for people in This World. The physical nature of this world will not change. People will still die, people will still be born, but life spans will be very prolonged. Disease will disappear entirely, pain will be eradicated, and all the curses Adam and Eve received for their sin will be nullified.
Women will give birth quickly and easily, without difficult pregnancies and without painful labor and childbirth.
Life will be easy, and we will no longer have to work for a living. Loaves of bread will grow on trees, and clothing will be available at the drop of a, well, a hat, if you'll excuse the expression.
Our main function at that time will be the attainment of spiritual growth. However, we will still live in the physical world, as we do today, yet without many of the distractions we have today. We will no longer be subject to the rule of oppressors of any kind, neither foreign or domestic. There will be no oppression, no war, and no crime anywhere on earth.
Eventually, all sin will disappear completely.
That is the Messianic Era. And it will take place during Olam Hazeh, This World.
The Messiah will be our first king, and he will live a very long and fruitful life, teaching the world how to attain all these things, especially Torah.
The King Messiah, after a very long and happy life, will die. His son will become king after him, and continue his good work. He too, will die at a very advanced age. His son, the grandson of the first King Messiah, will be king until This World comes to an end, and the thousand years of desolation begins.
All three will be "messiahs," because the word "messiah" (moshiach in Hebrew) simply means "anointed." It is applied to any king so designated by Hashem. In Isaiah 45:1 we find that Cyrus is called Hashem's Anointed, and he wasn't even Jewish! Nevertheless, we don't call Cyrus by the title "Messiah," simply because over the millennia that term has come to be used exclusively when we refer to the future King Messiah of the "Messianic Era." But of course, King David was anointed, and so was King Saul. King David himself referred to King Saul as "Hashem's Anointed" (2 Samuel 1:14, 16). We also see that King David calls King Saul's shield "moshiach" (anointed), since King Saul used to apply oil to the leather parts of it.
So when will all this happen, the Messianic Era, and the time of desolation? Well, we do know something about that, but not all. The time of the Redemption -- that is, the start of the Messianic Era -- has intentionally been left secret. If we do not repent, it will happen at the ordained time. If we all repent and become what we should be, the Messianic Era will begin immediately. Hashem does not want us to simply sit and wait for the pre-ordained time to come. Hashem wants us to repent and be what Hashem created us to be. If we repent, and become what we should be, the Messianic Era will begin before the ordained time. The ordained time is only a deadline for the coming of the Messiah. He can come earlier. It depends on us.
The original plan was that the world should last six thousand years, to parallel the Seven Days of Creation. Two thousand years was "void," that is, without people fulfilling the Torah. Two thousand years (starting from the time of Abraham) was to be of Torah, and the final two thousand years was to be the Messianic Era. Then the world would cease for one thousand years, and rest like we do on the Sabbath, the seventh day of the week. That was how it was supposed to be.
But we kept messing up. Since we keep sinning, and have not yet fully repented, the Messianic Era has not yet begun. The middle period has gone on for much longer than the two thousand years that it was supposed to last.
How long will the Messianic Era be, now that we have eaten into most of the final two thousand years? Will the Messianic Era last less than two thousand years? Let's say the Messiah comes in the year 5800 Of Creation (which will be the year 2040 C.E.). Will the Messianic Era last only 200 years?
It is taught, according to some Rabbinic opinions, that the Messianic Era will span two thousand years regardless. So, instead of This World ending at the year 6,000 Of Creation, This World will end after two thousand years of Messianic Era, not before.
So, let us review the time chart.
First we have the world as we know it, as it is today.
Then the Messiah will come, and usher in a new and better life for all of us.
After two thousand years of that beautiful life, This World will come to an end. The world will be dormant for one thousand years.
During the one thousand years of desolation, all souls will be in the Realm of Souls, recharging for the purpose of the Resurrection.
At the end of those thousand years, the Resurrection will take place, and the World to Come will begin, and that will last forever.
Bear in mind that I have used the simplest explanation for these concepts. The full understanding is much more complex.
A good source for this sort of information (and the place I got most of this from) is a Book called The Way of G-d, by Rabbi Moshe Chaim Luzzato, translated by Rabbi Aryeh Kaplan of blessed memory, published by Feldheim Publishers.
http://www.beingjewish.com/toshuv/real_messiah.html What the Messiah is Supposed to Do.
One of the primary ways that we know that jesus was not the Messiah was simply because he did not fulfill any of the Messianic prophecies.
Many people have written on this subject, both in books and online. This article will not add anything new to what they have written, but since so many people write me about this subject, evidently this article needs to be here at this site as well.
The Prophets have written a great deal about what the Messiah will do when he comes. Likewise, the Oral Torah has much to say about this as well, of course. Numerous Rabbis or the post-Talmudic era have collected these teachings and written about them. I shall write some of what has been written by the Rabbis. I hope and plan to quote many of the verses from Tanach (Jewish Bible) in a separate article one of these days. (To write in detail all the Talmudic and Midrashic passages would be too much for me to do.)
The Messiah will be a human being, the child of two human parents. He will be by unbroken patrilineal descent the undisputed heir of King David.
The Messiah will be the unchallenged king of all Jews everywhere in the world. (When I say unchallenged, I mean that none of the Jews will challenge him, once it is understood who he is. There is little doubt in my mind that the Catholic Church -- and perhaps many Protestant Churches as well -- will challenge him, and call him the "antichrist." But they will soon realize their error, because they will have no power against the true and only Messiah.) He will be anointed with the special anointing oil that the Prophets used when appointing kings. The word "messiah" is Hebrew for "annointed."
The King Messiah will reinstate the royal dynasty of David to its ancestral regal status. He will be king, and his son will be king after him. The King Messiah will live a very long life. When he dies, his son will become king. When his son dies, also after a long life, the grandson will be king after him. After the grandson's reign, this world will come to an end. The world will be dormant for one thousand years, and then the World to Come will begin and last for all eternity. We will be resurrected, which means that our souls will return to our bodies, and we will live forever on this, earth, which will also be renewed.
The King Messiah will be very active in the Holy Temple. He will reinstate the Sanhedrin, our highest court, and they will reinstate the High Priest. Together, they will rebuild the Holy Temple. It is possible that the Messiah will not be anointed king until after the Holy Temple has been rebuilt, but in any case from the beginning he will lead all the Jews.
Sacrifices will once again be brought at the Holy Temple.
The Messiah will lead us in war to defend us when enemies of the Jews begin the War of Gog and Magog. The enemies of the Jews will attempt to destroy us, as they have been attempting to do for millennia, but they will not succeed. Nevertheless, great destruction will take place, unless everyone repents first. If everyone repents, the War of Gog and Magog will not take place.
The King Messiah will gather the scattered Jews from all over the world. The lost Ten Tribes of Israel will be restored to the Kingdom of Israel, and the King Messiah will rule all twelve Tribes. He will also restore the family systems within each Tribe as they had originally functioned.
The King Messiah and the Sanhedrin will restore the Sabbatical system and the Jubilee (which involve seven-year counts and a fifty-year count), as well as all other Commandments that we are unable to fulfill today. He will uphold and restore complete performance of the commandments and complete obedience to Hashem and His Torah. He will cause all Jews in the entire world to fulfill the Commandments of the Torah, and to uphold and strengthen the one and only true Judaism. Likewise, he will succeed in getting all the nations of the world, everyone alive, to acknowledge and serve the One True G-d, Hashem. This does not mean that they will convert and become Jews. It means that they will keep the Seven Laws that Hashem commanded the children of Noah.
The Messiah will not cause any changes in the Commandments, nor will he add to them or subtract from them. He will certainly not start a new religion, nor will his followers start a new religion.
The Messiah will regain the entire Land of Israel for the Jews, and the boundaries of the land will be as great as those promised to Abraham.
The King Messiah will be extremely learned in Torah and absolutely observant of all the Commandments as taught and explained in the Oral and Written Torah.
There will be utter peace in the world. After the King Messiah has been victorious, not a single nation will dare consider waging war, and no nation will rule over any other. People won't even study warfare or battle tactics anymore. And no one will have any reason to fear anyone else, ever again. There will be no racism or other forms of oppression, ever again.
The nations will send their emissaries to the King Messiah, and the King Messiah will teach the world how to live in peace, and how to want to live in peace. Then, everyone in the world will enjoy eternal peace, for as long as this world will last. The great Rabbi, Rav Shlomoh Freifeld, of blessed memory, said in a talk he once gave that I attended that the Messiah will be a great teacher.
Good things will be easily available to everyone. When the Messianic Era comes, there will be no poverty, no war, no hardships, no reason for jealousy or competition, and no boredom. Everything anyone needs will be easily and quickly available, so that good things will seem to grow on trees.
Our primary concern will be in growing more and more spiritual, and we will all enjoy doing this.
The Messiah will not need to perform any miracles to prove who he is. Nor would the miracles be very significant. The Messiah's purpose is to bring about the return of the Jews from exile, to restore our united practice of the Commandments of the Torah, to raise our conciousness to a high level of fear and love of Hashem, and to reinstate the Jewish kingdom in the Holy Land of Israel as Hashem originally established it under King David. Those are the Messiah's essential purposes. Even bringing peace and affluence to the world will be only so that the world will be able to peacefully pursue our purpose of serving Hashem through Torah study and prayer -- Jews as Jews, and Gentiles as Gentiles. Performing miracles is not particularly meaningful, since the Messiah will be an obviously righteous man, and the Torah commands us to obey the righteous.
What I'm driving at here is that all the miracles in the universe do not make someone Messiah, if he is not righteous. jesus, who contradicted the Torah, could not have been the Messiah, no matter how many miracles they claim he performed. The real Messiah, when he comes, may or may not perform miracles, but he will certainly not contradict the Torah in any way, shape or form.
The King Messiah may decide not to perform overt miracles, but he will nevertheless be immediately recognized as a man who can judge the inner essence and spirituality of people. His wisdom will be recognized by all, and many representatives of all the nations will also come to learn wisdom from him and get his advice.
And no one in the universe will have any doubt that the Messiah has come, and we won't have to argue with people about whether or not the Messiah has come. There will no longer be any missionaries, and no one will be teaching anyone else about any other religions, except maybe as history.
Everyone in the world will see the prophecies fulfilled, and there will be no doubts about any of it.
In every generation, the potential exists for the Messiah to come. The Torah says, in speaking of the coming of the Messiah, "In its time I will bring it quickly" (Isaiah 60:21). The Talmud explains that there are two ways the Messiah can come. Hashem has established a final time, a deadline. If we repent, the Messiah will come quickly, before the deadline. If we do not repent, the Messiah will nevertheless come at the deadline (Sanhedrin 98a).
If we merit it, the Redemption will come quickly, and we will see many open and overt miracles.
If we do not merit the Redemption when the deadline comes, if we have not repented by then,it will happen in stages. It will take longer to happen, and there will be no or few open miracles. And there will be war first. Hashem will cause a king as evil as Haman to pass laws against us, and he will oppress us until we repent. And to destroy us, he will set into motion the war of Gog and Magog, which you may have heard of under the inexplicable name of "Armageddon."
The great Chofetz Chayim, the leading Rabbi around a century ago, said that the war of Gog and Magog will take place in three stages. The first stage, he said, was World War One. He predicted that the second stage would be much worse, and he predicted the precise year of the beginning of World War Two.
But if we repent, the Messiah can come even now, right this very minute.
How is this possible? In each generation there is one (or more) righteous person who is worthy of being the Messiah, if the generation repents and the time is right for the Messiah to come. In every generation, since we have not all fully repented, the potential Messiah of each generation has lived his life, and passed away, as do all people, whether righteous or not, completely unaware that he would have been the Messiah.
Some people think that the greatest person, the most righteous person of each generation is the potential Messiah of that generation. Often, they base it on the person's notoriety. This is an error. Maimonides teaches that the Messiah can even be an unknown righteous person, a quiet, private person that not too many people know about. We make the mistake of thinking that we always know who the most righteous person of every generation is. But this is an error. The most righteous person could live in secret, doing what he must do privately and quietly. And we simple people are in any case not capable of judging who is more righteous than who, because we can't read minds and we don't know what's in anyone's hearts.
If we all repent, the potential Messiah of this generation will become the Messiah. Note that he is not yet the Messiah, and he was not born the Messiah. He was simply a very righteous person. He himself has no idea that he is the potential Messiah of that generation. Certainly, the people at large have no idea who the potential Messiah is.
If we make ourselves ready for the Messiah, Hashem will make the potential Messiah of the generation into the actual Messiah. Hashem will send the Spirit of Messiah that He created before He created the universe, and the potential Messiah of the generation will thereupon become the actual Messiah. The Messiah will then proceed to fulfill all the Prophecies that he is destined to fulfill.
Please understand something: Hashem loves and wants all of His children. He wants none to be left out when the Messiah comes. Hashem therefore wants all Jews to repent, and all of us brought into the Messianic Era. Just a few won't do, and even one left behind is too many. So we can't look at any particular group and expect their righteousness to bring the Messiah. Each and every one of us must work to improve ourselves.
Jewish Law requires us to pray that the redemption and the Messiah come soon, and to eagerly anticipate it happening. We must, each day, continue to pray and continue to hope that the Messiah will come, even though he did not come yesterday, and he did not come this morning.
For we know that the Messiah will come, because Hashem has promised that he will come.
May it be Hashem's will that we all merit the coming of the Messiah immediately, very soon, and may he come quickly.