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CHAPTER 18
APPENDIX II

OUR GENERATION IN MESSIANIC PROPHECIES


Our present state of existence which has both G-d and G-dliness hidden, the powers of evil unchained, and wicked people prospering, will not continue for long. At the advent of the Messiah, the world will awaken from it's sleep, and will become profoundly aware of the Truth and Reality of all existence. They will then change their behavior accordingly.223 The world will have then entered the Messianic Era.

As we would expect, G-d spoke extensively through the Prophets and the Rabbis about this time. The following is a sample of what was written as far back as 750 B.C.E., up to 250 years ago.

The Messiah will be revealed when people will be both healthy and brilliant,224 so scientifically and technologically advanced, that they will have the power to destroy the world.225

However, the vast majority will be in desperate need of spiritual and moral instruction.226 They will be shameless and arrogant,227 and truthfulness will all but disappear.228The wickedness of the times will have it's effect upon children, who will act brazenly and disrespectfully towards elders, including their parents and parents-in-law.229 The exemplary behavior of sin-fearing individuals, who will try to serve G-d, will not be followed, but rather they will be scorned and despised.230

Wars,231 disharmony and social discord will be the order of the day, to such an extent that one will have enemies in his own family.232 The government of Israel will also be a victim of society, and will turn to heresy,233 and as if this is not bad enough, no one will rebuke them.234 Therefore, it should come as no surprise that the spiritual decay of the generation, caused it long ago to be compared to the face of a dog.235 So low will it be, that just as the wicked ways of the people living at the time of Noah brought upon them the flood, so also according to the Divine Attribute of Justice, the generation that will see the Messiah should rightly be destroyed.236 However, G-d will have mercy upon them, and He will instruct the Messiah to reveal himself, so as to prepare deserving people for their eternal existence on earth.237 This will happen immediately following a time when the Jewish Nation as a whole will spontaneously repent, and return to G-d and His Torah.238  If they do not repent voluntarily, G-d will cause an evil ruler to arise over them, whose harsh decrees will force them to do so.239

Considering all of the above, it is safe to assume that we are the people being described. But there is still further evidence.

After having spent trillions of dollars in developing sophisticated weapons, nations are now not only speaking about nuclear disarmament, but are actually destroying their arsenal to some extent. This is a giant leap towards the Messianic Era wherein all peoples will live in peaceful coexistence, totally free of war240 and destructive weapons.241

The miracle of the Jewish people returning to their homeland,242 and rebuilding it up from wastelands,243 with the assistance of other nations,244 have all been foretold. This new reality has set the stage for the time when the Third Temple will be built, and Jerusalem will be the spiritual center of the world.245 But this is not all. The AIDS epidemic corresponds to predictions of a worldwide contagious plague,246 and the thinning of the Ozone layer fits the descriptions of the  sun's shield being removed.247

There is another most terrifying prophecy that is also to take place immediately before the revelation of the Messiah, and that is the war of Gog and Magog248. There are authorities who said that this battle will not happen in the literal sense249, but if it's description is to be taken literally, then we could shortly expect all the nations to attack Jerusalem250, only to find themselves fighting against G-d. The result will be that it will take seven months for the Jews to bury the enemy dead just around Israel's borders251

The fact that the Jewish Nation at that time will be the reincarnation of the Jews that were in the desert with Moses,252 will surely be among their many merits that will protect them in this war.

The man who is destined to be the Messiah will be a direct descendant of King David through the family of Solomon, David's son.253 Even before the "Spirit of the Messiah" descends into him,254 he will be extremely pious, living in close communion with G-d. When he receives this intense revelation, he will be raised up to an exalted spiritual level:

The Spirit of G-d shall rest on him

The spirit of wisdom and understanding

The spirit of counsel and might

The spirit of knowledge and the fear of the L-rd.255

Thus, the individual who is to be the guide for all mankind, and who will cause all the world to serve G-d together,256 will be wiser than Solomon,257 greater than the patriarchs and prophets,258 and more honored than kings;259 for indeed, he will reign as king of the world.260 This great revelation will resemble the first time G-d appeared to Moses, at the Burning Bush, and informed him that he had been chosen to redeem the Jewish Nation from Egypt.261 Moses was then an elderly man of 80 years.262   And no matter how awesome were the miracles of the exodus, the wonders and lasting significance of this final redemption through the Messiah will overshadow it.263

Once G-d and the Messiah are revealed, all the world will turn their attention from worldly pursuits to spiritual matters. The occupation of all the world will be only to know G-d,264 and to worship Him.265 For indeed, “The knowledge of G-d will fill the earth as the waters cover the sea,”266 and all of us will be His servants.267 In that era,, famine, envy, and competition will cease to be, and material goods will be abundant, and available as dust.268

When one freely chooses to observe his Code of Law now, prior to the intense revelations of the Messianic Era when Divine Inspiration will be poured upon all mankind,269 and when death,270 evil,271 and the evil inclination272 in us will be destroyed forever, he purifies his soul and is drawn closer to G-d. Obviously, in the Messianic Era, when only good and truth will exist and everyone will be serving G-d according to His expressed Will on Mount Sinai, the free-will opportunity for elevating ourselves then will not be as it is now.273