The second verse of Genesis tells us that “the earth was astonishingly empty, and darkness was on the face of the deep, and the spirit of God was hovering over the face of the water.” On this the Midrash comments, “‘The spirit of God’—this is the spirit of Moshiach.” In other words, God created light and dark—both physical light and dark as well as their metaphoric counterparts: Redemption and galut. And even before that time, He envisioned a time when the light will banish the dark. He envisioned the spirit of Moshiach.
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Author: chabad.org
Keywords: Spirit of Messiah, Messiah, Messiah creation, Messiah preexistence, Messiah pre existence, Jewish preexistence, Jewish pre existend, Preexistence, Pre existence, Preexist, Pre exist, Jesus preexistence, Jesus preexisted, Jesus pre existed, Christ preexisted, Christ pre existed, Christ preexistence, Christ pre existence, Jesus foundation of the world, Christ foundation of the world, Jesus was in the beginning, Christ was in the beginnning, Before Abraham, Existed before Abraham
Bible reference(s): Gen 1:2, John 1:1-3, John 8:58, Hebrews 1:2
Source: “Moshiach 101: The Basics,” chabad.org.
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