Mashiach and the Messianic age are the ultimate end for the world, preconceived from the very beginning, for which the world was created.1 Mashiach, therefore, is one of the things that precede the creation.2 This refers, however, to the principle and soul of Mashiach. On the actual level of the physical world’s reality, Mashiach is a human being:
Mashiach is a human being, born in normal fashion of human parents.3 The only qualification about his origins is that he is a descendant of King David,4 through the lineage of his son Solomon.5 From his birth onwards his righteousness will increase continually, and by virtue of his deeds he will merit sublime levels of spiritual perfection.6
Any time is a potential time for the coming of Mashiach.7 This does not mean, however, that at the appropriate time he will suddenly emerge from Heaven to appear on earth.8 On the contrary: Mashiach is already on earth, a human being of great saintly status (a tzadik) appearing and existing in every generation. “In every generation is born a progeny of Judah fit to be Israel’s Mashiach!”9
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Author: Rabbi J. Immanuel Schochet
Keywords: Messianic, Messiah, Glory I had, Preexistence, Pre existence, Glory Jesus had, Mashiach, Jewish preexistence, Jewish pre existence
Bible reference(s): Isaiah 11:1, Jeremiah 23:5-6, Jeremiah 33:14, 2 Samuel 7:12-16, Psalms 89:3, Hosea 3:5, Jeremiah 30:9, Ezekiel 34:23-24, Ezekiel 37:24-25, John 1:2, John 8:58, John 17:5
Source: Rabbi J. Immanuel Schochet
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