REDEMPTION:
“I will be like dew for
Dew is a great gift
from Hashem because it only has beneficial powers and a rose requires a large
amount of water. Hashem will give us great sustenance and make us flourish.
“If not for Hashem, Who was with us when men rose up
against us.” (Psalms 124:2)
People always feel
that their friends and family will always be there for them, but in reality
Hashem is our only true unconditional friend that could never turn against us.
“And some of them of understanding shall fail to try them
and purge and make them white until the time of the end, because it is yet for
a time appointed.” (Daniel 11:35)
There have always
been people who felt they could predict the redemption. They calculate and
estimate but their science is not truthful and they find they can’t change Hashem’s
will with a calculator.
“If they merit [it], ‘I will hasten it’” (Yeshayahu
60:22)
We take the idea of
the Moshiach coming for granted and just assume it will happen over night. It
must be worked for and deserved.
“Behold, I will send you Elijah the prophet…” (Malachi
3:23)
Whenever any great
King or prestigious person enters a room they are announced in order for those
awaiting them to be prepared. Elijah is an important step in the announcing of
the Moshiach for us to make our final preparations.
“If I forget you, O
For someone to loose
their right hand given that it is the dominant hand is one of the biggest
looses for them. They would be helpless in carrying out even the most simplest
of tasks. Without
“Many of those who sleep in an earth of dust shall awake,
some to everlasting life and some to shame [and] everlasting contempt.” (Daniel
12:2)
When the entire deceased
are resurrected they will get whatever they worked for when they were alive.
When Moshiach comes,
we will finally recognize our own strength as the chosen of Hashem. If only we
would recognize it now, we would strengthen ourselves as a holy nation and
bring the redemption.
“Walk about
A person should
always look and count the righteous people that are standing around them. When
Moshiach comes, we will realize the good in one another. Every Jew is an entire
world and a tower of mitzvos. Let us begin counting the merits of others as it
is because of judging other Jews unfavorably that the geulah is hampered.
“His splendor shall reign like [that of] a
bridegroom.”(Yeshayahu 61:10)
A groom has splendor
because people are talking about him in a positive light. They search for his
goodness and find it. Hashem’s splendor is even more revealed and yet we fail
to make Him King.
“Then will our
mouth will be filled with laughter, and our tongue with song…” (Psalms 126:2)
We will laugh when
the redemption comes as we will realize how easy it was for us to have brought
her all along.
“They will make Me a sanctuary, [and] I will dwell among
them.” (Exodus 25:8)
Many Kings want to
be raised above their people but not Hashem. He wants to dwell with us as would
a family member or a close friend.
“The moon shall
be confounded, and the sun ashamed…” (Yeshayahu 24:23)
Those who lowered
themselves and were humble, Hashem will raise them up and those who had pride
will be lowered. In a world of truth as we will have when Moshiach comes, a
person can’t raise their stature or hide their greatness as they could in a
world of confusion such as we have now.
“You, O Hashem, are our Father, our Redeemer; Your name
is everlasting” (Yeshayahu 63:16)
It is mentioned many
times in Tanach how when the Moshiach comes Hashem’s name will be everlasting.
How is it not everlasting now? Something can’t be everlasting if it is not
appreciated deep within people’s hearts. We are so far from true love of
Hashem, a love that is everlasting.
“Rejoice with Yerushalayim, and be glad
with her, all who love her… (Yeshayahu 66:10)
Only those who love
“Be in pain, and labor to bring forth, O daughter of
Zion, like a woman in labor, for now you shall go out of the city, dwell in the
field, [and] you come to Babylon; there you shall be rescued, there the Hashem
will redeem you from the hand of your enemies. (Michah 4:10)
A women who is in
labor and then has her child, suddenly feels redeemed after the child is born.
Her pain is stopped and joy rains. Without the labor pains, there could be no
birth.
“Behold, your king comes to you.” (Zechariah 9:9)
How many Kings want
to come down from their stature in order to be with their nations? As soon as
we crown Hashem King, his palace will no longer be in the heavens but the third
palace will descend from heaven to earth.
“I will no longer hide My face from them, for I have
poured out My spirit upon the house of
There is the final and great redemption and then there is the redemption
of a person from their own darkness to light. When we return to Hashem, He in
turn redeems us by revealing that which He had previously covered from us.
“The sound of weeping and the sound of howling will be no
longer heard.” (Yeshayahu 65:19)
We are so removed
from true love of another that we don’t hear one another’s cries. If only we
listened, we would hear the true pains of exile. We would not be able to bare
this and alone would elevate ourselves to such a level that even we could bring
the final redemption.