Russia’s chief rabbi predicts the imminent coming of a Messiah

Interfax ^ | 09 August 2005

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Moscow, August 9, Interfax - Russia’s Chief Rabbi Berel Lazar believes the Earth will soon see the coming a Messiah to reward everyone according to his deserts.

‘We know that he (Messiah - IF) is very near at hand, but he needs not only to be born but also to come. The Messiah may well have been born already, but unless he is ordered by God he cannot reveal himself with God’s help and change the world for the better’, the rabbi said in an interview published by the Gazeta daily on Tuesday.

Lazar explained this assumptions about the imminent coming of a Messiah by the fact that “the world today is in a state described by our sages as ‘hevley mashiah’, that is, labour that precedes the coming of a Messiah’.

‘It is a time’, he explained, ‘when many good things are created in the world and the progress of science and technology has made it possible to solve many human problems, to overcome diseases, famine, etc., on one hand. On the other hand, it is for the first time since God created human beings that humans have taken hold of such means of destruction that the whole of our race and even the globe itself can be destroyed instantly’.

‘We are living on the verge of history; it can be felt everywhere’, Rabbi Lazar is convinced. Recalling the comparison made by philosopher Maimonides who likened the world to scales, Lazar assumed that ‘perhaps God is waiting for only one deed to be put on the good scale to order the Messiah to reveal himself’.

Speaking about it, Russia’s chief rabbi called upon everyone ‘to add this good deed as one’s contribution may prove decisive’.

[M Kehoe]

Thanks for the ping.

Has the cornerstone been set for the rebuilding of the temple?

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[Bellflower]

Many will accept the anti-Christ's false claim to be the Messiah.

[familyop]

"What if your obedience to his laws is not good enough? Do have to obey the laws 10%,30%,70% or 90% what is enough and how do you know when you have been obedient enough?"

Here's a better answer to your question than the one I posted before. Scroll down and read under "How do Jews obtain forgiveness without sacrifices?," from where it says, "Forgiveness is obtained through repentance, prayer and good deeds."

http://www.jewfaq.org/qorbanot.htm

[familyop]

By the way, regarding your username (Gestehen Sie Und Gibt Auf) that appears to be very English phraseology ("Confess and give up.") Shouldn't it be something more like, "Bekennen Sie und übergeben Sie?" ...not that I know anything about where German figures of speech (many) go from one year to the next.

[Alexander Rubin]

Ok. I've been looking into it a bit, and writing down some of the relevant passages, as well as writing down some historical points, and cultural standpoints. Either tomorrow, or Monday, I will have up a detailed post on it. I will ping you (and anyone else interested) to it, and we can all have a long, intellectual and civil discussion. ;)

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[StonyBurk]

I do agree -I seem to recall how the forced slaves of Allah
also believe the Messiah will come soon-only they foolishly think He will return to lead them into some glorious slaughter of all Jews and Christians. Even seem to recall somewhere where the ancient Mayan Calandar seems to end
shortly after 2005?but me foggy brain can't confirm source for either.

[Zionist Conspirator]

'Amein. Ken yehi ratzon!

‘It is a time’, he explained, ‘when many good things are created in the world and the progress of science and technology has made it possible to solve many human problems, to overcome diseases, famine, etc., on one hand. On the other hand, it is for the first time since God created human beings that humans have taken hold of such means of destruction that the whole of our race and even the globe itself can be destroyed instantly’.

Not too sound like a nudge or anything, but I kinda wish the Rabbi had stressed the nightmarish Frankensteinian turn of the sciences and the billowing arrogance of the humanists rather than the old leftist bugbear of global thermonuclear destruction.

[Zionist Conspirator]

I don't know who is coming but when he gets here he sure needs to do something about the price of gasoline.

Yeah, and end Daylight Savings Time! Oh, and fix baseball so there's no regular season interleague competition (and maybe trim back the overexpansion). And for sure get rid of the designated hitter rule. [/humor]

All kidding aside, may Mashiach HaMelekh come soon, speedily, and in our days. If he doesn't come soon, the entire earth will soon be a sewer.

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[TAquinas]

Alleluja!

Christ is coming.

[TAquinas]

"I hate to tell this guy, but he's about 2,000 years behind the times."

And he is...a false prophet.

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[jb6]

True. Short of islamics nuking something the only nukes wars I see is India-Pakistan or N.Korea-neighbors (to end very quickly with S.Korea becoming an island).

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[Zionist Conspirator]

Thanks. Love your tag-line, btw. It applies to all atheists, including the rightwing ones here at Free Republic.

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