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Hey, ZC!

"It's certainly a lonely time to be a Noachide when the entire rest of the world tells us that G-d and the Jews are at war with each other and that we must choose one or the other."

We know that no one can be at war with G-d--especially angels. The silly thought is not consistent with the natural reality of worlds. But we also know that all kinds of people are being bad, while we are yet forbidden from mistreating any Jewish people or to oppose G-d's unchanged plan for Israel.

We choose both.

"The world has been insane ever since the Beit HaMiqdash was destroyed."

Of course. It will get much more insane, before it gets perfect (not the Roman concept of perfection but much better)! Even Judah will wage war with Jerusalem (Zechariah 12:2-4, 14:14) before turning on the enemy (Zechariah 12:5-6)! But this world will be much better soon afterwards!

Oh, and by the way, the remnants of several nations do matter and will matter (re. previous thread). The USA, more moral than many other nations but nowhere near pure, has been a refuge for hundreds of years. The whole world will know Torah in the World to Come.

To be even more of a talkative student out of turn, I'm going to say that it all appears to be physical: everything. We simply don't know much at all about the physics of the worlds. Even Ezekiel should be a comfort and not a source of any stress. With no Hellenism (or Babel-ism) to blind or bother us during proper meditation (focus on each word in front of us, nothing hidden, no secret codes), everything is what it is--no idolatry, no adjuncts or additives. Only Unity remains. It was all seen, heard and written for good reasons.

I'm not very complicated at all. Some will even be angry with me. I say that it's like a box of chocolates, except that you do know what you're going to get: all sweetness.

To be even more of a talkative student out of turn

You're not out of turn. You're much further along the derekh than I am. I have a lot of problems that aren't for public discussion (it's possible I have Asperger's, as well as being a nervous wreck) which partially, along with my own unforgivable laziness, perhaps explain in party my utter lack of systematic study. What little knowledge I do have has been picked up here and there over decades. I certainly generate more heat and light, and I'm afraid that, since my learning (such as it is) is greater than my good deeds, my learning will not stand.

You are a hero. I'm just a big blow-hard.