But I believe he is saying just that. That what must come first is a return to God and then the rest will come as promised.
How can you possibly know whether he is substantiated or not? You just had two Jewish posters state he is not. These are conservative Jewish posters and freepers. I wonder why you would, notwithstanding that, continue to believe this character who I have already noted has either lied about Arab-Jewish history or he has buried his head in the sand. He's not much of a reliable source for anything based on a major historical faux-pas.
Again, this is a deeply philosphical argument based enitrely on Jewish thought. I am extremely curious to know what his Torah and Talmudic sources are to say that one must precede the other. He says in the speech that the Talmud says death will occur if one occurs before the other, and that that is a sin. Nevertheless, that does not mean that it will preclude the promise!
I will have to check out his website and see what are his Halachic sources to insist that the sequence of events must occur as he says.