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I'm not [music] 65 years old.
I'm 3,300
years old. [music]
Part of that chain.
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So, as it turns out, there are hundreds
of messianic prophecies throughout the
Hebrew Bible, numerous oracles that
describe the messianic age, the events
that will unfold at the end of days in a
hay. Hundreds of them, very famous
locations in scripture. Isaiah as an
example, chapter 2. So famous, so
beautiful, sweeping prophecies in Isaiah
11, Micah chapter 4. The whole end of
the book of Ezekiel from 34 on is all
about the days of the Messiah, the
messianic age. Most of those prophecies
describe the age and how the world will
be transformed. There are some passages
that describe the Messiah himself.
That's not nearly as important. There is
a refrain which our sages of blessed
memory imparted to us and that is
although we could see the basic basic
framework of what is going to happen in
the messianic age there will be a a
worldwide knowledge of God that's most
central knowledge of God will cover the
world as the water covers the sea.
Isaiah 11:9,
"No one will have to teach anyone about
God, for they shall all know me from the
least of them till the greatest of them,
declares the Lord." It's so striking as
I'm sharing this with you right here in
Jerusalem. These oracles were expressed
right here. I mean, Isaiah walked down
these streets. So did Jeremiah. So does
Zephaniah. In fact, Moses the prophets
were written were written right here in
gathering of the exiles. Isaiah preached
that right here. He lived right here.
Isaiah 43:5 and six. But Hashem will
bring us back, restore us, the
restoration, the building of the temple
right here. In fact, essentially the
last nine chapters of Ezekiel describe
with precision what the final messianic
temple will look like. We find that also
at the end of Ezekiel 37, last five
passages, that there will be a building
of the final temple and then the nation
will know that I am Lord. It's really
quite exquisite. It's very, very
beautiful. The coming of Elijah the
prophet will usher in that final moment.
The book of Malachi, which is one of
three prophets that lived during the
Persian Empire. It's the very end of the
prophetic period, speaks about this,
that finally justice will come to the
world. It's very intriguing, however
that our sages
tell us clearly that while we know what
is going to happen, we have the outline
of what must occur, the restoration of
the Davidic dynasty. In fact, the
Messiah himself is called David. In so
many prophecies, Hosea, Hosea didn't
live in Jerusalem. He lived the same
time as Isaiah, but he lived up in the
north with Amos, who was from this area.
So interesting. What a wonderful time to
live. So our sages tell us that although
we can explain to you what these
passages mean, however, they explain
that as it turns out only the final
generation, the generation who will live
during the time of the gula, during the
time of the redemption,
only they will understand with detail of
precisely what's going to happen. Now
don't make don't make any mistake about
this. There will be a temple. There'll
be the full in gathering of the Jewish
people to their land.
Jerusalem, the worldwide knowledge of
God, the resurrection of the dead is
very very clear. Our sages tell us that
in fact only the final dur the
generation that witnesses it, they will
understand completely what these
passages actually mean. Mymonities in
his laws of kings in the last chapter
takes time to make this point that
people should not speculate on making
calculations or that many of these
they're not metaphors but many of the
the imagery that we find only will be
understood not by them but by the
generation who lives during the ghoul
who lives during the time of the
redemption. We know that the redemption
will occur in a series of stages. We
could see this easily as an example in
Zechariah chapter 12. A whole series of
stages like the Exodus. Like why is the
Passover meal a moment on the Jewish
calendar when we recall the Exodus? Why
is it called a seder in order of events?
Because the redemption is occurring in
an order of events. We must have Jacob's
trouble. Jeremiah 30:7. It's the worst
time in Jewish history. We know what
occurred eight decades ago when European
jewelry was destroyed. However, we're
living in a time when this generation
for for some reason we are witnessing
messianic prophecy unfold before our
eyes. And I confess to you that I always
wondered why did God choose me according
to his wisdom to be here and all of us
like my greatgrandfather who was
murdered by the Nazis in 1944
in Hungary. He was a very great man like
why me and not him? I don't know the
answer to that question but
who was standing on their shoulders. But
we're living in a remarkable time. We're
living in a time when the redemption is
unfolding now. The prophecies of a great
trauma that occurs to the children of
Israel immediately before the coming of
the Messiah
is outlined in Zechariah 12 very clearly
occurred on October 7th. But the key is
that we are living in a time of the
redemption. But we this generation is
witnessing the final redemption that our
forefathers that our sages could only
dream about. We are why us? I don't
know. I say this to you my dear brothers
and sisters that this is a time we have
to be of pure heart. But the redemption
now is upon us. The gula is very very
close to us right now. We're observing
it now. We're at a stage very, it's not
that we're close to it. It's that the
events are unfolding now before our
eyes. Those of you who have even a a
prefuncter, a superficial knowledge of
messianic prophecy know that these
things are happening right now. And we
are standing on the shoulders of the
great saints of the past. I'm not 65
years old. I'm 3,300
years old. part of that chain. The
Bible, after all, is my family album.
Not just mine, but our people's a record
of our nation's history and remarkable
destiny. And we're not to go at this
alone, but rather to be a light to the
nations, to bring all the world, to
Jerusalem. Isaiah 49:6,
to bring back the lost tribes, to
restore them. And I say this as we
approach Yam Kipur, to be pure of heart,
to return our hearts to the Almighty, to
keep our eyes locked on heaven, the
every knee will bend to him alone, our
rock, our redeemer, our savior. We are
after all called by God to be witnesses.
That's the role of the Jew.
You are my witnesses, declares the Lord,
my servant whom I have chosen. They
should know, believe, and understand
that I'm Lord. Besides me, there's no
other Lord. None before me, none after
me. I even I am the Lord. And besides
me, there's no savior. He's our only
rock. He's our only redeemer. And our
hearts have to be pure because we are
the generation
that has been called has been given the
mandate to be a light to the nations
during this shasagulo to this remarkable
epic of the redemption.
Why us? Why not our great great
grandparents? I don't know. It's
according to his will, according to his
perfect knowledge. We surrender to him.
The secret thing is belong to the Lord.
But that which has been revealed belongs
to us and our children forever. That we
may keep all the words of this Torah.
That's how Deuteronomy chapter 29
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