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  • From: Shoshanna Walker <rosewalk AT concentric.net>
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  • Subject: Re: [b-hebrew] Mashiach
  • Date: Wed, 30 Aug 2006 17:06:13 -0500

No, I don't see verses 1 - 13 referring to Mashiach. And verse 13, first part, is directed to Cyrus, not all of Israel, and second half refers to what Cyrus will do, not Mashiach.

And remember, kings who were not Mashiach, were also annointed - that is the reference in verse 1.



Dear Shoshanna,

Odd that you omitted Isaiah 45:1-13. That passage is a pretty good portrayal
of the job description of the Messiah, ????, (o xristoj. He is to rebuild
Jerusalem and the temple, and set the exiles free (45:13). That is why
Cyrus the Great receives that title in Isaiah 45:1.

Btw, meshach, ???, means "to smear".

Best,

Liz Fried

Ann Arbor



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Torah testifies about Mashiach in Deuteronomy 30: 3-5



1. Mashiach shall restore the Beit HaMikdash in Jerusalem



Ezekiel 37: 26-28



2. Through Mashiach shall be effected the ingathering of all the

exiles of Israel



Deuteronomy 30: 3-5

Isaiah 11:11-12, 16

Isaiah 27:12

Isaiah 43:5-6

Isaiah 49: 8-9

Isaiah 60:4

Amos 9:14-15

Jeremiah 23:7-8

Jeremiah 30:2

Jeremiah 31:7

Ezekiel 34:11-13

Ezekiel 37:21

Ezekiel 39:25, 27-29

Zechariah 8: 7-8



This Divine promise of the return and restoration of Israel is

unconditional, and will occur even if the people do not want to

return:



Ezekiel 20: 32-37, 40 -42

Ezekiel 36: 22-25



3. Mashiach is a human being, born in NORMAL fashion, of human

parents (Or Hachama on Zohar II:7b; + R. Chaim Vital). The only

qualifications about his origin is that he is a descendant of King

David (Isaiah 11:1, Jeremiah 23: 5-6 and 33:14, Samuel II 7:12-16,

Psalms 89) through the lineage of his son, Solomon (I Chronicles

22:8-10, sources in Talmud, Rambam - ie; Oral Torah). From his birth

onwards, his righteousness will increase continuously, he will be

extremely pious, living in close communion with G-d, and by virtue of

his deeds he will be raised up to an exalted spiritual level (Isaiah

11:2, Or Hachama on Zohar II:7b; + R. Chaim Vital).



4. Mashiach will cause all the world to serve G-d together (Rambam:

Mishneh Torah Kings 11:4)



5. Mashiach will be wiser than Solomon (Rambam: Mishneh Torah Repentance

9:2)





In order to avoid identifying the wrong man as Mashiach, Rambam

incorporated in his Code of Jewish Law, criteria for establishing

Mashiach's identity.



EXCERPTS from Rambam's Mishneh Torah: Laws concerning Kings, chapter 11:



1. The Messianic King (Numbers 24:7) will arise in the future and

restore the Davidic Kingdom to its former state and original

sovereignty. He will build the Sanctuary (ok here some sources

differ, some believe G-d will build it) and gather the idspersed of

Israel. All the laws will be re-instituted in his days as they had

been aforetimes (Isaiah 1:26 + Talmud and Rashi); sacrifices will be

offered, and the Sabbatical years and Jubilee years will be observed

fully as ordained by the Torah.



4. If a king arises from the House of David who meditates on the

Torah and occupies himself with the commandments like his ancestor

David, in accordance with the written AND oral Torah, and he will

prevail upon all of Israel to walk in [the ways of the Torah] and

strengthen its breaches (That is, he will repair any breaches in the

observance of the Torah), and he will fight the battles of G-d - it

may be assumed that he is Mashiach. [ie defeating the oppressors and

enemies of Israel].



If he did [these things] SUCCESSFULLY (and defeated all the nations

around him), built the Sanctuary on its site and gathered the

dispersed of Israel - he is definitely Mashiach (the ACTUAL success

in all this is the only proof for the identity of Mashiach). He will

then correct the entire world to serve G-d in unity, as it is said,

- and here he quotes Zephania 3:9.



(If he did not succeed to that extent or was killed, it is clear that

he is not the [Mashiach] promised by the Torah...for all the prophets

said that Mashiach is the redeemer of Israel and their savior, and he

gathers their dispersed and reinforces their commandments.































































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