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["John B. Senterfitt" <millenia05 AT earthlink.net>]

My sincerest apologies for I had hoped to not stir up animosity but rather a 
good rapport with true Hebrew scholars.

Perhaps this is not the place for me and depending on the posts I see in the 
near future I may pull my subscription from the list.

John B. Senterfitt
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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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> bounces AT lists.ibiblio.org] On Behalf Of Shoshanna Walker

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> Subject: [b-hebrew] Mashiach

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> Torah testifies about Mashiach in Deuteronomy 30: 3-5

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> 1.  Mashiach shall restore the Beit HaMikdash in Jerusalem

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> Ezekiel 37: 26-28

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

> exiles of Israel

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> 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

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> This Divine promise of the return and restoration of Israel is

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

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> Ezekiel 20: 32-37, 40 -42

> Ezekiel 36: 22-25

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> 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).

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

> Mishneh Torah Kings  11:4)

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

> 9:2)

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

> incorporated in his Code of Jewish Law, criteria for establishing

> Mashiach's identity.

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

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> 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.

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> 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].

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> 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.

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> (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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