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[Shoshanna Walker <rosewalk AT concentric.net>]

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

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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

> return:

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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).

>

> 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.

>

> 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.

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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].

>

> 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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