QUESTION:
(1) Will Mashiach come to Eretz Yisrael or will he come to the rest of the world as well? Though he will “gather all the dispersed” together, will he do this by actually coming to each country of the world where there are Jews, or will everyone gather together to come see Mashiach in Eretz Yisrael? (2) The Rav said once in a derasha delivered in America that the situation here is so spiritually dead that Mashiach cannot come here the way it is now. Elsewhere, I have seen that the Rav explains that it does not make sense at all how Mashiach will come, because it is not a logical matter that we can understand, and he will come even if it seems totally illogical for him to come. How is this not a contradiction?
ANSWER:
If Mashiach comes due to “an awakening from below” [i.e. due to our teshuvah], he will come to all the different countries of the world resembling a person who travels to find his mate. If Mashiach will come due to “an awakening from above” [if his arrival is due entirely to Heavenly compassion and we did nothing to deserve his arrival], then he will come only to Eretz Yisrael. It has already become very, very, very important to be in Eretz Yisrael for some time now.
My intention in saying that “Mashiach cannot come here” is because the Gemara says that Mashiach will either come in a generation entirely worthy or entirely unworthy, and right now Mashiach cannot come in the sense of a “generation entirely worthy”, because the generation today is not worthy. And when the generation is unworthy, we have no idea of what exactly will happen [before the Geulah]. We have already begun to see, more and more, that the generation has become “entirely undeserving” of Redemption, due to the generation’s heavy use of the accursed media.
My intention in saying that “Mashiach cannot come here” is because the Gemara says that Mashiach will either come in a generation entirely worthy or entirely unworthy, and right now Mashiach cannot come in the sense of a “generation entirely worthy”, because the generation today is not worthy. And when the generation is unworthy, we have no idea of what exactly will happen [before the Geulah]. We have already begun to see, more and more, that the generation has become “entirely undeserving” of Redemption, due to the generation’s heavy use of the accursed media.
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