a Voice for the Messiah of All

When will the Messiah, the Sun come?

'Let there be light,' and there was light."

'When will the Messiah come?'
— 'Go and ask him himself,'
'Where is he sitting?'
— 'At the entrance.

Have you heard when Bar Nafle will come?'
-'Who is Bar Nafle?' 'Messiah,'
'When will the Messiah come?'
-'When darkness covers those people.

'There came with the clouds of heaven one like the son of man.'

'Why does the sun rise in the east and set in the west?'
- 'In order to salute its Maker, as it is written, And the host of the heavens make obeisance to thee. 'Then, it should go only as far as mid-heaven, pay homage, and then re-ascend'.

It is written, Then the moon shall be confounded, and the sun ashamed, when the Lord of Hosts shall reign; whilst it is written, Moreover the light of the moon shall be as the light of the sun, and the light of the sun shall be sevenfold, as the light of seven days.— It is no difficulty: the latter refers to the Messianic era, the former to the world to come.

'Praise ye him, sun and moon: praise him, all ye stars of light'.

The Holy One, blessed be He, said, 'What I slay, I resurrect and then, what I wound, I heal'.

'He has set up a dwelling-place for the sun, and he comes forth like a bridegroom from his canopy. He rejoices like a hero to run a race; his going forth from the end of the heavens, and his orbit to their ends; and nothing is hidden from his heat'.

And should you ask, in those years during which the Almighty will renew his world, as it is written, 'And the Lord alone shall be exalted in that day,what will the righteous do? — The Lord will make them wings like eagles', and they will fly above the water, as it is written, Therefore we will not fear when the earth be removed and the mountains be carried into the midst of the sea.

The Messiah — as it is written, And the spirit of the Lord shall rest upon him, the spirit of wisdom and understanding, the spirit of counsel and might, the spirit of knowledge of the fear of the Lord. And shall make him of quick understanding in the fear of the Lord.
This teaches that he loaded him with good deeds and suffering as a mill.
He smells and judges,as it is written, and he shall not judge after the sight of his eyes, neither reprove after the hearing of his ears, yet with righteousness shall he judge the poor.
The Holy One, blessed be He, wished to appoint Hezekiah (Strength) as the Messiah, and Sennacherib as Gog and Magog;whereupon the Attribute of Justice said before the Holy One, blessed be He:
'Sovereign of the Universe! If Thou didst not make David the Messiah, who uttered so many hymns and psalms before Thee, wilt Thou appoint Hezekiah (Male) as such, who did not hymn Thee in spite of all these miracles which Thou wroughtest for him?' Therefore it was closed. Straightway the earth exclaimed: 'Sovereign of the Universe! Let me utter song before Thee instead of this righteous man, and make him the Messiah.' So it broke into song before Him, as it is written, From the uttermost part of the earth have we heard songs, even glory to the righteous.Then the Prince of the Universe said to Him: 'Sovereign of the Universe! It hath fulfilled Thy desire on behalf of this righteous man.
But a heavenly Voice cried out, 'It is my secret, it is my secret'.

The tzadik , the righteous one as is said: "it is the foundation of the world." In particular, this refers to the one, perfect tzadik of the generation. In the very body of the tzadik, finite and limited in time and space, God's infinite light and creative lifeforce becomes manifest.

"Little that holds much"
The watchman said, The morning cometh, and also the night: if ye will enquire, enquire ye: return, come.

Now no one can look at the sun, bright as it is in the skies after the wind has swept them clean.
Out of the north he comes in golden splendor; God comes in awesome majesty.

When he rises up, the mighty are terrified; they retreat before his thrashing. He looks down on all that are haughty; he is king over all that are proud.

Holy One, blessed be He, said: This righteous man has come to my habitation: shall he depart without a night's rest?
Immediately the sun set [before its time]. Hence it is written, the sun rose for him. Now, had the sun risen for him alone: surely it had risen for the whole world!
In the generation when the son of David will come, scholars will be few in number, and as for the rest, their eyes will fail through sorrow and grief.
And I will cause it to rain upon one city and cause it not to rain upon another city;
in the second, the arrows of hunger will be sent forth;
in the third, a great famine, in the course of which men, women, and children, pious men and saints will die, and the Torah will be forgotten by its students;
in the fourth, partial plenty;
in the fifth, great plenty, when men will eat, drink and rejoice, and the Torah will return to its disciples; in
in the sixth, sounds;
in the seventh, wars; and at the conclusion of the septennate the son of David will come.

Three come unawares: Messiah, a found article and a scorpion.

'When wilt thou come Master?'
-'To-day', was his answer.

posted by anton @ 1:05 AM