Part 2: Transition to the Process of "ben David" Beginning?

6 Tevet 5785

IDF said on high alert for ‘extreme’ Iranian steps against Israel

IDF Chief of Staff Lt. Gen. Herzi Halevi has ordered the military on high alert in case Iran decides to take “extreme” steps against Israel in the coming days, the Walla news site reports.

The report, citing unnamed defense sources, says the caution comes as Iran faces multiple challenges following setbacks in Lebanon and Syria.  It also points to Iran’s plunging exchange rate, infrastructure problems and political unrest.

The sources also note the uncertainty for Iran ahead of the return of Donald Trump to the White House later this month.

All this has Israel concerned that Iran could lash out and has the IDF preparing for a variety of scenarios, the report says without elaborating.

Received from Israel Realtime Updates . . .

❗SENIOR LEBANESE SHI’ITE CLERIC WARNS - "Hezbollah is planning Operation Badr the Great 2 - a name referring to the historic battle.  The planned operation, according to al-Husseini, will include a large-scale military operation against the IDF and an attempt to kidnap soldiers for negotiation purposes.  "The organization took advantage of the unilateral ceasefire to reorganize," he wrote, "and it will return to military activity soon, in an attempt to restore its deterrent power and avenge the blow to its leadership."

🔹LEBANON - the Lebanese army is unable to fulfill the ceasefire agreement. The number of soldiers is lower than stated in the agreement, and the Lebanese army is concentrated on the Syrian border, having difficulty sending forces to the south.

.. Hezbollah leader Kassem: “We are not committed to the 60 days in the agreement with Israel.”

🔹IRAN THREATENS.. Representative of the Iranian Revolutionary Guards Quds Force: "Let everyone know that the fulfillment of Just Promise 3 will come soon."

Received via Whatsapp . . .

Asked whether an ‘Operation True Promise III’ against the Zionist regime is on the agenda, Rear Admiral Ali Fadavi, a deputy commander of the Islamic Revolution Guards Corps, told reporters at the Sharif University of Tehran on 03 November 2024 that the operation will definitely be carried out.  Iran will certainly carry out a retaliatory military operation against the Israeli regime, he said.  “It is not possible to comment on its details,” the general stated.

In Islam, the concept of the "True Promise" refers to the Day of Judgment (Yawm al-Qiyamah). This day is a fundamental belief in Islamic eschatology, signifying the final judgment of all human beings by Allah (God).*  It is called the "True Promise" because it is a certainty that will inevitably occur, as promised by Allah in the Qur'an. [*See here if you missed it.]

Snowy Tevet A Sign?

This Winter Storm Just Got Worse

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And it's not just the US. Its Eisavian partners are also affected: Europe / U.S Weather: Dangerous Multi-Hazard Snowstorms Imminent.

MICHA'EL, THE SNOW ANGEL

...the four archangels correspond to the four elements of nature and it is Michael who is the snow angel and also the guardian and defending angel of Israel.

...Michael is made up entirely of snow and Gabriel of fire, and though they stand near one another they do not injure one another, thus indicating the power of God to "make peace in His high places." According to the Aggadah, both Michael and Gabriel will be among those who will accompany the Messiah, and they will then contend with the wicked.

Michael is considered superior to Gabriel in rank and wherever he appears, the glory of the Shekhinah, the Holy Spirit, is also bound to be found. Each nation has its guardian angel, Michael being the guardian angel of Israel. He acts as the counsel for Israel's defense when the wicked bring charges against them before God. According to the midrash, Michael is the angel who prevented Abraham from offering up Isaac at the Akeida; informs Sarah that she will give birth to a boy; rescues Abraham from the furnace; instructs Moses; smites the army of Sancheriv; endeavors to prevent the exile by pleading on Israel's behalf to God; and defends the Jews of Persia when Haman plotted to destroy them.

...Malach Michael...in our time is the...defense attorney of Klal Yisrael. Michael is the one who is going to defend Klal Yisrael in the last moments prior to the geula as it says in Daniel 12:1... There'll be a terrible situation like there never was since Klal Yisrael became a nation....at that time Michael will stand in defense of Klal Yisrael.

...Michael is the one who stands opposite the Sar Malchus Paras, who is today...Iran. Sar Malchus Paras is the gematria of haster astir - that's the hester panim of now, like there was a hester panim in the time of Purim.

...There's an interesting medrash in Esther Rabbah and there it says clearly that Michael was the malach at that time. The medrash says that Haman, while he was being mekatreg on Klal Yisrael, at the same time, ...Michael is defending us....So Michael was [our defender] at that time and Michael will be [our defender] prior to the geula, where Klal Yisrael will be plunged into a hester panim like they were then, where it was Paras and now it's also Paras.

Daniel 12.1 . . .

Now at that time, Michael, the great prince, who stands over the children of your people, will be silent, and it will be a time of distress that never was since a nation existed until that time, and at that time, your people will escape, everyone who is found inscribed in the book.

[Rashi] Now at that time, Michael… will be silent. He will be silent like a mute person, for he will see the Holy One, blessed be He, judging by Himself and saying, “How will I destroy a great nation like this for the sake of Israel?”

and it will be a time of distress. in heaven there will be accusations against Torah scholars, [and there will be] plunderers and plunderers of plunderers, as our Rabbis said in the Aggadah in the last chapter of Kethuboth (112b).

your people will escape. The kingdom of Gog will be destroyed and Israel will escape.

Midrash Yalkut Shimoni . . .

In the year in which the King Moshiach is revealed, all the kings of the nations of the world are provoking one another, the king of Paras provokes an Arab king and the Arab king goes to Aram to take counsel from them […] and all the nations of the world are distressed and panicking […] and Israel are distressed and panicking […] and He says to them ‘My children, don’t be afraid, all that I have done I did not do except for your sake; What are you afraid of? Do not fear, the time of your redemption has arrived […] The Rabbis taught that in the hour in which the King Moshiach comes he stands on the roof of the Bais Hamikdash and he announces to Israel and says ‘humble ones, the time of your redemption has arrived… 

The Erev Rav regime, also known as the State of Israel, has taken us as far as it can go.  It has greatly weakened the enemy all over our ancestral land, but it just doesn't have what it takes to finish the job and claim all that land in the name of HKB"H.  It does not have enough yirat shamayim to deliver the killing blow.

Face it!  It was never going to annihilate the enemy and build the Third Temple!  That reality exists at a higher level than they can reach.  The level of the State is Mashiach ben Yosef and concerns itself mainly with the physical needs of the Am. The spiritual needs of the Am can only be addressed at the level of Kingdom!  This is Mashiach ben David.

Right now, we are at a sticking place where we cannot go forward, through lack of will and spiritual ability, but we also can't go backward due to the existential risk.  It would be the end of us.  Therefore, this is Mashiach ben David's moment to step up and take charge.  

From Rabbi Aryeh Carmell's "Who is Messiah?" . . .

...the first to predict the rise of a secular Jewish state as prelude to the coming of the Messiah is Rabbi Judah Loew ben Bezalel of Prague (1525-1609) known as "Maharal", in his discussion of the rise of "the Kingdom of the Messiah".

...Maharal affirms that the coming of the Messiah is not, as often thought a sudden event; it is a process. The "Holy kingdom of Israel" - Maharal's term for the reign of the Messiah - will emerge from an earlier, non-holy kingdom.

The Midrash states: Just as Moshe, who was destined to break the power of Pharaoh, was brought up in Pharaoh's palace, so the Messiah, who is destined to settle accounts with Edom, will live with them in their city. The ultimate failure of the empire of Edom will give rise to a new and different kingdom - the Kingdom of the Messiah . . . 

This is why Yaacov was born holding on to the heel of Esav (Bereshit 25:26).

Now, "the kingdom of Edom" refers to the last of the four empires of the world foreseen by Daniel (chapters 4-5): Babylonia, Media, Greece, and Rome. Rome, as world power, is long since dead and gone. But its heritage, Western Civilization, rules the world. Our Rabbis indicate that the kingdom of the Messiah will grow up in the context of Western civilization. Indeed, the parable of "the heel of Esav" signifies that the spiritual failure and moral bankruptcy of that civilization will be the catalyst for the coming of the Messiah.

So far Maharal - properly understood - has described how the kingdom of the Messiah emerges from the breakdown of Western civilization.

But this is not all. Maharal's vision is guided by veiled hints in the Midrash: the "Kingdom of Israel" itself undergoes development. In its immature stage it forms part of the Fourth Empire, and only when it reaches maturity does it throw off this attachment and emerge as "the holy kingdom of the Messiah".

Maharal continues:

So long as the kingdom of the Messiah has not yet reached perfection, the kingdom of the Messiah is attached to Edom (nigar el Edom) ...The holy kingdom of Israel... must grow out of the non-holy kingdom that preceded it.

Maharal, in a telling parable, describes the relationship between the embryonic "kingdom of Israel" and its "Edomite" environment: Fruit grows within a husk; when the fruit ripens the husks falls off... So it is with Israel. Their kingdom emerges and grows from within the kingdom of the nations i.e., from the existential power of the kingdom of the nations, and from their level, it raises itself to a higher level. And when the kingdom of Israel reaches complete maturity the kingdom of nations is removed, just as the husk is removed, and falls off when the fruit reaches its perfection.

May we all merit to see it very, very soon!!