Got this in my feed. Apparently rabbis are talking with their Messiah right now. They believe that Netanyahu is their last prime minister. And they're talking about his revealing coming. Buckle up the Rapture is near
So i did some research... a couple things here.
IsraelToday.co.il doesnt even rate as high as Reuters or Associated press for news in Israel. They seem to be playing off the name of Israel Hayom, a very popular paper in Israel that means Israel Today, in order to confuse English speaking readers into thinking it's the same magazine, when the two have zero association with one another.
I don't have tons of trust for people who would do that sort of thing, but thats just my opinion. I cannot easily find who actually owns the magazine though, so I can't easily decipher what their slant is or their bias lies.
From what I am researching first off, this article is a repost of an older article and the interview in question was back in March or April, prior to Passover this year any way, so it's been a while.
So we have this Rabbi who believes the Messiah was born the year the Temple was destroyed, and whom has been living in different bodies since that day (since apparently Messiah or no flesh doesn't last long), waiting for the day Israelis earn their Messiah via their works, that is apparently the day he reveals himself as the messiah.
They believe various signs of his coming are being fulfilled, much like the dispensationalists sit around and compare every world event to the Bible looking for signs of the second coming and declaring them fulfilled a lot.
I've no idea how widespread this is, but some do believe it as they seemed to be sure they wouldn't have to deal with COVID at all because they expected their messiah to show up prior to Passover.
Therefore, for the sake of argument let's say this is real Jewish belief. (I guess it is somewhere anyway)...
Theres exactly zero difference between this and the Iranian leadership talking to their Imam Mahdi, who likewise lives in much the same way and speaks to key personages like the supreme leader and will also reveal himself to the masses at the right time - that's been the case in Iran for a
long time now... nearly my whole life as Khomeini reportedly spoke to him too.
What all this doesn't mean is that the second coming is soon, regardless of whether your waiting just as eagerly on these people's "messiah's"...
Those who believe their messiah has been alive for more than a thousand years living among the people in some way and able to talk to them without widely revealing himself means either their using this as a means to keep people in line, since works are necessary to full revelation, or their messiah can live on for another thousand or more years before deciding his people are good enough, even if you believe him to be the antichirst.
In other words, it's empty of any meaning whatsoever in our faith, with the exception of saying what Jesus said, when they say the messiah is here, or there, don't believe them.
Many false messiahs will arise, and have already arisen... same stuff different day.