There are no greater fictions than futurism's fantasies.
Why are they here?
THE RABBI WHO FOUND MESSIAH - THE STORY OF YITZHAK KADURI
by Carl Gallups
Rabbi Kaduri was a maximally revered Orthodox Rabbi for nearly 110 years. He repeatedly reported prophesies about the End Times and Gog-Magog.
He reported that he received a vision from God of the Messiah who revealed his identity on 4 November 2003. He wrote an encrypted note identifying the Messiah. The note was unveiled in 2007, one year after the Rabbi's passing in January 2006.
The note appears to identify the name of the Messiah as Yehoshua = Jesus.
Immediately, the Rabbi, praised ceaselessly for a century, became instantly condemned / doubted / declared senile.
people know God's will better than the Religious authorities to whom they themselves attributed miracles for a hundred years?
For whatever it is worth, Rabbi Kaduri links the immediate present to the time of Gog-Magog and the revelation of the Messiah, who is already in modern Israel, according to Kaduri.
Kaduri linked the revelation of the Messiah to the passing of the currently comatose Ariel Sharon (!!!), who will supposedly be the last PM of Israel before the Messianic reign.
Kaduri predicted the initial revelation of the Messiah, apparently privately to Israel (Deuteronomy 18:20-22 ?), in Av 5772 = 2012.
Kaduri predicted numerous calamities and disasters (eg Gog and Magog) preceding and paving the way for the Messiah to rebuild the physical temple a rule from physical Jerusalem, seemingly similar to what
@keras asserts.
While Revelation 20:7-9 = Gog and Magog EXPLICITLY, Rev 19 references birds feasting on carrion which RESEMBLES Ez 38 and Gog and Magog.
Rev 19 suggests a second coming like event, even though the actual Throne arrives in Revelation 20:10+.
The words
@keras applies today / soon = Rev 19...
I would apply to today / soon = Rev 20:9+
@keras argues in support of views which I see echoed in the predictions of Rabbi Kaduri, eg calamities and disasters paving the way for the Messiah reigning from Jerusalem with a rebuilt temple to elevate Israel to undisputed preeminence.
THE RABBI WHO FOUND MESSIAH - THE STORY OF YITZHAK KADURI
by Carl Gallups
Jews now expect their Messiah (with the fiery destruction of Rome, chapter 17), Muslims now expect the Mahdi (and Christ's 2C) amidst massive conflict, and many Christians now except the Messiah's second coming also. The stars are aligning, so to speak, in the sense of most of the Abrahamic world is evidently expecting a "Messianic coming" event.
Yet, could you not apply all of the exact same events, to the era of Gog and Magog ending in Final Judgement?
Armageddon Gog Magog motifs --> Revelation 20:7-9
second coming motifs --> Revelation 20:10+
?
if so, nobody is flat out wrong, everyone has basically the right idea and sense of things... The only nuance is that we might be on the verge of Rev 20:9-10, instead of Rev 20:1
(= Constantine and the Council of NICEA = "Council of VICTORY")
NB: Some followers of Kaduri, because of his declaration, became (Jewish Messianic) Christians. According to one pupil, Rabbi Kaduri privately preached Jesus as Messiah, yet only quietly for fear of retributions.