A question for people of the Jewish faith. What happens when the messiah finally comes?

Question

I understand that God promised Israel a messiah. Jesus was not the promised messiah and that the promised messiah is yet to come. So what's supposed to happen if he does come? end of the world? new world order?

Answer 1

Universal knowledge of one G-d
All Jews return to Israel
World peace
All weapons destroyed
Temple rebuilt in its place
Physical restoration to all who are sick or disabled in any way
Eternal joy and gladness characterize the Jewish nation
The Nile dries up
Trees in Israel yield new fruit every month
Death ceases
The dead resurrect

This is just a small list. :-)

Peace

Answer 2

I'm not Jewish, but I have heard Jewish people talk about this concept. I'll quote from a source:

"All the prophets said that messiah will be a redeemer and a savior to the Israelites, will bring together their outcasts, and will strengthen their obedience to the Divine precepts..."

"There will not be in those days any famine, war, jealousy, or quarrel, because the good things will be in plenty and even luxuries will be found everywhere. All people will busy themselves with trying to know the L-rd. Therefore, the Israelites will be great sages, knowing things which are at present hidden. They will obtain a knowledge of their Creator as far as possible by human understanding; `For the earth shall be full with the knowledge of the L-rd as the waters cover the sea.' (Isaiah 11:9)."

Answer 3

LadySuri has a very good list. If you're interested in the afterlife, you can find a few Jewish opinions here:
http://www.jewfaq.org/olamhaba.htm#Resurrection
In Judaism, one is not condemned to eternal torment. The Christian concept of hell and eternal torment was borrowed from Zoroastrianism and Mithraism.

In Hebrew, the word Torah (Christian OT) means "instruction." The Torah is our Instruction for Life here on earth, not directions for achieving eternal life.

Some Jews believe that the "messiah" is a euphemism for the messianic age -- an age of peace for all humanity.

From "Judaism for Everyone" by Shmuley Boteach:
Christianity is oriented toward the next world, Judaism toward this world. Christianity posits that the purpose of man is to achieve the salvation of his soul and to attain everlasting life in Paradise. Monasticism, asceticism, and celibacy had therefore always been central to Christianity, since any attachment to this world impedes a closer relationship with heaven. Man is bidden to remove himself from day-to-day involvement with the world and concentrate instead on building heaven on earth. Indulgence of the flesh is sinful, and the needs of the soul must always take precedence over those of the body.
Judaism is oriented toward this world and steadfastly promotes the idea that man’s purpose is to perfect the world and bring Godliness into an otherwise un-Godly planet. Celibacy is a sin in Judaism; marriage its ultimate happiness. The purpose of Jewish life is the consecration of physical existence by bringing God down into our world and making Him an active partner in our lives. Jewish festivals are celebrated through merriment, food, and drink. Joy is an essential precondition to closeness with God. In Judaism the purpose of man is to uncover and make manifest for all to see the underlying spiritual character of the world.
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Answer 4

Once AGAIN, a question asking Jews about Judaism and Christians come and give replacement theology that has absolutely nothing to do at all with Judaism as an answer!

http://www.whatjewsbelieve.org/ is always a good place to explore for the differences in the concepts between the religions of Judaism and Christianity.

Lady Suri gave a correct answer.

The word messiah or mosiach in Hebrew, means annointed. It refers to an annointed ruler. A human. No Jews will worship him, rely on him to pardon sin or be an intermediary. To do so would violate God's commandments in the eternal covenant of Torah that have stood in place already for 3500 years. No one whose faith in the God of Abraham, Isaac and Jacob could or would ever worship a messiah or messiah hopeful in lieu of worship of God. It is simply not going to happen, ever. The Christian notion that Jews will worship an "anti-christ" or any messiah hopeful is far-fetched since that is one of the reasons Jews would never see Jesus as a messiah, the claims that he is to be relied upon for salvation or pardon of sin or that he is a deity in human form! Those claims have nothing to do with messianic prophecy and would negate anyone from being the human ruler who will establish God's kingdom on earth.

Now, having said all that, when the messiah does the job prophecied, ALL on planet earth will know without any sales pitch. No more proselytizing! No more hatreds, bigotries and "my god's better than yours" one upmanship. It is glaringly apparent in the world today that isn't the case. No one has yet lived who has ruled from Jerusalem and broken the yolk of political and religious persecution for Israel and the rest of the world. When that happens, we will all know.

If you sincerely are looking for a genuine answer to this question, you will ignore any attempts to impose replacement theology onto the Jewish faith.


Edit..L'Chaim gave a great answer as well. Many Jews ( myself included ) tend to see the messianic age ( an age when humans bring about understanding and brotherhood through example of a life lived in relationship with God and all life in accordance with Torah ethics) as more important than an individual messiah.

Judaism is indeed, a world-affirming faith. God gave us this life, this world and our minds and bodies. My place here on this planet is to help better it for all who now live and those yet to live.


Shalom

Answer 5

It means "rebirth" of the soul/spirit.

The Messiah is the connection we have with God (or the presence of God in us). It has come already, we were born with it and we should recognize it. The realization of its presence in us is when the Messiah has come. We are all Messiahs as we are all children of God, no one anymore special than the other.

Answer 6

There is a whole process that will include:
the arrival of Elijah the prophet, riding a white donkey.
when the true Messiah arrives, all dead people will rise from their graves.
the kingdom of the Jews, in Jerusalem, and the Jewish temple there, will be reestablished.

Answer 7

People from around the world will come to learn from the Jews:

"In those days it shall come to pass, that ten men shall take hold, out of all the languages of the nations, shall even take hold of the skirt of him that is a Jew, saying: We will go with you, for we have heard that G-d is with you."
(Zechariah 8)

Answer 8

Iam glad that you did not mention Jesus as messiah!

Answer 9

The whole idea of a messiah is motivation and hope for the future.

It is better to travel than to arrive. The journey is all for a religious person.
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Answer 10

All the men will get the foreskin back that was mutilated at a young age and be able to enjoy a normal sex life life me.
That is the membrane getting a deeper massage from the vagina of a Woman after penetration.
All the people out there, (MEN) without one intact have no idea on what they are missing.
I thank my God my parents were not stupid and chopped off what was given to me.
Of course I am still intact, no butcher got to me because of my birth origin.
If God gave the foreskin in the first place when he decided how we look like who decided to chop it off without asking a six week old child.
Give me a break here.