Moshiach 18 - Gog Umagog 2024-2025

 

Why does the world need to go through an intense Armageddon in order to lead into the days of Moshiach? Why did the process of this year's leap year seem to fizzle at the end of Adar II and then start to move again as the months passed? Why does the 1500 year old Midrash say 3 times to the people of Israel - do not fear - in the face of a destructive world war involving Iran? What is the concept of two sets of 6 months of the year that reflect two sides of the year's progress - the winter months and the summer months? What other parallels can we find between the years 1948 and 2024, 1929 and 2005, 1967 and 2043? Why did Rav Moshe Shternbuch express such worry in the months leading up to October 7th, and what did he say about how the war in Israel would affect the entire world? Why do we see that the second part of the leap year seems to be when the 'action' happens if we talked previously about the first part of the year being the ibur-pregnancy? Find out all this and more in this 18th edition of the Moshiach Podcast.

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Running time: 51:16

additional notes for this podcast: In the last Moshiach podcast I spoke about 3 time periods: 1. 9 months from Av of last year until end of Adar II 2. 70 days from 25th of Adar II until 6th of Sivan 3. 70 days from Yom Yerushalayim to Tisha B'av we find that in 2005 the Gush Katif debacle was scheduled for Tisha B'av and took place on the 10th of Av, and also in 1929 (which was also the 8th year of the 19 year cycle) the Chevron massacre was on the 17th-19th of Av. but interestingly, and conversely, in 1948, there was a ceasefire from the 11th of Tammuz until the 11th of Elul, only then did the war continue until it finished on 9th of Adar in 1949. There seems to be a broader 76 year cycle that repeats, so 1929 parallels 2005 and 1948 parallels 2024. 1967 and 2063 will also parallel. There are actually two 9 month periods of the leap year (which especially manifests most strongly in the 8th and 19th year of the cycle b/c of close proximity to the previous leap year) one starts in Av of the previous year and culminates at the end of Adar II - this is the Gevurah side of the year - the autumn/winter side. The other starts in Shevat (which parallels Av) and culminates at the end of Elul - this is the Chesed side of the year - the spring/summer side This was sparked in my mind because I was puzzled that at the end of the first set of 9 months (end of Adar II) there was a complete pull out of troops from gaza, and everything seemed to be coming to a standstill and not the huge forward movement I expected. but this would seem to be the first nine month set - the gevurah set coming to a close. then as we progressed into the end of Nissan and on through Sivan, Tamuz the process seems to be expanding, we entered Rafiah, Biden is falling, Iranian president dies, now Haniyeh etc. this is the chesed/positive set moving forward. this would seem to indicate a major expansion of the process into Elul and Tishrei of next year, just as was the case in 1948-49. for reference take note of these dates in 1948-49 War of Independence 1948 - 5708: 5th of Iyar - - 4 Sivan (15th May-11th June) - First Phase 4 Sivan - - 1 Tamuz (11 Jun - 7 July) - First Truce 2 Tamuz - - 11 Tamuz (8 July - 18 July) - Second Phase 11 Tamuz - - 11 Elul (18 July - 15 Oct) - Second Truce 11 Elul 5708 - - 9 Adar 5709 (15 Oct - 10 Mar 1949) - Third Phase Armistice agreements (1949): Egypt: 24 Feb 1949 - 25 Shvat 5709 Lebanon: 23 Mar - 22 Adar Jordan: 3 Apr - 4 Nissan Syria: 20 July - 23 Sivan also note that the Arabs started attacking the Yishuv in 1947 already in November with the UN partition vote.