End of Days: MaShiach, Gog u Magog & WWIII

0:10Straight Talk from Israel. You're listening to Israel News Talk Radio. Well, I hope that you're all full from your wonderful Yom Ha'atzmaut or Israel Independence Day barbecues. By the way, if you don't live in Israel, you should know that that's what everybody does here in Israel. Everybody on Yom Ha'atzmaut, on Israel's Independence Day, you go to a barbecue, you make a barbecue, you have your family over, your friends over. It's a lot of fun. We have the steaks and the potato salad and everything. And I was watching some videos also saying how fun Well, I hope that you're all full from your wonderful Yom Ha'atzmaut, or Israel Independence Day, barbecues. By the way, if you don't live in Israel, you should know that that's what everybody does here. On Yom Ha'atzmaut, everyone in Israel goes to a barbecue, enjoys making one, and has their family and friends over. It's a lot of fun. We have the steaks, the potato salad, and everything. I was also watching some videos describing how enjoyable the celebrations are.

1:17And anybody who doesn't see the miracle has their eyes closed or has their heart closed. Just open your eyes. You see the ingathering of the exiles. It's just amazing. And it's been such a wonderful day. I just don't want it to end. Except for now, I'm going to be doing a very interesting interview with our guest, Rabbi Yaron Reuven. He is a Rabbi who you will see on YouTube frequently. He gives both short and longer videos, and his content is very engaging. We are going to be discussing the End of Days. He recently released a video about this, including a discussion on North Korea. some interesting things. So we're going to open up the lines and let you call into the show today as well. If you have any comments or questions for the rabbi, you can call in. That is if you're listening live, if it's between 8 to 9 p.m. Holy Time, right here in the land of Israel on Tuesday evening, or if it's between 1 to 2 p.m. New York time, Eastern Time. That means we are live and you can call in. Our numbers are on our homepage at the top of the page. You can also join me in the chat room.

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4:05All right, Israel is 69 years old. It's interesting because next year when we're 70, I was just thinking, coincidentally, that it was 70 years between the time of the First Temple until we had the Second Temple here in Jerusalem. Is something going to happen? Are we living in an era of the Messianic era? Well, we're going to be talking about the end of days on this show, and our guest is Rabbi Yaron Reuven. He was born in Netanya, Israel, and began his "American dream" at the age of 10 when his family immigrated to the United States. Yaron went from being a newspaper boy at age 10 to becoming a well-known, self-made Wall Street multimillionaire by the age of 23. He was featured on CNBC, Bloomberg, and Chinese NDTV. Before he left Wall Street, he owned his own private brokerage firm, as well as a hedge fund and an international insurance agency. At the age of just 26, he faced a seven-year battle for his life after a simple surgery went wrong.

5:14From there, his life would never be the same. His miraculous teshuva story, or his return to Torah observance, brought him to the studying and teaching of Torah for the purpose of saving souls and bringing them back to Hashem and His Torah. After 16 years on Wall Street, Yaron decided to dedicate the rest of his life to spreading the truth and divinity of the Torah through scientific proofs and various other methods to reach each individual listener. Now, you can find his videos on YouTube or on his website. You can visit it at BezratHashem.org. We will link to his page from our radio page, and you can go there after the show to watch his videos. Many of them are very short—four minutes, five minutes, six minutes—and some of them are much longer, covering various topics he discusses. So, welcome to the show, Rabbi Yaron Reuven.

6:15Thank you for having me, Professor. Thank you. It's good to have you on. So, you just put out a six-minute video called "Who Will Shoot First?" with the byline "With World War III or Gog and Magog already in the makings, we need God's help now more than ever." So, tell us about that video. Sure. I mean, I think that anyone that takes just a few minutes to look around, whether they want to, you know, listen to the radio or watch the news, read the newspapers, it's not really much of a secret that the Third World War has already started. The only difference between this war and, let's say, some of the more famous wars that we had in recent years, is that this one is being fought quietly so far. And, if you look at even past history, most of the big wars usually started by one or two countries. They were quiet for a while. A few others jumped in. Listen to the radio or watch the news, read the newspapers, it's not really much of a secret that the Third World War has already started. The only difference between this war and, let's say, some of the more famous wars that we had in recent years is that this one is being fought quietly so far. And if you look at even past history, most of the big wars usually started by one or two countries. They were quiet for a while. A few others jumped in. And little by little, it became a world war that was, you know, undoubtedly, something that changed history as we know it. And the way I look at the world right now, is that this world war has already started. The reality of it is that when you had Russia decide to go and fight full force against ISIS, I mean, you know, initially people thought, oh, wow, this is such a great cause, this is such a great thing, fight the terrorists.

7:41and so on, but then certain things started not adding up. When they sent a ship with 200 atomic bombs to Syria, you already knew that it wasn't really about Syria anymore. It wasn't really about ISIS anymore, because you don't really even need one atomic bomb for ISIS, let alone 200. Now, anyone that wants to double-check everything that I'm saying, whether it's news sources or Torah verses that I'm mentioning, is more than welcome to check it themselves and look at the news also. that just a little less than a year ago, Russia decided that 200 atomic bombs were not enough. So they sent the largest submarine that they have, and the largest submarine in the world, which carries even more atomic bombs than the ship. Meaning, 200 atomic bombs are not enough, and they intend to use even more as if this is, you know, for Da’esh. So obviously, we're seeing that Russia is using force. whether they're intending on using them or not is obviously only Hashem knows. But the reality of it is that the war is happening, and we're seeing that the United States is not exactly best friends with them anymore. We're seeing that North Korea is becoming much more vocal. We're seeing that Iran would press the trigger if they had one. We're seeing that really everyone is looking for a fight. And not unlike history, Yisrael is always the victim.

9:04Israel is always the one that everyone blames for some reason or another, and everyone hates it. It's almost become popular to become anti-Semitic. And Am Yisrael is at a position where they have to decide: Are we going to make the same mistake that we've made countless times in the past, which is to rely on ourselves, to rely on our weapons, to rely on our minds, to rely on our strength, or are we going to go to the only source of strength, which is Hashem, the God of Israel? And that's one thing that I try to encourage people because, again, the war is not a secret. The only thing that's, you know, I guess up in the air now is what we're going to do about it. Okay, so basically what you're saying is that this war, well, I think most people believe it's like a religious war, and perhaps because it's not a war of borders per se, where you're actually seeing troops occupying other countries, except for ISIS, but it's chaos there. We're seeing something where people are really going to have to use a lot of their spiritual faith to survive this. Would you agree?

10:14Absolutely. I think that the only thing that we have left is our Father in Heaven, that we're in a position right now where, just like the prophets were told by Hashem, that at the end of times, there's going to be certain events that take place. We mention in the video different prophecies that the Gemara Masechet Sotah, daf mem-tet amud bet (page 49b), mentions. And really, when you read this Gemara, it's almost like reading a newspaper, you know. You see, because at the time this Gemara was written, the world was very, very different. The Chachamim (Sages) predicted promiscuity and a generation completely full of chutzpah, people with no shame whatsoever. They foresaw a generation where young people frighten the elder ones, and where the daughter-in-law quarrels with the mother-in-law. In the contemporary sense, these descriptions align with everyday occurrences, but 2,000 years ago, these were predictions. the world was very, very different. People think, oh, yeah, well, they predicted promiscuity. They predicted a generation that's completely full of chutzpanim, people that have no shame whatsoever. They predicted a generation where the young people are going to scare the old people. They predicted a generation where the daughter-in-law is going to fight the mother-in-law. In today's age, for this generation, this is all normal day-to-day. But 2,000 years ago, This was as far as splitting the ocean. This was not something that was common. And one of the things that Hashem (God) said to the prophets, such as Zechariah and Ezekiel, was that there are going to be certain events that take place during Gog and Magog, during this World War III, this Armageddon, if you will, that will indicate that this is it. And we're seeing all of these signs. I mean, first and foremost, we're seeing that obviously everybody wants to fight.

11:43...but really without a real cause. It's not like they're all fighting for land. No one wants Syria. No one wants any particular land. They're fighting just because, which is one reason alone to see that this is obviously a spiritual war. This is a war that's dictated from Shamayim, from Heaven. We just need you to translate any words that you use in Hebrew into English so people who don't understand Hebrew can understand. Yes, of course. So, our sages tell us that each country has its own malach, its own angel, that is essentially supervising it. Hashem put these angels there, not because He needs their help, but because it is the way of a king to have servants. Therefore, He assigned a different malach, a different angel, to supervise each country. For example, in the Midrash... tells us that in the days of Yam Suf, in the days of, you know, in the splitting of the sea, of the Sea of Reeds, the angel called Mitzrayim, which is another name for Egypt in Hebrew, told Hashem, you know, why would you split the sea? So over there we learn that Egypt has an angel named Mitzrayim. So in essence, each one of these countries has its own angel, and interestingly enough,

13:05when there is a war here, in this world, it's not starting here. It started up there. There's usually a fight in Shamayim, there's usually a fight in Heaven between these two angels, and that leads to some type of conflict here, which eventually leads to a bigger war in Shamayim. So every war that we have in this world has a connection spiritually. Now, this specific one is very different. And the reason why is because, according to our prophets and all the signs that we have, if this war is indeed the war that we believe it is, this is going to be the last one. It’s not going to end pretty. It's going to be one of those wars where the whole world is going to get together. Initially, it's going to be two major religions like Christianity and Islam fighting each other, and according to the prophets, eventually they stop and decide that it's all the fault of the Jews, and they're all going to... If this war is indeed the war that we believe it is, this is going to be the last one. It's not going to end pretty. It's going to be one of those wars where the whole world is going to get together. Initially, it's going to be two major religions like Christianity and Islam fighting each other, and according to the Nevi'im (prophets), eventually, they stop and decide that it's all the fault of the Jews, and they're all going to... Shema, Shema, you know, may Hashem have mercy. They're all going to gather together and fight against Israel together. So in a situation like this, when you see a world comprised of approximately seven and a half billion people and a Jewish world in Israel, you know, you have about seven million people, six million of them approximately are Jews. Worldwide Jewry at large is maybe 13 to 14 million Jews.

14:33give or take, you have 7.5 billion people fighting 14 million. Obviously, the only chance you have is by relying on your Father in Heaven. The Iron Dome, any missiles, any planes, any prime minister, and any intellect that we've ever had before is not going to survive a few hours. This is all going to transpire exactly how the prophets say it will. So the question is, How long are we going to wait? Are we going to wait? Okay, let's just hold it right there, if we can, because we're about to take a break. Again, we're speaking with Rabbi Yaron Reuven. He is talking to us about the end of days, the times of Mashiach, the wars that we may be seeing swelling up here in the world. And if you have any comments or questions, you can join us in our chat room. That's the orange button on our website at the top of the page, or if you're listening on our player... It's the orange button going across the page. Click on that. You can write your questions in there and we can read them for the Rabbi. So don't go anywhere. We're going to be right back.

15:49Hi everybody, this is Jay Shapiro, and I want to know if you're having trouble figuring out what's happening here in the Middle East. Are you confused by all the information coming at you, and are you losing sleep because you're worried about Israel? Well, I have a program each week in which I try to get behind the news and analyze what's really happening in simple terms so you don't have to be an expert to be knowledgeable. Keep tuned to the Jay Shapiro program each week, and we'll try to stay awake together. All right, we are back here at Israel News Talk Radio. I'm Tamar Yonah, and we're speaking about the end of days, the times of the Mashiach. Are we living in the era, the Messianic era? Are we going to be seeing huge wars taking place? What's going to be? What do Jewish sources say about that? So we have with us this evening Rabbi Yaron Reuven, and he's talking to us about...

16:59all of these topics. If you want, if you have any questions, you can write them in our chat room. It's the orange button on our website. And I will try to read them out to him. I just want to say also that after the show, after you're finished listening to it, if you want to check out his website, you can do so. We'll link to his website where you can see some of his videos as well. So, welcome back to the show, Rabbi Reuven. Glad to be here. Okay. All right, so let me ask you this. First, why don't you describe to our listeners what Judaism says about who the Moshiach, the Messiah, is going to be, and what has to take place before he comes? Well, the Moshiach, just like any of the Jewish kings that were picked in the past, whether it was King Shaul or King David or King Shlomo or even Moshe Rabbeinu himself, unlike the democratic systems or authoritarian systems that we have in the world today, these kings were not elected by people or by power structures that are, you know, full of corruption.

18:11The Messiah, just like the kings of the past, has to be selected by Hashem Himself, meaning that it's not an election process, it's not who's most popular, and it's not who people perceive as most righteous. Only Hashem knows what's in our hearts, which is one of the 13 Principles of Faith. In order for someone to say that they believe in the full Torah, they must adhere to the Rambam's 13 Principles of Faith, one of which is the belief that Hashem knows what's in our hearts. So, first and foremost, we have to understand that Hashem is going to pick him. Now, how are you going to know whether Hashem picked him or not? Just like we saw at Mount Sinai, in the book of Yehoshua (Joshua), when Yehoshua met, obviously, this new country that they'd never been to, but he heard something extraordinary. He heard from Rachav that they heard what Hashem told them at Mount Sinai. What Hashem told them at Mount Sinai was an extraordinary event. Obviously, there was no radio, there was no television, and there was no internet back then. So how did they hear? The reason they heard is that Hashem wanted to ensure that it wasn't only Israel that heard the message of Mount Sinai, but that the entire world heard it. There was no doubt among any country or anyone who lived at that time that the event at Mount Sinai actually happened.

19:31The words that Hashem said appeared in the sky. The sounds were deafening and were heard around the world. This was not a message that was exclusive just to the Jews that were on Mount Sinai. This message was spread around the world to such an extent that no one ever said, "Hey, listen, we don't believe a Mount Sinai event happened." Everyone knew that it happened, and we actually have witnesses that were not Jews, who actually had a vested interest to go against it. actually said that it did happen. So, one of the main things that we know and understand from here is that when Hashem wants to be heard, He's not going to leave anything to doubt. And that's the same thing that we expect and know is going to happen when the Mashiach is going to come. Unlike Christianity or Islam, which believes that they have their own messengers, their own prophets, or their own people that spoke to God, but there's no witnesses. There's no evidence. There's just somebody that says a story. Some woman had a dream, or some guy went into the desert, but nobody was with him. This is all against what it says in the Torah. If Hashem made sure that the biggest event in history, the first big event in history, Har Sinai, was going to be heard by the entire world, then obviously you don't need to be a genius to realize that an even bigger event, which is the culmination of this world, is going to definitely be heard around the world and is not going to be left to doubt.

21:00is definitely going to be heard around the world and is not going to be left to doubt. It's not going to be left to some possibilities. So, the first thing we know is that this message is going to be heard around the world, whether it's going to be the sounds of the Shofar, or sounds from Shamayim, we'll only know once we get there. But one main thing we also know is that Hashem told the prophet Malachi, in the book of Malachi, chapter 3, verse 23, it's that he's also going to give us an initial sign, aside from all of the wars and craziness that's going to happen at that time. It's going to be a very, very simple message. And what's that message? He's going to send a messenger by the name of Eliyahu HaNavi (Elijah the Prophet). And in Malachi, chapter 3, verse 23, it says, "Behold, I send you Eliyahu HaNavi before the coming of the great and awesome day of Hashem." So here we see that... Hashem is telling us specifically, and when you continue reading, it provides more details about what's going to happen. Hashem is telling you, "I'm going to send him three days before the Mashiach officially arrives." In that way, there will be no doubt whatsoever; no one will say, "No, this is not the Mashiach," or "Maybe this is the Mashiach." There won't be any question. Once the Mashiach arrives, there will be 100% conviction by the entire world of who he is and what he represents.

22:25And of course, he's going to be a human being. He's not, you know, God himself or anything like that, as some people think. He's not an angel; he's just a human being that's extremely righteous, who at this moment most likely does not know he's the Mashiach. According to our sages, he's not going to know he's the Mashiach until Hashem officially selects him to be the Mashiach. But once he is officially inaugurated as the Mashiach, there has to be an oil that's poured on him, the same oil that Moshe Rabbeinu put on Aharon HaKohen, and the same oil that was put on King David, King Saul, and King Solomon. There has to be, of course, a holy inauguration process. But most importantly, this person, this human being, is going to be extremely righteous in accordance with the Torah, not in accordance with man. There has to be an oil that's poured on him, the same oil that Moshe Rabbeinu put on Aharon HaKohen, and the same oil that was put on King David, King Shaul, and King Shlomo. And there has to be, obviously, an inauguration, a holy inauguration process that takes place. But most importantly, this person, this human being, is going to be extremely righteous in accordance with the Torah. Not in accordance with man... not according to some new book that was written by people, like the New Testament or the Quran, but according to the Torah, the divine document that was written once and is never going to be rewritten. And most importantly after that, is that he's going to be given powers that are above human comprehension. Due to his Kedushah, due to the power that Hashem instills in him, he's going to be able to sense the sins, or in essence, the righteousness or wickedness of the people.

23:49And he's not going to be like a judge or a jury that needs evidence and witnesses to know who's righteous and who's not. He's going to be able to smell the sins off of the wicked people, and, obviously, the mitzvot, the good deeds, off of the righteous people. Those that are righteous in accordance with the Torah will be saved, whether they're Jews or Gentiles is irrelevant. If they're righteous according to the Torah, they have nothing to worry about. If they're going against the Torah, then they have everything to worry about. Then they have everything to worry about. Okay, let me throw a monkey wrench in here just for a minute because we know that at any time during history, if mankind deserved it, if the Jewish people did what they were supposed to be doing also, we would have seen the Mashiach coming. And we know that Moshe Rabbeinu, Moses, and even King David, the highest figures of Judaism, even they were not respected by everyone. Even they had... People who rebelled against them. Do you think the same thing is going to happen when the Mashiach comes, that there are going to be people also saying, "He's not the Mashiach, why do I have to listen to him?" and will rebel? Yes, well, the sages teach us in the Zohar and also in the Gemara, in different places, that there's actually going to be an Erev Rav. There are going to be several different enemies that the Mashiach is going to have to fight.

25:13One of them, obviously, at large is going to be the wicked Gentiles who want to go against Am Yisrael, whether that's North Korea or different parts of Amalek—the nation that Hashem created in essence to be the enemy of Am Yisrael from creation—which is debatable who they are today because, obviously, we've had many discussions. Things have spread all over the world over the last two thousand years, so we don't know for sure who Amalek is. However, the biggest enemy at large is going to be them. Hashem says that in the war of Gog and Magog, unfortunately, one of the most horrific events is that two-thirds of the world is going to be wiped out instantly, and according to the Arizal, this is going to take place in nine minutes. Now, at the time that the Arizal... The Rambam wrote this several hundred years ago, and people laughed at it, but that wasn't because, at this time, the best weapon we had, even if everyone shot a gun or a spear, would not even do anything to the whole world at large in nine minutes. However, today we know how this is all possible in even less time because of atomic bombs. We see in the book of Zechariah how it actually describes a scenario resembling an atomic bomb. So that's one enemy. The second part of the enemy is going to be the Erev Rav.

26:39The Erev Rav, unfortunately, are Jews from birth who are heretics and go against the Torah, desiring that Mashiach not come. They will be significant adversaries of the Mashiach. However, the Mashiach will possess supernatural powers instilled in him, enabling him to destroy all of them. All right. We're coming to a break in another minute or so, but I want to ask you this very, very quickly, if you can answer it in like 30 seconds. They say that when the Messiah comes, Teshuvah, or our repentance, won't be as valuable anymore because we'll have Hashem revealed in the world. And also, those who want to convert won't be able to convert anymore. But what about people who are in a conversion program? Because it takes a year or two to convert, usually. What about those? Is it that the Messiah comes, and now, even though they're in the middle of their courses, they won't be able to become Jews really quickly? Well, the Gemara in Avodah Zarah, page 3b, talks about how there are not going to be any more converts once the Moshiach comes because it's not going to be free choice anymore. Obviously, you know who's the winner. You know who's the leader.

27:50But anyone who is in the process of converting, anyone who truly has it deeply in their heart to convert, is already in the process. Hashem knows what's in their heart. That's one of the 13 principles of faith. So we understand that Hashem will, of course, allow those people to join Am Yisrael. Okay, hold it right there. We'll be right back. Don't go anywhere. Howdy from the heartland. This is David Haivri. Would you like to know what it's like to live in the wild West Bank? No, that is a mistake. This is not the West Bank. This is the heartland of Israel, Yehuda and Shomron. Israel is under attack on Facebook, social media, campuses, and newspapers. They are spreading lies and false information about Israel. This is David Ha'ivri. Join me every Tuesday at 6 p.m. Israel time for "Hebrew in the Heartland," where I am going to provide you with real information and tools that you can use to defend Israel. You, too, will become a warrior to protect this holy nation.

29:24All right. We are back here at the Tamar Yonah Show on Israel News Talk Radio. We're talking about the end of days. Are we living in the Messianic era with what we're seeing in Korea, ISIS, the gathering of troops with Russia in the Middle East now, and China getting ready for battle? Possibly, Trump even facing off with the North Koreans. A lot is happening in the news. So what's going on? Are we indeed living in the Messianic times? Is this World War III? We're speaking with our guest today, Rabbi Yaron Reuven. He is talking to us about all of this, and we have lots of questions for you on this side of the show. But before we do that, Rabbi, I just wanted you to just very quickly go over what you said about the converts, people who are in the middle of a conversion program, and let's say the Mashiach comes, and then what happens? Can they convert or can't they? Once someone... knows that there are 13 principles of faith, that Hashem knows what's in your heart. This means that if you truly want to convert to Orthodox Judaism, accepting and fulfilling all of the mitzvot, then you have nothing to worry about. Even if there's a delay in your conversion because of politics, red tape, and everything else, Hashem knows your intentions.

30:34Hashem knows what's in your heart, and you'll be allowed to convert. But again, Hashem knows what's in your heart. Okay. Another quick question I have that just came up. What about the lost ten tribes of Israel? Do they come back before the world is destroyed, after the world is destroyed? According to what you were talking about, two-thirds of the world is going to be, God forbid, destroyed? Well, that's going to be part of the job of the Mashiach, who is going to unite the lost tribes. And I think, most importantly, that people need to understand, with everything that you mentioned before, with Japan wanting to go to war, China wanting to go to war, America, and everyone else looking to go to war, it's evident that the world at large is heating up. So where do we see this in the Torah? In the book of Shemot (Exodus), in chapter 5, at the end of chapter 5 and the beginning of chapter 6, we see that Moshe Rabbeinu, right before the original exodus from Mitzrayim (Egypt) when Am Yisrael was leaving Egypt... We see that Moshe Rabbeinu comes to Hashem and says, "God, why did You send me there? Since I went there, it has only become worse. You know, Pharaoh has made everything more difficult." And we see that in chapter 6, verse 1, Hashem answers Moshe and says the following: "Now you will see what I shall do to Pharaoh. Through a strong hand will he send them out, and with a strong hand will he drive them from his land."

31:56It seems like the question and the answer are not connected, but if you look at the details, they very much are. This means that the difficulty increased drastically right before the climax, right before the actual exodus itself, and Hashem is explaining why. He said that it needed to become much more difficult before there were enough merits for me to expedite this exodus, because really it was supposed to be 400 years. It's only been 210. So in order for me to expedite this exile, this original Mashiach, I had to make things even more difficult. And that's one of the things that we see, and unfortunately, we're going to see in the coming future, that things will become much more difficult, but anyone that believes in the real Hashem knows that's only for our good. for me to expedite this Exodus, because really it was supposed to be 400 years, but it was only 210. So in order for me to expedite this exile, for the original Mashiach, I had to make things even more difficult. This is one of the things that we see, and unfortunately, we're going to see in the future, that things will become much more difficult. However, anyone that believes in the true Hashem knows that it's only for our good. All right. Rabbi David, who is in the chat room, is asking, will all the Jews survive the last war? Well, any Jew that is righteous and is fulfilling the will of Hashem, according to the Torah, has nothing to worry about. Any Jew that is not fulfilling what is according to the Torah has everything to worry about, because unfortunately, some of the sins, like, for example, violation of Shabbat, is on purpose, not just accidental, puts a person, puts a Jew's Judaism on suspension, which means that according to the Rambam and the Chofetz Chaim and according to our sages, he's considered an idol worshiper. So, obviously, a Jew in that particular situation is in a very, very deep problem and needs to start doing Teshuva as soon as possible.

33:14...puts a person, puts a Jew's Judaism on suspension, which means that according to the Rambam and the Chofetz Chaim, and according to our sages, he's considered an idol worshiper. So obviously, a Jew in that particular situation is in a very, very deep problem and needs to start doing Teshuva as soon as possible... Okay, and what about after the Messiah comes? So can you give us a timeline? Like, is it first, you know, we see these nuclear wars possibly with Korea or what's going on in Syria with Russia, and then the Messiah comes? How does it work? Give a timeline. Well, I believe that the Rambam said it best, that we're only going to know exactly what's going to happen with the Moshiach when it actually happens. I mean, there's a lot of different possibilities. of what's going to happen. In essence, I guess vaguely you can say that at first it is going to be a lot of chaos, similar to what we saw in previous events, like the original Exodus mentioned in the book of Shemot. We see there was a lot of hardship, increased hardship even more than the already horrendous hardship they already had. I believe that this is going to be repeated again. And then you're going to have the exile and the Messianic era.

34:36Salvation begins. But even once the Mashiach comes, it's not necessarily going to become Gan Eden. It's not going to become heaven overnight. It's going to be even more difficult. According to the prophets, the big war is going to destroy two-thirds of the world instantly, and the remaining third are going to, according to the prophet, in essence, be tested like you purify silver. Meaning that even the remaining third are not necessarily guaranteed or assured that they're going to also survive. So really, the only assurance that we have of survival, of being okay, is by looking into the instruction set that Hashem gave us, called the Torah, and trying to compare our lifestyle to it. If we're compliant with what it says, we're fine. If we're not, we're not fine. And that's one thing that we've seen. Proverbs, King Solomon said, "The foolishness of man," meaning the sins, "perverts a person's ways," which means brings him to punishment. But his heart frets against Hashem, meaning that a person commits sins, which leads to punishment.

35:52But then he asks, what does he do? He gets mad at Hashem. No, this is not what we want to do. Instead of getting upset at Hashem for any punishment or hardship, whether in this world or the next, what we should do is look at the Torah and try to follow it to the best of our abilities—truly the best of our abilities, and not just halfway. Then we will have nothing to complain about because we will be fine. That is one important lesson everyone needs to take into account. For everyone who wants to watch our Mussar lessons, You can go to my website, bezratHashem.org, which is B-E-Z-R-A-T-H-A-S-H-E-M.org, or you can email us or go on YouTube. You can type my name, Yaron Reuven, on YouTube, on TorahAnytime, and many, many other places where we teach really what Hashem said in accordance with His opinion, because His opinion is the only one that matters. Okay, Gordon in the chat room is asking, where does the Third Temple come in? Does that come before Mashiach, or after? No, since Mashiach is going to be the king of this world, if you will, then it has to come after Mashiach comes. So first you're going to have war, then you're going to have even more hardship after that of salvaging the remains and trying to, you know, the few remaining.

37:13...are going to... Mashiach is going to decide who's going to be saved and who's not among those. People are going to have to make a choice. Those who are 50-50 will face a very, very limited type of choice at that point. And then, you know, the salvation of the Beit HaMikdash, the Holy Temple, and the next chapter of this world, the last thousand years, is going to play its role at that point. Eventually, I believe it's 40 years later, there will be the resurrection of the dead. So, is the Moshiach going to live a thousand years? Moshiach is never going to die, and, you know, he's going to be someone whom Hashem instills with power. I mean, there are some teachings from our sages that there are going to be two Moshiachs, meaning there's going to be a Moshiach ben Yosef and a Moshiach ben David. Moshiach ben Yosef, they say, initially is going to die... in the war and then is going to be resurrected with the dead, but Moshiach ben David never dies. Well, it's a lot to learn, and as you said, we have to prepare for this time, and if it comes in a more gentle way, which, you know, there are different opinions on how the Moshiach is going to come. As you know, there are many rabbis who also say that it will come in a much gentler way. You basically want to put our antennae up and say, don't rely on that. It could come in a very, very rough way, and we have to be ready for it, and we have to do our due diligence in order to prepare for that. So the preparation is very important. That means to do more Torah, which means that you should choose a rabbi that you want to follow. Of course, a kosher rabbi, an Orthodox rabbi, someone like you. Or if anybody wants to email me, if you're looking for someone in your area, then I might be able to help you.

38:31Don't rely on that. It could come in a very, very rough way, and we have to be ready for it, and we have to do our due diligence in order to prepare for that. So the preparation is very important. That means to do more Torah, which means that you should choose a rabbi that you want to follow. Of course, a kosher rabbi, an Orthodox rabbi, someone like you. Or if anybody wants to email me, if you're looking for someone in your area, then I might be able to help you. But is there any last thing you want to say before we go? Yes, for all of those people that believe that it could come in a wonderful way, where there's going to be peace and salvation. And, you know, I wish it were true. I wish it was true that it would happen that way. And this is not necessarily me trying to scare people, but it's just, if you look at the world around you, it's just not realistic to expect it. And even if it was possible for it to happen in a nice way, the ones that are going to be saved still have to comply with the Torah. You can't expect Hashem to change the Torah specifically for you, while Moshe and all of the righteous people in Gan Eden have to follow the Torah. If you don't feel like keeping Shabbat, or keeping kosher, or keeping anything, you can't expect to be in the same Gan Eden, in the same heaven that they are. That would be, unfortunately, the foundation of heresy. So, even if there is a nice way for it to happen, which I don't personally believe is possible, it's crucial to remember the importance of adhering to the Torah and its commandments.

39:28the ones that are going to be saved still have to comply with the Torah because you can't say that you're going to expect Hashem to change the Torah specifically for you. Moshe Rabbeinu and all of the righteous people who are in Gan Eden have to follow the Torah, but you, who don't feel like keeping Shabbat, don't feel like keeping kosher, don't feel like keeping anything, expect to be in the same Gan Eden, in the same heaven that they are. That, unfortunately, forms the foundation of heresy. So even if there is a nice way for it to happen, which I personally don't believe is possible, You still have to do teshuva. You have to return to Hashem and follow the Torah, performing the mitzvot. And by the way, if you're not Jewish and you're listening to this shiur, you may want to look into the Noahide movement and the Sheva Mitzvot Bnei Noach, which every human being is obligated to observe. Rabbi, can you provide your email address and contact information for anyone wishing to reach out to you? Yes, absolutely. We assist many Jews, Noahides, and converts every single day. May Hashem fulfill His will. We even have a conversion series online that people can watch. My email is yaron@beezratHashem.org, which is Y-A-R-O-N, at B-E-E-Z-R-A-T-H-A-S-H-E-M.org. You can also go to beezratHashem.org to see our website with several hundred hours worth of lectures, short ones, long ones.

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