Reply To: The world is in a state of Geula- and don’t misunderstand us!

YR post 3 (final of this series):

Now the Rambam only deals with identifying someone from our current generation to be Moshiach and the criteria to do so. However Moshiach can certainly come from any of the dead, by having techias hameisim earlier than everyone else as has been mentioned earlier. However, that has nothing to do with the Rambam (although it doesn’t contradict the Rambam,) because we could only start to identify him once he is alive again, and preparing the world. If this was the case, (as brought by the Abarbanel and Sdei chemed- who notes that this would take greater zechusim.)

Now, regarding the topic in general, as noted previously, there is the concept of Moshiach revealing himself, then being concealed before finally being revealed again.

This happened by Moshe Rabbeinu, the goel rishon, who told the yidden they were to be redeemed, and then disappeared for a bit while the golus got even harsher (they had to collect the straw.)

Also, to get the Luchos, Moshe had to go up to shomayim for 40 days and nights and it looked as if he had died. They even saw his coffin in the skies. Moshiach is the grand finale of history. We don’t know exactly how anything will play out as the Rambam himself says that this thing of how exactly the process of Geula will unfold, as it has been concealed and even what we know from the chachamim is not a mesora but what they have derived from various pesukim.

One more point I found interesting: Bchezkas Moshiach is on then person himself, his qualities and efforts. However, for him to complete his mission successfully and bring us into the era of the complete Geula, is dependent on us- if we are zoche. The more we yearn for it and work towards it, the quicker the Geula will be here.