Reply To: The Five Most Likeliest Candidates to be Moshiach

>Heretical thinking. Hashem has no use for candidates.

Join the long list of “heretics” (r”l):
The yeshivos of Rav Shilo, Rav Yanai, Rav Nachman, etc. (Sanhedrin 98b).
The Sdei Chemed (“בדרך הזה היה משוער אצלם בכל דור מיהו”).
Rav Shachnah, the Ramah’s teacher. The Ohr Hachayim.
And many more.