"Anglicization of the Hebrew, "mashiach" (anointed). A man who will be chosen by G-d to put an end to all evil in the world, rebuild the Temple, bring the exiles back to Israel and usher in the world to come. It is better to use the Hebrew term "mashiach" when speaking of the Jewish messiah, because the Jewish concept is very different from the Christian one."
(http://www.jewfaq.org/defs/messiah.htm)
Is the mashiach for real?
Is the "world to come" the precursor to Christianity's "heaven"?
Can we look at the concept of a mashiach as metaphor?
As we examine the "pharaoh" within, the parts of ourselves that keep us in psychological bondage, can we embrace the mashiach within too?
Must the anointed refer solely to a flesh and blood human?
Could the chosen be something less tangible, such as an intention, a kavannah, that resides in the here and now?
Let us partner with the possibility of a better world, today, for our tomorrows may not be ours to behold.
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