When I read this 6/05 article called Two Moshiachs: Fake and Real at this Kabbalist website at http://www.erevmoshiach.org/EM/ErevMoshiach_Updates.asp about there being a fake Moshiach (Messiah) looking like the real Moshiach (Messiah), I thought about Maitreya, whom some believe will be the Antichrist, and how Maitreya according to his disciple Benjamin Creme can change his appearance to look like someone else's twin. In any case neither this fake Messiah or the real Messiah that this Kabbalist website is talking about are our Lord Jesus Christ who is the real Messiah since the Kabbalists and the Jews don't believe that Jesus Christ was or is the Messiah. In this article it states, "in shomayim (heaven) all Jews believe in the fake Moshiach, even the Patriarchs, Moses, etc. Down in this world, many do not." (The Patriarchs and Moses up in heaven believe that Jesus Christ is the Messiah so they wouldn't believe that he was a fake Moshiach (Messiah). The article also states, "The fake Moshiach is in shomayim (heaven) but does not come down into this world. Only the real Moshiach will come into this world." (Jesus is the real Moshiach now in heaven and not a fake Moshiach, and he will come down into this world when he returns to go forth to fight all the nations that have gathered against Jerusalem and he plants his feet on the Mount of Olives according to Zechariah 14. In John 4:25-26, Jesus states that he is the Messias (Messiah).
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A couple of days after telling us about the trumpet (see below), Eli said that the trumpet was being sounded by Moshiach himself. After further discussion, Eli described something he had never mentioned before at all: two Moshiachs - the "fake" Moshiach and the "real" Moshiach. "The fake Moshiach looks like the real Moshiach and has all the powers of the real Moshiach." This was a bit unsettling, as there are midrashim that speak of false Messiahs and tests of faith at the end of days! However, after further discussion with Eli, these concerns were put to rest: Eli states unequivocally that the "fake" Moshiach is completely good, as will be explained.
Eli's statements on the two Moshiach's:
- "The fake Moshiach looks like the real Moshiach and has all the powers of the real Moshiach."
- He is leading the Jews, helping the real Moshiach.
- "No one knows that he is fake. When he stops it looks like he's fake." He's going to stop soon.
- In shomayim (heaven) "All Jews believe in the fake Moshiach," even the Patriarchs, Moses, etc. Down in this world, many do not.
- It is a good thing to believe in the fake Moshiach because "otherwise the real Moshiach will have to get you himself, and it won't be fun. He'll be angry..."
- The fake Moshiach sounds the trumpet and the Jews go towards Hashem's Heichal (palace). When they get close to the gate, the real Moshiach sounds the trumpet.
- The fake Moshiach is in shomayim (heaven) but he does not come down into this world. Only the real Moshiach will come into this world.