Shalom All:

I read the link Donna provided in her post
http://www.fivedoves.com/letters/sep2004/donnad927-9.htm
to
What is the Jewish Belief About 'The End of Days'?
http://www.chabad.org/library/article.asp?A0ID=108400

If you don't understand WHO the Jews are waiting and watching for, this is a
really informative article to read.  Really a "must-read" IMHO.  As believers
in Yeshua you need to know why the counterfiets will so easily be accepted by
the Jews instead of Yeshua.

I do want to point out something about the Jewish calendar.

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When will Mashiach come?

Jews anticipate the arrival of Mashiach everyday. Our prayers are full of
requests to G-d to usher in the messianic era. Even at the gates of the gas
chambers many Jews sang, "Ani Maamin" - I believe in the coming of Mashiach!

However, the Talmud states that there is a predestined time when Mashiach will
come. If we are meritorious he may come even before that predestined time.
This "end of time" remains a mystery, yet the Talmud states that it will be
before the Hebrew year 6000. (The Hebrew year at the date of this publication
is 5763.) ****because the Jews do not "add" the time in captivity (240?)
which would bring them beyond 6000***

This does not rule out the possibility of Mashiach coming today and now if we
merit it. It should be noted that many Torah authorities are of the opinion
that we are in the "epoch of the Mashiach" and the Lubavitcher Rebbe stated
on numerous occasions that the messianic redemption is imminent.
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Dianne
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