Why do you think the Messiah would toss out the Arabs?
Here is traditional Jewish belief about the Messiah, as laid out by Maimonides (1135 - 1204)
The anointed King ("HaMelekh HaMoshiach") is destined to stand up and restore Temple in Jerusalem and gather the strayed ones of Israel together. All laws will return in his days as they were before: Sacrificial offerings are offered and the Sabbatical years and Jubilees are kept, according to all its precepts that are mentioned in the Torah.
Whoever does not believe in him, or whoever does not wait for his coming, not only does he defy the other prophets, but also the Torah and our Rabbi Moses. For the Torah testifies about him, thus: "And the Lord Your God will return your returned ones and will show you mercy and will return and gather you... If your strayed one shall be at the edge of Heaven... And He shall bring you" etc. (Deuteronomy 30:3-5).
These words that are explicitly stated in the Torah, encompass and include all the words spoken by all the prophets. In the section of Torah referring to Bala'am, too, it is stated, and there he prophesied about the two anointed ones: The first anointed one is David, who saved Israel from all their oppressors; and the last anointed one will stand up from among his descendants and saves Israel in the end. This is what he says (Numbers 24:17-18): "I see him but not now" - this is David; "I behold him but not near" - this is the Anointed King. "A star has shot forth from Jacob" - this is David; "And a brand will rise up from Israel" - this is the Anointed King. "And he will smash the edges of Moab" - This is David, as it states: "...And he struck Moab and measured them by rope" (II Samuel 8:2); "And he will uproot all Children of Seth" - this is the Anointed King, of whom it is stated: "And his reign shall be from sea to sea" (Zechariah 9:10). "And Edom shall be possessed" - this is David, thus: "And Edom became David's as slaves etc." (II Samuel 8:6); "And Se'ir shall be possessed by its enemy" - this is the Anointed King, thus: "And saviors shall go up Mount Zion to judge Mount Esau, and the Kingdom shall be the Lord's" (Obadiah 1:21).
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Notice that the Messiah, who will be a descendant of King David, will rebuild the Temple and gather in all the Jewish Disapora. That means tearing down the Dome of the Rock. The Muslims won't like that. Notice also that Esau, Se'ir, and Edom will all be subjugated by the Messiah. These are traditional names for the Arabs, who are considered the descendance of Esau, the brother of Jacob (Israel). Edom ("the Red") was another name for Esau; Mount Se'ir is noted as the inheritance of Esau. All these terms refer to future Jewish conquest over the Arabs.
So bascially, the expectation is of a war with the Arabs where the Jews will triumph and the Arabs will be driven out as needed to make room for the returning exiles, and the rest of the Arabs will be subjugated. |
