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The festivals were given as a glimpse into the future redemption. The timing of the Messiah will fulfill all the appointed seasons.
-Midrash Rabbah, Leviticus 23:2
The heavens and the earth were created with specific cycles and times, and the Torah is their blueprint. The redemption is written within these cycles.
-Talmud, Shabbat 88a
The coming of the Messiah is delayed only by the deeds of humanity, but the year 6,000 will not pass without His arrival.
-Seder Olam Rabbah, Chapter 27
The shofar of the Jubilee year will announce liberty throughout the land, just as the shofar of Elijah will proclaim the final redemption.
-Talmud, Rosh Hashanah 31a
The Messiah will come in the year of the Shemitah (Sabbatical year), and the wars of Gog and Magog will precede him.
-Yalkut Shimoni, Hosea 511
Elijah will not only announce the Messiah but will also explain the mysteries of the years and the cycles, for all things have their appointed time.
-Tanna Devei Eliyahu Rabbah 9
If Israel merits it, the Messiah will come early. If not, he will come at the last possible moment, as ordained by God’s calendar
-Talmud, Sanhedrin 99a
The year 6,000 is the end of the current world, and the beginning of the World to Come. Until then, the footsteps of the Messiah will grow louder.
-Seder Olam Rabbah, Chapter 30
The secrets of creation and the mysteries of the calendar were whispered to the prophets, but they are sealed until the end times.
-Talmud, Chagigah 14a