QUESTION
Why didn’t Moshiach come yet?
ANSWER
The answer is he wants to give you a chance to accomplish something.
When Moshiach comes then you should know most people will no longer be able to accomplish anything. Right now it's so easy to accomplish. Here, walk in the street. You have a beard. Maybe you have peyos, a black hat. Everybody hates you. That's wonderful. That's wonderful! The more they hate you, the bigger the reward. It’s so good.
Walk in the subway. In case you don't have any car, you walk in the subway. As soon as you walk in nobody wants to look at you. Everybody hates you. Baruch Hashem! It's a wonderful thing.
That's in this world. When Moshiach comes you'll walk in the subway and they'll get up for you. There won’t be any more sechar. There will be no reward for being a good Jew. It will be so easy.
And therefore l’fum tzaara agra, the reward is according to the difficulty. Now it's difficult. Now is the time to want to live.
What are you in a hurry for Moshiach for? He'll come. We can't help ourselves when he comes. You can't stop him from coming. But you enjoy life right now! It's so good to be a frum Jew right now.
TAPE # E-239 (July 13, 2000)
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