WHEN THE LIGHT OF THE BEGINNING SHINES WITHIN THE END
In the perspective of the current 6000 year era, we are an eved (servant) to Hashem, we have avodah to do, and we are in a period of action. But from the perspective of the light of the future, the light of Moshiach, where we will be above bechirah (free will), we will access the point that is above avodah.
The death of Moshe revealed a higher point of the avodah that he personified in his lifetime. Moshe’s title of “trustworthy servant” of Hashem represented his lower aspect, in which he had the avodah of being Kohen Gadol and serving on the Mizbeiach – the epitome of avodah. But his refusal to serve on the eighth day of the Mishkan represented the point above avodah. It was an illumination of the spark of Moshe’s future, which is the “light of Moshiach” that is above the point of avodah.
This is also the root of Moshiach’s royal status of “Melech HaMoshiach”, (“The King, the Messiah”). Rosh Chodesh Nissan is the time of renewal for kings of the Jewish people, and the title of “king” mainly applies to Moshiach, whose royalty will be complete. This is the depth behind “In Nissan they were redeemed, and in Nissan they will be redeemed in the future” – since the month of Nissan is associated with kingship, it is also the root of Melech HaMoshiach.
Rosh Chodesh Nissan represents the point where there is no more avodah, which is the higher aspect of Moshe, when he refused to do avodah on the eighth day of the Mishkan. Until Rosh Chodesh Nissan, Moshe operated in the mode of eved Hashem, doing his respective avodah. From Rosh Chodesh Nissan onward, he ceased with avodah - for Rosh Chodesh Nissan contains the light of the King Moshiach - where there is no more avodah.
The root of this is in the concept that the Mishkan was not destroyed, and instead concealed. In terms of our own souls, this idea represents the light of the future when all the souls of the Jewish people will become concealed [nullified], and when all of the creations will become integrated with their Creator.
“The end is wrapped in the beginning”. The spiritual light of the Mishkan was the beginning of the settling of the Shechinah upon the world. The end of Creation will reflect this state as well, when the third Beis HaMikdash will descend from Heaven and it will never be destroyed. The first seven days of the Mishkan, where Moshe kept building and taking apart the Mishkan, represents the first two Temples which were destroyed. The eighth day of the Mishkan, when the Mishkan remained erect and it was not taken apart, is the root of the light of the third Beis HaMikdash, which will never be destroyed.
This concept, that the “light of the beginning” will shine amidst the end, will be manifest in the three areas of place, time, and soul. In “place”, it will be manifest with the structure of the third Beis HaMikdash which will never be destroyed. The “time” when this concept will be manifest is Rosh Chodesh Nissan, when Moshiach will reign as king. And in terms of “soul”, this concept will be revealed within all of the creations, when they will all “die” as Nadav and Avihu did, who were pulled after their Root of a desire to attach and integrate themselves with their Creator.
Then, it will be clearly revealed that there is Ain Od Milvado, “nothing besides for Him”.
