... it must be publicized to all the people of the generation, that we have merited that Hashem chose and appointed a person of free-will, who in his own right is incomparably superior to the people of the generation, that he should be the "judge" and "advisor" and prophet of the generation, who will issue directives and give advice regarding the Service of all the Jewish people and all the people of this generation, in all matters of Torah and Mitzvahs, and also in regard to the general day-to-day life and conduct, including [advice and directives] in [matters of] "in all your ways (you shall know Him)" and "all your deeds (shall be for the sake of Heaven),"
Including the main prophecy – the prophecy that "immediately to redemption" and literally immediately "Behold, this one (Moshiach) comes" ...
... And through the acceptance and fulfillment of the instructions of the "judges" and "advisors" of our generation – through this itself there is the taste and beginning of the fulfillment of the prayer "return our judges as at first and our advisors as in the beginning" in the true and complete redemption...
(See talk of the Lubavitcher Rebbe King Moshiach Shlita, Shoftim 5751 (1991))
