“I have placed (shivisi) HaShem (YKVK) constantly before me.” [The word] shivisi is from the etymology of equanimity. In all situations, everything is equal before him—whether people praise him or denigrate him. So too, in all other matters...
So too, a person must serve G-d with all his attributes, because they are all for a supernal purpose, as G-d wishes that He be served in all ways. This means, that at times, a person speaks with individuals and cannot learn at that moment...or a person is travelling and cannot pray or learn as he usually does. At that time, he must serve G-d in other ways. He should not be pained by this, because the Almighty wishes that He be served in all ways. Sometimes in one manner and sometimes in another. This is why [G-d] caused that he should travel or speak to individuals; in order to serve G-d in this second way.
Tzavas Rabbi Yisroel Baal Shem Tov 2-3
When a person experiences HaShem (YKVK), he is in a state of complete equanimity and no matter his personal situation, and no matter the specific way that he is serving G-d, he is completely driven and devoted to fulfilling G-d’s will.
This is true redemption; that a person completely leaves their personal definition and identification, and is completely at peace with the wish of G-d.
The time of Moshiach
In the same way that the redemption from Egypt was not only a physical redemption or a spiritual redemption, but more importantly, the revelation of HaShem (YKVK), so too, will be with regards to the ultimate redemption.
The redemption is the ultimate expression of the revelation of HaShem (YKVK). When G-d will be revealed to all with His “true attribute,” then the entire reality of the world will be elevated to the ultimate redemptive state.
In Maimonides’s Mishna Torah, he concludes with the laws concerning the time of Moshiach. The final law of his book ends with a description of that period.
In that era, there will be neither famine nor war, envy or competition, for good will flow in abundance and all the delights will be freely available as dust. The occupation of the entire world will be solely to know HaShem (YKVK). Therefore, the Jews will be great sages and know the hidden matters, grasping the knowledge of their Creator according to the full extent of human potential, as it states: “The world will be filled with the knowledge of HaShem (YKVK) as the waters cover the ocean bed.”
Rambam, Mishna Torah, Laws of Kings 12:5
The description of the messianic era is intrinsically linked with a revelation of the Almighty as He is expressed in the name HaShem (YKVK). It is then when the world will relate to the true expression of G-d, that the entire world will leave all limitations and confines and truly be in a redemptive reality.
May we merit to experience this immediately!
(Based on Likutei Sichos 31, Vaera 1, reworked by Rabbi Dovid Markel.
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