Moshiach Rose

Just as a rose is only for smell, so the righteous were only created for the Redemption of the Jewish People. Just as a rose is set up for Shabbos and holidays, so too the Jewish People are set up for the Redemption of tomorrow (a day that is all Shabbos and all good).

(See talk of the Lubavitcher Rebbe King Moshiach Shlita, 22 Shevat 5752 (1992), references cited there)