More forcefully, the Zohar states that Redemption will come when Israel, at least on some level, takes matters into their own hands.
The Zohar encourages Jews to be less passive and more proactive about their own fate. This is not just on the personal level, but also on the national level.
In several places, it encourages Jews to settle the Holy Land and rebuild their rightful inheritance.
For instance, in one passage (Zohar I, 139a, Midrash haNe’elam), the Zohar says that first Jerusalem should be rebuilt, then more Jews will be inspired to come back, and only then will we have the End of Days and the eventual Resurrection of the Dead. It bases this on Psalm 147, which says that God will “rebuild Jerusalem, gather in the exiles of Israel; heal their broken hearts, and bind up their wounds.”
The order is clear: rebuild, then gather in, then heal the world.
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