messianic age, n.Definitions

The Messianic age (n.) is ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠the order one belongs to when one has been able to admit others among one's own.

The Messianic age (n.) will ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠differ from this world only in the end of bondage to foreign powers, said Samuel — the poor will still be with us.

The Messianic age (n.) is ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠not just anyone's to enjoy, unlike Hegel's end of History, where objective events free whoever happens to be present at the final hour.

The Messianic age (n.) is ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠often called the epoch of conclusions — which does not prevent discussion even on this point.

The Messianic age (n.) differs ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠from the present only in deliverance from servitude to foreign powers — the Messiah need perform no signs or wonders.

The Messianic age (n.) is ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠when justice rules between men, which amounts to the presence of God among them — and the differences of masculine and feminine blur.

The Messianic age (n.) is ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠a charnel house between two eras rather than the end of History — the moment every political and social promise of the prophets comes true.

The Messianic age (n.) ensues ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠from history neither logically nor dialectically but enters from outside — not ripening like plums from the seed of events.