[Avodah] ikkarim: mashiach

[hankman]

RMB wrote:

This means that of the Rambam's ikkarei emunah, perhaps the last
    three are the most critical. Without an eschatology, without a final
    state, we have no way of defining which acts advance us to that
    goal, and which are ra, shattering that which was already built.
    ...

CM:

I never understood the Moshiach requirement in the Ikkarim. I get the point that the purpose of the bria is so Hashem can give gemul b'ofen ha'yafeh, ie, without the shame of nahama de'kesufa (as per Ramchal). All else leads up to this goal. But why Moshiach? Why not just go to the olam hagemul directly (at the appropriate time when everyone [who will get there] has earned their chelek). OK boys and girls, welcome to olam haba. Why is Moshiach a necessary part of this road to the ultimate gemul?

Kol Tuv

Chaim Manaster
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