[Avodah] ___melech, ____malach

[Micha Berger via Avodah]

On Wed, Mar 09, 2016 at 05:31:20PM -0500, Zev Sero via Avodah wrote:
: That this is true of Him doesn't mean it can't be true (in a much
: more limited way, of course) of anyone else.   David was a king in the
: past, since he didn't die he is still a king, and he will be a king in
: the future, but his kingdom didn't start before creation, won't last
: past the end of the world, and was only ever "me'ein" the kingdom of
: Heaven.

So then it's not "le'olam va'ed". The formulation can only refer to the
One Who is lemaalah min hazman.

Tir'u baTov!
-Micha