by odisraelchai on Sat Jun 28, 2008 6:49 pm
"Therefore, behold, the days are coming, declares the LORD, when they shall no longer say, 'As the LORD lives who brought up the people of Israel out of the land of Egypt,' 8but 'As the LORD lives who brought up and led the offspring of the house of Israel out of the north country and out of all the countries where he had driven them.' Then they shall dwell in their own land."
As is known, there are many passages in Tanakh stating Israel will be freed from exile all over the world. This is a quote from Jeremiah 23:7-8 The Gaon explicitly states that Moshiach is in the north, and the main drawing of the ingathering of the exiles will come from the north, the same place ruled by Samael. As states in Joel 2, "I will drive the northerner far from you."
20"I will remove the northerner far from you,
and drive him into a parched and desolate land,
his vanguard into the eastern sea,
and his rear guard into the western sea;
the stench and foul smell of him will rise,
for he has done great things.