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Jews Expecting "The Savior"

The Torah contains a great deal of material on the Messiah's
(pbuh) second coming. These revelations, some of which we will
examine later on, had such an effect on people that the Messiah
(pbuh) came to mean salvation for them. When Maimonides (1135-
1204), the famous Jewish theologian who lived in Andalucia
(Muslim Spain), was working on the Jewish system of faith, he re-
served an article of faith out of his thirteen principles for the com-
ing of Messiah (pbuh). It reads: "I believe with complete faith in
the coming of the Messiah; and though he may tarry, I shall wait
for him every day." 5
According to Judaism, Allah will send a leader to the
Children of Israel, at a time when they are at their lowest politi-
cally as well as religiously, to save them on both counts. This
leader will enable the Children of Israel to believe as purely in
Allah as they used to, and also will lead them to victory against
their enemies as "the Messiah (pbuh)."
Some books of the Torah refer frequently to this savior and re-
veal the righteousness, justice, and happiness that will prevail
when his time has come. For instance, the Book of Isaiah reveals
the Messiah's (pbuh) great sense of justice, "fear of the Lord," and
insight, as well as the happiness that he will bring to the Children
of Israel, as follows:
A shoot will come up from the stump of Jesse; from his roots a
branch will bear fruit. The spirit of the Lord will rest on him, the
spirit of wisdom and of understanding, the spirit of counsel and of
power, the spirit of knowledge and of the fear of the Lord, and he will
delight in the fear of the Lord. He will not judge by what he sees with
his eyes, or decide by what he hears with his ears; but with right-