{"id":12637,"date":"2025-06-18T20:38:59","date_gmt":"2025-06-18T20:38:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.torahmates.org\/jewish-resources\/?p=12637"},"modified":"2025-06-20T15:02:42","modified_gmt":"2025-06-20T15:02:42","slug":"end-of-times","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.torahmates.org\/jewish-resources\/end-of-times\/","title":{"rendered":"End-of-Times"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Ask the Rabbi with Rabbi Chaim Mintz<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p>You have said that the world was created to exist for 6,000 years. What will happen at that time? Will the world just revert to nothing?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Secondly, do we subscribe to the concept of Armageddon \u2014 a battle between good and evil at the end-of-times? And if so, is there anything I should be doing to protect myself?<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity is-style-dots\"\/>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Will This World End, and If Yeah How? - Ask the Rabbi Live with Rabbi Mintz\" width=\"1170\" height=\"658\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/Oihk1T4gBJI?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\"><strong>Rabbi Chaim Mintz responds:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">The End of Times: A Timeline<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Arrival of the Messiah<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Our prophets do not predict the world coming to an end. According to our tradition, the world will continue to exist forever, just not in its material form that we know. We await the arrival of Mashiach \u2014 a human being descended from King David \u2014 who will usher in a new spiritual era. He will illuminate the entire world, by teaching everyone to appreciate that God is the Creator and that we are here to serve Him. He will be accepted as the true leader of the world, recognized by Jews and non-Jews alike, and a prophet nearly as great as Moshe.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">World to Come<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>In the period following that, there will be <em>techiyat<\/em> <em>hameitim<\/em>, the return to life of those God-fearing people who have died. Their souls will once again join their bodies, uplifting and purifying their physical entity. That will lead into an existence known as the World to Come. There are differing opinions if the existence in the World to Come will be with our bodies or just with our souls, but either way it will be a spiritual life, in which the souls will thrive forever. In contrast to our physical world, where we sometimes struggle to connect to the spiritual, the mundane will become pure and holy, and the spiritual realm will be clear and obvious. And because we will then be spiritual beings living in a spiritual world, we will no longer be subject to death.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Birth Pangs of Mashiach<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>As far as a battle at the end-of-times between good and evil, there are many different opinions among the sages as to what exactly will transpire. Our rabbis (Sanhedrin <a href=\"https:\/\/library.alhatorah.org\/?r1=Bavli_Sanhedrin_98b&amp;s1=2\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">98b<\/a>) refer to this period as the \u201cbirth-pangs of Mashiach,\u201d and the prophets foretell a great war \u2014 Milchemet Gog U\u2019Magog \u2014 that will be very frightening for the Jewish people. Some believe that the Second World War was a fulfillment of that prophecy, as what happened to the Jewish people during the Holocaust certainly conforms to the prophets\u2019 descriptions. There are also prophecies of nations uniting to attack the Jewish nation. The news is continually full of such events, where forces of evil are repeatedly attacking the Jewish people, the representation of good in the world.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Here and Now<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>And in regard to protecting ourselves from these fearsome days, our rabbis (<a href=\"https:\/\/library.alhatorah.org\/?r1=Bavli_Sanhedrin_98b&amp;s1=2\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">ibid.<\/a>) teach us that the only sure way to protect ourselves from these \u201cbirth-pangs\u201d is by strengthening our connection to God through Torah learning, prayer, keeping Shabbat, and performing acts of kindness. This will give us the merit we need to live to see the heralding of the Messianic era, which we are so eagerly awaiting.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em><strong>In short: We do not know exactly what will transpire, but we do know that the world will continue to exist forever, in which the souls will thrive. Our only protection is by strengthening our connection to God.<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons is-layout-flex wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-button tm-cta\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/www.torahmates.org\/sign-up.php\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Learn more about Jewish fundamentals with a TorahMate. Sign up for a weekly learning partner today!<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Have another question to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.oorah.org\/asktherabbi\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">ask a rabbi<\/a>? You can ask Rabbi Mintz your own question at&nbsp;<a href=\"mailto:asktherabbi@oorah.org\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">asktherabbi@oorah.org<\/a>, or head to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.oorah.org\/asktherabbi\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">oorah.org\/asktherabbi\/<\/a> to watch the latest Q&amp;As or join&nbsp;Ask the Rabbi Live, Tuesdays at 9PM ET.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ask the Rabbi with Rabbi Chaim Mintz You have said that the world was created to exist for 6,000 years. What will happen at that time? 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