DaasYochid: No one knows how the ultimate geulah will arrive. Check the Rambam in his “Jad Hachazokoh” and even more in Pirush Hamisnyos,perek chelek , and you will be gobsmacked what he thinks. Of course, the same goes for the Amoro Shmuel.
I am not saying I know that “Moshiach’ has already come to us. However, I am pretty convinced that we do live in “jemos hamoshiach” and that the medinah is a manifestation of this. Don’t take that from me. I heard this personally from the Ponevezer Rov zz’l