Arso, if you’re gonna say we went through it, please add that we’ve gone through your points before (1-4). At least I think it’s been rehashed multiple times. Maybe not though, so brief recap here:
I haven’t learned the sugya in depth to the point that I could list by heart the references of how melech refers to Rabbanim with leadership personalities (as you admitted, the Rambam doesn’t make sense to explain as a literal king because then he’d be in Eretz Yisrael , anointed by Sanhedrin etc and the Rambam is speaking of the person who leads the process from golus)
2. If Beis HaRav are able to trace their lineage, and you have no logical reason to dispute it (besides the obvious issue of saying they were lying), what’s your point? I also remember learning, that Moshiach can be descended from Malchus Beis David through his mother- and that was in relation to the Jews for Judaism course on fighting christinity if I’m not mistaken, and the reason why the rabbits bring this up with yoshkes lineage lhavdil, is because the christians don’t believe in Torah shebaal peh so we fight them with their weapons. So apparently that source is in Gemara- again calling all the learned menfolk on that
3. In the language of Halacha, compel is also used to mean convince with words (we won’t need policemen when Moshiach comes, as Hashem promises to return our judges but not policemen, and you think Moshiach is the guy who has to physically compel people to listen to him? And with no policeman- cuz we’re in golus. Like you said you don’t understand your own understanding of the Rambam)
I think that was all your points.
Just a disclaimer, I have a reliable source to say that the Rebbes main aim was not to convince the world that he’s Moshiach, at that point, but just to let the c he chassidim know.
I wrote a post here why I think The Rebbe thought that was important, but it wasn’t posted…