Reply To: Chasidus Filling a Void Within Modern Orthodoxy

I was thinking about the claim that the Besht had, where he claimed to have been told Mashiach would come when everyone follows chassidus.
I now think this may be true.
I was always taught that there are 2 ways for Mashiach to come – first, we could be deserving of it, and it would arrive. Second, if we are at such a low level, Hashem would send Mashiach to “rescue” us from Galus.
I think that everyone following chassidus would fall into the second category. If everyone followed chassidus, then we’d be at such a low level that Hashem would have to rescue us from Galus.