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לכאורה the abbreviation מלכות ב״ד is short for מלכות בית דוד, not בית דין as you seem to translate it. That לכאורה would be a kvetch to try to apply it to the present מצב… The Malbim passed away in 1879, but Rabbi Aryeh Kaplan passed away in 1983, when one wouldn’t need רוח הקודש to accurately make such a statement… There is a tradition handed down from Rebbe Nachman of Breslev, who passed away in 1810, that there will be a partial return of a large portion of כלל ישראל to ארץ ישראל before משיח, alluded to in the פסוק (Yeshayahu 56, 8) – נאם ה׳ אלקים מקבץ נדחי ישראל עוד אקבץ עליו לנקבציו – Hashem will further gather together (the Jewish People) to those (already) gathered.