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I feel compelled to respond to mistaken words of the poster who intimated that c”v we should be davening for Moshoiach’s non coming.
The fact is that each one of us will be asked one day “Tzipeeso L’Yeshuah”. If a person can’t answer in the affirmative, he has failed in his mission on this world (see the Gemara carefully).
The Rambam writes ??? ?? ????? ???? ?????? ??? ?? ??? ????? ???
The Brisker Rav infers that even one who believes that Moshiach will come, but he doesn’t look forward to it, is included.
Let’s take a step back. What this means is that the relationship that we are expected to have with Hashem is one that includes our yearning for the relevation of His glory. Without that component of the relationship, there does not exist a relationship that Hashem cares for.
Like every other facet of avoda, it may take a lot of work to get there, but what Hashem expects is for us to work on it.
As for that posters quoting Medrashim as to the survival rate, the Rambam says that we won’t know what any of them mean until we get there.
But to use it to scare people away from one of the most basic facets of lfe is certainly wrong.
This is the time of year to focus on this particular avoda, each according to their abilities.