The Functions of Believing in the Messiah in Judaism

The idea of “Messiah” and the “Promised One” in the history of Judaism has always been with disputes and vicissitudes; however, has believing in the Messiah had any advantages and achievements for the Jews in the educational and social areas? This article, with an analytical-descriptive method answers this question and believes believing in the Messiah in Judaism is not just a faith-related issue; rather, it has had functions depending on the quality of believing it for the Jews as the followers of a Divine religion, not as a political religion and a tool in the hands of Zionism. In fact, this belief is considered as a mechanism and a lever in the achievement of some of the goals of Judaism.
In other words, believing in the Messiah has always had achievements and functions in perceptional-ideological areas like legalism and the encouragement of repenting, and in the moral and educational areas- it has functions like hope raising and modelling, and in the social-political areas, it has functions like dynamism and patience raising.