From America to Afghanistan, China to Rothchild the world seems to be careening out of control. The truth is we have been in this situation for a while now. When the World Trade Center collapsed into a fiery inferno, the world shook and has been shaking ever since.
We are hours away from Tisha B'Av and we seem to be entering another level of chaos. America "our friend" is in clear decline. The Middle East is quaking and the disgruntled "masses" are making Woodstock Tel Aviv style. With all of this going on fear and uncertainty are growing. And despite all of this we are ignoring the simple solution to our problems and that solution is to know with perfect and complete belief that the Moshiach is here with us. The answer to our problems is not QE3, government entitlement, better military, but the full and complete revelation of Moshiach and the rebuilding of the Beit Hamikdash.
Reb Nathan of Breslev points out that the purpose of the Beit HaMikdash was to remind Am Yisrael and the nations of the world what the true purpose of life is about. We forget that this world is part of , many worlds above and that our spiritual galut is one where we are disconnected from birth with our source. Geulah is the revelation of our true connection above. The only thing that can guide us properly is a clear focus and goal in life. The Beit HaMikdash reminds of that goal and with impending Geulah and the realization that all is for the best we will once again be sad no more because we and the whole world will know the truth and live by it.