THE JUDAIC SOURCES ALSO POINT OUT THAT THE KING MESSIAH [HAZRAT MAHDI (PBUH)] WILL ALSO BE AWAITED AND ACCEPTED BY THE ONES WHO ARE NOT JEWS

MOSHIACH, TO BE A LIGHT TO THE GENTILES

Ramban (Nachmanides), speaking of Moshiach (ben David), quotes Isaiah 53:10, and then, going on to verse 11, speaks of the “labor” Moshiach “saw” and tells us that Moshiach “will teach all the gentiles to ‘understand’ and ‘know’ the Lord”:

Ramban:

“‘And the pleasure of the Lord shall prosper in his hand’ [Isaiah 53:10]; because he will accomplish the Redemption in which the Lord finds pleasure, and will teach all the Gentiles to ‘understand and know’ the Lord: this is what is meant by the ‘pleasure of the Lord,’ as it is written, ‘In these is my pleasure’ (Jeremiah 9:23 [24 Eng.]). Because of the ‘labor’ which he ‘saw’ (experienced) [Isaiah 53:11] in himself, and because he was satisfied with ‘shame instead of glory’

(Habakkuk 2:16).” Driver and Neubauer (English translation), p. 83.

Abrabanel asserts that the Gentiles will seek Moshiach the son of David:

Abrabanel:

“…Messiah the son of David…Isaiah… describes him as God’s ‘chosen one, in whom his soul delights’ (42:1), and as the ‘rod of the stump’ of Jesse, upon whom ‘the spirit of the Lord rests’ (11:2), and to whom ‘the Gentiles will seek’ (11:10)”

Driver and Neubauer (English translation), p. 163.

Rabbi Levi ben Gershom (“Gersonides” or “Ralbag”) says that Moshiach will “draw all nations to the worship of God”:

“…the Messiah is such a prophet, as it is stated in the Midrash on the verse, Behold my servant shall prosper, [Isaiah 52:13] etc., that he will be ‘greater than Moses,’ which is explained to mean that his miracles will be more wonderful than those of Moses; Moses, by the miracles which he wrought, drew but a single nation to the worship of God, but the Messiah will draw all nations to the worship of God, as it is written (Zephaniah 3:9), ‘Then will I turn to the people a pure language, that they may all call upon the name of the Lord,’ etc. And this will be effected by means of a marvelous sign, to be seen by all nations even to the ends of the earth, viz. the resurrection of the dead.”

Driver and Neubauer (English translation), p. 568.

The Midrash Tehilim (Psalms) similarly states that the nations will “seek the king Moshiach”:

Midrash Tehilim:

“In that day there shall be a root of Jesse, which shall stand for an ensign of the peoples; unto him shall the nations seek (Isaiah 11:10) that is, seek the king Messiah, David’s son, who will remain hidden until the time of redemption.”

Rabbi William G. Braude, trans., The Midrash on the Psalms (New Haven:

Yale, 1959), Yale Judaica Series, Volume XIII, Leon Nemoy, ed., Book One,

Psalm 21:1, 3.

Rabbi Eliyahu Dessler, although a later rabbi (born 1892), sounds an interesting note in his Michtav Eliyahu about the acceptance of Moshiach by the gentiles:

Rabbi Eliyahu Dessler:

“‘Go through go through the gates; clear the way for the peoples; pave, pave the road; clear it of stones; raise a banner over the peoples. Behold, Hashem has announced to the ends of the earth; Say to the daughter of Zion, “Behold, your savior has come!”’ (Isaiah 62:10,11).

This is our great discovery which means that it could be, perhaps, that Moshiach will be revealed to Israel first and they will tell to the nations of the world or he will be revealed to the nations of the world and they will tell to Israel.”

Rabbi Eliyahu Dessler, Michtav Eliyahu (Jerusalem: Makor, 1983), p. 301.