Parashat Lech-Lecha 5786-1 November 2025 / 10 Cheshvan 5786
- Mr. Murthy Gaddi
- Oct 29
- 9 min read
“Gaddi’s Notes on the Eternal Wisdom of the Prominent Sages”:
The War of the Nine Kings and the Birth Pangs of Mashiach — From World War Zero to the Final Redemption”
Lech Lecha: The War of the Nine Kings — The First Battle of Redemption and the Birth Pangs of Mashiach.
The powerful concept “Lech Lecha: Chevlei Mashiach – World War Zero” — based on the writings of the Jewish sages, Midrash, Zohar, and prophetic sources, integrated with Beit Yisrael International and Gaddi Efrayim Notes for a deeper understanding of redemption history and spiritual warfare.
⚔️ 1. The War of the Nine Kings — Prelude to Redemption
The War of the Nine Kings: “It happened in the days of Amraphel, king of Shinar, Arioch, king of Ellasar, Kedarlaomer, king of Elam, and Tidal, king of Goyim, that they made war with Bera, king of Sodom, and with Birsha, king of Gomorrah, Shinab, king of Admah, and Shemeber, king of Zeboiim, and the king of Bela (the same is Zoar). All these joined together in the valley of Siddim (the same is the Salt Sea). Twelve years they served Kedarlaomer, and in the thirteenth year, they rebelled. In the fourteenth year, Chedorlaomer came, and the kings who were with him and struck the Rephaim in Ashteroth Karnaim, the Zuzim in Ham, and the Emim in Shaveh Kiriathaim, and the Horites in their Mount Seir, to Elparan, which is by the wilderness. They returned, and came to En Mishpat (the same is Kadesh), and struck all the country of the Amalekites, and also the Amorites, that lived in Hazazon Tamar. The king of Sodom, and the king of Gomorrah, the king of Admah, the king of Zeboiim, and the king of Bela (the same is Zoar) went out; and they set the battle in array against them in the valley of Siddim; against Kedarlaomer king of Elam, and Tidal king of Goyim, and Amraphel king of Shinar, and Arioch king of Ellasar; four kings against the five.” -Genesis 14:1–9
The Narrative (Genesis 14):
Parashat Lech Lecha describes the first world war in history, involving four kings against five.
This is not merely a geopolitical battle but a cosmic archetype of the final war that will precede the coming of Mashiach — known as Chevlei Mashiach, the “birth pangs of redemption.”
Symbolic Structure:
Four Kings (East) — representing empires of spiritual dominion and judgment.
Five Kings (West) — representing human rebellion and moral decay.
Their conflict symbolizes the spiritual tension between Divine Justice and human arrogance that defines every pre-Messianic generation.
Beit Yisrael – Gaddi Efrayim Notes:
“The War of the Nine Kings is not ancient history; it is prophecy in code. The four kings are the forces of the East — Elam, Shinar, Ellasar, and Goyim — symbols of human might and false unity. The five kings of Sodom and Gomorrah mirror the Western moral collapse. Between them stands Avraham, the soul of Israel, who brings divine mercy into a world at war.”
🕎 2. Amalek Before Birth — The Hidden Foe
Biblical Paradox:
Genesis 14:7 states that the invading kings “smote all the country of the Amalekites,” yet Amalek would not be born for generations (Genesis 36:12).
This temporal riddle reveals a spiritual principle: Amalek is not merely a nation, but a spiritual force that precedes physical manifestation.
Midrash Rabbah 42:7: “Amalek had not yet arisen, yet the Torah says they smote his land — for God declares the end from the beginning.”
Meaning:
Amalek symbolizes cosmic doubt (safek) and rebellion against faith — the first and final enemy of Israel.
The early mention in Genesis signals that the war against Amalek spans all generations, culminating in the end of days.
Beit Yisrael – Gaddi Efrayim Notes:
“Amalek is the seed of spiritual forgetfulness planted in creation before time. The tzaddikim fight not merely with swords, but with memory — remembering the covenant that Amalek seeks to erase. The war in Lech Lecha is the first echo of the final redemption.”
🔯 3. Kedarlaomer and the Fourteenth Year — Prophetic Echo
The Double Phrase “In the Fourteenth Year”:
Appears only twice:
Genesis 14:5 — the war of the kings.
2 Kings 18:13 — Sennacherib’s assault on Jerusalem during the reign of Hezekiah.
The Masoretic note shows that these two verses are interlinked prophetic mirrors: past and future wars of Israel’s deliverance.
Mystical Pattern:
Both wars occur at the threshold of redemption — first in Avraham’s time, then in Hezekiah’s.
The “fourteenth year” symbolizes the beginning of divine intervention after a period of rebellion and exile.
Beit Yisrael Insight: “The Fourteenth Year marks the hour of reversal — when judgment meets mercy. Just as Avraham rose to save Lot, so will the spirit of Mashiach arise to redeem Israel from the final siege.”
🔮 4. The Zohar’s Prophecy — The Sixth Millennium
● Zohar I 119a (Bereshit):
○ Rabbi Shimon bar Yochai reveals a detailed timeline for the Chevlei Mashiach, the birth pangs of the final redemption.
○ The sixth millennium (years 5000–6000 AM) is the stage of redemption.
○ Around the year 5600 (1840 CE), “the gates of wisdom above and below will open” — marking the fusion of Torah wisdom and scientific knowledge, preparing for the Messianic revelation.
● Prophetic Sequence:
○ Year 5600–5700 (1840–1940): opening of wisdom — beginning of modern spiritual and scientific revolutions.
○ Year 5660–5700: wars and upheavals (Chevlei Mashiach).
○ Year 5700–5800: the revelation of the Light of Mashiach.
○ “In the year 66 (5706 = 1946) the Messiah will appear in the land of Galilee” — hinting to the rebirth of Israel (1948).
○ Final wars — Gog u’Magog — follow, leading to the seventh millennium, the Sabbath of creation.
● Beit Yisrael – Gaddi Efrayim Notes:
○ “The Zohar’s code of years is the clock of redemption. The wars of our time are not random; they are contractions of creation — Chevlei Mashiach, labor pains of a new world.”
⚔️ 5. Gog u’Magog — The Final Conflict
● Prophecy of Ezekiel 38–39:
○ Describes the final war led by Gog of the land of Magog, uniting the nations against Israel.
○ The coalition includes Persia (Iran), Cush, Put, Gomer, Togarmah, and “many peoples.”
○ This battle represents the final rebellion against Divine Kingship, culminating in the universal recognition of God’s sovereignty.
● Midrash Tanchuma (Korach 12):
○ The gematria of “Gog u’Magog” = 70, symbolizing all seventy nations of the world joining in the conflict.
○ Gog is thus the archetypal leader of human defiance against Heaven.
● Spiritual Insight:
○ Gog u’Magog is not only a physical war but a collision of spiritual ideologies — truth versus illusion, light versus darkness.
○ Israel’s victory will not come through might but through emunah (faith) and divine remembrance.
● Beit Yisrael – Gaddi Efrayim Notes:
○ “Gog and Magog are the final mirage of human power. What began with nine kings in Lech Lecha will end with seventy nations in Ezekiel.”
The Zohar comments, “R. Simeon discoursed on the verse: ‘And I will remember my covenant with Jacob, etc.’ (Lev. 26:42). The name Jacob, he said, is here written in full, with the letter vav. For what reason? In the first place, it is an allusion to the grade of Wisdom, the realm where Jacob dwells. But the chief reason is that the passage speaks of the exile of Israel, intimating that the redemption of Israel will come about through the mystic force of the letter vav, namely, in the sixth millennium and, more precisely, after six seconds and a half a time. When the sixtieth year shall have passed over the threshold of the sixth millennium, the God of heaven will visit the daughter of Jacob with a preliminary remembrance (p’qidah). Another six and a half years will then elapse, and there will be a full remembrance of her; then another six years, making together seventy-two years and a half. In the year sixty-six, the Messiah will appear in the land of Galilee. A star in the east will swallow seven stars in the north, and a flame of black fire will hang in the heaven for sixty days, and there shall be wars towards the north in which two kings shall perish. Then, all the nations shall combine against the daughter of Jacob in order to drive her out of the world. It is of that time that it is written: 'And it is a time of trouble unto Jacob, but out of it he shall be saved' (Jer. 30:7). … In the year seventy-three, all the kings of the world will assemble in the great city of Rome, and the Holy One will shower on them fire and hail and meteoric stones until they are all destroyed, with the exception of those who will not yet have arrived there. These will commence anew to make other wars. From that time, the Messiah will begin to declare himself, and around him, many nations and hosts will be gathered from the uttermost ends of the earth. And all the children of Israel will assemble in their various places until the completion of the century. The Vav will then join the Hei, and then 'they shall bring all your brethren out of all the nations for an offering unto the Lord' (Is. 64:20). The children of Ishmael will at the same time rouse all the peoples of the world to come up to war against Jerusalem, as it is written, 'For I will gather all nations against Jerusalem to battle, etc.' (Zech. 14:2), also, 'The kings of the earth stand up, and the rulers take counsel together, against the L-rd, and against his anointed’ (Ps. 2:2); and further, 'He that sits in heaven laughs, the L-rd hath them in derision’ (Ibid. 2: ). … Happy are those who will be left alive at the end of the sixth millennium to enter on the Sabbath. For that is the day set apart by the Holy One on which to effect the union of souls and to cull new souls to join those that are still on earth, as it is written, ‘And it shall come to pass, that he that is left in Zion, and he that remains in Jerusalem, shall be called holy, even every one that is written unto life in Jerusalem' (Is. 4:3).” -Zohar, Bereshith, Section 1, Page 119a, Soncino Press Edition
🌅 6. The Pattern of Redemption — From Avraham to Mashiach
● Avraham’s War as Prophetic Blueprint:
○ Avraham’s victory over the kings prefigures the final triumph of the righteous over the nations.
○ The rescue of Lot symbolizes the gathering of sparks — redeeming holiness from exile.
● Zohar and Midrash:
○ Avraham represents Chesed (Divine Kindness) conquering Din (Judgment) — the same balance the Mashiach will restore at the end of days.
○ The Torah hints that history will replay Avraham’s war on a global scale, culminating in the redemption of the entire world.
● Beit Yisrael Reflection:
○ “Lech Lecha is not only the beginning of Avraham’s journey; it is the blueprint of Mashiach’s mission. The Tzaddik of the final generation will fight not with weapons, but with light — the same light that Avraham carried when he walked into battle alone.”
🌍 7. Chevlei Mashiach — The Labor Pains of the World
● Sages’ Teaching:
Chevlei Mashiach — “birth pangs of the Messiah” — refers to the suffering, confusion, and global unrest that precede redemption.
Like labor pains, they intensify before the moment of new birth.
Talmud (Sanhedrin 98b):“Let the Messiah come, but may I not see him,” reflecting the depth of tribulation before transformation.
● Mystical Understanding:
The world’s “wars and contractions” are the travail of creation — the Shechinah laboring to give birth to a new consciousness.
The soul of Mashiach is revealed through these contractions, just as light emerges through darkness.
● Beit Yisrael Insight:
“Every global shaking is a contraction of Mashiach. The wars, the cries, the confusion — they are the heartbeats of creation nearing its rebirth. From Avraham’s battle to Gog u’Magog, it is one story — the soul of humanity returning to its Source.”
🔯 8. The Redemption Pattern — From Amalek to Mashiach
Epoch: Lech Lecha, Exodus, Gog u’Magog — a prophetic unfolding of redemption through the struggle against Amalek.
Theme: From the first hint of evil in potential, through open conflict, to its ultimate manifestation and eradication — a divine pattern leading toward universal redemption.
Stages of Redemption Table
🔯 9. Essence and Conclusion
Essence Statement:
“The War of the Nine Kings in Lech Lecha is the first shadow of the last war — Gog u’Magog. From the beginning, Amalek was present as potential rebellion, and from the beginning, Avraham’s faith contained the seed of Mashiach’s light. The world’s wars are contractions, Chevlei Mashiach, leading creation back to its divine birth.”
Beit Yisrael – Gaddi Efrayim Conclusion:
● “The Torah’s first war is its last prophecy. Avraham’s battle prefigures the redemption of Israel and the nations.As we enter the days of global unrest and awakening, we must remember — the war of kings is the birth of the Kingdom. The vav will soon join the hei, and the light of Mashiach will complete what began in the valley of Siddim.”
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