Editing Chezkat Mashiach (section)

==== And He Will Compel All of Israel to Follow It and Strengthen Its Foundation ====
With the term "compel," the Rambam did not intend to express coercion by force, but rather the main point is the action—that he will influence all the people to fulfill the Torah, and not necessarily that it will be done by him directly; it could be through his emissaries. This action of Mashiach will be through battle and determination without being affected by the free spirit blowing in the world, since he will recognize only the divine truth that was transmitted by the Holy One, blessed be He, in Torah and mitzvot, and he will forcefully prove that everything opposite to it is contrary to justice and righteousness.

The compelling of all Israel is a correction for the matter of the destruction, because one of the reasons for the destruction was that the leaders did not rebuke the sinners.