Editing The Rebbe as Melech HaMoshiach (section)

== "A King Will Arise from the House of David" ==
''Extended entry - '''King from the House of David'''''

The title "king" is not in the full meaning of the term. Melech HaMoshiach is not a political or governmental king. He is also not an anointed king, since during Golus there is no Sanhedrin to appoint a king. Rather, the intention is to a leader of the Jews who actually conducts himself with the practices of a king who leads the Jewish people. This kingship is a continuation of his being the Nasi HaDor.

This king must be from the seed of David, since the kingdom of David was not nullified even during Golus as the Rambam says "the monarchy will never be cut off from David's seed forever."

This sign is not just about Moshiach's lineage but his essential purpose "to restore the kingdom of the House of David."

The Rebbe Rashab testified about the chain of Chabad Nesi'im that they are continuers of the kingdom of David: "Chassidus will continue until Moshiach... about us it is said that his candle will not be extinguished forever and ever."

The Rebbe is descended from King David both patrilineally and matrilineally. As the Rebbe himself testified: "Our Rebbeim are descended from the House of David from the tribe of Yehuda." Or in another talk (translated from Yiddish): "The lineage of the baal hahilula (Rabbi Levi Yitzchak - the Rebbe's father) is from the seed of David. As is known that he is the seventh generation from the Alter Rebbe, who is the seventh generation from the Maharal of Prague, and the Maharal is descended from the seed of David."