’Atkhalta dege’ula’ (from Aramaic: the dawn of redemption) is a conceptual term taken from the Talmud. It refers to an era in which there is a new stage in the awakening of the redemption process and the coming of the Messiah takes place. This is the first stage in the process of redemption, which is considered to be an era different in many ways from all that which precedes it. This notion is among the most discussed subjects within the religious Zionist doctrine. One of the greatest disputes between the Orthodox faith and religious Zionism is about whether it is permissible to calculate the coming of the Messiah, when calculating the coming of the Messiah could be considered as a preparation for his coming.
The video piece The War of Redemption by Ittai Meyer & Suff Backaleinick also deals with the preparation for the coming of the Messiah. The video was filmed in the Bezalel Academy of Art and Design, adapted into a futuristic weapons factory, as preparation for the anointment of Zedekiah to messiah in the New Kingdom of Israel. The film is shot in a futuristic style and it investigates the role of the artist as a soldier in the Army of Redemption. Some of the characters in the film are played by professional actors while others are played by art students. In the academy, the film’s protagonists, art students before the futuristic revolution, become workers and are called to create a statue of a lion to represent the power of the messiah in the new kingdom.
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