- Maimonides (Mishneh Torah, Laws of Repentance 3:4).

If the law mandates that a person grant his wife a divorce, and he refuses, a Jewish court, in any time or place, may beat him until he says "I am willing" and writes the writ of divorce. This is a valid divorce [despite the fact that, according to Torah law, a divorce must be granted willingly] ... Why? Because an act is not considered to be "coerced" unless the person has been forced to do something which he is not morally obligated by the Torah; for example, one who has been forced to sell or give away his property. But one who has been overpowered by his evil inclination to negate a mitzvah or to commit a transgression, and was forced to do what is right, he is not considered "coerced"-on the contrary, it is his evil character which has forced him, against his true will, in the first place.

Thus, this individual who refuses to grant a divorce, in truth, wishes to be of Israel, and wishes to observe all of the commandments and to avoid all of the transgressions of the Torah. It is only that his evil inclination has overpowered him. So if he is beaten so that his evil inclination is weakened, and he says: "I am willing,"-he has willingly divorced.

- Maimonides (Mishneh Torah, Laws of Divorce 2:20).

The Melech HaMoshiach ("anointed king") is destined to arise and restore the kingdom of David to its glory of old, to its original sovereignty. He will build the Holy Temple and gather the dispersed of Israel. In his times, all laws (of the Torah) will be reinstated as before; the sacrifices will be offered, the Sabbatical year and the Jubilee year instituted as outlined in the Torah.

Whoever does not believe in him or does not anticipate his coming, denies not only the other prophets but also the Torah and Moses. For the Torah testifies about him: "G-d shall return with your captivity and have compassion upon you. and He will return and gather you from all the nations amongst whom the L-rd your G-d has scattered you... If your outcasts shall be at the ends of the heavens, from there will the L-rd your G-d gather you, from there He will take you... G-d will bring you..." These explicit words of the Torah encapsulate all that has been said (concerning Moshiach) by the prophets...

- Maimonides (Mishneh Torah, Laws of Kings 11:1).

Should there arise a king from the house of David, one who studies the Torah and fulfills its precepts... who will prevail upon all of Israel to follow it and repair its breaches, and will wage the battle of G-d - he is presumed to be Moshiach. If he did so and was successful, and he built the Holy Temple on its site and gathered the dispersed of Israel - he is certainly Moshiach. He will (then) correct the entire world to serve G-d together, as is written: "For then I shall turn to the nations a pure tongue, that all shall call upon the name of G-d to serve Him as one."

- Maimonides (Mishneh Torah, Laws of Kings 11:4).

The sages and the prophets did not crave the era of Moshiach in order to rule over the world... or to eat, drink and rejoice, only so that they be free for Torah and its wisdom and be rid of any oppressor and disrupter...

- Maimonides (Mishneh Torah, Laws of Kings 12:4).

And at that time there will be no hunger or war, no jealousy or rivalry. For the good will be plentiful, and all delicacies available as dust. The entire occupation of the world will be only to know G-d... Israel will be of great wisdom; they will perceive the esoteric truths and comprehend their Creator's wisdom as is the capacity of man. As it is written: "For the earth shall be filed with the knowledge of G-d, as the waters cover the sea..."

- Maimonides (Mishneh Torah, Laws of Kings 12:5).

The culmination and goal of all prophecies is the coming of Moshiach; as our sages have stated: "All the prophets prophesied only concerning the days of Moshiach."

Nachmonides (in his Book of Redemption)

We await the redemption not in order to eat of the fruit of the land and bathe in the hot springs of Tiberias, but in the hope to attain the closeness of G-d, to be in His Sanctuary with His priests and prophets; so that we shall be pervaded by purity and holiness, being in the Chosen Land with His presence dwelling amongst us. Thus we will be able attain far more than we are capable of today, exiled among nations which corrupt us and with the impurity and contamination within us. For then, in the days of Moshiach, the evil inclination will be destroyed, and we will comprehend the truth as it is. This, and things much deeper and esoteric than what I have related, is the basis of our desire and longing for Moshiach...

Nachmonides (in his Book of Redemption)