We are supposed to fully believe that Hashem has completely forgiven us. Because Hashem forgives as if the aveira was never done in the first place. If that’s true, shouldn’t Moshiach come right after the first Yom Kippur? Boom! Everyone would be all clean, complete kaparah.

I’m sure there are plenty of answers, but nothing came to me at the time. It bothered me a lot. So, I decided to daven and ask Hashem for an answer. Right after that, an answer popped into my head. TYH for that.

The answer that came to me is…

He does come right after Yom Kippur. Each year. The Beis Hamikdash gets built every year.

How so? We might have no aveiros, but we don’t have enough zechusim for the Geulah. So, Hashem gives us a free seven-day trial of Geulah. We build a house for the Shechina in our own yard. We sit inside and sing to Hashem. We sing Hallel and sit with Hashem personally. Famous tzadikim come to visit us too—back from the dead. And each year, Hashem tests us to see if we are truly ready to accept a full price Geulah with a permanent Beis Hamikdash.

I guess we haven’t yet succeeded in convincing Hashem that we are ready. The way we sit in the sukkah, treat the sukkah, sing in the sukkah, and talk in the sukkah could all be better.

But the year we finally “get it,” when we sit with true joy and awe in the miniature Beis Hamikdash, the Geulah will surely come right after the seven days. The tzadikim that visit will bear witness and tell Hashem that He can send the final guest—Dovid HaMelech, Moshiach—into the sukkah. And Hashem will allow the Third Beis Hamikdash to be built, the Sukkas Dovid Hanofales.

Now I understand the famous Chazal, when Moshiach comes, the nations of the world will complain that they never got a chance to do a Mitzvah and earn reward. Hashem will then command both the Yidden and the nations to build sukkos. Of all the Mitzvos, Sukkah is one of the easy ones. Hashem will then take the sun out and make the weather unbearably hot.

The Yidden, who cherish and respect the sukkah, will recognize that it is too dangerous to remain in the Sukkah and will leave respectfully. Halacha advises us to take great care of our health. The nations, however, will leave in anger, kicking down the sukkah as they go. Hashem will then make them understand: they don’t have what it takes to uphold mitzvos, to have Geulah, or to merit a true Beis Hamikdash.
Only the Yidden, who have learned to cherish, respect, and love every mitzvah, have any claim to Hashem and the Beis Hamikdash.

May it happen this year, Amen!