Lineage of the MessiahThe heritage of the awaited Messiah demonstrates that he could come from any race, ethnicity, and should be accepted without any discrimination. The Messiah is thought to be the descendant of King David. Unknown to many, King David's great-grandmother was a non-Jewish convert to Judaism. Ruth married Boaz and three generations later King David was born. The Messiah will be of the same line as both Ruth and David.Coming of the MessiahMessiah already exists in Paradise. It is not under any human control as to the time when the Messiah will come; God will bring the Messiah in His own time. When the time is right; when the time for judgment is upon us, the Messiah will descend upon the Earth. The Messiah will be ushered in by the aid of the prophet Elijah:Behold, I will send you Elijah the prophet before the coming of the great and dreadful day of the Lord. (Malachi 4:5, King James Version)Traditional Jewish thought is that the Messiah will present himself in Jerusalem by entering the Temple Mount via the Golden Gate, as prophesied in Ezekiel:Then said the Lord unto me; This gate shall be shut, it shall not be opened, and no man shall enter in by it; because the Lord, the God of Israel, hath entered in by it, therefore it shall be shut. It is for the prince; the prince, he shall sit in it to eat bread before the Lord; he shall enter by the way of the porch of that gate, and shall go out by the way of the same. (Ezekiel 44:2-3, KJV)Since God is the King, the prince referred to is the Messiah. The Messiah will then go to the site of the holy Temple; the House of God:Behold, I will send my messenger, and he shall prepare the way before me: and the Lord, whom ye seek, shall suddenly come to his temple, even the messenger of the covenant, whom ye delight in: behold, he shall come, saith the Lord of hosts. (Malachi 3:1, KJV)The Messiah paves the way for his Father, God, to come to Earth and make His judgments.