Isaías 25:8 Cábala: The Beginning, Sha'ar HaGilgulim & Da'at Tevunot

226. The existence of the Yetzer Hara (the evil inclination) and the Sitra Achara is only necessary during the six millennia of this world, which go according to the conduct of the six Sefirot – Chessed, Gevurah, Tiferet, Netzach, Hod and Yesod, as stated in Talmud, “You have given us the Yetzer Hara for the sole purpose of earning merit.” However, beginning with the seventh millennium, which is the “coming world” and is a time of reward, (and certainly after the tenth millennium, which is the eternal conduct of Adam Kadmon), its purpose will be abrogated, as the Talmud states, “In the future the Holy One, Blessed Be He, will slaughter (abrogate) the Yetzer Hara.”³⁰⁸Talmud Bavli, Sukkah 52a

226b. This is further supported by the scriptural verses,³⁰⁹Zachariah 13:2. “I will withdraw the impure spirit from the earth” and,³¹⁰Ezekiel 36:26; See also Talmud Bavli, Sanhedrin 64a and Midrash HaNe’elam p. 137. “I shall remove the heart of stone from your flesh.” In addition, concerning the “coming world,” scripture states,³¹¹Ibid. “And I shall give you a heart of flesh and I shall instill a new spirit in your midst and cause you to walk in my statutes,” and³¹²Zachariah 14:9., “HaShem-יהו"ה shall be King upon the entire earth. On that day, HaShem-יהו"ה shall be One and His Name One." Even in this world, the Sitra Achara may be abrogated on a specific spiritual level by the complete rectification of that level. It then only exists on a lesser level.³¹³Klach Pitchei Chochmah, Petach 47. But concerning the coming world, it is stated,³¹⁴Isaiah 25:8. “Death shall be swallowed forever,” and the world will be perfected in HaShem’s-יהו"ה kingdom. This will constitute complete rectification in which “HaShem-יהו"ה will be One and His name One.” May it be HaShem’s-יהו"ה will that we merit this speedily, in our days, through Kindness and Mercy – Amen.

And behold, when the temple was destroyed, the divine presence was exiled among the husks, because the souls that were exiled among them did not have the power to extract themselves from them, since they were blemished by their sins. That is why His divine presence, may He be blessed, about which it is stated, For the Lord your God is a consuming fire (Deuteronomy 4:24), enters among them — in order to gather those sparks of souls among them, separate and elevate them to the place of holiness, renew them, and bring them down to this world into the bodies of people. And with this, you can understand the secret of the exile of the divine presence. And this is His work, may He be blessed, from the time that the temple was destroyed until the end of the work of collecting all of the souls that fell among the husks of the Scoundrel Man and got mixed into him, from his head to his feet. And until He finishes collecting even the ones that fell to the feet, the Messiah will not be revealed and the Jewish people will not be redeemed, as it is explained for us in the Zohar, Parshat Pekudei (51:737). And these are its [words]: When the feet reach the feet, like that which is written, On that day, He will set His feet on the Mount of Olives (Zechariah 14:4)." However the divine presence only collects them by way of the actions of the earthly ones and their prayers via the secret of, give might to God [alluding to Psalms 68:35]. And according to the level of the actions of the earthly ones, so too is the level of the extraction of those souls and sparks. And if all of the Jewish people was to completely repent, His divine presence would have the power to instantly extract all of the souls from there. But our sins weaken its power, which is as it is written, You neglected the Rock that begot you (Deuteronomy 32:18). And when the souls are finished exiting from there, His divine presence, may He be blessed, will then exit from them and withdraw their life-force. Then the husks will die, and evil will end like smoke [alluding to the amidah prayer of the high holidays]. And this is the secret of the verse, He will swallow up death forever, etc. (Isaiah 25:8). It means to say that the husks, which are called death, will end and be swallowed up instantly, as a result of the removal of His divine presence, may He be blessed, from within them. And all of the sparks of the souls that are among them [will be redeemed], as mentioned.

Said the Intellect - The first time period which we need to explain now, is the time of concealment of His singularity may He be blessed like today, it includes the time of service of man, as we explained. And behold in accordance with his perfection, we already said, He could certainly do all of His actions perfectly, and there would not be in His actions other than total goodness and completion, without any deficiency or negativity at all. Indeed with His will to interact with his creations with this manner of behavior that we already mentioned, behold He caused a truly new order to exist, which is not according to the law of the heavenly perfection may He be blessed, rather that which is needed for the creations to give them the merit and good reward in their end, and this is the way of the Good and the Negative, the reward and the punishment; for according to this way, behold the good and the negative are equivalent and both come in this world, and so he prepares the good for the good ones like the negative for the evildoers; and according to this way we find the creations damaged at times, and rectified at times, and permission is given to the accuser to accuse, and to the destroyer to damage those whom the Lord condemns, and we find the peoples of the world and idol worshipers, and similarly all of the other iniquities in the world, that upon them the promises of the prophets may they rest in peace, that they will be removed from the world in the future, like the matter that is said (Isaiah 2:18), "And the idols will completely vanish"; (Zechariah 13:2), "...and the spirit of impurity shall I remove from the land"; (Isaiah 25:8), "Death shall be destroyed forever..."; (Isaiah 11:9, 65:25), "No iniquity and no corruption in all my holy mountain...", (Berakhot 33b), "All is in the hands of heaven except for fear of heaven" - For the Holy One blessed is he does not want to withold anything from the hand of mankind if they want to corrupt their actions. And from this was born all the great corruptions that have been in the world from the day that the Lord created man, and there is is no rest for the righteous in this world, for the inquiry of man is great upon him, and the accuser testifies against him at all times, and the Holy One blessed is He is exacting with his pious ones like a strand of hair. This is generally the way in which the Heavenly Will innovated according to the manner of concealment of His influence and singularity, and this way is not dependent other than on the concealment of His countenance of goodness may He be blessed, for if he had wanted to reveal the truth of His rulership, he would have removed all of these iniquities, and would not have left other than the good and rectification alone, as he will do in the future to come: