Is it true that he shall suddenly appear on a main street in Jerusalem, a poor old man spewing forth wisdom and declaring the time of redemption has arrived? If so, why will they not lock him up?
Here's one I always wanted to know: What if you're living in Jerusalem? Do you say the prayer/wish, "Next year in Jerusalem!", or just leave that line out?
The fighting and unrest is because every entity feels itself to be a distinct identity, at odds with everything else which might impede its own desires or needs...
Those components of the soul which were rectified by a particular body always maintain a connection with that body, and will return to that body to revive it with the Resurrection of the Dead...