In the writings of the Kabbalists, we find a remarkable description of how the universe will look in the future, a world vastly changed from our current reality. All aspects of the universe will be elevated. Even the animals in that future era will be different; they will advance to the level of people nowadays (Sha’ar Hamitzvot of the Ari z”l).
The day will come when all nations will recognize the truth of our rights to the Temple Mount. All will know and recognize that the prophetic vision regarding this holy place — that “My house will be called a house of prayer for all the nations” — will only come to pass when this great and holy Temple will be established there, in the hands of its original, eternal owners, the people of Israel, God’s people from time immemorial. They and no other.
When it comes to Judaism and keeping the Torah, Israel is the Big Leagues. The Diaspora pales in comparison.
We are marching forward slowly towards the complete redemption. The purpose of that redemption is not to escape from Egypt or from the forty-ninth level of impurity, but to illuminate the whole world with the light of pure faith and to purge the Jewish People of all the alien traits whose stamp was left upon them during the dark exile.
“The Holy One Blessed be He gave three good gifts to Israel, and He gave them only through suffering. They are: Torah, Eretz Yisrael, and the World to Come” (Berachot 5a). By refusing to dwell in God’s chosen Land one does not just neglect one mitzvah in the Torah; he rejects a gift from God.